WHAT
DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT THE RAPTURE?
Part
9: Scripture That Disprove The Secret Rapture
Greetings Brethren,
Peace be unto you. We
bear witness that the world is mired in a great cesspool as it seeks to see man
instead of God. May Almighty God have mercy on the lost blind sheep as they
follow false Prophets?
Peace and Paradise,
Carl Patton a willing
servant of Jehovah God writing for the FreedomJournal 25 November 2005 in the
year of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus.
In the name of God, Master of the Universe, Ruler of the earth.
The willful attempt
to distort the Bible by the anti-Christ has been handed since the period of the
failed Reformation. However true believers have a responsibility to know the
Truth of God. Therefore lies and distortions regarding the Truth of God falls
on deaf ears of those that keep God first and stay in prayer.
We will note some of
the prominent scriptures that disprove the Secret Rapture theory. Here we will
find also reasons why the anti-Christ sought to remove the Bible and continue a
campaign of false reports regarding the Bible.
Rev. 16: 12-15. Verse 12 “And the sixth angel poured out his
vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that
the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.”
This verse as it
notes the destruction of the Babylonian Empire it also reveals that the mystery
Babylon that came into existence due to the union of Church and state will be
destroyed. This Babylon is the Roman Papacy.
In verse 13 we see
three slimy powers and individuals that relate to frogs are noted. The dragon
is Satan, the beast is Rome and the false prophet are the various groups of
evil workers who used their deceptive tactics to mislead he people all over the
domain or the dominions of Rome.
Devils means the
demons by which the apostate church imposed upon the victims of their
treachery.
Finally verse 15
reveals the coming of Christ. At this time all things on the earth will end.
Rev. 15: 1 “And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels
having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.”
This Chapter reveals the judgments of God
that we poured out upon the apostate church for their worship of idols and her
persecution of the faithful servants of God.
The seven angels are noted as symbols that see the complete nature of
God’s system for executing his wrath upon the wicked of the earth.
Rev. 15: 8. “And the temple was filled with
smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter
into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.”
The smoke of incense was righteous smoke.
However this is not what is going now. This is the smoke of God’s wrath against
the corruption of the beast. (Rome). Those guilty of the corruptions are under
judgment and God is about to execute wrath upon them.
John
15:20 Jesus said "Remember the word that I said unto you. The servant is
not greater than his Lord. If they persecuted Me, they WILL also persecute
you."
Dan 3:16-28 Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego had to ENTER the flames (be persecuted) but God was with them
THROUGH the persecution.
In this parable that Jesus told, the sheep and
the goats are together UNTIL JESUS COMES.
Matt 13:24-30 "When the Son
of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He
sit upon the throne of glory. . . and He shall separate them one from another,
as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats."
John 16:33 "In this world you WILL
have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
Luke 21:10-12 "Then said He
unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and
great earthquakes shall be in various places, and famines, and pestilences; and
fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
"But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to
the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for My
Name's sake."
Mark 13:9 "But take heed to
yourselves; for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten; and ye shall be
brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against
them."
Question: Doesn't 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 say
that some will go first and others follow?
Answer: No, it teaches that they will all go together.
1 Thess. 4:15-17 "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that
we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall NOT precede (prevent) them which are
asleep (in death).
"For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ
shall rise first: (from the graves - the first resurrection).
"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 always be with the Lord."
Cont. Part 10: The
Secret Rapture: Greek Words: The Time Gap
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