Signs of the End of the Age & The Last Generation
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Farmhood
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Matthew Henry - Men's language discovers what country they are of, likewise what manner of spirit they are of. The heart is the fountain, words are the streams. A troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring, must send forth muddy and unpleasant streams.
You will know them by their words.
"For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
sinful nature is always hostile to God....
You will know them by their words.
"For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
sinful nature is always hostile to God....
NotTwoShure
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NO. don't allow it just block them. Easy to do. This is a good thread some times and important to me so once a troll pops up more than a few times I just block them, have nothing to do with them. I could quote verses but it would not mean anything to them and we know the truth, RIGHT or not? :triniti:
BluesStringer
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I have no problem with someone choosing to put someone else on ignore, but it just never works for me. You can't totally block seeing their posts because sooner or later someone will quote what they say. For the most part I have enough self-discipline to just scroll on by, or not even click on a thread where I see the last poster was someone I don't care to read, without the need for mechanical devices blocking their posts from my view. Ringo is right that they will never have the manners to show consideration for our beliefs, and also right that they will likely never have any discipline imposed upon them. It's up to each one of us to decide whether or not this is the right place to argue between atheists and Christians. For me, it's not. I fell of the wagon over the last couple of days, and I felt no better doing it than I felt just leaving the thread alone. I get my fellowship elsewhere. It ain't that big of a deal.
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Blocking people you disagree with is very similar to;
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Both are clear indicators that you can't deal with others opinions.
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Both are clear indicators that you can't deal with others opinions.
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NotTwoShure
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Indeed. Just as every good thing may go bad so too did this.
(Sent via double tippy tap on very hard rocks)
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Farmhood
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X just gets his feelings hurt easy. (stalker crush)
sinful nature is always hostile to God....
XD40scinNC
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Naw, but I do chuckle at theists running from the bright light of truth.
Farmhood
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Remember NTS he views himself as some kind of super hero (cartoon above) and so it's taxing rooting out evil Christians (all half dozen of us) to save the world from its biggest threat! (his words)
So have some compassion...there is a lot going on upstairs in that noggin!
Sent out of respect after doing volunteer work and paying my taxes from the Farmhood Ranch.
sinful nature is always hostile to God....
So have some compassion...there is a lot going on upstairs in that noggin!
Sent out of respect after doing volunteer work and paying my taxes from the Farmhood Ranch.
sinful nature is always hostile to God....
Farmhood
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I sure believe you chuckle...you have revealed much evidence that christians are so far into your head it hurts!
By the shear volume of your bigoted posts...how do you sleep?
Is there anytime to rest?
Better hurry up and check...someone somewhere out there on the internet may be talking about Jesus!
Hurry...gotta make the donuts.. er I mean gotta stop them.
sinful nature is always hostile to God....
Ringo
A WATCHMAN
Ringo
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America, the Babylon of Modern Times?
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God's Judgment Is Coming to America and 'It's Going to Be Ugly,' Says Billy Graham's Daughter Anne Graham Lotz
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God's Judgment Is Coming to America and 'It's Going to Be Ugly,' Says Billy Graham's Daughter Anne Graham Lotz
~ Things Are Going To Get Very Ugly, Very Soon ~
(Matthew 24:21)
Oldgrunt
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Ringo: If people would just read the passages from Joel, they should be able to see where we stand on God's timeline. Joel 1:15, "Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come." It is a sad commentary that we, as a nation, are going to suffer and so many people will still not understand that God is real! There are so many people on here, good people who, regardless of how well they think they are living their lives, will be lost in the end because they refuse to accept Jesus as their Savior. They will not be able to deny that they didn't know because they have been told so many times. By the media reporting that Christianity and religion are declining, they have validated the Bible which said that there would be a falling away in the end. Can't beat the Bible for telling the truth!!
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Ringo
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OG: What you say here is so true.."There are so many people on here, good people who, regardless of how well they think they are living their lives, will be lost in the end because they refuse to accept Jesus as their Savior". And it's not just their choice to remain willfully ignorant about the truth of Scripture revealing Jesus as their savior, these same people also choose to remain willfully ignorant of any truth of Scripture pertaining to End Time prophecy and all major indicators revealing where this Last Generation stands on God's prophetic timeline. Yes OG, willfully ignorant! Why? Because these people are terrified of truth. Life is a long series of choices and consequences, one second after one dies it's too late forever to change your mind. Eternity is too long to be wrong. The sad truth is that the vast majority always have and always will remain ignorant and fearful and make the wrong choice. Matthew 7:13..."Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it".
Deuteronomy 30:19
"Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your children may live".
MARANATHA! :victory:
vernsimpson
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Just saw this online. I know some will poo-poo this but I believe this shows the power of God and the Bible!
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NotTwoShure
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I just read Amos. Also, a Teacher/Preacher by the name of Doug Wilson of Moscow, Idaho has many videos of past sermons. We really enjoy his teachings. The best part is he has a pdf you may print of the subject and follow along.
Oldgrunt
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I know that there are a lot of people who do not believe in God nor in the prophecies of the Bible. To them, anything we say can not be believed because everything Biblical is myths and old wives tales. To one not really seeking an understanding of the Bible, it may be hard to understand and even harder to believe. Belief will mean one will have to acknowledge that a person's beliefs have been wrong and maybe the Bible is right after all. Regardless of personal beliefs, the Bible has proven itself to be accurate, over and over again. It has predicted the end time very accurately and the actual nearness of the end. I have been reading in the book of Jeremiah, Chapters 50 and 51 concerning the destruction of Babylon (which will be the United States, not Babylon of the old world) and what is described should be frightening to anyone with an ounce of common sense. God is telling us what is going to happen, how it will happen and by whom it will happen. Everything that will happen up to and including the King of Babylon (whom I would consider to be Obama in our time) which is described in Jer. 50: 43; "The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble anguish took hold of him and pangs as a woman in travail." Sounds like him to me. But to each his own interpretation. The point is the end time has been told and, whether you believe or not, your rear end will be toast without God. During this calamitous time, some Christians may also die but our hereafter will be a lot different than those who reject God now.
Ringo
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When Believers Die
Death is one thing all humans have in common. Roughly 150,000 people die every day, about 107 per minute. Most of us have had close family or friends die. Let's face it, we're all basically dying--some sooner than others.
Death Is Certain
Chances are, with the obvious exception of Jesus and the timing of the Rapture, one day you're going to die. So what happens when you die? The Bible gives us some fascinating insight into what happens next. The Book of Luke records an actual event, not a parable, about two people dying, prior to the cross. One man dies and goes to Paradise, the place where Believers went who died waiting for the Messiah to pay for their sins so they could go to heaven. The other man went to Hades. There he had a body, was fully conscious, could think/reason/speak and felt pain. His words are chilling.
"In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'" Luke 16:23-24
Thankfully, for those of us who are Born Again, who are Believers trusting in the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus' death and resurrection, our sins are not counted against us and we will one day go straight to heaven."... having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross." Col. 2:13" (all are past tense, just saying...) "Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel," 2Tim 1:10b
Heaven Will Knock Your Socks Off!
The Bible says heaven is better than you can imagine. "but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.'" 1Cor. 2:9
I have quite an imagination. Yet regardless of what I can imagine would be wonderfully incredible in heaven, it's better than that! But before we die, we live our lives as aliens on a planet that was hijacked by Satan. Satan is "the god of this world" (2 Cor 4:4) and he's hostile to Believers.
So Believers live in this life looking forward to the next.
"For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;" Phil. 3:20
During our very brief time between our birth and death is a length of time referred to simply as a "vapor."
"You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away."
James 4:14b
In our time on earth God allows us to have many blessings, but no one is blessed with all good, or cursed with all bad. Sometimes we experience periods of absolute joy, other times are difficult and painful. But by keeping our eyes up, on our eternal destiny, we're thankful for the good times while enduring the bad. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. Col. 3:2. We're grateful for any good times in our earthly life because the Lord allows them. If it were up to Satan, our entire lives would all be nothing but horror and despair.
Death Removes Evil.
Because of all Satan's evil influence in the world, we tend to define our life span in terms of what's taking place in our life that's bad... i.e., weather disasters, tidal waves, earthquakes, wars, sickness, divorce, etc. But realistically, our life span should be defined by God's praises. Things which we don't deserve but are graciously given by God like our birth, salvation and children. And of all God has given us, the cherry on the top of life's cake is death. Most Believers don't think in terms of death as being good. Yet for Believers death is God's way of removing all evil and sickness from our lives. After Adam and Eve sinned, God prevented them from eating from the tree of life because had they eaten from it, the whole human race would have lived forever in that horrible sinful condition.
"Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" Gen. 3:22
"So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life." Gen. 3:24
God allowed death in order that we could be redeemed. God even speaks of a Believer's transition to the next life by chiding death. "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" 1Cor. 15:55
God Says Death Is A Positive
Remarkably, God refers to death in glowing terms. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His godly ones. Psa. 116:15 In Paul's second letter to the Corinthians, he describes being taken to heaven, briefly seeing the next life, and was never the same again. He badly wanted to return to heaven, but set an example for us by being content to live within God's divine plan (2 Cor 12:2-10). In his very next letter Paul writes to the Christians in Rome and says:"Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?" Rom. 7:24 Later Paul writes to the Christians in Philippi that he was torn between desiring to die and staying on earth. "But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake." Phil. 1:22-24 To the Christians in Corinth he said he would rather be dead because he would immediately be with the Lord. "Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. ...I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord." 2Cor. 5:6, 8
Death Is A Victory
Paul even refers to death as a "victory." "For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory." 1Cor 15:53-54 Do you fear death? Jesus says His death rendered powerless the devil so you can live confidently in this life without that fear. "through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. Heb. 2:14-15 So death is an upgrade for Believers. It's something to anticipate with great appreciation because it is at that moment we win! In one instant, we go from this earth to heavenly glory. "I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Ps. 23:6b So realistically, God says death for Believers is not something to fear but for which to be grateful. Grateful to be rid of this sinful body, no longer dealing with the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life.
Receiving Our New Container
When we die, we discard our temporal earthly container and receive a new eternal container to house our spirit, the only thing that's worth saving. Paul puts it this way:"For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven," 2Cor. 5:1-2 And this new eternal container, built by God to house our spirit, will look just like Jesus' body after the resurrection. "...the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory..." Phil. 3:21 After the resurrection Jesus walked around, ate and drank. Our new body will be like His resurrected body--flesh and bone. Luke 24:39 "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." Therefore we'll be given a new body that has arms, legs, eyes, etc., and will be recognizable to others, but without being subject to the debilitating effects that sin brings.
More amazingly, we will be able to move at the speed of thought as Jesus appeared and disappeared at will. He also walked through walls. We will be able to do the same. With our new body we will be able to eat and drink, as Jesus did after His resurrection. Mark 14:25 "Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." All Believers who have been handicapped in this life will no longer be restricted. Those confined to beds in this life will have perfect and complete freedom of movement...and without pain. Those blind on this earth will be given perfect eternal eyes to see. And no diseases will ever affect us again. No heartbreak of any kind will penetrate our existence. "and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." Rev. 21:4* Those who are suffering from disease are immediately healed... death is the ultimate form of healing! And we'll labor no more, no more toiling for sustenance.
Believers Don't Die
Believers don't really die, in the sense of being dead or ceasing to exist. When we leave this earth we'll be more alive than ever before. When we take our last breath, we immediately go to be with the Lord. No waiting. No trial. No evaluation. No judgement. Jesus paid it all so when we die we go to be with Him. "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Rom. 8:1 John's Gospel says this incredible position of "no condemnation" is attained when we first believe the Gospel. "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life." John 5:24
God Determines When We Die
It is also noteworthy that our time on this planet is determined by God PRIOR to our being born.
"Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them." Psa. 139:16
"There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven - A time to give birth and a time to die;" Eccl. 3:1-2 God also tells us that worrying about death is fruitless. "And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span?" Luke 12:25 So God determines how long we'll live. That doesn't mean we throw caution to the wind and play in traffic. We don't put the Lord to a foolish test. But we live for Him and know when we die it's even better. "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Phil. 1:21 If dying is gain, shouldn't Believers look forward to this transition? God says to wait eagerly for our body to be redeemed! "...waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body." Rom. 8:23 Death for believers should be thought of in the highest and most secure terms. We have paradise waiting for us! "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you," 1Pet. 1:3-4 So our spot is "reserved," and we're waiting on God's timing for our transition. "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.'" John 11:25-26 So we can live boldly in this life, knowing God is in control of our death and destiny. Even if we see death approaching, we're comforted by what God promises will follow. "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me." Psa. 23:4
The Possibility of Rapture
There is a possibility, maybe a good one, that you're living in the day of the great Believer exodus called the Rapture. The two main verses discussing the Rapture are:"Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality." 1Cor. 15:51-53 "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 not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord." 1Th. 4:15-17
The Rapture is a necessity because Believers are not appointed to God's wrath.
"For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ," 1Th. 5:9
"... Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come." 1Th. 1:10b
"Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him." Rom. 5:9
Therefore Christians who are alive at the end of the Church Age will be translated, caught up in the air, to meet Jesus. This removal of Believers from the earth paves the way for the 7 Year Tribulation, when God's wrath will be poured out on those who are left on earth. God's wrath is unleashed, without dilution, in the future Tribulation.
"...the wrath of God..." Rev. 15:1
"...seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God," Rev. 15:7
"...seven bowls of the wrath of God." Rev. 16:1
"...the wine of His fierce wrath." Rev. 16:19
If you're a Believer who is alive the moment God ends the Church Age, you will participate in the Rapture, a quite spine-tingling event! You won't die a natural death, but the result will be the same...you will immediately disappear from the earth and be with the Lord Jesus, forever. So knowing what's ahead for Believers in the future, due to death or Rapture, how then should we live? We live looking up, not down. The Bible sums it up this way:"For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's." Rom. 14:7-8
Use us, Lord!
- Bill Perkins -
When Believers Die
"... the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth." Eccl. 7:1
Death is one thing all humans have in common. Roughly 150,000 people die every day, about 107 per minute. Most of us have had close family or friends die. Let's face it, we're all basically dying--some sooner than others.
Death Is Certain
Chances are, with the obvious exception of Jesus and the timing of the Rapture, one day you're going to die. So what happens when you die? The Bible gives us some fascinating insight into what happens next. The Book of Luke records an actual event, not a parable, about two people dying, prior to the cross. One man dies and goes to Paradise, the place where Believers went who died waiting for the Messiah to pay for their sins so they could go to heaven. The other man went to Hades. There he had a body, was fully conscious, could think/reason/speak and felt pain. His words are chilling.
"In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'" Luke 16:23-24
Thankfully, for those of us who are Born Again, who are Believers trusting in the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus' death and resurrection, our sins are not counted against us and we will one day go straight to heaven."... having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross." Col. 2:13" (all are past tense, just saying...) "Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel," 2Tim 1:10b
Heaven Will Knock Your Socks Off!
The Bible says heaven is better than you can imagine. "but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.'" 1Cor. 2:9
I have quite an imagination. Yet regardless of what I can imagine would be wonderfully incredible in heaven, it's better than that! But before we die, we live our lives as aliens on a planet that was hijacked by Satan. Satan is "the god of this world" (2 Cor 4:4) and he's hostile to Believers.
So Believers live in this life looking forward to the next.
"For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;" Phil. 3:20
During our very brief time between our birth and death is a length of time referred to simply as a "vapor."
"You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away."
James 4:14b
In our time on earth God allows us to have many blessings, but no one is blessed with all good, or cursed with all bad. Sometimes we experience periods of absolute joy, other times are difficult and painful. But by keeping our eyes up, on our eternal destiny, we're thankful for the good times while enduring the bad. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. Col. 3:2. We're grateful for any good times in our earthly life because the Lord allows them. If it were up to Satan, our entire lives would all be nothing but horror and despair.
Death Removes Evil.
Because of all Satan's evil influence in the world, we tend to define our life span in terms of what's taking place in our life that's bad... i.e., weather disasters, tidal waves, earthquakes, wars, sickness, divorce, etc. But realistically, our life span should be defined by God's praises. Things which we don't deserve but are graciously given by God like our birth, salvation and children. And of all God has given us, the cherry on the top of life's cake is death. Most Believers don't think in terms of death as being good. Yet for Believers death is God's way of removing all evil and sickness from our lives. After Adam and Eve sinned, God prevented them from eating from the tree of life because had they eaten from it, the whole human race would have lived forever in that horrible sinful condition.
"Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" Gen. 3:22
"So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life." Gen. 3:24
God allowed death in order that we could be redeemed. God even speaks of a Believer's transition to the next life by chiding death. "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" 1Cor. 15:55
God Says Death Is A Positive
Remarkably, God refers to death in glowing terms. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His godly ones. Psa. 116:15 In Paul's second letter to the Corinthians, he describes being taken to heaven, briefly seeing the next life, and was never the same again. He badly wanted to return to heaven, but set an example for us by being content to live within God's divine plan (2 Cor 12:2-10). In his very next letter Paul writes to the Christians in Rome and says:"Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?" Rom. 7:24 Later Paul writes to the Christians in Philippi that he was torn between desiring to die and staying on earth. "But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake." Phil. 1:22-24 To the Christians in Corinth he said he would rather be dead because he would immediately be with the Lord. "Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. ...I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord." 2Cor. 5:6, 8
Death Is A Victory
Paul even refers to death as a "victory." "For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory." 1Cor 15:53-54 Do you fear death? Jesus says His death rendered powerless the devil so you can live confidently in this life without that fear. "through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. Heb. 2:14-15 So death is an upgrade for Believers. It's something to anticipate with great appreciation because it is at that moment we win! In one instant, we go from this earth to heavenly glory. "I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Ps. 23:6b So realistically, God says death for Believers is not something to fear but for which to be grateful. Grateful to be rid of this sinful body, no longer dealing with the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life.
Receiving Our New Container
When we die, we discard our temporal earthly container and receive a new eternal container to house our spirit, the only thing that's worth saving. Paul puts it this way:"For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven," 2Cor. 5:1-2 And this new eternal container, built by God to house our spirit, will look just like Jesus' body after the resurrection. "...the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory..." Phil. 3:21 After the resurrection Jesus walked around, ate and drank. Our new body will be like His resurrected body--flesh and bone. Luke 24:39 "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." Therefore we'll be given a new body that has arms, legs, eyes, etc., and will be recognizable to others, but without being subject to the debilitating effects that sin brings.
More amazingly, we will be able to move at the speed of thought as Jesus appeared and disappeared at will. He also walked through walls. We will be able to do the same. With our new body we will be able to eat and drink, as Jesus did after His resurrection. Mark 14:25 "Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." All Believers who have been handicapped in this life will no longer be restricted. Those confined to beds in this life will have perfect and complete freedom of movement...and without pain. Those blind on this earth will be given perfect eternal eyes to see. And no diseases will ever affect us again. No heartbreak of any kind will penetrate our existence. "and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." Rev. 21:4* Those who are suffering from disease are immediately healed... death is the ultimate form of healing! And we'll labor no more, no more toiling for sustenance.
Believers Don't Die
Believers don't really die, in the sense of being dead or ceasing to exist. When we leave this earth we'll be more alive than ever before. When we take our last breath, we immediately go to be with the Lord. No waiting. No trial. No evaluation. No judgement. Jesus paid it all so when we die we go to be with Him. "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Rom. 8:1 John's Gospel says this incredible position of "no condemnation" is attained when we first believe the Gospel. "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life." John 5:24
God Determines When We Die
It is also noteworthy that our time on this planet is determined by God PRIOR to our being born.
"Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them." Psa. 139:16
"There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven - A time to give birth and a time to die;" Eccl. 3:1-2 God also tells us that worrying about death is fruitless. "And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span?" Luke 12:25 So God determines how long we'll live. That doesn't mean we throw caution to the wind and play in traffic. We don't put the Lord to a foolish test. But we live for Him and know when we die it's even better. "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Phil. 1:21 If dying is gain, shouldn't Believers look forward to this transition? God says to wait eagerly for our body to be redeemed! "...waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body." Rom. 8:23 Death for believers should be thought of in the highest and most secure terms. We have paradise waiting for us! "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you," 1Pet. 1:3-4 So our spot is "reserved," and we're waiting on God's timing for our transition. "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.'" John 11:25-26 So we can live boldly in this life, knowing God is in control of our death and destiny. Even if we see death approaching, we're comforted by what God promises will follow. "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me." Psa. 23:4
The Possibility of Rapture
There is a possibility, maybe a good one, that you're living in the day of the great Believer exodus called the Rapture. The two main verses discussing the Rapture are:"Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality." 1Cor. 15:51-53 "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 not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord." 1Th. 4:15-17
The Rapture is a necessity because Believers are not appointed to God's wrath.
"For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ," 1Th. 5:9
"... Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come." 1Th. 1:10b
"Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him." Rom. 5:9
Therefore Christians who are alive at the end of the Church Age will be translated, caught up in the air, to meet Jesus. This removal of Believers from the earth paves the way for the 7 Year Tribulation, when God's wrath will be poured out on those who are left on earth. God's wrath is unleashed, without dilution, in the future Tribulation.
"...the wrath of God..." Rev. 15:1
"...seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God," Rev. 15:7
"...seven bowls of the wrath of God." Rev. 16:1
"...the wine of His fierce wrath." Rev. 16:19
If you're a Believer who is alive the moment God ends the Church Age, you will participate in the Rapture, a quite spine-tingling event! You won't die a natural death, but the result will be the same...you will immediately disappear from the earth and be with the Lord Jesus, forever. So knowing what's ahead for Believers in the future, due to death or Rapture, how then should we live? We live looking up, not down. The Bible sums it up this way:"For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's." Rom. 14:7-8
Use us, Lord!
- Bill Perkins -
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A WATCHMAN
Joe Biden Says Bible Believing Christians Violate LGBT Rights By Simply Existing
Statement by the Vice President on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
"For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet." Romans 1:26,27 (KJV)
Vice President Joe Biden say today that the rights of the LGBT people are violated by "religious condemnation". He is directly referring to Bible verses like the one posted at the top of this article. The Progressive Liberals are well aware that it is God, speaking by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, that condemns homosexuality in all it's many forms. According to Joe Biden, the American Bible believing Christian who takes the Bible literally, is violating the "rights" of the LGBT by trusting in God's word. And this is why old-fashioned preaching will soon be classified as a "hate crime". Because Liberals can't stand it. Biden is also saying that the rights of the Christian are inferior to the rights of the LGBT individual.
Here is the full transcript of his remarks:
My father taught me the simple notion that everyone, everywhere is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect. When it comes to LGBT people, that simple proposition has been painfully difficult to accomplish over the years. But in the last decade, thanks to the astounding bravery of the LGBT community and those who have championed their cause, the United States has made remarkable progress toward the ultimate goal of equality in law and in life. Our progress remains incomplete, but the momentum has shifted in the right direction.
Progress has also been made in many places around the world. But in too many places, life for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals is actually getting worse. In too many places, LGBT community members face violence with impunity, mistreatment by police, the denial of healthcare, or religious condemnation and social isolation.
The best mechanism to confront this hatred is to speak up in favor of universal human rights. Supportive voices must be heard. Today and every day, let us continue to defend the rights of LGBT people, whether from nearby cities or far-off villages. We cannot rest until everyone receives the dignity, respect, and equal treatment under the law that all people deserve. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pres...ternational-day-against-homophobia-and-transp
Instead of "respecting universal human rights", the Bible says that homosexuality is an abomination that needs to be repented of. Jesus Christ went to the cross to redeem the homosexual, that's true. But He did not go to the cross to preserve homosexuality. He came to abolish that, and all sin.
There is no such thing as same-sex marriage, anymore than say a man marrying his dog would constitute a wedding. Sleeping in your garage does not make you a car. There is not one example in the Bible of God supporting, at any time, anything having to do with homosexuality. Churches that perform gay marriage ceremonies do it completely outside the blessing of God, and indeed bring down the wrath of God. Obama's America, with it's sky-high abortion rates, legalized pot, rampant drug and alcohol abuse, and now as the champion of the LGBT Movement, is rapidly becoming everything that the Bible says God hates.
Just the other day I was verbally assaulted and attacked by a vicious lesbian who said that "had no right" to my beliefs, and that this website was "hate speech". Kinda funny, though, that she said this while all the while demanding that I respect her "right" to be gay. What about my right to believe and follow the Bible? Apparently, I am not entitled to my rights. And this is exactly why Biden's remarks today should be taken very seriously. As we have always told you and will continue to tell you, the LGBT is not interested in "tolerance". They don't want "acceptance". What they want is complete and total domination, which is exactly what Obama and his minions are giving them.
"Woe unto them that call evil good..."
Geoffrey Grider - NTEB -
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