Once again, those who think the Bible is full of errors and contractions have expressed their incoherent views.
It’s indeed intriguing to note how those who discredit the inerrancy of scripture contradict themselves in the process of discrediting scripture.
Astonishingly they speak about the “trustworthiness” of a Bible they claim is “full of errors”!! They even claim to receive certain “truths” from it! Can anyone besides me see the enormous irony here??
I hope the following article helps affirm the truth about the inerrancy of God’s word!
Why Should We Believe in the Inerrancy of Scripture?
Apologetics
by Brian H. Edwards on July 5, 2011; last featured February 16, 2017
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Many people deny that Scripture teaches its own inerrancy, but Brian Edwards shows that, based on Scripture, Christians should absolutely hold to biblical inerrancy.
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Introduction
“You don’t really believe the Bible is true, do you?”
The shock expressed by those who discover someone who actually believes the Bible to be without error is often quite amusing. Inevitably, their next question takes us right back to Genesis. But what does the Christian mean by “without error,” and why are we so sure?
Inspiring or Expiring?
Let’s start by understanding what we mean when we talk about the Bible as “inspired” because that word may mislead us. The term is an attempt to translate a word that occurs only once in the New Testament, and it’s not the best translation, even though William Tyndale introduced it back in 1526. The word is found in 2 Timothy 3:16, and the Greek is theopneustos. This term is made from two words, one being the word for God (theos, as in theology) and the other referring to breath or wind (pneustos, as in pneumonia and pneumatic). It is significant that the word is used in 2 Timothy 3:16 passively. In other words, God did not “breathe into” (inspire) all Scripture, but it was “breathed out” by God (expired). Thus, 2 Timothy 3:16 is not about how the Bible came to us but where it came from. The Scriptures are “God-breathed.”
To know how the Bible came to us, we can turn to 2 Peter 1:21 where we discover that “holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” The Greek word used here is pherō, which means “to bear” or “to carry.” It was a familiar word that Luke used of the sailing ship carried along by the wind (Acts 27:15, 17). The human writers of the Bible certainly used their minds, but the Holy Spirit carried them along in their thinking so that only His God-breathed words were recorded. The Apostle Paul set the matter plainly in 1 Corinthians 2:13: “These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches.”
The word “inspiration” is so embedded in our Christian language that we will continue to use it, though we now know what it really means. God breathed out His Word, and the Holy Spirit guided the writers. The Bible has one Author and many (around 40) writers.
With these two acts of God—breathing out His Word and carrying the writers along by the Spirit—we can come to a definition of inspiration:
The Holy Spirit moved men to write. He allowed them to use their own styles, cultures, gifts, and character. He allowed them to use the results of their own study and research, write of their own experiences, and express what was in their minds. At the same time, the Holy Spirit did not allow error to influence their writings. He overruled in the expression of thought and in the choice of words. Thus, they recorded accurately all God wanted them to say and exactly how He wanted them to say it in their own character, styles, and languages.
The inspiration of Scripture is a harmony of the active mind of the writer and the sovereign direction of the Holy Spirit to produce God’s inerrant and infallible Word for the human race. Two errors are to be avoided here. First, some think inspiration is nothing more than a generally heightened sensitivity to wisdom on the part of the writer, just as we talk of an inspired idea or invention. Second, some believe the writer was merely a mechanical dictation machine, writing out the words he heard from God. Both errors fail to adequately account for the active role played by the Holy Spirit and the human writer.
How Much Is Inerrant?
If “inspired” really means “God-breathed,” then the claim of 2 Timothy 3:16 is that all Scripture, being God-breathed, is without error and therefore can be trusted completely. Since God cannot lie (Hebrews 6:18), He would cease to be God if He breathed out errors and contradictions, even in the smallest part. So long as we give theopneustos its real meaning, we shall not find it hard to understand the full inerrancy of the Bible.
PLENARY AND VERBAL INSPIRATION MEANS THE BIBLE IS GOD-GIVEN . . . IN EVERY PART . . . AND IN EVERY SINGLE WORD.
Two words are sometimes used to explain the extent of biblical inerrancy: plenary and verbal. “Plenary” comes from the Latin plenus, which means “full,” and refers to the fact that the whole of Scripture in every part is God-given. “Verbal” comes from the Latin verbum, which means “word,” and emphasizes that even the words of Scripture are God-given. Plenary and verbal inspiration means the Bible is God-given (and therefore without error) in every part (doctrine, history, geography, dates, names) and in every single word.
When we talk about inerrancy, we refer to the original writings of Scripture. We do not have any of the original “autographs,” as they are called, but only copies, including many copies of each book. There are small differences here and there, but in reality they are amazingly similar. One eighteenth century New Testament scholar claimed that not one thousandth part of the text was affected by these differences.1 Now that we know what inerrancy means, let’s cover what it doesn’t mean.
Inerrancy doesn’t mean everything in the Bible is true. We have the record of men lying (e.g., Joshua 9) and even the words of the devil himself. But we can be sure these are accurate records of what took place.
Inerrancy doesn’t mean apparent contradictions are not in the text, but these can be resolved. At times different words may be used in recounting what appears to be the same incident. For example, Matthew 3:11 refers to John the Baptist carrying the sandals of the Messiah, whereas John 1:27 refers to him untying them. John preached over a period of time, and he would repeat himself; like any preacher he would use different ways of expressing the same thing.
Inerrancy doesn’t mean every extant copy is inerrant. It is important to understand that the doctrine of inerrancy only applies to the original manuscripts.
Inerrancy does mean it is incorrect to claim the Bible is only “reasonably accurate,” as some do.2 That would leave us uncertain as to where we could trust God’s Word.
What Does the Bible Claim?
Is it true, as John Goldingay stated, that this view of inerrancy “is not directly asserted by Christ or within Scripture itself”?3 Let’s look at what the Bible says about itself.
The View of the Old Testament Writers
The Old Testament writers saw their message as God-breathed and therefore utterly reliable. God promised Moses He would eventually send another prophet (Jesus Christ) who would also speak God’s words like Moses had done. “I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him” (Deuteronomy 18:18). Jeremiah was told at the beginning of his ministry that he would speak for God. “Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: ‘Behold, I have put My words in your mouth’” (Jeremiah 1:9).
The Hebrew word for prophet means “a spokesman,” and the prophet’s message was on God’s behalf: “This is what the Lord says.” As a result they frequently so identified themselves with God that they spoke as though God Himself were actually speaking. Isaiah 5 reveals this clearly. In verses 1–2 the prophet speaks of God in the third person (He), but in verses 3–6 Isaiah changes to speak in the first person (I). Isaiah was speaking the very words of God. No wonder King David could speak of the Word of the Lord as “flawless” (2 Samuel 22:31; see also Proverbs 30:5, NIV).
The New Testament Agrees with the Old Testament
Peter and John saw the words of David in Psalm 2, not merely as the opinion of a king of Israel, but as the voice of God. They introduced a quotation from that psalm in a prayer to God by saying, “who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: ‘Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things?’” (Acts 4:25).
Similarly, Paul accepted Isaiah’s words as God Himself speaking to men: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers” (Acts 28:25).
So convinced were the writers of the New Testament that all the words of the Old Testament Scripture were the actual words of God that they even claimed, “Scripture says,” when the words quoted came directly from God. Two examples are Romans 9:17, which states, “For the Scripture says to Pharaoh,” and Galatians 3:8, in which Paul wrote, “the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand . . . .” In Hebrews 1 many of the Old Testament passages quoted were actually addressed to God by the psalmist, yet the writer to the Hebrews refers to them as the words of God.
Jesus Believed in Verbal Inspiration
In John 10:34 Jesus quoted from Psalm 82:6 and based His teaching upon a phrase: “I said, ‘You are gods.’” In other words, Jesus proclaimed that the words of this psalm were the words of God. Similarly, in Matthew 22:31–32 He claimed the words of Exodus 3:6 were given to them by God. In Matthew 22:43–44 our Lord quoted from Psalm 110:1 and pointed out that David wrote these words “in the Spirit,” meaning he was actually writing the words of God.
Paul Believed in Verbal Inspiration
Paul based an argument upon the fact that a particular word in the Old Testament is singular and not plural. Writing to the Galatians, Paul claimed that in God’s promises to Abraham, “He does not say, ‘And to seeds,’ as of many, but as of one, ‘And to your Seed,’ who is Christ” (Galatians 3:16). Paul quoted from Genesis 12:7; 13:15; and 24:7. In each of these verses, our translators used the word “descendants,” but the Hebrew word is singular. The same word is translated “seed” in Genesis 22:18. Paul’s argument here is that God was not primarily referring to Israel as the offspring of Abraham, but to Christ.
What is significant is the way Paul drew attention to the fact that the Hebrew word in Genesis is singular. This demonstrates a belief in verbal inspiration because it mattered to Paul whether God used a singular or plural in these passages of the Old Testament. It is therefore not surprising Paul wrote that one of the advantages of being a Jew was the fact that “they have been entrusted with the very words of God” (Romans 3:2, NIV). Even many critics of the Bible agree that the Scriptures clearly teach a doctrine of verbal inerrancy.
Self-authentication
To say the Bible is the Word of God and is therefore without error because the Bible itself makes this claim is seen by many as circular reasoning. It is rather like saying, “That prisoner must be innocent because he says he is.” Are we justified in appealing to the Bible’s own claim in settling this matter of its authority and inerrancy?
SINCE THE BIBLE IS GOD’S WORD, WE MUST LISTEN TO ITS OWN CLAIMS ABOUT ITSELF.
Actually, we use “self-authentication” every day. Whenever we say, “I think” or “I believe” or “I dreamed,” we are making a statement no one can verify. If people were reliable, witness to oneself would always be enough. In John 5:31–32 Jesus said that self-witness is normally insufficient. Later, when Jesus claimed, “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12), the Pharisees attempted to correct Him by stating, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid” (John 8:13, NIV). In defense, the Lord showed that in His case, because He is the Son of God, self-witness is reliable: “Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true . . . ” (John 8:14). Self-witness is reliable where sin does not interfere. Because Jesus is God and therefore guiltless (a fact confirmed by His critics in John 8:46), His words can be trusted. In a similar manner, since the Bible is God’s Word, we must listen to its own claims about itself.
Much of the Bible’s story is such that unless God had revealed it we could never have known it. Many scientific theories propose how the world came into being. Some of these theories differ only slightly from each other, but others are contradictory. This shows no one can really be sure about such matters because no scientist was there when it all happened. Unless the God who was there has revealed it, we could never know for certain. The same is true for all the great Bible doctrines. How can we be sure of God’s anger against sin, His love for sinners, or His plan to choose a people for Himself, unless God Himself has told us? Hilary of Poitiers, a fourth century theologian, once claimed, “Only God is a fit witness to himself”—and no one can improve upon that.
Who Believes This?
The belief the Bible is without error is not new. Clement of Rome in the first century wrote, “Look carefully into the Scriptures, which are the true utterances of the Holy Spirit. Observe that nothing of an unjust or counterfeit character is written in them.”4 A century later, Irenaeus concluded, “The Scriptures are indeed perfect, since they were spoken by the Word of God and his Spirit.”5
This was the view of the early church leaders, and it has been the consistent view of evangelicals from the ancient Vaudois people of the Piedmont Valley to the sixteenth century Protestant Reformers across Europe and up to the present day. Not all used the terms “infallibility” or “inerrancy,” but many expressed the concepts, and there is no doubt they believed it. It is liberalism that has taken a new approach. Professor Kirsopp Lake at Harvard University admitted, “It is we [the liberals] who have departed from the tradition.”6
Does It Matter?
Is the debate about whether or not the Bible can be trusted merely a theological quibble? Certainly not! The question of ultimate authority is of tremendous importance for the Christian.
Inerrancy Governs Our Confidence in the Truth of the Gospel
If the Scripture is unreliable, can we offer the world a reliable gospel? How can we be sure of truth on any issue if we are suspicious of errors anywhere in the Bible? A pilot will ground his aircraft even on suspicion of the most minor fault, because he is aware that one fault destroys confidence in the complete machine. If the history contained in the Bible is wrong, how can we be sure the doctrine or moral teaching is correct?
The heart of the Christian message is history. The Incarnation (God becoming a man) was demonstrated by the Virgin Birth of Christ. Redemption (the price paid for our rebellion) was obtained by the death of Christ on the Cross. Reconciliation (the privilege of the sinner becoming a friend of God) was gained through the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ. If these recorded events are not true, how do we know the theology behind them is true?
Inerrancy Governs Our Faith in the Value of Christ
We cannot have a reliable Savior without a reliable Scripture. If, as many suggest, the stories in the Gospels are not historically true and the recorded words of Christ are only occasionally His, how do we know what we can trust about Christ? Must we rely upon the conflicting interpretations of a host of critical scholars before we know what Christ was like or what He taught? If the Gospel stories are merely the result of the wishful thinking of the church in the second or third centuries, or even the personal views of the Gospel writers, then our faith no longer rests upon Jesus but upon the opinions of men. Who would trust an unreliable Savior for their eternal salvation?
Inerrancy Governs Our Response to the Conclusions of Science
If we believe the Bible contains errors, then we will be quick to accept scientific theories that appear to prove the Bible wrong. In other words, we will allow the conclusions of science to dictate the accuracy of the Word of God. When we doubt the Bible’s inerrancy, we have to invent new principles for interpreting Scripture that for convenience turn history into poetry and facts into myths. This means people must ask how reliable a given passage is when they turn to it. Only then will they be able to decide what to make of it. On the other hand, if we believe in inerrancy, we will test by Scripture the hasty theories that often come to us in the name of science.
Inerrancy Governs Our Attitude to the Preaching of Scripture
A denial of biblical inerrancy always leads to a loss of confidence in Scripture both in the pulpit and in the pew. It was not the growth of education and science that emptied churches, nor was it the result of two world wars. Instead, it was the cold deadness of theological liberalism. If the Bible’s history is doubtful and its words are open to dispute, then people understandably lose confidence in it. People want authority. They want to know what God has said.
Inerrancy Governs Our Belief in the Trustworthy Character of God
Almost all theologians agree Scripture is in some measure God’s revelation to the human race. But to allow that it contains error implies God has mishandled inspiration and has allowed His people to be deceived for centuries until modern scholars disentangled the confusion. In short, the Maker muddled the instructions.
Conclusion
A church without the authority of Scripture is like a crocodile without teeth; it can open its mouth as wide and as often as it likes—but who cares? Thankfully, God has given us His inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word. His people can speak with authority and boldness, and we can be confident we have His instructions for our lives.
So Little David finally reveals the name of his God! Is it YHWH? Nope. Is it Elohim? Nope. Is it Jesus? Nope.
Just confess with your lips and believe in your heart there is not even one tiny little scribal error in the Bible and call on Inerrancy. For there is no other name in heaven and earth than Inerrancy by which men are saved.
- Idol Worshippers -
"You shall not make for yourself an idol of any kind"
Wondering if Chuck goes door-to-door with his various identities? Could have different outfits and disguises in case someone tells him to leave, then he just comes back as someone else.
There are some like Chuckles, Khutzpah and Quiznos who claim that God has allowed His Word to be **CORRUPTED** which is ridiculous. So they teach that you have to wait for God's Spirit which is really Satan's Spirit to whisper in their depraved ears!
Chuckles Quiznos, Khutzpah, Messyanics and Satan both make fun of saving **FAITH** and all the inspired writings of Paul. All born from above Jews for Jesus believe that Jesus is God and the entire New Testament is inspired by God.
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**
**THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS IS **FAITH** EXPRESSING ITSELF THROUGH LOVE**!!{Galatians 5:6}
Acts 26:17,18: Jesus said to Paul, "I am sending you to the Gentiles to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are **SANCTIFIED BY FAITH**!"
Romans 1:17: For in the Gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is **BY FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST**!!
Romans 3:23-25: For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of His blood--to be received **BY FAITH**!!
Romans 3:27,28: Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? **NO**, because of the law that **REQUIRES FAITH**! For we maintain that a person is **JUSTIFIED BY FAITH** apart from the works of the law!!
Romans 5:1,2: Therefore, since we have been **JUSTIFIED THOUGH FAITH**, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access **BY FAITH** into this grace in which we now stand!!
Romans 10:5-9: Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: "The person who does these things will live by them." {Lev 18:5} But the righteousness that comes **BY FAITH** says...The word is near you: it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is, the message concerning **FAITH** that we proclaim: IF you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your **FAITH** and are saved!!
Romans 12:3: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the **FAITH** God has distributed to each of you!!
Romans 14:23: Everything that does not come **FROM FAITH** is sin!!
2 Corinthians 1:24: We work with you for your joy, because it is **BY FAITH** you stand firm!!
2 Corinthians 5:6-10: We are always confident and know that as long as we are at home with the body we are away from the Lord. For we live **BY FAITH**, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please Him... For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad!!
Galatians 2:16: We know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but **BY FAITH** in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our **FAITH** in Christ Jesus that we may be **JUSTIFIED BY FAITH** in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law **NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED**!!
Galatians 3:23-26: Before the coming of this **FAITH**, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the **FAITH** that was to come would be revealed. So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be **JUSTIFIED BY FAITH**. Now that this **FAITH** has come we are **NO LONGER UNDER THE SUPERVION OF THE LAW**. So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God **THROUGH FAITH**!!
Galatians 5:5,6: For through the Spirit we eagerly await **BY FAITH** the righteousness for which we hope. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is **FAITH** expressing itself through **LOVE**!!
Ephesians 2:8-10: For it is by grace you have been saved, **THROUGH FAITH**--and this is not from yourselves, it is the **GIFT** of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are **GOD'S HANDIWORK**, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do!!
Ephesians 3:16,17: 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**!!
I Thessalonians 1:3: We remember before our God and Father you work produced **BY FAITH**!!
2 Thessalonians 1:3,4: We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your **FAITH** is growing **MORE AND MORE**....Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and **FAITH** in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring!!
2 Thessalonians 1:11: We constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed **PROMPTED BY FAITH**!!
I Timothy 1:3,4: Command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer... Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God's work--which is **BY FAITH**!!
2 Timothy 3:14,15: Continue in what you have learned and become convinced of...and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation **THROUGH FAITH** in Christ Jesus!!
Hebrews 11:1,3,6: So **FAITH** is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see...**BY FAITH** we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, in that what is seen was not made out of what was visible... 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!!
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!”
Hebrews 12:1,2: Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfecter of our **FAITH**!!
Klutxpah, calls everyone an “idol worshiper” who recognizes his false doctrine for what it is.
Interestingly, the pagan Romans and Romanists had the same attitude as they persecuted and burnt Christians at the stake.
The Romans, like Klutxpah Chuckk, also held to a similar form of universalism. The Romans regarded belief in any number of gods acceptable so long as worshipers ultimately recognized Caesar as Lord.
But when Christians refused to pay tribute to the supposed deity of Caesar, Rome accused Christians of atheism because Christians did not combine belief in God with the mandatory emperor worship, nor did Christians recognize any other god that was legally worshiped in Rome. Instead, Christians believed in and worshiped only the one true God who made heaven and earth.
Likewise, Klutxpah Chuckk accuses everyone of “idol worship” who disagrees with his false teaching and that of Quacky Quiznos who basically swallows Klutspah Chuckk’s heresy hook lines and sinkers.
IMO, If you're comfortable with yourself and what you believe, them there's no reason to disguise yourself. If you have to keep changing identities because you are unstable, then take to do a self-check and maybe get some counseling.
**WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS ON THE LAST DAY OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION**??
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 shows that all saints including the Church Saints and all of the Lost will be resurrected on the **SAME LAST DAY**and judged at the 2nd coming of Jesus.
John 6:39, John 6:40 and John 5:44 compared with John 12:48 shows that all saints including the Church Saints will be resurrected, and all of the lost will be judged on the **SAME LAST DAY**
John 5:26,29 and Daniel 12:1,2,7 shows us that the saved and the lost will be resurrected on the **SAME DAY**. and Daniel 12:1,2,7 also shows us that the saved and lost will be resurrected on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation.
I Thessalonions 4:16-18 and I Thessalonians 5:1-4: compared with 2 Peter 3:10,13 shows us that the saints will be resurrected on the same **DAY OF THE LORD** which will come as a thief in the night to unbelievers but will not surprise God's saints. And on this same **DAY OF THE LORD** the present heavens and earth will be completely destroyed and disappear as per 2 Peter 3:10,13!!
Titus 2:12,13; Matthew 16:27; I Peter 1:13; I Corinthians 1:7; Hebrews 9:28; I Corinthians 15:23; Colossians 3:4; I John 3:2,3; I John 2:28; 2 Timothy 4:18 and I Peter 5:4 shows us that all God's saints will be resurrected at the glorious 2nd Coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Matthew 24:29-31, Matthew 25:31-46, Mark 13:26,27; Luke 21:27,28; Revelation 11:15-18; Revelation 14-20 and Daniel 12:1,2,7 shows that the resurrection of the saints will come on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation!
I John 3:23 and I Corinthians 15:49-52 shows that all of God's saints at the 2nd Coming of Jesus will get a new heavenly body **JUST LIKE THE BODY OF JESUS**!!
Jude 14,15; Revelation 19:7:21 and Revelation 17:14 shows that just after His 2nd Coming and the Marriage Feast of the Lamb Jesus and His saints wil mount heavenly white horses and defeat the armies of 666, and throw 666 and his false prophet alive into eternal torment in hell!!
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!!
**WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS ON THE LAST DAY OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION**??
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 shows that all saints including the Church Saints and all of the Lost will be resurrected on the **SAME LAST DAY**and judged at the 2nd coming of Jesus.
John 6:39, John 6:40 and John 5:44 compared with John 12:48 shows that all saints including the Church Saints will be resurrected, and all of the lost will be judged on the **SAME LAST DAY**
John 5:26,29 and Daniel 12:1,2,7 shows us that the saved and the lost will be resurrected on the **SAME DAY**. and Daniel 12:1,2,7 also shows us that the saved and lost will be resurrected on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation.
I Thessalonions 4:16-18 and I Thessalonians 5:1-4: compared with 2 Peter 3:10,13 shows us that the saints will be resurrected on the same **DAY OF THE LORD** which will come as a thief in the night to unbelievers but will not surprise God's saints. And on this same **DAY OF THE LORD** the present heavens and earth will be completely destroyed and disappear as per 2 Peter 3:10,13!!
Titus 2:12,13; Matthew 16:27; I Peter 1:13; I Corinthians 1:7; Hebrews 9:28; I Corinthians 15:23; Colossians 3:4; I John 3:2,3; I John 2:28; 2 Timothy 4:18 and I Peter 5:4 shows us that all God's saints will be resurrected at the glorious 2nd Coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Matthew 24:29-31, Matthew 25:31-46, Mark 13:26,27; Luke 21:27,28; Revelation 11:15-18; Revelation 14-20 and Daniel 12:1,2,7 shows that the resurrection of the saints will come on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation!
I John 3:23 and I Corinthians 15:49-52 shows that all of God's saints at the 2nd Coming of Jesus will get a new heavenly body **JUST LIKE THE BODY OF JESUS**!!
Jude 14,15; Revelation 19:7:21 and Revelation 17:14 shows that just after His 2nd Coming and the Marriage Feast of the Lamb Jesus and His saints wil mount heavenly white horses and defeat the armies of 666, and throw 666 and his false prophet alive into eternal torment in hell!!
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!!
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 {**CHURCH SAINTS*} 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, the messyanics and the RC church} are looking forward to a **NEW HEAVENS** and a **NEW EARTH**, the home of righteousness.
Revelation 21:1-5: Then I saw a **NEW HEAVEN** and a **NEW EARTH**, for the first heaven and the 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, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and He will dwell 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**!! "
Revelation 21:22,23; 22:1-5: I did not see any temple in the City, because the Lord God Almighty are its temple. The City does not need the sun or the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God gives its light, and the **LAMB** is its Lamp!....Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowung down from the throne of God and of the **LAMB**down the middle of the great street of the City. On each side of the river stood the Tree of Life, bearing 12 crops of fruit, yeilding its fruit every month. No longer will there be any curse. The Throne of God and of the **LAMB** will be in the City, and His servants will serve Him. They will see His face, and His name wll be on on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not the light of a lampor the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign **FOR EVER AND EVER**!
Revelation 2:18; 3:12,21: 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... I will write on him the name of the City of My God, the **NEW JERUSALEM**, which is coming down out of heaven from My God....And 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." {There will be only **TWO THRONES** in the eternal New Jerusalem!}
