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Candour: This is Fear mongering at it's worst.

The bible has told us exactly how to prepare for the Lord's coming.You dont need extra-biblical sources to remind you.Now you want people to run away from packaged foods,vaccines etc Haba!! How are you different from Boko Haram who prevent Northern Nigerian children from getting vaccinated saying it is meant to stop muslims from growing in population?

How have you verified that the brother is not hallucinating?Are you sure of the spirit @ work in him?

What if i told you that my pastor had a vision that every one who posted on Nairaland before 8.00am today(Yes...OP including you) will go to hell because Seun installed a software that initiated them automatically into a blood sucking secret cult? would you believe me?

Pls let us open our bibles to clarify things we are not clear about and stop encouraging weirdos.

''.........take heed that no man deceive you'' Matt 24:4

I never said you should run away from all these things. What I only said was that you should pray before you eat or apply all these things. What do i stand to gain if I said you should pray before you eat food or if you had an evil dream or watch very well before you take vaccine. Glory be to God. I have delivered the message. Shalom.

TOPIC: VISIONS EXPOSING THE PLANS OF THE ENEMY TO HINDER CHRISTIANS FROM RAPTURE

TEXT: ISAIAH 29: 15-16

Isaiah 29:15-16
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

INTRODUCTION
In our end-time study series that we post on nairaland, we have studied the following topics
1. 50 signs of rapture/end-time ( https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs )
2. Why we must watch ( https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must )
3. Awareness of Sin ( https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin )
4. Awareness of false Prophets. ( https://www.nairaland.com/1265235/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-false )

As the study series continues, very soon, we plan to teach a topic 'Awareness of Forces of Darkness' to enable us understand biblically the plans of satan and its agents in this end-time so that we will know how to prepare ourselves better for rapture and not fall into their traps. we are still preparing towards that. But amazingly to us, God begin to reveal to us some plans of the forces of darkness to win souls (especially those of Christians) for satan and his antichrist.

For some days back now, we (some of us in the prayer team) have been having visions/ messages concerning rapture frequently. Because of the frequent ways these rapture messages/visions are coming these past days and the way God is revealing plans of the enemy to us also, we strongly believe we shouldn’t delay in sharing the Visions. We will not want anyone to fall into the plans of the enemy to cause him to miss the rapture. We may release our teaching on ‘awareness of forces of darkness’ later.

The visions we received recently are given below and they concern the followings.
1. UNHOLY ANOINTING
One of our prayer team members reported that he dreamt and saw a man that is popular for acting as a ritualist/sorcerer in nigerian home movies, among a group of pastors, whom he knew in real life. He said the ritual actor also paraded himself as a genuine pastor among them.
The prayer team member said the man realized that our member had recognized him not to be a genuine pastor and he quickly approached the brother to tell him that he knew him somewhere, probably, to calm the brother down from exposing him as a false pastor. The brother said all of them came to visit me. He said as the pastors were still with me the fake pastor secretly called the prayer team member and me and gave us some oil, which he called anointing oil, to use but we did not use the oil.

About 2 days after our prayer member shared the dream with me, I read the testimony of another brother (I do not know him) who said he dreamt that Jesus showed him how satan and his agents had planned to anoint Christians in their dream with unholy anointing to cause them to become weary, lukewarm, not able to pray again, go into sin, and eventually not qualified for rapture. I was shocked when I read this testimony.

Please be careful with anointing oil, these days. Now, One common trend in churches is anointing service. Please, be careful before you receive one. If you must receive anointing oil, pray very well that JESUS CHRIST should sanctify the oil with his blood and (if you are in an anointing service, you may have to do it secretly so that the congregation or the pastor will not hear and you may be termed as rebellious.)
If you dreamt that your head was anointed by a questionable person or in a questionable setting and condition, when you wake, quickly pray that the Lord Jesus should neutralize any unholy anointing in your life with his blood.

2. PACKAGED FOODS/ CHICKENS
A brother, one of our prayer team shared with me that it was revealed to him how forces of darkness intend to use packaged foods (like food packed in take-away packs) as a weapon against christians especially in the church.
Some few days ago, i had a similar revelation. One of my senior brothers and I were going somewhere and we were hungry. we visited a eatery to eat. We ordered chicken. The attendants, who were relatively young, brought out a single chicken lap. They said that was the only chicken piece left and that we should wait for some minutes to prepare more chicken for us. One of us ate the chicken they brought and we were waiting for more. Soon one of the attendants called me to come and help them kill the chicken, as I entered their kitchen, I saw a shrine at the corner and an effigy was placed on the shrine. On the head of the effigy was written 'esu laalu' (this is Yoruba word for SATAN). The boy asked me to kill the chicken on the effigy in the shrine. I resisted. I asked why he wanted to kill the chicken to be sold for public on a satanic effigy in the shrine. He said they would never sell any chicken in that eatery, unless they first sacrifice it to their idol (satan).

Please, be careful with foods. if you go to any church anniversary and they package food for you. Please, pray on it very well. Sanctify it before you it. Also watch the eatery where you will eat. Pray before you eat anything.
This is time to be alert. Trumpet will soon sound. satan is just looking for ways to disqualify Christians from rapture. Pray on processed foods before you eat them. Pray on milk, tin tomatoes, slice bread and all food stuffs.

3. VACCINES.
In another dream, I saw a lot of people on the street. It was as if something that is likely to affect people's sight had happened. So people of all categories were being given compulsory vaccines to use to prevent eye problem from arising. The vaccine was a liquid contained in one small bottle and it had to be applied into the mouth. People were given to use and also use for everybody in their home. I was also given but I didn’t use it. i was skeptical of the vaccine because of the way the vaccine was being enforced on everybody. Suddenly, it was revealed to me that the vaccine was a gross deception and not really meant to prevent eye problem as the people were told. I was made to understand that the vaccine was like a concoction/spell made to make all people follow the antichrist.

Then, I saw a man (name with-held).With all his strenght, he was grossly blaspheming God Almighty (revelations 13:6). I was shocked.

Brethren, this is the time to be filled with the Holy Ghost. We are almost at the midnight hour. Darkness has covered the whole earth. Behold HE cometh in the cloud very soon. Watch and Pray
We will try to get across as many more things as are revealed.

CONCLUSION
Truly, as Isaiah 29:15-16 puts it, the plans of the enemy cannot be hidden from God. Thank God that He has made open to us what the enemies are trying to conceal from our knowledge. Though, the threats of the enemy are real yet they are empty, if we absolutely trust in God and hearken to HIS words.

ACTIONS
• Begin to watch and pray as He said in Luke 21:36 to be able to escape all the things that will soon happen to earth (great tribulation). What is happening now is child’s play. What will happen to those that miss the rapture will be terrible. We shall look into those things later. Repent of all sins, forgive people, fast, pray, watch, drop all worldliness.

PRAYERS
• Repent of all SINs and pray that He cleanse and sanctify you with His blood. Please do this as many times as possible daily.
• O Lord, Let me escape and let the enemy of my soul fall into the pit he has dug.
• Lord Jesus, give me the grace of watchfulness and readiness for your coming.
• Lord Jesus, give me the grace of the 5 wise virgins.

For more information, question or contribution, please send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.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 now are child’s play. Shalom

It is a pity, they are all around us. they have beseiged us like known enemies. The bible talks about them and we should not be ignorant. Knowledge of the word of God can help us to identify them. see my thread below. it may be of help.

https://www.nairaland.com/1265235/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-false

Jesus is coming for a church without wrinkles, without spots, without blemish, without sin, the glorious church. You are invited to be part of that church. flee from all sins and all appearances of sins. wash yourself in the blood of the lamb.

If we still find ourselves struggling with ome sin or the other, let us invite the Spirit of God to help our weakness. We too must be ready to give all it takes to stop the sinful act. we can even fast alongside our prayers. God help us.

shdemidemi: A simple question please

When God plagued Egypt by killing all the firstborn. The children of Israel were instructed to put the blood of a lamb on lintels and door- posts. My question is this, if pharaoh and his family were to be under the blood, could they have been saved saved?

Thank you shdemidemi for youur response.
I can not use my own understanding to answer your question since the bible didnt answer it. God is the righteuos judge and sovereign. However, God could have saved them or not. He has power to do such.

The purpose of my thread and my calling is to call people to repentance in JESUS CHRIST and to sensitize them to prepare
for the return of the messiah. I will not want to violate the purpose as much as i can do. Though, i will be ready to answer questions i am asked according to how God has enabled me in the knowledge of HIS word.

If God has used the thread to bless you in anyway, Glory be to Him. If there is anything you find questionable, pls ask.
If both of us do not agree on our answers, then, lets pray for more understanding of HIS words.

shdemidemi: I am for almost all that was written except the for the part where the gift of grace was demeaned. Can we work our salvation by works?
Please try and understand grace in its fullness. I believe once you are saved you are saved forever.
If you think otherwise, please tell me why through the scriptures. Thank you

It is not I that say we should work out our salvation with fear and trembling. It is the bible that says it and when I quote the scripture,I do not mean to demean the work of the cross. But the fact remains that after you gave your life to Jesus Christ, you must make conscious effort to run away from sin, you must seek to know God better by reading bible, you must fellowship, you must seek to do HIS wills even when you find it difficult. Spirit of God will assist us in these areas if we are ask Him. When you begin to do all these things, you are working the salvation you earn in JESUS Christ out.

Phillipians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

shdemidemi: I am for almost all that was written except the for the part where the gift of grace was demeaned. Can we work our salvation by works?
Please try and understand grace in its fullness. I believe once you are saved you are saved forever.
If you think otherwise, please tell me why through the scriptures. Thank you

No, we cannot be saved by works. This means that no amount of 'supposed good works outside of JESUS' that i do can save me unless i repent through JESUS CHRIST. However, once we have come to repentance in Christ JESUS, all our past sins will be forgiven by grace, not by merit. After that, we must make conscious effort to run away from sin till we die or till we are raptured. It is when we have achieved either of this two that the salvation plan of God has been concluded. We must maintain the status of being saved till the end.

If a person that has repented and become born-again goes back to sin and dies in sin. He will go to hell. He has lost that salvation. Consider the following verses.

Mathew 24: 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Hebrews 6:4-6
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Finally, a once-saved is not always saved. a person can backslide and even goes back to ways of life worse than when he never knew Christ. Shalom

DrummaBoy: The greatest treat to d gospel today is not once saved forever saved but the prosperity gospel.
A gospel of everything goes. Whitefield was calvanist; Wesley was Arminian but btw them thousands came to d saving grace of Jesus. Today, people are not being saved. Rather, we are churning out religious people who mouth God for the things they can get from him. That is the biggest challenge.
Another is the altar call. The false sense of being a Christian all because an individual ans an altar call is making for hundreds of false disciples today. So that Christianity has become popular and has Lost its power.
Those are my grouse with modern gospel and the false prophet today.

Thank you my brother. You have just hit the nail at the head.
WE ARE IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. THE TRUMPET WILL SOON SOUND. LETS US PREPARE AND HELP OTHERS TO PREPARE AS WELL. Thank you.
I hope you have seen our other teachings. More will still come to help prepare as many souls as possible for rapture.

DrummaBoy: If you teach that Christian can loose their salvation, you say the cross of Jesus is not sufficient.
What sort Savior will Jesus be if He cannot save to the uttermost. He has said he would not loose a sheep God has given him.

So while I agree that so called Christians can be lost, the ones Jesus genuinely saved, he would keep to the end. Salvation is first a sovereign work of God; it however shown fort in the good works of the Christian. That is what I mean, sir.

Thank you, for your humble reply. Please know that JESUS CHRIST is not selective in saving people. He is ready to save ALL SOULS 'genuinely' . He was not joking when HE went to the cross. HE desired to save all souls genuinely. However, we, too, have parts to play in our salvation. We have to work it out (phillipians 2:12) and endure it to the end (mathew 24:13).
Salvation through Jesus is free and genuine, Somebody can lose the salvation if he backslided (willingly going back to sin). If once saved means 'always saved', then backsliders will make heaven but we know backslide will not make heaven unless they return and repent. Shalom.

DrummaBoy: Save for the 'Once saved, always saved' doctrine, I agree with most of what you have written

What is it about that one sir?

The FINAL FALSE PROPHET will be ushered in, with the antichrist (Revelations 13:11-18). Their operating system is deception. All the false prophets that are all around now are just to prepare the entry ground for their masters: the antichrist and FINAL FALSE PROPHET. Brethren, WATCH. If you fall to the gimmick of any false prophet now, chances are high that you will fall to the deception of the FINAL FALSE PROPHET and you may just bow down and worship the antichrist or receive his mark.

There a lot of ecumenism activities going on now. Please watch out, even in your local churches.
Dont fall prey to their antics. They are attemting to bring all religions together as one in the name of peace.
Remember, the bible talks about this time.

1 Thessalonians 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

TOPIC: AWARENESS OF FALSE PROPHETS

TEXT: MATHEW 24: 4-5, 11, 24

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.

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11 And many FALSE PROPHETS shall rise, and shall DECEIVE many.

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24 For there shall arise FALSE CHRISTS, and FALSE PROPHETS, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall DECEIVE the very elect.


INTRODUCTION

If you asked a quite large number of people, this question: ‘between EARTHQUAKE and SPIRITUAL DECEPTION, which do you consider as more grievous? Or between WAR and SPIRITUAL DECEPTION which is more serious? Without hesitation, a greater percentage of them will choose EARTHQUAKE and WAR to be more devastating that SPIRITUAL DECEPTION.

However, Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ did not see it this way. He warned us to dread spiritual deception specially and watch very carefully to avoid it.

In Mathew 24:1-51 (The mount of Olives Prophecies) where Jesus gave the prophecies of rapture and end-time, HE mentioned earthquakes, wars, famine, persecution among other things as the things that would begin to happen as the signs of HIS coming. However serious one may take all these things to be, JESUS neither repeated any one of them nor asked us to take any measure to guide against them. But HE kept repeating that FALSE PROPHETS would be many and would DECEIVE the ELECTS.

Why did JESUS CHRIST keep repeating FALSE PROPHETS/DECEPTIONS but never repeated earthquakes/wars? Let’s seek to analyze/answer this question. In doing so, let’s note that JESUS hinted us that the DECEPTIONS of the FALSE PROPHETS would be targeted at the ELECTS of CHRIST. If an earthquake happens or a war breaks out and an elect dies in the event, the ELECT will still make heaven but if an agent of Satan (False Prophet) paraded himself as a true prophet of God and He succeeded in deceiving an ELECT of CHRIST, that ELECT whom JESUS shed HIS blood for, might just end in hell or miss the rapture and the death of JESUS for that elect would be in vain.

This is why JESUS warned us to watch for deceptions more than disasters. It is in line with this concern that we present this teaching. False prophets are indeed all around us. Many don’t even know or believe they are false prophets. Many were true men of God at the beginning but have become false prophets over time even unknowingly to them. We must spread our spiritual antennas (watch) to discern them and avoid their gambits.

HOW TO RECOGNISE FALSE PROPHETS

Before we begin, let us not think that only those that parade themselves with the title of ‘prophet’ can be false prophet. ANYBODY CAN BE FALSE PROPHET DEPENDING ON WHAT HE DOES. Don’t look at his title. Just examine what he does. Consequently all false teachers, false evangelists, false pastors, false bishops, false prophets and so on (whatever name they call themselves) will all be classified as FALSE PROPHETS for the purpose of this teaching in as much as he fits into the description given in the bible.

a. His words/prophecies do not fulfil (Deuteronomy 18:21-22) Let us quickly states that there may be basically 2 types of Prophecies. These are the absolute Prophecies and The warning Prophecies. The absolute Prophecies do not depend on whether somebody commits a sin or repents. It must be fulfilled. Example is the prophecy that a virgin would give birth to a son, (JESUS) Isaiah 7:14. Example of warning prophecies is the prophecy given by Jonah to the City of Nineveh that Nineveh would be destroyed in 40 days because of its Sins but Nineveh quickly repented and the prophecy was not fulfilled (Jonah 3). That Nineveh was not destroyed did not make Jonah a false prophet because Nineveh heeded the warning. False prophets give absolute type of prophecies and the prophecies do not fulfil.

b. His words are fulfilling but He introduces another God apart from JehovahDeuteronomy 13:1-3) Once He introduced you to another God, watch carefully, He may just be a soothsayer, or a diviner. He may even be prophesying by Baal (Jeremiah 23:13). Quickly disengage yourself.

c. His words are fulfilling but He turns people away from God: (Deuteronomy 13:5). Since man fell through sin in the Garden of Eden, God has been working to restore man back to Himself. All prophets God has been raising from bible’s point of view are for the purpose of returning man back to God. If He is leading people away from God, please, talk to your heels, no matter how much is words are fulfilling.

d.He calls Himself JESUS CHRIST or NEW MESSIAH: (Mathew 24:4-5) Once He calls himself Jesus or new Messiah or even Holy Spirit. Quickly run as fast as your feet can support. Don’t be carried away by the signs and wonders in His gathering.

e. He does miracles but does not preach Salvation in Jesus Christ: (Mathew 24:24) Miracles are not signs that a prophet/pastor is from God. After His miracles, does He lead people to accept Jesus? Does He tell people to go and sin no more like Jesus normally did? Take note, a prophet from satan will never lead people to Jesus/God nor want people to be saved. The false prophet of the antichrist will do a lot of miracles to deceive/lead people to take the mark of the antichrist (Revelations 13: 13-15). The stage is being prepared for him. Watch the message, not the miracles.

f. He commercializes the Gospel: (2 Peter 2:3) Jesus Christ as well as the Apostles never commercialized the Gospel. Please beware. MAJORITY of PROSPERITY PREACHERS are FALSE PROPHETS. They teach you how to make money but not how to make heaven. Avoid them. If you want to learn how to make money, go to business school, not church.

g. He teaches heresies all the time: (2 Peter 2:1) Heresy is a doctrine that is not founded in the bible or contradicts the basic teachings of the bible. A preacher may make mistake at times, that may not classify him as false prophet but a false prophet will preach heresy at all time especially in areas of salvation/holiness standard of God and tries to justify his preachings with human wisdom. Always match every teaching with the bible.

h. He uses feigned/ambiguous words a lot to deceive: (2 Peter 2: 3) If He genuinely wish to lead you to God and interested in your salvation, His words should be simple and not be chosen to confuse you more.

i. He introduces another gospel or perverts the gospel: (Galatians 1:6-9) Call it ‘gospel of propserity’, ‘gospel of once saved, always saved’, gospel of liberty to do what we want’, ‘gospel of God is not concerned with what you do with your body but your heart’, gospel of there is no hell’, ‘gospel of grace covers you no matter what you do’ and so on. Whoever preaches it is accursed. Please, run from them and don’t share in their curses.

j. He does not rebuke SINs nor warns on the dangers of SINs: (Ezekiel 3:18) Sinners are always comfortable to listen to his ministrations. He allows all manners of behaviors and dressing. He won’t just talk about hell nor rebuke sin, not to drive worshipers away. He only preaches palatable messages. It’s on few occasions I have heard preachers on television/radio preach about hell. Yet, I have heard countless numbers preach about love, blessings, solutions, prosperity. I have seen a lot of publications of solution night revivals but yet to see just one repentance revival, here in Nigeria. This is why we see religious activities are increasing but still, SIN and corruption are also increasing (false prophets). This is the design of satan, through his false prophets: increased religious activities, less righteousness/holiness.

k. He denies JESUS CHRIST is the Saviour or only Saviour or acknowledges other means of salvation (2 Peter 2:1) There are increasing denials of Jesus as the only Saviour in recent times by some well known preachers, presenters, religious leaders and so on. Once, they deny JESUS as the only Saviour, just know they have become agents of Satan. Avoid them altogether. Some may even parade religion as means of salvation rather than JESUS. No religion can save, even Christianity. Only Jesus saves.

l. He denies JESUS as THE SON OF GOD: (1 John 2:22-23) The bible defines the antichrist as one who will deny JESUS CHRIST as son of God and also deny God as the Father. But the spirit of this antichrist has long been in existence working through men and women (false prophets of antichrist) to deny Jesus as Son of God. Even today, they still deny Jesus as Son of GOD. Whoever does this is an agent of the antichrist. Whether he realizes or not. Do not be deceived by them. The bible warned of them in advance.

OTHERS MAY INCLUDE

m. He teaches that all men are serving the same God. This is a blatant lie from the pit of hell. Though, God is one, not all men are serving Him. This statement is aimed at making the elects believe a lie. Quickly dissociate yourself from such people.

n. He tries to bring all religions together as one (ECUMENISM) This agenda has b een on-going. Please, don’t be part of it. The campaigners of such are false prophets.

o. He relegates the message of repentance and holiness Without repentance/holiness in Christ Jesus, no man will enter heaven. If He is not preaching holiness, perhaps he does not want you to enter heaven. Be careful.

p. He rarely quotes from bible (scripture) but loves to quotes the supposed wise sayings of acclaimed great men The bible is there for us to quote when we are ministering, not the sayings of supposed great men most of whom were unbelievers. If you are particularly looking for wise sayings, read the book of proverbs.

q. He is fetish He uses abominable things like charms, incantations, divinations, rituals, magic, sorcery and so on.

CONCLUSION

Now, that we can rightly say that Christendom/Church or better still, the elects, have been invaded and besieged with false prophets of satan to deceive us to loss our salvations and follow satan to hell just as Jesus as told us in advance that they would happen. In Mathew 24: 25, Jesus says 25 Behold, I have told you before. JESUS had told us, before, and now, I have reminded you, perhaps you were ignorant. Now, you may be without excuse. Jesus is truly coming.


See our other teachings below or send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com to receive them.

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

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

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

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 heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.

· Be watchful. Don’t be in haste to attend any revival just because you see the banners on the road.

· Pay attention to what is happening in your church.

· Guard your salvation jealously that you may make it to the Kingdom of God and that you may also make the rapture.

If your answers are NO? Why not repent today, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and forsake sins. Please, say this prayer genuinely. Lord Jesus, 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. amen



PRAYERS

· Lord Jesus, anoint my eyes with eye salve that I may see the plans of the enemy.

· O Lord, fill me with the Spirit of discernment

· Lord Jesus, Let me escape all traps that Satan has used its false prophets to set for me.

· Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me all sins that can make me to miss rapture.

· Fill me with the grace to watch and pray.

For more information, question or contribution, please send email to us atraptureglorious@gmail.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 now are child’s play. Shalom

I asked the question when I was an unbeliever but now thank God who redeemed me. I was never a smoker. I asked the question at the time as one who was ignorant because I was not saved at the but now I MAKE BOLD TO SAY THAT SMOKING IS A SIN.

It is one of the most worldly habit there is. thank you. I will not argue about my position. My assignment is not to argue but to call people to repentance and preparation for the coming of the Messiah, (Lord, Jesus Christ).

If anybody seeks more information on my standpoint of view as to why cigarette smoking is a sin let me him my thread titled AWARENESS OF SIN https://www.nairaland.com/1256318/end-time-bible-teaching-awareness-sin

Shalom.

I asked the question when I was an unbeliever but now thank God who redeemed me. I was never a smoker. I asked the question at the time as one who was ignorant because I was not saved at the but now I MAKE BOLD TO SAY THAT SMOKING IS A SIN.

It is one of the most worldly habit there is. thank you. I will not argue about my position. My assignment is not to argue but to call people to repentance and preparation for the coming of the Messiah, (Lord, Jesus Christ).

If anybody seeks more information on my standpoint of view as to why cigarette smoking is a sin let me him my thread titled AWARENESS OF SIN http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/is-pope-francis-laying-the-groundwork-for-a-one-world-religion/pope-francis

Shalom.

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TOPIC: AWARENESS OF SINS

TEXT: 1 JOHN 3: 4-8

4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

INTRODUCTION
In recent times, there have been arguments among some Christians whether some behaviours are sin or not. For instance, some Christians have argued that smoking cigarette is a not sin, while some have also presented some arguments to support that Christians can take strong drinks but should not just be drunk. Some others have also argued to support one behavior or the other. And yet, Our Lord and Saviour, JESUS CHRIST, is coming to rapture believers that are free from sins and not those who still commit sins.
So, how shall we adequately prepare for HIS return if we still go about arguing whether something is a sin or not, or if we are totally ignorant of what sins are. Therefore, it is expedient to have a deep knowledge of what constitutes sin, from the perspective of God, so that we can know how to flee from it and remain holy unto the LORD, that we might be able to be among the saints HE will rapture.

WHAT IS SIN? AND WHO IS A SINNER?
For the avoidance of doubt, from our text, 1 John 3: 4-8, the bible defines ”sin” ,”sinner “, “ the origin” of sin’. Let us reiterate them.
SIN: Sin is the transgression of the laws of God. 1 John 3:4
SINNER: Sinner is a person who transgresses the law/laws of God. 1 John 3:4.
ORIGIN OF SIN: the bible says ‘for the devil sinneth from the beginnig’.
So, satan is the origin of sins. 1 John 3:8

What is left for us is to try to find out what the laws of God are, and what it means to transgress the laws. Let’s assume a driver is driving on a lane of the road and he is to maintain that lane and not cross to the other lane. If the driver stopped maintaining his lane and crossed to the other lane, then he has transgressed (crossed his boundary). In the same way, if any man stopped maintaining the laws of God and did something else, he has transgressed God’s law/laws and become a sinner. Let us thus look at the laws of God that makes a man becomes a sinner if he transgressed them.
Please, understand that it is only the bible that contains all acts that are sinful either by direct mentioning or by inference and it is only the Holy Spirit that can give anyone a full awareness/conviction of sin. What we have below is just a summary of a tiny portion of all acts that are sinful. For full knowledge and awareness of sin, read the bible regularly and seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit to guide you and correct you from falling into sins.

a.Violations of the laws of the 10 commandments : the 10 commandments are in the book of exodus 20: 3-17. We will not be able to list them but you can consult the scripture above for proper list.

b.Doing the works of the flesh : Galatians 5:19-21. the bible refers to them as works of the flesh and says whoever does them will not inherit the kingdom of God.
The sins are listed thus; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like.
The bible continues to list sinners/sins that are workers/works of flesh in 1Corinthians 6: 9-10. They are unrighteous, fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate (prostitute), abusers of themselves with mankind (homosexuals), thieves, coveter, drunkards, revilers, extortioners.
Some more lists are given in Romans 1: 29-32. They are vile affections/lusts (homosexual and lesbianism), wickedness, maliciousness, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful, and those who have pleasure in those that do all these things.


c. All Unrighteous behaviours: God tells us clearly in 1 John 5:17a 17: All unrighteousness is sin:
Though, not all sins are unrighteousness, but all unrighteousness are sin. By analogy, not all animals are dog but all dogs are animals. So then, what is unrighteousness? I will define unrighteousness as not being fair/just in dealing with another person, even if they are members of our family.
We cannot list all the behaviours that make unrighteousness but some of them are using unjust balances, unjust weights, unjust measuring scales for trade, exploitation/extortion, fraud, not paying of wages to labourers, not returning what you borrowed, not fulfilling pledge and so on.
Finally, Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, gives us the law of righteousness in Mathew 7: 12 as follows: 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
The list of unrighteous acts is endless. If you are in doubt whether what you are about to do to somebody is a sin of unrighteousness or not, APPLY THE LAW JESUS GAVE US. Ask yourself this question: will I be happy if this man/woman did the same to me? If the answer is NO, then that act may be an unrighteousness. Desist from it. If you are still in doubt, pray that the Holy Spirit should help you to decide what to do.

d.Defiling/Corrupting your body: 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 reads: 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Activities such as bleaching of the skin, drawing of tattoos, smoking of cigarettes and other hard drugs, drinking of beer and strong drinks, indecent dressing, naked/immoral dressing, masturbation, pornography and the likes, fall under defilement of the body.

e. All Abominations: Deuteronomy 18:10-12. These include but not limited to all idols, magic, sorcery (witchcraft), wizardry, soothsaying, asterology (reading of stars), necromancy (consulting with deads), occultism/cultism, incest, divination, charms, incantations, enchantments, spells, consulting with familiar spirits.



f. worldliness or friendship of the world: James 4:4: reads
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
This is one area where many Christians are not paying attention. This is one area that has also generated many controversies in Christendom. But the bible is very clear in this aspect. To be friend with the world is to do things like the unbelievers do it and that makes a person to be guilty of the sin of becoming an enemy of God. Worldliness include dressing like unbelievers, getting addicted to viewing football matches and worldly movies, using slangs of unbelievers, vain discussions, drawing of tattoos, and the likes.
If you are not sure whether what you want to do is worldy or not, ask these simple questions:
• Am I doing it because necessity demands it or because of fashion/ en-vogue? If it is outside of necessity but of fashion, then it may be wordly. Be careful about it. Most things that are en-vogue are worldly and sinful.
For instance, necessity demands that you put on trouser but necessity does not demand that you sag the trouser. Necessity demands that you put on shoes but does not demand that you put on high-heel. Necessity demands that a woman wears cloth but does not demand that the cloth must expose her breasts.
• Am I doing it to please God or to be acceptable in the eyes of the society?

g. Not relating with God properly. This include unbelief, lukewarmness, not evangelizing, not worshipping Him, not seeking to know Him more, not relying on Him, not praying, Atheism (confessing or believing that God does not exist), blasphemy and the likes.

h. All things that God hate and numerous other sins mentioned in the bible. God hates all sins and He cannot look at them because HE is so holy. All things that bible records that God hates or cannot look at, are probably sinful and we must avoid them. Some of the things God hate may be found in the following scriptures, Proverbs 6: 16-19, Not giving to the poor, Deut 15: 7-9, Wickedness of heart, Psalms 101:3-5 and so on.

Let us also endeavour to study the bible on our own and take note of all sins and so that we can flee from all such as we prepare for the return of Our Lord and Saviour.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHETHER AN ACTION IS A SIN
At times, we are faced with situations that are so difficult to determine whether they are sin or not. Here are some suggestions on what steps to follow to arrive at a reasonable conclusion.
• If you have the time, quickly pray and tell Holy Spirit to help you, even if it is just for a minute.
• Ask this question: ”will Jesus do it”? I believe You should know the answer to this question. If your answer is ‘NO’, then avoid that act.
• Ask again: “will it glorify God”? If the answer is ‘NO’, also avoid that action.
• If you are still not sure whether the action is a sin, then, don’t do it until you are sure that it is not a sin. Seek God in prayer for confirmation. Don’t just assume you are right. Don’t just do it and argue it away. The book of Leviticus talks about ‘SIN of ignorance’ which God says they must still repent of, if they become aware that what they did in ignorance was a sin. Don’t commit sin by ignorance.

CONCLUSION
SIN, though, just a three lettered word, is the only effective weapon Satan has been using to conquer and to destroy children of God and by extension mankind. It is a weapon of both self-destruction and mass destruction. Every other weapons of Satan like deception, enticement, threat, poverty, riches, disease, fame and so on are not on their own effective in destroying children of God. Satan only uses his other weapons to eventually push a child of God to commit SIN and make that child to become vulnerable so that He (Satan) can then destroy that child because the child had become defenseless. So, armed with SIN, Satan is confident of destroying anybody, I repeat, anybody, or any group of people (even a nation), if such person or group of persons allow him. Now that you have know what sins are, make a determination that satan will not use his weapon of sin to pull you down, no matter what appearance the sin has.

For our other teachings, you can see the following links:

https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs (50 Signs of Rapture)
https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must (Why We Must Watch)

ACTIONS
• begin to be more sensitive to SIN. Read bible frequently and pay attentions to what could be sinful. Try to avoid them. Ask Holy Spirit to help you overcome them. Repent at all times on daily basis from all sins you might have committed in ignorance. Plead the blood of Jesus to cleanse you always.
• Repent of all sins, forgive people, fast, pray, watch, drop all worldliness.
PRAYERS
• Repent of all SINs and pray that Jesus Christ cleanse and sanctify you with His blood. Please do this as many times as possible daily.
• O Lord, Please forgive me all sins that I have ever committed.
• Lord Jesus, forgive me all sins that can take me to hell.
• Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me all sins that can make me to miss rapture.
• Lord Jesus, do not allow needle of sin to pinch my garment of righteousness.

For more information, question or contribution, please send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com and please tell others to join us. We will like to get as many people as possible ready for rapture. I have had visions of the great tribulations. We wish nobody goes through the great tribulation. What are happening now are child’s play. Shalom

annyplenty: Concerning the bolded, the correct text is: Is Israeli government planning to build their 3rd temple on THE TEMPLE MOUNT?

This temple mount is the location of the 1st Israeli temple destroyed under the reign of Nebuchadnezzar of babylon when they besieged and carried Israel/Judah on captive. The temple mount was also the location of the temple when it was rebuilt and was LATER destroyed around 70 A.D by the roman empire. JESUS GAVE THE PROPHECY THAT THE REBUILT TEMPLE (the 2nd temple) WOULD BE destroyed (mathew 24:1-2) when giving the Mount of Olives Prophecy.

And now, Prophet ezekiel prophesied that the temple would be built finally and Israeli govt under nethanyahu has concluded all plans to build the 3rd temple to fulfil that prophecy.

annyplenty: • Watch what is happening in Israel: Is there any effort to divide Jerusalem as prophesied in the bible?, are some arab nations conspiring to exterminate (wipe out) Israel? Is Israeli government planning to build the 3rd temple on the temple? Is there any attempt to negotiate peace with Israel? and so on as prophesied in the bible.

Concerning the bolded, the correct text is: Is Israeli government planning to build their 3rd temple on THE TEMPLE MOUNT?

Dear iesusluvz,

This thread was mistakenly created with your username by me. Please forgive me.

My personal computer which I use for all this kind of posts had a problem and I had to use a colleague's computer because
I want to send this message. When I got to the system, nairaland was already opened with your username and i didnt even notice it.
I just went ahead and posted my message. after posting the message, i went to the religion section to see the message i posted. it was then i noticed it was someone else' username i used to send the message. I have since logged out your username on that computer. Please, forgive my oversight. I regret any embarrassment this might cause you.

I have resent the message with my own username.

Anybody who wants to reply to the message should please view it on https://www.nairaland.com/1241939/end-time-bible-teaching-why-must. thank you.

TOPIC: WHY WE MUST WATCH

TEXT: MARK 13: 31-37

31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

INTRODUCTION
The slogan ‘watch and pray’ has become so popular that it has cut across all walks of life and all religious beliefs and as such has become a household slogan just like Coca-Cola has become a household product. I knew the slogan long ago before I gave my life to Jesus Christ, not knowing what it meant, as many people still don’t know till today.
But as popuplar as this slogan is, it is perhaps one of the most disobeyed and wrongly understood quotations of the bible. To make matters worse, many Christians don’t know where to find these quotation in the bible not to talk of understanding what to watch and yet the fact that a Christian may be raptured when the trumpet sounds may be tied to his level of watchfulness (alert).
We are not trying to say that a Christian may not be raptured if he is not watching but that majority of those Christian who may miss rapture may miss it because they are not watching.
If we don’t want to fall into the category of those that will wrongly understand this command or disobey it by failing to watch or worst still miss the glorious rapture because we are not watching, then, we must seek to understand this all-important command.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WATCH?
Prior to the arrest, the crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ, He gave prophecies of how He would come back to take the saint (rapture), the great tribulation that will follow, and the eventual end of the world. He prophesied a lot of events that would begin to happen when the time had come. He gave these prophecies on the Mount of Olives and as such the Prophecies are known as Olivetti sermon or Olivetti Prophecies. (Please read Mathew 24, mark 13 and Luke 21 for the Olivetti sermons).

For summary of the Olivetti sermon, Jesus said the following:
1 No man, no angel, not even himself, knows the day He will come to rapture the true believers except His Father alone.
2 Prior to His coming (rapture), a lot of events will begin to happen across the world.
3 Of all the events that Jesus said will begin to happen, the only event He kept repeating is ‘deception’ (see Mathew 24:5, 11, 23-26). He did not repeat wars, earthquakes, diseases and others.
4 Of all the warnings Jesus gave us, the only one He kept repeating for us is to watch. (see mark 13: 33, 35, 36, 37).
5 Lastly, all the events He prophesied must all begin to happen at the same time. (Mathew 24:33)
Even though, we don’t know the day of rapture, we can know that the time of rapture has come if we see all the events Jesus prophesied happening simultaneously. I think He has tried enough for us with these prophecies. But how shall we know the events are happening if we don’t watch.
So to watch means to pay serious attention to what are happening around the world by listening to news, observing what are happening in churches, observing what are happening in the societies, observing what is happening to Israel, observing what is happening in the whole world, reading the bible, being spiritually alert, with a view to ascertaining or discerning that what Jesus said, as well as what God said through His prophets concerning end-times are happening.

Most of the end-time prophecies given in the bible that we are to watch concern three main entities. These are the church, Israel (particularly Jerusalem), and the world at large.

• Watch what is happening in the Church: are believers falling away? are pastors teaching heresies?, are false prophets/miracles on the rise?, are pastors commercializing gospels?, is church becoming worldly and so on, all as prophesied in the bible.

• Watch what is happening in Israel: Is there any effort to divide Jerusalem as prophesied in the bible?, are some arab nations conspiring to exterminate (wipe out) Israel? Is Israeli government planning to build the 3rd temple on the temple? Is there any attempt to negotiate peace with Israel? and so on as prophesied in the bible.

• Watch what is happening in the world: are disasters happening? Are the people becoming rebellious to God? Are governments looting funds? Is homosexuality on the rise? Are there persecutions and attacks on Christians (especially Christians being attacked right inside the church) and so on, all as prophesied in the bible?

For bible verses where all these things are prophesied, see our teaching on 50 SIGNS OF RAPTURE/END-TIME on https://www.nairaland.com/1230707/end-time-bible-teaching-50-signs posted on religion section of www.nairaland.com or send an email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.com to request it.
Those who are not watching are sleeping (mark 13: 16). These Christians belong to the lukewarm church or the foolish virgins and JESUS will come to them as a thief because they are not watching.

WHY MUST WE WATCH?
1 OBEDIENCE. Since our Lord, Jesus Christ, commanded us to watch, then we must watch, even if for only obedience.

2 PREPARATION. Rapture is a very serious event that must be prepared for, by constant repentance, prayer, fasting, watching, holy and righteous living. Remember, He is coming for a bride without spot, blemish and wrinkles. Even a single stain will disqualify a person (Ephesians 5:27). If we don’t watch, how can we know that time is up. Instead of praying and fasting to be accounted worthy to make rapture when the trumpet sounds, we may be praying for prosperity.

3 SPECIAL REWARD. There is a special reward for those who watch and long for His appearing (2 Timothy 4: cool. Those who did not watch but make the rapture may not get this reward.

4 MAKING RAPTURE. Let’s assume that consistently, the weather is cloudy, lightnings are striking, sun hardly shines, temperature is dropping and it is windy. We can conveniently say that rainy season has arrived because of those signs. So, we can begin to get an umbrella, mend the roof of our house, clear drainages and prepare for rain, though, we don’t know the exact day/time that the rain will fall. The rain will not meet us unprepared because we paid attention to the signs that rain was coming and we prepared. If the rain did not fall eventually, we will still not have anything to lose. Making Rapture can be compared to this phenomenon. Watching is a key to making rapture. Even, if we don’t know the day, we will know how close it is and begin to prepare and rapture will not happen suddenly to us because we are watching, preparing and ready. (revelation 3:3)

DON’T WATCH; JUST BE READY AT ALL TIMES. HOW TRUE?
Some Christians believe that it is not necessary to watch. They often say that they just have to be ready at all times, without watching. How true is this? In my opinion, they are right to the extent that we have to be ready at all times. But they are wrong in that they overlook the issue of watching.
Before the rapture happens, it is going to be a time of thick spiritual darkness and deception to such extent that those who are watching and are firm in the Lord might be deceived, if care is not taken (Mathew 24:24). How much less those that are not watching. Brethren, satan is more deceptive than we think. Before they know, deception may enter unto them right inside the church.
This is why the Lord Jesus Christ emphasized the issue of deception and watching even more than earthquakes and other disasters. So, if it is not necessary to watch, the Lord Jesus would not emphasize it.
Lastly compare, the issue of watching to what Apostle Peter wrote in 1 Peter: 5: 8 and 1 Peter: 4:18
1 Peter: 5 :8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
We can paraphrase the words of Apostle Peter above as ‘whoever is not vigilant (watchful), the devil might devour him’.
And Lastly 1 Peter 4:18
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
If those who are watching and are ready at all times scarcely make it, how much less those who are not watching?
We must watch.

ACTIONS
• begin to watch and pray as He said in Luke 21:36 to be able to escape all the things that will soon happen to earth (great tribulation). What is happening now is child’s play. What will happen to those that miss the rapture will be terrible. We shall look into those things later. Repent of all sins, forgive people, fast, pray, watch, drop all worldliness.

PRAYERS
• Repent of all SINs and pray that He cleanse and sanctify you with His blood. Please do this as many times as possible daily.
• O Lord, open my spiritual eyes to see the signs of your coming as mentioned in your word.
• Lord Jesus, give me the grace of watchfulness and readiness for your coming.
• Lord Jesus, give me the grace of the 5 wise virgins.

For more information, question or contribution, please send email to us at raptureglorious@gmail.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 now are child’s play. Shalom

Lord_Reed: Even the apostles thought it was eminent in their time. I say watch and pray for your salvation not for the end of the world. Jesus already said of the day and time no man knows. Who ever will not genuinely repent will not genuinely repent for fear of the end of the world.

You are absolutely right that who will not repent will not repent even if God sent somebody from hell to come and warn them to fulfill the request of the rich man. Besides, I am not trying to coerce or use end-time to frighten people to repent. My point still remains that Jesus asked us to watch for some things and those things are happening. If we take heed and amend our ways because we see those things happened and rapture did not happen eventually, we would not have lost anything but rather we would have become more heaven conscious. But if JESUS asked us to watch so that we, believers, might not be deceived and that we might not be caught unawares, BUT we fail to watch and we are deceived through our ignorance even though we are living holy. It may just be a fatal error. JESUS knew we need to watch and prepare, and HE didnt make mistakes for saying so just as He didnt make mistakes for saying we must be born-again.

Lord_Reed: All these conditions have existed in various degrees both high and low since the death and resurrection of Christ.

Do not get into the error of date setting like the 2012-ists.

I never set any date. if you read the introduction very well, you notice. Some of the conditions might have been existing
long ago like you said, though, at a minimal level, but not all the conditions. JESUS CHRIST called us to watch out when we
see all of the conditions happened at the same time. that is the point I am making and to sensitise us to watch as He told us.
If there was no need to watch, Jesus would not have told us to watch. Shalom.

Pastor Olu T: Yes agreed all that you wrote so far is according to the scriptures, but i have a little reservation about repenting and asking Jesus to cleanse you and sanctify you daily. Once you accept Jesus as your Lord as personal savior, you are complete in Him and all you have to do is to live consciously in Him daily, the bible says He says entered the hollies of hollies once and for all and that the sacrifice is for all time, Jesus need not die over and over for our sins.
Truly we are to prepare but our preparation should not always be with sin consciousness but holiness consciousness, this i believe many of us still find difficult to understand in the Christendom.
Bro, i quite agree with you, you are on point

Thank you, Pastor, we are not encouraging believers to sin consciously (hebrew 10:26) rather we are trying to call our attentions to the fact that JESUS CHRIST is coming for an holy bride, without spot, blemish, wrinkle or all sorts (ephesian 5:27) but the fact remains that we may still unconsciously run into some things that defile us and we have to deal with those things by repentance. Shalom.

TOPIC: 50 SIGNS OF RAPTURE/END-TIME

TEXT: MATHEW 24: 33-36

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

INTRODUCTION
When is the day of return of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, to rapture His saints? Before you say the answer, let me quickly say it because I know that you know the answer. Nobody knows the day. Even, unbelievers know the same. Mathew 24:36 clearly says that nobody knows.
And so, because nobody knows the day, when you try to sensitize some Christians that the day is near so that they can begin to prepare, they quickly retort: nobody knows the day. And they begin to live a lukewarm/lackadaisical life again. How can you sensitize them to prepare for a day nobody knows? They begin to pray for prosperity and concentrate on worldly things as if though, ‘nobody knows the day’ means ‘the day will never come’.
Even though we don’t know the day, the day will still come. That is the absolute truth. But are we totally ignorant of this all-important day? NO! Our God will not keep us in darkness. Look at Mathew 24:33. It says when we shall see ALL of certain things, then the day which we don’t know is at the door.
Supposing you are coming back home from your office and you have reached the door of your home, how close to or how far from your home are you? You as close or as far as being in your home. That is the reality. And this is what our Lord, Jesus, was telling us. He went further to even say that the generation that witnessed ALL these events happen together will not pass away before the day comes. Our Lord has already given us enough clues: watch to see that ALL THE THINGS HE SAID ARE HAPPENING ALL AT THE SAME TIME, then know that THE DAY IS AS CLOSE AS BEING AT THE DOOR OF YOUR ROOM if you see ALL the things happen.
What more can we do? All we have to do is to examine clearly to see that all the things HE said are happening. Then we should begin to pray and prepare (Luke 21: 36) to be worthy instead of praying for money. One stunning fact is that not at any time in all history of creation had ALL these things happened at the same, nor will there be any other time they will happen altogether, except the time He is to return. So any Christian that is not ready to examine and watch but just goes about and says we don’t know the day is lazy and lukewarm and does that at his peril.
So lets examine together, the signs HE and other prophets/apostles gave us and I live you to judge whether ALL these thing are happening or not. Welcome to 50 signs of rapture/end-time.
50 SIGNS OF RAPTURE/END-TIME
1- wars/violences mt 24:6
2- famines/expensive cost of food mt 24:7
3- incurable diseases mt 24:7
4- EARTHQUAKES mt 24:7
5- false pastors/prophets/religious leaders mt 24:11
6- deceptions mt 24:11
7- intensified evangelism mt 24:14
8- some arab nations will attempt to wipe out Israel psalm 83: 1-8
9- hatred/wickedness mt 24:10
10 homosexualities 2 timothy 3:2
11 increased vegetarianism 1 timothy 4:3
12 looting of public funds james 5:3
13 tsunamis luke 21:25
14 volcanic eruptions joel 2:30
15 shedding of innocent bloods james 5:6, rev 6:9-10
16 economic collapse rev 6:6
17 peace talks/ clamour for peace 1 thes 5:2-3
18 invasion of churches to attack/kill christians john16:1-3,mt 24:9
19 massive death of fishes hosea 4:3
20 massive death of birds hosea 4:3
21 massive death of animals hosea 4:3
22 shifting of earth' axis isaiah 24:20
23 threat of war on Israel luke21:20, ps 83:1-8
24 many will falsely parade themselves as CHRIST/MESSIAH mt 24:5
25 slave labour james 5:4
26 gospel of prosperity 2 peter 2:3
27 visions/dreams of rapture/heaven/hell etc joel 2:28-30
28 effort to divide jerusalem zechariah 14:2, joel 3:2
29 advanced knowledge/technology daniel 12:4
30 distress luke 21:25, daniel 12:1
31 overthrowing of egypt daniel 11:41-43
32 overthrowing of libya daniel 11:41-43
33 overthrowing of ethiopia daniel 11:41-43
34 Damascus/syria will fall Isaiah 17:1-3
35 blasphemies 2 timothy 3:2
36 avoiding to get married 1 timothy 4:3
37 false miracles math 24:24, 2 Thes 2:9
38 adultery/fornication hosea 4:2
39 scoffing/mocking of word God 2 peter 3:2
40 stealing/robberry hosea 4:2
41 visions/dreams of antichrist 2:thes 2:3-4
42 falling away of church 2 thes 2:3, 1 tim 4:1
43 dead conscience 1 tim 4:2
44 love of items more than God 2 tim 3:4
45 climatic change/strange weather pattern luke 21:26
46 fearful/bleak future luke 21:26
47 rebels/rebelliousness 1 john 2:18-19
48 heresies 2 peter 2:2
49 building of 3rd jewish temple Ezekiel 41:1
50 israel becoming a nation Mathew 24:32-34
51 possession of evil spirits 1 tim 4:1, 1 john 2:18
Now that you can confidently say that all these things are happening (even rampantly and in great magnitude), then we must begin to prepare to meet our Lord. If you are not already thing in this direction, begin to consider it, lest He comes quickly and you may not know when He comes.
ACTIONS/PRAYERS
1.Repent of all SINs and pray that LORD, JESUS CHRIST, should cleanse and sanctify you with His blood. Please do this as many times as possible daily.
2. O Lord, let not your coming meet me as a thief in the night.
3. Lord Jesus, whatever thing that want to take me away from you, take it away from me.

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1. annyplenty(m): Quote Post
to watch the live proceedings of the national repentance revival, you can go to

www.jesusislordradio.info

www.jesusislordradio.org/live/

to watch the live proceedings of the national repentance revival, you can go to

www.jesusislordradio.info

or

jesusislordradio.org/live/

ooman: Xtians are the dumbest people on earth. The bible is full of lucky guesses, so is tb joshua.

Please, don't derail this thread. there are many other threads, especially for people who share the same believe as you share. You can go there and make your contributions there. Please, once again, leave this one for those who are heaven conscious and who are called to prepare for rapture. thank you.