LAKE OF FIRE

2012-01-28T08:34:00.001-08:00

It's important to note that the Lord didn't say to the foolish virgins what He will say to the hypocites on the day of judgment, "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me ye that work iniquity." Matthew 7:23

.................Jesus didn't call the virgins, workers of iniquity and He also didn't day 'I never knew you."

His words were in the present. "I know you not."

..................................He knew them as believers who had accepted Him as Saviour. But He couldn't recognize them as members of the Bridal party.

2012-01-28T08:24:00.000-08:00

There will be heartbroken prayers by many for God to come and take them out of the world, but it is too late!

.....................................The door is closed, just as the door of the Ark was closed by the Lord after Noah and his family had entered.

....................Still the full judgment of God's wrath is not yet come as it did in the days of the flood.

The Antichrist must rise and fulfill Satan's wrath to the world first.

2012-01-26T05:29:00.000-08:00

There isn't any doubt that the rapture will cause the greatest shaking of the Church that has ever taken place in its whole history.

..............The day of playing church will be over and there will be an overhauling of the Christian experience.

..........................People will call on God.

..........They will desire the infilling of the Spirit and apparently the Holy Spirit will be poured out even until the beginning of the day of the Lord.

2012-01-25T05:36:00.001-08:00

"And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut."
..............Matthew 25:10

............In the fourth chapter of Revelation "a door was opened in heaven", and a voice said, "Come up hither".

This is to mean the rapture.

..................When a door is closed, none may enter. This is what happened with the five foolish virgins.

2012-01-24T12:24:00.000-08:00

Jesus taught His followers to count the cost for following Him and the Kingdom of God.

....................Salvation and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit are free as far as money is concerned; but full discipleship means that we count the cost and be willing to forsake all if neccessary to win Christ.

........... ........Phillipians 3:7,8

"But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

2012-01-23T11:18:00.000-08:00

Some say that since the foolish virgins went to 'buy' oil, therefore, oil could not refer to the Holy Spirit, since the Holy Spirit cannot be bought.

..............We know that the Holy Spirit cannot be purchased for money,

..............But the Spirit-filled life has a price. It has cost some their lives.

Jesus set the cost of true discipleship to include all that a man may have in this world:
" If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple."
...............Luke 14:26,27

2012-01-22T08:24:00.000-08:00

Just because people profess the experience of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit doesn't make them sure candidates for the Rapture.

.........The foolish virgins started out with oil in their lamps, but they had none in reserve.

...........................So we must constantly replenish the oil in our vessels.

............................................We can't trust someone else's faith, experience, or blessing, OR our own past blessings.

The wise virgins had to refuse the cries of the foolish because they had only enough oil for themselves.

2012-01-21T10:15:00.000-08:00

When the time comes for the rapture, the need of the Holy Spirit will become urgent.

........................It was the Spirit of God that raised Jesus from the Dead. He quickens [makes alive, strengthens] the believer while He is in their present body.

At the time of the rapture, the Spirit of God will not only quicken the dead in Christ, but He will quicken our mortal bodies as we are caught up to meet the Lord in the air.

2012-01-21T10:03:00.000-08:00

It is sad that thousands of Christians whose experiences as Christians we do not doubt, have not felt the need of the infilling of the Holy Spirit.

They have been told that salvation is enough.

Or that everything necessary is received when they were born-again so there is not reason to ask God for the Spirit, even though Jesus commaned His followers to do it.

2012-01-19T06:46:00.000-08:00

At the cry of the coming of the Bridegroom, there is a great stirring, and the foolish virgins say to the wise, "give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out."

They didn't feel the need for extra oil while they were waiting.

2012-01-18T05:59:00.000-08:00

If the Lord is to come at the midnight hour, we can believe that the world has been in its eleventh hour for a long time.

There is a circumstance that took place at the end of the First World War:
* World War I ended on the eleventh hour
* of the eleventh day
* of the eleventh month in 1918
* exactly eleven months after Jerusalem was liberated
*on the eleventh of December 1917

A coincidence or was God's clock striking eleven, bring the world to the attention that it had entered into the eleventh hour of its history and that the midnight hour would soon be at hand?

2012-01-17T04:54:00.000-08:00

It was at midnight that the Lord took His people out of Egypt.

". . . . .About midnight will I go into the midst of Egypt: And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die. . . .And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt. . . ." Exodus 11:4-6

2012-01-16T11:03:00.000-08:00

The Bridegroom's coming is at a late hour, midnight!

The midnight hour is considered the zero hour,
.......the darkest hour,
.......the hour when the sun is below the horizon.

.....................It is the hour people would least expect the Lord to come.

......Although He has warned that He might come then. "Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:"
Mark 13:35

2012-01-15T09:34:00.000-08:00

"And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh: go ye out to meet him."
Matthew 25:6

It is said that it must be the watchful Bride that makes the cry.
[those who are watching and waiting for His return]

The Bride alone has heeded the warning of the Lord not to be caught sleeping.

She is the Bride!

2012-01-14T09:02:00.000-08:00

There must be no time-setting for the rapture.

.............The Lord encouraged His Church not to be discouraged nor to allow their devotion to wane. They were to be ready, whether the Bridegroom should come at morning, noon or midnight.

.....................Mark 13:35-37

"Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch."

2012-01-13T20:19:00.001-08:00

When people make such predictions, as date and time setting, and they fail to materialize, people become disallusioned and lose faith in Christ's Coming altogether.

.....................Paul warned:
"Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand." 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2

2012-01-12T08:48:00.001-08:00

Even as early as Paul's day there were teachings that the rapture was at hand.

.............................................There is nothing wrong in preaching the imminent Coming of Christ and we are commanded to preach it. But not is such a way as to excite people into believing a date [day and time, that only the Father knows, not even Jesus] but we are to be aware of the signs of His coming.

....Imminent doesn't necessarily mean immediate.

2012-01-11T16:45:00.000-08:00

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

.....Apparently there was an unexpected delay.

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............There have been times when a false cry has been made that the rapture of the Church was at hand.

........................Dates were even set.

............Peope went out on hilltops, haystacks and roof tops waiting for the Lord to return but only to be disappointed.

2012-01-10T05:54:00.000-08:00

The wise virgins recognized the need of keeping oil in their vessels.

The foolish virgins realized the importance of the lamps, but they neglected the oil to their great sorrow and loss.

2012-01-09T12:22:00.000-08:00

It's God's will that His Spirit flows through His people.

......................Our lights cannot continue to burn indefinitely without the continual infilling of the Spirit.

....Neglect causes them to run out.

.......This was the mistake of the foolish virgins.

2012-01-08T12:03:00.000-08:00

The thing that marks the foolish virgins from the wise....The foolish didn't take oil with their lamps, the wise did.

Oil in the Bible is a type of the Holy Spirit.

...............The oil of the Holy Spirit is contained in vessels, our bodies, which are temple of the Holy Spirit.

..........The foolish virgins may have had oil in their vessels, at the beginning, since their lamps had burned for a while; but they failed to replenish their supply.

2012-01-07T19:54:00.000-08:00

The ten virgins represent the true believers of the Church of Jesus Christ. They are saved people.

Lamps are a symbol of the Word of God. It is by the Word of God that the Church has been able to know and understand that Jesus is coming as a Bridegroom for His people.

By means of the light of God's Word the virgins are able to go forth to meet the Bridegroom.

2012-01-06T08:53:00.000-08:00

The 'virgins' are those not defiled with the harlot daughters of Babylon.

................They have come out of Babylon.

Friendship and conformity with the world is considered spiritual adultery.

...........................James 4:4
" Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."

2012-01-05T11:59:00.000-08:00

Revelation 14:3-5

"...........the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God."

2012-01-04T05:08:00.000-08:00

The term 'virgins' is used in the Bible as to represent people who are separated from the world.

..............2 Corinthians 11:2
"For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ."

2012-01-03T08:08:00.000-08:00

The term, 'kingdom of heaven' is almost but not quite the same as that of 'kingdom of God'.

.................Both terms are generally interchangeable, but 'kingdom of God' relates to God's kingdom as it is throughout the universe.

...........................'kingdom of heaven' is restricted to events on earth, which represents commonly called Christendom.

.................The kingdom of heaven [please read] in Matthew 13:47-48 is said to have both 'good fish' and 'bad fish' in it.

2012-01-02T11:47:00.000-08:00

In the parable, the kingdom of heaven is likened unto ten virgins.

........................It doesn't mean heaven itself. This parable relates to events on earth.

...This phrase is used only in the book of Matthew.

2012-01-01T04:38:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year 2012

2011-12-29T04:40:00.000-08:00

The Five Wise and the Five Foolish Virgins parable refers to the rapture of the Manchild children of Revelation 12.

........................................Jesus is teaching that the virgins represent the Church on earth, those who believe He is coming.

......................This parable implies that only half of the Church will be ready when the Bridegroom comes [when He returns].

2011-12-29T04:32:00.000-08:00

2011-12-27T07:28:00.000-08:00

The world will be in a state of moral corruption when Jesus returns.

......Jesus said it will be as in the days of Noah.

.......................Those condition are described in Genesis 6:11 "The earth also was corrupt bfore God, and the earth was filled with violence."

Also read Matthew 24:37-39

2011-12-26T09:21:00.000-08:00

After the darkening of the sun and the moon, Jesus will return.

...............It is the harvest rapture which follows the opening of the Sixth Seal.

............................This is the multitude which came out of Great Tribulation which no man can number.

Read Revelation 7:9-14 and also Matthew 24:30-31

2011-12-25T00:04:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas 2011

2011-12-24T22:27:00.000-08:00

The event that marks the end of the Great Tribulation is the darkening of the sun and the moon.

This agrees with the Sixth Seal of Revelation.

Matthew 24:29 "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 heaven shall be shaken."

The day of God's wrath begins with the darkening of the sun and the moon.

Read Revelation 6:12-17 and Acts 2:20

2011-12-23T20:26:00.001-08:00

The abomination of desolation [when the Antichrist takes over the temple claiming he is God] is the work of the Beast and the False Prophet.

...............The Antichrist is in authority at this time. He is showing great signs and wonders hoping to deceive even the elect [those who have turned to God].

.....................................The Lord gives a warning against these Satanic seductions that are to deceive multitudes in Matthew 24:24-26.

2011-12-22T09:38:00.000-08:00

All believers will die in the Great Tribulation, but the Lord will shorten the time for the elect's sake.

They will die for their faith.

...........It's believed that this time corresponds to the Fifth Seal in the Book of Revelation.

2011-12-21T20:59:00.000-08:00

This is the time for the Tribulation saints [those left behind and those saved later] to flee to the 'mountains'.

................................In Matthew 24:16-20, the Lord warns the believing Jews to flee out of Judea to the mountians.

.................Believers all over the world should also take warning when the Beast brings the abomination of desolation into the Temple.

2011-12-20T06:59:00.001-08:00

The abomination of desolation is the beginning of the Great Tribulation, because:

...........................With its preaching of the gospel of the kingdom to all nations, marks the end of the Church Age.

......................................Jesus declares that this next event, is the abomination of desolation and it starts the Great Tribulation.

2011-12-19T22:23:00.001-08:00

The words, and because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold, is the "falling away" that Paul spoke of.

The 'falling away' is before the Great Tribulation.

.................Today a lukewarm spirit is found in the Laodicean Church.

2011-12-18T11:07:00.000-08:00

Jesus said there would be a rise of false prophets and false religions in Matthew 24:11.

Many imitators have appeared during the Church age.

...........The most well known, is Mohammed who claimed to be a prophet of God, and whose followers thought to conquer the world by forcing everyone to accept Mohammed or die.

......................Many others have come and gone to establishe their false religions.

2011-12-17T08:36:00.000-08:00

But Matthew 4:23 shows us what the Gospel of the Kingdom is.

"23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."

2011-12-17T08:26:00.000-08:00

The Gospel of the kingdom is associated with the message of deliverance.

The Great Commission is included in Mark 16:15-18
"15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."

2011-12-15T08:57:00.000-08:00

The gospel of the Kingdom spoken of in Matthew 24:14 is the same gospel Jesus preached in Matthew 4:23.

............................................The is no need for a new or different Gospel to be preached at the end of the age!

2011-12-14T05:13:00.000-08:00

It is the responsibility of the Church to get the gospel to all the people.

......................God has declared that the Gospel of the Kingdom must first be preached to all nations.

............Up until now that may not have been the case but there is no way that everyone hasn't had a chance to hear it by now.

2011-12-13T22:00:00.000-08:00

The fulfillment of the command of the Great Commission to preach the Gospel to all nations is the final sign before the coming of the Lord!

2011-12-12T06:05:00.000-08:00

One of the questions the disciples asked was what would be the sign of the end of the world?

.............The phrase 'end of the world' in the KJV should read 'end of the age'.

....................................The world [earth] itself is not to come to an end, but after it has been cleansed of evil, it will continue into the Millennial age [the 1,000 year reign of Jesus Christ].

......................................The end of the age is found in verse 14 of Matthew 24; "the preaching of the Gospel to all nations."

2011-12-11T05:32:00.000-08:00

When Christians experience these great wars and disasters, they are tempted to think that they are signs of Jesus' returning and of the end of the age.

............Many times people have supposed that some great catastrophe that occurred in their day was a sign that Christ was about to come.

.....................However, the Lord told us "All these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."

These things have been going on for centuries, but they aren't going to go on forever. He is going to come as a thief in the night, very unexpected if we think that.

2011-12-10T09:06:00.000-08:00

Jesus was referring to a long period ahead in Luke 21:24 when He spoke of the times of the Gentiles.

.....................He spoke of events, far into the future, of many sorrows that would come upon the world.

There would be "wars and rumors of wars. . . .Nation shall rise against nation. . . . and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes, in diverse places." Matthew 24:6-7

2011-12-09T20:06:00.000-08:00

Jesus said that this destruction and judgment was to come on that same generation.

...............................He told them that their house was to be left desolate and that "all these thing shall come upon this generation." Matthew 23:36-39

2011-12-09T20:03:00.000-08:00

In the 24th verse of Luke 21, Jesus predicted the dispersion of the Jews into all nations and that Jerusalem would be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles were fulfilled.

.......................This we know has taken place just as Jesus said it would.

.............................................Now that the Jews have returned to Jersusalem, it indicates that the times of the Gentiles have run their course.

2011-12-07T03:55:00.000-08:00

The Christian Jews heed the warning and escape.

........But the false prophets of the unbelieving Jews predict that Jerusalem would escape by Divine intervention.

.............This encouraged them to fight on ferociously which angered the Romans so that when they broke through the walls they were all killed by the sword.

2011-12-06T06:41:00.000-08:00

Alien armies would soon surround Jerusalem.

...............That would be the signal for believers to escape out of Judaea. They had a chance to escape the city.

.........................The army commander didn't want to destroy Jerusalem and the people personally, but the Roman government felt it necessary to stop the fanatical Jews.

2011-12-05T09:54:00.000-08:00

Jesus answered the first question in Luke 21:20-24:

20"And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled."

2011-12-04T06:15:00.000-08:00

The last two questions the disciples asked Jesus were regarding the end of the age.

................But the first question was about Jerusalem and the temple. It was destroyed much earlier in A.D. 70.

2011-12-03T19:02:00.000-08:00

Jesus' statement caused the disciples to ask three questions which they assumed were to be fulfilled all at the same time.

Actually the first was to be fulfilled long before the last two. Their first question was:

......"Tell us, when shall these things be?"

2 ...."And what shall be the sign of thy coming?"

3 ...."and of the end of the world?"

2011-12-02T19:07:00.001-08:00

In the first two verses of Chapter 24 of Matthew, the disciples showed the Lord many of the features of the new Temple of Herod that took forty-six years to build.

....................In John 2:20 the Lord's comment was surprising. He said that not only would the temple be destroyed but not one stone would be left standing upon another.

2011-12-01T08:47:00.000-08:00

Jesus' words in Matthew 24 helps us undertand the Book of Revelation.

......................Matthew 24:
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?"

2011-11-30T17:22:00.000-08:00

During this age, the Church is in the place of power and authority. She sits in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

She is clothed with the 'sun of righteousness'.

..............The moon [Satan, ruler of the nights] is under her feet. She holds a position of dominion and also travails for the birth of the Manchild children.

..............But when they are born, she isn't seen in her exalted heavenly place. She is on earth, desparate and fleeing for her life.

2011-11-29T07:52:00.000-08:00

When we see the Woman before she gives birth to the Manchild, she is glorious.

She is Sun-clothed with the moon under her feet, and wearing a crown of twelve stars.

But after the rapture of the Manchild, she is weak, fleeing for her life into the wilderness.

2011-11-29T07:43:00.000-08:00

We are told that the Beast/Antichrist has power to make war with the Saints and overcome them.

..................Revelation 13:7
" And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations."

...........He would destroy all who believe in Christ if he were given the time.

..................God will cut him short so he can't accomplish his intentions.

2011-11-28T20:43:00.000-08:00

Revelation 6:11 "And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled."

.........................................Although multitudes will seal their faith by their own blood [being martyred]; the devil will not succeed in destroying all.

.................................God gives the woman "two wings of an eagle that she might fly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished for a time, times and a half time" Revelation 12:14.

2011-11-28T20:32:00.000-08:00

During the terrible persecution of those who are left after the rapture will cause many to be martyred.

....................Multitudes that are unable to escape the wrath of the Antichrist will give their lives to be saved.

............................."the souls under the altar" at the breaking of the Fifth Seal, may infer that all saints on earth will be killed.

2011-11-27T09:57:00.000-08:00

In his hatred for the Woman, Satan gives power to the Beast or Antichrist.

The Beast whom Satan controls persecutes the Woman.

2011-11-27T09:49:00.000-08:00

The first thing that happens after Satan is cast out of heaven, he begins to persecute the Woman who gave birth to the Manchild.

..................................Satan, being a spirit, cannot harm physical beings directly. He has to deceive those who will give themselves to him.

........................Once he controls those people, he can use them to persecute the people of God.

2011-11-26T07:25:00.000-08:00

In the days of the Great Tribulation, the wicked will not take many of the events seriously, but will mock and scorn those who do.

.....................The two Beasts of Revelation will arise during the Great Tribulation and tear at the earth for 42 months.

..........The Beast of Revelation 13 had the 'feet of a bear". The Communist Beast that threatens the world today is symbolized as a 'bear'. The only nation in the world with that symbol.

2011-11-25T20:00:00.000-08:00

The saints who remain on earth during the Great Tribulation can expect persecution.

...............The are forced to admit that they were at fault in not being ready.

............................It will not be easy for them to take the taunts of the wicked or to be asked why they were left behind,

2011-11-25T19:51:00.000-08:00

When people hear of a remarkable event like a translation or rapture, especially of someone they know, they will repent.

....Many will but there will be some who won't.

There are even religious professors who have not believed in the ministry of the supernatural to begin with.

2011-11-24T02:06:00.000-08:00

Happy
Thanks
giving
2011

2011-11-24T01:54:00.000-08:00

There will be some kind of 'resurrection' of the Beast.

.........................We are told that the Beast was "as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast." Revelation 13:3

............This lying miracle, a wound unto death, and the Beasts returning to life will be, whatever it is, astonishing and amazing to the world.

2011-11-24T01:42:00.000-08:00

It's likely that much of the serious effect of the rapture will be weakened by the supernatural happenings brought by the Antichrist.

..........The devil now has his superman, his Son of Perdition and the scene.

...................2 Thessalonians 2:9
"Even him whose coming is, after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders."
......These lying wonders will astonish the world.

2011-11-23T07:17:00.000-08:00

Verse 10 of Matthew 25 says, "And they that were ready went in with him to the marriage.

.................Jesus again said, "Watch ye therefore, and pray always that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man."

But now those left behind are determined to resist the Antichrist at all costs.

2011-11-23T07:04:00.000-08:00

Many people will realize that they have neglected Jesus' repeated warnings to be ready for His Coming.

.......................Matthew 25:13
"Watch ye therefore, for ye know neither the day nor hour wherein the Son of Man cometh."

...............This warning was given at the end of the parable of the Five Wise and the Five Foolish Virgins, where Jesus showed that a good amount [half] of professing Christians who will be waiting for the Bridegroom will not be ready when He comes.

2011-11-22T03:15:00.000-08:00

After the rapture, the effect on those left behind can be left to the imagination.

............................One thing is for sure, life will have to go on and each person will adjust or rationalize the even to suit their own peace of mind.

...............Some will be sorry as they realize they have missed it. Others will be hardened. The Bible has some information about what will follow.

2011-11-22T03:03:00.000-08:00

Satan accomplishes his persecution of the remnant of saints through the Beast who has appeared.

................This Beast, or Antichrist, immediately begins a fierce war to exterminate the saints.

...........This war isn't just against the believing Jews but against the saints of "all kindreds, tongues and nations." Revelation 13:7

................The common teaching that all saints go up at the rapture doesn't go along with these scriptures. Unless these are those who had heard the gospel but didn't receive it until after the rapture because they were left behind.

2011-11-21T07:08:00.000-08:00

Concerning the rapture of the Manchild children, the Book of Revelation shows that part of the Church is left behind.

.............We are told that the Woman and a "remnant of her seed" are still on earth.

...................Revelation 12:17
"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."

2011-11-21T06:57:00.000-08:00

The Manchild children being caught up to heaven, and the rest of the seed of the Woman being left on earth, of course implies that some saints will be caught away to heaven, and others left behind.

..............................This is hinted to in scriptures. Jesus taught this in Luke 17:34-36, that "one shall be taken and the other one left."

2011-11-20T05:58:00.001-08:00

The Woman is on earth and weak from birthing the Manchild.

....................The Tribulation Church is no longer sitting in the heavenlies and the saints that are left on earth have to wrestle with the powers of hell now that they [Satan and his angels] have been cast onto the earth.

2011-11-20T05:41:00.000-08:00

The devil realizes that he has only a few years left before he is out of power and he's desparate.

.................The Manchild is gone. He can do nothing about it. The only saints he is able to attack are the remnant of the Woman's seed.

2011-11-19T07:15:00.000-08:00

The rapture of the Manchild children has a great effect on the world.

..................Their being caught away to God, and to His throne; the earth is left without the presence, prayers, activities and morality of its holiest people.

..................Their removal is a depletion of spiritual power on the earth. It gives to the devil and his angels the entire world with a sad note "Woe to the earth and the sea! because the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."

2011-11-19T07:08:00.000-08:00

Through the Antichrist, Satan persecutes the saints and turns the world into a bloody war, the likes of which the world has never seen, nor will it ever see again.

2011-11-19T06:53:00.000-08:00

The last circumstance is the rise of the Antichrist, or the Beast, who Satan gives great power.
(Revelation 13:4)

........................................When Satan is cast out of heaven, he is in a great rage and fury, "Because he knoweth he hath but a short time." A short time even with Satan is not thousands of years. This 'short time' is during the Great Tribulation when he gives his power to the Antichrist.

2011-11-06T03:58:00.000-08:00

Paul says that in our prayer lives that we wrestle with principalities and powers in heavenly places
Ephesians 6:12.

.......................Satan has made tremendous efforts to destroy the Church and now hopes to prevent the rapture of the Manchild children of happening.

.......................He has an awful fear of what will happen if these people are caught up to heaven to join the armies of Michael and his angels. And he ought to be.

With the help of the Manchild, Satan is both legally and physically defeated. Both he and his angels will be thrown out of heaven and cast down to the earth to be cast into the Bottomless Pit.

2011-11-05T21:29:00.000-07:00

Satan, desperate in his failures and knowing the penalty of his actions, has used every means in his power to overthrow God's plans.

....................At times it has seemed like he has nearly succeeded; but all his attempts, as subtle and crafty as they have been, have always failed.

............Until the time indicated in the 12th chapter of Revelation, he has still had access to the heavenlies.

2011-11-04T09:26:00.000-07:00

It's difficult to understand how so many angels came under Satan's spell and followed him.

........Sin had never entered the universe at that time or its fearful results.

.............Anyway, each angel was pushed into a position of making a decision. One-third decided to follow him.

....................God knew what the Devil didn't......He knew Satan wouldn't win most of the angels.

2011-11-03T11:16:00.000-07:00

Lucifers rebellion hasn't been put down yet; but his days are numbered.

....................................His plans didn't succeed because God keeps some of His plans secret.

.....................God foreknew all things; so the redemption that Christ has provided for the sons of Adam was a part of that secret plan which had been hidden even from the angels (1Peter 1:11-12).

2011-11-02T23:02:00.000-07:00

Lucifer thought he was going to have the supreme place, to exalt his "throne above the stars of God."

.......But God's plan was to give it to His Son!

.......................When Lucifer saw that he wasn't going to have the supreme position, he found that his plans had been spoiled not God's.

2011-11-01T05:28:00.000-07:00

Isaiah 14:12-14 shows that 'self-exaltation' and 'pride' were the cause of Satan's rebellion.

.............He was perfect when he was created and gifted with great wisdom and beauty.
....................Ezekiel 28:17 says
............"Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty."

........................Lucifer possessed rare gifts. So because of these gifts and abilities, God gave him a high position of His creation.

2011-10-31T12:21:00.000-07:00

dancing skeleton

2011-10-31T11:40:00.000-07:00

The Dragon or Satan took 1/3 of the 'stars of heaven' with him when he was thrown out of heaven.

The 'stars' that followed the Dragon are angels. They also rebelled.

2011-10-30T08:53:00.000-07:00

Satan has been ruling over the kingdoms of this world since the fall of Adam.

.........He has been seeking to devour and destroy the seed of the Woman.

...................He stood before the Woman to destroy Christ in the days of King Herod who ordered the slaying of the children of Bethlehem.

.................................He will stand before the Woman seeking to prevent the birth of the Manchild children just before the Great Tribulation.

2011-10-30T08:47:00.000-07:00

The seven heads are seven kingdoms
................that rise in succession on the earth.

Since a crown is only one world kingdom at a time,
................the seven crowns must signify the
...............whole period of man's history.

2011-10-28T21:39:00.000-07:00

The 'seven kingdoms' that are represented by the seven heads of the Dragon are:

Egypt
Assyria
Babyon
Media-Persia
Greece
Rome
The Antichrist's kingdom

2011-10-27T09:22:00.000-07:00

The seven heads of the Great Red Dragon refers to the seven kingdoms of past ages which Satan has had rule over.

Revelation 17:9 says that 'the seven heads are seven mountains'.

"And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth."
The word 'mountain' means kingdom.
The Kingdom of Babylon is called a 'destroying mountain'.

2011-10-26T12:40:00.000-07:00

The devil has ruled the kingdoms of this world over the past ages.

...............Through the betrayal of Adam, Satan has taken authority over the earth.

...............This is plain from the conversation that Satan had with Jesus in the Mount of Temptation.

........Luke 4:5-7
"And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine."

2011-10-25T14:38:00.000-07:00

The Great Red Dragon has seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads.

The heads refer to the seven world empires.

2011-10-25T13:14:00.000-07:00

Some say that Michael is really Christ.

That's not possible.... Christ is the Manchild.
He is the head of the Manchild children.

.............When Michael contended with Satan for the body of Moses, he said, "The Lord rebuke thee".

.......Christ never used that kind of language. When he rebuked Satan he said, "Get thee behind me Satan" or "It is written".

2011-10-25T13:07:00.000-07:00

The Dragon is anxious to destroy the Manchild right away when he is born because the catching away of the Manchild evidently has a definite connection with Satan's defeat and overthrow in the heavenlies.

.........Michael and his angels war against him.

.......................But in some way the testimony of the saints has an important part in the overthrow of Satan in the heavenlies.

2011-10-22T09:04:00.000-07:00

"if any man sin, we have an advocate [lawyer] with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."

There is only one testimoney that will win this case.

"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony."

2011-10-21T09:03:00.000-07:00

All the good works of a lifetime will be completely insufficient to respond to Satan's accusations.

............He is a master prosecutor.

......We will need a lawyer and a good one!

2011-10-20T19:30:00.000-07:00

Satan's accusation must be answered correctly.

They can't be answered
by accusations or
by excuses or
by comparing ourselves with others less righteous or
by parading our good works.