Thread: Will the 26 Texan *MARTYRS* if saved immediately reign with Jesus in Heaven with White Robes??
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Will the 26 Texan *MARTYRS* if saved immediately reign with Jesus in Heaven with White Robes??
Posted : 8 Nov, 2017 05:39 AM
IS THE 1,000 YEAR FIRST RESURRECTION IN REVELATION 20:4-6 FOR THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES AND MARTYRS ONLY??
26 MORE **MARTYRS** FROM TEXAS ARE NOW AWAKE AND REIGNING IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS!!
Jesus promised to 12 Apostles who followed Him {Including Paul?} that they would be given 12 THRONES and the authority to JUDGE in Matthew 19:28 & Luke 22:30.
Matthew 19:28: Jesus said to His Apostles, "When the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne you who have followed Me {Paul instead of Judas} will also sit **ON 12 THRONES** **JUDGING**!"
In Revelation 4:4 Before the beginning of the Great Tribulation John saw exactly 24 thrones surrounding God's Throne in Heaven. The other 12 thrones were most likely given to 12 prominent OT Elders such as Abraham, Joseph, Isaiah, Jeremiah, David, Daniel, Moses, Elijah, Samuel, Joshua, Noah and Enoch. One of these 24 Elders speaks in Rev 7:13-17 and after the 7TH angel sounds the 7TH and Last Trumpet in Rev 11:15.
Revelation 4:4: Surrounding the throne were 24 other thrones, and seated on them were 24 Elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads!
These 24 Elders on 24 thrones surrounding the Thrones of the Father and Jesus; are mentioned **12 TIMES** in Revelation 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16-18; 14:3 and 19:4!! The **MARTYRS** who are **AWAKE* and are already reigning in Heaven are mentioned about **24 TIMES** in Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9,10,13-17; 8:3,4; 11:7-12; 12:11; 13:11,15; 14:1-5,13; 15:2-4; 16:6; 18:24 and 19:2! The **24 ELDERS** and the **MARTYRS are the only saints mentioned in heaven who are already **AWAKE** and **REIGNING** with Jesus in heaven during the 1260-day Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 to Revelation 19:4.
It is completely obvious that the 1,000 year reign mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is for 24 ELDERS on Thrones and MARTYRS ONLY according to God's Word in Revelation 20:4,5b,6a: "I saw Thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded {Or martyred} because of their testimony for Jesus {NT Martyrs} and because of the Word of God {OT Martyrs}. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {Tribulation Martyrs}. THEY {THE 24 ELDERS & MARTYRS} came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years... This is the FIRST RESURRECTION... Blessed and holy are those who have part in the FIRST RESURRECTION. Rev 20:5a: �The rest of the dead {Those saints who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on Thrones} did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ENDED.�
Which, of course, would be the SECOND RESURRECTION at the 2nd Coming of Jesus. There are only TWO RESURRECTIONS for all saints mentioned in Rev 20:4-6: The FIRST RESURRECTION is for Martyrs and the 24 Elders only and INCLUDES the Tribulation Martyrs. And therefore the SECOND RESURRECTION must come on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation and must include all saints {Both OT & NT} who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on thrones.
The Heavenly rewards for the faithful and courageous *MARTYRS* is one of the most important central themes in the book of Revelation. For they will reign with Jesus in Heaven during the 1,000 years before His 2nd Coming; and according to Revelation 7:14-17: They are before the Throne of God and God will spread His tent over them. They will receive White Robes washed in the blood of the Lamb. Never again will they hunger or thirst and God Himself will wipe every tear from their eyes. Jesus will be their Shepherd and will lead them to springs of Living Water.
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us suppose that the SECOND RESURRECTION takes place on October 25th, 2021 after a 1260-day Great Tribulation starting on May 14th, 2018: Then the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION for MARTYRS AND 24 ELDERS ONLY would take place from October 25th, AD 1021 to October 25th, 2021. The 24 Elders and all of the OT & NT saints martyred before October 25th, 1021 were awakened to reign with Jesus in Heaven and every Martyr martyred after October 25th, 1021 were and will be immediately awakened to reign with Jesus in the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION to be completed on October 25th, 2021 at the SECOND RESURRECTION when "The rest of the dead come to life when the thousand years are ENDED." {Rev 20:5a} Rev 20:4b �I saw the *SOULS of those who had been martyred because of their testimony for Jesus... they came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years.
I Corinthians 15:51,52: Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep {Since the 24 Elders and Martyrs will be **AWAKE**}, but we will be changed--in a flash, in a twinkling of an eye, at the Last {And 7th} Trumpet.
Daniel 12:1,2: There will be a time of distress such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone found in the {*LAMB'S} Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who **SLEEP** in the dust of the earth will **AWAKE** some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt... It will be for time {360 days}, times {720 days} and 1/2 a time {180 days}... all these things will be completed!
I Thessalonians 5:10: Christ died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep we may live together with Him!!
Revelation 2:10: Jesus says, "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the Crown of **LIFE**!!"
Daniel 12:1,2: There will be a time of distress such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone found in the {*LAMB'S} Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who **SLEEP** in the dust of the earth will **AWAKE** some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt... It will be for time {360 days}, times {720 days} and 1/2 a time {180 days}... all these things will be completed!
Revelation 6:9-11: When He {Jesus} opened the fifth seal I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, How long Sovereign Lord, holy and true until You judge the inhabitants of the earth an avenge our blood?" Then each of them were given a **WHITE ROBE**, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed!
Revelation 7:9,10,13-17: After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no on could count, from **EVERY** nation, tribe, people and language, {Not just Jacob's Trouble!} standing before the throne and before the **LAMB**. They were wearing **WHITE ROBES** and were holding palm branches in their hands. And the cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the **LAMB**>"... Then one of the {24} Elders asked me, "These in **WHITE ROBES**--who are they and where did they come from?' And he said, "These are they who have come out of the Great Tribulation {**MARTYRS**}; they have washed their robes in the blood of the **LAMB**. Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will shelter them with His presence. Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. For the **LAMB** at the center of the throne will be their Shepherd; He will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes!" {This will take place shortly **BEFORE** the 7 Trumpet plagues and the second resurrection of the other saints who are asleep in Christ and who are not **MARTYRS** on the Last Day!!}
This seems to contradict John 6:40: Jesus says, �EVERYONE who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the LAST DAY.� However, the LAST DAY RESURRECTION could last 1,000 years for in 2 Pet 3:8 we read: �With the Lord a DAY is like 1,000 years, and 1,000 years are like a DAY!!
Will the 26 Texan *MARTYRS* if saved immediately reign with Jesus in Heaven with White Robes??
Posted : 9 Nov, 2017 01:22 PM
THERE WILL BE 2 COMINGS OF JESUS ON THE SAME LAST DAY. THE FIRST COMING WILL BE *FOR* HIS SAINTS AND THE SECOND COMING *WITH* HIS SAINTS:
Revelation 19:7,8,11,14,19,20; 20:10: "The wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. Fine linen bright and clean was given her to wear...I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose Rider is called Faithful and True...The armies of heaven were following Him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen **WHITE** and clean... I saw the Beast {666} and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the Rider on the horse and His army. But the Beast will be captured, and with him the False Prophet who had performed miraculous signs on his behalf...The two of them will be thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur...And the Devil who deceived them will be thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the Beast and the False Prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
The **SECOND RESURRECTION** on the Last Day will not include the **MARTYRS** who have been continually resurrected in the 1,000 year **FIRST RESURRECTION** before the Last Day; and have already received their **WHITE ROBES** as per Revelation 6:9-11 & Rev 7:9-17!!
Revelation 17:14: "They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings--and with Him will be Him called, chosen and faithful followers!"
666 is referred to in the MASCULINE gender 28 times and the Beast is never referred to in the feminine or neuter gender. It is interesting to note that if the Beast of the end-times will be a religious organization, country or city it would be referred to in the female or neuter gender!!! The masculine pronouns used for the Beast are "HIS" 11 times: Rev 13:1, 5,16b,18b; 14:9,11; 17:7b; 19:2; 20:4(2X) & Daniel 7:26. "HE" 10 times: Rev 13:1;6a,7a,7; 17:8b; 17:11; 2 Thess 2:6; Daniel 7:24,25 & Daniel 9:27. "HIM" 5 times: Rev 13:4b; 19:20; 2 Thess 2:6; Daniel 7:25 & Daniel 9:27. "HIMSELF" 2 times in 2 Thess 2:4.
In Thess 2:3 the Beast of the End-Times is called a "*MAN* of sin or lawlessness" or very SINFUL MAN and therefore the name of the Beast which adds up to 666 is a *MAN'S* name which is also confirmed in Rev 13:17b,18 below. The False Prophet is also only referred to in the MASCULINE gender and is called "HE" 10 times in Rev 13:18 {2}; 13:12; 13:13; 13:14 {3} 13:15; 13:16 and Rev 19:18.
666 is called a "BEAST" 36 or *6X6* times in Revelation and the False Prophet of 666 is called the *BEAST of the EARTH* one time in Rev 13:11.
The False Prophet of 666 will be very powerful and well-known religious person and most likely will be a very deceptive speaker on TV and very good at telling deceptive lies.{Pope Francis?} Satan is called a Dragon in Revelation 12:3,7: and 13:1 and 16:13.
The BEAST, mentioned 36 {6X6} times in Revelation, is a much better name than the antichrist since anti-christ is mentioned 5 times in God's Word {I John 2:18{2X}, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7} and each time the word encompasses all who are against Christ. Such as I John 2:18: "Even now *MANY** anti-christs have come."
Revelation 13:4-10: Men worshipped the Dragon {Satan} because he had given authority to the Beast {666}, and they also worshipped the Beast {666} and asked, "Who is like the Beast {666}? Who can make war against him?" The Beast {666} was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months {Or 1260 days or time {360 days} times {720 days and 1/2 a time {180 days} {See Daniel 7:25 and Daniel 12:1,2,7b} ....
He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And He {666} was given authority over **EVERY** tribe, people, language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb that was slain. He who has an ear let him hear: If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go . If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints!!
Revelation 13:11-18: The I saw another Beast coming out of the *EARTH*{The False Prophet}. He had 2 horns like a lamb {religious person}, but he spoke like a dragon {a deceptive liar like Satan}. He exercised all the authority of the first Beast {666} on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast {666}, whose fatal wound had been healed. And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come from down from heaven to earth in full view of men. Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast {666}, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image {Or statue} in honor of the beast {666} who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. He was given power to give breath to the image {Or statue} of the first beast {666}, so it could {Miraculously} speak and cause all who refused to worship the image {Or statue on worldwide TV?} to be killed. He also forced everyone to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast {Nero Caesar} or the number of his name {666}. This calls for wisdom. if anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is a **MAM'S** number. His number is 666.
Daniel 12:1b,2,7b: �There will be a time of distress {The Great Tribulation} such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time {The Last Day} your people--*EVERYONE* whose name is found written in the Book {Both OT & NT Saints}�will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt�It will be for a time. times and half a time {1260 days-Rev 12:6,14, or 42 {30-day} months-Rev 13:5-{Not 7 years} *ALL* these things will be *COMPLETED.
Daniel 7:21,22,25-27: This horn {666} was waging war against the saints and defeating them, until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the Kingdom...He {666} will speak against the Most High and oppress His saints . The saints will be handed over to him for time {360 days} times {720 days} and 1/2 a time {180 days} {Or 1260 days}. But then the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever {See Rev 19:20}. Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His Kingdom will be an EVERLASTING KINGDOM!!
By comparing Revelation 12:5 with Revelation 12:13 we know that time {360 days} times {720 days} and 1/2 a time is exactly 1260 days; and also 42 30-day months is also exactly 1260 days!!
Will the 26 Texan *MARTYRS* if saved immediately reign with Jesus in Heaven with White Robes??
Posted : 10 Nov, 2017 02:15 PM
**THE WONDERFUL NAMES OF JESUS CHRIST**!!
Jesus in English is Yeshua or Joshua in Hebrew and means **GOD IS HELP**!! Joshua in Hebrew is phonetically pronounced "YESHUA" since the "J" in Hebrew is pronounced "YEH". �Christ� comes from the Greek word "Christos", meaning �Anointed One� or �Chosen One.� This is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word Masheach, or �Messiah.� Jesus the Messiah in Hebrew is pronounced **YESHUA HA MASHEACH**
Matthew 1:21-23: The angel of the Lord said, " She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name **JESUS** {Which means **GOD IS HELP**}, because He will save His people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said {In Isaiah 7:14 below} through the prophet: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son and they will all Him **IMMANUEL** which means **GOD WITH US**!"
Luke 2:9,10: An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. The angel said, "I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a **SAVIOR** has been born to you; He is the **MESSIAH**, the **LORD**!"
Isaiah 7:14: "The Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and will call Him **IMMANUEL!" {Which means **GOD WITH US**! quoted in Matthew 1:23 above}
Isaiah 9:6: For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called **WONDERFUL COUNSELOR** and **MIGHTY GOD**!
Titus 2:13,14: We wait for the **BLESSED HOPE**--the glorious appearing of our **GREAT GOD** AND **SAVIOR**, Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are **HIS VERY OWN**, eager to do what is good!!
**JESUS CHRIST** is also called **THE LAMB OF GOD** **THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE** **THE GOOD SHEPHERD** **JUDGE** **LORD OF LORDS** **HEAD OF THE CHURCH** **MASTER** **FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS** **THE ROCK** **HIGH PRIEST** **THE DOOR** **LIVING WATER** **BREAD OF LIFE** **ROSE OF SHARON** **ALPHA AND OMEGA** **THE BEGINNING AND THE END** THE TRUE VINE** **TEACHER** **PROPHET** **ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD** **HOLY ONE** **ONLY MEDIATOR** **LIGHT OF THE WORLD** **IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD** **THE WORD** **CHIEF CORNERSTONE** **SAVIOR** **AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH** **THE ALMIGHTY** **KING OF KINGS** **PRINCE OF PEACE** **SON OF MAN** **REDEEMER** **BRIGHT MORNING STAR** **THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE**!!
Will the 26 Texan *MARTYRS* if saved immediately reign with Jesus in Heaven with White Robes??
Posted : 11 Nov, 2017 12:35 PM
Genesis 6:11,12; 7:1,7,10: Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them!"... The Lord then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous to this generation... **7 DAYS FROM NOW** I will send rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe from the earth every living creature I have made. Noah and his sons and his wife and his son's wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood... And after the **7 DAYS** the floodwaters came on the earth!
Matthew 24:37-39: Jesus said, "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 given 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!" {However, the righteous Noah and his righteous family knew the exact day the flood would come!!!}
I Thessalonians 4:16-18; 5:1-5: For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the {7th & Last} Trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first {Except for the **MARTYRS who have already risen!} 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. Now, brothers and sister about times and dates we will not need to write you, for you know very well tat the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. {To unbelievers} While people are saying, Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant women, and the will not escape! But you, brothers and sisters are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are children of the light and children of the day.
For once the 1260-day Great Tribulation begins all of God's true saints will then know the exact day that the 1260-day Great Tribulation will end!!
Revelation 3:3: Jesus says, "Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard, hold it fast and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will know at what time I will come to you!!"
Revelation 13:5-8: The Beast will exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months. ... He will be give power to wage war against God's people and to conquer them. And he will be given authority over **EVERY** tribe, people language and **NATION**. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the Beast--all whose names have not been written in the **LAMB'S**Book of Life!
Matthew 24:9-13; 29-31: Jesus says, "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by **ALL NATIONS** because of Me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold but they who stands firm to the end will be saved... Immediately after the distress of those {1260} days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from the sky! {Luke 21:28 adds "When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!"} Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. and then all the {Unsaved} peoples of the earth will mourn when the see the son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud {7th & Last} trumpet call, and the will gather His elect from the 4 winds, from one end of heavens to the other!" {Mark 13:27 adds "From the ends of the earth!"}
Daniel 12:1,2,7b: There will be a time of distress such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name was found in the {**LAMB'S**} Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake; {Except the **MARTYRS** who are already AWAKE} some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt... It will be for a time {360 days} times {720 days} and 1/2 a time {180 days}. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, **ALL** these things will be **COMPLETED**!
Will the 26 Texan *MARTYRS* if saved immediately reign with Jesus in Heaven with White Robes??
Posted : 11 Nov, 2017 12:35 PM
Genesis 6:11,12; 7:1,7,10: Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them!"... The Lord then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous to this generation... **7 DAYS FROM NOW** I will send rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe from the earth every living creature I have made. Noah and his sons and his wife and his son's wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood... And after the **7 DAYS** the floodwaters came on the earth!
Matthew 24:37-39: Jesus said, "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 given 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!" {However, the righteous Noah and his righteous family knew the exact day the flood would come!!!}
I Thessalonians 4:16-18; 5:1-5: For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the {7th & Last} Trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first {Except for the **MARTYRS who have already risen!} 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. Now, brothers and sister about times and dates we will not need to write you, for you know very well tat the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. {To unbelievers} While people are saying, Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant women, and the will not escape! But you, brothers and sisters are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are children of the light and children of the day.
For once the 1260-day Great Tribulation begins all of God's true saints will then know the exact day that the 1260-day Great Tribulation will end!!
Revelation 3:3: Jesus says, "Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard, hold it fast and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will know at what time I will come to you!!"
Revelation 13:5-8: The Beast will exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months. ... He will be give power to wage war against God's people and to conquer them. And he will be given authority over **EVERY** tribe, people language and **NATION**. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the Beast--all whose names have not been written in the **LAMB'S**Book of Life!
Matthew 24:9-13; 29-31: Jesus says, "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by **ALL NATIONS** because of Me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold but they who stands firm to the end will be saved... Immediately after the distress of those {1260} days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from the sky! {Luke 21:28 adds "When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!"} Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. and then all the {Unsaved} peoples of the earth will mourn when the see the son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud {7th & Last} trumpet call, and the will gather His elect from the 4 winds, from one end of heavens to the other!" {Mark 13:27 adds "From the ends of the earth!"}
Daniel 12:1,2,7b: There will be a time of distress such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name was found in the {**LAMB'S**} Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake; {Except the **MARTYRS** who are already AWAKE} some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt... It will be for a time {360 days} times {720 days} and 1/2 a time {180 days}. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, **ALL** these things will be **COMPLETED**!
Will the 26 Texan *MARTYRS* if saved immediately reign with Jesus in Heaven with White Robes??
Posted : 12 Nov, 2017 12:45 PM
Now the pre-tribbers like Equalizer21 believe that **ALL** the **CHURCH SAINTS**, dead or alive, will be raptured **BEFORE** the Great Tribulation begins and that the unbelievers will be resurrected **AFTER** the Great Tribulation ends???
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
2 Thessalonians 1:1,6-10: To the **CHURCH** of the Thessalonians... God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen **WHEN**the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with His powerful angels {See Matthew 24:29-31 and Matthew 25:31} He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the Gospel of our lord Jesus They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord **ON THE DAY HE COMES** to be glorified in His holy people {Including **CHURCH SAINTS**--See Matthew 25:31-46} and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes **YOU**** {Thessalonian **CHURCH SAINTS**}
Pre-Tibbers also claim that the **CHURCH SAINTS** and the Lost will not be resurrected on the same **LAST DAY** of the Great Tribulation??
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
John 12:48: Jesus says, "There is a Judge for the one who rejects Me and does not accept My words, that very word which I spoke will condemn him on the **LAST DAY**!" See Matthew 25:31-46; Daniel 12:1,2 and John 5:28}
John 6:40: Jesus says, ""For My Father's will is that **EVERYONE** who looks to the Son and believes in Him {**CHURCH SAINTS**} shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the **LAST DAY**!"
Pre-Tribbers also claim that all of the Church saints will be raptured **BEFORE** the **MAN OF LAWLESSNESS IS REVEALED**??
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
2 Thessalonians 1:1; 2:1-3, 8: To the **CHURCH** of the Thessalonians... Concerning the **COMING*** of our Lord Jesus and **OUR** {CHURCH SAINTS} being gathered to Him.... Don't let anyone {Like Pre-Tribbers} deceive you in any way, for **THAT DAY WILL NOT COME** **UNTIL THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS IS
REVEALED**!... The lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of His mouth and destroy by the splendor **OF HIS COMING**!! {On the **LAST DAY** of the Great Tribulation**} It is interesting to note that the only **COMING** of the Lord Jesus when the **CHURCH SAINTS** are gathered to Him; mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 and 2:1 and 2:8; is on the **LAST DAY** of the Great Tribulation!!
I Peter 1:13: �Therefore, prepare your minds for ACTION, and set your hope *FULLY* on the grace to be given YOU when Jesus Christ is **REVEALED**.
I Corinthians 1:7: �YOU do not lack any spiritual gift as YOU eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be **REVEALED**.
Now the pre-tribbers claim that the glorious **REVEALING** or *REVELATION* of Jesus will be *CONCEALED* BEFORE the beginning of the Great Tribulation. However, every other time the Word **REVEALED** {Greek-Apocalypsis} is used related to resurrection events it refers to the glorious **REVEALING** of Jesus
on the **LAST DAY** of the Great Tribulation {See 2 Thess 1:7-10 & Luke 17:26-31}. And *CONCEALED* is the exact opposite of **REVEALED** and **APPEARED** according to every dictionary! The Word of God clearly shows that the **CHURCH SAINTS** are waiting for the **APPEARING** and **REVEALING ** of our Lord Jesus Christ which completely contradicts the Pre-Trib theory that the **CHURCH SAINTS ** are all waiting for a **CONCEALED RAPTURE**???
Titus 2:13 **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} wait for the **BLESSED HOPE**---the glorious **APPEARING** of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ!!
Hebrews 9:28: Jesus will **APPEAR** a 2nd time {And not a 3rd TIME!} to bring salvation **TO THOSE WHO ARE WAITING FOR HIM**!!
Colossians 3:4: When Christ, who is your life **APPEARS**, then **YOU** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} also will **APPEAR** with Him in glory.�
I John 3:2,3: �When Jesus **APPEARS**, **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure!!�
Matthew 24:29-31: Jesus says, �IMMEDIATELY AFTER the distress of those days {The Great Tribulation} the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky. At that time the sign of the Son of Man will **APPEAR** in the sky and the nations will see the Son of Man **COMING** on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory! And He will send His angels with a **LOUD** {7th & Last} trumpet call and He will gather His **ELECT**!"
I John 2:28: �Dear children, continue in Him, so that when He *APPEARS* **WE** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} may be confident and unashamed before Him at His COMING!� {See 2 Thess 1:7-10; I Tim 6:14; Heb 9:28 & Col 3:4}
2 Tim 4:8: Paul said, There is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on THAT DAY�and not only to me, but to *ALL* {**CHURCH SAINTS**} who have longed for His **APPEARING**!!� {See Matt 24:30 above!!}
I Peter 5:4: �When the Chief Shepherd **APPEARS**, **YOU** {CHURCH SAINTS**} will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away!�
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Posted : 13 Nov, 2017 12:20 PM
Psalm 90:1,2,4: Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations... from everlasting to everlasting you are God... 1,000 years in your sight are **LIKE A DAY** that has just gone by!!"
2 Peter 3:3,4,8: In the Last Days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is the Coming He promised? Ever since are ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."... But do not forget this one thing, ear friends: With the Lord **A DAY IS LIKE 1,000 YEARS** and **1,000 YEARS ARE LIKE A DAY**!!
John 6:40: Jesus says, "For My Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the **LAST DAY**!"
John 12:48: Jesus says, "There is a Judge for the one who rejects Me and does not accept My words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the (SAME}**LAST DAY**!"
This **SECOND RESURRECTION** which will bring in **EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS** on the **LAST DAY** of the **1,000 YEAR DAY** will include all the saints and lost of all ages who are not **MARTYRS** or one of the **24 ELDERS**.
IS THE 1,000 YEAR FIRST RESURRECTION IN REVELATION 20:4-6 FOR THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES AND MARTYRS ONLY??
Jesus promised to 12 Apostles who followed Him {Including Paul?} that they would be given 12 THRONES and the authority to JUDGE in Matthew 19:28 & Luke 22:30.
Matthew 19:28: Jesus said to His Apostles, "When the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne you who have followed Me {Paul instead of Judas} will also sit **ON 12 THRONES** **JUDGING**!"
In Revelation 4:4 Before the beginning of the Great Tribulation John saw exactly 24 thrones surrounding God's Throne in Heaven. The other 12 thrones were most likely given to 12 prominent OT Elders such as Abraham, Joseph, Isaiah, Jeremiah, David, Daniel, Moses, Elijah, Samuel, Joshua, Noah and Enoch. One of these 24 Elders speaks in Rev 7:13-17 and after the 7TH angel sounds the 7TH and Last Trumpet in Rev 11:15.
Revelation 4:4: Surrounding the throne were 24 other thrones, and seated on them were 24 Elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads!
These 24 Elders on 24 thrones surrounding the Thrones of the Father and Jesus; are mentioned **12 TIMES** in Revelation 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16-18; 14:3 and 19:4!! The **MARTYRS** who are **AWAKE* and are already reigning in Heaven are mentioned about **24 TIMES** in Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9,10,13-17; 8:3,4; 11:7-12; 12:11; 13:11,15; 14:1-5,13; 15:2-4; 16:6; 18:24 and 19:2! The **24 ELDERS** and the **MARTYRS are the only saints mentioned in heaven who are already **AWAKE** and **REIGNING** with Jesus in heaven during the 1260-day Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 to Revelation 19:4.
It is completely obvious that the 1,000 year reign mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is for 24 ELDERS on Thrones and MARTYRS ONLY according to God's Word in Revelation 20:4,5b,6a: "I saw Thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded {Or martyred} because of their testimony for Jesus {NT Martyrs} and because of the Word of God {OT Martyrs}. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {Tribulation Martyrs}. THEY {THE 24 ELDERS & MARTYRS} came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years... This is the FIRST RESURRECTION... Blessed and holy are those who have part in the FIRST RESURRECTION. Rev 20:5a: �The rest of the dead {Those saints who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on Thrones} did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ENDED.�
Which, of course, would be the SECOND RESURRECTION at the 2nd Coming of Jesus. There are only TWO RESURRECTIONS for all saints mentioned in Rev 20:4-6: The FIRST RESURRECTION is for Martyrs and the 24 Elders only and INCLUDES the Tribulation Martyrs. And therefore the SECOND RESURRECTION must come on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation and must include all saints {Both OT & NT} who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on thrones.
The Heavenly rewards for the faithful and courageous *MARTYRS* is one of the most important central themes in the book of Revelation. For they will reign with Jesus in Heaven during the 1,000 years before His 2nd Coming; and according to Revelation 7:9,14-17: They are before the Throne of God and God will spread His tent over them. They will receive White Robes washed in the blood of the Lamb. Never again will they hunger or thirst and God Himself will wipe every tear from their eyes. Jesus will be their Shepherd and will lead them to springs of Living Water.
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us suppose that the SECOND RESURRECTION takes place on October 25th, 2021 after a 1260-day Great Tribulation starting on May 14th, 2018: Then the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION for MARTYRS AND 24 ELDERS ONLY would take place from October 25th, AD 1021 to October 25th, 2021. The 24 Elders and all of the OT & NT saints martyred before October 25th, 1021 were awakened to reign with Jesus in Heaven and every Martyr martyred after October 25th, 1021 were and will be immediately awakened to reign with Jesus in the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION to be completed on October 25th, 2021 at the SECOND RESURRECTION when "The rest of the dead come to life when the thousand years are ENDED." {Rev 20:5a} Rev 20:4b �I saw the *SOULS of those who had been martyred because of their testimony for Jesus... they came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years.
I Corinthians 15:51,52: Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep {Since the 24 Elders and Martyrs will be **AWAKE**}, but we will be changed--in a flash, in a twinkling of an eye, at the Last {And 7th} Trumpet.
Daniel 12:1,2: There will be a time of distress such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone found in the {*LAMB'S} Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who **SLEEP** in the dust of the earth will **AWAKE** {Except the *24 ELDERS* & *MARTYRS* who are already AWAKE!} some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt... It will be for time {360 days}, times {720 days} and 1/2 a time {180 days}... all these things will be completed!
This seems to contradict John 6:40: Jesus says, �EVERYONE who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the LAST DAY.� However, the LAST DAY RESURRECTION could last 1,000 years for in 2 Pet 3:8 we read: �With the Lord a DAY is like 1,000 years, and 1,000 years are like a DAY!!
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Posted : 14 Nov, 2017 08:09 PM
**THE MIRACULOUS REWARDS FOR THE CORAGEOUS AND FAITHFUL **MARTYRS**!!
Revelation 6:9-11: When He {Jesus} opened the fifth seal I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and the testimony they had maintained {**MARTYRS**}. They called out in a loud voice, How long Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the earth an avenge our blood?" Then each of them were given a **WHITE ROBE**, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed!
Revelation 6:9-11 above will take place at the **BEGINNING** of the 1260-day Great Tribulation and **BEFORE** the Last Day!!
Revelation 7:9,10,13-17: After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no on could count, from **EVERY** nation, tribe, people and language, {Not just Jacob's Trouble!} standing before the throne and before the **LAMB**. They were wearing **WHITE ROBES** and were holding palm branches in their hands. And the cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the **LAMB**>"... Then one of the {24} Elders asked me, "These in **WHITE ROBES**--who are they and where did they come from?' And he said, "These are they who have come out of the Great Tribulation {**MARTYRS**}; they have washed their robes in the blood of the **LAMB**. Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will shelter them with His presence. Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. For the **LAMB** at the center of the throne will be their Shepherd; He will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes!"
Revelation 7:0-17 above will take place shortly **BEFORE** the 7 Trumpet plagues in Revelation 8 and **BEFORE** the second resurrection of the other saints who are asleep in Christ and who are not **MARTYRS** like Jesus on the Last Day!!
Revelation 14:1-3,8: Then I looked and there before me was the **LAMB**, standing on Mount Zion {Another name for Heaven as per Heb 12:22}, and with him the 144,000 who had His name written on their foreheads. And I heard a sound from **HEAVEN** like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. And they sang a new song before the **THRONE** and before the 4 living creatures and the {24} ELDERS. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been **REDEEMED FROM THE EARTH**!... A 2nd angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries!"
The fall of Babylon which will be the headquarters of 666 in the evil city on 7 hills or Rome will occur a few weeks before the Last Day/} And so the 144,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel who are saved during the Great Tribulation in Revelation 7 will all have been **MARTYRED** and in Heaven **BEFORE** the headquarters of 666 is destroyed a few weeks **BEFORE** the Last Day!
Revelation 15:1-5: I saw in **HEAVEN** another great and marvelous sign: 7 angels with the 7 last plagues--last, because with them God's wrath is completed. And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the Beast and his image and over the number of his name {**TRIBULATION MARTYRS**} They had harps given them by God and sang the song of God's servant and of the **LAMB**!
So again we see **MARTYRS** like Jesus **AWAKE** in heaven with heavenly bodies and dressed in White Robes **BEFORE** the Last Day!!
Daniel 12:1,2,7b: There will be a time of distress such as not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name was found in the {**LAMB'S**} Book--will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake; {Except the **MARTYRS** who are already AWAKE} some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt... It will be for a time {360 days} times {720 days} and 1/2 a time {180 days}. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, **ALL** these things will be **COMPLETED**!
! Corinthians 15:50-52: I declare to you brothers and sisters that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will no all sleep {Since the **MARTYRS** are **AWAKE**}, but we will all be changed--in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye at the **LAST {LOUD & 7TH} TRUMPET**{See Matt 24:31; I Thess 4:16, Rev 10:7 & 11:15-18. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Except the 24 ELDERS and **MARTYRS** like Jesus who are already **ALIVE** **CHANGED** and **AWAKE** in heaven!!!
These 24 Elders on 24 thrones surrounding the Thrones of the Father and Jesus; are mentioned **12 TIMES** in Revelation 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16-18; 14:3 and 19:4!! The **MARTYRS** who are **AWAKE* and are already reigning in Heaven are mentioned about **24 TIMES** in Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9,10,13-17; 8:3,4; 11:7-12; 12:11; 13:11,15; 14:1-5,13; 15:2-4; 16:6; 18:24 and 19:2! The **24 ELDERS** and the **MARTYRS are the only saints mentioned in heaven who are already **AWAKE** and **REIGNING** with Jesus in heaven during the 1260-day Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 to Revelation 19:4. If there was a pre-trib rapture of all the Church saints **BEFORE** the Great Tribulation why are they never mentioned in heaven during the Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 thru 19:4 ?????
It is completely obvious that the 1,000 year reign mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is for 24 ELDERS on Thrones and MARTYRS ONLY according to God's Word in:
Revelation 20:4,5b,6a: "I saw Thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded {Or martyred} because of their testimony for Jesus {NT Martyrs} and because of the Word of God {OT Martyrs}. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {Tribulation Martyrs}. THEY {THE 24 ELDERS & MARTYRS} came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years... This is the FIRST RESURRECTION... Blessed and holy are those who have part in the FIRST RESURRECTION. Rev 20:5a: �The rest of the dead {Those saints who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on Thrones} did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ENDED.�
Which, of course, would be the SECOND RESURRECTION at the 2nd Coming of Jesus. There are only TWO RESURRECTIONS for all saints mentioned in Rev 20:4-6: The FIRST RESURRECTION is for Martyrs and the 24 Elders only and INCLUDES the Tribulation Martyrs. And therefore the SECOND RESURRECTION must come on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation and must include all saints {Both OT & NT} who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on thrones.
The Heavenly rewards for the faithful and courageous *MARTYRS* is one of the most important central themes in the book of Revelation. For they will reign with Jesus in Heaven during the 1,000 years before His 2nd Coming!!
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Posted : 15 Nov, 2017 07:00 AM
MILLIONS of Christians across the world are facing punishments including imprisonment, torture and death for practicing their faith, shocking new research has revealed.
Pakistan among worst places for Christian persecution
North Korea, Somalia and Afghanistan are the worst countries to openly follow the teachings of the Bible, according to the study by Open Doors.
North Korea has been branded the most dangerous country in the world for Christians since 2002.
The Christian charity found the global level of Christian persecution has risen for the fourth year in a row, with Asian countries showing a particularly rapid rise.
The study found Islamic extremism was responsible for increased hostility in 14 of the top 20 counties on its list.
And the research discovered followers of Jesus living in India were faced with a �very high� level of persecution as �Hindu nationalists batter the churches�.
Millions of Christians around the world now live their lives against varying levels of discrimination, discovery, violence and arrest.
The charity concludes �millions of Christians around the world now live their lives against varying levels of discrimination, discovery, violence and arrest�.
The study highlighted the top 50 countries where it is most difficult to practice the Christian faith, and rated levels of persecution as �extreme�, �very high� or �high�.
North Korea topped the list because of dictator Kim Jong-un�s brutal crackdown against the nation's estimated 300,000 Christians.
The tyrant�s family are worshipped like gods and any suggestion there is a higher authority than the supreme leader is �immediately crushed�.
Open Doors says: �Tens of thousands of Christians are incarcerated in horrific labour camps, and thousands more keep their faith in Christ a complete secret - often their own family members do not know of their faith.�
In lawless Somalia, which ranks second for persecution, the charity says people even suspected of being a Christian can be murdered on the spot.
The militant Islamist group al-Shabaab, which is highly active in the East African nation, has made making Somalia �free of all Christians� one of its missions.
The Kim family are viewed as gods in North Korea and Christians face imprisonment or death.
The charity's research says in Afghanistan, which ranks third in the study, it is illegal for Afghans to practice any faith other than Islam.
But despite the ban, Open Doors estimates there are thousands of Christians living in the central Asian country.
The charity says: �Discovered believers will sometimes be sent to a mental hospital, as families believe no sane person would leave Islam.�
The study ranked India 15th on its list because it says there are efforts to impose national anti-conversion laws to prevent anyone from practicing anything other than Hinduism.
The charity says a massive 63.9 million Christians are living in the vast South Asian state, and face persecution from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
The research says: �Some of those who have left Hinduism to follow Jesus have been attacked and even killed by their own parents.�
China is ranked 39th and was found to have a �high� level of persecution.
The world�s most populous country is home to an estimated 97.2million Christians and Open Doors says �a considerable number� of those are still imprisoned for practicing their faith.
The study says: �Violence is at a very high level and is increasing. �Church meetings continue to be disrupted in several provinces. �Churches were also closed and landlords pressured to stop renting premises to Christians.�
Open Doors has identified eight main 'engines' of persecution that describe why Christians are persecuted in a particular area or setting.
�Islamic extremism - attempts to bring the country or the world under the 'House of Islam' through violent or non-violent actions.
�Religious nationalism - attempts to conquer the nation for one's religion. Mainly Hinduism and Buddhism, or other religions.
�Ethnic antagonism - attempts to force the continuing influence of age-old norms and values shaped in 'tribal' context. Often comes in the form of traditional religion or something similar
�Denominational protectionism - attempts to maintain one's Christian denomination as the only legitimate or dominant expression of Christianity in the country. In most cases this Christian denomination is the majority Christian denomination
�Communist and post-Communist oppression - attempts to maintain Communism as a prescriptive ideology and/or controls the church through a system of registration and oversight that has come from Communism
�Secular intolerance - attempts to eradicate religion from the public and private domain, and imposes an atheistic form of secularism as a new governing ideology
�Organised corruption and crime - attempts to create a climate of impunity, anarchy and corruption as a means for self-enrichment
�Dictatorial paranoia - does anything to maintain power; not specifically focused on realising a vision.
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Posted : 15 Nov, 2017 12:58 PM
There are many pre-tribbers who believe that: God forbid that Christians should suffer Tribulation???
Romans 8:35-37: �Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?... For your sake **WE FACE DEATH ALL DAY LONG**; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us!�
John 13:34: Jesus says, "A **NEW COMMAND** I give you: **LOVE* one another As I have **LOVED** you, so you must **LOVE** one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples." John 15:12,13: Jesus says, "My command is this: **LOVE** each other as I have **LOVED** you. Greater **LOVE** has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. I John 3:16: This is how we know what **LOVE** is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to l**LAY DOWN OUR LIVES** for our brothers!
I Peter 2:20b,21: �But if you **SUFFER FOR DOING GOOD** and endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow **IN HIS STEPS**
I Peter 4:12,13: �Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But **REJOICE THAT YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST**, so that you may be overjoyed when His glory is *REVEALED!�
Matthew 5:10-12 Jesus says, �Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. **REJOICE** and be glad, because **GREAT IS YOUR REWARD** in heaven!!"
2 Timothy 3:12: �In fact, **EVERYONE** who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted!�
Romans 5:3: �But we **REJOICE IN OUR SUFFERINGS** because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope!
Philippians 1:29: For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on Him, but also to **SUFFER FOR HIM**!
Philippians 3:10: �I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of **SHARING IN HIS SUFFERINGS**!
Revelation 12:11: �They overcame him {666} by the **BLOOD OF THE LAMB** {**CHURCH SAINTS**} and by the word of their testimony; for they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death!�
Rev 2:10: Jesus says, �Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE**.�
Revelation 13:4-10: Men worshipped the Dragon {Satan} because he had given authority to the Beast {666}, and they also worshipped the Beast {666} and asked, "Who is like the Beast {666}? Who can make war against him?" The Beast {666} was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months {Or 1260 days or time {360 days} times {720 days and 1/2 a time {180 days} {See Daniel 7:25 and Daniel 12:1,2,7b} .... He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And He {666} was given authority over **EVERY** tribe, people, language and **NATION**. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb that was slain. He who has an ear let him hear: If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go . If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints!!
Matthew 24:3,9-13; 29-31: The disciples asked Jesus, "What will be the sign of your Coming and the end of the age? and the end of the age?"... Jesus answered, "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by **ALL NATIONS** because of Me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold but they who stands firm to the end will be saved... Immediately after the distress of those {1260} days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from the sky! {Luke 21:28 adds "When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!"} Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. and then all the {Unsaved} peoples of the earth will mourn when the see the son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud {7th & Last} trumpet call, and the will gather His elect from the 4 winds, from one end of heavens to the other!" {Mark 13:27 adds "From the ends of the earth!"}
It is interesting to note that a pre-trib rapture is never mentioned in the Olivet end-time prophecies in Matthew 24,25, Luke 21 and Mark 13 or in all of the end-time prophecies in Revelation!!
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Posted : 15 Nov, 2017 03:34 PM
Jesus promised to 12 Apostles who followed Him {Including Paul?} that they would be given 12 THRONES and the authority to JUDGE in Matthew 19:28 & Luke 22:30.
Matthew 19:28: Jesus said to His Apostles, "When the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne you who have followed Me {Paul instead of Judas} will also sit **ON 12 THRONES** **JUDGING**!"
In Revelation 4:4 Before the beginning of the Great Tribulation John saw exactly 24 thrones surrounding God's Throne in Heaven. The other 12 thrones were most likely given to 12 prominent OT Elders such as Abraham, Joseph, Isaiah, Jeremiah, David, Daniel, Moses, Elijah, Samuel, Joshua, Noah and Enoch. One of these 24 Elders speaks in Rev 7:13-17 and after the 7TH angel sounds the 7TH and Last Trumpet in Rev 11:15.
Revelation 4:4: Surrounding the throne were 24 other thrones, and seated on them were 24 Elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads!These 24 Elders on 24 thrones surrounding the Thrones of the Father and Jesus; are mentioned **12 TIMES** in Revelation 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16-18; 14:3 and 19:4!!
The **MARTYRS** who are **AWAKE* and are already reigning in Heaven are mentioned about **24 TIMES** in Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9,10,13-17; 8:3,4; 11:7-12; 12:11; 13:11,15; 14:1-5,13; 15:2-4; 16:6; 18:24 and 19:2! The **24 ELDERS** and the **MARTYRS are the **ONLY SAINTS** mentioned in heaven who are already **AWAKE** and **REIGNING** with Jesus in heaven during the 1260-day Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 to Revelation 19:4. If all of the millions of **CHURCH SAINTS** since AD 33 were raptured before the Great Tribulation began why are they not even mentioned **ONCE** in all the prophecies of the Great Tribulation in Revelation 4:4 to Revelation 19:4????
Revelation 13:4-10: Men worshipped the Dragon {Satan} because he had given authority to the Beast {666}, and they also worshipped the Beast {666} and asked, "Who is like the Beast {666}? Who can make war against him?" The Beast {666} was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months {Or 1260 days or time {360 days} times {720 days and 1/2 a time {180 days} {See Daniel 7:25 and Daniel 12:1,2,7b} .... He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And He {666} was given authority over **EVERY** tribe, people, language and **NATION**. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb that was slain. He who has an ear let him hear: If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints!!
Matthew 24:3,9-13; 29-31: The disciples asked Jesus, "What will be the sign of your Coming and the end of the age? and the end of the age?"... Jesus answered, "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by **ALL NATIONS** because of Me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold but they who stands firm to the end will be saved... Immediately after the distress of those {1260} days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from the sky! {Luke 21:28 adds "When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!"} Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. and then all the {Unsaved} peoples of the earth will mourn when the see the son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud {7th & Last} trumpet call, and the will gather His elect from the 4 winds, from one end of heavens to the other!" {Mark 13:27 adds "From the ends of the earth!"}
It is interesting to note that a pre-trib rapture of all of the **CHURCH SAINTS** since AD 33 is **NEVER MENTIONED** or even implied in the Olivet end-time prophecies in Matthew 24,25, Luke 21 and Mark 13 or in any of the end-time prophecies in Revelation!!
Revelation 1:1-3: The Revelation from Jesus Christ which God gave Him to show His servants what must take place. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw--that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blesse is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it!!
Jesus said to John, "Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now {Rev 2 & 3} and what will take place later!" {The Rest of Revelation}
Revelation 22:16,18,19: "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches.....I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this Book: If anyone **ADDS** anything to them {Like the pre-trib rapture}, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes *WORDS AWAY* from this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the Tree of Life and in the Holy City {The **NEW JERUSALEM**}, which are described in this Book.!!"
