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Jesus will return for those looking for Him. Those not looking for the rapture are left behind!!
Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Amen'Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
When Christ, Who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.
Mortify (or reckon as dead) therefore your members which are upon the earth;
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection,
evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: ... ... '
(Colossians 3:2-6)
Hello there,
I praise God that when Christ Jesus our living Saviour, Lord and Head appears in glory, that the members of the Church which is His Body,( the fullness of Him 'that filleth all in all' ) will appear with Him there. They will not hear a trumpet blast, or the voice of the archangel (1 Corinthians 15:52 & 1 Thessalonians 4:16), for this is not the hope expressed in either of those references: but a prior hope, which goes back to before the foundation of the world, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
It is the believing of Israel at the time of the end, who will have the joy of hearing that trumpet blast, and the voice of the archangel, not the Church which is the Body of Christ, for they will have already appeared with their Lord in glory, prior to His coming.
In Christ Jesus
Chris
(See Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon)
'For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing
of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity,
and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority.
Let no man despise thee.'
(Titus 2:11-15)
The words of little men are of no interest to me===total waste of time!!! I trust the eternal inspired(God breathed) living Word of God!!
I am posting God's Word to you about the very soon rapture ==your choice believe it or reject it!!
Read and believe God's Word on the catching up (rapture)!!
1Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep(died), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
1Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
1Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Thessalonians 4:17 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.
1Thessalonians 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.===============Caught up IS the rapture!! PTL.
Again and again the catching up of believers(rapture) into the clouds to be with God is NOT the same event as the return of Jesus with those raptured believers to earth to destroy evil and set up His kingdom.
Stay in the dark fog of ignorance if you like!! no skin off my nose!!!
Are you sleeping or Looking Up??===Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Luke 21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Yes!!! There could be a war in the mid-east any day (Psalm 83 war) WW111 before the great tribulation and Armageddon war that Jesus (with us raptured believers) returns to stop and all evil is defeated and He sets up His kingdom.
Prophecy Alert: "Don't Be Left Behind"===Don't be left behind!!!
Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
1Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
The catching up of believers (rapture) is NOT the same event as the return of Jesus to earth to destroy evil and set up His kingdom here!!