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“Facing the murderer Satan” Is it a daring confrontation or Power of the Holy Spirit?

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A few years ago I was plagued by many nightmares, waking up to countless horrors of reminders of things that I had suppressed deep in my conscience.  I did not want to remember nor deal with the pain of the past.  But truly what is dark must be revealed in the light and God kept speaking to my heart that I  needed to deal with the pain in order to move on and in doing so then I would not hold onto the pain.  You see, trying to pretend or forget about traumatic events only causes someone to hold onto the pain they are trying so desperately to forget and it always comes out.  God allowed for me to remember, though I fought it, it came to the light.  Evil had to be dealt with and ultimately I would come face to face with a serial killer and truly it wasn’t a daring confrontation, but rather the will of the Holy Spirit of God that allowed me to confront a murderer.  This murderer is full of pride, lies, destruction, hate, and continuous calamity.  The name of him is Satan and I did come face to face with him once in a vision of the night.  After the many nightmares of reminders of trauma were over, then came my confrontation with the devil, the murderer since the very beginning.  One night the Lord allowed Satan to come to me and surround me with his minion of other fallen angels that surrounded me with their bows and arrows pointed right at me.  Spiritual illness was plaguing my former church and the Lord had called me into a special type of fast with prayer regarding spiritual illness and sickness that was going around.

I suffered from a condition known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which many military soldiers who have been in the war suffer from, but also those who have witnessed, or experienced trauma can get this.  Some people that go through trauma don’t get PSTD.  How did I get this?  Quite simply by me pushing the memories deep and not dealing with the trauma at the time, causes those memories to be released.  The Lord is helping me through this as I am no longer the victim but a survivor as God is healing me.  I had a paralysis that is not visual to the outside world, but yet there are some who are insensitive and say, the past is the past.  True regarding that but God has compassion and works on healing those who suffer with getting past traumatic events.  This trauma changed my brain chemistry also since I was a child when this happened and young teen.  Many things had happened along the way making healing even harder.  But don’t judge based on the paralysis of someone that is suffering from being traumatized because truly they don’t want to focus on it and it is the opposite of what you may think.  If someone is hit by a car and survives but is paralyzed as a result which causes them to remain in a wheel chair, would you say to that person, you got hit 10 years ago, that is in the past?  The result of being hit is being paralyzed.  The result of the many traumas that I went through was for me to remain paralyzed in my brain that was changed due to what happened and without any thought to it.

Having unwanted memories of trauma doesn’t mean that the person isn’t forgiving the one who caused it, but rather it is the result and repeated trauma just continues to add to the injury, just like if the person who became physically paralyzed by being hit by a car, were to continue to be injured, then it would only become worse for healing to begin.  The Holy Spirit has power and through the believer can do many amazing things.  This is what has happened with me.  The night that I came face to face with the devil and his many fallen angels ready to shoot me, the Power of God came through me as I spoke with boldness to Satan after he spoke these words to me, “You will not do the Daniel fast and you will not pray to God.”  I looked right at him as there was no fear whatsoever and I saw him for who God had made him, which was beauty on the outside, then the Holy Spirit of God with Power through me said directly to Satan, “Get away from me, Satan.  I know what you are trying to do.”  Then at that moment, the dominion of fallen angels simultaneously shot their bows and arrows at me from which they all bounced right off of me and back to them.  As Satan watched this, he said nothing more and I woke from my vision of the night.  Truly when we confront evil head on in the Name of Jesus it is not at all a daring confrontation, but only a Spirit of Power.  Ephesians 6:10-17  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.  Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.  Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything to stand.

STAND FIRM THEN, WITH THE BELT OF TRUTH BUCKLED AROUND YOUR WAIST, WITH THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN PLACE, AND WITH YOUR FEET FITTED WITH THE READINESS THAT COMES FROM THE GOSPEL OF PEACE.  IN ADDITION TO ALL THIS, TAKE UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WITH WHICH YOU CAN EXTINGUISH ALL FLAMING ARROWS FROM THE EVIL ONE.  TAKE THE HELMET OF SALVATION AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE SWORD OF THE WORD OF GOD.  

Children, have faith and courage in the Lord to speak boldly and go where He tells you

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Paul formerly known as Saul persecuted the believers/disciples of Jesus until he met the Lord Jesus on the road to Damascus.  From there since his conversion, the Lord has revealed visions to speak boldly with faith and courage in the Lord.  We who are the children of God need not to be afraid, but rather we need to be encouraged as the Lord is faithful always to us and will give us His Words to speak.  When the Lord calls us to go in His Name to speak the gospel message, we need to not disobey Him by choosing to stay in our comfort zone, but instead Trust in Him always.  It is not what we say or how clever we speak, only it is the Power of the Holy Spirit of God that speaks through us to others.  Pray in the Holy Spirit of Truth to reveal God’s Wisdom and Knowledge in Acts 18: 5-11, 18-23  When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.  But when the Jews opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads!  I am clear of my own responsibility.  From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”  Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.  Crispus, the synagogue ruler, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized.

One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.  For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.”  So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.  Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time.  Then he left the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.  Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken.  They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul had left Priscilla and Aquila.  He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.  When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined.  But as he left, he promised, “I will come back if it is God’s will.”  Then he set sail from Ephesus.  When he landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.  After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phyrgia, strengthening the disciples.  Acts 19:1-17 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus.  There he found some disciples and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”  They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there was a Holy Spirit.”  So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?”  “John’s baptism,” they replied.  Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance.  He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”  On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.  When Paul placed his hands on them the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.  There were about twelve men in all.

Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.  But some of them became obstinate, they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way.  So Paul left them.  He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.   This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.  God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.  Some Jews went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon possessed.  They would say, “In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”  Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish Chief Priest, were doing this.  One day the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”  Then the man who had the evil spirits jumped on them and overpowered them all.  He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.  When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

Speak as Paul regarding your conversion when you met Jesus.  Giving the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy for those who belong to the kingdom of God as it says in Revelation 19:10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him.  But he said to me, “Do not do it!  I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus.  Worship God!  For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”  Listen to Paul’s testimony in Acts 22:1-11 “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.”  When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet.  Then Paul said: “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city.  Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of our fathers and was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.  I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, as also the high priest and all the Council can testify.  I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.  About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.  I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul!  Saul!  Why do you persecute me?’   ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.  “I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’ he replied.  My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me.  “What shall I do, Lord?” I asked.  “Get up,” the Lord said, “and go into Damascus.  There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.”  My companions  led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.

God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.  He does not change and He still chooses to speak to some of His children by audible voice in visions of both the day and night.  There are those whom I do know besides myself that has heard the audible voice of God.  I, too heard Him and can testify to hearing His voice in a vision of the night as God woke me up from a deep sleep.  I could not see Him, but truly I heard Him as He spoke these words to me on Monday, December 6, 2010 at 4:42 am “Take the time to read the Book of Job.” and He also said this to me in His audible voice while humbled to the ground, “I will put burning fire in your heart for Me that no one can ever put out!  You will go out and tell others about Me with fire in your heart.”   I am speaking the Truth of my conversion when I met Jesus on March 7, 2008 and a messenger of God placed something in my hand, closed it while speaking these words, “Here, this is for you,”  He quickly walked away not to be seen.  When I opened my hand the Holy Spirit opened the eyes of my heart to see Jesus as I saw these words and believed with all my heart on a cross that was given by God with the words, “I Jesus Lord.”  That is where I met Jesus and knew immediately in my heart that Jesus is the Son of God and my Lord and Savior.  I, like Paul, used to reject Jesus and His followers/believers/disciples/Christians.  I used to mock them with harsh criticism.  I am not saying that I did all the things that Paul did, but just merely comparing similarities to rejection and obstinate ways.  I did grow up in a true believing church, but later as a young adult, I became obstinate.  I had only head knowledge and therefore went away from God altogether, completely rejecting His Word.

Paul did not reject the God of his fathers, but was obstinate to the Truth of Jesus as the Messiah sent from God.  He had zeal for the Lord, where obviously I did not.  But the truth remains that Paul and I both were headed down the road of judgment and death along with permanent separation from God.  My grandfather used to take me to a Jewish synagogue as a child and I didn’t understand why or what we were doing there.  But he did speak to them as I witnessed his zeal for Jesus while he was working there.  He died when I was nine years old and later I found out the Truth about my grandpa.  He was an undercover FBI agent sent there to protect them from threats and violence.  He also was a preacher who preached in small churches.  I found all of this out later.  But I did witness my grandfather as he took care of the people in the synagogue and spoke of Jesus to them.  My grandfather was well respected by the Jewish community because he didn’t just do his protective duty, but truly cared for them and I didn’t understand until I was saved in 2008.  This is the reason why I say that God does not change and He alone chooses whom to reveal His audible voice to.  I mostly hear the Lord speak to my heart, but truly He has spoken to me in His audible voice waking me up and then awake, not able to see Him, and all that I could do was go to the ground on my knees in AWE of GOD!  I am still in AWE of GOD!  We need to have faith and courage in our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus and Listen to the Holy Spirit speak to our hearts, minds, and even our ears in visions of the day and night, those whom He chooses to do so, speaking boldly of our testimony of Jesus and go where he tells us to.  Praise the Lord as He is faithful always in the Name of Jesus, Amen!

“Urgent Prayer For Us All” The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13

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After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven.  Hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread.  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever, Amen.

The Lord has laid this on my heart that satan is trying to sift me like wheat, then He guided my heart that satan is also seeking to intensely attack all those who are the children of God spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally.  Be on guard as we pray this together in the Name of Jesus to withstand the schemes of the devil.  Put the full armor of God on and be ready and do not be afraid as the Lord is faithful to strengthen us all.  Those who trust in His Name will be give His strength and power of the evil that is about to come.  Also, let us rejoice and praise the Name of God for all these problems when they arrive to us as God will help us.  Praise Him and remember that God is only going to allow satan to do this to refine us all who are the saints.  God bless you and prepare Now!  I know only that God has spoken for us to prepare so we can remain strong in Him.  Let us pray this together and seek God privately to God for help.  All these things that are in the world are not important!  God is the only thing!  Prepare saints, prepare brothers and sisters who are in the faith, Now Is The Time to Prepare!  Spiritual strength is the most important so none of us lose faith!  Our hope is Jesus!  Praise the Lord no matter what!  God bless you and we need to pray for one another also in the Name of Jesus, Amen!

“Is The Church To You A Building or The People Gathering To Build Up In Christ?”

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Until I met the Lord by the Holy Spirit drawing me to Jesus as my Lord and Savior, I saw the church as merely a building.  The pretty, white building that was huge and nice to look at.  Truly going to church was the building itself.  But now the building is only the meeting place for me where we, the people of God gather to build up one another in all knowledge in Christ Jesus in unity.  We gather together to encourage one another, comfort, edify using our many gifts, and worship the Lord together, pray, cry, and laugh.  The people are the Church and the building is just the place to go for us to meet.  The destruction of the building doesn’t destroy the Church, even in death, those who kill the body, they themselves will be destroyed.  One day we, who are in the Church, the body of Christ will be raised, those who are asleep will be raised and changed from corruptible to incorruptible.  Those who are still alive will be raised and changed from mortal to immortal.  Yes, we the Church with all its members work together for edification and this is who we are in Truth and Love as we build one another up in the Love of the Head which is Christ Jesus.  This includes correcting and rebuking our brothers and sisters in the Word of God.  Should we invite someone to church, or should we give the invitation of the Lord by telling them they are in sin with expression of God’s Truth in Love, and the gospel message of Christ Jesus?  This I am learning as Truth in Love, to tell someone the Truth is Love, gently and patiently regarding God’s Truth about sin and not attacking them or speaking to them with an unloving tone, but boldly asking them questions regarding inward examination so they will know they are in need of Jesus as their Lord and Savior.  Also not judging them because we are not the judge for eternal salvation nor are we the judge for eternal condemnation.  We do have the responsibility to speak of consequences that God states in His Word regarding those who reject the gospel message but this needs to be done with Truth in Love and not as though we ourselves are condemning them by speaking with domination.  They may reject today, but tomorrow receive the Word deeply rooted in their heart.  This I am still learning in my heart as the Holy Spirit teaches me and the those in our family of believers that the Lord sends for edification to know the Will of God.

When we give an invitation from the Lord regarding they are indeed a sinner and in need of a Savior and that Jesus is God the Son sent to die on the cross, resurrected to life, now ascended to the Father in heaven sitting at the right hand of God, and those whom the Holy Spirit draws them to Jesus as their Lord and Savior, then of course we still invite them to grow as a disciple of Jesus wherever the meeting place is of His Church and it is not limited;  Unlimited in the Power of God wherever there are two or three in the Name of Jesus, then He is also present.  Matthew 18:19-20 Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am in the midst of them.  Acts 20:18 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.  Romans 12:3-5 For as I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.  For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:  So, we being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.  1 Corinthians 10:31-33 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.  Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 12:12-26  For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.  For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we are bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.  For the body is not one member, but many.  If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?  And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?  If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing?  If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?  But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.  And if they were one member, where were the body?  But now they are many members, yet but one body.  And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.  Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:  And those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.  For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more more abundant honour to that part which lacked: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.  And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member honoured, all the members rejoice with it.  Ephesians 1:17-23 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

GOD WARNS ABOUT ADDING&TAKING AWAY FROM HIS WORD

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Pre-tribulation Rapture, Mid-Tribulation Rapture, and Post Tribulation Rapture are all false teachings.  The word “Rapture” is not in the Bible and it is adding to the teachings of Jesus.  Rapture is taking away the glory of Jesus as we will not in any way being raptured.  We will be resurrected and let’s not lose sight of what is actually written in the Bible and not by empty philosophy which only promotes more questions than Unity in Christ Jesus.  Revelation 22:18-21  I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book:  If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.  And if anyone takes away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.  He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”  Amen.  Come, Lord Jesus.  The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people.  Amen.

Don’t listen to men who have made up stories that promote questions rather than unity.  Those who claim to be wise with worldly wisdom using empty words of flattery using their philosophy to win the itching ears of the simple.  2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.  They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who brought them- bringing swift destruction on themselves.  Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth in disrepute.  In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up.  Their  condemnation has long been hanging over them and their destruction has not been sleeping.

Listen not to man’s wisdom which is foolishness to God, but rather listen to God’s Wisdom which is far greater.  1 Corinthians 1:19-21 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”  Where is the wise man?  Where is the scholar?  Where is the philosopher of this age?  Has not God  made foolish the wisdom of the world?  For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.  Here is the Truth in God’s Word as Jesus the Living Word of God spoke regarding the taking of the wicked to be judged and burned when compared to the days of Noah that took them in the flood in Matthew 24: 36-41 “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.  As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.  For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until THE FLOOD CAME AND “TOOK” THEM ALL AWAY.  THAT IS HOW IT  WILL BE AT THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN.  TWO MEN WILL BE IN THE FIELD; ONE WILL BE “TAKEN” AND THE OTHER ONE LEFT.  TWO WOMEN WILL BE GRINDING WITH A HAND MILL; ONE WILL BE “TAKEN” AND THE OTHER LEFT.

These verses are clearly speaking of the wicked being taken to be judged and condemned by surprise just like in the days of Noah, the wicked were unaware until the flood took them all away because Jesus says that this is what it will be like when He returns.  Pretribualtion Rapture theory is partly based on the verses regarding two will be in the field, one will be taken and the other left as the rapture of the Church.  But they are only leaning on their own understanding instead of listening to what God says in Bible and with their hearts to know what He is actually saying.  When you read this with prayer first for God’s Wisdom and understanding, He is faithful to guide your hearts to See and Know His Truth.  The word “Rapture” is not biblical at all.  Resurrection is the glory of God in Christ Jesus and we have this promise for those who are sealed for the Day of Redemption in Christ Jesus to be risen from the dead and Jesus will come down with the trumpet call and those who are still alive and are left  will meet Jesus in the air for all eternity, and also the dead in Christ will rise first.  Pray and read these words in God’s Bible about the Coming of the Lord in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18  Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.  According to the Lord’s own word,  we tell you that WE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE AND “LEFT” TILL THE COMING OF OUR LORD, WILL CERTAINLY NOT PRECEDE THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP.  FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, WITH A LOUD TRUMPET CALL OF GOD, AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST.  AFTER THAT, WE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE AND “LEFT” WILL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR.  AND SO WE WILL BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER.  THEREFORE ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER WITH THESE WORDS.

Do you notice Matthew 24:39 how it speaks of the wicked with the words THE FLOOD TOOK THEM ALL AWAY and how JESUS SAID THAT’S HOW IT WILL BE AT THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN?  Do you also notice how Jesus was saying what happens when He returns for the wicked in verse 40 THE SECOND PART OF THE SENTENCE STATES THAT ONE WILL BE “TAKEN” and the other one “LEFT?”  COMPARE VERSE 40 WITH 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16-17  FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN WITH THE A LOUD COMMAND, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL AND WITH THE TRUMPET CALL OF GOD, AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST.  AFTER THAT, “WE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE” AND ARE “LEFT” WILL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR.  AND SO WE WILL BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER.  Did you notice the words STILL ALIVE AND ARE LEFT?    This is clearly not speaking of the wicked being left but truly only the righteous that are still alive will be left and the wicked will be TAKEN to be judged and condemned because we will be risen to life and the wicked  will be risen to die and burn in the second death of torment forever.  This will happen at the last day as Jesus says in JOHN 6:39 AND THIS IS THE WILL OF HIM WHO SENT ME, THAT I SHALL LOSE NONE OF ALL HE HAS GIVEN ME, BUT RAISE THEM UP AT THE LAST DAY.   Jesus prayed for his disciples not to be taken out of this world but to be protected from evil.  PRAY AND LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF JESUS IN JOHN 17:15 MY PRAYER IS NOT THAT YOU TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD BUT THAT YOU PROTECT THEM FROM THE EVIL ONE.  REJECT MAN’S PHILOSOPHY AND LISTEN TO JESUS AND TAKE HEART HIS WORDS AS HE SPEAKS OF HIS SECOND COMING WHICH IS BOTH REDEMPTION FOR THE SAVED AND JUDGMENT AND WRATH FOR THE WICKED IN LUKE 21:25-31 “THERE WILL BE SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS.  ON THE EARTH, NATIONS WILL BE IN ANGUISH AND PERPLEXITY AT THE ROARING AND TOSSING OF THE SEA.  MEN WILL FAINT FROM TERROR, APPREHENSIVE OF WHAT IS COMING ON THE WORLD, FOR THE HEAVENLY BODIES WILL BE SHAKEN.  AT THAT TIME THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY.  WHEN THESE THINGS BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE, STAND UP AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, BECAUSE “YOUR REDEMPTION IS DRAWING NEAR.”  He told them this parable: “LOOK AT THE FIG TREE AND ALL THE TREES.  WHEN THEY SPROUT LEAVES, YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELVES AND KNOW THAT SUMMER IS NEAR.  EVEN SO, WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING, “YOU KNOW THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR.”  

2 PETER 3:10-13 BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME LIKE A THIEF.  THE HEAVENS WILL DISAPPEAR WITH A ROAR; THE ELEMENTS WILL BE DESTROYED BY FIRE, AND THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING IN IT WILL BE LAID BARE.  SINCE EVERYTHING WILL BE DESTROYED IN THIS WAY, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE OUGHT YOU TO BE?  YOU OUGHT TO LIVE HOLY AND GODLY LIVES AS YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY OF GOD AND SPEED ITS COMING.  THAT DAY WILL BRING ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HEAVENS BY FIRE, AND THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT IN THE HEAT.  BUT IN KEEPING WITH HIS PROMISE WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, THE HOME OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.  These verses are clearly speaking of the Day of the Lord as the same as the Second Coming of Jesus because these same words are spoken of Jesus regarding THE GREAT TRIBULATION AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER WILL BE THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS in MATTHEW 24:3-8, 27-31 AS JESUS WAS SITTING ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, THE DISCIPLES CAME TO HIM PRIVATELY.  “TELL US,” THEY SAID, “WHEN WILL THIS HAPPEN, AND WHAT WILL BE THE SIGN OF YOUR COMING AND OF THE END OF THE AGE?”  JESUS ANSWERED, “WATCH OUT THAT NO ONE DECEIVES YOU.  FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME, CLAIMING, ‘I AM THE CHRIST, AND WILL DECEIVE MANY.  YOU WILL HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS, BUT SEE TO IT THAT YOU ARE NOT ALARMED.  SUCH THINGS MUST HAPPEN, BUT THE END IS STILL TO COME.  NATION WILL RISE AGAINST NATION, AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM.  THERE WILL BE FAMINES AND EARTHQUAKES IN VARIOUS PLACES.  ALL THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF BIRTH PAINS.  FOR AS LIGHTNING THAT COMES FROM THE EAST IS VISIBLE EVEN IN THE WEST, SO WILL BE THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DISTRESS OF THOSE DAYS “THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT; THE STARS WILL FALL FROM THE SKY, AND THE HEAVENLY BODIES WILL BE SHAKEN.  AT THAT TIME THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN WILL APPEAR IN THE SKY, AND ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH WILL MOURN.  THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY, WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY.  AND HE WILL SEND HIS ANGELS TO WITH A LOUD TRUMPET CALL, AND THEY WILL GATHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF THE HEAVENS TO THE OTHER.

HERE ARE VERSES ABOUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS WHICH IS DREADFUL FOR THE WICKED AND BLESSINGS FOR THE RIGHTEOUS, ELECT, AND ADOPTED CHILDREN OF GOD IN JOEL 3:13-16, 20  SWING THE SICKLE, FOR THE HARVEST (MATTHEW 13:39 B THE HARVEST IS THE END OF THIS AGE, AND THE HARVESTERS ARE THE ANGELS.)  IS RIPE.  COME, TRAMPLE THE GRAPES, FOR THE WINEPRESS IS FULL AND THE VATS OVERFLOW- SO GREAT IS THEIR WICKEDNESS!”  MULTITUDES, MULTITUDES IN THE VALLEY OF DECISION!  FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR IN THE VALLEY OF DECISION.  THE SUN AND MOON WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE STARS WILL NO LONGER SHINE, THE LORD WILL ROAR FROM ZION AND THUNDER FROM JERUSALEM; THE EARTH AND THE SKY WILL TREMBLE.  BUT THE LORD WILL BE A REFUGE FOR HIS PEOPLE, A STRONGHOLD FOR THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.  JUDAH WILL BE INHABITED FOREVER AND JERUSALEM THROUGH ALL THE GENERATIONS.  Proverbs 10:30 The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land.  

Psalm 37:10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. This passage in Psalm 37 speaks of the wicked being taken out not to be found. Here is the glory of God speaking of death and resurrection like Jesus in Romans 6:4 -5 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.  If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.  These verses are speaking of God’s glory in the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus and His glory also in us when He raises us like Jesus.  “Rapture” is not the glory of God and we need to take very serious the Word of God and not add anything nor take away any part of the prophecy of this Book, which is God’s Word and not for our own opinion, or to listen to man’s opinion.  God teaches the heart, we fellowship together for spiritual edification, and encouragement.  Let’s not take the Lord’s Grace for granted and add things that we like or someone else likes, nor should we take away what we don’t like in God’s Word for Truth.  Remember to Listen to the Holy Spirit of God which is Truth and embrace correction and rebuke.  HEAR JESUS as He speaks to the church of Philadelphia regarding how The Great Tribulation is the hour of trial that will come upon the whole world to test them who are alive on the earth in Revelation 3:10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

These words are clearly speaking of a trial to test the people on the earth and is not the Wrath of God.  The Wrath of  God is when he judges and condemns the wicked to eternal fiery furnace.  You can either choose to listen to the Words of Jesus in His Book and the Holy Spirit that teaches your heart, or you can choose to listen to people which are falsely speaking and teaching in the Name of Jesus to be condemned.  These words I have shared in scripture are God’s Words and not mine.  If you choose to disagree, then you are rejecting God’s Truth.  Listen to God’s Word regarding what His Wrath is in Romans 1:18 For the Wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and all unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.  Revelation 20:15 If anyone’s name was not found in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.  Hebrews 9:27-28 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. MATTHEW 25:41 “THEN HE WILL SAY TO THOSE ON HIS LEFT, ‘DEPART FROM ME, YOU ARE CURSED, INTO THE ETERNAL FIRE PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.  ROMANS 2:1-8 YOU, THEREFORE, HAVE NO EXCUSE, YOU WHO PASS JUDGMENT ON SOMEONE ELSE, FOR AT WHATEVER POINT YOU JUDGE THE OTHER, YOU ARE CONDEMNING YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU YOURSELF PASS JUDGMENT DO THE SAME THINGS.  NOW WE KNOW THAT GOD’S JUDGMENT AGAINST THOSE WHO DO SUCH THINGS IS BASED ON TRUTH.  SO WHEN YOU, A MERE MAN, PASS JUDGMENT ON THEM AND YET DO THE SAME THINGS, DO YOU THINK YOU WILL ESCAPE GOD’S JUDGMENT?  OR DO YOU SHOW CONTEMPT FOR THE RICHES OF HIS KINDNESS, TOLERANCE, AND PATIENCE, NOT REALIZING THAT GOD’S KINDNESS LEADS YOU TOWARD REPENTANCE?  BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR STUBBORNNESS AND YOUR UNREPENTANT HEART, YOU ARE STORING UP WRATH AGAINST YOURSELF FOR THE DAY OF GOD’S WRATH, WHEN HIS RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT WILL BE REVEALED.  GOD “WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS DONE.”  TO THOSE WHO BY PERSISTENCE IN DOING GOOD SEEK GLORY, HONOR AND IMMORTALITY, HE WILL GIVE ETERNAL LIFE.  BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE SELF SEEKING AND WHO REJECT THE TRUTH AND FOLLOW EVIL, THERE WILL BE WRATH AND ANGER.

2 Corinthians 13:5  Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.  Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you- unless of course, you fail the test?

Who do you belong to? God The Father in heaven or the father of lies, the devil?

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Do you listen to God’s Truth, or do you listen to what you want to hear?  Do you delight in the ways of the Lord including His discipline to train, or do you delight in evil, too prideful to listen to instruction having nothing of God to fear?  These questions are not to promote anger or a fight, but only to dig deep in your heart; truly to know and do what is pleasing in the Lord’s sight.  The Bible is God breathed and is good for correction, rebuke, and training in God’s righteousness, for it is not up for debate, if you simply disagree with the content of what God says in His Book; then do not argue with others who share the scriptures as it is what God is only saying to us all and if you say it’s untrue, then really it’s your heart that you refuse to know by taking a much needed look.  Would you rather hear lies and what sounds pleasant to the ears? Or would you rather know the truth even if God brought you to your knees in true repentance of heart felt tears?  Do you believe that God doesn’t let His children suffer in any pain?  If you really think this, I need to inform you how that is very shallow and vain.  For if God chose to give us His One and only Son to suffer and pay the price for those who would believe, then what makes you better than God the Son, to not go through suffering and to die while proclaiming your Lord and Savior’s Name? I warn you not to listen to the father of lies, the murderer since the beginning of Adam and Eve, who only wants to destroy anyone who will listen to him, the simple and vain who are too blind to see God and His Word to believe.  God’s living Word who came to this earth to fulfill the perfect plan of salvation for those whose hearts would know and believe in the Name of Jesus, God’s only Son.  These are a witness in heaven which are the Father, Word, and Holy Spirit as they are equally One.  The Bible speaks of this Truth as it says in 1 John 5:7-9 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.  And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.  If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.  The prophecy of the scripture is not for personal interpretation, but is what God says and the Holy Spirit of Truth teaches the heart of all the children to know with God’s Wisdom and not with man’s opinion to add;  don’t listen to man’s instruction of thought, but listen to God’s teaching in your heart as you will know whether it is from God or an evil spirit trying to trick your mind against Him by way of worldly wants to make you temporarily glad.  Listen to God in 1 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 1 John 2:20, 27 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.  As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you.  But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit- just as it has taught you, remain in him.  Ephesians 4:11-16 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.  Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.  Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.  From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.