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Do You Believe As A Christian You Will Go Through The Tribulation?
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Feb 21, 2008 6:50 pm
Mood: courageous,
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Do You Believe As A Christian You
Will Go Through The Tribulation?
Much has been written and discussed about the tribulation and the rapture of the saints.Most people I talk to believe they will be raptured before the tribulation as:
After the churches in Revelation were spoken to and addressed there was no more talk of them.
Some people say with the rapture of the saints and the Holy Spirit taken away this will bring in much iniquity and the Antichrist.
But God will never leave the world without a witness even during the tribulation.If Christians are gone and the Holy Spirit also how then would God seal the 144,000 witnesses.
Revelation13
He was given power to make war against the saints and conquer them.And he was given authority over every tribe,people,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
from the creation of the world.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.
The New Testament is full of many warnings we will have persecution and tribulation in this life.We are told to endure to the end and are promised a great reward if we are persecuted and endure.
John15:20
Remember the word I have said unto you.The servant is not greater than His Lord.If they have persecuted me,they will also persecute you.
If they have kept my saying,they will keep yours also.
Acts14:22
We shall go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.
There is a difference between wrath and tribulation.The Bible teaches us we as Christians will not suffer Gods wrath but we will suffer tribulation.The day of Gods wrath will occur when Jesus comes again.
When Jesus comes again we will be rescued from Gods wrath.
1Thessalonian5:9
For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to
receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation11:18
The nations were angry and your wrath has come.The time has come for judging the dead and rewarding your servants,the prophets and your saints,and those who reverence your name,both small and great,and for destroying those who destroy the earth.
Revelation11
Now when they have finished their testimony,the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them,and overpower and kill them.
Christians did not all perish at the fall of Jerusalem in 70A.D.because they were scattered by persecution and were warned to flee to the mountains.
In Luke 21:20 he is talking about the destruction of Jerusalem in 70A.D.not in the future.
Luke21:24
Their will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.They will fall by the sword and be taken as prisoners to all nations.
Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles til the time of the Gentiles is fulfilled.
Well if we are raptured that is great,but if we are alive to be a witness and give testimony of Christ and be used to deliver the gospel so much more wonderful that will be.
The thing is if those who believe in pre-tribulation rapture and it is not forthcoming, some may lose their faith because they are not ready to bear witness unto death or because this is what they have been taught and believed and so might feel deceived.Christ said we should be ever ready and that the Spirit will give us words to say.
He also said to stand firm and not let anyone take what you have,so whether pre- mid or post
tribulationist before the sixth seal we know:
John16:33
"I have told you these things,so that in me you may have peace.In this world you will have trouble.But take heart!I have overcome the world."
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Red Door Sanctuary
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Feb 20, 2008 1:18 pm
Mood: safe,
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Red Door Sanctuary
The red door of a church traditionally meant sanctuary -
the ground beyond the door was holy and anyone who went beyond these doors was safe from harm as long as they stayed behind them.
Red also signifies the shed blood of Christ and
so all who believe in Jesus will be saved and safe also and credited with His righteousness.
In the old days soldiers could not pursue an enemy through red doors into a church and no one could be harmed or captured inside a church.
Churches are a haven for emotional and spiritual healing and a place of refuge and safety and reconcilliation.
Nowdays when all the world is in chaos and gunmen even enter the church of the Nativity and take priests and clergy hostage,when physical and spiritual evil is encountered each day,when
times are unstable and ever changing;
Where do you find your refuge?
The only safe and secure haven you can most assuredly put your faith and trust in is Jesus Christ.
No matter what your circumstances Jesus will be with you.He will never desert or abandon you.He will mightily protect you in His unfailing love
and trustworthiness.
Hebrews13:5-6
Let your conversation be without covertness;and be content with such things as ye have:for He hath said,I will never leave thee,nor forsake thee.
So that we may boldly say,The Lord is my helper,
and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Life is not measured by what we have or who we know,because we know the One,the One who holds life,the One who holds the future,the One who provides,WILL NEVER LEAVE US OR FORSAKE US and
HIS NAME IS JESUS CHRIST.
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Slain In The Spirit,Manifestation of God?
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Feb 7, 2008 1:07 am
Mood: contemplative,
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We've all heard how people fall over backwards
as they are slain in the Spirit but is this manifestation from God true?Is it God operating through the power of the Holy Spirit or something else? Some say it is,others say it is the devil masquerading as God.Personally I have never been a witness to this phenomena at my church except for what I've seen on T.V.and I personally take a lot of what is said and done by televangelists with many grains of salt.
Well,I do believe as God IS God and a spirit He IS omnipotent,omnipresent and omniscient and will
manifest His power and presence in whatever way he chooses.
The Bible has many passages where the spirit of God was manifested this way.
Matthew17:6
And when the disciples heard it they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid.But Jesus came and touched them and said,Arise,and do not be afraid.
Revelation1:17
And when I saw him,I fell at his feet as dead.But he laid His right hand on me saying to
me,"Do not be afraid,I am the first and the Last".
John18:6
Jesus said to them,"I am He".And Judas who betrayed Him,also stood with them.Then when He said to them,'I am He,'they drew back and fell to the ground.
Ezekial3:23
So I arose and went out into the plain,and behold,the glory of the Lord stood there,like the glory which I saw by the River Chabor and I fell on my face.
When God manifests Himself it is for His own
reason and choosing and for our benefit,healing or exortation.If God chooses to manifest a healing by a preachers hands why not by being slain in the spirit?
Yet we need to discern what spirits are from God and which from the devil who masquerades as an angel of light.
I was wondering if anyone here has been "slain in the spirit"and for others do you believe God manifests Himself this way today?
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I Love This Song
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Jan 30, 2008 12:40 am
Mood: grateful,
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I Love This Song
Blackbird
Blackbird singing in the dead of the night,
take these broken wings and learn to fly,
All your life,you were only waiting for this
moment to arise.
Blackbird singing in the dead of the night,
take these sunken eyes and learn to see,
All your life,
you were only waiting for this moment to be free.
Blackbird fly,blackbird fly,
into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of the night,
take these broken wings and learn to fly,
All your life,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
song by Paul McCartney
As I sit here writing this song I am crying
because God is so wonderful and I am so blessed.
I love this song and it reminds me of how I was a blackbird searching and looking in all the wrong places,blinded by Satan and sin,til I saw and accepted Christ as my Saviour.Now I have been set free by the light of Gods truth.
Now go I,with the power of the Holy Spirit,into the world to tell of Gods mercy and the wonderful deliverance that can be found in Christ Jesus so that others too can be set free by the good news of grace through Jesus.
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Could You?
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Jan 28, 2008 12:31 am
Mood: courageous,
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Could You?
Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry?
Could a doctor sit in comfort and let his patient
die?
Could a fireman sit idle,let men burn and give no hand?
Could you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you damned?
Leonard Ravenhill
Suppose you got to the judgement seat and God showed you all the missed oppurtunities you had where you could have witnessed to someone about Gods Good News in Christ Jesus,but you didn't, because, you were too proud or were too worried about what people might think of you instead of
seeking Gods approval.How would you feel then, knowing God has imparted His righteousness to you yet you were too proud or too cowardly to encourage others and to win souls to Christ?
Are you looking forward to the day when God will say to you,"Well done,thou good and faithful servant and gives you a crown of rejoicing?
Just how proud will you be on that day when you stand before God bareheaded?
2Corinthians5:10
For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ,that each one may receive the things,done in the body,according to what he has done,good or bad.
1Corinthians3:8
And each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Before anyone reads this wrong:
We know as the Bible tells us in Gods Word and Spirit that good works will not get us into heaven.We can ONLY be SAVED by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS CHRIST.
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They Lead My People Astray saying,Peace,Peace When There Is No Peace
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Jan 23, 2008 11:52 pm
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They Lead My People Astray Saying,Peace,Peace,
When There Is No Peace...
Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
has openly declared once again that he will NEVER
recognize Israel as an independent Jewish state
as Palestine militiants fired rockets from Gaza
into Israel during Bushs state visit last week.
Bush was their for a peace conference with the goal of establishing a democratic Palestine State
{and a name for himself}alongside Israel.While Bush pandered to Palestinian authorities and the likes of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Omert,many Israeli citizens held up signs that said:
"BUSH - READ YOUR BIBLE!GOD GAVE THIS LAND TO
THE JEWS".
While Hamas was elected by the Palestinian people in 2006,they have since been subjected to
Hamas authoritarian control.
Bush refused to meet with Israeli Knesset
opposition leader,Benjamin Netanyahu{God Bless His Soul}but Netanyahu released this statement:
Jerusalem will remain a united Jewish city FOREVER.He said he was sorry to see Bush join the majority of nations in the world who were against the Jewish people maintaining control of their GOD-GIVEN land.
YOU GO,BIBI.TELL IT LIKE IT IS!!!
When a T.V.newscaster randomly asked what he
thought of the Bush visit and its prospect for peace the man replied,"Did you say peace"? and then he laughed uproariously.
Seeing is believing and seeing a barrage of rockets fired upon your homes and country every day would make you believe and say:
"They lead my people astray saying,peace,peace, when their is no peace..."
Hey,but Bush isn't retiring there anytime soon,I suppose.
Jesus brings individual peace to each person who
by faith believes in Him and by Gods grace are set free.
Peace will be coming to the nations,in Gods good timing,and all the nations will go up to an
undivided Jerusalem to worship the King,the prince of peace,Jesus Christ.
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Thats My King
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Jan 20, 2008 1:01 am
Mood: jubilant,
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The late Shadrach Meshach{S.M.}Lockridge who was the longstanding pastor of Calvary Baptist church in San Diego,Cal. between 1952 to 19993 was led by the Spirit to write about His King.This was his
refrain.
Thats My King
The Bible says
My KING is KING of the JEWS
He's the KING of ISRAEL
He's the KING of RIGHTEOUSNESS
He's the KING of the AGES
He's the KING of HEAVEN
He's the KING of GLORY
He's the KING of KINGS
And He's the LORD of LORDS
That's My KING
I wonder Do you Know Him?
My KING is a SOVEREIGN KING
No means of measure
can DEFINE His
limitless love
He's enduringly STRONG
He's entirely SINCERE
He's eternally STEADFAST
He's immortally GRACEFUL
He's imperially POWERFUL
He's impartially MERCIFUL
Do you Know Him?
He's the GREATEST phenomenom
that has ever crossed the
Horizen of this WORLD
He's GODS SON
He's a SINNERS
SAVIOR
He's the CENTERPIECE of
CIVILIZATION
He's UNPARELLED
He's UNPRECEDENTED
He's the LOFTIEST idea
in LITERATURE
He's the HIGHEST Personality
in PHILOSOPHY
He's the FUNDAMENTAL
Doctrine of TRUE
THEOLOGY
He's the ONLY ONE
QUALIFIED to be an
ALL SUFFICIENT SAVIOUR
I WONDER IF YOU
KNOW HIM TODAY?
He supplies
STRENGTH
for the WEAK
He's available
for the TEMPTED
and the TRIED
He sympathizes
and HE SAVES
He strengthens
and SUSTAINS
He guards
and He GUIDES
He heals the SICK
He cleansed the LEPERS
He Forgives SINNERS
He Discharges DEBTORS
HE Delivers the CAPTIVE
He Defends the FEEBLE
He BlESSES the Young
He Serves the UNFORTUNATE
He Regards the AGED
He Rewards the DILIGENT
and
He Beautifies the MEAGER
I WONDER IF YOU KNOW HIM?
He's the KEY to KNOWLEDGE
He's the WELLSPRING of WISDOM
He's the DOORWAY of DELIVERANCE
He's the PATHWAY of PEACE
He's the Roadway
of RIGHTEOUSNESS
He's the HIGHWAY
of HOLINESS
He's the GATEWAY
of GLORY
DO YOU KNOW HIM?
Well,
His LIFE is MATCHLESS
His Goodness
is LIMITLESS
His Mercy
is EVERLASTING
His Love
NEVER CHANGES
His Word
is ENOUGH
His Grace
is SUFFICIENT
His Reign
is RIGHTEOUSNESS
and
HIS YOKE
is EASY
and His Burden
is LIGHT
I WISH I COULD DESCRIBE HIM TO YA!
He's INDESCRIBABLE
He's INCOMPREHENSIBLE
He's INVINCIBLE
He's IRRESISTABLE
You CAN"t get HIM
out of your MIND
And you CAN'T get HIM
off of your HAND
You CAN't OUTLIVE HIM
and you CAN't LIVE WITHOUT HIM
Well,the PHARISEES
couldn't STAND HIM
but THEY found out THEY
COULDN'T STOP HIM
PILATE couldn't FIND
any FAULT in HIM
HEROD couldn't KILL HIM
DEATH couldn't
HANDLE HIM
and the GRAVE couldn't
HOLD HIM.
YEA,
THATS MY KING
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISRAEL,{AGAINST ALL ODDS}
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Jan 10, 2008 11:25 pm
Mood: ecstatic,
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY,ISRAEL,AGAINST ALL ODDS
 HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY ISRAEL
Israels independence was declared on May 14th,1948 following the U.N. partitioning of the British Mandate of Palestine into a homeland for
the Jews and Palestinians alike.
The original U.N. plan also called for the creation of a new Arab nation along with it and for Jerusalem to be an international city under no single countries sovereignty.{but God had other plans}.The Arab countries of the day entirely rejected the whole proposal while that same night five neighboring Arab states attacked this newly declared state.In the War of Independence,AGAINST ALL ODDS,tiny Israel fought back and was able to defend and even gain territory and repel those who sought her immediate destruction.The rest is history,ever ongoing,AGAINST ALL ODDS.
WE know that God made a covenant with Israel and
because of Israels idolatry,disobedience and unbelief God allowed the Jewish people to be taken into captivity.For thousands of years Jewish people have been wanderers and for the most part,unwelcome guests in the lands where they resided.But God neither reneges on his promises or forgets them.
The land was given to Abraham and his seed through Israel and Jacob and Gods promise is
everlasting and unconditional.God himself entered into a blood covenant with Abraham and
he gave the Jews a Biblical mandate to possess
the land forever.
Genesis12:1-3
Now the Lord had said unto Abram,get thee out of thy country,and from thy kindred,and from thy fathers house,unto a land that I will shew thee.
And I will make of thee a great nation,and I will bless thee,and make thy name great:and thou shall be a blessing;And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
The boundaries of Israel are even listed in the Word of God.
Genesis15:18
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram saying,unto thy seed I have given this land,from the river of Egypt to unto the great river,Euphrates.
God has personally sworn to protect and defend the nation of Israel.
Psalm121:4
Behold,he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Ezekial38:18-23
And it shall come to pass at the same time when
Gog shall come against the land of Israel,saith
the Lord GOD,that my fury shall come up in my
face.For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath,I have spoken...
God has even designed the flag of Israel and has
promised to gather the Jews back to the land he gave them,under that flag.
Isaiah11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations and
shall ensemble the outcasts of Israel,and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
God promised that Israel would be recreated in a day.
Isaiah66:8
Who hath heard such a thing?who hath seen such things?Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?or shall a nation be born at once?for as
soon as Zion travailed,she brought forth her children.
May 14th,1948.
God has chosen the nation of Israel and the Jewish people as his own inheritance.
Psalm33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
AGAINST ALL ODDS!AGAINST ALL ODDS!AGAINST ALL ODDS!
So if God created Israel,defends and upholds it
{the nation and the people}doesn't it make sense
then,that those who fight against Israel are
really fighting against God?
There are some who are willing to place their bets against Gods sovereignty.Yet the Bible in Gods own words tells us they will do that to
their own destruction.
HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY,ISRAEL
La'Chaim through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,may your nation and people be blessed.
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Have You Ever Met Someone Who Was So Full Of Christs LIght That They Glowed?
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Jan 7, 2008 12:19 pm
Mood: intimate,
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Have you ever met someone who was so full of Christs light that they glowed?
Did you ever meet someone who was so full of Christs light that they glowed?You know,one of those servants who no matter what the issue,
abuse or situation bring God glory and honor
because they are just THAT close to him.
When Jesus went up the mountain and met with God
he was transfigured and literally glowed.Moses was transfigured too.When he came down from the mountain after spending forty days and forty nights conversing with God his face glowed so
much it scared people because they could see and understand that he had been in the presence of God.
I'll bet when he was in the presence of God,God
didn't notice him glowing because Gods light is so bright it outshines everything.But when he came off the mountaintop and away from Gods presence and walked back into the darkness of the world,he too literally glowed because Gods light was with him.
Wow,that is how pure and full of light God is.
The contrast was so great that people couldn't even look at Moses and asked him to cover his face.
This begs the question,how can we be transfigured that our faces and lives radiate the
love,peace,truth and light of God?
First Moses did not do an easy study of the Word,
he didn't do lunch with God.He literally spent forty days and forty nights in Gods presence and
got to know him better than he ever did before.
I'll bet he spent that quality time listening with all his senses and spirit to the living God.
When Jesus went up on the mountaintop he took
three of his disciples with him.He didn't go alone.He was praying and his appearance changed
and Moses and Elijah were with him conversing.
The disciples saw this,and the light he had soaked up from God was there for all to see.
Like Moses he didn't go to the mountaintop for his benefit but for others benefit.
Moses went to receive the law to give the people and Jesus went to show Gods glory to his disciples.
First the only reason we should want to be transfigured is to show Gods light to a darkened world for conviction and to bring God glory not
ourselves.
We should take plenty of time every day in prayer
and converse with God intimately.Study Gods Word and meditate on it day and night as the Bible says.Soak it up so thoroughly that it becomes part and parcel of who you are.
When you've soaked His word and will up so thoroughly go out into the darkness.You can't
glow in the presence of God.He will outshine you
everytime and that is not your purpose.
Let Gods light radiate from you that people
may see the reality of our gracious,glorious
living God and may come to the knowledge of him.
Do everything for the glory of God and he will transfigure you too.
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The Islamization Of America
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Nov 27, 2007 7:09 pm
Mood: attentive,
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The "Islamization of America"is written by a former Islamic follower,Abdullah Al-Araby.
It is a most interesting read but more importantly it is a wake-up call to America on how Islamic strategies are being used to take over America.
We need to wake up from our naive slumber and realize just what the agenda of Islamists are.
They are not for religious tolerance,democratic equality,prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishments and kindness to ones enemies.But their agenda is to subject all by submission and force even unto death to Islam.
If you think for one New York second that we can
retain the virtues and principles America was founded on,you are sadly mistaken.
Make no mistake about it.Our Judeo-Christian
values are absolutely incompatable with Islamic Sharia Law.
Wake Up,America,before political correctness
becomes your downfall!
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