Good day Joaniemarie,
I'm sure that I don't have to tell you not to listen to these people who are rejecting the Lord's promise to gather his church and that He is not going to send us through his wrath first. They dishonor Christ by not recognizing that he took upon himself the wrath that we deserve. They have no understanding that the gathering of the church is a separate event from the Lord's return to end the age. We are living in the last days and these are the false teachers that we are warned about.
Guard what you know to be the truth.
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I'm sure that I don't have to tell you not to listen to these people who are rejecting the Lord's promise to gather his church and that He is not going to send us through his wrath first. They dishonor Christ by not recognizing that he took upon himself the wrath that we deserve. They have no understanding that the gathering of the church is a separate event from the Lord's return to end the age. We are living in the last days and these are the false teachers that we are warned about.
Guard what you know to be the truth.
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Thank you Ahwatukee. No., I'm not in the least bit swayed from looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ. I'm fully persuaded for much of the same reasons you mentioned here in your post. It's a major confidence as God meant it to be for us to know He sent Jesus to take our punishment and the coming judgment as only He can. There is no more condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.
Been through some things in my 58yrs that God has used to show the truth for us who received Jesus. That we passed from death unto life because of Christ. Rom.8:1 is very clear None of us believers can allow another person to steal away our confidence in Christ.
It seems many Christians on CC don't believe in Christ coming to rapture His bride before the tribulation begins. So all the more reason for those of us who do to tell them when we get the chance. If they don't believe they will be missing out on a great and precious truth meant to hold us in these last days here on earth.
I just don't understand why L Clarke thinks I'm slandering anyone??