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By Don McGee


Folks, God does not begin His day by standing and saluting the flag, nor is it placed in honored glory at the right hand of His throne. We might picture this in the patriotic eye of our minds as our voices are lifted in the emotional strains of the grand national hymns of our American past, but all such confidence in America's special place in God's economy is simply a thin facade void of reality and truth. What once might have been held up as a gallant example for the nations of the world is today a national slap in God's face. And that is a very fearful thought!

Can a nation's benevolent past count more than its current rebellion before God? No. Will America repent? Probably not. Why is America not specific in Bible prophecy? We don't know, but we do know her national heart has died spiritually. Patriotism is good when extended toward that which is worthy of honor. America's official government policy, however, is not just Godless, but is caustically so and is thus without honor! We are overdue in admitting that our nation has made a free and informed choice to completely alienate itself from God.

Well, we now have what we officially wanted...but, the piper must be paid. And just the thought of the cost of that choice is bone-chilling. Yes, the church will be taken prior to the tribulation, but we have no guarantee difficult times will not come before that moment (2 Timothy 3). Intercession is greatly needed, especially for younger Christians whose discernment is still immature.

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Mr. Megee wrote a good article concerning the true state of America but once again, the false teaching of getting out of here before Tribulation leaves people with a sense of no real reason to be concerned. Please Reader, we are saved from God's Wrath, which is poured out upon those that are bringing Tribulation upon the Seed of the Woman now.

Shortly before his death, Jesus spoke these words to his disciples: “In the world ye shall have tribulation . . .” (John 16:33). The verses that follow record the prayer in which Jesus prayed for his disciples. As he prayed to the heavenly Father, he said: “I pray NOT that thou shouldest TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil” (John 17:15)
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Let us suppose for a moment that Jesus had told believers: “In the world there shall be tribulation . . . But I will pray that you will be taken out of the world.” If Jesus said this, those who teach a pre-tribulation rapture would have a basis for their position — and this statement would no doubt be quoted often as a proof text. But since this is NOT what the verse says — but just the OPPOSITE — surely this should be regarded as evidence against the idea of a special, “secret” coming of Christ to take the church out of this world.


Instead of the church being taken out of the world, Jesus taught that it would remain in the world to accomplish a definite purpose: to preach the gospel. Jesus commissioned his disciples to “go . . . And teach all nations” and in connection with this commission he promised: “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the END of the world [aion - age]” (Mt. 28:19,20).

According to this, how long will the church be in the world fulfilling this divine commission? The answer is that the church will remain in the world until the END of the age. Surely his promise to be with the church until the END of the age would be strange if it is his plan to remove the church seven years before that time! If, when the end of the age comes, the church would no longer be on earth, a promise such as this would be meaningless.


There is no pre-Tribulation Rapture out of this time coming upon the world. What there is, however, is the mark of God that will be put on those that are His so that they cannot be touched by these demonic locust that will be allowed to come out of the pit and torment those that took the mark of the Beast for FIVE MONTHS.

Doesn't this seem pretty clear? Isn't the Church commissioned to remain on earth UNTIL The Day of God's Wrath. Then and only then will the Dead in Christ rise first and they which remain shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye to join the Lord in the Air. I Thess 4:16-17

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