tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post8045167586778534737..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Emergent church questioning tactics are bad leavenElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-49762928969094098562011-12-22T14:08:12.418-05:002011-12-22T14:08:12.418-05:00To Anonymous: You weren't too long! Concise,...To Anonymous: You weren't too long! Concise, to the point and biblically sound. The signs of the great apostasy are all around us today...purpose driven, emergent, post evangelical movements along with the uniting of Protestantism, Roman Catholicism and post modernism. The small gate and narrow way is becoming more and more defined.Dannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-53279709936380313352011-06-30T15:01:31.668-04:002011-06-30T15:01:31.668-04:00Thank you for posting this. I have personally been...Thank you for posting this. I have personally been troubled by this because close friends of mine have gotten into this false belief. They act like Tim LaHaye invented the rapture. <br /><br />I love what you pointed out in Thes. about the people thinking it had already happened. Great point. <br /><br />I also like this verse in Revelation (3:20) "Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth." <br /><br />I was even talking to my dad this morning about the Feasts of the Lord. And how each feast had prophetic significance. Passover, symbolized the death of our Lord. The Feast of Unleavened Bread sanctification, purity. Jesus was without sin. The Feast of Firstfruits symbolizes the resurrection of Christ. He is the firstfruits of the resurrection. The Feast of Weeks symbolizes the Holy Spirit being sent, which writes His law on our hearts. <br /><br />Then we have a period of time in between the spring feasts and the fall feasts which symbolize the church age (where we are at right now). Next comes the Feast of Trumpets, which symbolizes the RAPTURE. The Trumpet of God (NOT trumpets of angels half-way through the tribulation) represents the Bridegroom coming for His bride, so he can seclude her in the bridal chamber for 7 days (tribulation). Jesus alludes to this in Matthew 25, when He talks about the wise and foolish virgins. I LOVE THIS!!! <br /><br />Then the Day of Atonement comes next, this symbolizes the Day of the Lord when God again deals with Israel and they come to the Lord. The last feast is the Feast of Tabernacles and this symbolizes the millennium-Where Jesus will reign and dwell with man.<br /><br />It doesn't matter that certain churches have not taught this during certain periods of history. The fact is, the Word of God teaches it, Paul taught it, Jesus taught it, it was revealed by the Holy Spirit, early church fathers taught the rapture, documents throughout history reveal that it is an early belief. <br /><br />I feel like when people love their belief in this truth, they lose touch with the reality of what is going on in the world. And many people who have embraced the idea that there is no rapture have also become anti-Israel. My friend has told me that Israel was abandoned by God and replaced with the Church. That is so unbiblical!!! Further, it lends itself to fit into the spirit of anti-Christ. <br /><br />It is a slippery slope indeed.<br /><br />Sorry I wrote so much. This is just really important to me. I wish my friends were able to discuss these things without it becoming a heated argument.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-15580209166494274872011-06-30T11:58:50.073-04:002011-06-30T11:58:50.073-04:00THANK YOU! This post truly and really blessed me....THANK YOU! This post truly and really blessed me. I could take that one verse alone-- "We are not appointed to wrath"-- and that would be enough to comfort and assure me in regards to the Tribulation. But, praise the Lord, the assurance of a pre-Trib raptuer is throughout the entire Bible!<br /><br />GREAT post!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108533874121226153noreply@blogger.com