You both are very wise to discern the Lord's voice, as opposed to those with "silver tongues", but are you not also become somewhat skeptical?
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I say, please be careful of that, because we are told to "watch".
Mat. 25[13] Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
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I for one, cannot tell you how or when to watch, but I do know what to watch for.
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Here is a SURE sign from the Lord about that:
KJV- 2 Thes. 2[3] Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day [of the Lord's return] shall NOT come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
> I am not telling you anything else to watch for, except there be a falling away (from faith) FIRST!
Why?
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Because Jesus Himself was informing us of what it is that shall cause Him to return!!
Luke 18[8] I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
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Why is faith so important?
Ans. Heb. 11[6] But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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So then, when in the future will there be a time WHEN people will no longer "believe that God is"?
Ans. Please read and digest- Rev. 9:13-20, specifically verse 20.
[20] And the rest [remaining 2/3] of the men which were not killed by these plagues [of WW3] yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
[21] Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
> In order for ANY ONE to come to repentance,
they must have faith to believe THAT GOD IS!!
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It is quite evident, that after a Nuclear WW3,.....
FAITH shall not be found in the 2/3 of remaining survivors, that they should come to repentance, to "BELIEVE that God is".