The Rapture - At Any Hour

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David in NJ

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Just because Jesus said do not go after false Christs, does not mean that He will not be here on the earth at the same time.

I don't hold to this. Kind of makes me wonder how much you actually have gleaned of what I do think. Anyway, I'm used to being stereotyped with others, only it makes discussion unwieldy.

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That is not the scripture but a prelude to His Irrefutable Dictates of His Second Coming

CHRIST has all THREE definitions in HIMSELF and His Authoritative word that no man can change or make void.

dictate /dĭk′tāt″, dĭk-tāt′/

intransitive verb​

  1. To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another.
    "dictate a letter."
  2. To prescribe with authority; impose.
    "dictated the rules of the game."
  3. To control or command.
 

David in NJ

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I think maybe you are mixing me with someone else.

Much love!
Just because Jesus said do not go after false Christs, does not mean that He will not be here on the earth at the same time.
Your post #61 is this you? or someone hacked into your account?
 

David in NJ

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I was responding to you, who quoted this from @Timtofly , and included it in a post you were tagging me in. So I quoted the part, put it in italics, and then told you I don't hold to this.

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i read it real fast as i was taking my son to college - thank you for letting me know
 

David in NJ

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I was responding to you, who quoted this from @Timtofly , and included it in a post you were tagging me in. So I quoted the part, put it in italics, and then told you I don't hold to this.

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Timtofly

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#1 - Jesus said HE will NOT Descend from Heaven (or be back on earth) from the time HE ascended until AFTER the rise of the Antichrist
Where did Jesus say that?

You do realize that the tribulation of those days, started in the first century. There has been ongoing tribulation of the church. People are even being beheaded for being a Christian today, and have been since the first century.

Why would the church still be in tribulation after the church is in heaven?

Why do you claim Jacob's trouble applies to the church? Has the church been scattered throughout the earth, since 720BC, when the ten northern tribes were scattered throughout the nations?

Jesus also pointed out that Israel would become a nation after the Second Coming, if you are going in chronological order. You claim that the AoD happens, Jacob's trouble happens, then the Second Coming, and finally Israel becomes a nation.
 

David in NJ

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Where did Jesus say that?

You do realize that the tribulation of those days, started in the first century. There has been ongoing tribulation of the church. People are even being beheaded for being a Christian today, and have been since the first century.

Why would the church still be in tribulation after the church is in heaven?

Why do you claim Jacob's trouble applies to the church? Has the church been scattered throughout the earth, since 720BC, when the ten northern tribes were scattered throughout the nations?

Jesus also pointed out that Israel would become a nation after the Second Coming, if you are going in chronological order. You claim that the AoD happens, Jacob's trouble happens, then the Second Coming, and finally Israel becomes a nation.
Where did Jesus say that?
In the Gospel and in Acts before HE Ascended back to the FATHER

The Apostles also said this over and over as does Revelation
 

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In the Gospel and in Acts before HE Ascended back to the FATHER

The Apostles also said this over and over as does Revelation
The "rise of the Antichrist" is your added words to Scripture. Quote a verse where Jesus is at the mercy of some human instead of doing God's Will?
 

David in NJ

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The "rise of the Antichrist" is your added words to Scripture. Quote a verse where Jesus is at the mercy of some human instead of doing God's Will?
JESUS said the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet comes BEFORE the His Second Coming.

Abomination of Desolation = rise of the Antichrist

JESUS, PAUL & JOHN bear TRUTH & WITNESS to this.
 

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Maranatha. Jesus will back soon.
Not until the LORD, Himself told you = Matthew chapter 24

His coming for you is the SAME as everyone who is SAVED is imminent, for you know not what day your breath will leave your body.
This has nothing to do with the rapture but only the shortness of time a person has on this earth.

You can sell everything you have and donate it to Voice of the Martyrs = just as JESUS said.
 

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Wait for it, Wait for it !

I remember Homer Simpson when they did the Rapture.

I think he nailed it somewhat. you know a slob of a Christian becomes obsessed with the Rapture ! how it's typically portrayed.

I think that angle started in the USA. it was never portrayed that way in Australia in the 60's to 80's that i heard off at all, it was just from the 90's on that that childish line of nonsense took off here.
 
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JESUS said the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet comes BEFORE the His Second Coming.

Abomination of Desolation = rise of the Antichrist

JESUS, PAUL & JOHN bear TRUTH & WITNESS to this.
Actually that is not how Jesus said it.

Only God knows if there will be an AoD. Jesus never said there will be. He said "when it happens", not "that it will happen".

Human interpretation can make Jesus say anything. If the AoD never happens, no one will have to flee.
 

David in NJ

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Actually that is not how Jesus said it.

Only God knows if there will be an AoD. Jesus never said there will be. He said "when it happens", not "that it will happen".

Human interpretation can make Jesus say anything. If the AoD never happens, no one will have to flee.
He said "when it happens", not "that it will happen".

Trying to split a hair with a 12lb sledge hammer is fruitless.
 

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This thread is just more JUNK DOCTRINE by men ADDED to the Bible Scripture.

Jesus was very clear in Matthew 24:29-31 and Mark 13:24-27 that His coming to gather His saints will be AFTER... the tribulation, NOT prior to it.

So those you hear making up stories that Jesus can come "at any moment", and will rapture us out PRIOR to the "great tribulation" He warned us about, then you KNOW those saying those things are DECEIVED by devils.

I have a friend who's father is a pastor pushing men's false pre-trib rapture theory, and he also is a member of the Masonic Lodge. The highest degrees of Masonry are full of Occultists whose loyalty is in doubt. (See John Robison's 1798 book Proofs Of A Conspiracy documenting orthodox Jewish Weishuapt's Bavarian Illuminati order that had crept into Masonry back at that time.)
 
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This thread is just more JUNK DOCTRINE by men ADDED to the Bible Scripture.

Jesus was very clear in Matthew 24:29-31 and Mark 13:24-27 that His coming to gather His saints will be AFTER... the tribulation, NOT prior to it.

So those you hear making up stories that Jesus can come "at any moment", and will rapture us out PRIOR to the "great tribulation" He warned us about, then you KNOW those saying those things are DECEIVED by devils.

I have a friend who's father is a pastor pushing men's false pre-trib rapture theory, and he also is a member of the Masonic Lodge. The highest degrees of Masonry are full of Occultists whose loyalty is in doubt. (See John Robison's 1798 book Proofs Of A Conspiracy documenting orthodox Jewish Weishuapt's Bavarian Illuminati order that had crept into Masonry back at that time.)
Agree. All we need to do to determine who Jesus was talking about as being gathered at His second coming AFTER the tribulation of those days is to determine who the elect are? Clearly, the elect refer to those who belong to Christ. Who belongs to Christ? Those who are in the church. For anyone to claim that Matthew 24:29-31 and Mark 13:24-27 are not talking about the gathering of the church have to ignore the entire New Testament which teaches that the elect are those who belong to Christ, including all Jew and Gentile believers.
 
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Timtofly

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Trying to split a hair with a 12lb sledge hammer is fruitless.
Rightly dividing God's Word is not using a sledgehammer.

Human teachings that add additional steps to God's Word outside of the Bible are 12lb. sledge hammers forcing man's understanding into Scripture.

You all don't seem to understand what is even involved in the Confirmation of the Atonement Covenant.