If we are watchful and look at ALL THE CLUES and not have our heads in the sand, we will know when the rapture is, even at the doors. Matthew 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Luke 21:34-36 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. I Thess 5:2-9 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, ————————- And yes, the rapture happens in I Thess before the AC is revealed in 2 Thess The Rapture I Thess 4:16-17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. ————————- Man of Sin is revealed … after the falling away II Thess 2:3- Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Revelation The church in Sardis I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. The church of Philadelphia I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation (testing aka Tribulation) which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. the church of the Laodiceans I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. But they still get a chance … during the tribulation time … to become tribulation saints …. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. In this week's Andy Woods update, Andy said to get your bags packed! I was excited to hear that from him. -Fair Use- Blue just an FYI — the tribulation is for God to deal with the Nation of Israel. There will be people who are saved during this time as Revelation 6: 9-10 “And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?” But I hear you, as Timothy says in 1 Timothy 2:3-4 “This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” For now I say as in revelation 22:21 —- ….”Come Lord Jesus …” The evidence for our soon departure is overwhelmingly compelling, but we are still to occupy. Keep a watchful and prayerful heart. It is exciting to see all the pieces of this glorious puzzle fitted together. Our Heavenly Father is so beyond our understanding in His creation, timing, and the fulfillment of all that he set forth. Everyday seems like the “last day” I may do this or go here or see this person on earth …. :yahoo: :prayer-hands: Glad the Church has asserted its role to have a Christian coronation But Charles as King will have or does have authority over the Church, right? Thanks. Andy seems like a pretty low key guy to be saying something like that. The situation must be getting serious. They both seem humble and gentle. I like them. Aaron sings for us an encouraging message … are you ready to fly? - Fair Use - Bob Barber short 1 minute clip …. Got to be flying on out before this occurs … - Fair Use - I would think Russia would want their soldiers fighting Ukraine.
