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Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Day Of The Lord by annyplenty(op): 7:13am On Jul 29, 2013
The day, the Lord will consume both man and beast alike is coming. It is a day of sudden destruction.
Dont be caught up in that destruction. make haste to escape at rapture, now.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Book With The 7 SEALS, PART 2 (rev 6 Vs Math 24) by annyplenty(op): 7:11am On Jul 29, 2013
Messiah is coming! Prepare in Holiness and righteousness.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Book With The 7 SEALS, PART 2 (rev 6 Vs Math 24) by annyplenty(op): 9:23pm On Jul 28, 2013
Dear Nairaland Evangelists!

I have observed that most threads aimed at winning souls are often hijacked by impostors to cause confusions. These impostors deliberately introduce posts that will make these evangelistic threads end in arguments, abuse, harsh words, vain words and the likes.

Dear evangelist, please, be warned. dont let these impostors, whom i suppose are working for another lord, cast a stumbling block on your path through arguments and abusive words. DONT JOIN THEM IN ANY ARGUMENT OR ABUSE. I warn you, the Lord is going to judge all our actions including what we do on nairaland. BEWARE OF ANY ACCLAIMED BELIEVER who will never use the opportunity of nairaland to evangelise. All they want to do is a show of knowledge. Pls dont let them make you twice a child of hell. please be guided by the scripture below 1 John 2 : 18-19

8 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

dear evangelist, when you make a thread to evangelise and these impostors post a distraction, abuse or argument reply, DO NOT REPLY THEM. JUST IGNORE and continue your evangelism. The Lord, Jesus Christ, can use any medium, even nairaland, to save any soul. If it is only one soul that is saved through our efforts on nairaland, then our efforts are worthwhile.

However, instead of spending all time replying to threads on Nairaland, lets go and harvest for the Lord, Jesus Christ, millions of souls that are ripe for harvest, outside. The labourers are few. LET US ENTER MARKETS AND PREACH JESUS. LET US ENTER BUSES AND PREACH JESUS. LET US ENTER GARAGES AND PREACH JESUS. LET US PREACH JESUS WITH SMS. Time is short. every second that ticks before the sounding of the trumpets matters so much to the Lord. Do not let us waste them.

JESUS is coming. Behold, I have warned you.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Day Of The Lord by annyplenty(op): 9:22pm On Jul 28, 2013
Dear Nairaland Evangelists!

I have observed that most threads aimed at winning souls are often hijacked by impostors to cause confusions. These impostors deliberately introduce posts that will make these evangelistic threads end in arguments, abuse, harsh words, vain words and the likes.

Dear evangelist, please, be warned. dont let these impostors, whom i suppose are working for another lord, cast a stumbling block on your path through arguments and abusive words. DONT JOIN THEM IN ANY ARGUMENT OR ABUSE. I warn you, the Lord is going to judge all our actions including what we do on nairaland. BEWARE OF ANY ACCLAIMED BELIEVER who will never use the opportunity of nairaland to evangelise. All they want to do is a show of knowledge. Pls dont let them make you twice a child of hell. please be guided by the scripture below 1 John 2 : 18-19

8 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

dear evangelist, when you make a thread to evangelise and these impostors post a distraction, abuse or argument reply, DO NOT REPLY THEM. JUST IGNORE and continue your evangelism. The Lord, Jesus Christ, can use any medium, even nairaland, to save any soul. If it is only one soul that is saved through our efforts on nairaland, then our efforts are worthwhile.

However, instead of spending all time replying to threads on Nairaland, lets go and harvest for the Lord, Jesus Christ, millions of souls that are ripe for harvest, outside. The labourers are few. LET US ENTER MARKETS AND PREACH JESUS. LET US ENTER BUSES AND PREACH JESUS. LET US ENTER GARAGES AND PREACH JESUS. LET US PREACH JESUS WITH SMS. Time is short. every second that ticks before the sounding of the trumpets matters so much to the Lord. Do not let us waste them.

JESUS is coming. Behold, I have warned you.
Christianity Etc › Re: Nairaland Evangelists by annyplenty(op): 10:05pm On Jul 20, 2013
every vain word a man utters, he will give account of them.
Christianity Etc › Nairaland Evangelists by annyplenty(op): 6:15pm On Jul 17, 2013
Dear Nairaland Evangelists!

I have observed that most threads aimed at winning souls are often hijacked by impostors to cause confusions. These impostors deliberately introduce posts that will make these evangelistic threads end in arguments, abuse, harsh words, vain words and the likes.

Dear evangelist, please, be warned. dont let these impostors, whom i suppose are working for another lord, cast a stumbling block on your path through arguments and abusive words. DONT JOIN THEM IN ANY ARGUMENT OR ABUSE. I warn you, the Lord is going to judge all our actions including what we do on nairaland. BEWARE OF ANY ACCLAIMED BELIEVER who will never use the opportunity of nairaland to evangelise. All they want to do is a show of knowledge. Pls dont let them make you twice a child of hell. please be guided by the scripture below 1 John 2 : 18-19

8 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

dear evangelist, when you make a thread to evangelise and these impostors post a distraction, abuse or argument reply, DO NOT REPLY THEM. JUST IGNORE and continue your evangelism. The Lord, Jesus Christ, can use any medium, even nairaland, to save any soul. If it is only one soul that is saved through our efforts on nairaland, then our efforts are worthwhile.

However, instead of spending all time replying to threads on Nairaland, lets go and harvest for the Lord, Jesus Christ, millions of souls that are ripe for harvest, outside. The labourers are few. LET US ENTER MARKETS AND PREACH JESUS. LET US ENTER BUSES AND PREACH JESUS. LET US ENTER GARAGES AND PREACH JESUS. LET US PREACH JESUS WITH SMS. Time is short. every second that ticks before the sounding of the trumpets matters so much to the Lord. Do not let us waste them.

JESUS is coming. Behold, I have warned you.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Day Of The Lord by annyplenty(op): 6:35pm On Jul 16, 2013
I have seen the rapture happen! I have heard the trumpet sound!

JESUS is coming!

Repent and prepare in HOLINESS and RIGHTEOUSNESS!

There is no time to be wasted.
Christianity Etc › Re: Rapture by annyplenty(m): 6:33pm On Jul 16, 2013
smothly: From Apostle E. A. Adeboye.
Is it Pastor e.a. adeboye of RCCG or another apostle e.a. adeboye you are talking about?
Christianity Etc › Re: Rapture by annyplenty(m): 5:51pm On Jul 16, 2013
pls, who do you mean by apostle e.a. adeboye?
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Day Of The Lord by annyplenty(op): 7:55am On Jul 16, 2013
On that day, the mighty men will cry bitterly!

Repent and prepare the way of the Lord in Holiness and Righteousness
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Day Of The Lord by annyplenty(op): 7:04am On Jul 13, 2013
The day of the Lord is coming.
Prepare in Holiness and Righteousness.
Prepare ye a highway of Holiness for our God.

Jesus is coming.
Christianity Etc › End-time Bible Teaching: The Day Of The Lord by annyplenty(op): 1:36am On Jul 13, 2013
TOPIC: THE DAY OF THE LORD


TEXT: JOEL 2:28-31

28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before THE GREAT AND THE TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD come.


INTRODUCTION

One day, I was seeing off my evangelist-friend to the bus-stop and we decided to buy a piece of bread as we went. The

bread we chose to buy was so small and yet very expensive and we were shocked. In a swift reaction, my evangelist-friend

prayed aloud that our Lord, Jesus Christ, should return quickly. The woman selling the bread also quickly prayed after

my friend that Jesus Christ should come and make Nigeria better.


Then, I realized that the woman had a wrong meaning of what The Lord, Jesus Christ, will do when HE comes. I quickly

explained to her that The Lord, Jesus Christ, is not coming to fix or make Nigeria better when HE comes but rather to

rapture the saints and punish all nations/mankind left behind through the great tribulation. Even, in the church, there

are many misconceptions about the day of the rapture. Many pastors don’t even preach it and yet, millions don’t even

know yet that The Lord is coming. It is because of wrong perceptions like this that I have to prepare this teaching on

the THE DAY OF THE LORD and how to prepare for it (the teaching on preparation for the day of The Lord will come next

after this teaching).


In the text verses we just read, above, Prophet Joel mentioned a lot of events that will happen as a build-up to a

certain day. What day is that? Prophet Joel called it the great and the terrible DAY of THE LORD. Amongst other things,

Prophet Joel said there will be outpouring of HOLY SPIRIT who will bring about many people seeing visions, dreams and

prophesying about wonders in heavens and on earth. He also said the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into

blood before the DAY OF THE LORD. If all these things have to happen to usher in a particular day, then that day is worth

studying.


In verse 31, Joel said “before THE GREAT AND THE TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD” This phrase is particularly contrasting (it

looks like word and opposite) and awe-striking. How can a day be both great and terrible at the same time? Anybody who

is not Spirit-filled might be tempted to say that it is not possible. To explore the possibility of this phrase, let us

see more of what the bible has to say about this day.


JESUS CHRIST’ PROPHECY OF RAPTURE

MATHEW 24: 29-31, 36 (I advise reading the whole Mathew chapter 24 for better understanding)

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give

her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:


30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth

mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.


31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect

from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.


Then verse 36

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.


COMPARING JOEL’S PROPHECY WITH JESUS’ PROPHECY

From the Mount-Olivetti sermon i.e (the whole of sermon delivered by The Lord, Jesus Christ, on the mountain of Olive in

Mathew chapter 24), Our Lord, Jesus Christ, mentioned a lot of events that will also happen as a build-up to a

particular day, like Prophet Joel also did earlier. In verse 29, The Lord, Jesus Christ, said that the sun will be

darkened and the moon will not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven. This is similar to what Joel also

said in Joel 2:30 but in Mathew 24: 30-31, Jesus said the SON OF MAN shall come in clouds and HIS angels shall gather

HIS elects and in Mathew 24:36 Jesus said nobody knows this DAY THAT THE LORD WILL GATHER HIS ELECTS i.e. the day that

the Lord will RAPTURE His elects.


So by similarity, the day Joel called the THE GREAT AND THE TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD in Joel 2:30 was the day that The

Lord, Jesus Christ, called THE DAY OF RAPTURE in Mathew 24: 30-31.


CAN A DAY BE GREAT AND TERRIBLE AT THE SAME TIME?

Now, we have ascertained by comparing Prophet Joel’s prophecy with Jesus’ prophecy that THE DAY OF THE LORD is the DAY

THAT THE LORD JESUS COMES TO TAKE HIS ELECTS (i.e day of RAPTURE). How then, can this day be both great and terrible

(Joel 2:30)? The answer is simple: THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL BE GREAT FOR THOSE THAT ARE TAKEN BY SON OF MAN(those

raptured) because they will enter into heaven straight away without having to experience death, but THE DAY OF THE LORD

WILL BE TERRIBLE for those that are left behind because they will enter into the great tribulation.


THE DAY OF THE LORD IS TERRIBLE

The bible has just made it clear to us that THE DAY OF THE LORD is terrible and through-out the bible, the bible talks

more that the day of Lord is terrible than it talks that the day is great. The reason for this may be that by talking

more of how terrible the day will be, people may try hard to avoid being left behind at rapture. Let us see what other

Prophets of God has said about how terrible the day of the Lord will be so that we too can work hard to avoid being left

behind at rapture.


PROPHET AMOS’ ACCOUNT OF THE DAY OF THE LORD

AMOS 5:18-19

18 Woe unto you that desire THE DAY OF THE LORD! to what end is it for you? THE DAY OF THE LORD is darkness, and not

light.

19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a

serpent bit him.

20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?


PROPHET ISAIAH’ ACCOUNT OF THE DAY OF THE LORD

ISAIAH 13:6-10

6 Howl ye; for THE DAY OF THE LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth:

they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

9 Behold, THE DAY OF THE LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall

destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his

going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.


APOSTLE PAUL'S ACCOUNT OF THE DAY OF THE LORD

1 THESSALONIANS 5:2

2 For yourselves know perfectly that THE DAY OF THE LORD so cometh as a thief in the night.


PROPHET ZEPHANIAH’ S ACCOUNT OF THE DAY OF THE LORD

ZEPHANIAH 1:14-18

14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty

man shall cry there bitterly.

15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and

gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD:

and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD�S wrath; but the whole land

shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the

land.


For more about what the God says about the day of the lord, you can check the following verses: (Jeremiah 46:10, Ezekiel

30:3, Joel 1:15, 2 Peter 3:10, the book of Revelations and more)


WHY WILL GOD MAKE THE DAY OF THE LORD TO BE THIS TERRIBLE?

For answer to this question, let us go to the book of Isaiah.

ISAIAH 24: 5-6

5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the

ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of

the earth are burned, and FEW men left.


From the above, there are 4 things that God said the people have done. They are listed below:

· People have defiled the earth.

· People have transgressed God’s laws i.e. they have broken God’s laws.

· People have changed God’s ordinances.

· People have broken the everlasting covenants.


All of sins that men commit today must fall into at least one of the categories above. For example, bloodshed, use of

atomic weapons, and so on fall under defiling of earth. Homosexuality, genetic mutation, cloning of babies and so on

fall under changing of God’s ordinance(natural order). Idolatry falls under breaking His everlasting covenant to be our

God and us to be His people and so many sins we commit against Him on daily basis. Because of all these things only FEW

people that have not done any of the 4 things above or that have repented will be raptured and majority of the rest

that are left behind will be burned with the fire of Jealous of God. How terrible can this be?


GOOD NEWS

You can be among these FEW people that will escape. It takes conscious effort to prepare and be ready to escape. Will

you start the preparations today?


CONCLUSION

From all the accounts above, We can see that what the bread-seller (the one I mentioned in the introduction) taught

would happen on the day of the Lord was wrong. In the same way, there are many people in the church that are not

preparing for the day of the Lord in holiness and in righteousness and we can see that what they will go through if they

are left behind will not be what they bargained for.

Amos 5:18 says

18 Woe unto you that desire THE DAY OF THE LORD! to what end is it for you? THE DAY OF THE LORD is darkness, and not light.

To desire the day of the Lord is not to prepare to escape on that day. Those who desire to be left behind at rapture are

those who desire the day of the Lord. And Prophet Amos said they are going to experience woe on that day.The day of the

Lord is terrible indeed! But I pray it will be great and glorious for us in Jesus’ name. Begin to prepare to escape in

Jesus’ name.


RECOMMENDATIONS/ACTIONS

Are you an elect of Christ? Are you truly saved? Are you on the narrow road? Do you want to make the rapture/heaven? If

your answers are yes, then,

· Make all efforts to heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.

· Be watchful. Pay attention to what is happening around the World and see whether they match what the scriptures say.

· Be filled with the Holy Spirit and be in the Spirit all the time.

· Pray, Fast, consecrate yourself, run away from sin and worldliness.


If your answers are NO? Why not repent today? Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and forsake sins so that your

name can be written in the book of life. Please, say this prayer genuinely and make sincere determination to forsake

sins and follow Him to the end.

Lord, Jesus Christ, please forgive me all my sins. Watch away my sins with your blood and save my soul. I accept you

as my Lord and Saviour. Write my name in the book of life and help me to make rapture and escape the great tribulations.

Give me power not to return to sins in Jesus name. Amen


· ask Him for forgiveness of all your sins at all times

· begin to live in holiness and righteousness,

· and begin to pray as He said in Luke 21:36


PRAYERS

• Lord Jesus, please let the day of the Lord be great for me and not terrible.

• O Lord, lead me on the narrow road to a safe haven.

• Lord Jesus, help me to go with you at the sound of the trumpet.

• Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me all sins that can make me to miss rapture and the kingdom of God.

• Lord Jesus Christ, I call upon your name for salvation. Save me.

Our previous teachings include the followings. You can send email to us to ask for anyone of

them.

· (50 Signs of end-time/Rapture) https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs

· (Why We Must Watch) https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must

· (Awareness of SIN) https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin

· (Awareness of false prophets) https://www.nairaland.com/1265235/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-false

· (JESUS CHRIST, The Only Way Out) https://www.nairaland.com/1294288/end-time-bible-teaching-jesus-christ

· (The Book With The 7 Seals, Part 1)https://www.nairaland.com/1325646/end-time-bible-teaching-book-7

· (The book with the 7 Seals, Part 2, (Revelations 6 versus Mathew 24) https://www.nairaland.com/1342596/end-time-bible-

teaching-book-7


God has an urgent warning for YOUTH about hell and heaven. You can also request for it or see it here

https://www.nairaland.com/1319062/gods-warning-youth-hell-heaven.

For more information, question or contribution, please send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com or

jesuscoming@yahoo.com and please tell others to join us. We will like to get as many people as possible ready

for rapture. We wish nobody goes through the great tribulation. What are happening in the world now are child’s play to

what will happen after rapture.

Shalom.

JESUS is coming.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Book With The 7 SEALS, PART 2 (rev 6 Vs Math 24) by annyplenty(op): 10:27am On Jul 09, 2013
PREPARE THE WAY. THE MESSIAH IS COMING. THE 6TH SEAL WILL BE BROKEN, SOON.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Book With The 7 SEALS, PART 2 (rev 6 Vs Math 24) by annyplenty(op): 9:56pm On Jul 04, 2013
THE MESSIAH IS COMING! SHALOM
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Book With The 7 SEALS, PART 2 (rev 6 Vs Math 24) by annyplenty(op): 9:17pm On Jul 03, 2013
The midnight cry is still sounding high.
The Clock is about to strike midnight and then the bridegroom appears.
Are you ready to follow him?

REPENT of all your SINS in JESUS CHRIST
FORSAKE your SINS afterwards
WATCH and PRAY
FAST and CONSECRATE yourself for the LORD
SEPARATE yourself apart from the world
Be filled with THE HOLY GHOST
STUDY the BIBLE and obey what it says
PREPARE YOUR GARMENT in HOLINESS and RIGHTEOUSNESS
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Book With The 7 SEALS, PART 2 (rev 6 Vs Math 24) by annyplenty(op): 5:32pm On Jul 01, 2013
Jeremiah 12: 5a
5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses?

Presently, the problems in the world have overwhelmed everybody, even when JESUS had not taken away his church, what then will it be during the great tribulation when all hell will let loose?

Are you prepared for the great escape? Are you prepared for the blast of the trumpet? make haste to escape with JESUS.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 5:13pm On Jul 01, 2013
46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.


JEWS AND GENTILES, REPENT IN CHRIST JESUS

NIGERIA, AFRICA AND THE WORLD, REPENT IN CHRIST.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: The Book With The 7 SEALS, PART 2 (rev 6 Vs Math 24) by annyplenty(op): 5:06pm On Jun 30, 2013
ACTIONS

Are you an elect of Christ? Are you truly saved? Are you on the narrow road? Do you want to make the rapture/heaven? If your answers are yes, then,

• Make all efforts to heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.

• Be watchful. Pay attention to what is happening around the World and see whether they match what the scriptures say.

• Be filled with the Holy Spirit and be in the Spirit all the time.

• Pray, Fast, consecrate yourself, run away from sin and worldliness.


If your answers are NO? Why not repent today, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and forsake sins so that your

name can be written in the book of life. Please, say this prayer genuinely.

Lord, Jesus Christ, please forgive me all my sins. Watch away my sins with your blood and save my soul. I accept you

as my Lord and Saviour. Write my name in the book of life and help me to make rapture and escape the great

tribulations. Give me power not to return to sins in Jesus name. Amen
Christianity Etc › End-time Bible Teaching: The Book With The 7 SEALS, PART 2 (rev 6 Vs Math 24) by annyplenty(op): 5:06pm On Jun 30, 2013
TOPIC: THE BOOK WITH 7 SEALS, PART 2 (Revelations 6 vs Mathew 24)

TEXTS: MATHEW 24:1-9, REVELATIONS 6:1-16


MATHEW 24:1-9 (KJV)

24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of

the temple.

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, tell us, when shall these

things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end-of-world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass,

but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and

earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's

sake.


REVELATIONS 6:1-17

6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four

beasts saying, Come and see.

2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went

forth conquering, and to conquer.

3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the

earth, and that they should kill one another: and

there was given unto him a great sword.

5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse;

and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley

for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, come and see.

8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power

was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the

beasts of the earth.

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God,

and for the testimony which they held:

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood

on them that dwell on the earth?

11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little

season, until their fellowservants also and their

brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as

sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a

mighty wind.

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of

their places.

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and

every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and

from the wrath of the Lamb:

17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?


INTRODUCTION

In the part 1 of this teaching, we explored the visions of two great servants of GOD, Prophet Daniel and Apostle John,

concerning ‘a book’ they each saw at two different occasions and times. We further tried to prove that both of them saw

the same book, by trying to analyze the similarities between the visions of these two men. However, Daniel made us to

understand that the book he saw had to do with Rapture-of-saints/End-of- world and also that the book contained the

names of those who would be redeemed at that time. To finally ascertain that the book that John saw was the same book

that Daniel saw, we have then to prove that the book that John saw also had to do with Rapture-of- saints/End-of-world

and/or contained the names of those that would be redeemed at that time.


To achieve this, let us compare the visions seen by John after the 7 seals of the book he saw were broken in Revelations

6:1-17, with other Rapture-of-saints/end-of-world accounts. For this purpose, let us compare the visions of John with

the popular mount Olivetti sermon delivered by Our Lord Jesus Christ concerning Rapture-of-saints/end-of-world in Mathew

24:1-9.


MATCHING JOHN’S VISION (REVELATIONS, CHAPTER 6) WITH CHRIST’S TEACHINGS (MATHEW 24:1-9)


i THE FIRST SEAL

After the 1st seal was broken in rev 6:1-2, a white horse with a rider who had a bow and a crown on his head was

released and he went on to conquer and was conquering.

The question we should ask at this junction is: who is this rider that had a crown on his head and was conquering about?

Please, take a minute to solve this puzzle before you continue with the remainder of this teaching. Did you say He was

Jesus? I expected you to say He was Jesus. Many Christians might be tempted to say that the rider was Jesus CHRIST, but

no, they are wrong.

ALERT/CAUTION/WARNING: Just as you just took this rider to be Jesus because he mimicked

Jesus in appearance, the church/body of Christ will also take him to be Jesus when he enters the church. After this

teaching, you should be able to identify this rider in case he enters your place of worship. Now we are going to remove

the mask from the face of this rider/impostor. Before we answer this question, let’s stress that whatever GOD does,

Satan wants to copy GOD and be like GOD. See Isaiah 14:12-14.


Now let us compare Revelations 6:1-2 with Mathew 24:4-5. From the latter, JESUS taught/prophesied that towards HIS

coming i.e. Rapture-of-saints/end of world, many

people who were not CHRIST would go out and parade themselves falsely as Christ and would conquer many Christians by

deception. So, by extension, the man on the white horse in the former, who would parade himself like the real CHRIST is

the false Christ/antichrist who will conquer many churches/Christians and the people of the world by deception. This was

what Paul, The Apostle, was talking about in 2 Thessalonians 2: 3-4 when he said there will be falling away, first, and

then the revealing of the antichrist before JESUS returns to rapture the faithful church. JESUS CHRIST himself foresaw

the extent of the falling away of the church that HE asked in Luke 18:8 whether HE would find believers in genuine faith

when He comes back. The falling away of Christians/churches through deceptions, false teachings, false miracles,

apostasy, lukewarmness and all such would be engineered by the rider of the white horse of rev 6:1-2, the antichrist,

through the spirit of the antichrist.


The spirit of the antichrist would enter the church and pollute the church through false miracles, false gospels,

false doctrines, motivation speaking, introduction of witchcraft in church, ecumenism, worldliness, relegating the word

of God, and many other bastardisations that we have in the church now
. So disheartening, many Christians/body of

Christ will call it ‘the move of the Holy Spirit’. They will not be able to discern that it is the spirit of the

antichrist that has entered the church and shooting the church with his bow and arrow, thereby conquering the church.

This spirit will parade himself as prophets, pastors, evangelists, church leaders and other men of God. The church will

think they truly represent Jesus and they will make the elect to fall by deception. Jesus hinted us in Mathew 24:24

in advance but the church still could not recognize because they look so much like true men of God.

24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets (false pastors inclusive), and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

For our teaching on how to recognize False prophets/pastors, you can send email to raptureglorious@gmail.com or

jesuscoming@yahoo.com. The title of the teaching is ‘Awareness of False Prophets’ or see it here http://www.nairaland.com

/1265235/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-false.


Finally, to prove that the rider released in revelations 6:1-2 after the first seal was broken was actually not JESUS

CHRIST but the false Christ/antichrist that only wanted to mimic/copy the real CHRIST just like Satan the father of the

false Christ/antichrist also wants to copy GOD, THE FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST as already seen in Isaiah

14 above, let’s read Revelations 19: 11-16 to present the real CHRIST to prove that the rider of revelations 6: 1-2 was

the antichrist/false christ that wanted to copy the real CHRIST.

Revelations 19:11-16

11 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.

12 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.

13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

15 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.

16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.


Note the differences: The copy-cat, antichrist, had one crown while the real CHRIST, THE KING of kings and LORD of lords

has many crowns. Jesus uses sword while the copy-cat uses a bow.


ii THE SECOND SEAL

After the second seal was broken in revelations 6: 3-4, a red horse that had a rider was released. The rider had a sword

and was given the task to take away peace on earth and to make people begin to kill themselves.In Mathew 24: 4-7, the

second thing that JESUS prophesied was that there would be wars or absence of peace. By analogy, this prophecy of JESUS

matched with the vision of John that peace would be taken and there would be killings after the second seal was broken.


iii THE THIRD SEAL

After the third seal was broken in revelations 6:5-6, a black horse that had a rider was released. The rider was given a

balance and he was charged to make sure that food was so scarce and expensive and also to make money so worthless

(economic recession and famine). This means famine and economic recession. In Mathew 24:4-7, the third thing JESUS

prophesied about was famine. By analogy, this prophecy of JESUS matched with the vision of John that food would be

scarce and costly after the third seal was broken.


iv THE FOURTH SEAL

After the fourth seal was broken in revelations 6: 7-8, a pale horse that had a rider was released. The rider’s name was

death and hell accompanied him and they were charged to kill a quarter of the people on earth with different kinds of

plagues like hunger, war, diseases, animals, and so on. Another word to summarize all these things is plague or

pestilence. In Mathew 24:4-7, the fourth thing JESUS prophesied about was pestilence and earthquake. Please, note that

earthquake is a kind of plague. By analogy, this prophecy of JESUS matched with the vision of John that there would be

plagues and pestilences after the fourth seal was broken.


v THE FIFTH SEAL

After the fifth seal was broken in rev 6: 9-11, the souls of servants of GOD that had been slain began to cry for

vengeance and they were assured to hold their peace till many more servants were killed. In Mathew 24:9, the fifth thing

JESUS prophesied about was that Christians would be killed and persecuted. By analogy, this prophecy of JESUS matched

with the vision of John that many Christians would be killed.


vi THE SIXTH SEAL

After the sixth seal was broken in rev 6: 12-17, there was massive earthquake, the sun became dark, moon turn to red

blood, stars fells from the sky and the stage was set for the great tribulation. Shortly after these, 144,000 children

of Israel were sealed on their foreheads (rev7:1-cool, and multitudes that could not be numbered, from all nations and

tribes, who escaped from the great tribulation (by means of rapture) were seen by John in heaven, (rapture). See rev

7:9-14. In Mathew 24:29-31, JESUS prophesied all these things as well and also said that HIS angels would be sent to

gather HIS elects (rapture).


SUMMARY

In summary of this Part 2 of ‘The Book with 7 Seals’, we have proven with all certainties that the vision of ‘The Book

with 7 Seals’ that John saw was also about Rapture-of-saints/End-of-world just like Prophet Daniel’s vision of a book

was also about Rapture-of-saints/End-of-world as mentioned earlier. This was achieved by comparing John’s vision with

the end-of-world teachings/prophecies by Our Lord Jesus Christ on the mount of Olive. Thus with all certainties, the

same book that was earlier seen by Prophet Daniel was also the same book later shown to Apostle John and it is the “book

of life’ that contains the names of the redeemed.


Is your name written in this book? If so, congratulations. But, if not, I urge you to get your name written in this

all-important book before rapture or before you die. What then happened after the 7th seal was broken? Since we all know

that the purpose of the 7 seals was to hide the contents of the book. Once the 7th seal was broken, nothing would be

hidden again about the book and we would have totally unraveled the visions/prophecies contained in the book.

Thus we would end the unraveling of John’s vision of ‘The Book with 7 seals’ here and we begin another series (The 7

Trumpet Judgments) when the 7th seal was broken.


CONCLUSION

The revelations given to John in the book of revelations, chapter 6, were very chronological. They follow in sequential

order until rapture takes place after the breaking of the sixth seal. This is mercy and grace of God not to keep us in

total darkness about the happenstance of rapture. Since, the father had not revealed the day nor the hour of rapture to

anyone, then this chronological revelations can be taken as a guide to let us know how close we are to the main event,

the rapture of the saint. If we observe closely, we would see that the church has fallen away and is still falling away.

There are wars and bloodshed. There is worldwide economic collapse and famine. There are plagues of all types, ranging

from incurable diseases to earthquakes, floodings, plane crashes, tsunamis, climating changes among other. Finally,

there are high rise of attacks on Christians worshippers in many countries of Africa, Asia and Middle East.Many churches

have been bombed in Nigeria, Kenya and many other countries of the world and Christians killed/attacked right inside the

church.


All the things prophesied in Mathew, chapter 24, and later given to Apostle John in chronological order are now

happening. Indeed, the Messiah is coming to rapture the church. Do not wait till the 6th seal become broken till you

give your life to Jesus and begin to prepare for His coming. The little time left is still enough to get ready.




PRAYERS

• Lord Jesus, please seal my name in the book of life.

• O Lord, do not allow me to fall into deception of the antichrist.

• Lord Jesus, Let me escape all traps that Satan has set to make me miss the rapture and the kingdom of God.

• Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me all sins that can make me to miss rapture and the kingdom of God.

• Fill me with the grace to watch and pray.

• Remove my name from those that will worship the antichrist or be here when he shall reign and write my name in book of

the reedemed.

Our previous teachings include the followings. You send email to us to ask for anyone of them.

· (50 Signs of end-time/Rapture) https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs

· (Why We Must Watch) https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must

· (Awareness of SIN) https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin

· (Awareness of false prophets) https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-

awareness-sin

· (JESUS CHRIST, The Only Way Out) https://www.nairaland.com/1294288/end-time-bible-teaching-jesus-christ

· (The Book With The 7 Seals, Part 1) https://www.nairaland.com/1325646/end-time-bible-teaching-book-7

God has an urgent warning for YOUTH about hell and heaven. You can also request for it or see it here

https://www.nairaland.com/1319062/gods-warning-youth-hell-heaven.

For more information, question or contribution, please send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com or

jesuscoming@yahoo.com and please tell others to join us. We will

like to get as many people as possible ready for rapture. We wish nobody goes through the great tribulation. What are

happening in the world now are child’s play to what will happen after rapture.

Shalom. JESUS is coming.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 6:06am On Jun 27, 2013
0 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but NOW commandeth ALL MEN every where to REPENT:

31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

33 So Paul departed from among them.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 11:26pm On Jun 26, 2013
Some were rebuked for being lukewarm. some were rebuked for not evangelising again. some were rebuked for not seeking after the Spirit of God but after material things. none of these were laws of moses. these are some of what the churches of today are guilty of.

Remember, Jesus came to tell John all these things after crucifixion, burial and ascencion. Definitely it was the church he was talking to and He called them by the name of church. Most of the churches were based in gentile nations. so He was not talking to jews in particular.

JESUS understands perfectly what HE said, and John, an apostle of Him also understood perfectly what the Lord meant.
shdemidemi: Compare what you see in those seven chapters to what you see in the epistles written to the church. Therein lies your answer cos you will definitely contradict yourself when you put the bond woman and her son under the same roof with the free woman and her so. LEGALISM AND GRACE cant mix.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 10:23pm On Jun 26, 2013
shdemidemi: you just quoted the bible there without addressing what I said.
I have observed that most threads lead to argument and confusion. This I strictly want to avoid in order not to derail my purpose and calling. If you have contribution to the thread, post it. If I have contribution, I will post it. The readers and viewers can pray for discernment, pick what they want and discard the rest.

But let me say something to what you posted.

Not the whole of the book of REVELATIONS are post-rapture. Revelations, chapters 1 to chapter 6 are pre-rapture or pre-great-tribulation. I have done a teaching titled THE BOOK WITH THE 7 SEALS (PART 1). I will soon post the (part 2). it will throw more light on this.

The 7 churches that JESUS came to give their report cards to apostle John and told some of them to repent had been established as early as the time of the apostles and they had been falling away as early as that. They are not churches that were yet to be established. Jesus was telling john what the churches had done and not what they will do during any tribulation. If you observe critically, you will see that all those things that JESUS mentioned as the shortcomings of those churches are what are happening in majority of the churches of today. If JESUS told those early churches to repent, is HE going to tell us to just carry on in our own time, even when what we do today in churches are worse than what those early churches did?

rev chapter 1: summarised the encounter of John with JESUS on island of patmos
rev chapter 2 and 3: JESUS gave report of 7 churches
rev chapter 4: described the throne of GOD
rev chapter 5: search for who could break the 7 seals of the book at the right hand side of God.
see my teaching on that https://www.nairaland.com/1325646/end-time-bible-teaching-book-7
rev chapter 6: JESUS begins to break the seals. when HE breaks the 6th seal, rapture happens.

So the church will not have gone until chapter 7 of revelations.

The book of Zechariah you quoted described the 2nd coming of Jesus and not rapture. At that time, He will be coming back with the raptured saints to come and fight the battle of Armageddon.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 9:29pm On Jun 26, 2013
Revelations 2:16

16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 8:52pm On Jun 26, 2013
JESUS told the church at Ephesus to REPENT [/b]after they believed and fell

5 Remember therefore from whence [b]thou art fallen,
and REPENT, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou REPENT.

What HE says to the church, He says even to you that are reading or replying this thread, REPENT.

mark 13:37

37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 8:50pm On Jun 26, 2013
JESUS told the church at Ephesus to REPENT[/b]after they believed and fell

5 Remember therefore from whence [b]thou art fallen
, and REPENT, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou REPENT.

What HE says to the church, He says even to you that are reading or replying this thread, REPENT.

mark 13:37

37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Christianity Etc › Re: The Power Of PRAISE And Meaning Of WORSHIP. by annyplenty(m): 8:33pm On Jun 25, 2013
GOD that dwells in unapproachable light
HE clothes himself with majesty
HE girds himself with strength
The LORD of Hosts is HIS name.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 8:01pm On Jun 25, 2013
Hebrews 10: 26-29

26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 7:53pm On Jun 25, 2013
Hebrews 10: 26-27

26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

The bible still recognises that believers can still SIN both wilfully and ignorantly after receiving JESUS.
Christianity Etc › Re: Visions Exposing The Plans Of The Enemy To Hinder Christians From Rapture by annyplenty(op): 6:18pm On Jun 23, 2013
Additional 2 things that have been revealed include

8. IMMORAL INTERCOURSE IN DREAM ENCOUNTER

When you have such a dream, even if the person you had it with was your husband or wife, please pray and wash yourself in the blood of JESUS. Ask Jesus to wash away any evil associated with the dream.

9. PROCESSED FOODS for babies.

It may sound unbelievabe, satan is really planning OPERATION CATCH THEM YOUNG FOR BABIES.

Pray on your babies food before you feed them.

Shalom.
Christianity Etc › Re: The Power Of PRAISE And Meaning Of WORSHIP. by annyplenty(m): 10:31am On Jun 23, 2013
Praise, the LORD.

He is the true God. At His wrath, the earth shall tremble.
He is the God of all flesh
He is the living God
He is the king of all nations
He is the eternal king
He is the the King that sits on the glorious high throne from the beginning
He is the God that sits in heaven and fills the earth
He is the mighty terrible one
His name is great in might
There is none like unto thee
You stretched out the heaven like garment and laid the foundations of earth by thy out-stretched arm
Both the heaven and the earth shall wax old but YOU shall reign from eternity to eternity
The Lord of the king that sits upon the throne of David
The Lord that gives the sun for a light by day and the ordinances of moon and stars for a light by night
The Lord that divides the sea when the waves roar
The LORD OF HOSTS is HIS name
O Lord, there is nothing too hard for you
Thou showest loving kindness to thousands
Thou art slow to anger
Thou does not retain thy anger forever
The Lord that recompenst the iniquities of the fathers inot the bossom of their children after them
You are great in counsel
You are might in works
Thine eyes are open upon all the ways of men
There is no one like you
In holiness, there is no one like you
In righteousness, there is no one like you
In mercy, there is no one like you
In lovingkindness, there is no one like you
In justice, there is no one like you,
In forgiveness, there is no one like
In power, there is no one like you
In might, there is no one like you
In wisdom, there is no one like you
In knowledge, there is no one like
In abundance, there is no one like
At your presence, Bel stoops, Nebo bows, Merodach is confounded
All idols and their worshippers shall be consumed by your glory
The God that has not asked the house of Jacob to seek Him in vain
You alone, are God. Besides you, there is no other.
All others are the works of men, mere idols, worthless abominations
You are Jehovah Jireh, The Lord who provides
Jehovah Shalom, The Lord our peace
Jehovah Sabaoth, The Lord of Hosts
Jehovah Nissi, The Lord our banner
The Heavens proclaim your glory
The stars proclaim your glory
The sun proclaims your glory
The moon proclaims your glory
The Lord who is able to raise a dead from the living and a living from the dead.
THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.

I bless the name of the Lord, Halleluyah
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 10:43pm On Jun 18, 2013
shdemidemi: My answer is actually YES.
Romans 10:9

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Why then was Apostle Paul taking caution not to be cast away after he might have preached to others

1 COR 9: 26-27
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Christianity Etc › Re: End-time Bible Teaching: Awareness Of SIN by annyplenty(op): 9:35pm On Jun 18, 2013
shdemidemi: My answer is actually YES.
I pray that God should speak more to you about your answer in Jesus' name. If you receive anything contrary to your answer, please, come and post it here. It is wonderful sharing knowledge with you. Thank you. Shalom.

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