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Jesus says, "I chose you to bear **FRUIT**, **FRUIT** that will last!"
Posted : 4 Sep, 2017 01:59 PM
JESUS SAYS, "I CHOSE YOU SO THAT YOU MIGHT BEAR **FRUIT**, **FRUIT THAT WILL LAST**!"
"John 15:1-5,16: Jesus says, "I am the true vine, and My Father is the gardener, He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear **FRUIT** He prunes so that it will be even more **FRUITFUL**. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in Me as I also remain in you. No branch can bear **FRUIT** by itself; it must remain in the vine, Neither can you bear **FRUIT** unless you remain in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear **MUCH FRUIT**; apart from Me you can do nothing... You did not choose Me but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear **FRUIT**--**FRUIT** that will last!!!"
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!
Matthew 21:43: Jesus says to Israel, "The Kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce **FRUIT**!"
Romans 7:4-6: So my brothers and sisters, you who died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that you might **BEAR FRUIT** for God. For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we might bear fruit for death. But now, by dying to what bound us, we have been **RELEASED FROM THE LAW** so that we may serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
Luke 6:43-45: Jesus says, No good tree bears bad **FRUIT**, nor does a bad tree bear **GOOD FRUIT**. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart. ... For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of!"
Colossians 1:9,10: We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may please Him in every good work, **BEARING FRUIT** in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God!
Matthew 13:23: Jesus says, "But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the **WORD AND UNDERSTANDS IT**. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."
Luke 8:15: Jesus says, "But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the **WORD**, retain it, and by perseverance produce a crop."
Philippians 1:9-11: And this is my prayer: that your love my abound **MORE AND MORE** in knowledge and depth and insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the **FRUIT** of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to the glory and praise of God!!
Philippians 1:22,23: For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go living in the body this will mean **FRUITFUL LABOR** for me!
Galatians 5:22,23: The **FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT** is love, joy, peace, forgiveness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control!
2 Peter 1:3-11: His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. Through these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption of the world caused by evil desires. For this reason, 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. But whoever does not have them is nearsightecd and blind, forgetting that they have been forgiven of their past sins... Therefore, my brothers make **EVERY EFFORT** to confirm your calling and election. 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!
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!
I Thessalonians 4:1: We instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this **MORE AND MORE**!!
2 Thessalonians 1:3: We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing **MORE AND MORE**!
Ephesians 3:7,11-16: To each one of us grace has been given as Christ appotioned it... So Christ Himself gives some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists and some to be pastors and teachers; to equip His people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of 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!!!
Romans 12:3-8: Do not think of yourselves more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourselves with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each one of you. For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; If it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully!!
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!
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!�
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!!
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!!"
Jesus says, "I chose you to bear **FRUIT**, **FRUIT** that will last!"
Posted : 10 Nov, 2017 02:18 PM
**THE WONDERFUL NAMES OF JESUS CHRIST**!!
Jesus in English is Yeshua or Joshua in Hebrew and means **GOD IS HELP**!! Joshua in Hebrew is phonetically pronounced "YESHUA" since the "J" in Hebrew is pronounced "YEH". �Christ� comes from the Greek word "Christos", meaning �Anointed One� or �Chosen One.� This is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word Masheach, or �Messiah.� Jesus the Messiah in Hebrew is pronounced **YESHUA HA MASHEACH**
Matthew 1:21-23: The angel of the Lord said, " She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name **JESUS** {Which means **GOD IS HELP**}, because He will save His people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said {In Isaiah 7:14 below} through the prophet: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son and they will all Him **IMMANUEL** which means **GOD WITH US**!"
Luke 2:9,10: An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. The angel said, "I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a **SAVIOR** has been born to you; He is the **MESSIAH**, the **LORD**!"
Isaiah 7:14: "The Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and will call Him **IMMANUEL!" {Which means **GOD WITH US**! quoted in Matthew 1:23 above}
Isaiah 9:6: For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called **WONDERFUL COUNSELOR** and **MIGHTY GOD**!
Titus 2:13,14: We wait for the **BLESSED HOPE**--the glorious appearing of our **GREAT GOD** AND **SAVIOR**, Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are **HIS VERY OWN**, eager to do what is good!!
**JESUS CHRIST** is also called **THE LAMB OF GOD** **THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE** **THE GOOD SHEPHERD** **JUDGE** **LORD OF LORDS** **HEAD OF THE CHURCH** **MASTER** **FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS** **THE ROCK** **HIGH PRIEST** **THE DOOR** **LIVING WATER** **BREAD OF LIFE** **ROSE OF SHARON** **ALPHA AND OMEGA** **THE BEGINNING AND THE END** THE TRUE VINE** **TEACHER** **PROPHET** **ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD** **HOLY ONE** **ONLY MEDIATOR** **LIGHT OF THE WORLD** **IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD** **THE WORD** **CHIEF CORNERSTONE** **SAVIOR** **AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH** **THE ALMIGHTY** **KING OF KINGS** **PRINCE OF PEACE** **SON OF MAN** **REDEEMER** **BRIGHT MORNING STAR** **THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE**!!
Jesus says, "I chose you to bear **FRUIT**, **FRUIT** that will last!"
Posted : 11 Nov, 2017 12:36 PM
Genesis 6:11,12; 7:1,7,10: Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them!"... The Lord then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous to this generation... **7 DAYS FROM NOW** I will send rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe from the earth every living creature I have made. Noah and his sons and his wife and his son's wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood... And after the **7 DAYS** the floodwaters came on the earth!
Matthew 24:37-39: Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark, and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man!" {However, the righteous Noah and his righteous family knew the exact day the flood would come!!!}
I Thessalonians 4:16-18; 5:1-5: For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the {7th & Last} Trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first {Except for the **MARTYRS who have already risen!} After that we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Now, brothers and sister about times and dates we will not need to write you, for you know very well tat the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. {To unbelievers} While people are saying, Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant women, and the will not escape! But you, brothers and sisters are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are children of the light and children of the day.
For once the 1260-day Great Tribulation begins all of God's true saints will then know the exact day that the 1260-day Great Tribulation will end!!
Revelation 3:3: Jesus says, "Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard, hold it fast and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will know at what time I will come to you!!"
Revelation 13:5-8: The Beast will exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months. ... He will be give power to wage war against God's people 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 **LAMB'S**Book of Life!
Matthew 24:9-13; 29-31: 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. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold but they who stands firm to the end will be saved... 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 lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!"} Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. and then all the {Unsaved} peoples of the earth will mourn when the see the son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud {7th & Last} trumpet call, and the will gather His elect from the 4 winds, from one end of heavens to the other!" {Mark 13:27 adds "From the ends of the earth!"}
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 time your people--everyone whose name was found in the {**LAMB'S**} Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake; {Except the **MARTYRS** who are already AWAKE} some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt... It will be for a time {360 days} times {720 days} and 1/2 a time {180 days}. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, **ALL** these things will be **COMPLETED**!
Jesus says, "I chose you to bear **FRUIT**, **FRUIT** that will last!"
Posted : 12 Nov, 2017 12:52 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-Tibbers 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**!"
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 1:1; 2:1-3, 8: To the **CHURCH** of the Thessalonians... Concerning the **COMING*** of our Lord Jesus and **OUR** {CHURCH SAINTS} being gathered to Him.... 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**} It is interesting to note that the only **COMING** of the Lord Jesus when the **CHURCH SAINTS** are gathered to Him; mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 and 2:1 and 2:8; is 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! The Word of God clearly shows that the **CHURCH SAINTS** are waiting for the **APPEARING** and **REVEALING ** of our Lord Jesus Christ which completely contradicts the Pre-Trib theory that the **CHURCH SAINTS ** are all waiting for a **CONCEALED RAPTURE**???
Titus 2:13 **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} 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** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} also will **APPEAR** with Him in glory.�
I John 3:2,3: �When Jesus **APPEARS**, **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} 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 24:29-31: 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! And He will send His angels with a **LOUD** {7th & Last} trumpet call and He will gather His **ELECT**!"
I John 2:28: �Dear children, continue in Him, so that when He *APPEARS* **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} 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* {**CHURCH SAINTS**} who have longed for His **APPEARING**!!� {See Matt 24:30 above!!}
I Peter 5:4: �When the Chief Shepherd **APPEARS**, **YOU** {CHURCH SAINTS**} will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away!�
Jesus says, "I chose you to bear **FRUIT**, **FRUIT** that will last!"
Posted : 13 Nov, 2017 12:23 PM
Psalm 90:1,2,4: Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations... from everlasting to everlasting you are God... 1,000 years in your sight are **LIKE A DAY** that has just gone by!!"
2 Peter 3:3,4,8: In the Last Days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is the Coming He promised? Ever since are ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."... But do not forget this one thing, ear friends: With the Lord **A DAY IS LIKE 1,000 YEARS** and **1,000 YEARS ARE LIKE A DAY**!!
John 6:40: Jesus says, "For My Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them 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; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the (SAME}**LAST DAY**!"
This **SECOND RESURRECTION** which will bring in **EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS** on the **LAST DAY** of the **1,000 YEAR DAY** will include all the saints and lost of all ages who are not **MARTYRS** or one of the **24 ELDERS**.
IS THE 1,000 YEAR FIRST RESURRECTION IN REVELATION 20:4-6 FOR THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES AND MARTYRS ONLY??
Jesus promised to 12 Apostles who followed Him {Including Paul?} that they would be given 12 THRONES and the authority to JUDGE in Matthew 19:28 & Luke 22:30.
Matthew 19:28: Jesus said to His Apostles, "When the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne you who have followed Me {Paul instead of Judas} will also sit **ON 12 THRONES** **JUDGING**!"
In Revelation 4:4 Before the beginning of the Great Tribulation John saw exactly 24 thrones surrounding God's Throne in Heaven. The other 12 thrones were most likely given to 12 prominent OT Elders such as Abraham, Joseph, Isaiah, Jeremiah, David, Daniel, Moses, Elijah, Samuel, Joshua, Noah and Enoch. One of these 24 Elders speaks in Rev 7:13-17 and after the 7TH angel sounds the 7TH and Last Trumpet in Rev 11:15.
Revelation 4:4: Surrounding the 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!
These 24 Elders on 24 thrones surrounding the Thrones of the Father and Jesus; are mentioned **12 TIMES** in Revelation 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16-18; 14:3 and 19:4!! The **MARTYRS** who are **AWAKE* and are already reigning in Heaven are mentioned about **24 TIMES** in Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9,10,13-17; 8:3,4; 11:7-12; 12:11; 13:11,15; 14:1-5,13; 15:2-4; 16:6; 18:24 and 19:2! The **24 ELDERS** and the **MARTYRS are the only saints mentioned in heaven who are already **AWAKE** and **REIGNING** with Jesus in heaven during the 1260-day Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 to Revelation 19:4.
It is completely obvious that the 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 20:4,5b,6a: "I saw Thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded {Or martyred} because of their testimony for Jesus {NT Martyrs} and because of the Word of God {OT Martyrs}. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {Tribulation Martyrs}. THEY {THE 24 ELDERS & MARTYRS} came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years... This is the FIRST RESURRECTION... Blessed and holy are those who have part in the FIRST RESURRECTION. Rev 20:5a: �The rest of the dead {Those saints who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on Thrones} did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ENDED.�
Which, of course, would be the SECOND RESURRECTION at the 2nd Coming of Jesus. There are only TWO RESURRECTIONS for all saints mentioned in Rev 20:4-6: The FIRST RESURRECTION is for Martyrs and the 24 Elders 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; and according to Revelation 7:9,14-17: They are before the Throne of God and God will spread His tent over them. They will receive White Robes washed in the blood of the Lamb. Never again will they hunger or thirst and God Himself will wipe every tear from their eyes. Jesus will be their Shepherd and will lead them to springs of Living Water.
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us suppose that the SECOND RESURRECTION takes place on October 25th, 2021 after a 1260-day Great Tribulation starting on May 14th, 2018: 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.
I Corinthians 15:51,52: Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep {Since the 24 Elders and Martyrs will be **AWAKE**}, but we will be changed--in a flash, in a twinkling of an eye, at the Last {And 7th} Trumpet.
Daniel 12:1,2: 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 found in the {*LAMB'S} Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who **SLEEP** in the dust of the earth will **AWAKE** {Except the *24 ELDERS* & *MARTYRS* who are already AWAKE!} some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt... It will be for time {360 days}, times {720 days} and 1/2 a time {180 days}... all these things will be completed!
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!!
Jesus says, "I chose you to bear **FRUIT**, **FRUIT** that will last!"
Posted : 14 Nov, 2017 08:13 PM
**THE MIRACULOUS REWARDS FOR THE CORAGEOUS AND FAITHFUL **MARTYRS**!!
Revelation 6:9-11: When He {Jesus} opened the fifth seal I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and the testimony they had maintained {**MARTYRS**}. They called out in a loud voice, How long Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the earth an 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 as they had been was completed!
Revelation 6:9-11 above will take place at the **BEGINNING** of the 1260-day Great Tribulation and **BEFORE** the Last Day!!
Revelation 7:9,10,13-17: After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no on could count, from **EVERY** nation, tribe, people and language, {Not just Jacob's Trouble!} standing before the throne and before the **LAMB**. They were wearing **WHITE ROBES** and were holding palm branches in their hands. And the 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, "These 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**}; they have washed their robes in the blood of the **LAMB**. Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will shelter them with His presence. Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. For the **LAMB** at the center of the throne will be their Shepherd; He will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes!"
Revelation 7:0-17 above will take place shortly **BEFORE** the 7 Trumpet plagues in Revelation 8 and **BEFORE** the second resurrection of the other saints who are asleep in Christ and who are not **MARTYRS** like Jesus on the Last Day!!
Revelation 14:1-3,8: Then I looked and there before me was the **LAMB**, standing on Mount Zion {Another name for Heaven as per Heb 12:22}, and with him the 144,000 who had His name written on their foreheads. And I heard a sound from **HEAVEN** like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. And they sang a new song before the **THRONE** and before the 4 living creatures and the {24} ELDERS. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been **REDEEMED FROM THE EARTH**!... A 2nd angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries!"
The fall of Babylon which will be the headquarters of 666 in the evil city on 7 hills or Rome will occur a few weeks before the Last Day/} And so the 144,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel who are saved during the Great Tribulation in Revelation 7 will all have been **MARTYRED** and in Heaven **BEFORE** the headquarters of 666 is destroyed a few weeks **BEFORE** the Last Day!
Revelation 15:1-5: I saw in **HEAVEN** another great and marvelous sign: 7 angels with the 7 last plagues--last, because with them God's wrath is completed. And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the Beast and his image and over the number of his name {**TRIBULATION MARTYRS**} They had harps given them by God and sang the song of God's servant and of the **LAMB**!
So again we see **MARTYRS** like Jesus **AWAKE** in heaven with heavenly bodies and dressed in White Robes **BEFORE** the Last Day!!
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 time your people--everyone whose name was found in the {**LAMB'S**} Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake; {Except the **MARTYRS** who are already AWAKE} some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt... It will be for a time {360 days} times {720 days} and 1/2 a time {180 days}. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, **ALL** these things will be **COMPLETED**!
! Corinthians 15:50-52: I declare to you brothers and sisters that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will no all sleep {Since the **MARTYRS** are **AWAKE**}, but we will all be changed--in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye at the **LAST {LOUD & 7TH} TRUMPET**{See Matt 24:31; I Thess 4:16, Rev 10:7 & 11:15-18. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Except the 24 ELDERS and **MARTYRS** like Jesus who are already **ALIVE** **CHANGED** and **AWAKE** in heaven!!!
These 24 Elders on 24 thrones surrounding the Thrones of the Father and Jesus; are mentioned **12 TIMES** in Revelation 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16-18; 14:3 and 19:4!! The **MARTYRS** who are **AWAKE* and are already reigning in Heaven are mentioned about **24 TIMES** in Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9,10,13-17; 8:3,4; 11:7-12; 12:11; 13:11,15; 14:1-5,13; 15:2-4; 16:6; 18:24 and 19:2! The **24 ELDERS** and the **MARTYRS are the only saints mentioned in heaven who are already **AWAKE** and **REIGNING** with Jesus in heaven during the 1260-day Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 to Revelation 19:4. If there was a pre-trib rapture of all the Church saints **BEFORE** the Great Tribulation why are they never mentioned in heaven during the Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 thru 19:4 ?????
It is completely obvious that the 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 20:4,5b,6a: "I saw Thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded {Or martyred} because of their testimony for Jesus {NT Martyrs} and because of the Word of God {OT Martyrs}. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {Tribulation Martyrs}. THEY {THE 24 ELDERS & MARTYRS} came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years... This is the FIRST RESURRECTION... Blessed and holy are those who have part in the FIRST RESURRECTION. Rev 20:5a: �The rest of the dead {Those saints who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on Thrones} did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ENDED.�
Which, of course, would be the SECOND RESURRECTION at the 2nd Coming of Jesus. There are only TWO RESURRECTIONS for all saints mentioned in Rev 20:4-6: The FIRST RESURRECTION is for Martyrs and the 24 Elders 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!!
Jesus says, "I chose you to bear **FRUIT**, **FRUIT** that will last!"
Posted : 15 Nov, 2017 03:37 PM
Jesus promised to 12 Apostles who followed Him {Including Paul?} that they would be given 12 THRONES and the authority to JUDGE in Matthew 19:28 & Luke 22:30.
Matthew 19:28: Jesus said to His Apostles, "When the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne you who have followed Me {Paul instead of Judas} will also sit **ON 12 THRONES** **JUDGING**!"
In Revelation 4:4 Before the beginning of the Great Tribulation John saw exactly 24 thrones surrounding God's Throne in Heaven. The other 12 thrones were most likely given to 12 prominent OT Elders such as Abraham, Joseph, Isaiah, Jeremiah, David, Daniel, Moses, Elijah, Samuel, Joshua, Noah and Enoch. One of these 24 Elders speaks in Rev 7:13-17 and after the 7TH angel sounds the 7TH and Last Trumpet in Rev 11:15.
Revelation 4:4: Surrounding the 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!These 24 Elders on 24 thrones surrounding the Thrones of the Father and Jesus; are mentioned **12 TIMES** in Revelation 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16-18; 14:3 and 19:4!!
The **MARTYRS** who are **AWAKE* and are already reigning in Heaven are mentioned about **24 TIMES** in Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9,10,13-17; 8:3,4; 11:7-12; 12:11; 13:11,15; 14:1-5,13; 15:2-4; 16:6; 18:24 and 19:2! The **24 ELDERS** and the **MARTYRS are the **ONLY SAINTS** mentioned in heaven who are already **AWAKE** and **REIGNING** with Jesus in heaven during the 1260-day Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 to Revelation 19:4. If all of the millions of **CHURCH SAINTS** since AD 33 were raptured before the Great Tribulation began why are they not even mentioned **ONCE** in all the prophecies of the Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 to Revelation 19:4????
Revelation 13:4-10: Men worshipped the Dragon {Satan} because he had given authority to the Beast {666}, and they also worshipped the Beast {666} and asked, "Who is like the Beast {666}? Who can make war against him?" The Beast {666} was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months {Or 1260 days or time {360 days} times {720 days and 1/2 a time {180 days} {See Daniel 7:25 and Daniel 12:1,2,7b} .... He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And He {666} 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 that was slain. 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 and faithfulness on the part of the saints!!
Matthew 24:3,9-13; 29-31: The disciples asked Jesus, "What will be the sign of your Coming and the end of the age? and the end of the age?"... Jesus answered, "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by **ALL NATIONS** because of Me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold but they who stands firm to the end will be saved... 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 lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!"} Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. and then all the {Unsaved} peoples of the earth will mourn when the see the son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud {7th & Last} trumpet call, and the will gather His elect from the 4 winds, from one end of heavens to the other!" {Mark 13:27 adds "From the ends of the earth!"}
It is interesting to note that a pre-trib rapture of all of the **CHURCH SAINTS** since AD 33 is **NEVER MENTIONED** or even implied in the Olivet end-time prophecies in Matthew 24,25, Luke 21 and Mark 13 or in any of the end-time prophecies in Revelation!!
Revelation 1:1-3: The Revelation from Jesus Christ which God gave Him to show His servants 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. Blesse is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it!!
Jesus said to John, "Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now {Rev 2 & 3} and what will take place later!" {The Rest of Revelation}
Revelation 22:16,18,19: "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches.....I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this Book: If anyone **ADDS** anything to them {Like the pre-trib rapture}, 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 his share in the Tree of Life and in the Holy City {The **NEW JERUSALEM**}, which are described in this Book.!!"
Jesus says, "I chose you to bear **FRUIT**, **FRUIT** that will last!"
Posted : 18 Nov, 2017 05:54 PM
Now the pre-tribbers believe that there are 3 resurrections for God's saints. The **FIRST RESURRECTION**is a secret silent rapture just before the Great Tribulation and will include all of the saints in the NT era including the **MARTYRS** and the **ELDERS**. This pre-trib resurrection contradicts 3 passages from God's word, such as 2 Thess 1:6-10, which state that the resurrection of he **CHURCH SAINTS** will take place on the **SAME DAY** as the resurrection of the unsaved!!
This also contradicts Rev 20:4-6 which shows that only **MARTYRS** and the **24 ELDERS** will be resurrected on the **FIRST RESURRECTION**! This also contradicts 7 verses which state that all the **CHURCH SAINTS** are waiting for the **REVEALING** and **APPEARANCE** of our Lord Jesus Christ and not a secret silent rapture!!
**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**}
Titus 2:13,14: **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} wait for the **BLESSED HOPE**--the glorious **APPEARING** of our **GREAT GOD** AND **SAVIOR**, Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are **HIS VERY OWN**, eager to do what is good!!
Colossians 3:4: When Christ, who is your life **APPEARS**, then **YOU** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} also will **APPEAR** with Him in glory.�
I John 3:2,3: �When Jesus **APPEARS**, **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} 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!!�
The pre-tribbers **SECOND RESURRECTION** takes place on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation and will include all of the OT saints and all the **TRIBULATION MARTYRS**. However God's Word states that all of **TRIBULATION MARTYRS** are immediately **AWAKENED* and in heaven reigning with Christ **BEFORE** the Last Day.
The pre-tribbers also believe that the Tribulation saints who are alive at this 3rd Coming of Jesus will not receive their new heavenly bodies but their **FLESH AND BLOOD BODIES** will then populate the earth in a 1,000 year **EARTHLY** millennium which will come just **AFTER** this 3rd coming of Jesus.
I Corinthians 15:50-52: I declare to you brothers and sisters, **FLESH AND BLOOD** cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor does the **PERISHIBLE** inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep {Since the **MARTYRS** and the 24 ELDERS ** are already **AWAKE**} but we will **ALL BE CHANGED--in a flash in the twinkling of an eye, at the Last {And 7th} trumpet!!
Philipians 3:19-21: Their mind is on **EARTHLY** things. 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 they be **LIKE HIS GLORIOUS BODY**!
During this 1,000 year **EARTHLY KINGDOM** Jesus Christ will supposedly rule with His saints with **FLESH AND BLOOD BODIES** in an **EARTHLY** temple shown in Ezekiel 40 to 48; in the **EARTHLY** city of Jerusalem. Even though Jesus put an **END** to all sacrifices and offerings for sin; we read about a Prince 17 times in Ezekiel 40-48 that will offer thousands of disgusting animal sacrifices and offerings for the sins of his people and **HIMSELF**???
Ezekiel 45:17,22,23: At all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel he will provide the **SIN** offerings grain offerings, burnt 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 od 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**????
**WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
Hebrews 10:22,26-28: The law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness... Christ has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to **DO AWAY WITH SIN** by the sacrifice of Himself. Just as people are destined to die once and after that to face judgment, so Christ was **SACRIFICED **ONCE** TO TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF MANY**; and He will **APPEAR** a **SECOND TIME** {Not a **THIRD TIME**}, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him!!
Hebrews 10:5,8-10: When Christ came into the world, He said... "Sacrifices burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them!"-- though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then He said, "Here I am. I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second {Covenant}. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ **ONCE FOR ALL**!!
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 Pre-Tribbers} 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!"
Jesus says, "I chose you to bear **FRUIT**, **FRUIT** that will last!"
Posted : 28 Nov, 2017 02:04 PM
Now the pre-tribbers like 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-Tibbers 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**!"
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 1:1; 2:1-3, 8: To the **CHURCH** of the Thessalonians... Concerning the **COMING*** of our Lord Jesus and **OUR** {CHURCH SAINTS} being gathered to Him.... 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**} It is interesting to note that the only **COMING** of the Lord Jesus when the **CHURCH SAINTS** are gathered to Him; mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 and 2:1 and 2:8; is 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! The Word of God clearly shows that the **CHURCH SAINTS** are waiting for the **APPEARING** and **REVEALING ** of our Lord Jesus Christ which completely contradicts the Pre-Trib theory that the **CHURCH SAINTS ** are all waiting for a **CONCEALED RAPTURE**???
Titus 2:13 **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} 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** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} also will **APPEAR** with Him in glory.�
I John 3:2,3: �When Jesus **APPEARS**, **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} 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 24:29-31: 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! And He will send His angels with a **LOUD** {7th & Last} trumpet call and He will gather His **ELECT**!"
I John 2:28: �Dear children, continue in Him, so that when He *APPEARS* **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} 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* {**CHURCH SAINTS**} who have longed for His **APPEARING**!!� {See Matt 24:30 above!!}
I Peter 5:4: �When the Chief Shepherd **APPEARS**, **YOU** {CHURCH SAINTS**} will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away!�
Matthew 24:9-13; 29-31: 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. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold but they who stands firm to the end will be saved... 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 lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!"} Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. and then all the {Unsaved} peoples of the earth will mourn when the see the son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud {7th & Last} trumpet call, and the will gather His elect from the 4 winds, from one end of heavens to the other!" {Mark 13:27 adds "From the ends of the earth!"}
It is interesting to note that pre-trib rapture is not even mentioned once in the Olivet Sermon on the End Times by Jesus in Matthew 24,25, Mark 13 and Luke 2!! The pre-trib rapture fairy tale is also not even mentioned once in the entire Revelation of Jesus Christ on the End-Times in Revelation chapters 6-19!!
