My children, the evil in
your world is increasing daily. There will be times when it seems to you the
world has gone mad. These are the times for you to draw near to Me. Pray to Me
and tell Me what concerns you most. Draw near, sit quietly and receive My
comfort and My presence for your souls. In this way, you will be sustained
through troubling times.
Know this: Those appointed
to wrath cannot escape no matter where they run, but My children are not
appointed to wrath. You will go through tribulations and afflictions, but My
peace and My power will carry you, and then to eternal life and pleasures forevermore.
For now, seek My face, and
in the world, overcome evil with good.
Revelation 15:1
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels
having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
John 3:36 He
that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the
Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Matthew 24:20-22
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the
winter, neither on the sabbath day:
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.
22 And except those days should be shortened,
there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be
shortened.
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in
me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.
Revelation 2:10
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil
shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have
tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown
of life.
Romans 12:20-21
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if
he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his
head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil
with good.
Yes the rapture is coming. The true Church/Bride is not appointed to wrath but we will face persecution tribulations and trials at times but God did not appoint us to wrath -the great GREAT tribulation period that is for sinners,hypocites,backsliders,unbelievers. They will have to suffer up under The Antichrist and false prophet great tribulations period. We need to get right and be prepared for his glorious coming we shall meet him in the clouds like it said in 1st Thessolonians. live holy. Thankyou for your prayers once again.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what is meant by this post....
ReplyDeleteDoes this post imply we are going thru the tribulation ? Are you saying that believers however will not be touched by the wrath of God ?
Hope you can clarify.
Robert, The tribulation and God's wrath are two different things. The wrath is for unbelievers, but the tribulation, because the Bible shows saints come out of it, I believe includes everyone.
ReplyDeleteCan I ask everyone a question , I personally feel very very blessed by God , I love him because he first loved me , I've said before my walk has been rocky , some my bad choices some definitely down to the enemy , had some close quarter battles in that area ,but the Holy Spirit has never abandoned me , and I am getting things from God in snippets , but mostly I'm just led by the spirit , and it's uncanny how the information I need to know for this end time battle reaches me , truly God is amazing , but my point is , and this is very very significant , and maybe someone could put me right , but not at any time has God mentioned to me or has the Holy Spirit ever pulled me to this rapture , I'm gaining confidence in myself with what I'm getting , but I'm getting NOTHING about a rapture , if there is one , I'm saying there isn't , but if there is one , I'm not being drawn to it , In fact I'm getting the opposite , armour up , many battles ahead ! Me personally , my spirit knows my fate , now I'm not trying to sound like a false martyre , I'm not , but I'm not feeling in my spirit of any rapture at all , I just want to do gods will in these endtimes , so far gods seems to of led me to all truth , and this rapture just doesn't stir anything in my spirit , I expect to go into the tribulation , I know more , but that's for me , but what I'm not getting AT ALL , is a rapture , if I'm wrong in my spirit I will openly welcome correction from any of the saints that read this blog ????
ReplyDeleteThere is no rapture. Matthew tells you at the end we will raise up and meet him in the sky.
DeleteThere is no Rapture until the end. Matthew says at the end we will raise up and meet him in the air
DeleteSome shall be martyrs, some shall go thru great tribulation to lead others to Christ and some in the rapture. Me im going in The Rapture
ReplyDeleteThe word rapture isn't in any scripture of the bible. We all know children are innocent. Scripture says every man women and child will be tested during the tribulation.
DeletePsalm 3 New International Version (NIV)
ReplyDeletePsalm 3
1 Lord, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
2 Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”
3 But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
4 I call out to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.
5 I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.
6 I will not fear though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.
7 Arise, Lord!
Deliver me, my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.
8 From the Lord comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.
Psalm 42 New International Version (NIV)
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1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
under the protection of the Mighty One
with shouts of joy and praise
among the festive throng.
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
6 My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.
8 By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God my Rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?”
10 My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
Mark Pierce, as I was reading peoples comments before I got to yours, I was starting to think- is this website just for people who believe in the rapture and blood moons etc? I thought NOT ONCE in all the prophecies that I have received from prophets and all the prophecies that I have directly received from the Lord, has He ever mentioned the rapture. Neither have I ever read such a thing in the Scriptures. People quote ‘we will be caught up in the air with Him’, ‘in the blink of an eye we shall change and be like Him’ and ‘one man will be in a field and another will be taken’. But none of those verses speak of a rapture to me. Is the rapture teaching from God or from man? I was taught that in order to find the truth, you must judge a teaching: against the Scriptures, what the church says and the Spirit of God.
ReplyDeleteI do not find that this teaching reflects the character of God or leads me closer to God or even to other believers. I don’t think the rapture coincides with the overarching theme throughout the Bible; of the nations turning back to God and being healed and restored. Not to mention recent prophecies within the last year from numerous sources, which mention His callings and individual assignments for us in these days and the days to come e.g. new inventions being created by Gods people, business owners & investors that are going to glorify God through news ideas & their finances, nations and politics honouring God through new laws, the arts (including writing, singing, painting etc), media, culture etc. It raises serious questions: 1) Why would God invest so much time (literally years of guiding, teaching, training and preparing) into His children- just so that they can avoid all battles and be whisked away when things got tough? 2) Why is God challenging the false teachings of the church and its leadership including the religious, witchcraft, orphan spirits etc that have dominated and controlled the church for so long – purifying the bride only to walk off into the sunset and leave the rest of the children behind to perish? 3) Why would God take the church away when things are just getting interesting e.g. Gods Kingdom being made known and coming out into the open with power (it has been a hidden seed and only known in part up till now) 4) Why would God prophesy about the future of His children on earth if there was no future for them on earth? I could go on but I think you get the idea. This teaching makes no logical sense. I think these are teachings taught by men and they hold no value.
Overall, the rapture teaching etc only produces fruits of instability, division, fear and laziness in Gods church at a time when Heaven and Gods church are to be most active and the families of the earth are being restored. These teachings do not benefit the church and it is hindering their progress and making them sick, stagnate and afraid. This teaching doesn’t give me peace or lead me closer to God. I feel it’s time to let go of everything that hinders us and press on towards the goal. To focus on Him and His kingdom here on earth. To focus on Gods victories instead of disasters (real or imagined). These days are simultaneously one of the most difficult (cause of the amount of evil in the world) and the most exciting times ever (Gods Kingdom is alive and active and expanding daily). I have wasted too much of my life focused on and paralysed by fear, lies and deceptions. Now its time to advance as the true child and soldier of God He has created me to be and to establish justice and righteousness once again. Not counting down the days to leave like I was in prison. Jesus came to make us free and wherever we are we can always experience true freedom as we spend time in His company and as we honour Him. God bless everyone on this website and may He lead us into all truth and firmly establish us in Him and Him alone.
Ok , that sort of makes sense , once again please don't anyone think I'm highlighting myself , I'm aware of the spiritual dangers in that , it's just this is the one thing I'm struggling to piece together about the end times ! When I was reborn many many years ago , God told me about the end time army etc etc , of course having just been re born , and not of even picked up the bible yet , none of it made sense , but it clearly makes sense now as God is revealing stuff and events continue to unfold , the one thing I got back then from God is , You are never alone and your not really left behind ! I know the 144000 will lose thier lives in the great tribulation ! I know in my spirit that I'm NOT expecting to get raptured , yet you are , and I believe you know that , so we seem to have 2 different outcomes , so bearing in mind what God said about your not really left behind and I will be with you , I'm thinking maybe the 144000 are left behind after the rapture ! Now this is only a thought , I could be completely wrong ! But if I know I'm staying for the tribulation / great tribulation yet you know your being raptured , maybe this would explain this confusion I've got , and would certainly make sense that one sentence I got from God many years ago , that to date , is the only thing I can't find a place for in these end times , ??????? If someone knows that's wrong , I would appreciate it to be corrected ! God bless
ReplyDeleteMark Pierce, I was also confused about the timing of the rapture (or catching away) of the church (Bride of Christ), until I listened to a sermon by Messianic Rabbi K. A. Schneider on his show Discovering the Jewish Jesus. He was talking about the Passover, and how the Exodus story is actually a shadow of things to come during the end times. When God parted the Red Sea to let the Israelites cross over and then drowned Pharoah and his army, it alludes to the rapture in the future. The Lord will come soon and part the sky. He will rescue His Bride before he pours out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the unrepentant and rebellious. The devil and his angels will also be destroyed in the lake of fire. Here are some scriptures I was led to read concerning this subject:
ReplyDeleteJohn 5:25-29
"Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth--those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation."
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17
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 precede 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."
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
"For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him."
@Mark Pierce, I have personally not received revelation by God about the rapture. I do believe that God’s grace on many ‘outside of the kingdom of God’ is being lifted in the near future. But for His own we are always encouraged of protection…For the bible states… 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written,
ReplyDelete“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35-39
I am sure many have received revelation concerning the rapture…will it happen soon? Only God knows. Personally, I was hoping that it would come soon so that I would be removed from the earth when these upcoming disastrous events take place. I believe that maybe this is the time when the new world order will begin. One world currency, religion etc. the enemy will have to regroup and restructure his evil system after God’s wrath and judgment has dismantled the evil order of the day. I believe a new demonic system of one world order will be put in place very soon as the bible foretells leading up to the anti-Christ leader.
Thank you ladies that all helps , I personally know I won't be raptured , I know this army is to go up against the coming anti Christ , so I've personally thought the rapture was a non event , I see now that it is , clearly !its just my spirit must know it won't be part of it , I don't mind staying behind to be honest , I know it's sounds self indulgent , it's not , but I just know I'm here for the long haul , but I def see the rapture is an event now , so thank you so much and God bless and all praise to king Jesus
ReplyDeleteGood Afternoon Mark,
ReplyDeleteI don't know that you so much need correction as another outlook, and I will be prayerful for you going forward that God would eliminate any confusion you have as He is not a God of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33).
I can tell you that after 20+ years believing I have heard something from God and now seeking confirmation on it, that not everything we think comes from God is from Him. I know you know that :-) When I was 7 years old, I heard a voice in my head say that I wouldn't live to see 40. I am now 34. Until a few weeks ago, I expected my time to be up within the next 6 years, but I never took the time in my adult life to ask God if that was Him speaking, or the enemy making me live in fear that my time would be cut short. I was never fearful, but now that the time is so short, I became more anxious. I have now been praying about that because there are so many things that I have left to do for God and I don't believe He has me at a cut off point; unless, of course, He's coming back before I turn 40 and the statement was true. But, I am seeking Him now to ask.
God will not tell each of us the same things. Glynda has received prophesies about His return because that is her ministry. I have heard some of the same things, but not in detail because my ministry is to correct/heal wayward leadership. You may have the piece of the puzzle that applies to you, but that doesn't mean you're wrong, but that your story has a different ending that glorifies God.
Know this...If you are a child of God and your life and heart are surrendered to Him to do His will, you can be certain that you WILL be included in the rapture if you remain until that time. That is a promise of God. There will be plenty that know the Word of God but never applied it or submitted their lives over to God that will be left behind to teach those that didn't obey Him before His return, or never knew God to begin with. You, His faithful son, will not remain unless you fall away.
My personal understanding of Revelation is that we will all be here for the first 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation (Matthew 24:29-31). According to those verses, we will go through the Tribulation and "then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven...and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." (verse 30). Once we are taken, then the Great Tribulation will begin when the AntiChrist/beast are revealed. Again, that is my understanding of the scripture from the way it reads, but there are pre and post tribulation beliefs of Christ's return. I do not believe that God would have those faithful to His word suffer through the tribulation and all of the evil that shall be released in those days.
God will only reveal to us that which will edify, not what will cause confusion. I will pray on your behalf and request that pray for me as well. I hope I haven't added to your confusion.
Mark,
ReplyDeleteFor what it's worth, I've always felt that this was one of things God simply wants us to trust Him with. There are some things in the Bible that are very specific, such as the 10 Commandments, where He wants us to know EXACTLY what He's talking about so we can have clear instructions in what He's talking about. Other lessons, like the Rapture, are inferred and intentionally left vague so that we'll learn that we need to trust Him through faith and experience and His own timing to reveal what's in store for us and what the true lesson will be.
I believe it's something we need to give up to Him and where we need to trust Him with how it's going to play out. We know He's going to return and that when He does He'll be reunited with His people. Beyond that I'm not going to speculate.
P.S. I submitted Psalms 3 and 42 last night because they seemed to address this post really well, but they don't seem to be showing up so there might have been a glitch in the submission or something. I'll try submitting them again. But if they don't make it you might want to check them out real quick, they're pretty short and very uplifting with regard to this message (in my opinion of course =) ).
ReplyDeleteI think Glynda is awake as my posts were approved right away - thanks Glynda!
ReplyDeleteHere are Psalms 3 and 42:
Psalm 3
1 Lord, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
2 Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”
3 But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
4 I call out to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.
5 I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.
6 I will not fear though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.
7 Arise, Lord!
Deliver me, my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.
8 From the Lord comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.
Psalm 42
1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
under the protection of the Mighty One
with shouts of joy and praise
among the festive throng.
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
6 My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.
8 By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God my Rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?”
10 My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
Rapture is a very controversial subject. I would like to share my 2 cents based on the scriptures:
ReplyDelete1. It is probably before the 2nd coming of Jesus because we are to meet Him in the air. He is not coming down to earth at rapture(1 Thess 4:15-17).
2. It will happen at a relatively peaceful time, right before the labor pain (great tribulation) (1 Thess 5:2-3) People are eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting and building as if all are going normal. The days of Lot suggest widespread homosexual activities (Luke 17:26-30).
3. It will happen after Christians are severely persecuted (Luke 21:12-13).
4. Not all the Christians will be raptured. Only those who are watchful, prayerful and are counted worthy will be raptured (Luke 21:36). Notice that we do not need to be counted worthy to receive salvation because it is received by grace through faith. But we have to earn rapture because it is a reward, not grace. There is a difference between being righteous and holy (Rev 22:11)
5. Most Christians will fall during persecution because they do not have root in them (Matt 13:21). Only those who have developed roots like a tree by the river will survive (Ps 1:2-3, Jer 17:7-8). It takes time to develop roots, so redeem the time because the days are evil.
6. Most kids will be raptured if they have not reached the age of accountability (Luke 12:48, Num 14:29, Deut 1:39). But many kids today are quite wicked at even young age. Many could be left behind.
Rapture is a very controversial subject. I would like to share my 2 cents based on the Scriptures:
ReplyDelete1. It will come before Jesus' 2nd coming because we will meet Him in the air. He is not coming down to the earth at rapture. (1 Thess 4:15-17)
2. It will happen suddenly at a relatively peaceful time right before the labor pains (great tribulation) when people are eating, drinking, marrying, planting and building. (1 Thess 5:2-3, Luke 17:26-30).
3. It will come after Christians are severely persecuted. (Luke 21:12-13) God allows persecution as an occasion for testimony and to cleanse His church to prepare the bride.
4. Not all the Christians will be raptured. Only those who are watchful, prayerful and are counted worthy will be raptured. (Luke 21:36) Keep in mind that no one is counted worthy to receive salvation because it is received by grace through faith. But we have to earn rapture because it is a reward, not a grace. There is a difference between being righteous and holy (Rev 22:11)
ReplyDelete5. Many Christians will fall during persecution because they do not have root in their faith (Matt 13:20-21). Roots are developed by abiding in the word and trust in God (Ps 1:2-3. Jer 17:7-8). Since it takes time to develop roots, we have to redeem time because the days are evil.
6. Most kids will be raptured because they have not reached the age of accountability (Luke 12:48, Num 14:29, Deut 1:39). It is worrisome that many kids are quite wicked even at very young ages.
Thank You Eric,
ReplyDeleteI can see why David was a man after God's own heart. He was an open book to the Lord revealing his hurts, fears, sorry, and joy. When you reveal the wound to the light then the process of healing can begin. Many may say that David lacked faith or had an unstable mind. I would say that he was overwhelm with life at times and expressed it to the Lord. That is true friendship a close friendship. He would often tell the Lord that He did not know what the Lord was doing and that he was lacking in faith and understanding at that time and needed comfort from the Lord, David expressed his lack of patience and need for God’s divine hand to move in a more physically tangible way. Fear can creep into the mind when you do not have God’s peace or understand the times you are in. God wants his children to express themselves to Him so that He can help. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalms 34:18. These are the times that you must keep it real with God, as David did so that God can take away your fears and give you peace.
avols you worded that Very Well.
ReplyDeleteMark the 144000 are sealed and protected through the Tribulation...NOT KILLED.
They are sealed and protected until the job is done !
ReplyDeleteAvols, with regard to your post - first off I want to say good job with regard to your due diligence in researching scripture and quoting relevant verses, and I'm glad to see people like you who love God and in good faith are offering your opinions and posts on scripture.
ReplyDeleteWith that being said I personally believe that a verse describing Christians 'meeting Christ in the air' does not automatically equate to going to heaven. We can't be sure what it means. I feel if God wanted us to know with certainty that all Christians are going straight from earth to heaven at a certain time with no doubt about the matter He would have stated it that way.
In general I think it's best to hope and pray for the best but accept that the worst might be necessary in order to promote His will. One drawback of thinking about the rapture as a 'get out of suffering free' card is it doesn't give us an incentive to develop spiritually in order to prepare for the possible eventuality of Christians being called to suffer in the end times for their Lord and Savior in order to glorify Him and help others come to know Him.
Hi Eric,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind word and sharing your thought!
I agree that people should not think rapture as a get out of suffering free card. As a matter of fact, all the Christians who desire to live godly will suffer the trials of persecution (2 Tim 3:12). There is no free lunch for rapture because we have to be counted worthy to receive it. Persecutions take many different forms. The easy ones are to be mocked, rejected. Some will suffer financial loss. Remember an Oregon bakery was fined 135K for refusing to make cake for a lesbian wedding? I also heard many godly Christians were forced out of the military for refusing to embrace homosexuality. I believe in the near future, some will be put in prison (for hate crime?). Some will even be martyred for their faith.
God will use persecution to cleanse His church to get His bride ready. He will separate the chaff from the wheat using persecution (Matt 3:12). Those Christians without the substance of faith will fall and compromise with the world. For those who are faithful to the end, God controls the severity and length of time for persecution because He is faithful and merciful (1 Cor 10:13, Matt 10:23). The most urgent message for all the Christians today is to get prepared and develop the roots for the drought that is getting more and more severe. Only those who have been abiding in the secret place of the most high will survive.
Amen to that , I personally think this rapture thing is a non event , I might be wrong , but my spirit leads me to different , one thing I do know , I don't want to be raptured , I cannot even imagine leaving my lost friends and families behind to face what's to come , I want to stay to the bitter end to preach the gospel in the most dire of circumstances , Jesus didn't look for a short cut from the cross , he endured to the end , and that's EXACTLY the same attitudes we should have , I honestly can't imagine being raptured away and leaving my family to face what's coming , i truly can't , and it's not my will , god needs his children in this earth to show the lost the light in the midst of the most dire circumstances the world has ever seen , that's what a true servants heart would feel
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