Judgement? The point I was speaking of was Separation; not Judgement.
Not sure of your point.
Where is there any QUOTES speaking of Christians in Revelations?
Well, there are the obvious one in all the letters to the Churches, but I'll skip those.
Revelation 8:4 - and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.Revelation 11:18 - The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”Revelation 13:7 - Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,Revelation 13:10 - If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.Revelation 14:12 - Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.Revelation 16:6 - For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!”Revelation 17:6 - And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I marveled greatly.Revelation 18:20 - Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”Revelation 18:24 - And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.”Revelation 19:8 - it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.Revelation 20:9 - And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
And? You make it clear you are a Christian and Expect to be present on Earth during Gods Wrath..
So?
How do you respond?
The wrath that is coming upon the earth is the judgement of God...the judgement of unbelievers. In otherwords, when Christ returns, Matt 25 tells us 'then' he will sit on his throne...at this point Judgement falls on the nations. 2 Peter 3 tells us that at this time, at Christ's coming, the elements will burn. Judgement comes to all things. But this is final, end time judgement. And as children of God, we escape end time judgement; we are secure in Christ.
The increased 'birth pains' of the end days are not God's 'wrath' that as Christians we must fear being present for, or thinking we must be Raptured out of, they are the contractions of the next age. Judgement comes when this age ends and before then next starts.
What Scriptures Notify you, that any person IN Christ SHALL be subject to Gods Wrath that:
Matt 24
[21] For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Can you answer, WHAT Scripture teaches that ANY man IN Christ...shall be subject to thee "GREAT TRIBULATION" foretold in Matt 24:21?
Notice how the "wrath of God" is spoken about in direct constrast with our salvation?
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. -John 3:36
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. -Romans 1:18
Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. -Romans 5:9
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. -Colossians 3:3–6
So...not only does scripture suggest that this 'wrath of God' is, in point of fact, an end time judgement for those who do not believe (like the lake of fire), but we are also told that it is being stored up to be revealed on a specific day:
But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. -Romans 2:5
LOL ~
Bother me that I have Comfort IN THE Lord, every single day of my natural life...? Uh no!
Bother me that I am Prepared IN THE Lord, to be SEPARATED BEFORE Matt 24:21 comes into fruition...? Uh no!
Glad to know THEE Lord God, has a perfect Plan in the end days, to Teach the Tribes of ISRAEL of Christ, that they shall BE SAVED out of the days of THEE Great Tribulation.
Glad..? Uh yes!
Informed to know THEE Lord God, SHALL "Separate" and TAKE UP unto Himself, ALL, that ARE and BECOME "Faithful" to Him.
Glad..? Uh yes!
Informed to know THOSE who have persecuted the Lord Gods Faithful SHALL be Subject to Gods Wrath and Vengeance and Gods Separation, and they shall WAIT, separated FROM God and His People, UNTIL the DAY of the Lord and His JUDGEMENT.
Glad to know...? Uh yes!
That's fantastic....good for you! But...what would you say to the Christian in the ME who just watched his son beheaded, and that head kicked around like a football, because of his stand for his faith? What would you say to the Christians in NK who, when refuse to denounce Christ (which would still see them in a death camp anyway) are forced to watch their children hanged, and then are rolled over by a steamroller, alive?
Do they think, "yipee, at least I'll be out of here before Matt 24, because that will REALLY suck"? Or, in the midst of their suffering for Christ NOW, do they lean on the only one who CAN give strength...in any hardship and persecution?
I think the line we differ on here, is what differentiates between worldly persecution and satanic oppression, and suffering to be had because of "the wrath of God"....which you believe will be poured out on the earth in a series of disasters so profound that even the faithful will be affected.
But here's the thing: even permitting that the bible DOES teach that God's wrath comes IN that form, in the last few years before his return, you are still making some assumptions. The first assumption is that God could not or would not protect us from his sent 'natural disasters'. It is not without precedent, after all. Noah was protected from the flood. The three Jewish men protect within the flame. If God has promised no 'wrath' will touch us, then none of that particular wrath will. The second assumption is this: you claim it is the 'wrath' that we are to escape, and yet most of the talk of hardship and death that Christians must face if 'left behind' comes, naturally, from persecution. In otherwords....not from these 'wrath' judgements of God at all, but from the ungodly and satanic forces on earth. And those thing? Those things we are NOT promised an escape from.
No. I totally get what you are teaching. You have made it perfectly clear, that you Believe those Converted IN Christ Are Subject to Gods Wrath, during the Great Tribulation.
And I totally Disagree with you.
And have NOT seen you present ONE Scripture that supports your position.
Glory to God,
Taken
No. Either you are not taking the time to actually read and understand what I am saying, or you're unable to comprehend it. I'm not advocating that Christians are 'subject to God's wrath' at all, that is just a plain misrepresentation of everything I've been saying, no getting round it.