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Soul Man is correct in that the "Mystery" is Christ in us. CNKW3 is correct in that the "Mystery" is Christ's Spirit coming into both Jew and Gentile, making One Body in which there is now neither Jew NOR Gentile. I appreciate you both for bringing the Revelation of this Mystery to the forefront of my thinking.
PROVE IT!
Glory to God,
Taken
I have proven the pre-trib rapture theory to be false... Matthew 24:29-31 and Mark 13:24-27 align with what Apostle Paul taught in 1 Thess.4 about the coming of Christ and gathering of His Church. And that is all the Scripture proof I need, two Bible witnesses.
Matt 24:29-31
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
KJV
Mark 13:24-27
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then shall He send His angels, and shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
KJV
Matt 24:29-31
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
30] then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory
31] gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Those Scriptures ARE ABSOLUTLY TRUE.
What IS NOT TRUE, is Your Understanding, of WHAT those Scripture are Describing, and To WHOM those Scripture APPLY.
Pre-Tribulation RAPTURE, IS the Lifting UP Above the Earth Men ALREADY IN Christ Jesus. THEY are ALREADY "MADE" Whole and Wholly Acceptable FOR God to CLAIM, RESURRECT, THEM, and THEY BE Lifted UP INTO "HIS PRESENCE", "HIS LIGHT".
THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO "HIS WRATH"!
The end of days TRIBULATION IS Specifically Gods Display OF HIS WRATH, AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE "IN STANDING" AGAINST God, and or "IN STANDING" AGAINST Christ Jesus.
You have been told these Things and Shown the Verifying Scriptures.
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Your response is absolute... junk. You have provided no Scripture proof of what you say. You only supply heresy.
The 'wrath' idea you refer to is from Apostle Paul in 1 Thess.5, where he says those in Christ are not appointed to God's wrath. Your problem with that is, that Paul was speaking of God's cup of wrath poured out upon the wicked on the LAST DAY of this world, not the tribulation time.
The "sudden destruction" on the "day of the Lord" is for the LAST DAY of this world, not during the tribulation.
There is no reason to think what Jesus taught in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 is not for us,
The pre-trib doctors you follow simply have told you a LIE, and you have sucked it up, hook, line, and sinker.
Actually The Lamb of God's Wrath, begins with the Lamb of God Opening the Seals ...
And Angels deliver the Wrath.
The Angels continue delivering the Woes as they blow the Trumpts.
The Angels continue delivering the Vials of Gods Wrath.
And God Pours out His cup of INDIGNATION upon the occupants of the world, which is God Avenging the men WHO Believed and were persecuted by unbelievers.
And a man WHO was WILLING to DRINK from Jesus' CUP, are not subject to ANY WRATH, of the Seals, Trumptets or Vials.
But I gather that is a mystery to you.
Apparently you think the Great Tribulation period will be a swell time....lol
...the pre-trib rapture doctors have your mind so twisted away from God's Word.
The vials of wrath prior to the final one... are upon the beast and the wicked, and they happen during the tribulation,
but NOT THE FINAL 7TH VIAL of God's cup of wrath on the LAST DAY of this world! Instead,
your pre-trib doctors wrongly teach you that all...
of the vials of Rev.16 happen during the great tribulation. The final vial doesn't, but instead ENDS the great tribulation.
Your pre-trib doctors lie to you
and say we aren't going to be here,
but will be raptured prior to the tribulation, which is not written.
That's their crazy reasoning, "no wrath for us, so we must be gone boys!".
It will be, for the deceived and the wicked.
Jesus even told us to not be alarmed as long as we hear of wars and rumors of wars,
because THE END IS NOT YET.
But your pre-trib charlatan teachers
The END is going to be a time of peace, and that is what Apostle Paul said also...
But YOU DENY what Apostle Paul said
there about that "sudden destruction" coming upon those who will be saying, "Peace and safety", in favor of those false pre-trib rapture doctors who lie and tell you it's going to be total all out war and chaos! (like Hal Lindsey). You cannot even address that above Scripture!!
And that means you are in that "darkness" ....
Prove your accusation.
Identify these "doctors", otherwise that shall be view as another of your made up lies.
here is a Separation Period. There is that 1,000 year thingy... LOL
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You do... deny what Apostle Paul taught in 1 Thess.5,
because you heed the pre-trib rapture spin-doctors instead,
which completely DISREGARD the "wrath" timing Paul was speaking of there, which is on the LAST DAY of this world.
What you believe is what those pre-trib rature spin-doctors teach,
i.e., that the Church had already gone to Heaven before the tribulation, and thus before that day of God's cup of wrath on the 7th Vial happens.
So if I'm the one telling lies, then that would mean you agree... that "wrath" of 1 Thess.5:9 is the timing of that "sudden destruction" of 1 Thess.5:3.
But of course, you do not... agree with that above statement, which makes you... the one here denying what Apostle Paul said in that 1 Thess.5 Chapter.
Soul Man is correct in that the "Mystery" is Christ in us. CNKW3 is correct in that the "Mystery" is Christ's Spirit coming into both Jew and Gentile, making One Body in which there is now neither Jew NOR Gentile. I appreciate you both for bringing the Revelation of this Mystery to the forefront of my thinking.
Very clearly and nicely said. :)
Pryor ~ Men did not receive a Saved Soul, until the Time of their Physical Death.
Glory to God,
Taken
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You obviously DO NOT BELIEVE, MEN IN CHRIST, ARE NOT SUBJECT TO WRATH.
1 Thes 5
[9] For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 3
[36] He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Like I said, you disregarded what Paul taught in the 1 Thess.5:2 & 3 verses about the "day of the Lord" and "sudden destruction" event, and went straight to the "wrath" verse, just as you did in quoting the above.
Again you fail in understanding...Biblical understanding and in general.
The GREAT Tribulation, is God exhibiting HIS ANGER though "Actions" of WRATH UPON the Earth and People.
Actions: Through sending the Anti-Christ With Power, that men who reject Christ can Experience the Anti-Christ..Through Weather and Earthquakes...Without God...Through Famine...Without God...Through Disease and Insect Swarms....Without God....
The Day of the Lord, is the Ending of Wars, Ending of Division....and the Time for Separation....and SUDDEN Destruction of ALL Against God Being Separated FROM thee Lord God and His People.
So whatever you are babbling about and wagging your tongue in personal accusations ...is of no consequence to me...but apparently the only thing you are capable of doing...
Since you have YET to reveal what a Supposed Saved and Born again person WILL BE DOING "ON EARTH" during the Great Tribulation...
Glory to God,
Taken
Your words are just more JUNK from the Pre-trib Rapture bookies (Hal Lindsey, Tim LaHaye, et al). All they want is your money. A friend of mine has something like 13 books in a series by Tim LaHaye on the false pre-trib rapture. It's into big Hollywood movies too. Lot of money being made, all based on a false doctrine that is not... written anywhere in God's Word.
When I was a new christian , I cut my teeth on Watchman Nee.
I read his "The Salvation Of The Soul" through a few times over.
Before that, I thought we were all 'saved' at conversion....because it is generally called "getting saved".
[Obviously we are...but not in it's fullness. ( I must pull it out and read it again...haven't read it for a few years now. )