Friendly reminder that Christianity is the only correct religion. Jesus Christ is King.
A good General will evacuate his troops before ordering in the artillery, airstrikes, etc to minimize friendly fire.
That’s what God is. God is a warrior (Exodus 15:3), our “commanding officer”.
So naturally, when it’s time to see fire in the sky, we can expect God to withdraw His people.
je i think it’s between the 6th and 7th bowl of wrath Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. btw 1 Thessalonians 5:4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
But we are also not appointed to wrath
“ For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,” (1 Thess 5:9).
Regarding the resurrection body…
“Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—“ (1 Corinth. 15:51) (Woohoo, free rapturinos! Just like Enoch and Elijah.)
From 1 Thess. 4:
Believers Who Have Died
13Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
and?
If we aren’t appointed to wrath, that would mean it isn’t between bowls 6 and 7 of wrath.
then what is 16:15 saying, who is the blessed watchers if there’s no Christians. 1st bowl is specifically for those with the mark 2nd is on the sea 3rd is on rivers and waters 4th is on the sun, tho it doesn’t specify if it’s all people or just the evil people that’s affected, it seems those affected blaspheme God. which ofc aren’t Christian 5th is on the throne of the beast and his kingdom 6th is on a river
I’d imagine seeing your friend/cousin/sibling/parents vanish in thin air is a powerful testimony- one which you’d wish you’d seen before it happened so you wouldn’t have to endure hell on Earth.
Plus there are going to be the 144,000
There’s still a 7 year period between the rapture and the return of Christ.
you say that as if they’ll be given a sign, the only sign the last generation of the world will be given is the resurrection of the 2 witnesses, or is the rapture meant to bring despair to the unbelievers in your eyes? ‘‘7 year period between the rapture and the return of Christ’‘ mate, the return of Christ is the rapture. Hebrews 9:28 So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him.
what happens in the 7 year period you think of?
Rapture is the taking away. Jesus’ return starts when he returns to the Mount of Olives. So it’s sort of dependent on your viewpoint. We meet Jesus, but I’d argue that the return is more properly when the reign begins after the crap/fan collision is complete.
Between the Rapture and the Return is the seven year tribulation. Those left behind who didn’t believe until the tribulation began would indeed be eagerly awaiting (as we all have) because a large portion of humanity is wiped out.
The last generation is also given many signs other than that. Wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, pestilence, famines etc in diverse places shortly before, then the reconfirmation of the covenant with many (not only Israel- “many”), the refoundation of Israel (Israel is still the apple of God’s eye). We’ve already seen the shadows of the Beast’s system with the UN and other globalist nonsense.
2 Timothy 3:
“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.”
Some people are also thinking the eclipse we saw around the time that Trump declared Jerusalem to be Israeli territory was a sign (humorously enough, leftists joked about that). Take with that what you will
‘‘those left behind’‘ either you’re saying all unbelievers will just live on earth while everything awful happens for 7 years, or you believe there’s a separate group of believers that’ll come to Christ after the rapture, but for some reason these people aren’t changed to the image of Christ at the same time as the rest of us. as the bible says i believe the rapture will first take the sleeping, and then all believers who are still on the earth. i’m quoting Christ when i say they’ll only be given one sign. Matthew 12:39 But he replied to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign. Yet no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. so i’m not gonna argue that. your link: Why is it important to keep the rapture and the second coming distinct? 2) If the rapture and the second coming are the same event, the return of Christ is not imminent—there are many things which must occur before He can return (Matthew 24:4-30). intersting they cut it off at verse 30, as the next verse go on to say 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 3) claims that revelation chapter 6-19 doesn’t mention the church while on the top of my head i know we’re mentioned in revelation 13:7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. revelation 12:17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. revelation 11 is about the 2 witnesses and the 7th trumpet revelation 9:4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. ofc revelation 8 and 9 is about 6 of the 7 trumpets the seventh trumpet is probably the ‘‘last trumpet’‘ spoken of in 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 which you link says the rapture is to be secret and instant. which is after the 2 witnesses have been taken up. and going by that both the 6th trumpet and the 6th bowl of wrath are both about the same river it could be they happen at the same time. there’s also revelation 10:7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.” all will be accomplished? revelation 16:17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” i don’t see why your link thinks the rapture is secret. is it cause Jesus said ‘‘noone knows the day or the hour’‘ which is true, however He did say we’d recognize the season is it cause Jesus said He was coming as a thief in the night? cause the bible explains we’re not like those in darkness that that day should come unannounced, unlike the unbelievers which will have no clue. Revelation 3:10 does mention being ‘‘kept’‘ from the hour of trial. but i myself don’t translate ‘‘kept’‘ as ‘‘being removed out of the world before it’‘ rather i read it as ‘‘it won’t affect you’‘, kinda like with daniel in the lions den, he was kept out of their mouth, but he wasn’t removed from the den. the greek word ‘kept’ or ‘‘tereo’‘ is used as ‘‘i keep, guard, observe, watch over’‘ i’m also not sure it speaks to ALL believers. honestly it could just be one or two {the 2 witnesses}
The left behind refer to two groups of people
-Those who now don’t believe but will when the rapture starts.
-The unbelievers who actively choose not to become part of the first group during the seven years.
Yes, the dead in Christ are raised first (that is, those who have died. To be absent from the body is to be face to face with the Lord.) Shortly thereafter, the living believers are caught up.
-It depends on whether or not you consider the birth pangs and the shadows of the signs as proper sign. I’d argue it’s one that we are close, but there is more to come. Plus, the prophets are killed by the Beast and the entire world celebrates.
When the Temple was sacked in 70AD (which Jesus predicted), Israel was in exile. But they’re back around for the end. The desert blooms, the third temple is constructed, sacrifices will resume at some point (whether or not it’s pre or post rapture I don’t know, but they are then stopped post rapture, Daniel and Revelation are deeply connected books).
Regarding the link:
-Time is different for God. A day for Him is a thousand years for us. Seven years is but a drop in the bucket in comparison to eternity. So some of it is deciphering “what kind of day?” We see it said a day for God is like a thousand years and a thousand years could be a day (3 Peter 2:8). But there’s also the 70 Weeks of Daniel, where the Beast will reaffirm a 7 year covenant with many (the final week is a year per day- hope I’m explaining that well.)
Revelation 22:12 says Christ is coming soon.
Soon was 2000 years ago. So soon then is much sooner now. If we are to believe the time from Adam to Christ is 4000 years, add the 2000 or so since Christ. 6000. Millennial reign. 7000. There are a good amount of people who suspect that’s the goalpost here, considering the seven theme.
As for why the rapture is a secret… well, the exact day and hour are. But the season and the fact that it will happen aren’t. We aren’t going to know, for example, the rapture is Tuesday, July 25 at 3:02 PM CST.
-Tribulation Saints. Those who believe after the fact. I’d like to point out, the Church has been persecuted since the inception (first the Romans and Jews executing Christ and his followers, then the next 2k years or so.) This is a tribulation in itself, so why would we then be warned of yet another one?
I say this a bit jokingly, but it reminds me of the Obama assault weapon ban meme. “We’ll make it double secret illegal!”. Except in this case, it’s a double secret super tribulation.
-Generally, it’s thought of more like Lot at Sodom, with a bit of repeat history from Egypt thrown in
We see God removing Lot before the city is turned to glass. As for Egypt… well… That river crossing went a lot better for one side than the other :p
We are “kept from the hour of trial”, as you mentioned. FROM the hour itself, not “kept from only the trial” (though being kept from the hour definitely does keep you from the trial; won’t be suffering a penalty if you don’t have a court date.)
That is the time of Jacob’s (Israel’s) trouble. We aren’t the “main character” (for lack of a better term.)
I bet Ralsei makes a scrungy cat face when he sneezes
i occasionally find little asriel doodles that ive forgotten about when digging through files oops!! heres one of them
*raises hand*
Would it perhaps be possible to remove every politician from every seat of power?
This is what happened at the end of Lonesome Road, surely?
Messing with Dream's style a little, wanted to see what he'd look like less chibi~
It's not even Halloween yet
Shut up It’s always Halloween
bring back Larry!! let him speak!!
go out on bright nights. they’re perfect for apple feasting
Study was done around the beginning or WW2 (I think) to determine what the peak hours people could work before productivity doesn't just decline but actually go backwards, that way they could maximize output without suffering worker fatigue errors, 56 was what they got.
Obviously some jobs had more some less, but this was for averages and most current studies have come to the same conclusion 50-55 hours now.
It's very likely that Ford did a similar study before switching to his 40 hour 5 day work week, production likely stayed the same (or increased) and he had better and happier employees.
Win for everyone.
