You know I was told there was a Santa Claus and I believed it. I was also told to trust the Police and I believed it. And I was told that Jesus would "rapture" the church and I believed it. Then I discovered they all lied.
Sometimes it takes "
experience" to discover that people lie for different reasons, usually CONTROL. But in the end, both the liars and the gullible suffer, the liar to hell and the gullible being hung out to dry for being gullible.
And to reinforce what "Davy"said:
Rev. 14
9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If any one worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he also shall drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and he shall be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
Matt. 24
40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.
28 Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
-- Please note that the eagles are basically vultures, eat carrion, and there to consume the dead bodies.
For those who aren't preparing themselves and their households for the Mark of the Beast in ~2 years, -- well, we DO need a "Great Falling Away", so your participation will help fulfill Scripture. -- It wouldn't be MY CHOICE, but we ALL get to choose!
And to add an obvious consideration Rev. 20 says the "dead" are not raised until the Millennial Kingdom has ended. And we "know" that those who are alive and remain shall ascend AFTER the dead are raised.
What?!? No Santa? REALLY?!?
Bobby Jo
PS I pity those poor souls left on earth as the New Jerusalem grabs the last of the dead, and then proceeds on it's course through the universe, leaving those who are live and remain on earth to slowly perish for the earth's resources having been exhausted. Too bad for them. -- If ONLY GOD had used his "rapture" for these people ...