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**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 13 Feb, 2017 07:22 PM
**SALVATION IS 100% FREE BUT HEAVENLY REWARDS ARE 100% EARNED**!!
Tirus 3:4: But when the kindness and **LOVE** of God our *SAVIOR** appeared, He saved us , not because of **RIGHTEOUS THINGS** we had done, but because of His **MERCY**!
Ephesians 2:8,9: For it is by grace you have been saved, through **FAITH**�and this not from yourselves, it is the **GIFT OF GOD**�not by works. So that no one can boast. For we are **GOD'S WORKMANSHIP**, created in Christ Jesus to do **GOOD WORKS**, which God prepared in advance for us to do!
And so God's faithful saints do not earn their salvation by doing good works. They do **GOOD WORKS** after they are born from above because of their love of God who gave them the **FREE GIFT** of eternal life earned by the Atonement of Jesus our Savior; and to earn countless eternal **REWARDS** for faithful and loving service with the different gifts God gives us!!
Hebrews 11:1,6: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see....And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He *REWARDS** those who earnestly seek Him!!
Ephesians 6:8: Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will **REWARD** everyone for what ever good he does!
Revelation 22:12 Jesus says, �Behold I am coming soon! My **REWARD** is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done!�
Matthew 16:27: Jesus says, �The Son of Man is going to come in His Father's glory with His angels and THEN He will **REWARD** each person according to what he has done!�
Daniel 12:3: Those who are impart wisdom {NIV} will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever!!
I Corinthians 3:7-9: So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who watered have one purpose, and each will be **REWARDED** according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers, you are God's field, God's building!
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it our goal to please Him... for we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15: His work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives , he will receive his **REWARD**. If it is burned up he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
2 John 1:8: Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you be **REWARDED FULLY**!
Colossians 3:23-25: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a **REWARD**. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
2 Peter 1:5-11: Make every effort to add to your faith {A Free Gift} goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness,**LOVE**. For it you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is near-sighted and blind, and has forgotten he has been cleansed of his past sins. Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fail, and you will receive a **RICH WELCOME** into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Revelation 2:17: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes.. I will give him a white stone with a **NEW NAME** written on it, known only to him who receives it!!"
Revelation 3:21: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to **SIT WITH ME** on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne!!"
**HOW TO WIN HEAVENLY ETERNAL CROWNS**
I Corinthians 9:24-27: Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes in to strict training. They do it to get a **CROWN** that will not last; but we do it to get a **CROWN THAT WILL LAST FOREVER**! Therefore, I do not run like a man running aimlessly. I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize!
Revelation 3:11: Jesus says, �I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your **CROWN**!�
2 Timothy 4:7,8: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the **CROWN** of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day�and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing!
The **CROWN OF LIFE** for those who persevere under trials and persecution:
James 1:12: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the **CROWN OF LIFE** that God has promised to those who love Him!
Revelation 2:10 Jesus says, �Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer... Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE!�
Matthew 5:11,12: Jesus says, �Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your **REWARD** in heaven!�
Hebrews 10:32-36: Remember those earlier days after you had received the Light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be **RICHLY REWARDED**. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, **YOU RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS PROMISED**!!!
**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 3 Apr, 2017 08:17 PM
Hello
Am enclosing very interesting Bible studies on **WHO WILL BE THE 4 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE DURING THE 1263 1/2-DAY END TIMES**?? and **HOW WILL THE BEAST {666} OR PALE HORSE RIDER MIRACULOUSLY WIN A GREAT WAR OVER ONE FOURTH OF THE EARTH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1260-DAY GREAT TRIBULATION**??
Your eternal friend in Jesus,
Richard
**WHO WILL BE THE 4 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE DURING THE 1263 1/2-DAY END TINES**??
The Greek word *PYRROS* is used only twice in God's word and means *FIERY RED* in Rev 12:3 and Rev 6:4, and both times it obviously refers to Satan!
Revelation 12:3,9,17; & Rev 13:1,4,5,7,8: Then another sign appeared in heaven, an enormous *FIERY RED* {Greek: **PYRROS**} dragon...The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the Devil, or **SATAN**, **WHO LEADS THE WHOLE WORLD ASTRAY**. He was hurled to earth and his angels with him... Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring--those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast {666 is called a beast 36 {6X6} times in Revelation} coming out of the sea..... Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?" The beast was given authority for 42 months {1260 days}.... And he was given authority over every tribe, people language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb.
Revelation 6:3,4: When the Lamb opened the second seal... then another horse came out, a **FIERY RED** {Greek: **PYRROS**} one. Its rider was given power **TO TAKE PEACE FROM THE EARTH AND MAKE MEN SLAY EACH OTHER**!!
So it is completely obvious the rider on the *FIERY RED* horse or 2nd horse of the Apocalypse is the *FIERY RED* dragon or Satan who "WILL TAKE PEACE FROM THE EARTH AND TO MAKE MEN SLAY EACH OTHER** {as per Rev 4:4} and that the beast or 666 will be on a horse that comes ****AFTER*** the 2nd horse of the Apocalypse and will have the Satanic power to make war and then control every nation in the world just like the 4th horse of the Apocalypse!!
Revelation 6:7,8: When the Lamb opened the 4th seal... I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named **DEATH** {ALL who are caught not worshiping the image of 666 will be **KILLED**-Rev 13:15} and **HADES** {the False Prophet of 666} was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, {and miraculously} by famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth! Note: Everyone who receives the mark of the beast ordered by his False prophet will go to **HADES** as per Revelation 13:16; Rev 19:20 & Rev 14:9-11} Rev 13:4: Men worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?"
So then who will be the rider of the 1st horse or **WHITE** Horse? ? **WHITE** is mentioned 17 times in Revelation and every time it relates to Jesus {Rev 1:14} or His saints or His martyrs or the 24 Elders {Rev 4:4} or a white stone that Jesus will give all His saints (Rev 2:17} and all of His saints will walk with Jesus dressed in **WHITE** as per Rev 3:4,5}. Jesus will ride a **WHITE** Horse {Rev 19:11} and all His saints will follow Him on White horses {Rev 19:14} dressed in White which will include all His martyrs dressed in White robes as per Rev 6:11 & Rev 7:9,13,14.
Revelation 6:2: There before was a **WHITE** horse! Its rider held a bow and he was given a **CROWN** and he rode out as a **CONQUEROR**, bent on conquest!
Revelation 4:4: Surrounding God's throne were 24 other thrones and seated on them were 24 Elders. They were dressed in**WHITE**and had **CROWNS** of gold on their heads! We can be absolutely sure that the Archangel Michael is deserving of a throne surrounding God's throne and like all of the other Elders he is dressed in**WHITE**.!! And just before the beginning of the Great Tribulation he will **CONQUER** Satan and his angels and kick them out of heaven!
Revelation 12:3,7-9: Then another sign appeared in heaven; a **FIERY RED* {Greek PYRROS*} Dragon... And there was war in heaven. **MICHAEL** {Who is dressed in **WHITE** and has a **CROWN** and his angels fought against the Dragon, and the Dragon and his angels fought back, but they were not strong enough, and they lost there place in heaven The great Dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the Devil or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to earth, and his angels with him! {After being **CONQUERED** by the Archangel Michael who is dressed in **WHITE** and has a **CROWN**!}
We have shown that the Fiery Red Horse Rider will come shortly before the Pale Horse Rider. And of course then the White Horse Rider will appear shortly before the coming of the Fiery Red Horse Rider or Satan in the End-Times.
Revelation 12:7-9: And there was war in heaven. **MICHAEL** and his angels fought against the Dragon, and the Dragon and his angels fought back, but he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven The great Dragon was hurled down, that ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. {By **MICHAEL**}
Daniel 12:1,2 7b: At that time **MICHAEL**, the great prince will arise. There will be a time of distress such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: Some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt....It will be for a time, times and 1/2 a time {Or 42 months not 7 years}....**ALL** these things will be completed.
So it is fairly obvious that **MICHAEL** will be the future **WHITE HORSE RIDER**!
The rider of the 3rd horse or Black Horse many believe may be the False prophet of 666 since he follows the pale horse or 666 in Rev 6:8: I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death {666} and Hades {The False Prophet of 666} was following close behind him. The Black Horse Rider or False Prophet of 666 will also cause worldwide economic chaos just before the coming of 666 or the Pale Horse Rider; since he will cause a quart of wheat or a loaf of bread to cost a full day's wages as per Rev 6:6! However he will not hurt the price of **WINE** so people will get drunk and sin even more since they can not afford to buy bread!!
The End-Times will last 1263 1/2 days since God's 2 Witnesses will complete their 1260-day testimony when they are killed by 666; 3 1/2 days before the 7th angel sounds the 7th and last trumpet on the Last Day {See Rev 11:3-15,18} God's 2 witnesses {Moses and Elijah} will warn God's saints of the coming of Satan, the False Prophet and 666 or the fiery red horse rider, the black horse rider and the pale horse rider.
**HOW WILL THE BEAST {666} OR PALE HORSE RIDER MIRACULOUSLY WIN A GREAT WAR OVER ONE FOURTH OF THE EARTH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1260-DAY GREAT TRIBULATION**??
It is likely that the world will be at war and in economic chaos when the Tribulation begins as per Matthew 24:6,7.
Revelation 13:4: Men worshiped the **FIERY RED** Dragon {Satan-See Rev 12:3,6} because he had given authority to the Beast, and they also worshiped the Beast and asked, "Who is like the Beast? Who can make **WAR** against him?
Revelation 6:8: I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death {666), and Hades {The False Prophet} was following close behind him. They were given power over a **FOURTH OF THE EARTH** to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
**WILL THE BEAST THEN APPOINT 10 KINGS WHO HAVE NEVER BEFORE RULED OVER THE 10 MOST POWERFUL NATIONS IN THE WORLD**??
Revelation 17:12-14: The 10 horns {On the Beast-See Rev 17:7 & 13:1} you saw are **10 KINGS** who have **NOT YET** received a kingdom, but who for one hour {1260 days} will receive authority as **KINGS** along with the Beast. They have one purpose and will give their **POWER AND AUTHORITY TO THE BEAST**! They will make war against the **LAMB**, but the **LAMB** will conquer them because He is **LORD** of lords and **KING** of kings--and with Him will be His **CALLED**, CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers!!
**SPECULATION AS TO WHICH 10 POWERFUL NATIONS WILL 666 GIVE HIS 10 KINGS WHO HAVE NEVER BEFORE RULED**??
{*1*} THE USA {*2*} RUSSIA {*3} CHINA {*4*} ENGLAND {*5} FRANCE {*6*} INDIA {*7*} GERMANY {*8*} AUSTRALIA {*9*} BRAZIL {For South America} {*10*} EGYPT {For Africa} These nations have over 66.6 % of the world's population and land area and have about 90% of the world's military power. And so these ** 10 KINGS** of 666 along with all his counterfeit miracles and wonders will be able to control all of the rest of the nations of the world!!
Revelation 19:11,14,19: I saw in heaven standing open and there before me was a **WHITE HORSE**, whose Rider is called Faithful and True... The armies of heaven were following Him, riding on **WHITE HORSES**and dressed in fine linen, **WHITE** and clean... Then I saw the Beast {666} and the **KINGS** of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the the Rider on the horse and his army!!
Revelation 17:14: They will make war against the **LAMB**, but the **LAMB** will conquer them because He is **LORD** of lords and **KING** of kings--and with Him will be His **CALLED**, **CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers!!
**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 3 Apr, 2017 08:20 PM
Hello
Am enclosing very interesting Bible studies on **WHO WILL BE THE 4 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE DURING THE 1263 1/2-DAY END TIMES**?? and **HOW WILL THE BEAST {666} OR PALE HORSE RIDER MIRACULOUSLY WIN A GREAT WAR OVER ONE FOURTH OF THE EARTH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1260-DAY GREAT TRIBULATION**??
Your eternal friend in Jesus,
Richard
**WHO WILL BE THE 4 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE DURING THE 1263 1/2-DAY END TINES**??
The Greek word *PYRROS* is used only twice in God's word and means *FIERY RED* in Rev 12:3 and Rev 6:4, and both times it obviously refers to Satan!
Revelation 12:3,9,17; & Rev 13:1,4,5,7,8: Then another sign appeared in heaven, an enormous *FIERY RED* {Greek: **PYRROS**} dragon...The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the Devil, or **SATAN**, **WHO LEADS THE WHOLE WORLD ASTRAY**. He was hurled to earth and his angels with him... Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring--those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast {666 is called a beast 36 {6X6} times in Revelation} coming out of the sea..... Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?" The beast was given authority for 42 months {1260 days}.... And he was given authority over every tribe, people language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb.
Revelation 6:3,4: When the Lamb opened the second seal... then another horse came out, a **FIERY RED** {Greek: **PYRROS**} one. Its rider was given power **TO TAKE PEACE FROM THE EARTH AND MAKE MEN SLAY EACH OTHER**!!
So it is completely obvious the rider on the *FIERY RED* horse or 2nd horse of the Apocalypse is the *FIERY RED* dragon or Satan who "WILL TAKE PEACE FROM THE EARTH AND TO MAKE MEN SLAY EACH OTHER** {as per Rev 4:4} and that the beast or 666 will be on a horse that comes ****AFTER*** the 2nd horse of the Apocalypse and will have the Satanic power to make war and then control every nation in the world just like the 4th horse of the Apocalypse!!
Revelation 6:7,8: When the Lamb opened the 4th seal... I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named **DEATH** {ALL who are caught not worshiping the image of 666 will be **KILLED**-Rev 13:15} and **HADES** {the False Prophet of 666} was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, {and miraculously} by famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth! Note: Everyone who receives the mark of the beast ordered by his False prophet will go to **HADES** as per Revelation 13:16; Rev 19:20 & Rev 14:9-11} Rev 13:4: Men worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?"
So then who will be the rider of the 1st horse or **WHITE** Horse? ? **WHITE** is mentioned 17 times in Revelation and every time it relates to Jesus {Rev 1:14} or His saints or His martyrs or the 24 Elders {Rev 4:4} or a white stone that Jesus will give all His saints (Rev 2:17} and all of His saints will walk with Jesus dressed in **WHITE** as per Rev 3:4,5}. Jesus will ride a **WHITE** Horse {Rev 19:11} and all His saints will follow Him on White horses {Rev 19:14} dressed in White which will include all His martyrs dressed in White robes as per Rev 6:11 & Rev 7:9,13,14.
Revelation 6:2: There before was a **WHITE** horse! Its rider held a bow and he was given a **CROWN** and he rode out as a **CONQUEROR**, bent on conquest!
Revelation 4:4: Surrounding God's throne were 24 other thrones and seated on them were 24 Elders. They were dressed in**WHITE**and had **CROWNS** of gold on their heads! We can be absolutely sure that the Archangel Michael is deserving of a throne surrounding God's throne and like all of the other Elders he is dressed in**WHITE**.!! And just before the beginning of the Great Tribulation he will **CONQUER** Satan and his angels and kick them out of heaven!
Revelation 12:3,7-9: Then another sign appeared in heaven; a **FIERY RED* {Greek PYRROS*} Dragon... And there was war in heaven. **MICHAEL** {Who is dressed in **WHITE** and has a **CROWN** and his angels fought against the Dragon, and the Dragon and his angels fought back, but they were not strong enough, and they lost there place in heaven The great Dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the Devil or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to earth, and his angels with him! {After being **CONQUERED** by the Archangel Michael who is dressed in **WHITE** and has a **CROWN**!}
We have shown that the Fiery Red Horse Rider will come shortly before the Pale Horse Rider. And of course then the White Horse Rider will appear shortly before the coming of the Fiery Red Horse Rider or Satan in the End-Times.
Revelation 12:7-9: And there was war in heaven. **MICHAEL** and his angels fought against the Dragon, and the Dragon and his angels fought back, but he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven The great Dragon was hurled down, that ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. {By **MICHAEL**}
Daniel 12:1,2 7b: At that time **MICHAEL**, the great prince will arise. There will be a time of distress such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: Some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt....It will be for a time, times and 1/2 a time {Or 42 months not 7 years}....**ALL** these things will be completed.
So it is fairly obvious that **MICHAEL** will be the future **WHITE HORSE RIDER**!
The rider of the 3rd horse or Black Horse many believe may be the False prophet of 666 since he follows the pale horse or 666 in Rev 6:8: I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death {666} and Hades {The False Prophet of 666} was following close behind him. The Black Horse Rider or False Prophet of 666 will also cause worldwide economic chaos just before the coming of 666 or the Pale Horse Rider; since he will cause a quart of wheat or a loaf of bread to cost a full day's wages as per Rev 6:6! However he will not hurt the price of **WINE** so people will get drunk and sin even more since they can not afford to buy bread!!
The End-Times will last 1263 1/2 days since God's 2 Witnesses will complete their 1260-day testimony when they are killed by 666; 3 1/2 days before the 7th angel sounds the 7th and last trumpet on the Last Day {See Rev 11:3-15,18} God's 2 witnesses {Moses and Elijah} will warn God's saints of the coming of Satan, the False Prophet and 666 or the fiery red horse rider, the black horse rider and the pale horse rider.
**HOW WILL THE BEAST {666} OR PALE HORSE RIDER MIRACULOUSLY WIN A GREAT WAR OVER ONE FOURTH OF THE EARTH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1260-DAY GREAT TRIBULATION**??
It is likely that the world will be at war and in economic chaos when the Tribulation begins as per Matthew 24:6,7.
Revelation 13:4: Men worshiped the **FIERY RED** Dragon {Satan-See Rev 12:3,6} because he had given authority to the Beast, and they also worshiped the Beast and asked, "Who is like the Beast? Who can make **WAR** against him?
Revelation 6:8: I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death {666), and Hades {The False Prophet} was following close behind him. They were given power over a **FOURTH OF THE EARTH** to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
**WILL THE BEAST THEN APPOINT 10 KINGS WHO HAVE NEVER BEFORE RULED OVER THE 10 MOST POWERFUL NATIONS IN THE WORLD**??
Revelation 17:12-14: The 10 horns {On the Beast-See Rev 17:7 & 13:1} you saw are **10 KINGS** who have **NOT YET** received a kingdom, but who for one hour {1260 days} will receive authority as **KINGS** along with the Beast. They have one purpose and will give their **POWER AND AUTHORITY TO THE BEAST**! They will make war against the **LAMB**, but the **LAMB** will conquer them because He is **LORD** of lords and **KING** of kings--and with Him will be His **CALLED**, CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers!!
**SPECULATION AS TO WHICH 10 POWERFUL NATIONS WILL 666 GIVE HIS 10 KINGS WHO HAVE NEVER BEFORE RULED**??
{*1*} THE USA {*2*} RUSSIA {*3} CHINA {*4*} ENGLAND {*5} FRANCE {*6*} INDIA {*7*} GERMANY {*8*} AUSTRALIA {*9*} BRAZIL {For South America} {*10*} EGYPT {For Africa} These nations have over 66.6 % of the world's population and land area and have about 90% of the world's military power. And so these ** 10 KINGS** of 666 along with all his counterfeit miracles and wonders will be able to control all of the rest of the nations of the world!!
Revelation 19:11,14,19: I saw in heaven standing open and there before me was a **WHITE HORSE**, whose Rider is called Faithful and True... The armies of heaven were following Him, riding on **WHITE HORSES**and dressed in fine linen, **WHITE** and clean... Then I saw the Beast {666} and the **KINGS** of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the the Rider on the horse and his army!!
Revelation 17:14: They will make war against the **LAMB**, but the **LAMB** will conquer them because He is **LORD** of lords and **KING** of kings--and with Him will be His **CALLED**, **CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers!!
**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 4 Apr, 2017 02:28 PM
**WHO WILL BE THE 200 MILLION MOUNTED TROOPS ON HORSES IN REVELATION 9:16-20**??
Revelation 9:16-20: The number of the **MOUNTED TROOPS** was two hundred million {200,000,000}. I heard their number. The **HORSES AND RIDERS** I saw in my vision looked like this. Their breastplates were red, dark blue and yellow. The heads of the **HORSES** resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. A third of mankind {About 2.3 Billion unsaved people} was killed by these plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths... The rest of {Unsaved} mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands!
**WHO WILL BE THE 2 HUNDRED MILLION MOUNTED TROOPS ON HORSES THAT WILL KILL ABOUT 2.3 BILLION UNSAVED PEOPLE**??
Revelation 6:7-9: When He opened the 5th seal saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, "how long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and **AVENGE** our blood?" The each of them were given a **WHITE ROBE**, and the were told to wait a **LITTLE LONGER**, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers were to be killed as they had been was **COMPLETED**! This promise were **COMPLETED** in Revelation 7:9-14 just before the Trumpet plagues in Revelation chapters 8 and 9.
Revelation 7:9,13,14: There before me was a **GREAT MULTITUDE THAT NO ONE COULD COUNT**, from **EVERY NATION, TRIBE, PEOPLE AND LANGUAGE** standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing **WHITE ROBES**... Then one of the {24} Elders {See Rev 4:4}asked me, These in **WHITE ROBES** who are they, and where did they come from??" I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they who have come out of the Great Tribulation {MARTYRS} they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the **LAMB**. Therefore, they are before the throne of God!!"
Revelation 12:11: They overcame him by the blood of the *LAMB**and by the word of their testimony; they did love their lives so much as to shrink from death! {Just like the **LAMB** Jesus}
And so the 200,000,000 mounted troops on horses will be Tribulation martyrs who will avenge their blood on 2,300,000,000 unsaved in the 5th trumpet plague in Revelation 9:7-9 above; that may have had a hand in the evil murder of the 200,000,000 Great Tribulation martyrs.
**IS THE FIRST 1,000 YEAR RESURRECTION IN REVELATION 20:4-6 FOR MARTYRS LIKE JESUS AND THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES WITH AUTHORITY TO JUDGE ONLY**??
It is completely obvious that the continuous 1,000 year reign mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is for 24 ELDERS on **THRONES** and MARTYRS ONLY according to God's Word in:
Revelation 20:4,5: "I saw [24]**THRONES** on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded {Martyred} because of their testimony for Jesus {*NT MARTYRS*} and because of the word of God {*OT MARTYRS*}. They had not worshiped the beast and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {*TRIBULATION MARTYRS*}. They came to life {*AWOKE FROM SLEEP IN CHRIST} and reigned with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead {Saints who were not martyrs or the 24 elders} did not **COME TO LIFE** until the thousand years were ended. {At the 2nd coming of Jesus} These could not be the lost since Rev 20:6,& 10 and Rev 21:8 state that on the Last Day the lost will suffer the **SECOND DEATH**!!
WHO ARE THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES SURROUNDING GOD'S THRONE??
Revelation 4:4 Surrounding God's throne were **24 OTHER THRONES**, on seated on them were **24 ELDERS**. They were dressed in *WHITE* and had crowns of Gold on their heads!
Matthew 19:28: Jesus said to his Apostles, "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you have **FOLLOWED ME** {The Apostle Paul instead of Judas] will **ALSO SIT ON 12 THRONES, **JUDGING**!!
Luke 22:29,30: Jesus said to His Apostles, "I confer on you a Kingdom, just as My Father conferred one on Me, so that you may eat and drink at My table in My Kingdom and sit on **THRONES**, **JUDGING**!!"
**WHO DESERVES TO SIT ON THE OTHER 12 THRONES SURROUNDING GOD'S THRONE**??
And certainly 12 OT Super saints of God will also deserve sitting on the other **12 **THRONES** surrounding God's throne such as Abraham, David, Moses, Elijah, Daniel, Isaiah, Samuel, Jeremiah, Joseph , Joshua, Noah and Enoch!!
According to Revelation 20:4-6 there will be *TWO* Resurrections. The 1st continuous 1,000 year Heavenly Resurrection is for the 24 Elders on thrones and MARTYRS* LIKE JESUS ONLY* and will end at the 2nd coming of Jesus when the 2nd Resurrection will take place for the saints of all ages who are *NOT MARTYRS*!!
In Daniel 12:2 just after the Great Tribulation we read, "Multitudes who *SLEEP* in the dust of the earth will *AWAKE*, some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
I Thess 5:10: He {Jesus} died for us so that, whether we are ** AWAKE** {Martyrs} or **ASLEEP**, we may live together with Him.
I Corinthians 15:51,52: Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all *SLEEP*{Since the Martyrs are **AWAKE**} but we will all be changed--in a flash, in a twinkling of an eye, at the Last {7TH} Trumpet!!
There are only TWO RESURRECTIONS for all saints mentioned in Rev 20:4-6: The FIRST RESURRECTION is for MARTYRS AND THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES ONLY and INCLUDES the Tribulation Martyrs. And therefore the SECOND RESURRECTION must come on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation and must include ALL SAINTS {Both OT & NT} who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on thrones.
The Heavenly rewards for the faithful and courageous *MARTYRS* is one of the most important central themes in the book of Revelation. For they will reign with Jesus in Heaven during the 1,000 years before His 2nd Coming; like the *TRIBULATION MARTYRS**!
Just before the 7 Trumpet Plagues in Revelation 8 we read :
Revelation 7:9,13-15,17: I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from **EVERY** nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the THRONE and in front of the **LAMB**. They were wearing white robes.... The one of the {24} **ELDERS** asked me, "These in white robes--who are they, where did they come from?" I answered, "Sir, you know." and he {The ELDER} said, " These are they who have **COME OUT OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION** {**MARTYRS**}, they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the **LAMB**. Therefore, THEY ARE BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD** and serve Him day and night in His Temple!!"... The **LAMB** in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd!!
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us suppose that the SECOND RESURRECTION takes place on October 25th; 2021 then the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION for MARTYRS AND 24 ELDERS ONLY would take place from October 25th, AD 1021 to October 25th, 2021. The 24 Elders and all of the OT & NT saints martyred before October 25th, 1021 were awakened to reign with Jesus in Heaven and every Martyr martyred after October 25th, 1021 were and will be immediately awakened to reign with Jesus in the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION to be completed on October 25th, 2021 at the SECOND RESURRECTION when "The rest of the dead **COME TO LIFE** when the thousand years are ENDED." {Rev 20:5a}
Rev 20:4b �I saw the *SOULS of those who had been martyred because of their testimony for Jesus... they came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years. {The Martyrs SOULS will get white robes but will only get their New Heavenly bodies when the 1,000 years are ENDED at the 2nd Coming of Jesus.}
This seems to contradict John 6:40: Jesus says, �EVERYONE who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the LAST DAY.� HOWEVER, the LAST DAY RESURRECTION could last 1,000 years for in 2 Pet 3:8 we read: �With the Lord a DAY is like 1,000 years, and 1,000 years are like a DAY!!
We see the martyrs talking in heaven at the beginning of the Great Tribulation in Revelation 6:9-11 and then we see a great multitude of martyrs who have come out of the Great Tribulation from every nation and language awake in heaven jin Revelation 7:9-17 just **BEFORE** the first 7 trumpet plagues in Revelation 8.
And then just before the last 7 bowl plagues we see martyrs in heaven singing the song of the Lamb in Revelation 15:2-4: And then we see 144,000 Jewish martyrs in heaven with Jesus BEFORE Rome or Babylon is destroyed in Rev 14:8 in Revelation 14:1-5:
Revelation 6:9-11: When He {Jesus} opened the 5th seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain {MARTYRS LIKE JESUS} because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood? Then each of them were given a WHITE ROBE, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed {**TRIBULATION MARTYRS**} as they had been was **COMPLETED**.
This was **COMPLETED** just before the 7 trumpet plagues in Revelation 8::
Revelation 7:9,13-15,17: After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from EVERY nation, tribe, people and language standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb {Jesus} They were wearing WHITE ROBES. And they cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne , and to the Lamb...Then one of the {24} **ELDERS** asked me, "Those in WHITE ROBES--who are they, and where did they come from?" And he said, "These are they who have come out of the *GREAT TRIBULATION*{*MARTYRS LIKE JESUS*}, they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the **LAMB**. Therefore, They are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple...The **LAMB** in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd!"
Revelation 15:2,3: And I saw..those who had been victorious over the Beast {666} and his image and the number of his name {**TRIBULATION MARTYRS**}. They held harps given them by God and sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the **LAMB**: "Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages!"
Note: Mount Zion is another name for heaven as per Hebrews 12:22. Revelation 14:1-4: Then I looked, an there before me was the **LAMB**, standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 {See Rev 7:3-8}...And I heard a sound from Heaven...And they sang a new song before the throne. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been *REDEEMED* from the earth...They follow the **LAMB** wherever He goes. {They will all be martyred**BEFORE** the fall of Babylon in Revelation 14:8: A second angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!"
The 24 Elders on thrones are mentioned **12 TIMES** in Revelation 5:4,10; :5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16-18; 14:3 and 19:4 The 24 Elders on thrones are mentioned many times speaking from heaven during the Great Tribulation and are the only saints mentioned in heaven during the Great Tribulation besides the MARTYRS!! The **MARTYRS** are mentioned numerous times in Revelation 2:10; :9-11; 7:9-17; 11:7; 12:11: 13:10; 13:15; 14:1-5; 14:13; 15:2-4; 16:6; 18:24!!
It is completely obvious that the continuous 1,000 year reign mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is for 24 ELDERS on **THRONES** and MARTYRS ONLY according to God's Word in:
Revelation 20:4,5: "I saw [24]**THRONES** on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded {Martyred} because of their testimony for Jesus {*NT MARTYRS*} and because of the word of God {*OT MARTYRS*}. They had not worshiped the beast and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {*TRIBULATION MARTYRS*}. They came to life {*AWOKE FROM SLEEP IN CHRIST} and reigned with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead {Saints who were not martyrs or the 24 elders} did not **COME TO LIFE** until the thousand years were ended. {At the 2nd coming of Jesus} These could not be the lost since Rev 20:6,& 10 and Rev 21:8 state that on the Last Day the lost will suffer the **SECOND DEATH**!!
WHEN WAS SATAN STOPPED FROM DECEIVING THE NATIONS SO THAT THE GOSPEL COULD BE PREACHED TO EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD AS PER MATTHEW 24:14 AND REVELATION 7:9??
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us assume that the Great Tribulation will last 1260 days from May 14th, 2018 to October 25th, 2021. As you know Satan was successful in stopping the Gospel from spreading past 5% of the earth; or The Mid-East, Southern Europe and Northern Africa for almost 1000 years. Suddenly the Gospel was being preached throughout the pagan kingdoms of Russia, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden around AD 1018. And in the past 1,000 years the Gospel has spread to all of Africa and Asia, North and South America, and all the remote islands of the earth. As you know the gospel must be preached to every nation of the earth before the end can come as per Matthew 24:14 and Revelation 7:9.
And so about 95% of the world�s nations who were deceived by Satan; have heard the gospel for the first time during the past 1,000 years. Rev 20:2,3: �He {The angel} seized the dragon, who is the devil or Satan and bound him for 1,000 years {FOR EXAMPLE: May 14th, AD 1018 to May 14th, 2018}. He threw him into the Abyss to keep him from deceiving the nations until the 1,000 years were ended {On May 14th, 2018}. After that he must be set free for a short time.� Or 1260 days from May 14th, 2018 to October 25th, 2021 during the Great Tribulation when Satan will again **DECEIVE ALL THE NATIONS** for 1260 days until the Last Day.
Revelation 13:4,5: Men **WORSHIPED THE DRAGON** {Satan as per Rev 12:9} because he had given authority to the Beast... The Beast will exercise his authority for 42 months (Not 7 years}.. And he will be given authority over **EVERY** tribe, people, language and **NATION**. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the Beast--all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the **LAMB** that was slain!!
And then on the Last Day of the 1260-day Tribulation, Revelation 20:10 states: And the **DEVIL WHO DECEIVED THEM**, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur where the Beast and the False Prophet had been thrown {See Rev 19:20} They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever!
Revelation 12:11; They overcame him by the blood of the **LAMB** and by the word of their testimony; they {Like Jesus} did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death!!
Revelation 2:10: Jesus says, "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE**!!"
**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 5 Apr, 2017 06:47 PM
**WHO IS THE WOMAN IN REVELATION 12 AND WHO ARE HER OFFSPRING??
Galatians 4:22,23,28-31: Abraham had 2 sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the Free Woman. His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a "PROMISE"!....You brother, like Isaac {Sarah's son}, are children of "PROMISE"....The slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with the Free Woman's son. Therefore, brothers, **WE** are not children of the slave woman {Hagar} but of the Free "WOMAN"{Sarah}!!
According to Galatians 3:16 Jesus is also the offspring of Abraham and Sarah Revelation 12:5: She gave birth to a Son, a male child, Who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter {See Rev 19:15}. And her Child was snatched up to God and to His throne! {See Ephesians 1:20-22}
Galatians 3:28,29: There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise>
Just before the coming of 666 and the 1260-day or 42-month Great Tribulation in Revelation 13:1 we read in Rev 12:17; 13:1,5,7: Then the dragon {Satan} was enraged at the woman {Sarah} and went off to make war against the r**REST OF HER OFFSPRING**--**THOSE WHO OBEY GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AND HOLD TO THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS**!! And the dragon {Satan} stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw Beast {666} coming out of the Sea {Or Abyss or Hell as per Rev 11:7 & 17:8 & Luke 8:31}.....The Beast will exercise his authority for 42 months..... He will be given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he will be given authority over **EVERY** tribe, people, language and nation.
And so according to Rev 12:6,14 Satan will attack some of God's saints {Saved Offspring of the woman--Sarah} but they will be protected in God's sanctuary in the wilderness for 1260 days. Then in Rev 12:17 Satan will attack the rest of God's saints �WHO OBEY GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AND HOLD TO THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS� **just before** the coming of 666 and the beginning of the 1260-day or 42-month Great Tribulation.
**WHAT ARE THE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRE-TRIBBERS AND POST-TRIBBERS WHO BELIEVE IN A 1,000 YEAR MILLENNIUM ON THIS PRESENT EARTH **AFTER** THE GREAT TRIBULATION**??
Now the pre-Tribbers believe that the 1,000 year Millennium will come immediately after the Great Tribulation and that the Millennium will be populated by the saints who are alive at the end of the Tribulation. They believe these saints will not receive their eternal heavenly body at the end of the Tribulation since all of the verses that confirm new heavenly bodies applies only to saints who are resurrected before the Tribulation begins {Pre-Trib} such as I Corinthians 15:51,: Listen, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will **ALL BE CHANGED**--in a flash, in a flash, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
Philippians 3:21,22: But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to bring everything Under His control, will **TRANSFORM OUR LOWLY BODIES** so that hey will **BE LIKE HIS GLORIOUS BODY**! Pre-Tribbers believe that I Corinthians 15:51 and Philippians 3:21,22 take place at a rapture **BEFORE** the Great Tribulation begins.
However, Post-Tribbers believe that **ALL** of the saints of all ages will receive their new eternal heavenly bodies at the Last Day of the Great Tribulation at the 2nd Coming of Jesus.
Now those post-tribbers who believe in the 1,000 year Millennium **AFTER** the Great Tribulation must believe that it would be populated by those who are not saved since in the 1,000 year Millennium the people who populate will only live about 100 years as per Isaiah 65:20 and therefore could not have eternal heavenly bodies.
However God's Word contradicts this view in Revelation 13:8: **ALL INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH** will worship the Beast--*ALL** whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the **LAMB**!! And in Revelation 14:9-11 it states that everyone who receives the Mark of the Beast or who worships the Beast or his image {On Worldwide TV & Internet?} have committed an unpardonable sin and will definitely go to Hell.
And so it impossible for a Millennium AFTER the Tribulation to be populated by unbelievers who will later become believers!!!
Now some Post-Tribbers who believe in a Millennium on this present earth believe that the Offspring of the woman {Sarah} are unbelieving Jews who will be protected for the 1260-day Tribulation in Revelation 12:6 and Revelation 12:14 and are therefore not part of Word of God in Revelation 13:8 above. However, we have shown above that ALL the Offspring of the Woman {Sarah} above are also believers!!
Now all pre-tribbers and post-tribbers who believe in a Millennium on this earth **AFTER** the Great Tribulation believe that Jesus, the Prince of Peace will rule in Jerusalem in the Temple described in Ezekiel chapters 40-48. In Ezekiel chapters 40-48 the Prince is mentioned 17 times. He is the Leader of the Temple and offers thousands of animal sacrifices for his own sin and the sins of the believers?????
Ezekiel 45:15,17,22,23: These will be used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to **MAKE ATONEMENT** for the people... He {The Prince} will provide **SIN OFFERINGS**, grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to **MAKE ATONEMENT** for the house of Israel... On that day the Prince is to provide a bull as a **SIN OFFERING FOR HIMSELF** and for all the people of the land. Every day during the 7 days of the Feast he is to provide 7 bulls and 7 rams without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord, and a male goat as a **SIN OFFERING** ????
The Ezekiel Temple is obviously a symbolic Old Testament Temple which has nothing to do with the future as shown by countless New Testament Scripture such as:
Hebrews 9:12: He entered the Most Holy Place **ONCE FOR ALL** by **HIS OWN BLOOD**, having obtained **ETERNAL REDEMPTION**!
Hebrews 9:22; 26-28: The law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood **THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS**.... But now He has appeared **ONCE FOR ALL** at the end of the ages to do away with sin **BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF**!! Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, and Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him!!
Hebrews 10:8-10: First He said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor were You pleased with them," although the law required them to be made. Then He said, "Here I am, I have come to do Your will." He sets aside the first **TO ESTABLISH THE SECOND**. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ **ONCE FOR ALL**!!
I John 2:1,2: My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have One who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world!!
And so Post-Tribbers who do not believe in a 1,000 Millennium **AFTER** the Great Tribulation with the OT Ezekiel Temple should believe in a literal continuous 1,000 year Millennium for Martyrs and the 24 Elders on thrones only; which will end at the 2nd Coming of Jesus. The alternative is to believe that the 1,000 year first Resurrection is a Symbolic Fairy Tale.
**IS THE FIRST 1,000 YEAR RESURRECTION IN REVELATION 20:4-6 FOR MARTYRS LIKE JESUS AND THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES WITH AUTHORITY TO JUDGE ONLY**??
It is completely obvious that the continuous 1,000 year reign mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is for 24 ELDERS on **THRONES** and MARTYRS ONLY according to God's Word in:
Revelation 20:4,5: "I saw [24]**THRONES** on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded {Martyred} because of their testimony for Jesus {*NT MARTYRS*} and because of the word of God {*OT MARTYRS*}. They had not worshiped the beast and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {*TRIBULATION MARTYRS*}. They came to life {*AWOKE FROM SLEEP IN CHRIST} and reigned with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead {Saints who were not martyrs or the 24 elders} did not **COME TO LIFE** until the thousand years were ended. {At the 2nd coming of Jesus} These could not be the lost since Rev 20:6,& 10 and Rev 21:8 state that on the Last Day the lost will suffer the **SECOND DEATH**!!
WHO ARE THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES SURROUNDING GOD'S THRONE??
Revelation 4:4 Surrounding God's throne were **24 OTHER THRONES**, on seated on them were **24 ELDERS**. They were dressed in *WHITE* and had crowns of Gold on their heads!
Matthew 19:28: Jesus said to his Apostles, "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you have **FOLLOWED ME** {The Apostle Paul instead of Judas] will **ALSO SIT ON 12 THRONES, **JUDGING**!!
Luke 22:29,30: Jesus said to His Apostles, "I confer on you a Kingdom, just as My Father conferred one on Me, so that you may eat and drink at My table in My Kingdom and sit on **THRONES**, **JUDGING**!!"
**WHO DESERVES TO SIT ON THE OTHER 12 THRONES SURROUNDING GOD'S THRONE**??
And certainly 12 OT Super saints of God will also deserve sitting on the other **12 **THRONES** surrounding God's throne such as Abraham, David, Moses, Elijah, Daniel, Isaiah, Samuel, Jeremiah, Joseph , Joshua, Noah and Enoch!!
According to Revelation 20:4-6 there will be *TWO* Resurrections. The 1st continuous 1,000 year Heavenly Resurrection is for the 24 Elders on thrones and MARTYRS* LIKE JESUS ONLY* and will end at the 2nd coming of Jesus when the 2nd Resurrection will take place for the saints of all ages who are *NOT MARTYRS*!!
In Daniel 12:2 just after the Great Tribulation we read, "Multitudes who *SLEEP* in the dust of the earth will *AWAKE*, some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
I Thess 5:10: He {Jesus} died for us so that, whether we are ** AWAKE** {Martyrs} or **ASLEEP**, we may live together with Him.
I Corinthians 15:51,52: Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all *SLEEP*{Since the Martyrs are **AWAKE**} but we will all be changed--in a flash, in a twinkling of an eye, at the Last {7TH} Trumpet!!
There are only TWO RESURRECTIONS for all saints mentioned in Rev 20:4-6: The FIRST RESURRECTION is for MARTYRS AND THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES ONLY and INCLUDES the Tribulation Martyrs. And therefore the SECOND RESURRECTION must come on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation and must include ALL SAINTS {Both OT & NT} who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on thrones.
The Heavenly rewards for the faithful and courageous *MARTYRS* is one of the most important central themes in the book of Revelation. For they will reign with Jesus in Heaven during the 1,000 years before His 2nd Coming; like the *TRIBULATION MARTYRS**!
Just before the 7 Trumpet Plagues in Revelation 8 we read :
Revelation 7:9,13-15,17: I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from **EVERY** nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the THRONE and in front of the **LAMB**. They were wearing white robes.... The one of the {24} **ELDERS** asked me, "These in white robes--who are they, where did they come from?" I answered, "Sir, you know." and he {The ELDER} said, " These are they who have **COME OUT OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION** {**MARTYRS**}, they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the **LAMB**. Therefore, **THEY ARE BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD** and serve Him day and night in His Temple!!"... The **LAMB** in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd!!
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us suppose that the SECOND RESURRECTION takes place on October 25th; 2021 then the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION for MARTYRS AND 24 ELDERS ONLY would take place from October 25th, AD 1021 to October 25th, 2021. The 24 Elders and all of the OT & NT saints martyred before October 25th, 1021 were awakened to reign with Jesus in Heaven and every Martyr martyred after October 25th, 1021 were and will be immediately awakened to reign with Jesus in the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION to be completed on October 25th, 2021 at the SECOND RESURRECTION when "The rest of the dead **COME TO LIFE** when the thousand years are ENDED." {Rev 20:5a}
Rev 20:4b �I saw the *SOULS of those who had been martyred because of their testimony for Jesus... they came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years. {The Martyrs SOULS will get white robes but will only get their New Heavenly bodies when the 1,000 years are ENDED at the 2nd Coming of Jesus.}
This seems to contradict John 6:40: Jesus says, �EVERYONE who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the LAST DAY.� HOWEVER, the LAST DAY RESURRECTION could last 1,000 years for in 2 Pet 3:8 we read: �With the Lord a DAY is like 1,000 years, and 1,000 years are like a DAY!!
We see the martyrs talking in heaven at the beginning of the Great Tribulation in Revelation 6:9-11 and then we see a great multitude of martyrs who have come out of the Great Tribulation from every nation and language awake in heaven in Revelation 7:9-17 just **BEFORE** the first 7 trumpet plagues in Revelation 8.
And then just before the last 7 bowl plagues we see martyrs in heaven singing the song of the Lamb in Revelation 15:2-4: And then we see 144,000 Jewish martyrs in heaven with Jesus BEFORE Rome or Babylon is destroyed in Rev 14:8 in Revelation 14:1-5:
Revelation 6:9-11: When He {Jesus} opened the 5th seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain {MARTYRS LIKE JESUS} because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood? Then each of them were given a WHITE ROBE, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed {**TRIBULATION MARTYRS**} as they had been was **COMPLETED**.
This was **COMPLETED** just before the 7 trumpet plagues in Revelation 8::
Revelation 7:9,13-15,17: After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from EVERY nation, tribe, people and language standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb {Jesus} They were wearing WHITE ROBES. And they cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne , and to the Lamb...Then one of the {24} **ELDERS** asked me, "Those in WHITE ROBES--who are they, and where did they come from?" And he said, "These are they who have come out of the *GREAT TRIBULATION*{*MARTYRS LIKE JESUS*}, they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the **LAMB**. Therefore, They are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple...The **LAMB** in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd!"
Revelation 15:2,3: And I saw..those who had been victorious over the Beast {666} and his image and the number of his name {**TRIBULATION MARTYRS**}. They held harps given them by God and sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the **LAMB**: "Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages!"
Note: Mount Zion is another name for heaven as per Hebrews 12:22. Revelation 14:1-4: Then I looked, an there before me was the **LAMB**, standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 {See Rev 7:3-8}...And I heard a sound from Heaven...And they sang a new song before the throne. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been *REDEEMED* from the earth...They follow the **LAMB** wherever He goes. {They will all be martyred**BEFORE** the fall of Babylon in Revelation 14:8: A second angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!"
The 24 Elders on thrones are mentioned **12 TIMES** in Revelation 5:4,10; :5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16-18; 14:3 and 19:4 The 24 Elders on thrones are mentioned many times speaking from heaven during the Great Tribulation and are the only saints mentioned in heaven during the Great Tribulation besides the MARTYRS!! The **MARTYRS** are mentioned numerous times in Revelation 2:10; :9-11; 7:9-17; 11:7; 12:11: 13:10; 13:15; 14:1-5; 14:13; 15:2-4; 16:6; 18:24!!
It is completely obvious that the continuous 1,000 year reign mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is for 24 ELDERS on **THRONES** and MARTYRS ONLY according to God's Word in:
Revelation 20:4,5: "I saw [24]**THRONES** on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded {Martyred} because of their testimony for Jesus {*NT MARTYRS*} and because of the word of God {*OT MARTYRS*}. They had not worshiped the beast and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {*TRIBULATION MARTYRS*}. They came to life {*AWOKE FROM SLEEP IN CHRIST} and reigned with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead {Saints who were not martyrs or the 24 elders} did not **COME TO LIFE** until the thousand years were ended. {At the 2nd coming of Jesus} These could not be the lost since Rev 20:6,& 10 and Rev 21:8 state that on the Last Day the lost will suffer the **SECOND DEATH**!!
WHEN WAS SATAN STOPPED FROM DECEIVING THE NATIONS SO THAT THE GOSPEL COULD BE PREACHED TO EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD AS PER MATTHEW 24:14 AND REVELATION 7:9??
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us assume that the Great Tribulation will last 1260 days from May 14th, 2018 to October 25th, 2021. As you know Satan was successful in stopping the Gospel from spreading past 5% of the earth; or The Mid-East, Southern Europe and Northern Africa for almost 1000 years. Suddenly the Gospel was being preached throughout the pagan kingdoms of Russia, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden around AD 1018. And in the past 1,000 years the Gospel has spread to all of Africa and Asia, North and South America, and all the remote islands of the earth. As you know the gospel must be preached to every nation of the earth before the end can come as per Matthew 24:14 and Revelation 7:9.
And so about 95% of the world�s nations who were deceived by Satan; have heard the gospel for the first time during the past 1,000 years. Rev 20:2,3: �He {The angel} seized the dragon, who is the devil or Satan and bound him for 1,000 years {FOR EXAMPLE: May 14th, AD 1018 to May 14th, 2018}. He threw him into the Abyss to keep him from deceiving the nations until the 1,000 years were ended {On May 14th, 2018}. After that he must be set free for a short time.� Or 1260 days from May 14th, 2018 to October 25th, 2021 during the Great Tribulation when Satan will again **DECEIVE ALL THE NATIONS** for 1260 days until the Last Day.
Revelation 13:4,5: Men **WORSHIPED THE DRAGON** {Satan as per Rev 12:9} because he had given authority to the Beast... The Beast will exercise his authority for 42 months (Not 7 years}.. And he will be given authority over **EVERY** tribe, people, language and **NATION**. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the Beast--all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the **LAMB** that was slain!!
And then on the Last Day of the 1260-day Tribulation, Revelation 20:10 states: And the **DEVIL WHO DECEIVED THEM**, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur where the Beast and the False Prophet had been thrown {See Rev 19:20} They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever!
Revelation 12:11; They overcame him by the blood of the **LAMB** and by the word of their testimony; they {Like Jesus} did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death!!
Revelation 2:10: Jesus says, "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE**!!"
**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 6 Apr, 2017 09:38 PM
666 will kill God's 2 witnesses { Moses and Elijah} at the Holy Place right where their Lord was crucified 3 1/2 days before the Last Day.
**THE AMAZING SIGNS WHICH WILL OCCUR JUST BEFORE THE 2ND COMING OF JESUS**
Revelation 11-13,15,18: But after 3 1/2 days a breath of life from God entered them, and the stood up on their feet,and terror struck those who saw them Then they heard a loud Voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on. At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city {Jerusalem} collapsed. 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake and the survivors were terrified and **GAVE GLORY TO THE GOD IN HEAVEN**!... the 7th angel sounded his {7th & Last) Trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven which said, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of the Lord and of His Christ...The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding Your servants the prophets and your saints!!
Revelation 8: There was a great earthquake {In Jerusalem above} The sun turned black like sackcloth, the whole moon turned Blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place! Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free ma hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called on the mountains and the rocks "Fall on us and hid us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the **LAMB**. For the great day of Their wrath has come,and who can stand?"
Matthew 24:29: Jesus says, "Immediately after the distress of those {1260} days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from the sky." Luke 21:28: "When these things begin to take place, stand up and and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!"
**THE 2ND COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST**!!
Matthew 24:30,32: Jesus says, "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud {7th & Last--See Rev 11:15 and I Thess 4:16 and I Cor 15:51} Trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the 4 winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.' {Mark 13:27 adds: "From the ends of the earth!"}
All of the lost who have died will be awakened to view the 2nd coming of Jesus as per Revelation 1:7 and Matthew 26:64.
**ALL OF THE SAINTS OF ALL AGES WILL THEN RECEIVE THEIR NEW HEAVENLY BODIES**!!
Philippians 3:20,21: We eagerly await a Savior from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body!!
I Corinthians 15:51: Listen, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will **ALL** be changed--in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the Last {7th} Trumpet!
** AND THEN ALL OF THE SAINTS WILL ENJOY THE MARRIAGE FEAST OF THE LAMB**
Revelation 19:6-8: Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory. For the Wedding of the **LAMB** has come, and His bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright was given her to wear!
**AND THEN JESUS AND HIS SAINTS WILL MOUNT WHITE HORSES AND CONQUER 666, HIS FALSE PROPHET, HIS 10 KINGS AND THEIR ARMIES**!!
Revelation 19:11,14,19-21: I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose Rider is called Faithful and True... The armies of heaven were following Him, riding on white horse and dressed in fine linen, white and clean... Then I saw the Beast and the {10} kings and their armies gathered together to make war against the Rider on the horse and His army. But the Beast was captured, and with him the False Prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf.With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of burning sulfur. The rest of them were killed by the sword that came out of the mouth of the Rider of the horse.
Revelation 20:9,10: Then fire from heaven will destroy Satan an the rest of the armies of the world. And the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the Beast and the False Prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever!
**THEN WILL COME THE RESURRECTION OF THE LOST AND THEIR JUDGMENT**
Revelation 20:11-15: Then I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated on it... And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
**AND THEN THE PRESENT HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL BE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED**
Hebrews 12:26-28: God says, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens. The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken--that is created things--so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a *KINGDOM* that can not be shaken let us be thankful...for our God is a consuming fire!
2 Peter 3:10-13: But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will DISAPPEAR with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and *EVERYTHING* in it will be burned up {NIV}. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you wait eagerly for the Day of God to come. {NIV} That Day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with His promise **WE** {Excluding the Preterists and the RC church} are looking forward to a New heavens and a New Earth, the home of righteousness.
John 18:36: Jesus says, "My *KINGDOM* is not of this world....But now, my Kingdom is from another place!!"
WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR THE NEW EARTH, THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE HEAVENLY NEW JERUSALEM!!
Revelation 21:1-5: Then I saw a New heaven and a New Earth, for the {present} first heaven and first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the **NEW JERUSALEM**, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making **EVERYTHING NEW**!" Then He said, "Write this down, for these words are TRUSTWORTHY and TRUE!"
**AND JESUS WILL **REWARD** ALL HIS SAINTS ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS DONE**!!
Hebrews 11:1,6: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see....And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He *REWARDS** those who earnestly seek Him!!
Ephesians 6:8: Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will **REWARD** everyone for what ever good he does!
Revelation 22:12 Jesus says, �Behold I am coming soon! My **REWARD** is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done!�
Matthew 16:27: Jesus says, �The Son of Man is going to come in His Father's glory with His angels and THEN He will **REWARD** each person according to what he has done!�
Daniel 12:3: Those who are impart wisdom {NIV} will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever!!
I Corinthians 3:7-9: So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who watered have one purpose, and each will be **REWARDED** according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers, you are God's field, God's building!
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it our goal to please Him... for we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15: His work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives , he will receive his **REWARD**. If it is burned up he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
2 John 1:8: Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you be **REWARDED FULLY**!
Colossians 3:23-25: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a **REWARD**. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
2 Peter 1:5-11: Make every effort to add to your faith {A Free Gift} goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness,**LOVE**. For it you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is near-sighted and blind, and has forgotten he has been cleansed of his past sins. Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fail, and you will receive a **RICH WELCOME** into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Revelation 2:17: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes.. I will give him a white stone with a **NEW NAME** written on it, known only to him who receives it!!"
Revelation 3:21: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to **SIT WITH ME** on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne!!"
**HOW TO WIN HEAVENLY ETERNAL CROWNS**
I Corinthians 9:24-27: Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes in to strict training. They do it to get a **CROWN** that will not last; but we do it to get a **CROWN THAT WILL LAST FOREVER**! Therefore, I do not run like a man running aimlessly. I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize!
Revelation 3:11: Jesus says, �I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your **CROWN**!�
2 Timothy 4:7,8: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the **CROWN** of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day�and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing!
The **CROWN OF LIFE** for those who persevere under trials and persecution:
James 1:12: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the **CROWN OF LIFE** that God has promised to those who love Him!
Revelation 2:10 Jesus says, �Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer... Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE!�
Matthew 5:11,12: Jesus says, �Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your **REWARD** in heaven!�
Hebrews 10:32-36: Remember those earlier days after you had received the Light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be **RICHLY REWARDED**. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, **YOU RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS PROMISED**!!!
**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 7 Apr, 2017 02:01 PM
**WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE LAST DAY OF THE 1260-DAY GREAT TRIBULATION?? **WILL IT INCLUDE THE RESURRECTION OF MOSES AND ELIJAH, THE STARS FALLING TO EARTH, THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS, OUR RECEIVING OUR NEW HEAVENLY BODIES, THE MARRIAGE FEAST OF THE LAMB, JESUS AND HIS SAINTS MOUNTING WHITE HORSES, THEIR CONQUERING OF 666 AND HIS 10 ARMIES, FIRE FROM HEAVEN DESTROYING SATAN'S ARMIES, 666, HIS FALSE PROPHET AND SATAN BEING THROWN ALIVE INTO HELL, THE RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT OF THE LOST, THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF THE PRESENT HEAVENS AND EARTH, THE COMING OF THE NEW HEAVENS, THE NEW EARTH AND THE HEAVENLY NEW JERUSALEM AND THE COUNTLESS ETERNAL REWARDS FOR THE FAITHFUL AND LOVING SERVICE OF GOD'S SAINTS**??
666 will kill God's 2 witnesses { Moses and Elijah} at the Holy Place right where their Lord was crucified 3 1/2 days before the Last Day.
NOTE: 666 is called the Beast 36 or 6X6 times in Revelation and Jesus is called the **LAMB** 30 times in Revelation
**THE AMAZING SIGNS WHICH WILL OCCUR JUST BEFORE THE 2ND COMING OF JESUS**
Revelation 11-13,15,18: But after 3 1/2 days a breath of life from God entered them, and the stood up on their feet,and terror struck those who saw them Then they heard a loud Voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on. At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city {Jerusalem} collapsed. 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake and the survivors were terrified and **GAVE GLORY TO THE GOD IN HEAVEN**!... the 7th angel sounded his {7th & Last) Trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven which said, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of the Lord and of His Christ...The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding Your servants the prophets and your saints!!
Revelation 6:12-17: There was a great earthquake {In Jerusalem above} The sun turned black like sackcloth, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place! Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called on the mountains and the rocks "Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the **LAMB**. For the great day of Their wrath has come,and who can stand?"
Matthew 24:29: Jesus says, "Immediately after the distress of those {1260} days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from the sky." Luke 21:28 adds "When these things begin to take place, stand up and and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!"
**THE 2ND COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST**!!
Matthew 24:30,32: Jesus says, "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud {7th & Last--See Rev 11:15 and I Thess 4:16 and I Cor 15:51} Trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the 4 winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.' {Mark 13:27 adds: "From the ends of the earth!"}
All of the lost who have died will be awakened to view the 2nd coming of Jesus as per Revelation 1:7 and Matthew 26:64.
**ALL OF THE SAINTS OF ALL AGES WILL THEN RECEIVE THEIR NEW HEAVENLY BODIES**!!
Philippians 3:20,21: We eagerly await a Savior from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body!!
I Corinthians 15:51: Listen, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will **ALL** be changed--in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the Last {& 7th} Trumpet! {This will include all of the MARTYRS and 24 Elders on thrones who are *AWAKE** in heaven surrounding God's Throne in the 1,000 years before the Second Coming of Jesus. See Rev 4:4; 6:9-11; 7:14,15; 20:4-6}
Daniel 12:1,2,7b: There will be a time of distress such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that timeyour people--everyone whose name found written in the {LAMB'S} Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will **AWAKE**, some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.... It will be for a time {360 days or 12 30-day months, times {720 days or 24 30-day months} and 1/2 a time 180 days or 6 30-day monyhs}. When the power of the holy people has been broken, **ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE **COMPLETED**!!
Revelation 13:5 ,7,8: The Beast will exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months.. He will be given authority over EVERY tribe, people language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worsip the Beast--**ALL** whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the **LAMB** that was slain!! {By comparing Revelation 12:6 with Revelation 12:14 we know that 1260 days and time, times and 1/2 a time are the exact same period of time By comparing Revelation 13:5 with Daniel 7:25 we know that 42 months and time, times and 1/2 a time is the exact same period of time. And therefore 42 {30-day} months and 1260 days are the exact same period of time!!
** AND THEN ALL OF THE SAINTS WILL ENJOY THE MARRIAGE FEAST OF THE LAMB**
Revelation 19:6-8: Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory. For the Wedding of the **LAMB** has come, and His bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright was given her to wear!
**AND THEN JESUS AND HIS SAINTS WILL MOUNT WHITE HORSES AND CONQUER 666, HIS FALSE PROPHET, HIS 10 KINGS AND THEIR ARMIES**!!
Revelation 19:11,14,19-21: I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose Rider is called Faithful and True... The armies of heaven were following Him, riding on white horse and dressed in fine linen, white and clean... Then I saw the Beast and the {10} kings and their armies gathered together to make war against the Rider on the horse and His army. But the Beast was captured, and with him the False Prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf.With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of burning sulfur. The rest of them were killed by the sword that came out of the mouth of the Rider of the horse.
Revelation 17:12-14The 10 horns you saw {On the Beast} are 10 kings who will receive authority as kings along with the Beast They will make war against the **LAMB**, but the **LAMB** will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings--and with Him will be His **CALLED, **CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers! {Riding on white horses}
Shortly before the Last Day we read in Revelation 16:13-16: Then I saw 3 evil spirits that came out of the mouth of the Dragon {**SATAN**}, out of the mouth of the Beast {666} and out of the mouth of the False Prophet. They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great Day of God Almighty...Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. {77 miles North of Jerusalem} Then 666 and his 10 armies will travel to Jerusalem where 666 will kill Moses and Elijah 3 1/2 days before the Last Day.
Revelation 20:9,10: Then fire from heaven will destroy Satan an the rest of the armies of the world. And the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the Beast and the False Prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever!
**THEN WILL COME THE RESURRECTION OF THE LOST AND THEIR JUDGMENT**
Revelation 20:11-15: Then I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated on it... And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
2 Thessalonians 1:1,6-10: To the **CHURCH** of the Thessalonians... God is just. He will pay back trouble to thosewho trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed in blazing fire with His powerful angels, He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus, They will be punishedwith everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of His power **ON THE DAY HE COMES** to be glorified in His holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. **THIS INCLUDES YOU**! {This passage from God's Word absolutely contradicts the Pre-Trib Rapture fairy tale!!!}
**AND THEN THE PRESENT HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL BE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED**
Hebrews 12:26-28: God says, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens. The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken--that is created things--so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a *KINGDOM* that can not be shaken let us be thankful...for our God is a consuming fire!
2 Peter 3:10-13: But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will DISAPPEAR with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and *EVERYTHING* in it will be burned up {NIV}. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you wait eagerly for the Day of God to come. {NIV} That Day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with His promise **WE** {Excluding the Preterists and the RC church} are looking forward to a **NEW HEAVENS** and a **NEW EARTH**, the home of righteousness.
John 18:36: Jesus says, "My *KINGDOM* is not of this world....But now, my Kingdom is from another place!!"
WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR THE NEW EARTH, THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE HEAVENLY NEW JERUSALEM!!
Revelation 21:1-5: Then I saw a **NEW HEAVEN** and a **NEW EARTH**, for the {present} first heaven and first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the **NEW JERUSALEM**, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making **EVERYTHING NEW**!" Then He said, "Write this down, for these words are TRUSTWORTHY and TRUE!"
**AND JESUS WILL **REWARD** ALL HIS SAINTS ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS DONE**!!
**SALVATION IS 100 % FREE BUT ETERNAL REWARDS ARE 100% EARNED**!!
Hebrews 11:1,6: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see....And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He *REWARDS** those who earnestly seek Him!!
Ephesians 6:8: Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will **REWARD** everyone for what ever good he does!
Revelation 22:12 Jesus says, �Behold I am coming soon! My **REWARD** is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done!�
Matthew 16:27: Jesus says, �The Son of Man is going to come in His Father's glory with His angels and THEN He will **REWARD** each person according to what he has done!�
Daniel 12:3: Those who are impart wisdom {NIV} will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever!!
I Corinthians 3:7-9: So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who watered have one purpose, and each will be **REWARDED** according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers, you are God's field, God's building!
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it our goal to please Him... for we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15: His work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives , he will receive his **REWARD**. If it is burned up he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
2 John 1:8: Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you be **REWARDED FULLY**!
Colossians 3:23-25: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a **REWARD**. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
2 Peter 1:5-11: Make every effort to add to your faith {A Free Gift} goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness,**LOVE**. For it you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is near-sighted and blind, and has forgotten he has been cleansed of his past sins. Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fail, and you will receive a **RICH WELCOME** into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Revelation 2:17: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes.. I will give him a white stone with a **NEW NAME** written on it, known only to him who receives it!!"
Revelation 3:21: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to **SIT WITH ME** on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne!!"
**HOW TO WIN HEAVENLY ETERNAL CROWNS**
I Corinthians 9:24-27: Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes in to strict training. They do it to get a **CROWN** that will not last; but we do it to get a **CROWN THAT WILL LAST FOREVER**! Therefore, I do not run like a man running aimlessly. I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize!
Revelation 3:11: Jesus says, �I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your **CROWN**!�
2 Timothy 4:7,8: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the **CROWN** of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day�and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing!
The **CROWN OF LIFE** for those who persevere under trials and persecution:
James 1:12: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the **CROWN OF LIFE** that God has promised to those who love Him!
Revelation 2:10 Jesus says, �Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer... Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE!�
Matthew 5:11,12: Jesus says, �Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your **REWARD** in heaven!�
Hebrews 10:32-36: Remember those earlier days after you had received the Light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be **RICHLY REWARDED**. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, **YOU RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS PROMISED**!!!
**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 9 Apr, 2017 02:39 PM
**AND JESUS WILL GIVE COUNTLESS ETERNAL REWARDS AND TREASURES AND CROWNS IN HEAVEN TO ALL OF HIS SAINTS ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS DONE**!!
**SALVATION IS 100 % FREE BUT ETERNAL REWARDS ARE 100% EARNED**!!
Hebrews 11:1,6: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see....And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He *REWARDS** those who earnestly seek Him!!
Ephesians 6:8: Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will **REWARD** everyone for what ever good he does!
Revelation 22:12 Jesus says, �Behold I am coming soon! My **REWARD** is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done!�
Matthew 16:27: Jesus says, �The Son of Man is going to come in His Father's glory with His angels and THEN He will **REWARD** each person according to what he has done!�
Daniel 12:3: Those who are impart wisdom {NIV} will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever!!
I Corinthians 3:7-9: So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who watered have one purpose, and each will be **REWARDED** according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers, you are God's field, God's building!
I Corinthians 9:17,18: When I preach the Gospel, I cannot boasrt, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel! If I preach **VOLUNTARILY**, I have a **REWARD**; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. What then is my reaward?? Just this: that in preaching the Gospel I may offer it **FREE OF CHARGE**, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it!
Psalm 19:8-11: The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, they are sweeter than honey from the comb. In keeping them there is **GREAT REWARD**!!
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it our goal to please Him... for we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15: His work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives , he will receive his **REWARD**. If it is burned up he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
2 John 1:8: Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you be **REWARDED FULLY**!
Colossians 3:23-25: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a **REWARD**. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
Matthew 6:3,4,6: Jesus says, "When you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing so that your giving my be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will **REWARD** you!!... When you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will **REWARD** you!!"
2 Peter 1:5-11: Make every effort to add to your faith {A Free Gift} goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness,**LOVE**. For it you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is near-sighted and blind, and has forgotten he has been cleansed of his past sins. Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fail, and you will receive a **RICH WELCOME** into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Luke 6:35: Jesus says, "Love your enemies, do good to them and lend to them withou expecting anything back {Matt 5:45 adds "Pray for those who persecute you!"}!"} Then your **REWARD WILL BE GREAT**, and you will be sons of the Most Hig, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked!"
Proverbs 25:21,22: If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will **REWARD** you! This passage is also quoted in Romans 12:20 which adds: Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good!!
Matthew 19:29 Jesus says, "Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother for My sake will receive **A HUNDRED** times as much and will inherit etermal life!"
Revelation 2:17: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes.. I will give him a white stone with a **NEW NAME** written on it, known only to him who receives it!!"
Revelation 3:21: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to **SIT WITH ME** on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne!!"
**HOW TO WIN TREAURES IN HEAVEN**
I Timothy 6:18,19: Command them to do good deeds, and to be gracious and willing to share. In this way they will **LAY UP TREASURE** for themselves.. in the coming age!
Luke 12:33,34: Jesus says, "Sell your posessions and give to the poor. provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a **TREASURE IN HEAVEN** that will not be exhausted... For where your **TREASURE* is there **YOUR HEART** will be also!!"
Matthew 6:19-21: Jesus says, "Do not store up for yourselves treasure on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. but store up for yourselves **TREASURE IN HEAVEN**, where moth and and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your **TREASURE is, there **YOUR HEART** will be also!!"
**HOW TO WIN HEAVENLY ETERNAL CROWNS**
I Corinthians 9:24-27: Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes in to strict training. They do it to get a **CROWN** that will not last; but we do it to get a **CROWN THAT WILL LAST FOREVER**! Therefore, I do not run like a man running aimlessly. I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize!
Revelation 3:11: Jesus says, �I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your **CROWN**!�
2 Timothy 4:7,8: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the **CROWN** of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day�and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing!
The **CROWN OF LIFE** for those who persevere under trials and persecution:
James 1:12: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the **CROWN OF LIFE** that God has promised to those who love Him!
Revelation 2:10 Jesus says, �Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer... Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE!�
Matthew 5:11,12: Jesus says, �Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your **REWARD** in heaven!�
Hebrews 10:32-36: Remember those earlier days after you had received the Light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be **RICHLY REWARDED**. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, **YOU RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS PROMISED**!!!
**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 11 Apr, 2017 03:21 PM
even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE!�
Matthew 5:11,12: Jesus says, �Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your **REWARD** in heaven!�
Hebrews 10:32-36: Remember those earlier days after you had received the Light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be **RICHLY REWARDED**. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, **YOU RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS PROMISED**!!!
"**PRAY CONTINUALLY**; GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS!!" {I Thess 5:17,18}
Matthew 6:5,6,9-11 Jesus commands, �When you **PRAY**, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to **PRAY** standing in the synagogues {churches} and on the street corners to be seen by men...But when you **PRAY**, go into your room, close the door and PRAY to your FATHER, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret will reward you... This, then, is how you should **PRAY**: �Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.� and Luke 11:4 adds, **FORGIVE US OUR SINS**, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.�
Matthew 6:7,8: Jesus says, "And when you **PRAY**, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him!"
James 5:13-16: Is any one of you **IN TROUBLE**? He should **PRAY**!! Is any one of you **SICK**? He should call the elders {And only the elders!} of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the **PRAYER** offered in faith will make the sick person well, the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The **PRAYER** of a righteous man is powerful and effective!
Acts 1:14: They all joined together **CONSTANTLY IN PRAYER**!
Ephesians 6:18-19: **PRAY** in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind be alert and always keeep on **PRAYING**for all the saints. **PRAY** also for me, that whenver I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the Gospel.
I John 1:8,9; 2:1,2: If we {believers} claim to be without sin, **WE DECEIVE OURSELVES** and the truth is not in us. If we **CONFESS OUR SINS**, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we {believers} we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His word has no place in our lives....If anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**!!
Hebrews 4:15,16: For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have One who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may **RECEIVE MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP US IN OUR TIME OF NEED**!!
Hebrews 12:5,6,10,11: Do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you, because the **LORD DISCIPLINES THOSE HE LOVES**, And He punishes everyone He accepts as a son... God disciplines us for our own good, that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Luke 18:1: Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should **ALWAYS **PRAY** AND NEVER GIVE UP**!
John 14:13,14: Jesus says, "And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may give glory to the Father. You may ask Me for anything in My name and I will do it!"
Jeremiah 33:3; The Lord says, "Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know!" {This would help God's saints to correctly interpret many of the mysteries in God's Word!}
Luke 11:1-4: The disciples asked Jesus, "Teach us to **PRAY**" Jesus said to His disciples, "When you **PRAY**, say: 'Father , hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come. Give us each day our **DAILY** bread. **FORGIVE US {disciples}OUR SINS**, for we forgive everyone who sins against us'"
Here we see that Jesus tells His disciples to daily ask the Father to forgive them of their sins. God's Word states that we must be holy as God is holy as per I Peter 1:15,16; and to walk as Jesus walked as per I John 2:6. And God understands that we really don't understand how much we fall short and sin daily.
The closer we get to God the more we realize how much we fall short and sin daily; and realize our need to confess our sins daily to get closer to God. Take Paul, the greatest NT saint, for example:
I Timothy 1:15,16: Paul said, "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom **I AM THE WORST**. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, **THE WORST OF SINNERS**, Christ Jesus might display **HIS UNLIMITED PATIENCE** as an example for those who would believe on Him and receive eternal life.
Matthew 26:41: Jesus says, �Watch and **PRAY** that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the body is weak.�
I Timothy 5:5: The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to **PRAY** and **ASK GOD FOR HELP**!!
I Thessalonians 5:17,18: ** PRAY**CONTINUALLY**; **GIVE THANKS IN ALL** circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
James 5:13: Is any one of you in trouble? He should **PRAY**.!!
Philemon 1:6: I **PRAY** that you may be active in sharing your faith.
Acts 6:4: We will give our attention to **PRAYER** and the ministry of the Word!
Matthew 5:44: Jesus commands, �Love your enemies and **PRAY** for those who persecute you.�
Acts 21:5: All the disciples and their wives and children accompanied us out of the city and their on the beach we *KNELT to **PRAY**.
Luke 22:41: Jesus *KNELT down and **PRAYED**.
Acts 9:40: Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his *KNEES and **PRAYED**..
I Thessalonians 3:10: Night and day we **PRAY** most earnestly that we may supply what is lacking in your faith.
Ephesians 3:16-19: I **PRAY** that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I **PRAY** that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know that love which surpasses knowledge�that you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God!
2 Thessalonians 1:11,12: We **CONSTANTLY PRAY FOR YOU**, that our God may count you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We **PRAY** this that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 17:15-17: Jesus prayed, �My **PRAYER** is not to take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. Sanctify them by the Truth Your Word is Truth!�
I Peter 3:12: The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and His ears are attentive to their **PRAYER**.
Colossians 4:12: He is always wrestling in **PRAYER** for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
Philippians 4:6: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by **PRAYER** and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God.
I John 5:14,15 This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything **ACCORDING TO HIS WILL** He hears us. And if we know that He hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of Him.
2 Corinthians 12:8,9: Three times I pleaded with the Lordto take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness!"
James 4:3: When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures!
Romans 8:26,27: The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to **PRAY** for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with **GOD'S WILL**!
Matthew 18:10-14: Jesus said, �Two men went up to the temple to **PRAY**, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and **PRAYED** about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men�robbers, evildoers, adulterers�or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' But the tax collector stood at a distance, He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, '**GOD, HAVE MERCY ON ME, A SINNER**'!!.'"I tell you that this man rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted!�
**FIX YOUR *THOUGHTS* ON JESUS**!!
Hebrews 3:1: Therefore, holy brothers who share in the heavenly calling, **FIX YOUR THOUGHTS ON JESUS**!!
Hebrews 4:12,13: The Word of God is living and active, sharper than any double edged sword... It judges the **THOUGHTS** and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. **EVERYTHING** is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account!
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it our goal to please Him... For we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad!
2 Corinthians 10:5: We take captive **EVERY THOUGHT** and make it obedient to Christ!!
Romans 13:14: Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and **DO NOT THINK** about how to satisfy the desires of the sinful nature!
Matthew 22:37,38: Jesus says, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with **ALL YOUR MIND**!! This is the first and **GREATEST** commandment!!"
Colossians 3:2: Set your **MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE**, not on earthly things!
Romans 12:2: Be transformed by the **RENEWING OF YOUR MIND**. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--His good, pleasing and perfect will!!
Romans 8:5,6: Those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their **MINDS** set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the **MIND** controlled by the Spirit is life and peace!
Philippians 4:8,9: Finally, brothers, whatever is **TRUE**, whatever is **NOBLE**, whatever is **RIGHT**, whatever is **PURE**, whatever is **LOVELY**, whatever is **ADMIRABLE**,**THINK ABOUT SUCH THINGS**... And the God of peace will be with you!!
**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 11 Apr, 2017 03:28 PM
"PRAY CONTINUALLY; GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS!!" {I Thess 5:17,18}
Matthew 6:5-11 Jesus commands, �When you PRAY, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues {churches} and on the street corners to be seen by men...But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and PRAY to your FATHER, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret will reward you... This, then, is how you should pray: �Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.� and Luke 11:4 adds, **FORGIVE US OUR SINS**, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.�
I John 1:8,9; 2:1,2: If we {believers} claim to be without sin, **WE DECEIVE OURSELVES** and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we {believers} we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His word has no place in our lives....If anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**!!
Luke 11:1-4: The disciples asked Jesus, "Teach us to pray" Jesus said to His disciples, "When you pray, say: 'Father , hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come. Give us each day our **DAILY** bread. **FORGIVE US {disciples}OUR SINS**, for we forgive everyone who sins against us'"
Here we see that Jesus tells His disciples to daily ask the Father to forgive them of their sins. God's Word states that we must be holy as God is holy as per I Peter 1:15,16; and to walk as Jesus walked as per I John 2:6. And God understands that we really don't understand how much we fall short and sin daily.
The closer we get to God the more we realize how much we fall short and sin daily; and realize our need to confess our sins daily to get closer to God. Take Paul, the greatest NT saint, for example:
I Timothy 1:15,16: Paul said, "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom **I AM THE WORST**. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, **THE WORST OF SINNERS**, Christ Jesus might display **HIS UNLIMITED PATIENCE** as an example for those who would believe on Him and receive eternal life.
Matthew 26:41: Jesus says, �Watch and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the body is weak.�
I Timothy 5:5: The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and ask God for HELP!
I Thessalonians 5:17,18: Pray **CONTINUALLY**; **GIVE THANKS IN ALL** circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
James 5:13-16: Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Philemon 1:6: I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith.
Acts 6:4: We will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the Word!
Matthew 5:44: Jesus commands, �Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.�
Acts 21:5: All the disciples and their wives and children accompanied us out of the city and their on the beach we *KNELT to pray.
Luke 22:41: Jesus *KNELT down and prayed.
Acts 9:40: Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his *KNEES and prayed.
I Thessalonians 3:10: Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may supply what is lacking in your faith.
Ephesians 3:16-19: I pray that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know that love which surpasses knowledge�that you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God!
2 Thessalonians 1:11,12: We constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 17:15-17: Jesus prayed, �My prayer is not to take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. Sanctify them by the Truth Your Word is Truth!�
I Peter 3:12: The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and His ears are attentive to their prayer.
Colossians 4:12: He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
Philippians 4:6: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God.
I John 5:17 This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything ACCORDING TO HIS WILL He hears us.
James 4:3: When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures!
Romans 8:26,27: The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with GOD'S WILL!
Matthew 18:10-14: Jesus said, �Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men�robbers, evildoers, adulterers�or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' But the tax collector stood at a distance, He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' �I tell you that this man rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted!�
**FIX YOUR *THOUGHTS* ON JESUS**!!
Hebrews 3:1: Therefore, holy brothers who share in the heavenly calling, **FIX YOUR THOUGHTS ON JESUS**!!
Hebrews 4:12,13: The Word of God is living and active, sharper than any double edged sword... It judges the **THOUGHTS** and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. **EVERYTHING** is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account!
I Peter 1:22: "Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere **LOVE** for your brothers, **LOVE** one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again... through the living and enduring Word of God!
I Peter 4:8: **ABOVE ALL**, **LOVE** each other **DEEPLY**, because **LOVE**covers over a multitude of sins!
I Corinthians 13:2,4-8: If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not **LOVE** I am nothing...**LOVE** is patient, **LOVE** is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. **LOVE** does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. **LOVE** never fails!!"
John 13:34: Jesus says, "A NEW command I give you: **LOVE* one another As I have **LOVED** you, so you must **LOVE** one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples." John 15:12,13: Jesus says, "My command is this: **LOVE** each other as I have **LOVED** you. Greater **LOVE** has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
I John 3:16: This how we know what **LOVE** is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers!
Ephesians 5:1,2: Be **IMITATORS OF GOD**, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of **LOVE**, just as Christ **LOVED** us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God!
Luke 6:27,28,35,36: Jesus says, "**LOVE** your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. **LOVE** your enemies, do good to them. and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your **REWARD** will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful!"
Matthew 28:19.20� Jesus commands, �Go and make disciples of all nations... teaching them to *OBEY EVERYTHING* I have commanded you!� {See I John 2:3-5}
EVERYTHING would also include all the other commands in God's inspired Word from Acts to Revelation as per 2 Timothy 3:16: 4:2: "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work...Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction."
If we really **LOVE** our brothers and sister in Christ we will lovingly teach them to obey all the approximately 400 commands of the NT with **LOVE** in the hope of countless eternal rewards when Jesus comes with great power with all His angels.
Revelation 22:112: Jesus says,"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done!?
Matthew 16:27: Jesus says, For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father's glory with His angels, and **THEN** He will **REWARD** each person according to what he has done."
Ephesians 4:15: "Speaking the Truth in **LOVE** , we will in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, that is, Christ! From Him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in **LOVE** , as each part does its work."
Ephesians 3:17-19: "I pray that you, being rooted and established in **LOVE** may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the **LOVE** of Christ, and to know this **LOVE** that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God!!"
I John 4:7-12: Dear friends, let us **LOVE** one another, for **LOVE** comes from God. Everyone who **LOVES** has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not **LOVE** does not know God, because God is **LOVE**. This is how God showed His **LOVE**among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is **LOVE**, not that we **LOVED** God, but that He **LOVED** us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends,since God so **LOVED** us, we ought to **LOVE** one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we **LOVE** one another, God lives in us and His **LOVE** is made complete in us!
Romans 8:35,37-39: Who shall separate us from the **LOVE** of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?...We are more than conquerors through Him who **LOVED** us! For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the **LOVE** of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!!
**SALVATION IS 100% FREE BUT ETERNAL REWARDS IN THE HEAVENLY NEW JERUSALEM ARE 100% EARNED**!!
Titus 3:3,4: At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and **LOVE** of God our Savior appeared , he saved us, **NOT BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUS THINGS WE HAD DONE**, but because of **HIS MERCY**!!
John 1:12,13: To all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, he gave the right to become children of God--children born not of natural descent, **NOR OF A HUMAN DECISION** or a husband's will but, **BORN OF GOD**!!
John 6:37,39,44,65: Jesus says, "**ALL** that the Father gives Me **WILL** come to Me, and whoever comes to Me I will **NEVER** drive away... And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall **LOSE NONE** of all that He has given Me, but raise them up at the Last Day.... No one can come to Me **UNLESS** the Father who sent Me **DRAWS HIM**, and I will raise him up at the Last Day!!... No one can come to Me **UNLESS** the Father has **ENABLED THEM**!!"
Ephesians 2:8,9: For it is by grace you have been saved, through **FAITH**�and this not from yourselves, it is the **GIFT OF GOD**�not by works. So that no one can boast. For we are **GOD'S WORKMANSHIP**, created in Christ Jesus to do **GOOD WORKS**, which God prepared in advance for us to do!
And so God's faithful saints do not earn their salvation by doing good works. They do **GOOD WORKS** after they are born from above because of their love of God who gave them the **FREE GIFT** of eternal life earned by the Atonement of Jesus our Savior; and to earn countless eternal **REWARDS** for faithful and loving service!!
Hebrews 11:1,6: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see....And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He **REWARDS** those who earnestly seek Him!!
Ephesians 6:8: Serve wholeheartedly , as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will **REWARD** everyone for what ever good he does!.
Revelation 22:12 Jesus says, �Behold I am coming soon! My **REWARD** is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done!�
Matthew 16:27: Jesus says, �The Son of Man is going to come in His Father's glory with His angels and THEN He will **REWARD** each person according to what he has done!�
2 Peter 1:5-11: Make every effort to add to your faith {A **FREE GIFT**} goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, **LOVE**. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ...Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and **ELECTION SURE**. For if you do these things, you will never fail, and you will receive a **RICH WELCOME** into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!
Matthew 19:29: Jesus says, " Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for **MY SAKE** will receive **A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH** and will inherit eternal life!!that is in Christ
Revelation 2:11,17: Jesus says, "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE**...To him who overcomes...I will also give him a white stone with a **NEW NAME** written on it known only to him who receives it!!"
Revelation 3:12: Jesus says, "Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from My God, and I will write on him My new name!!"
Revelation 3:21: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to **SIT WITH ME** on My throne, just as overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it our goal to please Him... for we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15: His work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives , he will receive his **REWARD**. If it is burned up he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
Colossians 3:23-25: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a **REWARD**. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
**HOW TO WIN HEAVENLY ETERNAL CROWNS**
I Corinthians 9:24-27: Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes in to strict training. They do it to get a **CROWN** that will not last; but we do it to get a **CROWN THAT WILL LAST FOREVER**! Therefore, I do not run like a man running aimlessly. I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize!
2 John 1:8: Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be **REWARDED** fully!.
Revelation 3:11: Jesus says, �I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your **CROWN**!�
2 Timothy 4:7,8: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the **CROWN** of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day�and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing!
The **CROWN OF LIFE** for those who persevere under trials and persecution:
James 1:12: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the **CROWN OF LIFE** that God has promised to those who love Him!
Revelation 2:10 Jesus says, �Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer... Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE!�
Matthew 5:11,12: Jesus says, �Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your **REWARD** in heaven!�
Hebrews 10:32-36: Remember those earlier days after you had received the Light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be **RICHLY REWARDED**. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, **YOU RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS PROMISED**!!!
"**PRAY CONTINUALLY**; GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS!!" {I Thess 5:17,18}
Matthew 6:5,6,9-11 Jesus commands, �When you **PRAY**, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to **PRAY** standing in the synagogues {churches} and on the street corners to be seen by men...But when you **PRAY**, go into your room, close the door and PRAY to your FATHER, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret will reward you... This, then, is how you should **PRAY**: �Our Father in heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.� and Luke 11:4 adds, **FORGIVE US OUR SINS**, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.�
Matthew 6:7,8: Jesus says, "And when you **PRAY**, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him!"
James 5:13-16: Is any one of you **IN TROUBLE**? He should **PRAY**!! Is any one of you **SICK**? He should call the elders {And only the elders!} of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the **PRAYER** offered in faith will make the sick person well, the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The **PRAYER** of a righteous man is powerful and effective!
Acts 1:14: They all joined together **CONSTANTLY IN PRAYER**!
Ephesians 6:18-19: **PRAY** in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind be alert and always keeep on **PRAYING**for all the saints. **PRAY** also for me, that whenver I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the Gospel.
I John 1:8,9; 2:1,2: If we {believers} claim to be without sin, **WE DECEIVE OURSELVES** and the truth is not in us. If we **CONFESS OUR SINS**, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we {believers} we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His word has no place in our lives....If anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**!!
Hebrews 4:15,16: For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have One who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may **RECEIVE MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP US IN OUR TIME OF NEED**!!
Hebrews 12:5,6,10,11: Do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you, because the **LORD DISCIPLINES THOSE HE LOVES**, And He punishes everyone He accepts as a son... God disciplines us for our own good, that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Luke 18:1: Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should **ALWAYS **PRAY** AND NEVER GIVE UP**!
John 14:13,14: Jesus says, "And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may give glory to the Father. You may ask Me for anything in My name and I will do it!"
Jeremiah 33:3; The Lord says, "Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know!" {This would help God's saints to correctly interpret many of the mysteries in God's Word!}
Luke 11:1-4: The disciples asked Jesus, "Teach us to **PRAY**" Jesus said to His disciples, "When you **PRAY**, say: 'Father , hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come. Give us each day our **DAILY** bread. **FORGIVE US {disciples}OUR SINS**, for we forgive everyone who sins against us'"
Here we see that Jesus tells His disciples to daily ask the Father to forgive them of their sins. God's Word states that we must be holy as God is holy as per I Peter 1:15,16; and to walk as Jesus walked as per I John 2:6. And God understands that we really don't understand how much we fall short and sin daily.
The closer we get to God the more we realize how much we fall short and sin daily; and realize our need to confess our sins daily to get closer to God. Take Paul, the greatest NT saint, for example:
I Timothy 1:15,16: Paul said, "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom **I AM THE WORST**. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, **THE WORST OF SINNERS**, Christ Jesus might display **HIS UNLIMITED PATIENCE** as an example for those who would believe on Him and receive eternal life.
Matthew 26:41: Jesus says, �Watch and **PRAY** that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the body is weak.�
I Timothy 5:5: The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to **PRAY** and **ASK GOD FOR HELP**!!
I Thessalonians 5:17,18: ** PRAY**CONTINUALLY**; **GIVE THANKS IN ALL** circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
James 5:13: Is any one of you in trouble? He should **PRAY**.!!
Philemon 1:6: I **PRAY** that you may be active in sharing your faith.
Acts 6:4: We will give our attention to **PRAYER** and the ministry of the Word!
Matthew 5:44: Jesus commands, �Love your enemies and **PRAY** for those who persecute you.�
Acts 21:5: All the disciples and their wives and children accompanied us out of the city and their on the beach we *KNELT to **PRAY**.
Luke 22:41: Jesus *KNELT down and **PRAYED**.
Acts 9:40: Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his *KNEES and **PRAYED**..
I Thessalonians 3:10: Night and day we **PRAY** most earnestly that we may supply what is lacking in your faith.
Ephesians 3:16-19: I **PRAY** that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I **PRAY** that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know that love which surpasses knowledge�that you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God!
2 Thessalonians 1:11,12: We **CONSTANTLY PRAY FOR YOU**, that our God may count you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We **PRAY** this that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 17:15-17: Jesus prayed, �My **PRAYER** is not to take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. Sanctify them by the Truth Your Word is Truth!�
I Peter 3:12: The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and His ears are attentive to their **PRAYER**.
Colossians 4:12: He is always wrestling in **PRAYER** for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
Philippians 4:6: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by **PRAYER** and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God.
I John 5:14,15 This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything **ACCORDING TO HIS WILL** He hears us. And if we know that He hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of Him.
2 Corinthians 12:8,9: Three times I pleaded with the Lordto take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness!"
James 4:3: When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures!
Romans 8:26,27: The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to **PRAY** for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with **GOD'S WILL**!
Matthew 18:10-14: Jesus said, �Two men went up to the temple to **PRAY**, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and **PRAYED** about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men�robbers, evildoers, adulterers�or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' But the tax collector stood at a distance, He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, '**GOD, HAVE MERCY ON ME, A SINNER**'!!.'"I tell you that this man rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted!�
**FIX YOUR *THOUGHTS* ON JESUS**!!
Hebrews 3:1: Therefore, holy brothers who share in the heavenly calling, **FIX YOUR THOUGHTS ON JESUS**!!
Hebrews 4:12,13: The Word of God is living and active, sharper than any double edged sword... It judges the **THOUGHTS** and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. **EVERYTHING** is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account!
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it our goal to please Him... For we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad!
2 Corinthians 10:5: We take captive **EVERY THOUGHT** and make it obedient to Christ!!
Romans 13:14: Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and **DO NOT THINK** about how to satisfy the desires of the sinful nature!
Matthew 22:37,38: Jesus says, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with **ALL YOUR MIND**!! This is the first and **GREATEST** commandment!!"
Colossians 3:2: Set your **MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE**, not on earthly things!
Romans 12:2: Be transformed by the **RENEWING OF YOUR MIND**. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--His good, pleasing and perfect will!!
Romans 8:5,6: Those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their **MINDS** set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the **MIND** controlled by the Spirit is life and peace!
Philippians 4:8,9: Finally, brothers, whatever is **TRUE**, whatever is **NOBLE**, whatever is **RIGHT**, whatever is **PURE**, whatever is **LOVELY**, whatever is **ADMIRABLE**,**THINK ABOUT SUCH THINGS**... And the God of peace will be with you!!
**Salvation is 100% Free but Heavenly **REWARDS** are 100% earned**
Posted : 24 Apr, 2017 04:33 PM
Now the pre-tribbers believe that **ALL** the **CHURCH SAINTS**, dead or alive, will be raptured **BEFORE** the Great Tribulation begins and that the unbelievers will be resurrected **AFTER** the Great Tribulation ends???
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
2 Thessalonians 1:1,6-10: To the **CHURCH** of the Thessalonians... God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen **WHEN**the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with His powerful angels {See Matthew 24:29-31 and Matthew 25:31} He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the Gospel of our lord Jesus They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord **ON THE DAY HE COMES** to be glorified in His holy people {Including Church saints--See Matthew 25:31-46} and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes **YOU**** {Thessalonian Church saints}
Pre-Tribbers also claim that the Church Saints and the Lost will not be resurrected on the same **LAST DAY** of the Great Tribulation??
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
John 12:48: Jesus says, "There is a Judge for the one who rejects Me and does not accept My words, that very word which I spoke will condemn him on the **LAST DAY**!" See Matthew 25:31-46; Daniel 12:1,2 and John 5:28}
John 6:40: Jesus says, ""For My Father's will is that **EVERYONE** who looks to the Son and believes in Him {CHURCH SAINTS}shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the **LAST DAY**!"
So God's Word definitely shows that Jesus will reward His saints and judge the lost on the Last Day when He comes **IN GLORY WITH ALL HIS ANGELS**{Matthew 16:27; 24:29,30; 25:31} or **WHEN HE IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN WITH HIS POWERFUL ANGELS** as per 2 Thessalonians 1:1,6-10!!
John 5:28,29: Jesus says, �Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming {The Last Day} when *ALL* {Both OT & NT Saints} who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out�those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.�
Daniel 12:1b,2,7b: �There will be a time of distress {The Great Tribulation} such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time {The Last Day} your people--*EVERYONE* whose name is found written in the Book {Both OT & NT Saints}�will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt�It will be for a time. times and half a time {1260 days-Rev 12:6,14, or 42 {30-day} months-Rev 13:5-{Not 7 years} *ALL* these things will be *COMPLETED.
The pre-tribbers wrongly believe that the OT saints will receive their eternal perfect heavenly bodies 7 years or 1260 days AFTER the Church saints. However, in Hebrews 11:39,40 we read �These {OT super saints mentioned in Heb 11:4-38} were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that ONLY TOGETHER WITH US {NT Saints} would they {OT Saints} be made perfect!�
Pre-Tribbers also claim that the Holy Spirit will be removed from all the saints during the Great Tribulation because of a ridiculous interpretation of 2 Thessalonians 2:7???
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
Mark 13:11: Jesus says, "Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial {During the Great Tribulation}, do not worry beforehand what to say, but say whatever is given to you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the **HOLY SPIRIT**!!!"
Pre-Tribbers also claim that the saints will not go through the Great Tribulation because they would then suffer the **WRATH** of God.
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
Romans 5:9: Since we have been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from **GOD'S WRATH** through Him!.
God's Tribulation saints will not be hurt by **GOD'S WRATH** during the Great Tribulation! The horrific 7 Trumpet Plagues and 7 Bowl Plagues and eternal torment in Hell; are reserved only for the unbelievers and will not hurt God's saints in any way just as the 10 OT Egyptian plagues did not hurt any of God's people.
Revelation 9:4-6: They were told to only harm those people who did not have the seal of God on their heads. They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for 5 months. During these days men will seek death, but will not find it they will long to die but death will elude them.
Revelation 9:18,20,21: A third of mankind will be killed by the plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that comes out of their mouths.... The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands, they did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold... Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts!
Revelation 16:2: The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image!
Revelation 16:6: They have shed the blood of your saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink as they deserve!
Revelation 16:9: They were seared by the intense heat and cursed the name of God who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify Him!
Revelation 16:10: Men gnawed their tongues in agony and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.
Revelation 14:9,10: If anyone worships the Beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of **HIS WRATH** He will be tormented with burning sulfur...and the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever!
Pre-Tribbers also claim that all of the Church saints will be raptured **BEFORE **the **MAN OF LAWLESSNESS IS REVEALED**??
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4: Concerning the Coming of our Lord Jesus and **OUR** {CHURCH SAINTS} being gathered to Him,we ask you brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter, supposed to have come from us, saying that the Day of the Lord has already come . Don't let anyone {Like Pre-Tribbers} deceive you in any way, for that day will not come **UNTIL THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS IS REVEALED**!... The lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of His mouth and destroy by the splendor **OF HIS COMING**!! {On the **LAST DAY** of the Great Tribulation**}
I Peter 1:13: �Therefore, prepare your minds for ACTION, and set your hope *FULLY* on the grace to be given YOU when Jesus Christ is *REVEALED*.
I Corinthians 1:7: �YOU do not lack any spiritual gift as YOU eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be *REVEALED*.�
Now the pre-tribbers claim that the glorious *REVEALING or *REVELATION* of Jesus will be *CONCEALED* BEFORE the beginning of the Great Tribulation. However, every other time the Word *REVEALED* {Greek-Apocalypsis} is used related to resurrection events it refers to the glorious REVEALING of Jesus on the *LAST DAY* of the Great Tribulation {See 2 Thess 1:7-10 & Luke 17:26-31}. And *CONCEALED* is the exact opposite of *REVEALED* and *APPEARED* according to every dictionary!
Titus 2:13 We wait for the **BLESSED HOPE**---the glorious **APPEARING** of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ!!
Hebrews 9:28: Jesus will *APPEAR* a 2nd time {And not a 3rd TIME!} to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him!
Colossians 3:4: When Christ, who is your life **APPEARS**, then you also will **APPEAR** with Him in glory.�
I John 3:2,3: �When Jesus *APPEARS*, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure!!�
Matthew 24:29,30: Jesus says, �IMMEDIATELY AFTER the distress of those days {The Great Tribulation} the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky. At that time the sign of the Son of Man will **APPEAR** in the sky and the nations will see the Son of Man **COMING** on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory!!�
I John 2:28: �Dear children, continue in Him, so that when He *APPEARS* **WE** may be confident and unashamed before Him at His COMING!� {See 2 Thess 1:7-10; I Tim 6:14; Heb 9:28 & Col 3:4}
2 Tim 4:8: Paul said, There is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on THAT DAY�and not only to me, but to *ALL* who have longed for His **APPEARING**!!�
I Peter 5:4: �When the Chief Shepherd **APPEARS**, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away!�
2 Thess 1:1,6-10: �To the *CHURCH* of the Thessalonians�God is just; He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen *WHEN* the Lord Jesus is **REVEALED** {See I Peter 1:13} from heaven in blazing fire�. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord *ON THE DAY HE COMES* to be glorified in His holy people!! This includes **YOU** {Thessalonian CHURCH SAINTS}
Now the Pre-Tribbers claim that all the resurrection versus on the second coming of Jesus will occur on the **LAST DAY** of the Great Tribulation **EXCEPT for I Thessalonians 4;16-18 and I Corinthians 15:51,52 which tells of a secret silent rapture just before the Great Tribulation when 666 is revealed???
**BUT WHAT DOES THESE VERSES REALLY TEACH**??
I Corinthians 15:51,52: Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we **ALL** will be changed--in the twinkling of an eye, at the **LAST TRUMPET**. For the **TRUMPET** will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable and **WE** will be changed!
Revelation 8:1,2: When He {Jesus} opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw 7 angels who stand before God and to them were given **7 TRUMPETS**!
Revelation 11:15,18: The seventh {And **LAST**} angel sounded his {**7TH & LAST**} **TRUMPET**, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and His Christ, and He will reign for ever and ever... The time has come for judging the dead, and rewarding your servants and your saints who reverence your name and for destroying those who destroy the earth!"
And so the 7th angel will sound the 7th and **LAST TRUMPET** on the **LAST DAY** of the Great Tribulation!!
I Thessalonians 4:16,17; 5:2,4: For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel {See Rev 14:15} and with the **TRUMPET**{See Matt 24:30 & Rev 11:15,18 & I Cor 15:52} call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the **CLOUDS** {See Matt 24:30 and Rev 14:14} to meet the Lord in the air.... The Day of the Lord {In I Cor 4:17 above}will come like a thief in the night {To unbelievers}While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them {Unbelievers} suddenly {On the same Day as the Resurrection in I Cor 4:17 above!!}... But you brothers, are not in darkness so that this Day should surprise you like a thief. You are **ALL** sons of the light and sons of the Day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness!
Revelation 3:3: Jesus says, "Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will **COME TO YOU**!"
Once the 1260-day Great Tribulation begins all of God's saints who can add will know the exact day of the Second Coming of Jesus on the Last Day. And when the stars start falling to earth the saints will know the exact hour of the Second Coming of Jesus!!
Matthew 24:29-31: Jesus says, "Immediately after the distress of those {1260} days the sun will be darkened, and the stars will fall from the sky {Luke 21:28 adds: "When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!!"} At that time the sign of the Son of Man coming on the **CLOUDS** {See I Thess 4:17} of the sky, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud **TRUMPET** {See I Cor 15:52 & I Thess 4::16 & Rev 11:15,18} call an they will gather His **ELECT** {See Rom 11:5-7; 2 Tim 2:10 & Titus 1:1!}} from the 4 winds, from one end of the heavens to the other!" {Mark 13:27 adds: "From the ends of the earth."}
Now the Pre-Tribbers claim that the **ELECT OF JESUS** mentioned in Matthew 24:31 are all OT Jewish saints and not **CHURCH SAINTS**.
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
Romans 11:5-7: At the present time there is a remnant **CHOSEN** by grace. And if by grace, then it is no longer by works, if it were, grace would no longer be grace! What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the **ELECT** did!
2 Timothy 2:10: Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the **ELECT**, that they too may obtain the **SALVATION THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS**!
Titus 1:1: Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's **ELECT**!
John 6:39,44: Jesus says, "And this is the will of Him who sent Me that I shall lose none of all that He has given Me {God's **ELECT**}, but raise them up at the **LAST DAY**... No one can come to Me **UNLESS** the Father **DRAWS** him, and I will raise him up at the **LAST DAY**!"
John 12:48: Jesus says, "There is a Judge for the one who rejects Me and does not accept My words, that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the **LAST DAY**!"
It is interesting to note that a pre-trib rapture fairy tale of God's saints is not mentioned even **ONCE** in the Olivet Prophetic sermon of Jesus in Matthew 24,25, Mark 13 and Luke 21 or in all the prophecies in the book of Revelation.
Revelation 1:1-3: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show what must take place. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw--that is, the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it!
Revelation 22:16,18-20: "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony **FOR THE CHURCHES**... I warn everyone who hears the word of the prophecy of this book. If anyone **ADDS** {Like the Pre-Trib Rapture} anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone **TAKES WORDS AWAY** from this book of prophecy. God will take away from him his share in the Tree of Life and in the Holy City {The New Jerusalem}, which are described in this book!"
The fact that John Nelson Darby invented the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine around 1830 AD is unquestionably true. All attempts to find evidence of this wild doctrine before 1830 have failed, with a single exception: Morgan Edwards wrote a short essay as a college paper for Bristol Baptist College in Bristol England in 1744 where he confused the second coming with the first resurrection of Revelation 20 and described a "pre-tribulation" rapture. However Edwards ideas, which he admitted were brand new and never before taught, had no influence in the modern population of the false doctrine. That prize to goes to Darby.
Prior to 1830, **NO CHURCH** taught the pre-trib rapture in their creed, catechism or statement of faith.
NOTE: There will be 2 Comings of Jesus on the **SAME LAST DAY**. The first Coming will be **FOR HIS SAINTS** and the 2nd Coming **WITH HIS SAINTS** **RIDING ON WHITE HORSES** right after the Marriage Feast of the **LAMB**!!
Revelation 19:6-8,11,13,14,19,20: Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the **LAMB** has come and His bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean was given her to wear.... I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose Rider is called Faithful and True...He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood and His name is the Word of God. **THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN WERE FOLLOWING HIM ***RIDING ON WHITE HORSES*** and dressed in fine linen white and clean (See Rev 19:8 above}... Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth **AND THEIR ARMIES** gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and His army. But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. {See Rev 13:11-17} The two of them were thrown **ALIVE** into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. Rev 20:10: And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.{Just like all their followers as per Rev 14:9-11}
Revelation 17:14: They will make war against the **LAMB**, but the **LAMB** will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and with Him will be His **CALLED**, **CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers!! {**RIDING ON FLYING WHITE HORSES** which will be the saints transportation in the **NEW EARTH**}
And so the saints will be resurrected first on the** LAST DAY** and then **AFTER** the Marriage Feast of the **LAMB**, the lost will be resurrected later on the **SAME LAST DAY**. And so this explains Matthew 24:40: Jesus says, "Two will be in the field, one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill one will be taken and the other left!"
Matthew 25:31-34,41,46: Jesus says, "**WHEN** the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him. He will sit on His throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him and He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by My Father, take your inheritance the Kingdom prepared for you.'... Then He will say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal for prepared for the devil and his angels.' ... Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
Now the Pre-Tribbers love to quote a promise made to the Church at Philadelphia in AD 96:
Revelation 3:1,10: Jesus said, "To the angel of the church at Philadelphia write... Since you have kept My command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going that is going to come on the whole {Roman} world to test those who live on the earth."
In Ad 96 the Roman Caesar, Domitian, decreed that everyone in the Roman world must worship idols of former Roman Caesars or else they would be killed or put in prison. And because of this decree John was put in prison in AD 96 on the Isle of Patmos as per Revelation 1:9.
However, Jesus did not make the same promise to the future Great Tribulation saints:
Matthew 24:9: Jesus says, "**THEN** you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by **ALL NATIONS** because of Me!"
Revelation 13:5-10: The Beast will be given authority for 42 {30-day} months...He will be given power to make war against the **SAINTS** and to conquer them. And he will be given authority over **EVERY** tribe, people language and **NATION** All inhabitants of the earth will worship the Beast--all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the **LAMB**{**CHURCH SAINTS**}. He who has an ear let him hear: If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance on the part of the **SAINTS**!
Revelation 12:11: They overcame him by the blood of the **LAMB** and by the word of their testimony: They did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death!! {Just Like Jesus!}! Read Revelation 6:9-11 and Revelation 7:9,13-15!!!
Revelation 6:9-11: When He {Jesus} opened the 5th seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain {MARTYRS LIKE JESUS} because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood? Then each of them were given a WHITE ROBE, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed {**TRIBULATION MARTYRS**} as they had been was **COMPLETED**.
This was **COMPLETED** just before the 7 trumpet plagues in Revelation 8::
Revelation 7:9,13-15,17: After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from **EVERY NATION, TRIBE, PEOPLE AND LANGUAGE** standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb {Jesus} They were wearing WHITE ROBES. And they cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne , and to the Lamb...Then one of the {24} **ELDERS** asked me, "Those in WHITE ROBES--who are they, and where did they come from?" And he said, "These are they who have come out of the *GREAT TRIBULATION* {*MARTYRS LIKE JESUS*}, they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the **LAMB** {**CHURCH SAINTS**}. Therefore, They are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple...The **LAMB** in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd!"
And so the Pre-Trib teaching that the the Great Tribulation is only a **TIME OF JACOB'S TROUBLE** is a complete fairy tale!!
