Bride Of Christ.

[blessedhope]

Jesus describes His return to Earth for His Church in the Gospel of John:

“In My Father’s house are many mansions [rooms]; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself, that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:2-3).
Where is the location that Jesus says He is preparing a place for His Church? He’s preparing a place for His Bride in His Father’s house, in heaven. “There” in heaven, we will be with Him. While Jesus judges His enemies on Earth during the Tribulation, He will judge His Bride in heaven:
“If any man’s work which he has built upon it remains, he will receive a reward” (1 Corinthians 3:14).
“Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready. It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints” (Revelation 19:7-8).
At the Rapture, Jesus will not lift His Bride up from the earth only to immediately descend with her back to the earth’s surface. We will ascend into heaven with Jesus at the Rapture:
“Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord” (I Thessalonians 4:17).
Then, after we are “made ready” at the judgment seat of Christ, we will attend the Marriage of the Lamb as the Bride of Christ.
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” (2 Corinthians 5:10).
“Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready” (Revelation 19:7).
The true Church will ride out the storm of the Tribulation judgment while in heaven. Then we will return with Jesus back to the earth from heaven:
“And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses” (Revelation 19:14).

 

[blessedhope]

Some so called Christians say that the church must go through Jacobs troubles , I say to them if you talked to a women and she told you that her groom beat her for 7 years what would you say to her?? I know what most people would say>> but these so called Christians say the groom must beat his bride !!>>this is a sick thinking! Are you Rapture ready!

 

[blessedhope]

The Tribulation on earth will be hell on earth >
The unparalleled horror of the Tribulation is spelled out in detail in both the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament. Isaiah wrote that it will be a day of “terror of the Lord” when “the pride of men will be abased” (Isaiah 2:10,17,19). Zephaniah proclaimed that it will be a “day of wrath,” “a day of trouble and distress,” and “a day of destruction and desolation” (Zephaniah 1:15). Men will stumble around like they are blind and “their blood will be poured out like dust” (Zephaniah 1:17).

This dreary picture is echoed in the New Testament. Jesus said it will be a time of tribulation “such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall” (Matthew 24:21). In fact, Jesus said it will be so terrible that if it were not stopped at the end of seven years, it would result in the destruction of all life (Matthew 24:22). The Apostle John states that the chaos will be so great that the leaders of the world will crawl into caves and cry out for the rocks of the mountains to fall upon them (Revelation 6:15-16). No The True church will not be here for Jacobs troubles!

 

[Helen]

I will sit this one out.
You and I are poles apart on this subject. :)
I hope you do receive many good answers to your thread.

Bless you! H

( all I will say is, I cannot for one moment agree that we were given the full armour of God and equipped to not have to face whatever we will face...in this time of tribulation is when many, many souls will be reaped...but not if the reapers have all been snatch out!
As Mordecai said to Esther "..and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
Enough said )

 

[mjrhealth]

Well christians love scripture just giving them what they want, teh bible, with no revelation or understanding.

 

[BreadOfLife]

Well christians love scripture just giving them what they want, teh bible, with no revelation or understanding.

Yup - just go to "aggressivechristianity.net".
You see some real Scriptural perversion there . . .

 

[blessedhope]

You and I are poles apart on this subject>> I just Luv It MMM it just takes 2 brain cell and read the bible! It just a Slam >Dunk! with these so called Christians that think they have to go through the trib>> Its Called Jacobs Troubles > Not The Churches Troubles<<>> Why Is That???>>> I'm sure if The Sword of God would of said The Churches trouble because The Sword was Written by the inspiration of the GHOST!!! Did He get it wrong?>NO >> Its called Jacobs Troubles >>Not the Churches Troubles!

 

[blessedhope]

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name?
And he said, Jacob.
32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.
And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. MMM > and I luv the so called christians always because we are the seed of Abram we are Israel!>>> I luv the so called Christians>>NO > Its Jacob!Enjoy

 

[mjrhealth]

Yup - just go to "aggressivechristianity.net".
You see some real Scriptural perversion there . . .

Oh might enlightened one, we bow to your wisdom???

Still have those daggers out to kill all who dont agree with you, cant help yourself, just like your church. How many did you kill today???

 

[Job]

In fact, Jesus said it will be so terrible that if it were not stopped at the end of seven years, it would result in the destruction of all life (Matthew 24:22).

Matthew 24
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.


I see no mention of 7 years in that verse.

The Great Tribulation that is supposed to last 7 years is a man made doctrine.

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[Job]

The true Church will ride out the storm of the Tribulation judgment while in heaven.

Yeah, I don't think so.


Daniel 7
25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a time.


Revelation 13
7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.

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[BreadOfLife]

Oh might enlightened one, we bow to your wisdom???

Still have those daggers out to kill all who dont agree with you, cant help yourself, just like your church. How many did you kill today???

No need to get angry.
Your online cult over at "aggressivechristianity.net" should be able to defend itself . . .

 

[mjrhealth]

No need to get angry.

Angry at you, take too much effort. I am glad you came along, never though much about Saul till you appeared, but now we have a living bible character, a modern day Saul, pharisee of pharisees, murdering Gods children in His pride and ignorance. And just like Saul with all your learning and religion you have no clue about Christ. The evidence for all to see is in that you glory in your religion and not God, your heart is for your religion it is what you promote and what you glorify,. A true Christian cannot but glorify God and Jesus, for that is where there hearts are at.

Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also

Still throwing knives just like teh pharisees

Joh_8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

Your knives dont hurt anymore.

 

[BreadOfLife]

Angry at you, take too much effort. I am glad you came along, never though much about Saul till you appeared, but now we have a living bible character, a modern day Saul, pharisee of pharisees, murdering Gods children in His pride and ignorance. And just like Saul with all your learning and religion you have no clue about Christ. The evidence for all to see is in that you glory in your religion and not God, your heart is for your religion it is what you promote and what you glorify,. A true Christian cannot but glorify God and Jesus, for that is where there hearts are at.

Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also

Still throwing knives just like teh pharisees

Joh_8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

Your knives dont hurt anymore.

That's funny -you keep angrily accusing me of murder and you don't know anything about me.
You say that a "true" Christian "cannot but glorify God" - which makes the perversions and angry attacks YOU spew that much more revealing.

And YOU whine about "throwing knives" . . .

 

[mjrhealth]

That's funny -you keep angrily accusing me of murder and you don't know anything about me.
You say that a "true" Christian "cannot but glorify God" - which makes the perversions and angry attacks YOU spew that much more revealing

Well take it to God see what He says, there is more than one way to kill a man, some use knives other just kill the spirirt....

It is by there works we know men, and yours are all over this forum for teh world to see. I would not at all be surprised if you hold some position in your church.

 

[BreadOfLife]

Well take it to God see what He says, there is more than one way to kill a man, some use knives other just kill the spirirt....

It is by there works we know men, and yours are all over this forum for teh world to see. I would not at all be surprised if you hold some position in your church.

If you know me by my works - hopefully, some of it has rubbed off on you.

As for any "position" I may hold - I'm just another servant of Christ who holds no position other than trying to remain faithful to Him and His Church.

 

[mjrhealth]

If you know me by my works - hopefully, some of it has rubbed off on you.

As for any "position" I may hold - I'm just another servant of Christ who holds no position other than trying to remain faithful to Him and His Church.

But you see you are not, you are remaining faithful to the catholic church, Saul was just teh same, though He was helping God.. You really should go back and read all your posts.

Act 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Act 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Which is all you do.

 

[BreadOfLife]

But you see you are not, you are remaining faithful to the catholic church, Saul was just teh same, though He was helping God.. You really should go back and read all your posts.

Act 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Act 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Which is all you do.

I remain faithful to the ONLY Church established by Christ.
Yours certainly wasn't. I don't see "aggressivechristianity.net" in Scripture.

In fact - NONE of the tends of thousands of disjointed and perpetually-splintering sects were establishes by Jesus or the Apostles.

 

[mjrhealth]

I remain faithful to the ONLY Church established by Christ.
Yours certainly wasn't. I don't see "aggressivechristianity.net" in Scripture.

In fact - NONE of the tends of thousands of disjointed and perpetually-splintering sects were establishes by Jesus or the Apostles.

No you remain faithfull to teh church established by man, and throwing knives at those who disagree with you, wont ever change that. See that is what happens with you, "they disagree with me. kill them" these forums are littered with teh dead bodies of those who tried to reach you, even poor Ozpen who being a learned man was shot down pretty quick.

IIts only a Damascus road experience that will ever change you.

Mat_21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

And by teh way, not a single church established by men in this earth today, has anything to do with God, all mens works.

We are supposed to be a spiritual people but men are still carnal.