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Why do we believe that it is vital to know when the Rapture takes place? Shouldn't we be more concerned about helping others find Salvation?

By all means, it is understood that finding the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior is the absolute first step in this time given to us on this earth. Once a person is born-again, the Lord puts within a person the Holy Spirit a desire to lead others to him and to learn all truths that he has written in His Word. That is a given fact of the whole Gospel message.

Now, we get to the portion of how important it is to learn all the truths of God's Word and one of those is the promise of the Resurrection and the Catching Away of the Living at the time of His Return. And it is there, "The Dead in Christ shall rise first and then the living will be changed to meet the Lord in the Air and so shall we ever be with the Lord." I Thess. 4:16-17

Meanwhile there is a whole lot that will be taking place here on earth as the birth pangs of Tribulation build up to a fever pitch:

1. Jesus tells us there will be wars and rumors of war. Is that taking place now? It began with the 9/11 event which was an inside job to start the gathering of all nations into a One World Order.

2. He tells us there will be earthquakes in different places; places not even known for earthquakes before. Is that taking place now? And is it growing in intensity?

3. How about changes in the weather that will produce famine all over the world? Is that taking place around the world now? How about the drought in the prime growing areas of the world, California? Four years of hardly any rain have just about diminished vital food supply. Not only that, it is robbing the farmers and workers of income needed to keep the economy going in that one state alone and spreading into the rest of this country and into all of the world.

4. How about the increase of disease...diseases that have been dormant for so long and even new diseases coming upon the scene? Do we have that taking place right now? In this category, we have the governments of the world about to force vaccinations in the guise that they are protecting the citizens when in truth, they will attempt to inoculate the citizens with the very germs and destructive organism that will help to kill off the population to reduce the numbers down to 500 million as they have deemed. Is that being spoken of now, even as we read this?

5. Are people losing their homes and living in the streets because of the easy credit intended with credit cards to begin a financial collapse that would allow a whole new monetary system to be put into place? Is this a reality or not? And how about the rumors, which are no longer rumors but a reality, that FEMA has their camps all over the country to house people and have them under their total control. Do you suppose the mind control and slavery will be completely in the hands of the Beast System by then?

6. Scripture warns us not to take the mark of the Beast. I ask you, "If one is Raptured out before he shows up; why would Christ give this warning of not taking the Mark of the Beast?" Unless you are dead, you will find that things will become so tough that you can neither buy nor sell in order to survive. That is the Word of God. You must be prepared within your heart and mind-set to deal with the decision to stand for him or lose your Eternal Salvation you received when you accepted Him as your Savior. How strong will a person be if he is still living on the Baby Food of their Salvation?

There is much more that could be added to this short list I have put here but it should be enough to show that these thing will take place for all of us unless we die. That is why we concentrate on the Rapture issue. It is a lie of the devil to let people think that they will be raptured out BEFORE a 7 year Tribulation begins. First of all, there is always tribulation but the length of time given to A/C is 3 1/2 years.

How many people, with the attitude that they won't have to face the hardships of Great Tribulation, will be mentally and spiritually prepared for this time soon to come upon the world in full force?

Again, I ask you, the reader, why we concentrate on the Rapture issue? Because we have shown you that it takes place at the time of the Resurrection of the Dead, who arise first...then the living.

No, it is not a matter of Salvation but it is a lie of the Devil to give a false Escape Hope to the Believer when the Bible has told us differently.

This topic is for the Believer who is past first grade of Salvation and who wants to administer to those Saved and now dealing with the events coming upon them.

Thanks,
Gerlinda

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