Thread: *WHAT IS THE BIBLE DEFINITION OF THE CHURCH OR CONGREGATIION?
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*WHAT IS THE BIBLE DEFINITION OF THE CHURCH OR CONGREGATIION?
Posted : 23 Apr, 2018 07:24 AM
What is the Bible definition of church?
The word church in the Bible comes from the Greek word **EKKLESIA**, which means a called out company or assembly. Wherever it is used in the Bible it refers to people. It can be a mob (Acts 19:30-41), the children of Israel (Acts 7:38), and the body of Christ (Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 5:25, 32).
The Greek word **EKKLESIA** is mentioned 114 times in the New Testament and is also translated **ASSEMBLY** or **CONGREGATION**! The phrase **THE CHURCH THAT MEETS IN YOUR HOME** is mention 6 times in the New Testament and so the church or congregation is **NOT A BUILDING**!
We see the word church used three different ways: First, as the body of Christ, the church is often defined as a local assembly or group of believers (1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1; Galatians 1:1-2). Second, it is defined as the body of individual living believers (1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 1:13). Finally, it is defined as the universal group of all people who have trusted Christ through the ages (Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 5:23-27).
Bible Definition of Church or Congregation:
What the church or congregation is not:
�The church or congregation is not Jews or Gentiles:
We see three distinct groups of people in the Bible: Jews, Gentiles, and the church (1 Corinthians 10:31-33; Galatians 3:26-29). Jews are all born as descendants of Abraham through Isaac (Romans 9:6-7). Gentiles are all other people born who are not Jews.
When a Jew or a Gentile trusts Christ as their Savior, they are born again into God�s family, become a child of God, and are part of the church. They are no longer a Jew or a Gentile (Galatians 3:26-29). The wall of separation between Jew and Gentile is torn down and they become one body (Ephesians 2:14-16).
�The church or congregation is not a kingdom:
Some people try to make the church the kingdom of Heaven that has already come. They ignore the following: The church inherits the kingdom (Matthew 25:34; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Corinthians 15:47-50). The church is here on earth, but the kingdom of Heaven is not here (Isaiah 9:7; Matthew 5:19-20; Matthew 8:11)
�The church or conregation is not a physical building or business organization:
Too often people describe a church building or organization as the church. This is because they emphasize the facility or organizational hierarchy as what constitutes a church. Most churches are organized in such a way that the public face of a church is seen as a business. However, since many people have a difficult time putting a label on a church, the term local church is often used to denote the local assembly of believers along with their meeting place and operations.
What is the Biblical view of church?
�The church is the building or temple of God:
Although the church is not a physical building, believers are referred to as the building or temple of God. Like a physical building, believers also have a Cornerstone; Jesus Christ. The foundation is the prophets and apostles. (Matthew 16:16; 1 Corinthians 3:9-17; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:6; Ephesians 2:19-22).
�The church or congreagation is the bride of Christ:
The Bible makes reference to the church being the bride of Christ (2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:25-32). This also alluded to in John 14:1-3 when Jesus talked about making a place at His Father�s house for us. This is a direct reference to when a man proposes to a woman and they are engaged. The man goes back to his father�s house to build on an addition. When the addition is done and everything is ready, he comes to call for his bride, which symbolizes the resurrection (Matthew 25:1; Revelation 19:7-9).
�The church has a Spiritual purpose:
The local church or assembly of believers has different roles that God gave to specific believers for the purpose of perfecting or training the believers, doing the work of the ministry, and strengthening of the church body (Ephesians 4:11-14). The roles given in the Bible are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. Deacons are also mentioned in Acts 6:1-7 and 1 Timothy 3:8-13 as servants to wait upon people with physical needs.
The church body also serves as a local group to resolve conflicts (Matthew 18:15-20) and serve as a court (1 Corinthians 6:1-8). In addition, baptisms and the Lord�s Supper or communion are observed by the church body (Acts 2:37-40; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34). Depending on the size of the church body, other ministries are performed by the members of the church as God has gifted each person (Romans 12:3-13; Ephesians 4:1-8).
*WHAT IS THE BIBLE DEFINITION OF THE CHURCH OR CONGREGATIION?
Posted : 23 Apr, 2018 08:46 AM
**WHAT SATANIC BELIEFS MAKE YOU UNQUALIFIED TO BE A CONGREGATION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST**??
Any belief that you can come to God the Father in a way that contradicts the following:
John 14:6,7: Jesus says, "I am the **WAY** the **TRUTH** and the LIFE**. No one comes to the Father **EXCEPT THROUGH ME**. If you really knew Me, you will know My Father as well. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him!!"
A belief that you can be saved by good works or baptism:
Ephesians 2:8-10: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the **GIFT OF GOD**--**NOT BY WORKS**, so that no one can boast. For we are **GOD'S HANDIWORK**, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Any belief that claims that we are not saved by faith {A free gift} in the precious **BLOOD OF CHRIST**
I Peter 1:18,19: For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver and gold that you were **REDEEMED** from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the **PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST**, a Lamb without blemish or defect!
I Peter 2:24,25: He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness: "By His wounds we are healed!" {See Isaiah 53:5,6} For you were like sheep going astray but know you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer** of your souls!
A belief that all the words in the Greek New Testament are not inspired by God and does not have to be followed by the church or congregations of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Peter 3:15,16: Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our **DEAR BROTHER PAUL** also wrote you with the **WISDOM GOD GAVE TO HIM**. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand {To unbelievers} which **IGNORANT AND UNSTABLE PEOPLE DISTORT**, as they do other Scriptures, to their own **DESTRUCTION**! {God inspired Paul to write 14 of the 27 books of the New Testament which are part of **CHRIST'S LAW**}
I Corinthians 9:21: Paul said, "I am not free from God's law but am under **CHRIST'S LAW**!!"
Acts 22:14,15: Ananias said to Paul, "The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know **HIS WILL** and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from His mouth!! You will be **HIS WITNESS** to all people of what you have seen and heard!
Acts 20:27: Paul said, "For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the **WHOLE WILL OF GOD**!
I Timothy 3:16,17: All Scripture is **GOD-BREATHEED** and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead and in view of His appearing and His Kingdom, I give you this charge: **PREACH THE WORD**; be prepared in season in out of season, correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear!!
I Peter 1:23-25: For you have been **BORN AGAIN**, not of perishable seed but the imperishable, through the living and enduring **WORD OF GOD**. For all people are like grass, and all their glory is like flowers in the field; the grass withers and the flowers fail, but the **WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER**!!
I John 2:1-5: Jesus Christ, the Righteous one. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS**, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. We know we have come to know Him **IF** we keep His commands. Whoever says, "I know Him," but does not do what He commands is a **LIAR**, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone **OBEYS HIS WORD**, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in Him!!
So the two main reasons that the church or congregations of our Lord Jesus Christ should do good works is for thankfulness for the **FREE GIFT** of eternal life through the Precious Blood of Jesus and the many **ETERNAL REWARDS** for keeping the approximately 400 commands of Christ's New Covenant laws with **FAITH** **HOPE** and **LOVE**!!
*WHAT IS THE BIBLE DEFINITION OF THE CHURCH OR CONGREGATIION?
Posted : 24 Apr, 2018 06:22 PM
**WHAT SHOULD GOD'S SAINTS EXPECT DURING THE 1260-DAY GREAT TRIBULATION WHICH MAY BE EXTREMELY CLOSE**??
According to Revelation 13:5,7,8: The Beast {666} will have authority over **EVERY** tribe, people, **NATION** and language in the world for 42 {30-day} months {1260 days} and everyone whose name is not written in the Lamb's Book of Life will worship 666. 666 is called �THE BEAST� 36 {6x6} times in the book of Revelation.
Question: How will the Beast {666} and His False Prophet gain control of every nation of the world in the first week of the 1260-day Tribulation?? According to Daniel 7:24b a Roman King will subdue 3 kings. Rev 6:8; �There before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, {666} and Hades {The False prophet who will cause people to go to hell or hades with the mark of 666} was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
NOTE: China, India and Russia are 3 kingdoms that make up a fourth of the earth!
Rev 13:4-10: Men worshiped the dragon {Satan} because he had given authority to the Beast {666} and they also worshiped the beast and asked, �Who is like the Beast? Who can make war against him?� The Beast will exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months {1260 days}, 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. Whoever has ears let him hear: "If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they 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 God's saints! Revelation 14:12 adds: This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey His commands and remain faithful to Jesus!
Revelation 12:11: They triumphed over him {666}, by the blood of the **LAMB** and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death!
Some of the many eternal rewards for the martyrs like Jesus is that they will be immediately be awake in heaven, receive their new heavenly bodies and are before the throne of God **BEFORE** the Last Day as per Revelation 7:9,14-17 and Revelation 15:1-4!!
NOTE: **666** is called the Beast 36 or **6X6** times in Revelation.
Immediately after miraculously conquering 3 kingdoms or one fourth of the earth 666 will appoint 10 kings who had never before ruled over the 10 most powerful kingdoms of the earth.
Rev 17:12-14: The 10 horns you saw {On 666} are 10 kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will give their authority as kings along with the Beast {666}. They have one purpose and will give their authority to the Beast {666}. They will make war against the Lamb but the Lamb will overcome them {On the Last Day} because He is King of kings and Lord of lords.� {See Rev 19:20,21}
The following 10 powerful nations have **OVER 50% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION** and **ABOUT 70% OF THE WORLD'S MILITARY POWER** and certainly have the military, political and �religious� power to control and rule all the nations of the world: #1. United States #2. Russia #3. China {1.3 Billion} #4. Great Britain #5. France #6. India {1.1 Billion} #7. Germany #8. Japan #9. Brazil #10. Egypt. Brazil borders every nation in South America except for Chile. Egypt is the university, intellectual and theological center of Islam. And then 666 will have �Authority over every tribe, people, language and nation� as per Rev 13:7b, from his headquarters in the evil city on 7 hills or Rome. The idea that 666 will choose a European Union of 10 nations with about 5 % of the world's population and about 10 % of the world's military power to control the world just because these nations are close to Rome is just an idea which is not supported by God's Word.
Revelation 13:14-17: �He {The False Prophet-Pope Francis??} will deceive the inhabitants of the earth. He will order them to set up an image in honor of the Beast {666} who was wounded by the sword {On June 9th AD 68} and yet lived {Nero Caesar?}. He will have power to give breath to the image of the first Beast {666}, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image 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!�
Since these 2 world-wide laws: To worship the statue of 666 {Possibly on TV} or be killed; and not being able to buy or sell anything; there will be a huge falling away among most of the people who claim to be Christians but are not the called, the chosen and the faithful. Moses and Elijah will begin their 1260-day testimony {Rev 11:3} 3 1/2 days before the coming of 666 & the 1260-day Great Tribulation and 1263 1/2 days before the Last Day. {***THE FIRST END-TIME EVENT***} Moses and Elijah will warn us of the coming of 666 & his False Prophet.
In Matthew 24:3,9-13: The disciples asked Jesus, �What will be the sign of your Coming and the end of the age?? Jesus answered�.. {During the 1260-day Great Tribulation} �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 he {The Called, Chosen & Faithful} who stands firm to the **END** will be saved.� Rev 2:10: Jesus says, �Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the Crown of Life!�
God will miraculously take care of His Faithful and Courageous Tribulation Saints {Just as he took care of the Israelites for 40 years in the Wilderness} even though they won�t be able to buy or sell anything as per Rev 13:17a. {See Matthew 6:25-34 where storing up items are forbidden} There are a few Post-Tribbers such as Jim Bakker who are teachinng that we should store up at least a year's supply of food for the Great Tribulation which is a direct contradiction to God's Word in Matthew 6:31-34.
Matthew 6:31-34: Jesus says, �Do not worry, saying, �What shall we eat?� or �What shall we drink?� or �What shall we wear?� For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own!�
**JESUS SAYS DO NOT WORRY WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU ARE BROUGHT TO TRIAL DURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION**!!
Luke 21:12-15: Jesus says, "They will put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of My name. And so you will bear testimony to Me. But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. For I will give you words and wisdom, that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. Mark 13:11 adds: Jesus says, "Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the **HOLY SPIRIT**!"
**666 AND HIS FALSE PROPHET AND OTHER FALSE PROPHETS WILL PERFORM GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS THAT WILL ALMOST DECEIVE GOD'S ELECT**!!
Revelation 13:13,14: The False Prophet will perform great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. Because of the signs he will be given power to performon behalf of the Beast {666}, he deceived the inhabtants of the earth!
2 Thessalonians 2:9,10: The coming of the Lawless One {666} will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved.
Matthew 24:24,25: Jesus says, "False messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect--if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time!"
**AND THEN THE PRE-TRIBBERS QUOTE THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES:
Romans 5:9: Since we have been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from **GOD'S WRATH** through Him!.
I Thessalonians 5:9: God did not appoint us to suffer **WRATH** but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ!
However, God's Tribulation saints will not be hurt by **GOD'S WRATH** during the Great Tribulation! The horrific 7 Trumpet Plagues and 7 Bowl Plagues and eternal torment in Hell; are reserved only for the unbelievers and will not hurt God's saints in any way just as the 10 Old Testament Egyptian plagues miraculously did not hurt any of God's people; as shown by the following Scripture in Revelation:
Revelation 9:4-6: They were told to only harm those people who did not have the seal of God on their heads. They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for 5 months. During these days men will seek death, but will not find it they will long to die but death will elude them.
Revelation 9:18,20,21: A third of mankind will be killed by the plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that comes out of their mouths.... The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands, they did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold... Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts!
Revelation 16:2: The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image!
Revelation 16:6: They have shed the blood of your saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink as they deserve!
Revelation 16:9: They were seared by the intense heat and cursed the name of God who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify Him!
Revelation 16:10: Men gnawed their tongues in agony and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.
Revelation 14:9,10: If anyone worships the Beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of **HIS WRATH** He will be tormented with burning sulfur...and the smoke of their torment rises for ever
and ever!
**AND THE MANY PLAGUES OF GOD'S 2 WITNESSES, MOSES AND ELIJAH, WILL ONLY HURT THEIR UNSAVED ENEMIES**!!
Revelation 11:3-6: Jesus says, "I will appoint My 2 witnesses and they will prophesy for 1260 days, clothed in sackcloth. If anyone tries to harm them fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want!!"
All of God's saints, 144,000 Jewish missionaries and Moses and Elijah will try to convert everyone who does not have the mark of the beast which is an unpardonable sin as per Revelation 14:9-11!
Revelation 17:14: They will make war against the **LAMB** but the **LAMB** will overcome them beecause He is **LORD** of lords and **KING** of kings and with Him will be His **CALLED** **CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers! {Riding on heavenly white horses immediately after the Marriage Feast of the Lamb as per Revelation 19:7-21!}
*WHAT IS THE BIBLE DEFINITION OF THE CHURCH OR CONGREGATIION?
Posted : 26 Apr, 2018 10:47 AM
**THE GREAT REBELLION, FALLING AWAY OR **APOSTASY** OF MANY IN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION**
In Matthew 24:3,9-13: The disciples asked Jesus, �What will be the sign of your Coming and the end of the age?? Jesus answered�.. {During the 1260-day Great Tribulation} �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 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 he {The Called, Chosen & Faithful} who stands firm to the **END** will be saved.�
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4,9-12: Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us--whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter--asserting that the Day of the Lord has already come. Don't let anyone deceive you for that day will not come **UNTIL THE **REBELLION** OCCURS** and the man of lawlessness {666} is revealed. He will oppose and exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped!!... The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs, and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because the refuse to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth!
The Greek word translated �rebellion� or �falling away� in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 above is **APOSTASIA**, from which we get the English word **APOSTASY**. It refers to a general defection from the true God, the Bible, and the Christian faith.
I John 2:1-5: We have an Advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ the Righteous One. He is the **ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SIN**, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. We know we have com to know Him *IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDS**. Whoever says, "I know Him," but does not do what He commands is a **LIAR**, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone **OBEYS HIS WORD**. God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in Him!!
John 14:21,23: Jesus says, "Whoever has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father... Anyone who loves Me will **OBEY MY TEACHING**, My Father will love them, and We will come to them and make our home with them!"
Revelation 13:5,7-10: The Beast will be given authority for 42 months.. He will be given power to make war against the **SAINTS** and to conquer them... 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**. {**CHURCH SAINTS**} 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 on the part of the **SAINTS**!
Revelation 12:11: They overcame him {666} by the blood of the **LAMB** and by the Word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death! {**MARTYRS** like **PAUL** and **PETER** and **JESUS**!}
**THE FOLLOWING WORDS OF GOD CAN NOT BE FOUND IN THE PRE-TRIBBERS BIBLE WHO BELIEVE THAT **GOD FORBID** THAT WE SHOULD GO THROUGH THE 1260-DAY GREAT TRIBULATION**!!
God has put His people who did evil in **APOSTASY** in the Babylon Tribulation for **70 YEARS** and in the Wilderness Tribulation for **40 YEARS**!!
Before 1832 there were no churches that had the pre-trib fairy tale as part of their Statement of Faith!! According to the latest polls about 70 percent of Evangelicals are pre-trib, about 10 percent mid-trib and about 20 percent Post-Trib. However, only about 3 percent evangelical preachers teach the Post-trib point of view since they could lose their jobs if about 70 percent of the people in their church are pre-tribbers!! Many Southern Baptist Seminary professors teach that the pastors should accept all points of view to make everybody happy! But most Evangelical Seminaries like Dallas Theological Seminary teach that you must only teach the pre-trib fairy tale and include it your Statement of Faith!
**THE FOLLOWING WORDS OF GOD CAN NOT BE FOUND IN THE PRE-TRIB BIBLE**!!
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!�
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**!
John 13:34; Jesus says, "A new command I give: Love on another, **AS I HAVE LOVED YOU**, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples! John 15:12-13: Jesus says, "My command is this: Love one another **AS I HAVE LOVED YOU**. Greater love has no one as this: **TO LAY DOWN ONE'S LIFE** for one's friends. You are My friends if you do what I command!!"{MARTYRS like Peter, Paul, Stephen and **JESUS**}
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* {**CHURCH SAINTS**} 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 triumphed over him {666} by the blood of the **LAMB** and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death!!
**MANY CHURCHES DO NOT BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE ARE THE INSPIRED WORDS OF GOD**!!
I Timothy 2:11: A **WOMAN** should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a **WOMEN** **TO TEACH** or to assume authority **OVER A MAN**!
I Corinthians 15:34,35:**WOMEN** should renain silent in the churches, They are not allowed **TO SPEAK**, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about anything, they should ask their husbands at home; for it is **DISGRACEFUL** for a **WOMAN** **TO SPEAK IN THE CHURCH**!! {Women now preach in thousands of liberal and many Charismatic Churches!!}
I Timothy 2:9,10: I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or peals or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. {Only about 10 percent of Evangelical Churches even dare to preach on the above commands of God in I Timothy 2:9,10}
2 Peter 3:15,16: Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our **DEAR BROTHER PAUL** also wrote you with the **WISDOM GOD GAVE TO HIM**. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand {To unbelievers} which **IGNORANT AND UNSTABLE PEOPLE DISTORT**, as they do other Scriptures, to their own **DESTRUCTION**!
2 Timothy 3:16,17: All Scripture is **GOD-BREATHEED** and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead and in view of His appearing and His Kingdom, I give you this charege: **PREACH THE WORD**; be prepared in season in out of season, correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear!!
I Peter 1:23-25: For you have been **BORN AGAIN**, not of perishable seed but the imperishable, through the living and enduring **WORD OF GOD**. For all people are like grass, and all their glory is like flowers in the field; the grass withers and the flowers fail, but the **WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER**!! And this is the Word that was preached to you!
Ephesians 5:18-20: Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, **HYMNS**, and **SONGS FROM THE SPIRIT**. **SING** and make **MUSIC** from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In the past 40 years beautiful Bible hymns and music have been replaced by babbling phrases and Satanic rock and roll music in most Evangelical Churches!
The Prosperity Gospel in varying degrees has become more and more popular by preachers who make millions of dollars. And they all preach, "God forbid that we should suffer any type of Great Tribulation!"
I Timothy 6:9,10: Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith!!
SALVATION IS 100% FREE BUT HEAVENLY REWARDS ARE 100% EARNED!!:
Ephesians 2:8,9: For it is by grace you have been saved, through **FAITH**�and this not from yourselves, it is the **GIFT OF GOD**�not by works. So that no one can boast.
Hebrews 11:1,6: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see....And without faith {A **FREE GIFT OF GOD**} it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He **REWARDS** those who earnestly seek Him!!
Ephesians 6:8: Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will **REWARD** everyone for what ever good he does!.
Revelation 22:12 Jesus says, �Behold I am coming soon! My **REWARD** is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done!�
Matthew 16:27: Jesus says, �The Son of Man is going to come in His Father's glory with His angels and THEN He will **REWARD** each person according to what he has done!�
Many Evangelical churches such as most Southern Baptist Churches wrongfully teach that every saint will receive the exact same eternal rewards!!
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 His **CALLED** **CHOSEN** and **FAITHFUL** followers! {Riding on heavenly white horses just after the Marriage Feast of the **LAMB** as per Revelation 19:7-21!}
*WHAT IS THE BIBLE DEFINITION OF THE CHURCH OR CONGREGATIION?
Posted : 5 May, 2018 05:27 PM
here are many who say:
"YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO BE SAVED LIKE GOOD WORKS."
**BUT WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD SAY**??
John 6:37,39,65: Jesus says, "All those the Father gives to Me will come to Me, and whoever comes to me I will **NEVER** drive away... And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall **LOSE NONE** of all He has given Me, but raise them up at the Last Day... No one can come to Me **UNLESS** the Father has **ENABLED THEM!!"
Ephesians 1:4-8: In love He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will--to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the One He loves. In Him **WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD**, the **FORGIVENESS OF SINS**, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding!!
Ephesians 2:8-10 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the **GIFT OF GOD**--not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are **GOD'S WORKMANSIP**, created in Christ Jesus to do works, which God prepared for us to do!
Romans 8:28-30: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been **CALLED** according to His purpose. For those God foreknew He also **PREDESTINED** to be conformed to the image of Son, That He might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those He **PREDESTINED, He also **CALLED**; those He called , He also **JUSTIFIED, those He justified, He also **GLORIFIED**!
And so Salvation is 100 percent **FREE** but **ETERNAL REWARDS** are 100 percent **EARNED**!!
Ephesians 6:8: Serve wholeheartedly , as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will **REWARD everyone for what ever good he does!
Revelation 22:12 Jesus says, �Behold I am coming soon! My **REWARD is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done!�
Matthew 16:27: Jesus says, �The Son of Man is going to come in His Father's glory with His angels and THEN He will **REWARD each person according to what he has done!�
2 Corinthians 5:9,10: We make it our goal to please Him... for we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15: His work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives , he will receive his **REWARD**. If it is burned up he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
How to Win Heavenly CROWNS:
I Corinthians 9:24-27: Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes in to strict training. They do it to get a **CROWN** that will not last; but we do it to get a **CROWN THAT WILL LAST FOREVER**! Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize!
2 John 1:8: Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be **REWARDED** fully!.
Revelation 3:11: Jesus says, �I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your **CROWN**!�
2 Timothy 4:7,8: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now 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 also to all who have longed for His appearing!
The **CROWN** of Life for those who persevere under trials and persecution:
James 1:12: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the **CROWN OF LIFE that God has promised to those who love Him!
Revelation 2:10 Jesus says, �Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer... Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the **CROWN OF LIFE**!�
Matthew 5:11,12: Jesus says, �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!�
Hebrews 10:32-36: Remember those earlier days after you had received the Light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly **REWARDED**. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you receive what He has promised!
*WHAT IS THE BIBLE DEFINITION OF THE CHURCH OR CONGREGATIION?
Posted : 7 May, 2018 07:56 AM
**INTERESTING **70 YEAR** TIME PERIODS IN BIBLE PROPHECY**!!
It is interesting to note that the Kings of Israel ruled 490 Years or **70 YEARS** times **7** years, which was immediately followed by a **70 YEAR** exile of the Jews, which was then immediately followed by the amazing prophesy of the **70 YEARS** times **7** years Prophecy in Daniel 9:24-27; which will end with the 2nd coming of Jesus and **EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS**!! Also in the prophecy of the **70 YEARS** times **7** years it states in Daniel 7:26 "The people of the {Roman} ruler who will come will destroy the city {Jerusalem} and the Sanctuary." This prophecy was fulfilled and the Jews exiled again in AD **70** until the rebirth of Israel at 2 minutes after midnight, May 14th, 1948!! The **70 YEAR** Anniversary of the rebirth of Israel will take place at 2 minutes after midnight on **MAY 14TH, 2018**!!
Daniel 9:24-27: Seventy "sevens" {**70 YEARS** times 7 or 490 years} are decreed for your people and your holy city to **ANOINT THE MOST HOLY** {After 483 Years}, to **ATONE FOR WICKEDNESS** {After 486 1/2 years} and to bring in **EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS** {On the Last Day of the Last 1260-day Tribulation or 490 total years}...From the issuing of the decree {By King Cyrus--See Isaiah 44:28} until the Anointed One comes {On October 5th AD 29}, there will be 62 7's and 7 7's {Or 69 7's or 483 years}... Then {3 1/2 years or 1278 days later} the Anointed One will be cut off...He will confirm a Covenant with many for one 7 {Or the Last 7 years}. In the middle of the 'seven' {After 3 1/2 years} He {The Anointed One} will put an **END TO SACRIFICES** and offering.{On April 3-5 AD 33} {And then after a long pause} He will set up an abomination that causes desolation {666} for 1260 days, until the decreed end is poured out on him at the 2nd Coming of Jesus {As per Rev 19:19,20 and 2 Thess 2:8} Which will bring in **EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS** on the Last Day of the **70 YEARS** times 7 Prophecy!
Luke 3:21,22: When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on Him {ANOINTING} in bodily form like a dove. And a Voice came from heaven, "You are My Son, whom I love, with You I am well pleased!" This Anointing and Coming of the Anointed One took place after 69 7's or 483 years and then the Anointed One **ATONED FOR WICKEDNESS** And put an end to all **SACRIFICES FOR SIN** 3 1/2 years later after 69 1/2 7's or 486 1/2 years! And then after the 3 1/2 year Great Tribulation the 2nd Coming of the Anointed One will bring in **EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS**!!
Matthew 18::21,22: Peter asked Jesus, "How many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not **7** times, but **70** times **7 times**!" {See NIV footnote}
Jesus is called the Son of David 17 times and David lived exactly **70 YEARS** as per 2 Samuel 5:4.
Acts 1:6,7: The disciples asked Jesus, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" Jesus said , "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority."
Luke 21:5,6,23,24: Some of His disciples were remarking about how the Temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, "As for what you see here, the time will come {In AD **70**} when not one stone will be left on another, every one of them will be thrown down!... There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations {In AD **70**}. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are **FULFILLED**!" The Gentiles trampled on all Jerusalem for 1878 years from AD 70 to AD 1948! The Jews controlled West Jerusalem on May 14th, 1948 and East Jerusalem on June 7th, 1967.
Isaiah 66:1,8: This is what the Lord says.... "Who has ever heard of such things? Who has ever seen things like this? Can a country {Israel} be born ***IN A DAY*** or a nation be brought forth in a **MOMENT**?"
The rebirth of the nation of Israel by a UN decree took place in a **MOMENT** in **ONE DAY** at 2 minutes after midnight on **MAY 14TH, 1948**!! It is interesting to note that **70 YEARS** After 2 minutes after midnight, **MAY 14TH, 1948 will be 2 minutes after midnight on **MAY 14TH, 2018**!!
**INTERESTING SPECULATIVE QUESTION**??
Will something interesting happen related to the **70 YEARS** times **7** Prophecy; take place exactly **70 YEARS** after the rebirth of Israel at 2 minutes after midnight on **MAY 14TH, 2018**?? Such as the beginning of the Last half of the **70 YEARS** times **7**.{The 1260-day Great Tribulation} or the coming of God's two Israeli witnesses {Moses and Elijah} for their 1260-day testimony; or the signs that will take place shortly before the Great Tribulation??? This, of course, is just a very interesting **SPECULATION**!
**IS ISRAEL LIKE A **FIG TREE** IN GOD'S WORD**??
Jeremiah 8:13: "I will take away their {Israel's} harvest", declares the Lord, "There will be no more **FIGS** on the tree. and their **LEAVES** will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them."
Joel 1:11,12: The harvest of the field is destroyed. The vine is dried up and the **FIG TREE** is withered. {From AD 70 until May 14th, 1948 at the rebirth of Israel}
Hosea 9:10: The Lord said, "When I found **ISRAEL** it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on a **FIG TREE**!"
Nahum 3:12: The Lord said to Israel, "All your fortresses are like **FIG TREES** with their first ripe fruit!"
**JESUS SAYS, "THIS **GENERATION** WILL CERTAINLY NOT PASS AWAY UNTIL ALL THESE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED**
Psalm 90:1,10: "Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout **ALL GENERATIONS**... the length of our days is **70 YEARS** or eighty if we have the strength!"
Matthew 24:32-34: Jesus says, "Now learn this lesson from the **FIG TREE**{ISRAEL}. As soon as its twigs get tender and its **LEAVES COME OUT** {Starting at May 14th,1948}, you know that summer {The Great Tribulation} is near {When the **FIG TREE ISRAEL WILL BEAR FRUIT!}. Even so, when you see these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, **THIS GENERATION** will certainly not pass away until **ALL THESE THINGS** have happened!" {This **FUTURE GENERATION** may begin **70 Years** after the rebirth of Israel and will include **ALL THESE THINGS** in the Olivet prophecies found in Matthew 24,25, Mark 13 and Luke 21!}
Psalm 90:10: "Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout **ALL GENERATIONS**...The length of our days is **70 YEARS** or eighty if we have the strength!"
**THE GENERATION OF THE NEW BIRTH OF ISRAEL BEGAN ON MAY 14TH, 1948 AND THE **70TH** GENERATION ANNIVERSARY WILL BE ON MAY 14TH, 2018!!
**ANOTHER INTERESTING PROPHECY** is the Jewish re-occupation of all of **JERUSALEM** which occurred on June 7, 1967 during the miraculous Six Day War. Midnight, **MAY 14TH, 2018** is **49 {**7X7**} YEARS** plus **707 DAYS** {**70+7**} after June 7th, 1967!!
Zechariah 8:4,5,7: This is what the Lord almighty says, "Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of **JERUSALEM**, each with cane in hand because of his age. The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there!... I will save My people from the countries of the east and the west. I will bring them back to live in **JERUSALEM**!"
**ANOTHER INTERESTING PROPECY** is the one whose fulfillment we are witnessing today � the re-focusing of world politics upon the nation of Israel. All the nations of the world are coming against Israel over the issue of the control of the nation�s capital � the city of **JERUSALEM**{Zechariah 12:1-3}. The Vatican wants the city put under its control. The United Nations wants it to be internationalized. The European Union is demanding it be divided between the Arabs and the Jews. The Arabs want all of it. Donald Trump promises that he will make **JERUSALEM** the capital of Israel and all the Muslim nations are threatening war if this takes place, and this war could escalate into a **WORLD WAR AND WORLD CHAOS**!!
The seven countries that sided on December 21st, 2017 with the United States and Israel on a U.N. General Assembly resolution declaring "*NULL AND VOID*" President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital are all small and obscure as world players despite Trump's threats.
Here's the list:
1. Guatemala Population 8 million
2. Honduras Population 9 million
3. Marshall Islands
4. Micronesia
5. Nauru
6. Palau
7. Togo
If you haven't heard of most of these nations, it's because they are tiny islands in the Pacific.
Four of the countries � Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru and Palau � have combined populations less than Boise, Idaho. Nauru, for example, has a population of 10,000.
Put another way, the combined land mass of all seven countries puts it between that of Illinois and Florida.
So countries with a total population of almost 18 million voted with United States and Israel and countries with a total population of about Six Billion 500 million abstained or voted against the United States and Israel which is about 361 to 1 against if you divide 6 billion 500 million by 18 million!
And so the declation by Trump about putting the US Embassy in Jerusalem Has caused hundreds of Muslim demonstrations and almost complete condemnation by the entire world's powerful nations and may lead to the spark that ignites a **WORLD WAR** and **WORLD CHAOS ** just before the beginning of the Great Tribulation!!
The resolution by the Arab League also said Trump�s Jerusalem decision �Undermines efforts to bring about peace, deepens tension and will spark anger that will threaten to push the region to the edge of the **ABYSS OF VIOLENCE, CHAOS AND BLOODSHED**�
Israel and the USA **WITHDREW** their Ambassadors to UNESCO which has 2 more members than the UN incuding Palestine!! And the USA reduced their contribution to the UN by 285 milliom dollars!!
Zechariah 12:1-3 The Lord declares, "I AM GOING TO MAKE **JERUSALEM** A CUP THAT SENDS ALL THE SURROUNDING NATIONS REELING*. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem, on that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her!!" {And this prophecy is now being **FULFILLED**!!}
**ANOTHER INTERESTING PROPHECY** which is now being **FULFILLED** is found in Jeremiah 29:18: This is what the Lord Almighty says {About Jews} "I WILL MAKE THEM ABHORRENT TO ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH AND AN OBJECT OF CURSING AND TERROR, OF SCORN AND REPROACH AMONG THE NATIONS!"
On December 23, 2016, the **UNITED NATIONS** of the world severely condemned Israel for its settlements! December 23rd, 2016 is exactly 507 days before the **70TH YEAR** Anniversary of the rebirth of Israel on **MAY 14TH, 2018**. 72 weeks or 72X7 days would take up 504 days leaving 3 days or 72 hours or **66+6 hours**. And so the time period from December 23rd, 2016 to **MAY 14TH, 2018** and the possible coming of **666** would be exactly **66+6** weeks plus **66+6** hours.
On December 23rd, 2016 Barak Hussein Obama abandoned America's commitment to Israel's security and the end of their democracy against Muslim aggression. In an act of cowardly venom Obama had the United States abstain from a United Nations resolution--and thereby effectively enact a United Nations resolution that completely condemns Israel and their settlements. A resolution that undertakes to render Israel indefensible.
This very ridiculous unfair resolution greatly increases the tension and chaos in the Middle East and gives the Muslim countries an excuse to increase their hostility toward Israel.
On January 24th, 2017 Israel announced that it was going to build 2,500 New Settlements on Palestinian territory which absolutely contradicts the UN resolution and would further escalate the tensions in the Middle East; and gives the Muslim countries yet another excuse to increase their hostility toward Israel.
According to the United Nations human rights body, Israel is the worst human rights violater in the world today. That is the result of the latest session of the Human Rights Council which wrapped up in Geneva on March 24th, 2017 by adopting 5 times more resolutions condemning Israel than any other country on earth!! In its history the Council has condemned Israel more than any other of the 192 UN countries. Comparative totals after the UN sessions program tell the story: :Israel--78 condemning resolutions and decisions Syria--29; North Korea--9; ISIS--8 and Iran--6. As for Russia and China there is nothing at all {**ZERO**??}. Think of it this way: 500,000 dead in Syria, forced starvation and mass torture in North Korea. Systematic, lethal oppression, amazing atrocities, and sponsored terrorism in Iran and ISIS, and an elementary lack of basic freedoms and oppression affecting over a billion people in Russia and China. But according to the UN Human Rights Council, the little democracy Israel is by far the main evil problem in the world???
**COULD DONALD TRUMP BE THE MOST POERFDUL WORLD LEADER THAT CAUSES **WORLD CHAOS** BEFORE THE GREAT TRIBULATION BEGINS POSSIBLY ON THE **70TH ANNIVERSARY** ON THE REBIRTH OF ISRAEL AT 2 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MAY 14th, 2018**??**??
As you know **70 7's** and **666** are very prominent numbers in Bible prophecy. Someone just pointed out to me that Donald Trump was born on June 14th, 1946 at 10:54 AM which I checked out. Donald Trump became the most powerful world leader when he was inaugurated at Noon on January 20th, 2017. And so Donald Trump was exactly **70 YEARS** plus **7 MONTHS** plus **6** days plus **66** minutes old {Or **6+66**} when he became the most powerful leader in the world! Donald Trump's swearing in inauguration began at noon on January 20th, 2017 and ended at 2 minutes after noon on January 20th, 2017!
By declaring the the USA will now have their embassy in Jerusalem on the 70th Anniversary of Israel on May 14th, 2018, Trump has laid the groundwork for **WORLD WAR** and all 21 Muslim countries declaring war on Israel before May 14th, 2018!! Trump has also started a **TRADE WAR** with all the major nations of trhe world which will continually cause more **WORLD CHAOS**!!The bombing of Syria by Trump will no doubt result in a similar respose by Russia and this could possibly bring more **WORLD CHAOS** and the possibility of a **WORLD WAR**!!
Iran has flown in 80,000 Iranian troops to Syria near Israel's border. Israel has responded by bombing the Iranian troops 2 times in the last 2 weeks and Iran has promised to **RETALIATE**!!
Trump has promised to eliminate their atomic treaty with Iran on May 12th, 2018 and Iran has promised to **RETALIATE**!!
If Israel and Iran go to war Russia and China will side with Iran which will cause the USA to join the war with Israel causing extreme world-wide world War and extreme world-wide **CHAOS** thus setting the stage for the beginning of the Great Tribulation and the coming of 666 from the Abyss or Hell. Many believe that the extremely evil Pope Francis fully qualifies to be the future False Prophet of 666!!
And so the **WORLD CHAOS** and **WORLD WAR** just before the Great Tribulation may be **EXTREMELY CLOSE**
*WHAT IS THE BIBLE DEFINITION OF THE CHURCH OR CONGREGATIION?
Posted : 9 May, 2018 04:30 PM
Where in God's Word does it say there will be world war and world chaos just before the Great Tribulation?
Matthew 24:3-13: The disciples asked Jesus, "What will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age?" Jesus answered, "... You will hear of **WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS**, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. **NATION WILL RISE AGAINST NATION AND
KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM**... All these are the beginning of birth pains... Then {At the beginning of the Great Tribulation} you will be handed over to be
persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of Me. t 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 those who stand firm to the end will be saved!"
By declaring the the USA will now have their embassy in Jerusalem on the 70th Anniversary of Israel on May 14th, 2018, Trump has laid the groundwork for **WORLD WAR** and all 21 Muslim countries possibly declaring war on Israel.
Trump has also started a **TRADE WAR** with all the major nations of trhe world which will continually cause more **WORLD CHAOS**!!
Iran has flown in 80,000 Iranian troops to Syria near Israel's border. Israel has responded by bombing the Iranian troops 2 times in the last 2 weeks and Iran
has promised to **RETALIATE**!!
Trump eliminated the Atomic Treaty atomic treaty with Iran on May 8th, 2018 and Iran has promised to **RETALIATE**!!
If Israel and Iran go to war Russia and China will side with Iran which will cause the USA to join the war with Israel causing extreme world-wide world War and extreme world-wide **CHAOS** thus setting the stage for the beginning of the Great Tribulation and the coming of 666 from the Abyss or Hell. Many believe that the extremely evil Pope Francis fully qualifies to be the future False
Prophet of 666!!
And so the **WORLD CHAOS** and **WORLD WAR** just before the Great Tribulation may be **EXTREMELY CLOSE**
Syrian state media reported on Tuesday night, May 8th, 2018, that Israel conducted an airstrike south of Damascus, reportedly killing nine pro-Iranian fighters in an area previously identified as the site of a suspected Iranian military base.
�Nine fighters belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps or pro-Iranian Shiite militias have been killed� Rami Abd el-Rahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP.
The alleged strike came hours after the Israeli military said it had identified �abnormal movements of Iranian forces in Syria� and called for local governments in the Golan Heights to open their bomb shelters.
Rahman said the strike targeted an �arms depot elonging to Hezbollah and the Iranians.�
Earlier on Tuesday night, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States was pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and imposing new sanctions on the Islamic Republic, in part due to Iran�s destabilizing activities in the Middle East.
The al-Mayadeen news outlet, which is seen as sympathetic to Hezbollah, reported that fires had broken out in the area following the blasts.
Videos from the scene, which were posted on social media, showed the moment of the strike�s impact and its aftermath. Surveillance footage showed a blast of
white light as the bombs hit, followed by what appeared to be secondary explosions, supporting the claim that the targets of the strike were missiles. Cellphone videos also showed trucks burning and fires raging in the direction of
the alleged Iranian base.
In November 2017, Western intelligence officials told the BBC that Iran had established a permanent military base in el-Kiswah.
A month later, the alleged Iranian base was targeted by an airstrike, which was attributed to Israel.
The army on Tuesday night did not instruct residents of the Golan Heights to enter bomb shelters, only for local authorities to open public ones in case of emergency.
A number of reservists were also called up, the army said. An IDF spokesperson would not elaborate on which units they came from, but media reports indicated
they served in air defense, intelligence and Home Front Command units.
The Israel Defense Forces said it deployed missile defense batteries in northern Israel and �there is high preparedness of IDF troops for an attack.�
The military called on residents to listen to security instructions as needed.
Following Trump�s announcement, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman met with the heads of Israel�s armed services in the military�s Tel Aviv headquarters to
discuss the security situation, his office said.
Earlier on Tuesday, the US Embassy in Israel also prohibited American government employees from visiting the Golan Heights without approval in light of the security situation on the border.
�The IDF is ready and prepared for a variety of scenarios and warns that any action against Israel will be answered with a fierce retaliation,� the army said.
A video released by the IDF showed soldiers setting up the Iron Dome, Patriot, and Arrow missile defense systems.
The military does not generally reveal its deployment of air defenses. Its decision to do so on Tuesday night was likely an effort to both reassure residents of northern Israel and warn Iran that the IDF was prepared to counter
a missile attack.
On Sunday night, Israeli defense officials warned that Iran was planning to retaliate for two recent deadly airstrikes in Syria, which have been attributed to the Jewish state, by having its proxies fire missiles at military targets in
northern Israel sometime in the near future.
Security forces were also preparing for the possibility of attempted infiltrations of military bases and communities in the north, Hadashot TV news reported on Monday.
Tehran vowed revenge after the T-4 army base in Syria was struck in an air raid on April 9, killing at least seven members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The strike was widely attributed to Israel, though Jerusalem refused to comment on it. (T-4 was the base from which Israel said Iran launched an attack drone into Israel in February.) Late last month, a second strike, allegedly
conducted by Israel, against an Iranian-controlled base in northern Syria was said to have killed more than two dozen Iranian soldiers.
On Monday, Iran�s army chief of staff warned that the regime would respond to any Israeli aggression �at an appropriate time,� as the countries continued to trade threats amid spiraling tensions.
�If the enemy casts a covetous eye on our interests or conducts [even] a slight act of aggression, the Islamic Republic will give an appropriate response at an
appropriate time,� Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri said according to regime-affiliated Press TV.
On Sunday, all of Israel�s nightly news broadcasts reported that the Israeli military and intelligence services had identified preliminary efforts **BY IRAN IN SYRIA TO CARRY OUT ITS REPRISAL**, using its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Hezbollah terrorist group and local Shiite militias to launch a barrage of precision-guided missiles, likely at Israeli military targets in the
north.
�Israel has recently identified with certainty Iranian preparations to fire at the north,� Channel 10 said. "Iran is very determined to carry out an attack� to avenge the T-4 strike and the deaths of its military personnel, it said.
Israel Radio on Sunday night said the Iranian planning for an attack was at �an advanced stage.�
Israel was working to prevent or counter such an attack, but was also preparing for the possibility that the Iranians �succeed in hitting a base in the north with missiles,� Channel 10 reported. The Israel Defense Forces was threatening to hit all Iranian targets in Syria if Tehran launched an attack on Israeli territory, the TV report said.
Could this be the beginning of a World War just before the beginning of the Great Tribulation???
