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Countryview Baptist Church SBC
WILL THE CHURCH GO THROUGH THE TRIBULATION HOUR?
No, No, No a million times No the Church will not go through the tribulation hour. No where in the Word of God does the Bible teach the Church to be looking for the tribulation hour or the Anti-christ. The Word of God The Bible teaches the Church to be looking for the return of Jesus Christ!!! The Apostle Paul said to the Thessalonians in Chapter 1:9-10, "For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how Ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come." [The Tribulation Hour]In Thessalonians 4:13-18 Paul teaches that Christ will come to raise the death and rapture the dead and living to meet him in the clouds."But I would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning then which are asleep [Body Sleep] not soul sleep. Daniel 12:2 says, And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." This verse cleary states the doctrine of the first and second resurrections, but without the time element of 1000 years between the two resurrections. Revelation Chapter 20:4-6 sheds more light on Daniel 12:2 that there is a 1000 year time frame between the just and the unjust, the saved and the lost. In Luke 16:22 we see the death of Lazarus and the rich man, "And it came to pass, that the begger [Lazarus] died, [His Body] , and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died. and was buried." Both men died and was buried, both of their bodies. "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy om me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tounge; for I am tormented in this flame." Jesus taught here that the soul and spirit of man are eternal and that the soul and spirit does not sleep, but is alive forever. Only the body sleeps in the grave until the two resurrections in Daniel 12:2 and Revelation 20:4-6. In Titus 2:13 Paul wasn't looking for the tribulation hour or the Anti-christ, he was looking for Jesus Christ, "Looking for that blessed hope, and glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ." Now if Paul was looking for our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, we also should be looking for Jesus Christ also. In Revelation 3:10 the apostle John wrote these words under inspiration of God to the church at Philadelphia "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temption, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." The Church will be kept from the tribulation hour that will affect the whole world and will be world wide. In Revelation 6:1-2 Daniel's 70th Week and the tribulation hour cannot begin until the first seal judgment is opened by Christ. "And I saw when the Lamb [Christ] opened one of the seals,[First Seal] and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and beheld a whie horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." The Anti-christ cannot be revealed until Christ breaks the first seal judgment in Revelation 6:1-2. The first 3 1/2 years of Daniel's 70 Week is found in Revelation 6:1-9. When does the rapture of the church take place? Revelation 4:1 John begins with "After this" the church age Chapters 2-3 "I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were a trumpet [1 Thessalonians 4:16] talking with me; [the church] which said, Come up hither [the rapture of the church] and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter John saw the four and twenty elders who represent the church in heaven and they are seen in heaven until Revelation 19:11-15 When Christ comes back to earth with his armies [the church] and destroys the Anti-christ and his armies 2 Thessalonians 2:8. Only the tribulation saints will go through the tribulation. They are saved in Revelation 7:1-17 out of the great tribulation and beheaded during the tribulation Revelation 20:4 because they refused to recieve the mark of the beast and for refusing to worship him during the great tribulation. In 2 Thessalonians 2:1 we see the rapture of the church, which must take place before the great Apostasy [rejection of God's Truth to be saved verses 11-12] and the revelation of Anti-christ Verses 2-10. Paul said in 2:1 "Now we beseech you brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him." This could only be the rapture of the church, which must take place before the Apostasy and the revelation of the Anti-christ. In Revelation 19:9-16 we see The revelation of Christ to end the tribulation hour. In Matthew 24:32-35 Christ gives Israel signs of His coming, and the beginning of sorrows. Jesus said in Mattthew 24:32, "Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh." The fig tree is Israel who became a Sovereign nation on May 14, 1948 which had been scattered among the nations for 2000 years. Under David Ben-Gurion the first prime-minister of Israel as he stood before the masses gathered at Tel Aviv and decalred Israel's Independance as a free state. Harry Truman our president at that time called David and acknowledged Israel as a sovereign Nation, then other nations follwed with the same declaration. Jesus said in verse 33, "So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near the door. The second advent not the rapture, because Jesus was talking to Jewish people at this time and was giving a revelation concerning Israel. In Verse 33 Jesus gives us the prophecy that all of this will take place in one generation. In Psalm 90:10 a generation is 70 years. "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is there strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." A man's generation is 70 years and if by strength 80 year. And then his life is cut off and he will fly away. Now I want to give you something to think about. 1948 to 2000 is 52 years. 2000 to 2009 is 9 years. This is 61 years. The tribulation is 7 years, this is 68 years. This leaves us 2 years or so. We are very close to the rapture of the church. I do not set a date of time of the rapture Jesus Said "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. The time is close for Christ to come and rapture the church out of the earth and raise the dead in Christ and take us all to heaven John 14:1-3. Christ could come at any moment! Christ said in Matthew 24:44, "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." My question to you is, are you ready, have you prepared to go to heaven when Christ comes to raise the dead and rapture the believing in Christ to take us all home to be with Him in heaven. Or will you be left behind to face the Anti-christ [Satan in the Flesh] and his armies and the wrath of God during the 21 judgments that are coming upon this Christ rejecting world? You can prepare and be ready right now, pray this prayer with me, Lord Jesus Christ I confess to you I am a sinner and want to be saved from the wrath to come, please forgive me of all of my sins, I believe that you died upon the cross and shed your divine blood to save and redeem me from my sins, I now open my heart and invite you into my heart to be my Lord and Saviour, thank you Jesus for coming into my heart and for saving me from my sins, and for now being my Lord and Saviour. I will attend church now, make a proffession of faith and be baptized, join the church and serve you the rest of my life whereever you lead me A-Men. If you have prayed this prayer and been gloriously saved please write us here at the church and tell us about your new found faith and life changing experience with the Lord Jesus Christ and some day we will meet in heaven. A man who Jesus Christ died for to save for all eternity Pastor Dr. Rudy Caldwell. God be with you until we meet again.
PS I want to conclude with further revelation to the church at Philadelpha in Revelation 3:10, "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee from the hour of temption, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." In the Greek New Testament the word [EK] is used for the word [from] if the word [through] would have been used the Greek word [DIA] would have been used instead of EK, the word [EK] means out of, while the word DIA means through. The word EK is the word used in my Greek New Testament. A-Men. Pastor Dr Rudy Caldwell
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