GISMYS_7
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Still no proof of a pre-trib rapture, pure speculation and assumptions not seen in scripture
Those that reject the rapture will not be caught up!!! Their choice.
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Still no proof of a pre-trib rapture, pure speculation and assumptions not seen in scripture
Still no proof of a pre-trib rapture, pure speculation and assumptions not seen in scripture
Those that reject the rapture will not be caught up!!! Their choice.
Hebrews 9:28 tells us who Jesus is returning for.
Hebrews 9:28, NASB: "so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin,""" to those who eagerly await Him."""
Your human reason in speculation and assumption, has absolutely nothing to do with the fact, a pre-trib rapture isn't found in scripture, nowhereExplain that to me.
If the church does not repent, they will be cast into the bed of the great tribulation to be killed with death in according to their works.
Now what happens if they do repent?
They will not be cast into the great tribulation to be killed with death because they have repented of those works of iniquity.
That means they are not in that bed of the great tribulation that all the world is in. So where are they? Not on earth.
Your human reason in speculation and assumption, has absolutely nothing to do with the fact, a pre-trib rapture isn't found in scripture, nowhere
Jesus returns and catches up(raptures) born-again believers that are looking for Him. Those not looking for the return of Jesus will be left behind and must try to live under ant-Christ rule.
Hebrews 9:28 "so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, """to those who eagerly await Him."""
Once again no provision of scripture, showing a pre-trib rapture, because there isnt anyWhen we do it with the Lord & His wisdom in reasoning together, then that is what I am referring to since it is on God to cause the increase I apologize for not stating that definitively in regards to that reasoning in that post.
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
1 Corinthians 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
That means you are not serving Him by dismissing scripture without rightly dividing the word of truth in that scriptures that was shown and discussed.
Your claim the sheep/goats is a judgement to enter a Millennial kingdom is false, verse Matthew 25:46 shows eternal last day judgement to eternal life, and that's not in a Millennium on earth
Think!! What thinking person believes that God's judgment against this evil world (the great tribulation) is for His bride the true church???Think again.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 NKJV For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 19:6-8 NKJV Jesus said we should watch and pray to be counted worth to escape the soon coming evil times. “Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Once again no provision of scripture, showing a pre-trib rapture, because there isnt any
Jesus Is The Lord
Scripture clearly teaches the church will be present on earth to be eyewitnesses of the (Man Of Sin/The Antichrist) being revealed, just one proof of many, that there wont be a pre-trib raptureProve by scripture there isn't.
Scripture clearly teaches the church will be present on earth to be eyewitnesses of the (Man Of Sin/The Antichrist) being revealed, just one proof of many, that there wont be a pre-trib rapture
It is the "Apostasy" of a once professing Church and the Greek word is "Apostasia"
"Let No Man Deceive You By Any Means"
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 KJV
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Okay. I understand your point of view. I do not agree with it, but I'll let you explain your belief to me, God be willing.
How do you apply verse 3 about the falling away from the faith that is to happen first, before that man of sin is revealed? What does that mean?
Actually, it's even more simple than that.^^^^ "Is The Sheep/Goat Judgement Used, To Enter A Millennial Kingdom On This Earth?"
The short answer is, "NO." The long answer is that it occurs after the initial separation of one flock from the other based on whether or not the flock calls Jesus/God "Lord." The separated flock that does not call Jesus/God lord are immediately dispatched into the lake of fire.
The flock that calls Jesus/God, "Lord," are then separated into those that are God's "sheep," and those that are "goats." (Ezekiel 34:17: - 'And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats." )
Jesus tells us in the Parable of the separation of the Sheep from the Goats, that He will separate those who call Jesus/God, "Lord," into those whose heart is likened unto God's heart for the disadvantaged among them, i.e. the sheep, and those whose heart is likened to a Grecian understanding of what is required to be judged as "righteous," i.e. the goats.
This parable clarifies what Jesus meant in in thee passages: -
ShalomMatt 7:21-27: - I Never Knew You(Luke 6:46; 13:26,27)
21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
Build on the Rock
(Luke 6:47-49)
24 "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall."
Luke 13:22-30: - 22 And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then one said to Him, "Lord, are there few who are saved?"
And He said to them, 24 "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from,' 26 then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.' 27 But He will say, 'I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.' 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. 29 They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last."
Luke 6:46-49: - Build on the Rock
(Matt 7:21-27)
46 "But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say? 47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. 49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great."
It is the "Apostasy" of a once professing Church and the Greek word is "Apostasia"
No "Falling Away" dosent mean the Church is taken to heaven in a pre-trib rapture
Strong’s Definitions
ἀποστασία apostasía, ap-os-tas-ee'-ah; feminine of the same as G647; defection from truth (properly, the state) ("apostasy"):—falling away, forsake.
KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G646 in the following manner: to forsake (with G575) (1x), falling away (1x).
I will repost my answer again to your question in bold redFor clarity, I was not referring to the falling away as the rapture event but the falling away is the reason why God is judging His House at the rapture event. I believe that is why the dispensation of the gospel will go back to the Jews, the 144,000 Witnesses, after the rapture, for the duration of the coming great tribulation.
Anyway, getting back to your belief; I removed the boldening in verse 1. Sorry if that confused the earlier question about verse 3 to verse 1.
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
How do you apply verse 3 about the falling away from the faith that is to happen first, before that man of sin is revealed? What does that mean to you?