Are we in the "Last Days"? Not according to the word of God
Posted : 11 Mar, 2025 12:33 PM
Joel 2:28
“And it shall come to pass afterward
THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
Acts 2:16-17
But THIS IS(in the first century) what was SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET JOEL:
'And it shall come to pass IN THE LAST DAYS, says God, THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams.
Thank you Lord for showing me that we are not in the last days, that we are not in the "end times", that there is no future great tribulation, no future rapture and no "end times" destruction of the Universe.
Are we in the "Last Days"? Not according to the word of God
Posted : 11 Mar, 2025 01:37 PM
" that there is no future great tribulation, no future rapture and no "end times" destruction of the Universe."
Because the great tribulation was the period of Israel's/Jacob's trouble from 66 to 70ad. The rapture is misunderstood and it also happened to them in 70 ad. And the "end times" does not mean the "end of the world" but the end of Old Covenant Israel. The New Heaven and Earth also doesn't mean a new physical Universe but a New Covenant. You can watch the links in my post for an eye opening experience.
Are we in the "Last Days"? Not according to the word of God
Posted : 11 Mar, 2025 02:40 PM
I believe you are believer in Hyper grace
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What is hyper-grace?
The term hyper-grace has been used to describe a new wave of teaching that emphasizes the grace of God to the exclusion of other vital teachings such as repentance and confession of sin. Hyper-grace teachers maintain that all sin, past, present, and future, has already been forgiven, so there is no need for a believer to ever confess it. Hyper-grace teaching says that, when God looks at us, He sees only a holy and righteous people. The conclusion of hyper-grace teaching is that we are not bound by Jesus’ teaching, even as we are not under the Law; that believers are not responsible for their sin; and that anyone who disagrees is a pharisaical legalist. In short, hyper-grace teachers “pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality” (Jude 1:4) and flirt with antinomianism.
Jesus’ words to the seven churches in the book of Revelation strongly contradict the idea that Christians never need to repent. To the church at Ephesus, Jesus said, “Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place” (Revelation 2:4). Jesus rebukes five of the seven churches and demands repentance from them (Revelation 2:4, 6, 20; 3:3, 15–19). Far from believers being unaccountable for their sin, they must answer to Jesus for their disobedience (see also 2 Corinthians 5:10).
Preachers of hyper-grace doctrine discount the Old Testament and the Ten Commandments as irrelevant to New Testament believers. They even teach that Jesus’ words spoken before His resurrection are part of the Old Covenant and no longer applicable to born-again believers. But is this true?
In Mark 13:31, Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Before Jesus ascended into heaven, He promised that the Father would send the Holy Spirit who “will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you” (John 14:26). If Jesus’ words are no longer applicable to believers, why would we need to be reminded of them?
Hyper-grace teaching is a good example of mixing truth with error. An emphasis on the beauty and power of God’s grace is good, but some teachers are neglecting what Paul called the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27). For example, it is true that Christians have been forgiven by God. But that doesn’t mean we never have to confess our sin. James 5:16 says, “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” If we are to confess our sins to each other, why would we not need to confess them to God, since every sin is ultimately a sin against God (Psalm 51:4)?
Also, 1 John 1:9 gives clear instruction to believers about confessing sin. It begins with the word if: “If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive our sin and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” This is a cause/effect statement implying that we cannot have the second without the first. As blood-bought children of God, we do not continue to confess our sin in order to be saved from hell. We confess and repent in order to reestablish an intimate relationship with our Father. We are “positionally righteous” but “practically sinful.”
To counter this argument, hyper-grace preachers deny that John’s letters were written to believers. However, 1 John 2:1 begins with this: “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.” John is clearly writing to believers whom he personally knew. He indicates that his believing friends may indeed sin, and that, when they do, they need to confess it.
Hyper-grace preachers also claim the Holy Spirit will never convict Christians of their sin. Mature Christians should recognize this fallacy right away. Every disciple of Christ has felt the overwhelming conviction of the Holy Spirit when he or she has sinned. Jesus calls the Holy Spirit “the Spirit of Truth” (John 15:26). Truth, by its very definition, will not tolerate anything false. When the Spirit of Truth abides in a believing heart (1 Corinthians 6:19), He brings conviction about anything that is not truth.
In summary, much of what the hyper-grace preachers teach is valid. We are indeed saved by grace, not our works (Ephesians 2:8–9). And God’s grace is marvelous, great, and free (1 Timothy 1:14). However, hyper-grace teaching is out of proportion to the rest of Scripture. Any time one doctrine is emphasized to the exclusion of the rest, we fall into error because we fail to “correctly handle” the Word (2 Timothy 2:15).
Jesus was full of both “grace and truth” (John 1:14). The two are in delicate balance, and a tip to either side can result in a false gospel. We must always compare any new teaching with the “whole counsel of God” and learn to disregard anything that veers even slightly from the truth (1 John 4:1).
Are we in the "Last Days"? Not according to the word of God
Posted : 11 Mar, 2025 03:54 PM
I agree that's a great rapture scripture FOR THEM.
1 Thess 4:17-18 After that, WE(Paul and FIRST CENTURY CHRISTIANS) 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. Therefore encourage ONE ANOTHER(FIRST CENTURY CHRISTIANS) with these words.
Are we in the "Last Days"? Not according to the word of God
Posted : 11 Mar, 2025 07:51 PM
"Because the great tribulation was the period of Israel's/Jacob's trouble from 66 to 70ad. The rapture is misunderstood and it also happened to them in 70 ad."
No, that can't be true. First of all, the book of Revelation lays out a 3.5-year timeline after the rapture, which is the Great Tribulation. If has already happened, then we would have read about it in history books. If it is yet to occur in the future, then the rapture hasn't happened yet either. And the chapter you quoted from Joel is not for today.
"And the 'end times' does not mean the 'end of the world' but the end of Old Covenant Israel. The New Heaven and Earth also doesn't mean a new physical Universe but a New Covenant."
Now, be careful there. You know what happens to those who add or take away from the words of Revelation... Not good. Not good! You don't want to find out. So, be careful with adding stuff to the Bible. The book of Revelation plainly says that this earth does have an End. It will happen after the Great Tribulation, after the 1000-year reign of Christ, and after Satan is released for a little while. I have shared an argument with a friend of mine who thinks the 1000-year reign of Christ is behind us. And it goes like this: During the 1000-year reign of Christ, all weapons will be destroyed. Walls around cities will be demolished, because they are no longer necessary. This is in the Bible. After the weapons and walls are destroyed, Satan is released for a little while. How long is that "little while"? It not too long, because the Bible says that people will come against Israel on horseback. They don't use guns; they use swords. In other words, they didn't have time to develop modern weapons. They just had enough time to discover and create swords. Not very highly advanced army. They will be numerous as the sand of the sea but not very highly sophisticated! So, that tells us that they didn't have thousands of years to develop weapons. The little while could be a hundreds years or so. We don't know. Maybe two hundred years. Again, it's not going to be thousands of years. So, if the rapture happened in 70 AD, then the 1000-year reign of Christ should have ended in 1070, and we're way past the end. And yes, there will be an end. Don't say there won't be an end, because the Bible says so. God is going to create a new earth and new heaven.
Are we in the "Last Days"? Not according to the word of God
Posted : 12 Mar, 2025 06:44 AM
Scriptures Reference in Bible Article
What are the new heavens and the new earth?
new heavens, new earth
In Revelation 21:1, John sees something spectacular: “Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.” This new earth and new heavens are sometimes referred to as the “eternal state.” As seen in Revelation chapters 21—22, the new earth will be the eternal dwelling place of believers in Jesus Christ. Scripture gives us a few details of the new heavens and new earth.
The current heavens and earth have long been subject to God’s curse because of mankind’s sin. All creation “has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth” (Romans 8:22) as it awaits the fulfillment of God’s plan and “the children of God to be revealed” (verse 19). Heaven and earth will pass away (Mark 13:31), and they will be replaced by the new heavens and the new earth. At that time, the Lord, seated on His throne, says, “I am making everything new!” (Revelation 21:5). In the new creation, sin will be totally eradicated, and “there shall be no more curse” (Revelation 22:3, NKJV).
The new heaven and new earth are also mentioned in Isaiah 65:17, Isaiah 66:22, and 2 Peter 3:13. Peter says that the new heaven and new earth will be “where righteousness dwells.” Isaiah says that “the former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.” Things will be completely new, and the old order of things, with the accompanying sorrow and tragedy, will be gone.
The new earth will be free from sin, evil, sickness, suffering, and death. It will be earth as God originally intended it to be, prior to the curse of sin. It will be Eden restored.
A major feature of the new earth will be the New Jerusalem. John calls it “the Holy City . . . coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband” (Revelation 21:2). This glorious city, with its streets of gold and pearly gates, is situated on a new, glorious earth. The tree of life will be there (Revelation 22:2). This city represents the final state of redeemed mankind, forever in fellowship with God: “God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. . . . His servants will serve him. They will see his face” (Revelation 21:3; 22:3–4).
In the new heavens and new earth, Scripture says, there are seven things notable for their absence—seven things that are “no more”:
• no more sea (Revelation 21:1)
• no more death (Revelation 21:4)
• no more mourning (Revelation 21:4)
• no more weeping (Revelation 21:4)
• no more pain (Revelation 21:4)
• no more curse (Revelation 22:3)
• no more night (Revelation 22:5)
The creation of the new heavens and new earth brings the promise that God “will wipe every tear from their eyes” (Revelation 21:4). This event comes after the tribulation, after the Lord’s second coming, after the millennial kingdom, after the final rebellion, after the final judgment of Satan, and after the great white throne judgment. The brief description of the new heavens and new earth is the last glimpse into eternity that the Bible gives.
