MY OPINION NOT A TEACHING
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES
OF WHAT WE BELIEVE?
Our Lord is an awesome God and He tells us that in the end
times His Word will be opened to us.
Test everything by the Word of God.
Stop sharing someone elses opinion or facts.
This is what I have found.
Share with me what you have been shown.
I have said before, that I no longer care if I am right.
I only want the truth.
AND THE ONLY PLACE TO FIND THE TRUTH
IS IN THE WORD OF GOD.
I am willing to look at the truth and see it, and even admit if I am wrong. I have and will, and I understand that the truth for today with more information coming in the future, can and will make that truth somewhat different tomorrow. All the facts are not in nor have we been shown everything. Only God knows for sure our future. Can you hear God?
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH? CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH?
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH? CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH?
I really hate the labels that have been put on all our beliefs.
Pre-trib, post-trib, Calvinist, all of the ists. Give it a break.
What does the Word of God tell you?
I find that scripture is spiritual almost throughout.
But I also see that when the scriptures look
literal and sounds literal, it is literal.
When Jesus came the first time as a baby,
born of a virgin,
He fulfilled the prophecies of old.
We know all the prophecies were fullfilled
of who He was and how He would come.
Why would God change that pattern for us?
If the Lord says that every eye will see Him,
or He tells us that anti-christ will be: “Yet thou art a man,”
why would I not believe what the Lord’s Word says.
What is the consequence of my belief in an actual anti-christ and that we shall go through the tribulation, and get caught up into the air when the Lord comes?
I guess I will hear the words, “I told you so," if I am wrong.
And do you know what? I wouldn’t mind, because if you were saying that to me, I would already be in heaven. But I just can’t find it in the Word. Now I cover a lot of religions by talking about the spiritual only believers, so if you think I am zeroed in on you personally I am not.
But if the shoe fits, it’s yours.
********************************
But now if the spiritual and symbolic only believers and the pre-tribber's
are all wrong what are those consequences?
The Consequences
#1. If I am told that I shall be raptured, what happens when anti-christ comes into the world and we are still here? And if it is just spiritual and so there is no real anti-christ that will be coming in our lifetime, what happens when he does show up?
What or Who would all these people believe?
#2. If the Mark of the Beast is just spiritual or we are supposed to be raptured before the mark of the beast comes; what happens when they want me to take a mark, talked of in;
(Rev 13:15-17 KJV) what then?
“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
The same problem for those who think it is only spiritual and not a literal mark so it will be OK to take this mark, after all we need to eat. And the government is telling me I need this mark to buy or sell. Cards can be stolen or misplaced.
WAKE UP PEOPLE THE ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT IS SLIPPING INTO CONTROL RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES.
#3. THIS IS THE SCARIEST POINT I SHALL MAKE. IF I THINK THAT THE ANTI-CHRIST IS THE ONE WHO WILL COME WITH GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS TO CONVINCE THE PEOPLE THAT HE IS GOD, AND OTHERS THINK THAT THE NEXT PERSON THEY WILL SEE IS JESUS, DO YOU SEE THE PROBLEM IN THIS ALONE?
PEOPLE WE ARE WARNED OF A DECEPTION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT DECEPTION WILL BE?
THIS IS YOUR LIFE, THIS IS YOUR ETERNITY,
WILL YOU TRUST JUST ANYONE OR LOOK INTO HIS WORD FOR YOURSELF.
Yes, I know #3 is a repeat of #1. It bears repeating.
#4. When the rapture does not happen there will be mockers saying where is this coming you were all talking about, for what else would they be saying that for.
(2 Pet 3:3-4 KJV) “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
What does this scripture mean to you?
Stop ignoring the truth when you see it.
If it makes you stop and wonder, then stop and wonder.
SEEK, WAIT, AND HEAR,
WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TRYING TO TELL YOU.
#5. When people who have been warming a church pew are drug off to prison , what do you think they will be saying? There is no God for this was not supposed to happen to me; that preacher lied, and I will never look to God again. Think about it. What will they think?
#6. Or, This was supposed to be happening to the Jews so the Bible is false for I was supposed to be raptured; or for the spiritual only, the persecution will be real, so what doubts will they have? I could go on with even more but if you do not see the point by now, you will not until you get right with the Lord.
********************************
We need to learn how to fervently and diligently pray for the guidance and understanding that we will need. When I now picture my Lord and the torture He endured for me, it brings me to my knees and I beg out for mercy. We are pathetic church, for when the Holy Spirit starts to convict we change the subject.
We don’t really want to look at our lives for we would have to change things, and we have all become to comfortable in our sins. Some of the things that are binding us are: Spirits of Pride, Spirits of Anger, Spirits of Authority, Spirits of Rebellion. If you even think you have one of these you should beg out to the Lord and He will heal you; and then ask Him to fill you with the Spirit of Wisdom and the Spirit of the fear of the Lord, and the Spirit of Understanding.
********************************
HERE ARE SOME OF THE PROMISES OF GOD TO US
Now let me share with you what our most gracious and merciful Lord has promised to us if we SEEK HIM and learn from Him.
Does anyone know what the promises of God are for our comfort while we are in this tribulation period? I for one would want to know those more than anything else. Something substantial to hold onto in a crisis situation. Here are a few, for there are numerous ones. If your read any of our other papers they are interspersed throughout. For they all overlay.
Promise one.
(Rev 2:10 KJV) “ 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.”
I personally would not like to go to prison but if I knew it was only for ten days, and then death, I think I could handle that, because I know our Lord is in control.
Promise two.
(Rev 3:10 KJV) “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.”
This promise is actually for those who go thru the whole tribulation period and go to be with the Lord when He comes. Read "The Wrath of God & the Day of the Lord."
Promise three
(Rev 2:17 KJV) “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”
Stockpiling food is OK. But if you have read any of the documents for Executive Orders you better have a good hiding place for the government in time of disaster and famine has orders to confiscate all food. No stockpiling will be allowed. Having emergency supplies on hand is still a good idea though.
Promise four
(Psa 33:18-19 KJV) “Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.”
See you thought you had to stockpile the food and here our Lord is telling us that yes indeed He will send us manna promise #3.
Do you know how to trust the Lord for your every need? I personally would want to know these promises, rather than day dreaming about some rapture or be unprepared like those who say it is all just spiritual. We need to emotionally set our minds so we can endure and stay faithful, no matter what comes our way.
You know the most common answer given to me from someone who believes pre-trib or strictly spiritual.
“The Lord will let us know when the time comes.”
Well, He has been trying to let you know, but your hardened hearts cannot hear it. For those who do not have a hardened heart, for some are truly men and women of God, they have just believed a lie. They will not suffer the Wrath of God, but those that taught it will be held accountable to the Lord. Because more than anyone they know the Word and have twisted to fit their thinking and theology. They have put the Holy Spirit in a box, and only peek occasionally to see if He is still there, for after all; it is on with the program.
Now it is up to you if you want to believe the false doctrine of pre-trib or remain strictly spiritual or symbolic. Try to switch this list around and give me some reasons why it will be devastating for me to be wrong. I honestly can not think of one.
Also you might want to consider reading very carefully Revelation chapter 12. The woman is the Church, Us. Now notice that the mark of the beast is in Chapter 13. What I find very interesting and not fully understood yet, is that the devil goes after the rest of her offspring. So who are those with her? Something to think about and pray about and ask the Lord about.
"Faith cometh by hearing, Hearing by the Word of Christ." READ THE WORD OF GOD DAILY
by Linda Marie
© 1998
© 1997
Get your own Free Home Page