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of The Church or a Cult?
While I am not trying to offend anyone, I am going to offend many Christians.
I have just finished watching the DVD “Occultianity” which teaches about occult practices in the Western Church.
Only 13 percent of Believing Western Christians read their Bibles regularly! This is why many Western Christians believe false or deceptive teachings.
This brings me to my favorite end times false teaching; the rapture! As any of you who know me and follow my writings know, I used to believe and teach that JESUS was going to return and rescue the true believes at the start of the Great Tribulation, at the very least JESUS would come and save the true believes at the half way point in the Great Tribulation, before it gets really bad.
The truth is that JESUS will return at the end of time and harvest the True Believers on the day the Great Tribulation ends. The scripture that is used to prove the rapture is 1 Corinthians 15:50-55 “Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit The Kingdom of GOD; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall 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 incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory. O Death where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?’” This implies that JESUS is going to come back at the last trumpet and then leave with the true believers for three and one half or seven years, then return for the battle of Armageddon and to establish His thousand year reign from Jerusalem. That means that JESUS’ return to earth is not really His return, more like a bus trip to pick up the Church then He returns for real later.
JESUS only returns once! It is at the last trumpet! The difference I see is that there are many things happening on the last day, most teachings only talk about the battle of Armageddon and JESUS’ reign in Jerusalem beginning. Here is how I see it; (Event 1) “Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in Heaven, saying, ‘The kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdoms of our LORD and His CHRIST, and He shall reign forever and ever!’ And the twenty-four elders who sat before GOD on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped GOD,… (Event 2) Then the Temple of GOD was opened in Heaven, and The Ark of His Covenant was seen in His Temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail (remember these descriptions).” “Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred forty-four thousand, having His Father’s Name written on their foreheads…Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of Heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth–to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people – saying with a loud voice, ‘Fear GOD and give Glory to Him, for the hour of His Judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.’ And another angel followed, saying, ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of GOD, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have not rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the Saints; here are those who keep the Commandments of GOD and the Faith of JESUS. Then I heard a voice from Heaven saying to me; “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the LORD from now on. Yes”, says The SPIRIT, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.” (Event 3) Then I looked, and behold, a white could, and on the cloud sat One like The Son of Man, having on His head a Golden Crown, and in His hand a Sharp Sickle. And another angel came out of The Temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, ‘Thrust in Your Sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap for the harvest of the earth is ripe.’ So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His Sickle on the earth and the earth was reaped (The rapture). (Event 4) Then another angel came out of The Temple which is in Heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the Altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, ‘Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.’ So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of GOD. And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs…Then I saw another sign in Heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of GOD is complete…Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of GOD who lives forever and ever…Then I heard a loud voice from the Temple saying to the seven angels, ‘Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of GOD on the earth.’…Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the Temple of Heaven, from The Throne, saying, ‘It is done!’ And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth (remember the descriptions of Event 2?). (Event 5) ’Let us be glad and rejoice and give glory, for the Marriage of The Lamb has come, and His Wife has made herself ready.’ And to Her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the Saints. Then he said to me, ‘Write: Blessed are those who are called to the Marriage Supper of The Lamb!’… (Event 6) Now I saw Heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He Who sat on him was called, ‘Faithful and True, and in Righteousness He Judges and makes war….And He has on His robe and on His thigh a Name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.’… (Event 7) And I saw the beast (anti-christ), the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him Who sat on the horse and against His Army. Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet…these two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were killed the Sword that proceeded from the mouth of Him Who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh… (Event 8) Then I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the devil and satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast hin into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.” (We all know the rest of the events). Revelation 11:15-19; (Chapter 12 is historical about satan, Israel and CHRIST; Chapter 13 is the description of the beast [anti-christ], the false prophet and the image of the anti-christ) 14; 15; 16; (Chapters 17-19:4 describes the judgment of Babylon) 19:5-20:15
I don’t want to be a prophet of doom (I’m not a prophet) nor a bringer of bad news; the facts according to The Bible and as taught until the mid 19th century, Christians are going to go through the Great Tribulation, some will die, some will be martyred and some will make it to the end. The True Church will be under ground, the True Church has always thrived under persecution, and many will come to faith in JESUS CHRIST during the Great Tribulation.
I fear that too many Christians have been led to believe that they are going to be raptured before the Great Tribulation and when they are not they are going to lose faith and fall under satan’s power and be led to eternal damnation.
Remember the stat I quoted at the beginning, only 13 percent of Western Christians read their Bible regularly. That is why so many believe false teachings. I learned this truth because I was convicted and stared reading my Bible daily, over a period of time I started to see differences in the Scriptures than what was being taught by popular TV Teachers and Pastors. As I studied the Scriptures I realized that some were just misquoting to make a point and some were actually teaching a false doctrine. You will stand before GOD and He will judge you according to what you know and how you lived; and saying, “But, my pastor taught this.” or “The televangelist said this.” will not help you when GOD has given us His SPIRIT and His Word.
