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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2022 13:47:42 GMT -5
doom and gloom
[doom and gloom]
DEFINITION
a general feeling of pessimism or despondency.
"the national feeling of doom and gloom"
synonyms:
defeatism · negative thinking · negativity · expecting the worst · gloom · gloominess · hopelessness · lack of hope · cynicism · fatalism · depression · despair · melancholy · despondency · dejection · angst · distrust · doubt · Weltschmerz,>>>> They say only about 10% of so called christians believe in the Rapture, They want all the trappings of this world and then some! God will provide and they will get through the things coming with just a bruise and maybe size smaller waist line but God will see them make it and all will be as it was! Well sorry 90% christians the bible says you dont want to be here once the Wrath of GodJesus starts! What does Jesus say about the worst time in human history?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.But the 99% seem just saying what ever AND THERE IS NO RAPTURE!!!!!!!! As we see the storm clouds over the earth are upon us NOW is saying Im coming for MY Bride! Get Ready!! And the 99% christians say YA What ever!I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our LORD and Savior through your apostles. 3Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." HE IS AT THE DOOR! And the Rapture will catch the world sleeping like a snare> For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth”
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2022 15:44:57 GMT -5
Earth dwellers come up Q> and has a really bad or neg thing about them in the bible , its called left behind!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2022 6:33:22 GMT -5
Rapture Sooner–or Later?
As anyone knows who reads these commentaries, our website is raptureready.com. The articles are, of course, generated and disseminated from this platform on a daily basis. Our Nearing Midnight section is our weekly platform from which to launch commentary on what we consider the most relevant and vital issues and events of the hour. All opinion pieces are Bible centered, and their overall tenor is to point to how near the midnight hour we are in regard to the occurrence of the Rapture—that glorious moment when Jesus Christ calls all believers to Himself.
The words I hear when talking to believers about the Rapture of the Church is that while they hope it will happen soon, they are afraid it’s way out there in the future. This is a common thread I find in thinking of fellow Christians these days. That’s not to say all are thinking in this direction. Many who come to our website look around at all that is happening and express that they don’t see how the Rapture could be meant for any other generation than ours. They see all collateral cultural and societal prerequisites for that stunning event to occur.
So what is the probability that the Rapture is scheduled in God’s plan for humanity in either a sooner or in a later timeframe? Is there any one signal on the prophetic horizon that might give a clue to answering that question? I believe one area to look at might provide illumination.
Believers and nonbelievers alike are being fed a daily diet of doomsday fodder. COVID-19 more or less suctioned the attention of the world’s populations into its orbit of terror. This, I sense, was done deliberately. That is, it was a deliberately created, worldwide, pathogenic assault specifically designed to bring people under the cloud of gloom and doom. As a matter of fact, documentation being unveiled is beginning to point in that direction, providing proof that it was spawned to control the minds and movements of the earth’s populations.
Added to the pandemic was the intent to radically change cultures and societies through the wokism we’ve all been subject to over these weeks, months, and years. Overall, it’s been an effort to move people’s thinking away from the God of Heaven and toward anti-God thinking. That effort to totally corrupt mankind has been largely successful, and governments of the world have become, as Romans 1:28 tells us, reprobate at every level. That is, our leaders can’t and/or won’t think rationally. Every thought is only on evil continually, it seems.
This is exactly the mindset of the antediluvian world of Genesis 6, the one Jesus said would be prevalent at the moment of His catastrophic intervention into the affairs of mankind. He said it would be “as it was in the days of Noah.”
We see not only the mindset that was anti-God, but violence, that fills the whole earth, exactly as described in Noah’s day. Consider that with the upside-down thinking of the legislators and city councils of the so-called blue states and blue cities, murder rates are up exponentially in some areas. The catch-and-release policies of the blue cities have validated those policies’ wrong-headedness, their insanity. The reprobate thinking of governors, mayors, and legislators are manifest for anyone who cares to see.
America has at least half a population and half a Congress with the same deadly disease—Romans 28-level reprobate thinking. The current president of the United States seems at the apex of present American leadership manifesting upside-down or reprobate thinking. This isn’t just the ranting of some prophecy nut. His wrongheadedness is evident, and his handlers who surround him must closely guard his movements daily, keeping him from press conferences and having him avoid most questions of substance by White House and other reporters.
While wars and rumors of wars ratchet up to the point of threatening to break into World War III, according to some, the American military, led by the present chiefs of staff who advise the president concentrate on creating a culture of woke-ism within the ranks. Some in our military even wear rainbow symbols, indicating their awareness that the transsexual movement is front and center in their midst. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff seems all in regarding his support for this LBTQ incursion into the American military. This is, to my thinking, Sodom and Gomorrah-level reprobate manifestations in these days that look forever more like those days of Noah and days of Lot of which Jesus prophesied.
All of the above constitutes substantial evidence that the Rapture of the Church might be close to fulfillment. But one particular symptom of our time stands out significantly. And it is much more than just a symptom. It is a growing monster created by evil men and seducers, who deceive and are themselves deceived. Those greedy creators of the monster have reached the point they can no longer control its voraciousness.
The evil men and seducers to whom I refer are the money powers that be. These are the men (and women) whose only desire, it seems, is to create larger and larger debt among those they force to do their bidding, financially speaking. These globalist, fiscal elitists’ evil, economic shenanigans have brought this generation to a moment I believe Jesus, Himself, was speaking to, regarding His next intervention into this doomed, rebellious world. More about this in due course.
The following excerpt defines the uncontrollable monster, I think.
For years I have been clear that the world is reaching the end of an economic, financial and monetary era which will detrimentally affect the world for probably decades.
It is unequivocal that all currencies will finish the 100+ year fall to ZERO in the next few years. It is also crystal clear that all the asset bubbles – stocks, bonds and property – will implode at the same time leading to a long and deep depression.
We had the warning in 2006-9 but central banks ignored it and just added new worthless debt to existing worthless debt to create worthless debt squared – an obvious recipe for disaster.
So as is often typical for the end of an economic era, the catalyst is totally unexpected and worse than anyone could have forecast…
If a miracle doesn’t stop this war [Russia and Ukraine] very quickly (which is extremely unlikely), the world will soon be entering a hyperinflationary commodity explosion (think energy, metals and food) combined with a cataclysmic deflationary asset implosion (think debt, stocks and property).
The world will be experiencing totally unknown consequences without the ability to solve any of them for a very long time.
All the above will most likely happen even without a global war. (Buckle Up: Greyerz – The Dark Years for the World Are Now Starting in Earnest, King World News, Rapture Ready News, March 12, 2022)
Prices at the gas pumps and in the grocery stores—the shelves of which are growing increasingly sparse in products—are rising quickly. The above expert analyst and others predict the whole world economic system is about to experience a crash of apocalyptic dimension. If this happens, the world will again have to gather up the shambles and bring things back to a relatively normal way of conducting life. This would take many decades if it could ever be reconfigured in getting things back to how they are at present.
Jesus’ words tell us that when He comes again, people will be in times like in Noah’s day. That is, it will be a totally evil time of violence. Well, we are there at present, are we not?
But the Lord foretold something other. And it is what makes me think the Rapture of believers will be sooner, not later.
Jesus said the generation will be like in the days of Lot and his vexation in Sodom and Gomorrah. That means, of course, that it will be a totally debauched, sexually perverted and wicked time. Are we not there?
But He said one thing more. He said people will be buying, selling, building, marrying, planting—all the things of normal activity. He predicted no worldwide financial collapse. “It’s the economy, stupid,” we might say to those who believe we are going through the Tribulation. (Although I would never use those words issued by James Carville in managing Bill Clinton’s election.)
But it is, in fact, the world economic situation we should look at in wonder. It is still held up in spite of the any second collapse the experts have been predicting for some time.
The collapse is being held up by God, the Restrainer, I have no doubt. It will be the Rapture that will pierce that enormous, constantly building economic bubble.
That moment is indeed imminent!
There is one and only one way to go to Jesus in this glorious event when He calls—the one and only way of escaping the coming time of trouble such as people of the earth have never endured.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10: 9–10)
–Terry
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Post by watchful on Mar 23, 2022 9:56:49 GMT -5
God is in control, whether in good times or bad, and He has set His Son Jesus on His throne.
I don't know when the Lord is returning, that's one thing we can be sure He isn't revealing to anyone. Could be this afternoon, could be a hundred years from now if the Lord tarries. Can't help but remember He said He is coming when we DON'T expect. So we need to be ready for Him at any time, in any century.
Here's a few versions of a great old hymn that is uplifting and encouraging...This is my Father's World....lyrics of the full version include this:
This is my Father's world: O let me ne'er forget, that though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet. This is my Father's world: why should my heart be sad? The Lord is King, let the heavens ring God reigns, let earth be glad!
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Post by frienduff on Mar 23, 2022 22:02:35 GMT -5
The signs of the times are saying rather loudly that we aint got anywhere near a century left in this ol world . My advice to all , be watching and be ready . And let all that draws breath praise the glorious LORD .
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Post by watchful on Mar 24, 2022 8:00:05 GMT -5
The signs of the times are saying rather loudly that we aint got anywhere near a century left in this ol world . My advice to all , be watching and be ready . And let all that draws breath praise the glorious LORD . okay brother, if you're interested, I'll try to look at the signs Jesus said to be aware of when the disciples asked what would be the signs of the end: Luke 21...the wars and rumours of wars, earthquakes, pestilences and famines and persecutions were NOT the signs since Jesus specifically said be not troubled about these things because they must happen, BUT THE END IS NOT YET....those would only be the beginning of sorrows......which we know there have been many of those same sorrows and tribulations at various times in various places down through history and that is one reason they are not reliable as specific signs of the END. (Might be really what Jesus said to expect when He said "in this world ye shall have tribulation"...Jesus in a way perhaps preparing a young and inexperienced church not to expect their lives on earth all the way along before His return and the end comes to be all roses and sunshine). He also said in this context not to go after those who say the time is near, because as we know from the past, whenever there are troubling times, there are always many thinking and saying that. BUT the signs are THESE: WHEN you see JERUSALEM surrounded by armies, THEN know that it's desolation (end) is near. At that time they were forewarned to flee to the mountains for THOSE would be the days of vengeance that all things which are written may be fulfilled. A second specific sign that is written in Matthew 24......is WHEN YOU SEE THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing in the holy place....that is another sign the end really is near and to flee out of Jerusalem to the mountains. FOR THEN WILL BE GREAT TRIBULATION after that. And reading on in Matthew, further signs immediately AFTER what happens to JERUSALEM and Israel, will be the sign of the Son of Man in the sky.....and other celestial signs....at which time the elect will be gathered. The fig tree is a sign then also.....and in scripture that symbolizes Israel (and maybe the Law too)....so THOSE are the signs by which we will actually KNOW the end is near. Not the troubling things our particular society is living through right now (and are probably set to keep getting worse if the Lord is judging it)...which may be the beginning of sorrows or not, but either way are not the specific SIGNS of the END that Jesus actually told us of, and we wouldn't be able to KNOW if these current spasms are even the beginning of sorrows until and unless we see the actual signs that follow after. Anyway frienduff, that's how I'm seeing those passages, and you or anyone please see what you think. (My advice to anyone is don't let the mark of the beast be at the centre of everything, it will cloud the issue of signs.....I dont' see it written that the mark of the beast would be a SIGN of the end and we're not to go beyond what is written...we're to take our own thoughts and imaginations captive to Christ.)
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Post by frienduff on Apr 1, 2022 20:05:48 GMT -5
The signs of the times are saying rather loudly that we aint got anywhere near a century left in this ol world . My advice to all , be watching and be ready . And let all that draws breath praise the glorious LORD . okay brother, if you're interested, I'll try to look at the signs Jesus said to be aware of when the disciples asked what would be the signs of the end: Luke 21...the wars and rumours of wars, earthquakes, pestilences and famines and persecutions were NOT the signs since Jesus specifically said be not troubled about these things because they must happen, BUT THE END IS NOT YET....those would only be the beginning of sorrows......which we know there have been many of those same sorrows and tribulations at various times in various places down through history and that is one reason they are not reliable as specific signs of the END. (Might be really what Jesus said to expect when He said "in this world ye shall have tribulation"...Jesus in a way perhaps preparing a young and inexperienced church not to expect their lives on earth all the way along before His return and the end comes to be all roses and sunshine). He also said in this context not to go after those who say the time is near, because as we know from the past, whenever there are troubling times, there are always many thinking and saying that. BUT the signs are THESE: WHEN you see JERUSALEM surrounded by armies, THEN know that it's desolation (end) is near. At that time they were forewarned to flee to the mountains for THOSE would be the days of vengeance that all things which are written may be fulfilled. A second specific sign that is written in Matthew 24......is WHEN YOU SEE THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing in the holy place....that is another sign the end really is near and to flee out of Jerusalem to the mountains. FOR THEN WILL BE GREAT TRIBULATION after that. And reading on in Matthew, further signs immediately AFTER what happens to JERUSALEM and Israel, will be the sign of the Son of Man in the sky.....and other celestial signs....at which time the elect will be gathered. The fig tree is a sign then also.....and in scripture that symbolizes Israel (and maybe the Law too)....so THOSE are the signs by which we will actually KNOW the end is near. Not the troubling things our particular society is living through right now (and are probably set to keep getting worse if the Lord is judging it)...which may be the beginning of sorrows or not, but either way are not the specific SIGNS of the END that Jesus actually told us of, and we wouldn't be able to KNOW if these current spasms are even the beginning of sorrows until and unless we see the actual signs that follow after. Anyway frienduff, that's how I'm seeing those passages, and you or anyone please see what you think. (My advice to anyone is don't let the mark of the beast be at the centre of everything, it will cloud the issue of signs.....I dont' see it written that the mark of the beast would be a SIGN of the end and we're not to go beyond what is written...we're to take our own thoughts and imaginations captive to Christ.) Most over look the key sign . Inquity abounding . Some of us are at least a half a century old . Like me , i just hit the big fifty last week . And i am telling us i have never seen it like this , and specially as of late . When nations are determining SC justices and asking questions like what do you consider a woman . Then know and understand something has went dead wrong . Think on that sister . I know evil has been in the world , but the inquity has morphed huge in these last years . Even when i was in school the vast majority rejected same sex and etc and a boy thinking he was a girl was hardly heard of and considered a mental illness . Now look at how society has flipped . Not only that but we even have some schools putting out litter boxes in case a kid thinks it is a cat or etc . Guess the kid is gonna dig around and dump in a box now . SOciety is and has tanked worse than ever and very fast too . While evils have been around , THEY have not been so honored as today . And its growing massive now . When i was in school we read health books concerning two sexes , today the number of pronouns grows daily . And if one even tries to correct one , they are seen as the hater and the monster . SISTER , i think sometimes folks forget how things have changed . Its like the mind gets selective amnesia or something . But my mind is clear and i can remember things from years gone by . I tell us all Its changed massive and big time . And it grows worse daily . My dear sister , you are elder than i , You cant tell me things aint changed massive in your life span and specially in the last decade . and specially even as of late . Its like the world has been set up under a delusion and folks can no longer even make sane decisions . Too busy trying to honor evil and use PC for power and control . It aint looking good for this ol world sister . BUT it is looking good for the lambs . CAUSE WE HAVE JESUS and I Tell and remind us all , HE IS COMING FOR THE LAMBS . But till then , armour up and be doing all to expose the darkness by the power of the LIGHT of CHRIST . POINT to JESUS and exhort one another daily and may souls be won , while there still be time .
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Post by frienduff on Apr 1, 2022 20:14:30 GMT -5
Be exhorting one another daily as so much THE MORE as you SEEEEE the day approaching . WELL , by grace i can SEE the day approaching . The signs of the times are massive now . JESUS IS COMING . Point to CHRIST , get the gospel out , do all to win souls and do so fast . Keep exhorting one another. This ol world is swelling under the decay of sin now . the results are in and its advanced decay and proof that time is fast running out . One thing i do know , GOD dont change . WHen the jews or any other nation hit the full on its inquity , IT GOD JUDGED . And when i read the old testament examples of what inquity looked like right before they got destroyed , ITS LIKE READING A NEWS PAPER TODAY . THEY DOING THE SAME THING . Which means , PREPARE to be judged . cause just like in the days of nations long gone , the few warned the majority resisted correction , and the JUDGMENENT came . SO TOO i see the same pattern today . Get ready and be ye waiting and watching , lest that day overtakes one as a thief . IF only the watchmen had known the hour the theif would have came and broke in , he would have watched and been ready . WELL watch i say , cause no man knows the day nor hour our LORD does come and the signs show us ITS NIGH . Watch . For many will wail on the day of the LORD . Be busy pointing to Christ , to all bible sound doctrine reminders . Be hearers and doers and exhorting all to do the same .
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Post by frienduff on Apr 1, 2022 20:21:55 GMT -5
And we have us a flat out foot race now between the dark alaphabet and its daily letters getting added , versus the ever growing list of pronouns . Though i suspect the pronouns will have to be included in the dark alaphabet . This world has long tanked . And no matter what comes against us , like corona virus , and now this war , they refuse to repent and get worse AND they trust only more in man and his inventions , NOT GOD . IT AINT LOOKING GOOD folks . I have loved you all my friends , but i must remind us , be watching and be ready , lest that day overtakes one as a theif . for the lambs that day is rest with the LORD , for the world , ITS WRATH . TRUST IN GOD . CLING TO CHRIST . Cause so longas we are in this place hate against us will increase , delusion will increase , seducers will wax only worse , TILL in the blink of an eye and at an hour and a day THE LORD COMETH .
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Post by watchful on Apr 2, 2022 11:04:24 GMT -5
okay brother, if you're interested, I'll try to look at the signs Jesus said to be aware of when the disciples asked what would be the signs of the end: Luke 21...the wars and rumours of wars, earthquakes, pestilences and famines and persecutions were NOT the signs since Jesus specifically said be not troubled about these things because they must happen, BUT THE END IS NOT YET....those would only be the beginning of sorrows......which we know there have been many of those same sorrows and tribulations at various times in various places down through history and that is one reason they are not reliable as specific signs of the END. (Might be really what Jesus said to expect when He said "in this world ye shall have tribulation"...Jesus in a way perhaps preparing a young and inexperienced church not to expect their lives on earth all the way along before His return and the end comes to be all roses and sunshine). He also said in this context not to go after those who say the time is near, because as we know from the past, whenever there are troubling times, there are always many thinking and saying that. BUT the signs are THESE: WHEN you see JERUSALEM surrounded by armies, THEN know that it's desolation (end) is near. At that time they were forewarned to flee to the mountains for THOSE would be the days of vengeance that all things which are written may be fulfilled. A second specific sign that is written in Matthew 24......is WHEN YOU SEE THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing in the holy place....that is another sign the end really is near and to flee out of Jerusalem to the mountains. FOR THEN WILL BE GREAT TRIBULATION after that. And reading on in Matthew, further signs immediately AFTER what happens to JERUSALEM and Israel, will be the sign of the Son of Man in the sky.....and other celestial signs....at which time the elect will be gathered. The fig tree is a sign then also.....and in scripture that symbolizes Israel (and maybe the Law too)....so THOSE are the signs by which we will actually KNOW the end is near. Not the troubling things our particular society is living through right now (and are probably set to keep getting worse if the Lord is judging it)...which may be the beginning of sorrows or not, but either way are not the specific SIGNS of the END that Jesus actually told us of, and we wouldn't be able to KNOW if these current spasms are even the beginning of sorrows until and unless we see the actual signs that follow after. Anyway frienduff, that's how I'm seeing those passages, and you or anyone please see what you think. (My advice to anyone is don't let the mark of the beast be at the centre of everything, it will cloud the issue of signs.....I dont' see it written that the mark of the beast would be a SIGN of the end and we're not to go beyond what is written...we're to take our own thoughts and imaginations captive to Christ.) Most over look the key sign . Inquity abounding . Some of us are at least a half a century old . Like me , i just hit the big fifty last week . And i am telling us i have never seen it like this , and specially as of late . When nations are determining SC justices and asking questions like what do you consider a woman . Then know and understand something has went dead wrong . Think on that sister . I know evil has been in the world , but the inquity has morphed huge in these last years . Even when i was in school the vast majority rejected same sex and etc and a boy thinking he was a girl was hardly heard of and considered a mental illness . Now look at how society has flipped . Not only that but we even have some schools putting out litter boxes in case a kid thinks it is a cat or etc . Guess the kid is gonna dig around and dump in a box now . SOciety is and has tanked worse than ever and very fast too . While evils have been around , THEY have not been so honored as today . And its growing massive now . When i was in school we read health books concerning two sexes , today the number of pronouns grows daily . And if one even tries to correct one , they are seen as the hater and the monster . SISTER , i think sometimes folks forget how things have changed . Its like the mind gets selective amnesia or something . But my mind is clear and i can remember things from years gone by . I tell us all Its changed massive and big time . And it grows worse daily . My dear sister , you are elder than i , You cant tell me things aint changed massive in your life span and specially in the last decade . and specially even as of late . Its like the world has been set up under a delusion and folks can no longer even make sane decisions . Too busy trying to honor evil and use PC for power and control . It aint looking good for this ol world sister . BUT it is looking good for the lambs . CAUSE WE HAVE JESUS and I Tell and remind us all , HE IS COMING FOR THE LAMBS . But till then , armour up and be doing all to expose the darkness by the power of the LIGHT of CHRIST . POINT to JESUS and exhort one another daily and may souls be won , while there still be time . Well, whatever age anyone is, the Lord is faithful. Happy Birthday frienduff, 50 is a milestone. I sometimes feel like 64 going on 10, lol. Iniquity was abounding in Israel at the end of that age, and that is why it reaped the wrath of God. Rome also fell later, due to it's own corruption and defilements. It isn't something that got taught in history classes or written about in newspapers, but just to point out that heathen nations have always had their share of weird nonsense going on and many still do. Even western societies while supposedly Christian, have committed cruel atrocities in the past and it's fairly well known now that European courts were notorious for their hedonistic perversities, just like many of the wealthy and powerful are today...one reason why it's so true where it says "better the little that the righteous have"! I don't doubt our society has passed it's pinnacle and is heading downhill, and will keep being judged by the Lord, worse and worse, unless things turn around. The point is that I believe being ready for the Lord has to do with the heart, not head knowledge and needing to accurately predict the timing of things. That day is approaching for all of us anyhow, the older we get, and that is why every believer for the last two thousand years needed and needs to ready at all times. I don't know how well I've been communicating that though. Yes, I sometimes do forget one thing or another.....two cents for my brain, lol. But one thing I do remember back at the start where I went to church in the beginning, is that I used to hear teaching on the victorious reign of Christ and His church....that that was the victory He had won at the cross. I guess I just caught the tail end of that before Grant Jeffries and Hal Lindsay, etc, started to influence things and then the focus changed to become that we are waiting for His rule and reign after His second coming. I can testify personally that there is no more end-time angst for me. No more living on tenterhooks, " is it this, is it that?". I'm freer to focus on what God has going on in the present and leave the future in His hands. And also to point out, how dispensationalism is tied to Hebrew roots...that is becoming more clear to me all the time.....Darby taught both. I've been talking to some who believe that we need a Hebrew mindset and that the Hebrew mindset of the rabbis has always been that the Messiah is coming for a thousand year earthly reign. Dangerous deception there for believers. Jesus was correcting the Jews way back when He was on the earth and trying to teach them how His kingdom is NOT of this world.
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Post by frienduff on Apr 3, 2022 12:38:00 GMT -5
Most over look the key sign . Inquity abounding . Some of us are at least a half a century old . Like me , i just hit the big fifty last week . And i am telling us i have never seen it like this , and specially as of late . When nations are determining SC justices and asking questions like what do you consider a woman . Then know and understand something has went dead wrong . Think on that sister . I know evil has been in the world , but the inquity has morphed huge in these last years . Even when i was in school the vast majority rejected same sex and etc and a boy thinking he was a girl was hardly heard of and considered a mental illness . Now look at how society has flipped . Not only that but we even have some schools putting out litter boxes in case a kid thinks it is a cat or etc . Guess the kid is gonna dig around and dump in a box now . SOciety is and has tanked worse than ever and very fast too . While evils have been around , THEY have not been so honored as today . And its growing massive now . When i was in school we read health books concerning two sexes , today the number of pronouns grows daily . And if one even tries to correct one , they are seen as the hater and the monster . SISTER , i think sometimes folks forget how things have changed . Its like the mind gets selective amnesia or something . But my mind is clear and i can remember things from years gone by . I tell us all Its changed massive and big time . And it grows worse daily . My dear sister , you are elder than i , You cant tell me things aint changed massive in your life span and specially in the last decade . and specially even as of late . Its like the world has been set up under a delusion and folks can no longer even make sane decisions . Too busy trying to honor evil and use PC for power and control . It aint looking good for this ol world sister . BUT it is looking good for the lambs . CAUSE WE HAVE JESUS and I Tell and remind us all , HE IS COMING FOR THE LAMBS . But till then , armour up and be doing all to expose the darkness by the power of the LIGHT of CHRIST . POINT to JESUS and exhort one another daily and may souls be won , while there still be time . Well, whatever age anyone is, the Lord is faithful. Happy Birthday frienduff, 50 is a milestone. I sometimes feel like 64 going on 10, lol. Iniquity was abounding in Israel at the end of that age, and that is why it reaped the wrath of God. Rome also fell later, due to it's own corruption and defilements. It isn't something that got taught in history classes or written about in newspapers, but just to point out that heathen nations have always had their share of weird nonsense going on and many still do. Even western societies while supposedly Christian, have committed cruel atrocities in the past and it's fairly well known now that European courts were notorious for their hedonistic perversities, just like many of the wealthy and powerful are today...one reason why it's so true where it says "better the little that the righteous have"! I don't doubt our society has passed it's pinnacle and is heading downhill, and will keep being judged by the Lord, worse and worse, unless things turn around. The point is that I believe being ready for the Lord has to do with the heart, not head knowledge and needing to accurately predict the timing of things. That day is approaching for all of us anyhow, the older we get, and that is why every believer for the last two thousand years needed and needs to ready at all times. I don't know how well I've been communicating that though. Yes, I sometimes do forget one thing or another.....two cents for my brain, lol. But one thing I do remember back at the start where I went to church in the beginning, is that I used to hear teaching on the victorious reign of Christ and His church....that that was the victory He had won at the cross. I guess I just caught the tail end of that before Grant Jeffries and Hal Lindsay, etc, started to influence things and then the focus changed to become that we are waiting for His rule and reign after His second coming. I can testify personally that there is no more end-time angst for me. No more living on tenterhooks, " is it this, is it that?". I'm freer to focus on what God has going on in the present and leave the future in His hands. And also to point out, how dispensationalism is tied to Hebrew roots...that is becoming more clear to me all the time.....Darby taught both. I've been talking to some who believe that we need a Hebrew mindset and that the Hebrew mindset of the rabbis has always been that the Messiah is coming for a thousand year earthly reign. Dangerous deception there for believers. Jesus was correcting the Jews way back when He was on the earth and trying to teach them how His kingdom is NOT of this world. Angst . Sister who said anything about angst . I long for the glorious day of JESUS CHRIST . I do have a desire to depart and be with Christ which is far better , nevertheless to remain here might help some . THERE IS NO FEAR about the END for me sister . Its the wicked who reject Christ and follow this we are one religoin and focus on its unity that had better fear huge at their end . HUGE . I will be no part , nor sit at that false love table that sold JESUS out for a love which is false . Even so COME GLORIOUS LORD JESUS COME . Angst . There is only one reason i can think of that people would fear the day of the LORD . Cause even within their own conscious they know they aint living right . Maybe they a little to IN LOVE with this life and this world . Let us ponder and examine ourselves deeply . Be encouraged sister . But there aint no angst here . And not only will i fail to warn the coming of the LORD is nigh , I should triple down on it . cause it IS . And i have no worry nor depression about THAT DAY , About HIS COMING . Now do be encouraged .
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Post by frienduff on Apr 3, 2022 12:44:52 GMT -5
Well, whatever age anyone is, the Lord is faithful. Happy Birthday frienduff, 50 is a milestone. I sometimes feel like 64 going on 10, lol. Iniquity was abounding in Israel at the end of that age, and that is why it reaped the wrath of God. Rome also fell later, due to it's own corruption and defilements. It isn't something that got taught in history classes or written about in newspapers, but just to point out that heathen nations have always had their share of weird nonsense going on and many still do. Even western societies while supposedly Christian, have committed cruel atrocities in the past and it's fairly well known now that European courts were notorious for their hedonistic perversities, just like many of the wealthy and powerful are today...one reason why it's so true where it says "better the little that the righteous have"! I don't doubt our society has passed it's pinnacle and is heading downhill, and will keep being judged by the Lord, worse and worse, unless things turn around. The point is that I believe being ready for the Lord has to do with the heart, not head knowledge and needing to accurately predict the timing of things. That day is approaching for all of us anyhow, the older we get, and that is why every believer for the last two thousand years needed and needs to ready at all times. I don't know how well I've been communicating that though. Yes, I sometimes do forget one thing or another.....two cents for my brain, lol. But one thing I do remember back at the start where I went to church in the beginning, is that I used to hear teaching on the victorious reign of Christ and His church....that that was the victory He had won at the cross. I guess I just caught the tail end of that before Grant Jeffries and Hal Lindsay, etc, started to influence things and then the focus changed to become that we are waiting for His rule and reign after His second coming. I can testify personally that there is no more end-time angst for me. No more living on tenterhooks, " is it this, is it that?". I'm freer to focus on what God has going on in the present and leave the future in His hands. And also to point out, how dispensationalism is tied to Hebrew roots...that is becoming more clear to me all the time.....Darby taught both. I've been talking to some who believe that we need a Hebrew mindset and that the Hebrew mindset of the rabbis has always been that the Messiah is coming for a thousand year earthly reign. Dangerous deception there for believers. Jesus was correcting the Jews way back when He was on the earth and trying to teach them how His kingdom is NOT of this world. Angst . Sister who said anything about angst . I long for the glorious day of JESUS CHRIST . I do have a desire to depart and be with Christ which is far better , nevertheless to remain here might help some . THERE IS NO FEAR about the END for me sister . Its the wicked who reject Christ and follow this we are one religoin and focus on its unity that had better fear huge at their end . HUGE . I will be no part , nor sit at that false love table that sold JESUS out for a love which is false . Even so COME GLORIOUS LORD JESUS COME . Angst . There is only one reason i can think of that people would fear the day of the LORD . Cause even within their own conscious they know they aint living right . Maybe they a little to IN LOVE with this life and this world . Let us ponder and examine ourselves deeply . Be encouraged sister . But there aint no angst here . And not only will i fail to warn the coming of the LORD is nigh , I should triple down on it . cause it IS . And i have no worry nor depression about THAT DAY , About HIS COMING . Now do be encouraged . Try hard and remember when we first met . I dont know a thing about this darby nor their dispensationlism . But by grace i do know about THE bible . Try hard and remember i was raised IN NO CHURCH . No church . I know little to nothing about their theories . And i PRAISE GOD FOR IT TOO . While its true i was the worst of the worst , GOD DID change me . And HE and HE ALONE put me into ONE BOOK and ONE BOOK alone . ITS THAT LOVELY KJV BIBLE . SURE wish folks would stick in it , and not internet preachers or preachers of these churches . The simplicity of Christ . Man its so beautiful . WOULD not trade it for all the gold of this world . Be encouraged sister . Sometimes i think you forgot i never sat in churches , never learned their ways . I did try and visist some , but it was empty sister . THE doctrine was empty . ALWAYS loved the praise though . But the doctrine was EMPTY . DIDNT take long to figure out why that was . YET the bible , that doctrine was so FULLFILLING . Now WHY IS THAT I wonder . OH , cause its truth and the churches i went to TWISTED IT or OMITTED IT all together . Lambs dont eat of stinky doctrine no matter how the churches spray it with green to make it appear as green grass . NO a lamb can smell it and gags . Lambs eat only , and i do mean ONLY of the words of the Green grass of our LORD . Be encouraged now . You are loved sister
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Post by watchful on Apr 3, 2022 14:01:58 GMT -5
Well, whatever age anyone is, the Lord is faithful. Happy Birthday frienduff, 50 is a milestone. I sometimes feel like 64 going on 10, lol. Iniquity was abounding in Israel at the end of that age, and that is why it reaped the wrath of God. Rome also fell later, due to it's own corruption and defilements. It isn't something that got taught in history classes or written about in newspapers, but just to point out that heathen nations have always had their share of weird nonsense going on and many still do. Even western societies while supposedly Christian, have committed cruel atrocities in the past and it's fairly well known now that European courts were notorious for their hedonistic perversities, just like many of the wealthy and powerful are today...one reason why it's so true where it says "better the little that the righteous have"! I don't doubt our society has passed it's pinnacle and is heading downhill, and will keep being judged by the Lord, worse and worse, unless things turn around. The point is that I believe being ready for the Lord has to do with the heart, not head knowledge and needing to accurately predict the timing of things. That day is approaching for all of us anyhow, the older we get, and that is why every believer for the last two thousand years needed and needs to ready at all times. I don't know how well I've been communicating that though. Yes, I sometimes do forget one thing or another.....two cents for my brain, lol. But one thing I do remember back at the start where I went to church in the beginning, is that I used to hear teaching on the victorious reign of Christ and His church....that that was the victory He had won at the cross. I guess I just caught the tail end of that before Grant Jeffries and Hal Lindsay, etc, started to influence things and then the focus changed to become that we are waiting for His rule and reign after His second coming. I can testify personally that there is no more end-time angst for me. No more living on tenterhooks, " is it this, is it that?". I'm freer to focus on what God has going on in the present and leave the future in His hands. And also to point out, how dispensationalism is tied to Hebrew roots...that is becoming more clear to me all the time.....Darby taught both. I've been talking to some who believe that we need a Hebrew mindset and that the Hebrew mindset of the rabbis has always been that the Messiah is coming for a thousand year earthly reign. Dangerous deception there for believers. Jesus was correcting the Jews way back when He was on the earth and trying to teach them how His kingdom is NOT of this world. Angst . Sister who said anything about angst . I long for the glorious day of JESUS CHRIST . I do have a desire to depart and be with Christ which is far better , nevertheless to remain here might help some . THERE IS NO FEAR about the END for me sister . Its the wicked who reject Christ and follow this we are one religoin and focus on its unity that had better fear huge at their end . HUGE . I will be no part , nor sit at that false love table that sold JESUS out for a love which is false . Even so COME GLORIOUS LORD JESUS COME . Angst . There is only one reason i can think of that people would fear the day of the LORD . Cause even within their own conscious they know they aint living right . Maybe they a little to IN LOVE with this life and this world . Let us ponder and examine ourselves deeply . Be encouraged sister . But there aint no angst here . And not only will i fail to warn the coming of the LORD is nigh , I should triple down on it . cause it IS . And i have no worry nor depression about THAT DAY , About HIS COMING . Now do be encouraged . I'm glad you don't fear the day of the Lord brother. Neither do I for myself, though I fear for others and hope the Lord tarries for their sakes. I don't fear dying, there's nothing to keep me here, I am only concerned with the Lord's will, whether HE is finished with my life here or not.....other than that I'm ready to go whenever He decides to call me up hither. There's nothing in my life in this world that would cause me to love it, on the contrary. But I wasn't accusing you. Maybe angst isn't the right word, I don't know...I never connected it with fear. Got it from the expression, "teenage angst" and took it to mean a kind of restless discontent and being churned up. I just find there is more peace in leaving those end time things in God's hands for the most part, and just going day by day and step by step with Him and what He shows me. Being a watchman and being ready have more to do with avoiding deception at all times. What if He tarries longer than many are thinking and we've been too busy watching for signs and straining to predict this or that to watch out for deception? Golly, the whole evangelical church seems to have been distracted with end time things and Israel for the past 20 years or so at least and given up on doctrine. Sure have been selling a lot of books. Yes, Jesus' coming is nigh and has been for everyone ever since He ascended to heaven. I did my best to try and share some things from the bible about that, what it means to be ready for Christ and what watching means biblically, but I don't know who has been coming to this forum lately, you might not have seen any of it.
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Post by watchful on Apr 3, 2022 14:13:55 GMT -5
Angst . Sister who said anything about angst . I long for the glorious day of JESUS CHRIST . I do have a desire to depart and be with Christ which is far better , nevertheless to remain here might help some . THERE IS NO FEAR about the END for me sister . Its the wicked who reject Christ and follow this we are one religoin and focus on its unity that had better fear huge at their end . HUGE . I will be no part , nor sit at that false love table that sold JESUS out for a love which is false . Even so COME GLORIOUS LORD JESUS COME . Angst . There is only one reason i can think of that people would fear the day of the LORD . Cause even within their own conscious they know they aint living right . Maybe they a little to IN LOVE with this life and this world . Let us ponder and examine ourselves deeply . Be encouraged sister . But there aint no angst here . And not only will i fail to warn the coming of the LORD is nigh , I should triple down on it . cause it IS . And i have no worry nor depression about THAT DAY , About HIS COMING . Now do be encouraged . Try hard and remember when we first met . I dont know a thing about this darby nor their dispensationlism . But by grace i do know about THE bible . Try hard and remember i was raised IN NO CHURCH . No church . I know little to nothing about their theories . And i PRAISE GOD FOR IT TOO . While its true i was the worst of the worst , GOD DID change me . And HE and HE ALONE put me into ONE BOOK and ONE BOOK alone . ITS THAT LOVELY KJV BIBLE . SURE wish folks would stick in it , and not internet preachers or preachers of these churches . The simplicity of Christ . Man its so beautiful . WOULD not trade it for all the gold of this world . Be encouraged sister . Sometimes i think you forgot i never sat in churches , never learned their ways . I did try and visist some , but it was empty sister . THE doctrine was empty . ALWAYS loved the praise though . But the doctrine was EMPTY . DIDNT take long to figure out why that was . YET the bible , that doctrine was so FULLFILLING . Now WHY IS THAT I wonder . OH , cause its truth and the churches i went to TWISTED IT or OMITTED IT all together . Lambs dont eat of stinky doctrine no matter how the churches spray it with green to make it appear as green grass . NO a lamb can smell it and gags . Lambs eat only , and i do mean ONLY of the words of the Green grass of our LORD . Be encouraged now . You are loved sister Doesn't matter if someone didn't hear about certain things in churches...flesh is all the same and it's the same devil who allures through the flesh. When the Lord was sort of dismantling that stronghold in my mind, it took a couple of days and I literally felt disoriented, almost dizzy. Didn't know there was a connection with the idea of a future earthly millennial kingdom and Hebrew roots at the time....am only recently just waking up to that, and I find it interesting and consistent given my personal journey and the things that the Lord has seen fit to show me over the years. We have to be very careful of dispensationalist thinking....both the Jews and Hebrew roots Christians are looking for an earthly Messianic reign involving temple worship. I am still shocked that there are Christians...Hebrew roots...who are believing that. Whereas Jesus was emphatic that His kingdom is NOT OF THIS WORLD....and His word will NEVER PASS AWAY. He is a priest forever after the order of Melchisedek, a priest from the tribe of Judah, not Levi because there has been a change of the Law and priesthood...and scripture says He is not going to change His mind! God is not going to EVER sanction or desire Temple worship again!
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