 THE RAPTURE 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18, “For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will by no means proceed those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 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. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” Mathew 24:35-44, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will no means pass away. But of that day and hour no one knows, no not even the angels of Heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood they were eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark and did not know till the flood came and took them all away. So also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; One taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3, “Let no one deceive you by any means: for that day will not come unless a falling away come first, and the Man of Sin is revealed, the Son of Perdition (the Anti-Christ).” The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 15:51-53, “Behold I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed; in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruptible, and mortal must put on immortality.” This means in the rapture we are going to receive new bodies; whole perfect bodies that will never die or deteriorate. This is our heavenly bodies. Luke 21:36, “Watch therefore and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.” 1 Thessalonians 5:2, “For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.” Luke 12:40 says, “Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do no expect.” Jesus is talking about unbelievers in these last two verses. Christians know Jesus is coming soon and are ready. Sinners are the ones who are going to be caught off guard and unprepared if they do not listen. James 5:8-9, “You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold the judge is standing at the door!” Putting all these scriptures together, we can see that we are going to be carrying on our everyday lives, then a trumpet will sound, Jesus will appear in the eastern skies, and the Christians who have died and are buried will be raised from the dead from their graves first and taken to Heaven. Then the other Christians who remain on earth will vanish and be taken up to Heaven. We shall all at this point be given new immortal, undying, indestructible bodies. This whole process will happen so very quickly; in a twinkling of an eye. One second we are here and the next second we are gone. We’ve got to be ready to go to heaven at all times. Please don’t let yourself be left behind!!! There will be complete chaos and confusion here on earth when the rapture happens. Christian pilots will vanish causing planes to crash, car accidents, and train accidents. Christian doctors, nurses, police officers, firemen, will all vanish. Everyone will know someone who has vanished and been raptured. People will be devastated who are left behind. People will be looking for their children, family and friends. Repent now and get yourself rapture ready so you can live with peace of mind and assurance of spending eternity with Jesus and not having to go through the tribulation period. I feel I should say because of the Haley’s comet incident when all those people killed themselves that we DO NOT have to kill ourselves to be able to go up in the rapture with Jesus. God will take care of the transporting. He will get us from earth to Heaven without any problems or help from us. We are not expected to die or commit suicide to make sure we are not left behind. Committing suicide is a sin. Give your life to Jesus. Live your life the way God wants you to and carry on your everyday lives as normal. When God is ready for us He’ll come and get us. Now when Jesus does come and take us away, people are going to make up all kinds of excuses and explanations as to what happened to us and where we went. To those who are left behind I want to say, whatever lies are said don’t believe it. I’m telling you and assuring you now that we will be safe and sound in the kingdom of God with Jesus Christ our Lord. The rapture is an act of God. You cannot stop it or do anything about it. You can only prepare for it. Just like other acts of God or natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornados and snow storms; you can not stop them. You can only prepare for them, go to a safe place and let it happen. The rapture is our safe place. The tribulation is the disaster. The rapture is going to kick off the tribulation period. God is removing His children to safety in the rapture, then the destruction of the tribulation will happen. Many people and religions do not believe in the rapture. But you can read it for yourselves. I don’t think it can be any clearer. God is good. He’s a great Father. He loves His children and would not allow us to suffer through the tribulation period. He has always protected His children who believed in Him and removed them from danger before total destruction came. The rapture is a wonderful time for Christians. Christians won’t suffer through the tribulation because the tribulation is a period of time when the wrath of God will be poured out upon all flesh because of sin. Jesus Christ paid our penalty for sin when He shed His blood on the cross. 1 Thessalonians 1:10, “…Wait for His Son from Heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.” Give your life to Jesus and get saved today. Don’t put it off any longer. BE READY!!! There’s no other way to escape the wrath of God that is coming upon this earth, except by Jesus Christ our Savior. John 14:6, “Jesus said to him, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No One comes to the Father except through Me.” 1 Peter 4:7, “The end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. THE JUDGEMENT SEAT Revelation 19:7-9, “Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, For the marriage supper of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine lines, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then He said to me, ‘Write, blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ And he said to me, ‘These are the true sayings of God.” There’s going to be music, singing, dancing and praising God. We’re going to be eating and visiting with our loved ones and friends. We’re going to be meeting new people and making new friends. It’s going to be a great and happy time; just one great big family reunion. Also during this celebration God is going to be handing out rewards. Sort of like the Oscars or the Grammy’s. This is called, “THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST.” 1 Corinthians 3:11-15, “For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation whether with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stray, each one’s work will become manifest. For the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and fire will test one’s work, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work, which he has built on it, endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.” 2 Corinthians 5:10, “For we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done whether good or bad.” I believe we are going to receive certain positions in Heaven according to the rewards we receive at the Judgment Seat of Christ. God loves us all very much and He is well aware of our good and bad deeds. Nothing slips by Him. He keeps a record of everything. And if we never receive proper credit here on earth for our good deeds then we will receive it in Heaven. Remember we are all children of the King of King’s. That makes us either a prince or princess. The Bible speaks of different crowns that some will receive. Crowns like the crown of righteousness (2 Timothy 2:8), the crown of life (James 1:12 and Revelation 2:10), the crown of glory (1 Peter 5:2-4) and an imperishable crown (1 Corinthians 9:24&25) to just name a few. It’s going to be a heavenly celebration. Go ahead and get ready for the trip. You don’t want to miss it. Hebrews 11:6, “God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” 1 Corinthians 3:8, “Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labors.” THE ANTI-CHRIST II Thessalonians 2:3 (Amp), “Let no one deceive or beguile you in any way, for that day will not come except the apostasy comes first unless the predicated great falling away of those who have professed to be Christians has come and the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is the son of doom (of perdition).” Anti-Christ means against Christ. The Anti-Christ is alive and well right now today. The Anti-Christ will reveal himself shortly after the rapture. 1 John 2:18, “Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard the Anti-Christ is coming, even now many anti-christ’s have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.” This verse means there will be many people coming who are against Jesus Christ and what Christ stands for. But there will be one man in particular who has a very deep, sick plan to somehow conquer the world and try to force people to worship him. God will allow him to succeed for awhile. When the rapture takes place there will be worldwide massive confusion. There will be planes, trains and cars crashing everywhere, into everything. Worse than the September 11th attack. With so many people vanishing all at once, with no logical, scientific explanation, this world will be looking for someone to come on the scene and tell them comforting words and reestablish order and a sense of normalcy back into their lives. The Anti-Christ will be that person. He will be a man in politics who will arise, probably from Europe. He is there now working out his plan and laying low, waiting for his time. He cannot do anything until God is ready to allow it. God will make sure His children are safe and out of the way first. Daniel 7:6-8 (Amp), “After this I looked, and behold, another the Grecian empire of Alexander the Great, like a leopard which had four wings of a bird on its back. The beast had also four heads, Alexander’s generals, his successors, and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, the Roman empire, terrible, powerful and dreadful, and exceedingly strong. And it had great iron teeth; it devoured and crushed and trampled what was left with its feet. And it was different from all the beasts that come before it, and it had ten horns, symbolizing ten kings. I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great things.” He will have appeal, charm and charisma. He may even talk a lot about God and goodness to try to fool people into thinking that he is good. He will seem to have all the answers and solutions to the problems caused by the rapture. The Anti-Christ will appear to be good but actually he will stand for everything that is opposite of God. He may even suggest that his decisions and actions are from God. He may say that the people who are gone are the ones who were against God. He is an evil spirit in a man’s body. Many will think he’s helping. They will love him and put their trust in him. But the Anti-Christ is the son of Satan, He is the opposite of Jesus, the Son of God. You can’t trust him. He’s got his own selfish, prideful plan, and he’s going to use, deceive and trick the people left behind to make it happen. The Anti-Christ will be known as a peacemaker at first and he will be powerful in politics and in the military. Daniel 8:24-25, “His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; he shall destroy fearfully, and shall prosper and thrive; he shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people. Through his cunning, he shall cause deceit to prosper under this hand; he shall magnify himself in his heart. He shall destroy many in their prosperity. He shall even rise against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without human hand.” God will allow the Anti-Christ to deceive the people and rule for a period of seven years. He probably will not show his true colorsand personality for the first three and a half years. He will be a political leader because he will have the ability to sign a peace treaty with Israel. Daniel 9:27, “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.” He will sign a seven year peace treaty with Israel and the Middle East. But after 31⁄2 years he will break it. When the peace treaty is signed with Israel, one of the stipulations is that the Jews will be able to start daily sacrifices in the new temple. The Anti-Christ will allow this for 31⁄2 years then he’ll stop it. The Anti-Christ will be intellectual, probably very good looking and have overwhelming magnetism and leadership. Daniel 8:23 (Amp), “And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors, the apostate Jews, have reached the fullness of their wickedness, taxing the limits of God’s mercy, a king of fierce countenance and understanding dark trickery and craftiness shall stand up.” Daniel 11:37, “He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above them all.” I don’t know if that “no desire for women” statement means he will be a homosexual, or just treat women poorly. He will speak against God, especially in the last 31⁄2 years. Daniel 7:25 (Amp), “And he shall speak words against the Most High, God, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and think to change the time of sacred feasts and holy days and the law; and the saints shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time (three and one-half years).” He will make great promises. Just remember that in reality he will be pathological murderer who’s objective is to rule the world and have people worship him. Hitler wanted to rule the world and remember he killed all those Jews. As awful as that was, the Anti-Christ will be worse than that. He will also be able to do powerful signs and wonders. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, “The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs and lying wonders, and with all unrighteousness, and deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the Truth that they might be saved. And for this reason, God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the Truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” It will be easy for the Anti-Christ to deceive people after the rapture if you have not read your Bible and know what its says. Mathew 24:24, “For false Christ’s and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive if possible, even the elect.” Revelation 13:13-15, “He performs great signs so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted, to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.” Isaiah 14:14 (NIV), “I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” It says Satan wants to be like the Most High which is God. He wants to rule the world and God may allow him to come close. Revelation 13:7-9 (Amp), “He was further permitted to wage war on God’s holy people, the saints, and to overcome them. And power was given him to extend his authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.” And all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain, in sacrifice, from the foundation of the world. If anyone is able to hear, let him listen.” The Anti-Christ is the one man who will lead the people who were left behind from the rapture through a seven-year hell on earth period called the TRIBULATION. The Anti-Christ will be a world dictator. Not just a United States or Russian or European dictator. He will try to take over and dictate this whole world government. That’s a clue there that tells you the US leadership is going to bow out to our beliefs and come under a union with the rest of the world, which is not godly. He will try to control everyone. We will not stop this from happening. The plan is already at work and in the final stages. The rapture and tribulation is coming soon. Get ready. The Anti-Christ is already known and holding a position of political power somewhere in the world today. He will not be revealed and thought of or hold a position of world dictator and Anti-Christ until after the rapture. Until then we just know him as a political representative of a certain country. The world is speaking. The world is inviting the Anti-Christ in and probably do not even realize that they are falling right into his hands. The world is rejecting God and what God stands for. God does not go against our choices. If the majority of the world votes and invites the Anti-Christ in, God will honor that. The people have spoken. They are against God and His ways. Most of the world is against the United States. The US has been a loud voice for God in this world. If we reject God, then God will not have a voice in the world and a vessel to work through. He will have no choice but remove His children and allow the world to reap the consequences of their choices, which is the Anti-Christ, tribulation, death and destruction. The Anti-Christ will be here to speak against God, try to get people to follow his teachings instead of God’s teachings and to cause war with the saints of God and cause trouble. When the Anti-Christ comes on the scene to reveal himself, he won’t be wearing a red suit, long tail, and a pitchfork in his hand. He’s going to capture people with his sex appeal, magnetism, charm and intellectual talk on a wide scale basis. Remember Satan was the most beautiful of all the angels and he knows how we as a society give reverence to the good looking, rich and powerful people. We look up to them for some reason. Watch out for him. He’s a liar and a killer and he doesn’t like you at all. Satan steals, kills and destroys. THE TRIBULATION As said before, After the rapture Christians will be in Heaven having a big family reunion. The rest of the people left behind who didn’t make the rapture will be going through a 7-year period called tribulation that starts as soon as the Christians are removed and as soon as the Anti-Christ signs a 7-year peace treaty with Israel. The first 3 1/2 years are just called the tribulation. It will be awful! But it will mostly be a time of great deception. A deception is when you really have been convinced that a certain thing or a certain way is the truth but its not. It looks good, sounds good but deep down, bottom-line its not good its evil. During those first 3 1/2 years people will be vulnerable and upset, because every one will have someone missing in their lives due to the rapture. People’s mental state will be very confused. They will be depressed, frightened, and even suicidal. The Anti-Christ will be getting himself all arranged and set-up for his take-over. Some prophets believe there will be another rapture mid-tribulation (3 1/2 years after the rapture of the church). There will be 144,000 that God will appoint right after the rapture of the church to preach the gospel to the remaining people in the world. So it could happen. Revelation 7:9-17 (Amp), “After this I looked and a vast host appeared which no one could count, gathered out of every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. These stood before the throne and before the Lamb; they were attired in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. I don’t want to take my chances and miss the first rapture. You should not either just incase they are wrong and have interpreted the Bible wrong. The last 3 1/2 years is called the Great Tribulation. The Anti-Christ will break his peace treaty with Israel and turn his anger toward them. The Anti-Christ will usurp his power and demand people’s worship and obedience to him. If you don’t do as he says he’ll have you killed. Anti-Christ is going to be worse then any heartless psycho you can think of. You absolutely do not want to be here during the tribulation. Your money is not going to do you any good. Your prestige or popularity is not going to get you any favor or special treatment. If you don’t go by his rules you’ll be punished or destroyed. This is why God is going through so much trouble right now to warn you. This is also why God is going to remove His children completely from the earth, because it’s going to be so awful here with nowhere for all of us to hide. God wants you to go ahead and get ready to make the trip now. If there was a place we could all go and hide to escape the destruction and trouble then God would tell us where it is so we could go there. But there’s not a place. The whole world will be horrifically affected. Movies do a good job portraying what we can imagine the end to be like, but the Bible says things are going to be far worse then anyone can imagine. Tribulation means, great affliction and distress. It’s an experience that tests ones endurance, patience and faith. The tribulation is going to be a time that no one in this world has ever seen and it’s going to be wide spread. Think of the worse time and place you can and the tribulation is greater than that. Is it Vietnam? World War I or II? The Holocaust? The Tribulation will exceed your wildest thoughts. There’s really no good way to prepare for it except to get saved and go up in the rapture. Mathew 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.” Those awful wars that have been happening in the other countries are going to be happening right here in the US as well. Worse than anything has ever happened. All your money and your gated, secured homes are not going to matter. The tribulation is a time God has set aside to pour out His wrath upon those wicked ones who have rejected Him. As loving as God is, His wrath is equally extreme. Some theologians teach that the tribulation period will not be so bad. This is not true. It will be bad, worse than your imagination can imagine. Not only will government and people be evil and wicked, making your life a living hell that you can’t get away from; there will be unimaginable natural disasters as well. The Bible says the whole planet will shake and tremble from it all. There will be storms and hurricanes. There will be typhoons, earthquakes and huge meteors crashing to the earth. Plagues of snakes, bugs and rodents. There will be uncontrollable fires, sickness, death and incurable diseases. There will be nuclear wars and explosions and the effects of that. People will beg to die!!! Mathew 24:3-27, “And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us when will these things be? And what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? Daniel 12:1, “At that time Michael shall stand up, the Great Prince who stand watch over the sons of your people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was a nation, even to that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the Book.” Revelation 12:12, “Therefore rejoice, O Heaven and you who dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you having great wrath because he knows that he has a short time.” Isaiah 2:19-21, “They shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth, for the terror of the Lord and the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth mightily. From these verses, we know people will flee to the caves of the mountains to hide from the awful conditions during the tribulation. People will be fleeing and running and hiding not only from the natural disasters but also from the killing and violence going on among the people. Today we try to think of the government, police department, and people in authority as someone on our side who protects us and looks out for us. Well during the tribulation it’s not going to be like that. Government and police and such will be against the people. You won’t have any rights or freedom. You’ll be controlled and dictated to. If you don’t co-operate you’ll be destroyed. The Anti-Christ has three objectives to achieve during the tribulation. His goal is to rule the world, make everyone worship him, and establish a one-world system. This is what he has always wanted. God may allow him to get close but I don’t believe he will completely succeed at his objective. First objective is a one-world economy. This system could be a cashless society. Record of every little thing you try to buy or sell will be kept and no transaction will be able to take place unless you give into the requirements of the government to receive a mark in your hand or forehead. No one will be able to buy or sell goods, food, water or services of any kind without that mark. Anti-Christ will succeed in setting this one world economy up. It will probably be a microchip or something lasered into your skin so it can be scanned through the scanning machines already set up. This is called receiving the mark of the beast. Jesus says whoever, that’s anyone who receives the mark automatically dooms their soul to hell, NO EXCEPTIONS!!! But if you don’t receive the mark, you’ll be put to death physically. I guess there will be beast patrols instead of police officers that will check people out and enforce the law. Revelation 13:16-18, “And he causes all both great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or foreheads. And that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom, Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: his number is 666.” The mark of the beast has deep meaning. When you accept the mark you are proclaiming to God, the world, and Satan that your soul now belongs to Satan. You are saying that you except his way of doing things. You are also saying you deny God and everything He stands for. The mark symbolizes a spiritual confession about yourself. It also serves as a political statement. I believe this mark not only will be some kind of computer chip that will contain all of your personal identification, it will be a way for you to be tracked down and found so you can’t hide from the government. It will be an outward tattoo or branding so you can be identified quickly by others around you as a member of Satan’s family. This mark may look different depending on whatever part of the world you live whether it is 666 or a series of symbols, but the meaning will have the same global statement. I believe it may be possible that people could get a measure of supernatural ability from Satan to entice you to receive. Whatever it is, it will declare your whole life as well as your eternity. Money will be a thing of the past. Doing away with money will promise in return the control of crime, theft, and counterfeiting. It will promise that people will be more equal. Many other promises will be made that will look and sound good at first. I suspect a lot of people will receive the mark to escape physical death. You have to have food, water, medical attention, etc… Men will receive the mark so they can feed their families and provide them with shelter and such. We’re already headed for one world banking system. It doesn’t matter what bank you have an account with, you can use your ATM, debit and credit cards at any bank to get money. People may be told if they receive the mark they will get certain privileges. Or someone may claim to hear from God and convince people to receive for religious purposes. Whatever is said will all be lies. Don’t receive it an don’t believe it. If you receive the mark of the beast you will definitely seal your doom to Hell. The second objective is a one-world religion. This could be the New Age Movement or some kind of scientology. The real Bible believing Christians will be gone during the tribulation so anything else that is practiced will be a fake and a lie. The New Age Movement will be easily widespread and convincing. Many people are already into New Age and scientology. They believe in the psychics, astronomy, and talking to the dead and being lead by some mysterious spiritual force. God does not like it when we turn to mediums and psychics. He wants us to turn to Him and ask Him things we need to know. Isaiah 8:19-22 (Amp), “And when people instead of putting their trust in God, shall say to you, Consult for direction mediums and wizards who chirp and mutter, should not a people seek and consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living? God will allow people during this seven-year period to be masterfully deceived. God will also allow signs and wonders and supernatural happenings to take place to deepen their deception. God is going to allow Satan to be in complete control during the tribulation. There will be no good left here on earth. Anyone claiming to be good during the tribulation will be lying. Anyone claiming to be Jesus will be lying. The tribulation is a time of deception, lies, and suffering. Satan is the father of lies and he is the one who will be in control. There is no truth in him. He is not capable of telling the truth. The third objective is a one-world government. This could be the New World Order. They will be in charge of everything, especially television, banks, government, wall street, etc… Take notice you might recognize the name popping up everywhere, like New World Enterprises, New World Communications, and so on. I believe Satan will attempt to bring all this to pass, but before he succeeds, God will stop him. As you can see everything is being set up even now for the Anti-Christ to step in and take over and rule quite easily. These awful things will not happen until AFTER the rapture. The tribulation and the rule of the anti-christ does not happen until AFTER the church is raptured. Don’t wait till the tribulation to try to do what’s right. Don’t wait till the tribulation to give your life to God and expect His strength and help. The odds are you won’t be strong enough to make it. In fact the Bible says except those days be shortened not one person will survive. (Math 24:22 & Mark 13:20) Don’t take a chance. Get saved now so you won’t have to experience the catastrophe of the tribulation period. Please give your heart to Jesus so you’ll go up with us in the rapture. Do it now for yourself and for your family. THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON At the end of the seven-year tribulation period, there will be a major battle in the Middle East called Armageddon. Revelation 16:14&16, “…for they are the spirits of devils working miracles which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. And He gathered them together into a place called the Hebrew tongue, Armageddon.” Revelation 19:17-20, “And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of Heaven, come and gather yourselves together, unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, great and small. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against Him that sat on the horse and against His army. And the beast was taken and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him with which he delivered them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.” There will be so many dead bodies and dead animals around. God will call birds and vultures in to eat. The battle is only going to last one day, but there will be many wars that lead up to this final battle, which ends up being a total massacre. The blood will be so deep; it will rise up to horse’s bridles for 200 miles. Revelation 14:20, “And the winepress was trampled outside the city, the blood came out of the winepress up to the horses’ bridles for one thousand six hundred furlongs.” Revelation 19:11-16, “And I saw Heaven open, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. His eyes were as flames of fire and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written that no man knew, but He himself; Zechariah 14:1-12 (Today’s English Version), “The day when the Lord will sit in judgment is near. Then Jerusalem will be looted, and the loot will be divided up before your eyes. Mathew 24:29&30, “Immediately after the tribulation in those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light and the stars fall from Heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: Armies from all over the world are going to come by the millions to Armageddon being led by Satan, and end up slaughtered by the armies of God led by Jesus Christ Himself. Of course, Jesus and the Saints win in the end and the Anti-Christ , Satan and false prophets are thrown into the Lake of Fire. Again, I stress, take control now while you can. While you have the freedom. Change your ways and live a descent life for Jesus Christ. SECOND COMING AND THE MILLENIUM Revelation 20:1-3, “And I saw an angel come down from heaven having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold of the dragon that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan and bound him a thousand years. And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nation no more till the thousand years should be fulfilled. And after that he must be loosed a little season.” All sinners and evil will be defeated and removed. Jesus will set up His kingdom here on earth with all the saints and Christians and reign as King of Kings for a thousand years. Revelation 20:4, “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them and judgment was given unto them; And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” From this verse we see there are going to be soul’s saved during the tribulation period, but they will probably be killed for being a Christian and not excepting the mark of the beast. When Jesus and the saints come back to earth after the tribulation, we are going to live here for a thousand years with Jesus in charge, running the country. Jerusalem will be the capital city where Jesus will reign over the entire world. Zechariah 14:9, “And the Lord shall be King over all the earth; in that day shall there be one Lord and His name One.” 1 Corinthians 15:24-26, “Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom of God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” We will then live forever. There will be no more death. We will have perfect, well, complete bodies; immortal and indestructible bodies. We will have perfect hearts and perfect minds. We will finally be perfect in every way, the way God is perfect. The earth will be renewed and restored to perfection. Perfect air and pure water. NO POLLUTION. Just like it was when God first created the world. This one thousand-year reign is known as the Millenium. Revelation 20:6, “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priest of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.” Isaiah 9:6&7, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: the government shall be upon His shoulders, and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon His Kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord of Host will perform this.” We will finally see a perfect world and a life of joy, love, happiness and righteousness God intended us to have from the very beginning. Jeremiah 31:34, “And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother saying, ‘know the Lord,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” The curse of sin will be gone. Satan, demons, evil, sickness, and death, they will all be gone forever. During this thousand-year reign we will learn all about Jesus and God. We will be able to see them face to face and talk to them. We will experience God’s love in full measure, NO HINDERANCES. What a wonderful time that will be!!! THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT Revelations 21:1-3, “… and I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away: and there was no more sea. And John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, behold, the tabernacle of God is with Me and he will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be there God.” Some theologians teach that we will be spending eternity on this present earth. I believe this earth is going to be replaced with a new heaven and a new earth like the Bible says. I am not really concerned if I spend eternity on this earth or a new earth or wherever. I will be with God, Jesus and my family. Wherever that is, it will be a wonderful place. We will never die, and there will be no more pain, sadness, sickness or fighting; just love, peace joy and happiness. Everyone will be blessed with a mansion of their own. It’s going to be great. Mathew 13:49&50, “so shall it be at the end of the world; the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” I believe this present earth will be one big ball of Hell fire. I believe Hell to be the “heart of the earth” and all sinners are bound there. Mathew 12:40, “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” I believe God’s people will be transferred to a new heaven and a new earth to live forever and all the sinners will be bound to this earth to burn forever. Actually, I guess you could say this is when the world has actually ended. Like I said in earlier chapters, God has not given me any prophetic visions of things after the rapture. I only know and believe what the Bible has to say about our lives after the rapture and where we will be spending eternity. I just trust God that everything is going to be wonderful. |
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