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originally posted by: deknubed
Well many believe that when the Rapture takes place all the True Believers will literally float up into heaven or disappear but that's idiotic - if it happened that way it would most certainly make true believers out of the ones left behind. I dont think it will be that easy - so yeah maybe Catholics are right that even true believers must suffer The Great Tribulation. But if you think about it - of all the humans that have lived throughout time - most are already dead - including most of the true believers - so in reality most true believers will not have to endure the Rapture since they are already asleep/dead - so I tend to believe that God must have a question mark over the 'true believers' that he leaves behind to suffer The Great Tribulation. Revelation 17.8 says that "The inhabitants of earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast". Revelation 3:10 says - " Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole earth to test the inhabitants of earth." Now why would God need to test the true believers anyway? And most of them are already dead right? Sure your name is either written in the book of life or it is not - but I thinks its possible for a person that does have his name written in the book of life to not be a true believer at the beginning of The Great Tribulation but for them to pass Gods final test and come out of The Great Tribulation as a true believer. So for me - all people that are still on earth will not be true believers when The Great Tribulation begins even though some of those people will be true believers by the end of it.
No, it is pretty much everyone / everything that sucks up Lucifers arse.
The Brexit was interesting in that it was never going to be allowed to happen by the NWO anyway.
However, God saw who did not want anything to do with the NWO.
originally posted by: Klassified
Western countries are overwhelmingly Christian at this point, including those in government offices. No atheists serve in the U.S. congress for example, and several states still have laws preventing atheists from holding any office of government. So it would seem that at least in Western countries and the Middle East, it is the religious creating all this weaponry you speak of, and they have no problem using those weapons.
They aren't. As explained above, governments across the world are overwhelmingly religious with a few exceptions. So they are the ones using your bible as a playbook.
originally posted by: DeathSlayer
Two thirds of the population will die not one third.
This makes one wonder how the vast majority of the world population, are going to handle the fact, that their leaders have agreed with other world leaders to kill them all off.
Rapha....cool
originally posted by: Rapha
originally posted by: deknubed
The true believers will be saved through the rapture before The Great Tribulation Begins. So true believers won't even witness the second coming - they will have already risen to heaven seven years earlier. So if you were a true believer you really wouldn't have to worry about The Great Tribulation. The ones left behind will have a last chance to become true believers during The Great Tribulation and if they are at the end of it they will be saved when the second coming happens - if they are not then they will go to hell to burn for all of eternity.
However, according to certain believers, the Rapture is false and everyone goes through the 7 Year Tribulation.
With all nuclear power stations going meltdown, entire electrical grids going offline and armed gangs raiding every single new age "farm", how can a Christian expect to survive ? - unless God makes them invisible.
i believe it says that a third of world population dies and the Revelation period - 2 billion - that is a lot. Then as the entire system grinds to a halt, with radiation in the atmosphere, who survives ? what plants / crops survive ?
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
I'm confused. You're saying that Christians project hate and self righteousness..... But your OP reeks of those very two things.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
They will be dead, won't they?
originally posted by: GBP/JPY
Don't fight with a missionary man, he's got God on his side
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
I think it's the broad brush that ruins it man.
You're trying to define all Christians, or say what is a "true Christian".
Saying all Christians want the rapture to happen is like saying all Muslims are Jihadis. Most people who subscribe to religion just don't like the idea of death, so they believe there is an after life to cope with such thoughts. To get there comes a moral template.
Most religious people just want to live life, aspire to be good people, and have a loving family. Finding the worse parts of their scripture and acting like it's the core tenants of their beliefs are disingenuous. Keep in mind that much of the Christian book of Revelations isn't exactly all meant to be taken literally.
Keep in mind that much of the Christian book of Revelations isn't exactly all meant to be taken literally.
At the end of the day however, Tartaris awaits them and the Lake of Fire is final for them. Is drinking human blood worth it when those 2 locations are final ? Been there. Do you know what it feels like "Down There"
originally posted by: SteamyJeans
It’s about living better, not dying better.
originally posted by: JAGStorm
whoa whoa WHOA.... you've been to hell? really...