Romans 15:5 (NKJV) Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,
Romans 15:13 (NKJV) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:33 (NKJV) Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
… 1 Peter 5:10 God of all grace, 2 Corinthians 13:11 God of love and peace.
… Is Jesus real? Faking vs Faith. Print vs Digital Bible
… Peter & Judas denied Jesus
… Both had their Eschatology wrong
… Eschatology is a part of theology concerned with the final events of history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity according to the Bible.
… Job had his Eschatology right
Job 2:9-10 (NKJV) 9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Job 19:23-27 (NKJV) 23 “Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! 24 That they were engraved on a rock With an iron pen and lead, forever! 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth; 26 And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God, 27 Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
… What is the solution?
… Lips, my Words. Out of the heart the mouth speaks. Life and death in the power of the tongue.
Psalm 138:2 (NKJV) I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
… Do you have your Eschatology correct?
Luke 17:20 (NKJV) Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation;
… Don’t set a particular day/date for Jesus’ return.
… The faithful watch the time and season in their hearts, and are ready for His return,
… Doctrine of imminence. Imminent means about to happen. Now is the time.
2 Corinthians 6:2 (NKJV) For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
… Life/death. Live your life accordingly, nothing to do with the rapture. Seek the Lord.
… We should know what God has planned, how thigs are going to work out
… Only the Word of God can keep us on track
Matthew 24:42-44 (NKJV) 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43 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. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
… Rapture or Harpazo after Anti-Christ is revealed, before the wrath of God against the Anti-Christ and the unbelievers.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 (NKJV) Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
2 Thessalonians 2:6 (NKJV) And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.
Acts 2:2-4 (NKJV) 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
John 20:22 (NKJV) And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
John 16:8-11 (NKJV) 8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
Revelation 13:7 (NKJV) It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.
Matthew 24:22 (NKJV) And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
John 9:4-5 (NKJV) 4 I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
… Night throughout scripture speaks of spiritual darkness at the end of the age.
… Holy Spirit indwelling vs out-pouring.
… A “gap” between Anti-Christ’s revelation & the Harpazo. *—————-^
… A gap between the Passover and the Pentecost – between John 20 and Acts 2
… It is getting dark, “watch out, be alert”.
Matthew 24:4 (NKJV) And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.
… False doctrine
… Leaven of the Pharisees
… Be careful of what is being taught, especially about God’s plan and how things will work out.
John 6:15 (NKJV) Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
John 10:10-12 (NKJV) 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
Jesus told us that He is coming in the character of the kleptos, or the thief.
… As a consultant, hired to be a Cyber thief.
… To understand what a thief does
John 10:28-29 (NKJV) 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
… Enemy cannot harpazo/snatch anyone saved.
… You can walk away.
Matthew 13:19 (NKJV) When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
… God of this age steals the Gospel
… The enemy steals the Word
… Harpazo/snatching is normally done by the enemy
… The Lord Jesus is going to beat Satan at his own game at Rapture.
Acts 23:10-11 (NKJV) 10 Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks. 11 But the following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome.”
… The Holy Spirit is revealing an aspect of the rapture.
… Before Paul is “pulled to pieces”, he is taken by force to a safe place.
… Before the enemy wins, we are raptured.
… Before the unleashing of the Anti-Christ’s power, not his revealing, we are going to be raptured.
Daniel 12:1 (NKJV) “At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book.
… Unique time, going to happen.
… Labor pains, cycles
… Beat the enemy at his own game.
2 Corinthians 12:2 (NKJV) I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago–whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows–such a one was caught up to the third heaven.
Acts 8:39-40 (NKJV) 39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea.
… Anytime, throughout the scripture, that someone is raptured, they come back to Earth.
Revelation 6:12-17 (NKJV) 12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
Revelation 8:1-2 (NKJV) 1 When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
… We will be caught up before God’s wrath.
1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 (NKJV) 17 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.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Job 5:19 (NKJV) He shall deliver you in six troubles, Yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
… Believers is Jesus Christ are saved from the wrath of God.
Romans 5:9 (NKJV) Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 (NKJV) and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 (NKJV) For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
… There are faithful people who await His return
… There are also good people who have not heard of Jesus Christ.
… Go tell them who Jesus is, go get them by preaching the Gospel.
Isaiah 52:7 (NKJV) How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Isaiah 53:11 (NKJV) He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.