Jesus says look for these Signs to know when My Return is Near.

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Jesus says look for these Signs to know when My Return is Near.

Rapture (catching up of believers)

Take heed that no man deceives you

Matthew 24:5 – Many false Christs shall come and deceive many

6 – Wars and rumors of wars, but this is not the end yet

7 – Nations shall rise up against each other. Famines, pestilence, and earthquakes in divers’ places

8 – All these are the beginnings of sorrows

9 – Christian persecution grows, we believers are hated by all nations for the sake of Christ

10 – People will be highly offended, people will betray one another and hate each other.

11 – Many false prophets will rise and deceive many.

12 Because people are immoral and their grossly unfair behavior, man’s love will wax cold

13 – But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 – And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Jesus tells us about the future, and tells us the great tribulation will be such as not been seen since the beginning of the world.

22 – And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

23 -25 – Christ warns about more false Christs, false prophets and many showing great signs and wonders, so much so that these people will deceive the very elect, us… Christians. Don’t believe the false Christs no matter what.

29 – After the tribulation the sun will be darkened, the moon shall be dark and stars fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

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 from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32 – Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

33 – So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the door.

we are the final generation. Are you ready to meet Jesus as your Lord and Savior OR as your final Judge??
 
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“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” Zechariah 12:2,3 (KJV)

The unrest in the Middle East has always been about who has the right to control Jerusalem, and the Bible says it will result in the epic battle between Jesus Christ and the forces of Antichrist at the Battle of Armageddon.

So as you watch the events unfolding in the aftermath of Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, remember this. This conflict will never, ever be resolved until after the Pretribulation Rapture of the Church, after the rise of Antichrist, after the entire 7 year period of the time of Jacob’s trouble, and not until Jesus returns with the Church on horseback to fight against the combined earthly forces of Antichrist at the Battle of Armageddon.

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 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. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.” Revelation 19:11-14 (KJV)

Donald Trump declaring Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel is not Bible prophecy, but the events that it will trigger absolutely, 100% are. For the Church, these are the very last moments before the Rapture which removes us before the start of the time of Jacob’s trouble.
THE COMING PRETRIBULATION RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH PRECEDES THE TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE
The time of Jacob’s trouble cannot begin until Jesus has come to call His Church up and out of here in the Pretribulation Rapture, for we have nothing to do with the coming time of great tribulation. The Church did not replace Israel, and Christians are not God’s chosen people. The time of Jacob’s trouble is when God once again begins to deal, judge and restore His land Israel and His people the Jews.

Maybe some or all of the events will take place in 2018, and maybe they won’t. But if I were you I would have my bags packed, spiritual affairs in order and my ticket in hand ready to board Flight #777 on Titus 213 Airlines. Just in case.

Keep your eye on the springtime in general, and on May 14, 2018 in particular. Happy new year. Maranatha.

Are YOU ready for what comes next?
http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/2018-...usalem-israel/
 

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Jesus says look for these Signs to know when My Return is Near.

Rapture (catching up of believers)

Take heed that no man deceives you

Matthew 24:5 – Many false Christs shall come and deceive many

6 – Wars and rumors of wars, but this is not the end yet

7 – Nations shall rise up against each other. Famines, pestilence, and earthquakes in divers’ places

8 – All these are the beginnings of sorrows

9 – Christian persecution grows, we believers are hated by all nations for the sake of Christ

10 – People will be highly offended, people will betray one another and hate each other.

11 – Many false prophets will rise and deceive many.

12 Because people are immoral and their grossly unfair behavior, man’s love will wax cold

13 – But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 – And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Jesus tells us about the future, and tells us the great tribulation will be such as not been seen since the beginning of the world.

22 – And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

23 -25 – Christ warns about more false Christs, false prophets and many showing great signs and wonders, so much so that these people will deceive the very elect, us… Christians. Don’t believe the false Christs no matter what.

29 – After the tribulation the sun will be darkened, the moon shall be dark and stars fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

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 from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32 – Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

33 – So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the door.

we are the final generation. Are you ready to meet Jesus as your Lord and Savior OR as your final Judge??

So when the last thread "Rapture = WWIII = etc." re being left behind, was shown to be a furphy re this being the last generation, you have now quoted a post you made on another forum, CARM, which you posted 10-1-2018 as the bases for starting another thread to make the same claims.

The expressed understanding of Christ's statement of: - "Matt 24:34: - Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place." that it is a reference to a "descendant generation" was demonstrated to be wrong, just as your understanding of WWIII as being Armageddon etc. is also wrong. This is all Pre-trib source material with the Left Behind mentality.

You have now quoted another web page which is very Pre-trip in its theology which has made the claim that May 2019 something big is going to happen.

Well, this is 20-30 years too soon.

Please go back and study the scriptures properly for yourself instead of quoting what other publish as "God's truth."

CYA
 

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God's Word is all eternal living Truth and cannot ever be proved wrong!!
 

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God's Word is all eternal living Truth and cannot ever be proved wrong!!

That is a true statement, however, it is not God's infallible word that is in question here, but your understanding of what God is actually saying.

It is your, or more like someone else's, understanding that is in question and that is sadly wanting in my humble opinion.

Be that as I may be, if May 2018 does not happen as you are suggesting, then what next will you be saying?
 

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Jesus says no one knows the hour or day of His return =so don't set dates But we are told to know that when we see all the signs Jesus named we are to know that Jesus is at the door ready to return. Time is very short!! Are you ready to meet Jesus??
 

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Jesus says no one knows the hour or day of His return =so don't set dates But we are told to know that when we see all the signs Jesus named we are to know that Jesus is at the door ready to return. Time is very short!! Are you ready to meet Jesus??

Really, if your premise is wrong as to a near future rapture event, then why are you still posting your claim that the time is very short.

I would be more concerned of being hit by a bus and meeting Jesus that way without having resolved my faith in Him than the Rapture occurring and meeting Him at that point in time.

Being hit by a bus can happen at any time without any warning. The Rapture does not occur without many signs to tell us that it is about to happen. In other words we will have time to put our lives in order.

On the other hand we will not know until the very moment that it happens, that we will be hit by a bus and killed. Know what I mean.

The question that you are trying to ask is, "How is everybody's relationship with the God that we have chosen to worship, right at this present point in time? Is it all good?" The question is fair and pointed and it has no connection with what might or might not happen in our immediate near future and it has nothing to do with the scare campaign you have mounted into frightening people to worshipping God.

Really, is that God's way to helping people find their salvation in Him?
 

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Really, if your premise is wrong as to a near future rapture event, then why are you still posting your claim that the time is very short.

I would be more concerned of being hit by a bus and meeting Jesus that way without having resolved my faith in Him than the Rapture occurring and meeting Him at that point in time.

Being hit by a bus can happen at any time without any warning. The Rapture does not occur without many signs to tell us that it is about to happen. In other words we will have time to put our lives in order.

On the other hand we will not know until the very moment that it happens, that we will be hit by a bus and killed. Know what I mean.

The question that you are trying to ask is, "How is everybody's relationship with the God that we have chosen to worship, right at this present point in time? Is it all good?" The question is fair and pointed and it has no connection with what might or might not happen in our immediate near future and it has nothing to do with the scare campaign you have mounted into frightening people to worshipping God.

Really, is that God's way to helping people find their salvation in Him?

The Rapture can happen at any time. There will be no warning. There are no signs or prophecies to occur that will indicate its occurrence.

It is not a frightening method. It is a glorious anticipation.

Stranger
 

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There are no more signs that we need look for before the rapture day is here!!!
 

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The Rapture can happen at any time. There will be no warning. There are no signs or prophecies to occur that will indicate its occurrence.

It is not a frightening method. It is a glorious anticipation.

Stranger

There are no more signs that we need look for before the rapture day is here!!!

In the interests of clarity, you have both indicated that all the signs have already happened and that the Rapture can happen at any time.

Then what is the point of the Millennium Age, if it is not meant to be the time of the Great Harvest of Souls, and that includes you an me during that time, particularly if the Millennium Age is meant to start in our near future as you are claiming.

What happens and you are not raptured in the near future, i.e. a matter of months according to the linked reference, and you are still here and you know that the end of this present age has occurred. What happens then, another Harold Camping, an adjustment by your knowledgeable predictor of when the events of the End Days will unfold and in what order?

Oh well you had better practice your dance routines of joy then in the mean time.
 

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The Millennium Age is 1000 years of Jesus returning and ruling with raptured believers the nations in peace here on earth.
 

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The Millennium Age is 1000 years of Jesus returning and ruling with raptured believers the nations in peace here on earth.

Really, back it up with scripture, please.

Your statement is a generally accepted opinion without, as far as I know, no scriptural back up to hold that particular view.
 

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Jesus tells us about the future, and tells us the great tribulation will be such as not been seen since the beginning of the world.
That is because it is spiritual, and not of the flesh: Not of the sons of the first Adam, but of the Last. Which tribulation began "quickly" after He sent forth the Holy Spirit.

Tribulation "such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be." Notice He says, "until this time." - These are the times of great tribulation.
 

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In the interests of clarity, you have both indicated that all the signs have already happened and that the Rapture can happen at any time.

Then what is the point of the Millennium Age, if it is not meant to be the time of the Great Harvest of Souls, and that includes you an me during that time, particularly if the Millennium Age is meant to start in our near future as you are claiming.

What happens and you are not raptured in the near future, i.e. a matter of months according to the linked reference, and you are still here and you know that the end of this present age has occurred. What happens then, another Harold Camping, an adjustment by your knowledgeable predictor of when the events of the End Days will unfold and in what order?

Oh well you had better practice your dance routines of joy then in the mean time.

There were no signs given in order for the rapture to occur.

There will be a Millennium Age. Why wouldn't there be?

If the rapture doesn't occur in the near future, then it doesn't occur in the near future. So? It will occur.

The only time setting that can be given for the rapture is as to when it occurs in reference to other events such as the Tribulation or the Millennial Age. But no one knows exactly when that will be.

Stranger
 
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The Rapture can happen at any time. There will be no warning. There are no signs or prophecies to occur that will indicate its occurrence.

It is not a frightening method. It is a glorious anticipation.

Stranger

So everything that Christ said must happen before His return,ie,Matt 24 and Mark 13 ,as been pointed out to me ,don't have nothing to do with the Church.

So after this rapture all of a sudden these non Christians will see these signs?

You no how absurd that sounds?

How can the signs be for those that don't even believe in Christ?
 

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So everything that Christ said must happen before His return,ie,Matt 24 and Mark 13 ,as been pointed out to me ,don't have nothing to do with the Church.

So after this rapture all of a sudden these non Christians will see these signs?

You no how absurd that sounds?

How can the signs be for those that don't even believe in Christ?

Correct. The second coming of Christ and the rapture are not the same thing.

Well, once the Church is taken out, God's activity shifts toward Israel again. There will still be Gentiles who will be saved, but they won't be part of the Body of the Church. There will be saved Israelites and Tribulation saints. Thus the signs will be for them.

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Correct. The second coming of Christ and the rapture are not the same thing.

Well, once the Church is taken out, God's activity shifts toward Israel again. There will still be Gentiles who will be saved, but they won't be part of the Body of the Church. There will be saved Israelites and Tribulation saints. Thus the signs will be for them.

Stranger

So like I said in another post,how can these people be of His election and get left behind?
That's like saying all the Prophets and the Apostles would be left behind
 

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So like I said in another post,how can these people be of His election and get left behind?
That's like saying all the Prophets and the Apostles would be left behind

God has elect throughout the different groups of believers. Even of angels.

At the time of the rapture no believer is left behind. From that time on everyone who becomes a believer is, as I said, Israelites or Tribulation saints. They are elect also, just not part of the Church.

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God has elect throughout the different groups of believers. Even of angels.

At the time of the rapture no believer is left behind. From that time on everyone who becomes a believer is, as I said, Israelites or Tribulation saints. They are elect also, just not part of the Church.

Stranger

But His elect are believers as they were chosen before the foundation of the world

Strong's Greek Lexicon Search Results


Result of search for "elect":
1588.
eklektos ek-lek-tos' from 1586; select; by implication, favorite:--chosen, elect.

4401. procheirotoneo prokh-i-rot-on-eh'-o from 4253 and 5500; to elect in advance:--choose before.4899. suneklektos soon-ek-lek-tos' from a compound of 4862 and 1586; chosen in company with, i.e. co-elect (fellow Christian):--elected together with.