PREPARING FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD
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Preparing For the Coming of the Jesus Christ in the Rapture
Unless people have knowledge of the Endtimes, and are prepared for Jesus’ Coming, they will be LEFT BEHIND in the Antichrist system that is now subtly engulfing the whole world. Unless the pastors and leaders prepare their people for His coming, many will be LEFT BEHIND, including themselves. Hos4:6 states ‘My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee..’. God is seeking a holy and pure people Tit2:13,14, Ep1:4 to take them alive with Him to heaven in the Rapture 1Th4:17. We need to be Rapture Ready in order to ESCAPE God’s wrath coming upon the earth in the Great Tribulation 1Th1:10. Like the people in Noah’s days who perished or the 5 foolish virgins Mt25:11, many will not be READY, but will be LEFT BEHIND to suffer, die, or be martyred. They will not be ready for the Lord’s coming and ESCAPE, for ‘the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience’ Co3:6.
One can only prepare for the Day of the Rapture, but never for the Great Tribulation! Jesus repeatedly warned us to WATCH, PRAY, BE READY, BE PURE, BE HOLY, TO LOOK FOR HIS RETURN in order to ESCAPE the things which shall come to past in the EndtimesLk21:36! If one does not believe in, or is not ready for the Rapture and is LEFT BEHIND, it would be impossible for him to prepare for the atrocities that will occur during the Great Tribulation- a most terrible, terrifying, miserable, hopeless, painful, and grievous 42 months period of living Hell on earth Re13:5,7!
Jesus said ‘..except those days be shortened, there should no flesh be saved..’ Mt24:22.This means if the Great Tribulation were to continue much longer, everyone would either die or be killed! There will be wars throughout the world, great nuclear explosions, great natural disasters, famine, droughts, pestilence, and plagues wiping out millions upon millions of people! Everyone would be helpless while living through it. If one does not have the faith to believe the words of Jesus, ‘..I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there you may be also’ Jn14:3, then there is no other ESCAPE for him, but to be LEFT BEHIND to suffer in the Great Tribulation.
Signs of the Endtimes
What does the Bible say about the Endtimes? Referring to ‘the end of the world’, Jesus said‘..he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved’ Mt24:13. What must we endure to be saved, and to be saved from what? Jesus also said ‘..when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth’ Lk18:8. The Bible foretold of many signs of theEndtimes before Jesus’ return to earth. They are found throughout the Bible, especially in Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21, and in the book of Revelation. Some signs are;
- Israel’s rebirth as a nation in 1948 will culminate in the final great war of ArmageddonIs66:8, Re16:16, Zec14:2,
- The worldwide preaching of the Gospel of the kingdom to all nations Mt24:14, Mk16:15,
- Great earthquakes in divers places; famines, and pestilences; fearful sights and great signs from heaven Lk21:11,
- Increasing immorality, corruption, and violence 2Ti3:1-4, 2Pe2:6,
- Many false prophets and false Christs deceiving many believers Mt24:4,5,11,24,
- Great apostasy in the churches 2Ti3:5, and a Great falling away of believers 2Th2:2-12,
- Wars and rumours of war Mt24:6, Mk13:7,
- Distress of nations with perplexity Lk21:25, and Worldwide economic collapse Re18:9-11
- Rise of the Antichrist in a New World Order- a One World Gov’t, Religious, Social, Economic, Monetary System Re13:1-18.
- Great Tribulation such as the world has never known before Mt24:21.
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