“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand. So, if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
The Coming of the Son of Man
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Friend, have you ever turned from your sins and received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior? The Bible says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (Jhn. 3:16)
Many have the idea that our good works can save us and get us into Heaven, but the Bible says this isn't so:
"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" (Rom. 3:10)
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Rom. 3:23)
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Eph. 2:8-9)
We have no real "good" works, because we're all SINNERS by nature. We were born into this world as sinners (Psa. 51:5), and this is why Jesus said we must be "born again" (Jhn. 3:3).
There's some misunderstanding because we are all the sons and daughters of God. This was a confusion as the spirit that entered Jesus was high in favor in the eyes of the lord and the only comparison that could be given to the people was that of the favor a father shows toward his son; the amount of love and loyalty because the spirit that entered jesus showed love and loyalty to the lord.
Our good works are not enough to save us or get us into heaven; we have to believe in good and believe in the fact that good will win out. To believe Jesus is our savior is to believe that he died for our sins. He did die for our sins, so he is our savior. To believe in Jesus is to believe in goodness because he did nothing but preach goodness and to live in goodness. But, the bible says that as it is written there is none righteous, no; not one. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
Jesus is no different; he is not an exception to the rule.
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; Not of works, lest any man should boast."
By having the grace to let go and realize that your works are not your own; that through acting by yourself you will only cause more harm than good, you save yourself. To open yourself up and allow goodness to work through you instead of claiming it as your own power and boasting of it; because the latter will ruin you in the end.
This is what is meant by being 'born again'; we must be born again through the fire and flame of living to become as pure as vessels as we can be for the transmittance of good through us; not by us.
This will be the great "golden age" which the ancient philosophers only dreamed about. This will be GOD'S New World Order, rather than man's. This will be a time of world peace, for the Prince of Peace will be ruling the world in righteousness (Isa. 9:6; Luk. 1:32; Isa. 2:2-4).
There will be only ONE RELIGION during the Millennium. Those who refuse to worship Christ will be punished (Zec. 14:16-19).
People will be happy during this time, because Satan will no longer be around to tempt them. The curse of Genesis chapter three will be lifted, and men will once again live long lives as they did in the days of Adam, Noah, and Methuselah (Isa. 33:24; 65:20).
There will be better farming and weather conditions (Isa. 30:23-26; Amos 9:13-15; Joel 2:19-24; Ezk. 36:29-30), and wild animals will become tame (Isa. 11:6-9; Rom. 8:20-21).
The so-called "lost tribes" of Israel will be fully restored to their proper land divisions (Ezk. 36-48). Jerusalem will be the capital city of the world (Jer. 3:17; Mic. 4:8), and the violent acts of terrorism will not be tolerated. Justice will be executed in the earth like never before. Good will overcome evil. Things will be done on earth as they are in Heaven (Mat. 6:10). Christ and His saints will reign over the earth for one thousand years!
"'There will be only ONE RELIGION during the Millennium. Those who refuse to worship Christ will be punished', sounds very peaceful."
"Well, Jesus Christ is goodness embodied. Those who refuse to worship Jesus Christ; whether he existed or not; refuse to worship goodness. Those that turn away from good things are generally those who deserve to be punished, no?
The funniest thing is that the church believes they will be saved just by being baptized and believing jesus christ to be their savior; but they have failed to truly embody the beliefs, choosing instead to focus on blind faith of words passed down to them by other people with little thought of their own.
I'm leafing through and reading some of these interpretations and they're entirely self-serving and boastful and full of arrogance and pride; just the same as any man not belonging to a religion. They try to mold the teachings of goodness to what they want in an attempt to make allowances for their own downfalls that they see nothing wrong with.
Those found wanting to change for the better will be saved. Those who think they're already perfect and unable to become better in any way will not be saved; because they failed to realize the truth: that nobody is perfect, not even the Lord."
"All I'm saying is, while you follow stuff like this, don't say Jesus = peace."
"But Jesus *is* peace. It's man that's the problem. After Jesus died; or vanished from the scene, as some religions say that he survived the crucifixion and headed east, assuming a new name; it took 600 years for the state to issue the new testament version of the bible. Who would have been alive to contest their version of things? They changed a lot to suit what they felt was best for people to hear. The church left out Jesus' testimony entirely because it was so filled with heresy against the church for corrupting the beliefs of God. Yet, I say religion isn't all bad because it allowed for enough goodness to shine through that somewhere down the line someone would be able to piece together everything and see through the lies. Enough goodness made it through to allow countless people throughout the ages to live good lives.
All lies will be revealed, all deceptions shattered. Evil will be driven from the land by the words of a voice as sharp as any sword. But the world must first go through its paces, because this is the route that mankind has chosen to go.
The problem is that, over time, man ad-libbed their own religion to the point where it contradicted itself multiple times over. By the time Jesus arrived; when God saw fit to send his most trusted; they were so far gone down the wrong path that he only really spoke to the open-minded. Many of the people who belonged to the church at that time despised him, but Jesus gained such popularity from non-denominational people that they flocked to be baptised in his name; thus separating Catholicism from Christianity; and he did gain followers from the church, as well.
Over time, peoples stories suffered the 'telephone' effect as they were passed down from generation to generation, being embellished and added to or taken away from. When the new testament was actually released; people accepted it full force because it already fit with the part of the bible they already knew and probably fit in well with their own stories. Those people whose stories contrasted with the stories in the bible probably grumbled but accepted it as the authority. Those that didn't would have obviously been in arms about it. Catholicism accepted it because it was the popular route, but they made it their own and there were a few other branch-offs in religion around that time and since, as well.
But it was enough to give a diluted effect to the corruption that was spreading through man. It made a difference overall.
'As we get closer and closer to the Second Coming of Christ, there will be increasing and widespread doubt about whether Jesus even existed. People will also start wondering if God really exists and believers will leave the Christian faith'"
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh." (Rev. 19:11-21)
"And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." (Isa. 2:2-4)
Only after a final war will people finally turn over their weapons and return to ways of peace. And only when those in power are over-turned with mere words. All people who are good at heart will be saved even if they never saw Jesus or knew him or knew of him, as he had said that 'as you have treated my brethren, the same you have treated me.'
We are at a culminating point in history where prophecy and psychology and science and myth and magic all meld together to create our reality. Without realizing it, many agencies are moving toward the completion of these prophecies. While realizing it, a good amount of agencies are at work seeking to undermine it and to prove that God is fallible, that they are better than God.
They will go through and conquer the world to prove it; they will command the multitude and manipulate them into service and then exalt themselves as better than God when they triumph. Israel is rebuilding its temple in Jerusalem; The world is slowly realizing that the majority of it is controlled by a single agency; the true mastermind of which is wrapped in shadows and can not be identified.
Marvels and wonders will be shown to the world and used to deceive it into further obedience. No timeline can accurately be given; nor can events be explained at any length in detail; because when they are known, they change based on what is known and expected as both sides try to get the jump on each other. It's a chess match a million times beyond the mental struggle between Dr. Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes. The moves have already been made, all that's left is to let them be executed and see which giant came out on top.
No comments:
Post a Comment