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He, and most of his passengers, had been left behind.
Had everyone who denied the truth pushed God to his limit? Was there no more mercy, no second chance? Maybe there wasn’t, and if that was so, that was so.
Clearly he was too late to have gone to heaven with his wife and son. But was he too late, period?
He was with people who cared about him. This was his family.
What a creative idea, to record a message for those who had been left behind!
We’re to do that, of course, but not so we can earn our salvation. We’re to do that in response to our salvation.
You can imagine that I would much rather be in heaven with my family right now.” “But then who would tell us about this?” Rayford asked.
“You’ll find that government and religion will change, war and inflation will erupt, there will be widespread death and destruction, martyrdom of saints, and even a devastating earthquake. Be prepared.
I tell everyone in advance that I have quit apologizing for what I’m going to say.
the Scripture is clear that you can’t serve two masters.
Buck had never seen Carpathia make such a slip.
The Bible says that the Cross offends. If you are offended, I am doing my job. If you are attracted to Christ, the Spirit is doing his work.
God will pour out three consecutive sets of judgments—seven seals in a scroll, which we call the Seal Judgments; seven trumpets; and seven bowls.
the rider on the red horse signifies war, the black horse famine, and the pale horse death. Just a little something to look forward to,”
Revelation 6:1-2: “Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, ‘Come and see.’ And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.”
Psalm 91 and read verses he had underlined: “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.’
will be handled in a swift and generous way
that will allow as many loyal members of the Global Community as possible to return to their prosperous standard of living. “Continue to resist naysayers and insurrectionists.
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams.”
This joy was a deep abiding peace, an assurance that God was sovereign. They didn’t have to like what was happening. They merely had to trust that God knew what he was doing.
to merely have the right to buy and sell, citizens of the Global Community would have to take the “mark of the beast.”
Matthew 10:27-28 said, “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you
hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
With a little technology, the Tribulation Force and its newest member, Tsion Ben-Judah, would soon be proclaiming the gospel from a hidden location and sending it via satellite and the Internet to just about anybody in the world who wanted to hear it, and to many who didn’t.
Had you asked people on the street five minutes before the Rapture what Christians taught about God and heaven, nine in ten would have told you that the church expected them to live a good life, to do the best they could, to think of others, to be kind, to live in peace. It sounded so good, and yet it was so wrong. How far from the mark!
There is none righteous, no not one. We have turned, every one, to his own way. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. In the economy of God, we are all worthy only of the punishment of death.
Jesus has already paid the penalty. The work has been done. Are we to live good lives? Are we to do the best we can? Are we to think of others and live in peace? Of course! But to earn our salvation? Scripture is clear that we are saved by grace through faith, and that not of ourselves; not of works, lest anyone should boast. We live our lives in as righteous a manner as we can in thankful response to that priceless gift of God, our salvation, freely paid for on the cross by Christ himself.
The Red Horse of the Apocalypse. Revelation 6:3-4 indicates that it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword. In my mind, this is a prediction of global war.
the black horse of plague and famine, and the pale
horse of death. These will be nearly simultaneous—it should not surprise any of us to know that global war would result in famine, plague, and death.’
Revelation 6:7-8 says the rider of the pale horse is Death and that Hades follows after him. Power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.
I must ask you today, are you prepared? Are you willing? Would you give your life for the sake of the gospel?”
The Bible says we are not to mourn as do the heathen, who have no hope, but it does not say we should not mourn at all. Embrace the grief and grieve with all your might. But don’t let it keep you from the task.
He would not be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast anyway,
as if someone had flipped a switch, the day went black.
Was it too much to ask that it be painless for his loved ones? If they were to go, he prayed, “Lord, take them quickly.”
Monstrous black and purple clouds rolled upon each other and seemed to peel back the very blackness of the night. Meteors came hurtling down, smashing everything that had somehow avoided being swallowed.
The whole deal now is which side you’re on. You’re either serving God or you’re serving the Antichrist.
He knew salvation was by grace through faith. He simply never made the transaction, thinking he could slide by until later. Later came sooner,
he waited as long as his mercy could endure and finally raptured his church, still he rains judgment after judgment down upon an unbelieving world. Why? Is he angry with us? Should he not be?
The likelihood is that three-fourths of us who were left behind at the Rapture will die—lost or redeemed—by the end of the Tribulation.
The Bible’s already told the story, and as Tsion says, ‘We win.’”
“One day the evil world system will require citizens to bear a mark in order for them to buy or sell.
There is right and wrong, there are absolute truths, and some things cannot and should not and shall not ever be tolerated.
Already believers were beginning to buy and sell to and from each other, in anticipation of the dark day when they would be banished from normal trade.
“Woe to the cowards who shake their fist at their creator and are now forced to flee his wrath! We beseech you, snakes and vipers, to see even this plague as more than judgment! Yea, it is yet another attempt to reach you by a loving God who has run out of patience. There is no more time to woo you. You must hearken to his call, see that it is he who loves you. Turn to the God of your fathers while there is still time. For the day will come when time shall be no more!”
it was a wonder anyone remained sane. Maybe they hadn’t. Maybe they had all gone mad.
“Every man, woman, and child, regardless of their station in life, shall receive this mark on their right hands or on their foreheads. Those who neglect to get the mark when it is made available will not be allowed to buy or sell until such time as they receive it.
“The miniature biochip with the suffix numbers embedded in it can be inserted as painlessly as a vaccination in a matter of seconds.
