Should I buy a sword?

[SavedInHim]

Yes, I agree with that.

When a person is trying to physically harm you or others, their life is forfeit. If a non lethal remedy was available, that would be the first choice.

It will be interesting to see what may happen in the future if the persecution of Christians escalates to the point of physical attacks & incarceration, as it already has in some countries. Can you see Christian militias defying the government forces?

Well, we know how the early believers responded to persecution: They prayed for their persecutors as they were being fed to lions or burned alive.

 

[markalan]

WWJD ?
A Christian "prepper" ? Is he interpreting Acts 2:44-45, Acts 4:32-37 as applicable today ?

WWJD = What would Jesus do

Some Christian preppers say the Church will go through the Tribulation and there will be those who survive to come out the other side.

If I had a supply of food and hungry people wanted to take it, I would just let them. But if I had a family of children I am not sure what I would do.

 

[PeterAndroz]

WWJD = What would Jesus do

Some Christian preppers say the Church will go through the Tribulation and there will be those who survive to come out the other side.

If I had a supply of food and hungry people wanted to take it, I would just let them. But if I had a family of children I am not sure what I would do.

Ah, the pre, post, mid, pre-wrath debate.
Here is question/claim that those who reject pre have trouble answering.
'Today' we are SEALED with the HS Eph 1:13, Eph 4:30, Gal 3:2 once we believe, trust the 1 Cor 15:1-4 Gospel taught to Paul by Christ Gal 1:11-12.
Once SEALED where does Paul teach a believer can become UNsealed ? Nowhere that I know of.
In the trib a person who takes the 'mark' goes to the 'lake of fire'
See the problem ? If a believer is SEALED then how can they be sent to the fire ?
Your thoughts ?