End Time Church

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Just before the rapture there will be certain events that will be happening on the earth. Matthew 24:1-8

1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

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This is when Jesus comes back ( parousia). We are taken up to the Bema seat of Christ where we will be judged according to our works. Then we have the marriage supper of the Lamb during which period the tribulation will take place on the earth.

After 7 years Christ and the saints will come back in glory ( epiphaneia). Then Armageddon at which Christ and the saints will defeat the antichrist and the false prophet. At which stage Christ will be inagurated into government-this will be the 1000 years rule with the saints during which satan will be thrown into the bottomless pit.

After the 1000 years, the devil is loosed for a season and then thrown into the lake of fire. During which time the wicked dead will be judged at the great white throne. If their names are not written in the book of life then they will be cast into the lake of fire ( Rev. 20: 11).

Do you agree with this?

[Michael]

An article by Chuck Missler called,"The Great Snatch"
may help:-
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The mysterious event known as the Rapture is most clearly represented in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, which encourages the grieving Christians that, at the "great snatch," they will be reunited with those who have died in Christ before them.

In verse 17, the English phrase "caught up" translates the Greek word harpazo, which means "to seize upon with force" or "to snatch up." The Latin translators of the Bible used the word "rapturo," the root of the English term "Rapture." At the Rapture, living believers will be "caught up" in the air, translated into the clouds, in a moment in time to join the Lord in the air.

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For rest of article see:-


www.khouse.org/articles/prophetic/19950101-35.html

[Michael]

From :Zechariah14
Location: Honduras

No, in that there is a time sequencing problem. If you keep reading in Matthew, you find:

Matt 24: 29 "But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
30 "And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.
31 "And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

What this says is that after the tribulation of those days (v. 29) (and not before the tribulation of those days), He will gather together His elect from the the four winds (v. 31).

Zechariah14