AS A MATTER OF FACT

 

AS A MATTER OF FACT

 

There has been so much controversy about the rapture and the mark of the beast until I have decided to address this matter with biblical facts instead of manmade theological rhetoric.

First of all no one not even Jesus and the angels of heaven knows when the heavenly Father will tell his Son, Jesus that this is the hour to bring home the true believers.

Matthew 24:36    ³⁶ But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

When most people read this verse of scripture, they think this is speaking of the rapture. This is speaking of the second coming of Christ after the rapture of the church. Back up to the verses below.

Matthew 24:29-30   ²⁹ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

³⁰ And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

The rapture of the church happens prior to the tribulation. Nothing else has to happen for God to send Jesus to bring us home in the rapture. Some people still think the next two verses has to do with the Rapture, which it does not.

Matthew 24:14   ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Mark 13:10   ¹⁰ And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

This is after the rapture and prior to the second coming. All things in Matthew 24 will happen during the seven-year tribulation. Nothing has to happen for the rapture to take place.

The reason for the rapture is so God can use the last seven years to fulfill Daniels prophecy.

This is the time that God will send a strong delusion upon the world.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12   ¹⁰ And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

¹¹ And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

¹² That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

This takes place during the seven-year tribulation period after the rapture.

Revelation 3:13   ¹³ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

15.   ¹⁵ I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16.   ¹⁶ So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

21-22     ²¹ To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

²² He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

First Jesus is saying, if you have ears, listen to what I am saying to you, hear what the spirit is saying to the churches. He is talking to the people not to the buildings, you are the church.

God knows your works or your thoughts and actions. He knows whether you are of the light or the darkness. If you live in a grey area it makes Him want to spew you out of His mouth. He looks into our hearts. He knows what we are really thinking.

To those who overcome the darkness will He grant or choose to sit with him in his throne. Again, He says let him who has an ear hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches, we are the churches.

Revelation 4:1-2   4 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

² And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

“After this”, represents the time after the church has been taken out in the rapture. Sometime after the rapture the seven-year tribulation will begin.

Remember, God is real, His word is real, Heaven is real, and hell is real. You will spend eternity in one of these places; you must choose; will it be in heaven or hell?