Comparing It With
The Second Coming:
"If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race...Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of; but he is heard of...The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dreamstuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a fast noise, held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?" - MARK TWAIN 8/1898 (50 years before Israel became a nation!) )
MARANATHA! COME, LORD JESUS! Perhaps the Jews' "secret" is not so secret: in the Bible, GOD repeatedly reminds them of the compact He made with Abraham - that they are HIS "CHOSEN" PEOPLE! For thousands of years, true BELIEVERS - Jesus' Church and Bride (which includes the Gentiles, as well as the Jews) - have been eagerly awaiting the Rapture, when He shall gather us up and take us to the Wedding Feast in Heaven - after which we will be with Jesus forever! HALLELUJAH!!
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PRE-RAPTURE
PERIOD (TODAY)
MATTHEW 24:
4 "And Jesus answered and
said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive
you.
5 "For MANY SHALL COME IN
MY NAME, saying I AM CHRIST: and shall
DECEIVE MANY. (Today
"New Age" preachers and "christs"
are cropping up every-
where!)
6 "And ye shall hear
of WARS and RUMOURS OF WARS (that is all we hear about
today - whether it is foreign or domestic, i.e., "war on drugs,""war
on terror," etc. etc.):
see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but
the
end is not yet.
7 "For NATION SHALL
RISE AGAINST NATION, and KINGDOM AGAINST
KINGDOM: (with the help and encouragement of the International
Bankers and the
United Nations, almost every nation on earth is now at war with at least
one other nation)
and there shall be FAMINES (CNN and FoxNews issue daily
bulletins to keep us all
informed on the progress of the countries the global corporations are presently
starving),
and PESTILENCES (AIDS, SARS, Ebola...need I say more?),
and EARTHQUAKES,
in diverse (various - many never having seen an earthquake
before) places.
8 "All these are the BEGINNING of sorrows (this is not the Tribulation yet).
9 "Then shall they
deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall KILL you: and YE
SHALL BE HATED OF ALL NATIONS (Jesus is speaking to the
Jews - today every
nation on earth is gathering against Israel) for my name's sake
(this
also applies to all
Christians - who are being persecuted in every nation on earth, as well
- including today's
New World Order Amerikka).
10 "And then shall MANY BE OFFENDED
(Interesting
choice of words. Have you
noticed: all of the groups attacking God, Jesus, the Bible, Americans,
Hetrosexuals, Moral
Conservatives, etc. hide behind the same claim: they are "OFFENDED"
by them!), and
shall BETRAY one another, and shall HATE ONE ANOTHER.
11 "And MANY FALSE PROPHETS shall rise, and shall DECEIVE MANY.
12 "And because INIQUITY (LAWLESSNESS)
shall abound, the LOVE of many
shall WAX COLD (the churches have been turned into "politically
correct" social clubs,
and love between families, friends, neighbors and countrymen has turned
to hate).
13 "But he that shall ENDURE (remain
faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ and the teachings
of the Bible - GOD's Law) unto the end, the same shall be SAVED.
14 "And this GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM
shall be preached in ALL THE
WORLD (This year - 2003 - the final translation of the
Bible has been made available to
all the nations) for a witness unto all nations; and THEN SHALL THE END
COME (We are at
the THRESHHOLD OF THE TRIBULATION. Jesus will come to RAPTURE HIS CHURCH
- to
meet Him IN THE AIR - when we least expect it. It can happen any time
now)."
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THE
RAPTURE
Christ Will
Come In
The Air For
His Own
1 THESSALONIANS 1:
17 "THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN
SHALL BE CAUGHT UP
TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD IN THE
AIR:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 "Wherefore comfort one another with these words."
THE CHURCH (Believers)
Will Be Taken
To The Father's
House
JOHN 14:
2 "IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE
are many mansions (dwellings): if it were not
so, I
would have told you. I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU.
3 "And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come again, and RECEIVE YOU
unto myself; that WHERE I AM, there ye may be also."
It Can Happen
At Any Time
1 CORINTHIANS 15:
52 "In a moment, IN THE TWINKLING
OF AN EYE, at the last trump (trumpet): for
the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and
we
shall be changed."
53 "For this corruptible must put
on INCORRUPTION, and this mortal must put
on IMMORTALITY."
There Will Be No
Warning Signs
LUKE 12:
40 "Be ye therefore ready also: for
the Son of man cometh at an hour WHEN YE
THINK NOT."
The Rapture
is
For
Believers
Only
REVELATION 3:
11 "Behold, I come quickly: hold
that fast which thou hast, that no man take
THY CROWN (which Believers will be given before the Wedding
Feast in Heaven
AFTER
the Rapture)."
21 "To him that OVERCOMETH
will I grant to SIT WITH ME IN (on)
MY THRONE
(in Heaven), even as I also overcame, and am set down with my
Father in (on)
his throne (in Heaven).
22 "He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the CHURCHES
(the
Believers)."
It Will Be A Time
Of Great Joy
REVELATION 19:
8 "And to her was granted
that she should be arrayed in fine linen, CLEAN
AND WHITE (bright):for the fine linen is the
righteousness (righteous acts) of
saints.
9 "And he saith unto me, Write,
BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE CALLED
UNTO
THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB. And he saith unto me,
These
are the true sayings of God."
It Will Happen
Before The
Tribulation
I THESSALONIANS 1:
Only His Own
Will See Him
I THESSALONIANS 5:
3 "For when they shall say,
'PEACE and safety;' then sudden DESTRUCTION
cometh upon them, as TRAVAIL (birth pangs, labor)
upon a woman with child;
and they shall not escape.
4 "BUT YE, BRETHREN, ARE
NOT
IN DARKNESS, THAT THAT DAY SHOULD
OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF.
5 "Ye are all the CHILDREN
OF LIGHT, and the children of the day: we are not
of the night, nor of darkness.
6 "Therefore LET US NOT SLEEP,
AS DO OTHERS; but let us watch (be vigilant)
and be sober.
7 "For they that sleep (are
lost), sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are
drunken in the night.
8 "But let us, who are of
the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of FAITH
AND LOVE; and for an helmet, the HOPE OF SALVATION.'
9 "For God hath not appointed
us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
LORD JESUS CHRIST,
10 "Who died for us, that, whether
we wake or sleep, WE SHOULD LIVE
TOGETHER WITH HIM."
8 "Be ye also patient;
stablish (establish) your hearts: for the COMING
OF THE
LORD draweth nigh.
9 "Grudge not one against
another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold
the judge standeth before the door."
29 "If ye know that he is righteous,
ye know that every one that doeth (practices)
righteousness is born of him.
2 "Beloved, now are
we the SONS OF GOD, and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that , WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE
LIKE HIM, for WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS."
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THE
GLORIOUS
APPEARING
(SECOND COMING)
Christ Will Come
With His Own
I THESSALONIANS 3:
30 "And then shall appear the sign
of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall
all the tribes of the earth mourn, and THEY SHALL SEE THE SON OF
MAN
COMING IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND GREAT
GLORY.
31 "And he shall send his angels
with a great sound of a TRUMPET, and THEY
SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT(chosen ones)
from the four winds,
from
one end of heaven to the other (where
the Lord has kept them safe, since the
Rapture)."
38 "For as in the days that were
before the flood they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the
ark.
39 "And knew not until the flood
came, and took them all away; so shall also the
COMING OF THE SON OF MAN be.
40 "Then shall two be in the field;
THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, AND THE
OTHER LEFT.
41 "Two women shall be grinding at
the mill; THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN,
AND THE OTHER LEFT (Jesus will separate the Sheep from
the Goats).
42 "WATCH therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord will come."
Christ Will Judge
Earth's Inhabitants
REVELATION 19:
20 "And the BEAST was taken (captured),
and with him the FALSE PROPHET
that wrought miracles (created illusions - like a magician)
before him (in the
presence of the beast), with which he deceived them that had
received the mark
of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. THESE BOTH WERE
CAST ALIVE INTO A LAKE OF FIRE BURNING WITH BRIMSTONE.
21 "AND THE REMNANT
(remainder) WERE SLAIN with the sword of him that
sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the
fowls (birds) were filled with their flesh."
Christ Will Set Up
His Earthly Kingdom
DANIEL 7:
14 "AND THERE WAS GIVEN HIM DOMINION,
AND GLORY, AND A KINGDOM,
THAT ALL PEOPLE, NATIONS, AND LANGUAGES, SHOULD SERVE HIM:
HIS DOMINION IS AN EVERLASTING DOMINION, WHICH SHALL NOT
PASS AWAY, AND HIS KINGDOM THAT WHICH SHALL NOT BE
DESTROYED."
There Will Be Many
Signs Of Christ's
Physical Coming
2 PETER 3:
5 "And ye shall flee to the
valley of the mountains; for the valley of the
mountains shall reach unto Azalyea, ye shall flee, like as ye in the days
of
Uzziah king of Judah: and THE LORD MY GOD SHALL COME, AND ALL
THE SAINTS WITH THEE."
6 "And it shall come to pass
in that day, that THE LIGHT SHALL NOT BE
CLEAR (there will be no light), nor dark:
7 "But it shall be one day
which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night:
but it shall come to pass, that AT EVENING TIME IT SHALL BE LIGHT."
36 "Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 "And what I say unto you I say unto all, WATCH."
The Day
Of The Lord
ZECHARIAH 14:
9 "AND THE LORD SHALL BE KING
OVER ALL THE EARTH: IN THAT DAY
SHALL
THERE BE ONE LORD, AND HIS NAME ONE."
Not One Drop
Of Believer's Blood
Will Be Spilled
REVELATION 19:
12 "His eyes were as a flame of fire,
and on his head were many crowns; and
he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself."
15 "And out of his mouth goeth a
SHARP SWORD, that with it HE SHOULD
SMITE (strike) THE NATIONS: and he shall rule
them with a rod of iron: he
treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 "And he hath on his vesture(robe)
and on his thigh a name written, KING OF
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
13 "And it shall come to pass in
that day, that a great tumult (panic) from
the
Lord shall be among them; and THEY SHALL LAY HOLD(seize)
EVERY
ONE ON THE HAND OF HIS NEIGHBOR, AND HIS HAND SHALL RISE UP
AGAINST THE HAND OF HIS NEIGHBOR."
It Will Be A Time Of
Mourning
For The Unsaved
AMOS 5:
4 "And THE MOUNTAINS SHALL
BE MOLTEN(melted)under him, and THE
VALLEYS SHALL BE CLEFT, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that
are poured down a steep place."
8 "And it shall come to pass
in the day of the Lord's sacrifice, that I WILL
PUNISH THE PRINCES, AND THE KING'S CHILDREN, AND ALL SUCH AS
ARE CLOTHED WITH STRANGE (foreign)APPAREL.
9 "In the same day also will
I punish all those that leap on the threshold,
WHICH FILL THEIR MASTERS' HOUSES WITH VIOLENCE AND DECEIT."
15 "That day is A DAY OF WRATH, a
day OF TROUBLE AND DISTRESS, a day
OF WASTENESS (devastation) AND DESOLATION,
a day OF DARKNESS
AND GLOOMINESS, a day OF CLOUDS AND THICK DARKNESS.
16 "A day OF THE TRUMPET AND ALARM
against the fenced (fortified) cities,
and against the high towers."
17 "And I WILL BRING DISTRESS UPON
MEN, THAT THEY SHALL WALK
LIKE BLIND MEN, because they have sinned against the Lord: and THEIR
BLOOD SHALL BE POURED OUT AS DUST AND THEIR FLESH AS THE
DUNG.
18 "Neither their silver nor their
gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of
the Lord's wrath; but THE WHOLE LAND SHALL BE DEVOURED BY THE
FIRE OF HIS JEALOUSY: for he shall make even a speedy riddance(end)of
all them that dwell in the land."
3 "And he shall sit as a refiner
and purifier of silver: and HE SHALL PURIFY
THE SONS OF LEVI, AND PURGE (refine)THEM AS
GOLD AND SILVER, that
they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness."
The Second Coming
Won't Happen Until
After The Tribulation
MATTHEW 24:
30 "And then shall appear the sign
of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall
ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH mourn, and THEY SHALL SEE THE SON
OF MAN COMING IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND
GREAT GLORY."
Satan Will Be
Bound In The Abyss
For 1000 Years
REVELATION 20:
2 "And he laid hold on the
dragon, that old SERPENT, which is the DEVIL, and
SATAN, and BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS.
3 "And CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS
PIT, and shut him up, and set a
seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand
years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed (released)a
little
season (awhile)."
His Bride
(Believers)
Will Descend
With Him
MATTHEW 24:
Every Eye
Shall See Him
MATTHEW 24:
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The 1000-Year
Kingdom Of Christ
Will Begin
REVELATION 20:
2 "And he laid hold on the
dragon, that old SERPENT, which is the DEVIL, and
SATAN, and BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS.
3 "And cast him into the bottomless
pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon
him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years
should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed (released)
a little season
(awhile).
4 "And I saw thrones, and
they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto
them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of
Jesus,
and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast,
neither
his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in
their
hands; and THEY LIVED AND REIGNED WITH CHRIST A THOUSAND
YEARS."
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HOW MUCH
TIME IS LEFT?
MATTHEW 24:
33 "So likewise ye, when ye shall
see all these things (ALL of the signs listed
in
Matthew 24), know that it (the END or He) is
near, even AT THE DOORS.
34 "Verily I say unto you, This generation
(Everybody
who was born by the rebirth of
Israel in May 1948 and after) shall not pass, till all
these things be
fulfilled."
That means YOU
Are you ready?
ARE YOU SURE?
?????????