Luk 21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
Jesus warned us we could be deceived.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
It is this "I can't be deceived attitude that will cause the majority to be deceived.
Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Here He warns His very disciples that they could be deceived. The many will not come saying believe in the Devil, they will say "Jesus is the Christ" and will deceive many.
This doctrine of a rapture will cause much heartache for those who believe they will be "raptured" away only to find themselves in the Great Tribulation suffering horribly.
Jesus warned us we could be deceived.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
It is this "I can't be deceived attitude that will cause the majority to be deceived.
Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Here He warns His very disciples that they could be deceived. The many will not come saying believe in the Devil, they will say "Jesus is the Christ" and will deceive many.
This doctrine of a rapture will cause much heartache for those who believe they will be "raptured" away only to find themselves in the Great Tribulation suffering horribly.
In reality though, I can see GOD Almighty's (elect) set aside ones, suffering emotionally over this situation, with most of their brothers and sisters in Christ attending this apostacy For this is the night in which we can do NO work (witnessing) ; The Night of the Lord, comes just before The Day of the Lord.
I mean like people you genuinely and sincerely love, headed for pure disaster and if one thinks that it won't be extremely tempting to help drag them out of there,(witness) then I would have to sincerely question the genuineness of that love.
When this apostacy does take place, the GOOD-NEWS is that, SO DOES THE GATHERING BACK (one taken/one left thing)
Personally, if I didn't know the rest of Our Father's PLAN, from this point on, I know that I wouldn't be able to resist the temptation of going to help them; But! that's IF I didn't know the rest of Our Father's Plan
We WILL help them in Our Father's time; and this is even BEFORE The Lord's Day
When mankind gives up; Our Father IS just getting started
One should KNOW what Our Father IS going to do, IF they really want to help HIM, otherwise you may find yourself playing GOD; attempting to save a loved one from this apostacy, out of sync with The Father's Plan.
More GOOD-NEWS: your Wish, just happens to be Our Father's WILL! only be paitient, we WILL help them in His time, in this flesh, BEFORE the twinkling of an eye event (so-called -rapture); and those that absolutely refuse to leave this apostacy (worldwide false lovefest)
Well for them unfortunately; they still have The Lord's Day of Reckoning & Teaching to come in the Spirit, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKK!; not a Day for a second chance at all; rather a Day of COMPLY or DIE! (eternally perish) in the lake-of-fire, at the end of that day. (Christ PLEASE!, I really want to be a firstfruit) and NO! I do NOT assume myself to be saved; UNLESS I happen to Pass Over prior to this event, then as promised, my belief in Getting Over Death (GOD) in and through Christ WILL save me, because I didn't just believe, but actually witnessed, what were ALL here to do.
And that IS for a GOD's Day, NOT a mans day. (1 day with the Lord IS as a 1000 years with man) I pray that ye be NOT! ignorant of this ONE thing!
Anyways; John 832; I didn't post this to offend you, as I agree with what you are witnessing, just this one issue, as I believe it will be us suffering more than them, until a little later. And it is a spiritual/emotional suffering, not a physical one.
Hopefully you can see even more Good-News in this, as that is all i'm trying to share.