What did the Church teach historically about the second coming?
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We who 'fear God' and obey His commands such as:
Every word of God is flawless;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Do not add to His words,
lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar. Proverbs 30
We who obey this command not cannot be snared by satan.
Pre-trib can ONLY be proven by man's words - not God's.
TRUTH CHALLENGE for those who 'add to God's words'.
$1,000 (US dollars) to the first person that can show the scripture(s) that clearly state: The Bride of Christ/His Elect/the Church is pre-tribulation raptured before the First Resurrection and before the Antichrist. The Bride of Christ/His Elect/the Church as a whole Body of Believers.
*** IMPORTANT - Individual believers/resurrections/raptures such as Enoch, Elijah, Lazarrus, John and the Saints from Matthew 27:51-53 (which is the fulfillment of Isaiah 26:19) = DO NOT QUALIFY.
Rules Apply: ONLY Scripture: No Conjecture - No Commentaries - No personal belief statements
Rules for Disqualification: Seeking to Argue/Arguments - Adding to or taking away from God's Word - Personal Belief Statements - Conjecture
Rules are set forth by the Moderator = the Lord Jesus Christ
"I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book." Revelation 22:18-19
Proverbs 30: 5-6 "Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you
You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
EXAMPLE to Follow as Your Guide: Show Proof (Scripture) that Jesus is the ONLY way we can be saved.
ANSWER(S): John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by Me.
Acts 4:11-12 This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
Oh that verse is in II Hesitations You can mail me the check at Daniel Marsh (name to put on my check) 6539 Linville dr
Brighton, MI 48116-9531 USA
lol - what is 11 Hesitations ( i know you are funning with 11 Thessalonians) but let me in on the 'Hesitations' from your mind view.
Thank You Brother
who are the church fathers ? the church being the body of Christ has one father in heaven only
“And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.”
Matthew 23:9 KJV
is it a reference to the apostles or are you referring to catholic doctrines? You know they refer to catholic priests as fathers ?
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth - pre-trib rapture is not truth, and cannot be found in Scripture.
Therefore those of us who have the Holy Spirit and 'fear God', we know the Truth and are sanctified in His Word.
Every word of God is flawless;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Do not add to His words,
lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar. Proverbs 30: 5-6
Scripture cannot lie
JOHN 14: THE IMMINENT RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH PROPHESIED IN AD 30
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Did you notice what Christ said at the very beginning? NO HEART TO BE TROUBLED MEANS NO TRIBULATION!
As Brothers in Christ, Born Again of the Spirit - we are to love one another in Him and His Word - Amen.
i SEE the Promise of His Return for us - His Bride/His Elect/His Church/ The Saints of the Most High/ His Redeemed.
i am not troubled because 'He who Promised is Faithful to Complete IT.'
He is prepring a place for us - maybe we will be close and next to one another.
He is coming again, to receive you and me unto Himself for no man can pluck us from His Hand. We will be with Him Forever - Amen.
Our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ and the Precious Holy Spirit will not leave us orphans - neither will THEY confuse us.
The SAME Lord Jesus who spoke John 14 into Life also said this to us in John 16 =
"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
Your statement: " NO HEART TO BE TROUBLED MEANS NO TRIBULATION!" is in error according to the word of the Lord.
God is not the author of confusion - but man made religion and it's doctrines are.
Our PEACE is in CHRIST - not pre-trib error.
My love to you my dear Brother Nehemiah in Christ.
amen he’s always going to be faithful to what he himself has said, and we can know what he said by believing the gospel
This what i find truly amazing about our Lord and His Word = He knew of every error/lie that satan would use against His Church and in the foreknowledge of Christ, He covered and exposed those errors/lies/confusion with TRUTH in Scripture.
Just sit back and dwell on that - let that sink deep into your soul and spirit and mind and you will Glow with JOY & CONFIDENCE in HIM and HIS WORD.
But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
1 John
Not many, who call on the Name of Christ have this Annointing.
yes , everyone of us who accepts his word have that same living and active annointing dwelling in our faith just waiting for that one tiny spark that sets our hearts ablaze with holy fire
He’s truly provided everything for any who believe
Could you tell us in modern language what the church in the age of the apostles taught about the second coming?
I find in my studies that the church changed dramatically when Constantine took over control of the church because he used what he learned about ruling Rome to rule the church. It was a worldly type rule. Controversies were then decided by men in councils instead of going to men trained by apostles. Before, love of others and love of the Lord ruled the church, it transformed lives because faith, to them, was in all Christ taught about their lives. My studies say the age of the apostles stopped abruptly when Constantine took over in 313.
Today, our most accurate and concise prophecy about the second coming of Christ is given in the three fall feasts. The spring and summer feasts did that for the first coming of Christ and Pentecost.
I think the question is very valid. The church as it was in the first 300 years is a very different church than the church is today. They thought differently. They were closer to the apostles who were taught by Christ, and it is very profitable to learn how they thought and consider it. So far the OP says he is looking at their writings, but he isn't telling us what they say. I'd like to know.
I've tried to understand what they write about, but I don't understand them. They worded things differently 2,000 years ago. What I have learned about them has always been through reading what scholars who can understand them tells me.
Well, the church at 300 was a very different church than the one in the first years/decades.