Hope Even Though There Is No Pre Tribulation Rapture

Daniel Shows Us That There Is No Pre Tribulation Rapture

The Apostles Weren't Looking For A Pre Tribulation Rapture

The Damaging Theory Of A Pre Tribulation Rapture

Does Luke 17:26-30 Show Us A Rapture?

Does Mark 17:34-37 Show Us A Rapture?

Does Revelation 4:1 Show Us A Rapture?

Is There A Pre Tribulation Rapture? Part 3

Is There A Pre-Tribulation Rapture? Part 2

End of Times Matthew 24:23-27

23 If anyone says to you then, Behold, here is the Christ (the Messiah)! or, There He is!—do not believe it.

24 For false Christ's and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (God’s chosen ones).

25 See, I have warned you beforehand.

26 So if they say to you, Behold, He is in the wilderness (desert)—do not go out there; if they tell you, Behold, He is in the secret places or inner rooms—do not believe it.

27 For just as the lightning flashes from the east and shines and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

I hear so much that the world will leave religion during the end times. But here we see that Jesus again warns us that there will be many false prophets, even ones telling us that they are Christ, in the last days. So this means that religion will be a very powerful force during the last days. Man never changes, there are going to be many bad things happening during the last 3 1/2 years of this age in earths history, and whenever bad things happen people run to church. 

During the Great Tribulation people will be seeing the anti-christ performing great miracles, Revelation 13:13. They will hear him preaching as no one has ever preached before, Revelation 13:5-7. Many will believe that there is still a pre-tribulation rapture to come during the Great Tribulation, so they will flock to the anti-christ and his fake religious message. They will do this because they believe that the anti-christ cannot be revealed until they are gone. This is why Jesus warns us twice in one Chapter to watch out for fake prophets, wolves in sheep’s clothing, Matthew 7:15. 

Revelation 13:2

2 And the beast that I saw resembled a leopard, but his feet were like those of a bear and his mouth was like that of a lion. And to him the dragon gave his [own] might and power and his [own] throne and great dominion. 

The anti-christ is fully powered by satan. Which means that he is fully powered by a loser, a loser who has failed at everything that he has ever attempted. Think about satan’s dominion during the end times, it will have definitely shrunk, millions of his people will have been killed and many of his nations will have been destroyed. Think about satan now, he and a third of the angels who followed him have been kicked out of heaven and they have been suffering defeat after defeat for thousands of years! So the anti-christ is in for one huge loss after another, because his kingdom will be built upon the sand. Everything that he will attempt will fail and it will cause him to become angrier and angrier. Look at popular politicians now when things don’t go their way and how they act. The beach is sandy and the storms are great, so it all erodes quickly for him and the kings who side with him. Think of it, all of these things that we have been shown in the Book of Revelation only last for 3 1/2 years. These guys come on the seen fast and are destroyed fast. 

The beast is a symbol for a revised Roman empire and Rome is where the Pope is headquartered. The leopard represents the empire of Greece. The beast also has feet like a bear, the Persian Empire, and a mouth like a lion, the Babylonian Empire, Daniel 7:4-6. So the anti-christ has the power behind him of Europe and the Middle East. This makes sense, think of the oil and the money that the Middle East possesses. The anti-christ will need it to secure his power and our Father will allow and empower the union. Look at how tolerant Europe is now of radical Islam. The alliances that the anti-christ will use are being formed right now. People will say that it is for tolerance and peace, but it is for money. The love of money is the root of all evil, it always has been and it always will be! 

Remember that the Four Angels have been released from the Euphrates River and also remember all of the terror and death that we were shown that come along with them. Right now the world is petrified of the threats of radical Islamists. During the Great Tribulation 200,000,000 radical Muslims will be demonically empowered to kill people left and right. Europe will allow it to happen to try and maintain peace in their own borders, and they will have entered into treaties that will allow the money from the oil to come to them, so that they will not intervene militarily. The love of money will still be the root of all evil, even during the end times. So it is easy to see how the anti-christ power will be from the leopard, the lion, and the bear. 

Revelation 12:12

12 Therefore be glad (exult), O heavens and you that dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in fierce anger (fury), because he knows that he has [only] a short time [left]!

The woman, which is the Church, is not harmed; our Father has always prepared a place of safety for us. We are His body, His flesh, His Temple and there is no weapon that can harm God and we are one with Him. Our bodies may still be on the earth, but we have been raised up together and made to sit together in Heaven with Jesus, Ephesians 2:6. These verses show us that even if we are to be killed for our testimony, that there is not a woe for us. God’s power will flow through us even if we are killed for being used to testify of the Truth. It will be a glorious and wonderful time, as we are empowered with the Holy Spirit to serve the Kingdom and our Father during the Great Tribulation. Also remember this: the angel proclaimed that it would be a speedy victory for us as well. The time will pass quickly for the chosen of God because we will be used in power and demonstration as we never have before. 

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. Acts 20:24

Revelation 7:2-3

2 Then I saw a second angel coming up from the east (the rising of the sun) and carrying the seal of the living God. And with a loud voice he called out to the four angels who had been given authority and power to injure earth and sea, 

Our Father gave these four angels the authority and power to harm the earth, He did not give this destructive power to satan. These four angels will only do what our Father directs and permits them to do. Our Father is always in charge, this is His wrath, or in other words His disciplining, being poured out on His disobedient children. The Great Tribulation it’s not satan’s vengeance on humanity. Satan is never given the free will to be in control of anything, he can only do what our Father allows him to! If satan were allowed to do as he pleased, the earth would have been destroyed years ago. Actually the Great Tribulation is a tribulation for satan as well. Because everything that he attempts to set up is destroyed and persecuted and he knows his end is near. Satan is definitely being tormented along with his followers during this time of Tribulation.

3 Saying, Harm neither the earth nor the sea nor the trees, until we have sealed the bond servants of our God upon their foreheads. 

Prophesy in the Bible often times uses the word “earth,” to represent the rural or sparsely populated region of the world. The word “seas,” is used in prophesy to represent the metropolitan areas of the world, and the word “trees,” is used to represent the nations. The Four Winds are not permitted by our Father to harm the rural or metropolitan regions of the world, or the nations of the world, until His chosen ones are sealed and protected. The Truth is that no chosen one of God will be harmed by the instruments of our Father’s wrath. Our Father seals us and protects us from them before He ever releases them. As children of God we are sealed with the Holy Spirit until the day of our redemption. Our Father may allow us to be persecuted and even martyred for our testimony of Christ. But if He chooses us for such a noble purpose, He will anoint us to handle it in His full power and glory! 

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God's own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin). Ephesians 4:30  

The term forehead is used a lot in the Book of Revelation. In prophesy, “forehead,” is used to show our innermost thoughts, our minds, our beings; at least that is what I have always been taught by those who study such things. But when I think of a forehead, I think of how they are plain to see, they are right out there in front of everyone. So it will be plain to see who is of God and who is not of Him during the final three and a half years of this world. Who and what we are, will be so plain to see, because it is the Holy Spirit within us, He is the Fire in our belly’s, He is what clearly shows us to be God’s children. Right now, it’s not so plain to see who is of God and who isn’t. Now we have to test the spirits, just as 1 John 4:1 teaches us to. But during the Great Tribulation, it will be plain to see who is the Bride and who isn’t! The luke warm will be cast out from our Father, there will only be hot and cold at this time in history! 

Remember that the Four Horsemen are only given power over a fourth part of the earth. But here we see that the four winds are for all of the earth, the natural disasters associated with them directly effect the entire world. So we once again see that they are told not to begin until all of the chosen ones are sealed. 

We are a body, with one heart, one mind, and one accord. There are not several bodies, there is only one body of Christ! Notice that the angel does not proclaim that we must be raptured or rescued, but sealed. Our Father’s wrath does not extend into the inhabitants of Heaven, so why would we need sealed if we were there? However we would absolutely need sealed if we are still on the earth. Also, for those who believe that the Holy Spirit is removed from the earth during the great Tribulation, I would like to ask this, who is doing the sealing? Ephesians 4:30  

Revelation 7:1

1 AFTER THIS I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth, firmly holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind should blow on the earth or sea or upon any tree.

The events that we are shown in Revelation are not always presented to us in a straight chronological order. Jesus keeps taking John back and then He builds on what He has already showed him. The Revelation builds on itself, the Truth is further exposed in greater detail as John sees more and more of the Revelation. First, John was shown the Four Horsemen being empowered by our Father and he was shown exactly what they were empowered to do. Next, John was shown the Truth that the Horsemen cannot do what they are called to do, until our Father permits them to do it. The Seven Seals that we have studied, the Seven Trumpets that we will study, and the Seven Plagues that we also will study, are all happening pretty much at the same time. Jesus will show us later that all of these events take place in a short 3 1/2 year period. The Four Horsemen, are carrying out our Father’s wrath, on a fourth part of the earth, at the same time that the Seven Seals are being opened. The Seven Trumpets are being sounded, and the Seven Plagues are being released at the same time as well. These Four Winds in verse 1 are all part of our Father’s plan. This is why it is called the great Tribulation, because there is just so much hitting the world all at once. 

Something really strikes me about this first verse of chapter seven, and it is this, the Four Winds who have been given charge to harm the earth have to be held back. There is an eager desire by the beings of Heaven for our Father’s Kingdom to come into its full power. There is an intense desire in Heaven for the wickedness of the earth to be destroyed and for Jesus to begin His Millennial Reign, which will ultimately bring in the New Jerusalem and the New Earth. Yet none of the events of the great Tribulation can happen, not one little bit of it can take place, until our Father allows it to! This is why these winds have to be held back by the four angels.

Satan is not in charge of the Great Tribulation, neither is the anti-christ. Our Father will correct His disobeying children. Our Father will do what is needed to bring all to a place where they can accept the Truth that will ultimately set them free. Even if that means sending people to Hades for a season. Never forget that every knee is going to bow and every tongue is going to confess that Jesus is Lord and that confession is what will allow everyone to escape being thrown into the Lake of Fire. Not everyone will be the Bride of Christ for eternity, some will be guests, but our Father will get His way and have all men saved and come to the knowledge of the Truth, 1 Timothy 2:4.

Revelation 6:10-11

10 They cried in a loud voice, O [Sovereign] Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on the earth?

11 Then they were each given a long and flowing and festive white robe and told to rest and wait patiently a little while longer, until the number should be complete of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed as they themselves had been. 

These chosen ones did not die from disease, pestilence, or drinking the bitter water; they died by being allowed to be murdered for the Kingdom of Heaven. They were killed for being used by the Holy Spirit to testify of Jesus and our Father’s Kingdom. Look at Stephen, John, Peter, and Paul when they were beaten and killed, and you will see the grace and power that they had while suffering. The Truth is that if our Father allows us to be sacrificed for our testimony of Jesus, He will anoint us with power to glory during it. So do not have to fear the idea of being martyred. If you are counted worthy to go through it, our Father’s yoke is still easy and His burden is still light, and He is still greater within us, than anything or any persecution that is in this world!

The white robes in verse 11 represent that these people are pure and that they were victorious. Also the Truth is that these souls are active, they are not sleeping. This shows us that when we die, we just don’t sleep until we are raised up at the last day. Our glory is that to be absent from the body is to be present with Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:8. These saints must still be souls, because they are told that they must wait until the rest of their brothers and sisters who are to be martyred have been killed. The dead have to be raised first and we are told that there are still more chosen ones of our Father to die.

Also notice that these witnesses are crying out for vengeance. We never see this with Jesus. When Jesus was killed, He cried out for the forgiveness of those who crucified Him. Stephen cried out for the forgiveness of those who stoned him. Peter and Paul witnessed to those who had beaten them and tortured them. But these saints, and since it is the souls of all who were killed, includes Stephen, Peter, and Paul, now cry out for vengeance, why? Well, look at what is happening during this time. Our Father has moved into pouring out His wrath. For thousands of years, He has let the earth go on, but now the full number of those who would be called and chosen to be the Bride of Christ is near. In the final days of this world, it is a time of our Father’s wrath to be poured out. He does this to purify everything. Our Father is in wrath mode during the end times and we will be as well! 

But the glorious Truth is that it is not wrath without love. It is wrath from love. It is just as with a child that needs corrected. I can become very angry with my kids, yet I always love them. I may discipline them for their actions, but the discipline is for their betterment. Grace is not absent during the end times. Anyone who has children knows what our Father is doing. The Truth is that everyone is God’s child, and He loves all of His kids. 


The revelation of people being guests for eternity allows us understand this Truth. People’s flesh is not who they are, it is our spirit’s that make us who we are. We have flesh, but it is our spirits that are eternal. Our Father may deal very harshly with our flesh, but it is for our sprits sake that He does it. Whatever our Father allows to happen to us in the flesh will benefit our spirits every time. All things, even our Father’s wrath, works out for our good. 

Our Father’s wrath during the end times is only for the wicked, not for His chosen ones. Remember that we are not appointed to wrath. We were chosen by our Father before the world was even created to enjoy His righteousness. We will be used to preach the Truth of the Gospel during this time, because there are still millions of chosen ones to be saved during the Great Tribulation. They may be killers, Paul was. They may be evil government workers, so was Matthew. But they have been chosen by our Father, they just need born again. So we will preach the Kingdom to every nation, tribe, and tongue! 

These are also a great verses to show that when our flesh dies, our spirits and souls still care about and intercede for our brothers and sisters in Christ. When we die we don’t just sleep, we loose the cares of the flesh and become closer to our Father and more powerful for the Kingdom. To die just means that we move into the next phase of life. We actually grow. This is why there is no fear in death. 

Revelation 3:10

10 Because you have guarded and kept My word of patient endurance [have held fast the lesson of My patience with the expectant endurance that I give you], I also will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial (testing) which is coming on the whole world to try those who dwell upon the earth. 

Here is the first time that we see with any of the seven churches where Jesus proclaims that He will keep them. But we know the Truth that Jesus has always kept His Bride. This is another reason I have a problem with these churches being seven different ages. 

There is a time of the Great Tribulation, we will discuss this time in detail later in our study of Revelation, but true believers have always had trials. We have always needed Jesus to keep us and we will always need Him to keep us, and He did and He will! What is eye catching to me is that Jesus only says that He will keep the church of Philadelphia safe from the hour of trial. 

When I read about Philadelphia and Laodicea I can see that they will be side by side during the time of the Great Tribulation. Philadelphia being the true believers empowered by Christ to preach to the world and the church of Laodicea being the one led by the anti-christ and the false prophet. This is nothing new though, true believers have always been challenged by false and so called christian leaders. To me Jesus is always Jesus and He has always had a church of Philadelphia that He has empowered to hold fast to His Word. There has always been these other false churches and there will be, especially during the last days. During the Great Tribulation there will be a church of the anti-christ that has left Jesus, a church that has as its elders, false leaders, teaching false doctrines of men, proclaiming that they are working for God, while all along their works are dead. 

So as I wrote in the beginning of our study on Revelation 2, if these are seven different times, seven different churches, or seven different styles of churches, doesn’t really matter as much as the Truth that Jesus is with His chosen ones and the only way anyone can succeed, is because Jesus is in them causing to succeed! 

Now for those who say that there is a pre-tribulation rapture and that is how we are kept safe, I offer these scriptures to disprove that theory.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed (transformed). 1 Corinthians 15:52

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord! 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 

The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (the Messiah), and He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)! Revelation 11:15

These three scriptures prove there is no pre-tribulation rapture. Because the dead in Christ have to rise first. Those who are living in Him cannot in any way precede the dead in Him. The dead in Christ are not raised until the last Trumpet sounds and when the last Trumpet, or the Seventh Trumpet sounds, Jesus returns. Also John 6 is a great chapter that disproves a pre-tribulation rapture. Several times Jesus tells us that we will be raised from the dead on the last day, not seven years before the last day. 

What is so great is that we will be here during it all, but yet we will be kept safe. We will be used by our Father to give food and provision to those in need, just as Jesus tells us in Matthew 24:25. We may be killed for our Kingdom, but we will not be lost. Just as Jesus was killed. Just as Stephen was killed. We may be imprisoned as Paul and John were. But our focus will be on our Groom and serving our Kingdom. 

Revelation 1:8-10

8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, He Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty (the Ruler of all).

Amen, Jesus is the Ruler of all and nothing exist that He is not in total control of, Colossians 1:16. It is also the glorious Truth that He has been given power of all flesh, John 17:2. So many people have a great deal of fear when it comes to the end times. The Truth’s that we are shown in the Book of Revelation will put an end to those fears and the Truth that is the Cornerstone of this peace is that Jesus is the Ruler of all. Jesus is our Lord, our Friend, and He is our Savior. He will never leave us or forsake us and He is always in complete control of every situation. Jesus’ power does not cease keeping us during the end times.

9 I, John, your brother and companion (sharer and participator) with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance [which are] in Jesus Christ, was on the isle called Patmos, [banished] on account of [my witnessing to] the Word of God and the testimony (the proof, the evidence) for Jesus Christ. 

Look at what John was compelled to write to us: that he is a partaker in the tribulation. As Christians we will always have persecution. Jesus told us plainly that we would. But Jesus also told us to be of good cheer for He overcame the world and robbed it of its power to harm us. Also, I believe that John is part of the tribulation, because we are all one, whether we are in the flesh or in the spirit. Just because we stop having a physical body in no way stops us from being part of the Body of Christ. We will always and forevermore be part of each others life. 

I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.] John 16:33

Don’t fear or try to avoid persecution. It’s going to come, and amen that it does! Persecution allows us to see our Father in full action. When our Father delivers us from tribulation it allows the world to see that He is alive and well. There is no better time to see just how powerful our Father is then when we lose a job, have a false accusation thrown at us, or receive a bad medical report. The world will accuse us and beat us and we will bless them and forgive them for doing it. We will do this by the power of our Father that is within us. The lost will lie to us, they will steal from us, and we will be prospered according to our Father’s riches in glory as they do. Tribulation and persecutions are game time, they are the time for our Father to shine through us. Eagerly desire to get in the game, the world needs to see our Father! The Truth is that when we are weak, our Father is strong, 2 Corinthians 12:10.  

10 I was in the Spirit [rapt in His power] on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like the calling of a war trumpet, 

There are times when the Holy Spirit just empowers us to another level. Paul was raised up to the third heaven by the power of the Spirit, 2 Corinthians 12:2. Stephen saw the glory of Jesus and shined as the sun as he was being stoned by the power of the Spirit, Acts 6. Just the shadow of Peter would heal people because of the power of the Spirit, Acts 5:15. Look for our Father’s glory, eagerly desire it, and actually hope that He is willing and able to use you, just as He used all of our brothers and sisters that we read about in the Word. Ask yourself this question, why not me? Peter denied Jesus three times and our Father still used him. King David committed adultery and then killed off the woman’s husband and our Father still used him. So ask yourself, why not me Father? 

Kingdom Will Rise Against Kingdom (Sept 11)

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened or troubled, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place; For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place; Matthew 24:6-8

A couple months ago a gunman in Norway killed almost 100 people by himself. The news reports are that the man believed that he must start a European civil war to remove Muslim’s from the continent. Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of September 11, where radical Muslim’s believed that they must kill those who they have labeled to be infidels. Our Father clearly tells us the Truth that these kind of events must and will take place. These types of terror attacks are just the beginnings of kingdoms verses kingdoms. We are going to see so called “Christians” beginning to go after and attack Muslim’s and we are going to see Muslim’s continuing their attacks on non-muslims. These groups are not nations, but kingdom’s, they are ideologies, and they are going to begin to fight each other and with 24/7 news coverage, we will hear about every little detail of what is happening.

Here is what brings us peace now: the Holy Spirit is always with us and because we are saved death has no grip on us, 1 Corinthians 15:55. While these terror attacks are horrible, they are relatively small. These terror acts are only the beginning’s of what will come during the Great Tribulation. Before the huge attacks, that will kill millions are allowed to come upon the earth, we as the Body of Christ, must first be empowered and used by our Father to serve in a way that will allow the world to say peace and safety.

When people are saying, All is well and secure, and, There is peace and safety, then in a moment unforeseen destruction (ruin and death) will come upon them as suddenly as labor pains come upon a woman with child; and they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape. 1 Thessalonians 5:3

We are going to be empowered by our Father to do the works that Jesus was used to do and He will also empower us to do greater works, John 14:12. Our Father is going to use millions of us, all at one time and in every nation, to miraculously serve. We are going to be stronger in Christ’s power and might then we ever have before, Ephesians 5:27. We are going to be so glorious that the world will actually begin to say that there is real peace. Not only will we be empowered to serve as never before during the last 3 1/2 years of this age in earth’s history, we will be empowered with all of Jesus’ peace as we serve, John 14:27. The Great Tribulation will not bring us fear, but joy, because we will be able to see and believe as our Lord believes. We will know that the end is near and we will see the uncountable numbers of people who are being saved during these horrific events, Revelation 7:4-14,, and we will have the peace and joy of our Lord strengthening us.

The world is going to have an increased number of terror attacks and the news is going to show us images that will attempt to bring panic and fear. Then our Father is going to empower us with His end time anointing and the world will seem to come into a moment of peace and safety. Babylon, which is the worlds business and government leaders, will all take credit for what our Father is doing through us. When they do this, sudden destruction will come on them. However millions of people will be saved during this time of great tribulation, then our Lord will return. We are only at the beginning of the end, the power has not yet come on the church, but it will. Faith and peace comes for us by hearing the Truth and the Truth sets us free. Look for the anointing of the Church as an indicator of the end, not kingdom rising against kingdom.

Also the Truth for us is that the Holy Spirit empowers us to pray for them that curse us and He empowers us to bless them that despitefully use us, Luke 6:28. We have not been given a spirit that fears, but one that has faith, 2 Timothy 1:7. These are Truths that allow us to stand when the world is trembling. Pray for all that are believing a lie and earnestly seek our Father's help to set these people free. Our weapons are Spiritual and they are powerful in the bringing down of strongholds!

The Anti-Christ's Church, Part II

BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear]. For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane. [They will be] without natural [human] affection (callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers (false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate and loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce, haters of good.[They will be] treacherous [betrayers], rash, [and] inflated with self-conceit. [They will be] lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than and rather than lovers of God. For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them]. 2 Timothy 3:1-5

The anti-christ’s church will be proud and arrogant. The seeds of this are being sown already in today’s worldly churches. Look at the huge buildings that are being built and how the congregations brag about themselves and what they are doing. The Bible asks us, does our Father dwell in buildings made with human hands? Look at how so called preachers place their own names on the ministry, when the Holy Spirit had Paul write: who is Paul, Peter, or Apollos, 1 Corinthians 1:12? Today it is common practice for men and women to place their own names on books, web pages, buildings, and ministries when there is only one name, Jesus, our Lord and Savior!

I hear all of the time from church goers that only people who go to their church denomination can be saved. That is the spirit of anti-christ and it is that kind of arrogance and pride that will set up the anti-christ’s end time church. People will hear him speak as no man has spoken before. They will see the false miracles that our Father allows him to perform and they will say that only if you take his mark, the mark of the beast, can you be saved.

The true children of God will see that everything that is being said and done by the anti-christ and his followers is self centered. We will be empowered by the Holy Spirit to see the Truth that they talk of how they are doing the things, that they are believing, that they are serving, and that they are faithful. The confession of the anti-christ and his followers will always start and end with what they are doing. Jesus will be spoken of in passing, but the main focus will always be on human effort. The anti-christ's followers will believe that what they are doing is all of God too. They will have a form of godliness, but it will not be from Christ, it will all be from human pride and arrogance.

When they finally do see Jesus they will say to Him, didn’t (WE) prophecy in Your Name? Didn’t (WE) do mighty works in Your Name? And Jesus will tell them that He never knew them, Matthew 7:21-23. The anti-christ’s church will say Jesus, but their main talk will be of man and all of their efforts will be to draw attention to themselves and their man made church. Just like with so many churches today!

There is No Pre-Tribulation Rapture, Part 3

Unlike my other posts, I just want to make some observations about the false theory of a pre-tribulation rapture. This theory teaches us that seven years before Jesus returns that the church is going to be caught up to Heaven to escape the Great Tribulation. This belief really goes against the Truth that the scriptures teach us, that the dead in Christ will rise first, and that the dead in Christ are not raised up until the last day, and only after the last trumpet, the Seventh Trumpet, is sounded. These scriptures alone blow the theory out of the water. (1 Corinthians 15:51, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, John 6:44)

But here is what gets me. The theory of a pre-tribulation rapture teaches us that millions of Christians are going to be taken off of this earth and that even though they are, the world will go on in a time of peace and stability for another 3 1/2 years. Then after these 3 1/2 years, after millions of Holy Ghost filled, mature Christians, are taken away, the earth will finally become chaotic only after the anti-christ breaks a treaty with Israel. Really? Your telling me that millions of powerful Holy Ghost lead people are removed from the earth and nothing happens to the stability of society as soon as they are? You want to actually tell me that people go right along as they always have and actually begin to say peace and safety, 1 Thessalonians 5:3?

Just look at what happens now when 10,000 people are killed by a tsunami in Japan. Or 1% of the homeowners in America default on their mortgages. What about when a couple thousand people are killed in Libya? The shock waves of these relatively tiny events are felt around the world. Markets crash, oil prices skyrocket, governments fall, and banking institutions collapse. Now your telling me that the world will go on blissfully unaware when all of the Holy Ghost filled people on earth are taken away in the twinkling of an eye? Our history just doesn’t prove this out. Especially when the theory also states that these Holy Ghost filled Christians are the ones holding back the evil of the anti-christ. The chaos would begin immediately, there is no way that it would take 3 1/2 years to develop.

So my advice is to look at the scriptures for your absolute proof and then also just ask yourself some simple questions about how mankind acts when people are killed or taken away. When you do, you will see clearly that there is no pre-tribulation rapture of the saints. Also you will see that our Father never leaves us or forsakes us and that we are always more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us, even during the Great Tribulation.