tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post9083650910949416048..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Behold the burden of DamascusElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-2286458500139780692012-07-17T08:00:32.382-04:002012-07-17T08:00:32.382-04:00God made this world perfect. It is satan who likes...God made this world perfect. It is satan who likes to watch people suffer. Satan brought sin into the world and we grabbed onto it like cotton candy. It's been downhill ever since. God sent Jesus to die for our sins, paying the penalty from God's court, so that we do NOT have to suffer. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 says, "For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." It is sin that makes us suffer. It is Jesus who is the salve for it.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-13261476284249679602012-07-17T07:54:07.038-04:002012-07-17T07:54:07.038-04:00Its a pity your god likes to watch people suffer. ...Its a pity your god likes to watch people suffer. Sado comes to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-40628551109320800052012-06-13T00:08:51.848-04:002012-06-13T00:08:51.848-04:00Hi Kim,
Thank you! I'm worried about Tisha B&#...Hi Kim,<br />Thank you! I'm worried about Tisha B'Av too. It begins sunset July 28, 2012 and goes to nightfall July 29, 2012. <br /><br />I would love if the Spirit poured Himself out on people before the rapture so many would come to believe. I believe the opposite will happen, unfortunately.<br /><br />Romans 11:25 says that a partial hardening has happened to the Jews, a partial blindness, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. MacArthur explains that verse: "Jewish unbelief will last only until that time when the complete number of Gentiles who are entering the Kingdom have come to know the Lord...the number of completion, the time of completion." It is really clear. Jesus has a number in mind for His church and when that is reached we will be snatched up and the blindness released from the Jews. "After this I will return<br />And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, And I will set it up; 17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,<br />Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, Says the Lord who does all these things." Acts 15:16-17<br /><br />The seven letters to the churches seems to indicate that by the end, the Christian church will be weak and ineffectual, lazy, rich, and thinking they need nothing, as Jesus charged the Laodicean church in Rev 3. Paul and Peter and other NT verses warn of perilous times and false doctrines and false teachers getting worse and worse in the latter days. There will be sin and falsity and therefore spiritual peril. As a matter of fact there will be so much false doctrine it will be harder and harder for people to truly believe because they won't know WHAT to believe.<br /><br />(1 Tim 4:1 and 2 Tim 4:3 are the support texts for the above position)<br /><br />So that's why unfortunately I don't see any revival poured out...and instead I see less belief, culminating in the great apostasy Paul spoke of. The Spirit *will* be guiding multitudes into truth during the Tribulation and a testament to Jesus is that multitudes DO come to belief. Praise Him! They are seen as the beheaded martyrs in Rev 6:9<br /><br />Blessings to you Kim!! :)Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-4178617686468676612012-06-12T23:42:50.633-04:002012-06-12T23:42:50.633-04:00With all that is happening there, I agree, with yo...With all that is happening there, I agree, with you, that the destruction could come at any moment. Tisha b'Av is coming up, and historically, much has happened to Israel on that date. I was thinking as I was reading tonight...I know that you believe the rapture to be a number-specific event (the fullness of the gentiles). Is it possible that the fullness referred to here is a level of fullness of the Holy Spirit, and that perhaps God has a point in time where He pours out His spirit - the latter day rain, so to speak - causing many to believe in Christ before the rapture can occur? Just a thought that I decided to throw out there.<br /><br />The Holy Spirit is greatly using you in these last days. You are blessed.<br /><br />KimKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449934341845326322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-13678791641367950072012-06-12T18:46:19.887-04:002012-06-12T18:46:19.887-04:00WOW. Did not know any of that. I hope as many peop...WOW. Did not know any of that. I hope as many people flee the country as possible. The stories about children caught in this are the worst and they keep getting more terrible. You've probably seen this but just in case, it seems that UN has said Syria is OFFICIALLY (becauase they are the authority to say so) in a civil war. I think the report of Russia sending in helicopters tipped the scale. I think more people will definitely flee now. <br /><br />Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18417952Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130520759134992268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-24435400447730807722012-06-12T15:55:24.886-04:002012-06-12T15:55:24.886-04:00you said it so well. I hope he lives long enough t...you said it so well. I hope he lives long enough to become oneElizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-37064037655857627262012-06-12T15:54:53.012-04:002012-06-12T15:54:53.012-04:00amen and amen...amen and amen...Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-90478038501409040672012-06-12T15:48:24.155-04:002012-06-12T15:48:24.155-04:00HI Debbie,
Thanks for the visit and the encourage...HI Debbie,<br /><br />Thanks for the visit and the encouragement. It's a good question of whether the Christians in Syria know of the prophecy...the ones in the district of Homs, where much of the fighting has taken place, received an ultimatum this week. It was even blasted from the minarets of the mosques: leave or die. Here is the first paragraphs of a news story about it:http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/christians-flee-syrian-town_781180.html<br /><br />"Damascus: The Christian population in the Syrian town of Qusair has abandoned it following an ultimatum from the rebel military chief." <br /><br />"According to a newspaper, almost 10,000 Christians have fled the city, situated in the battleground province of Homs after the ultimatum expired on Thursday. "Some mosques in the city have relaunched the message, announcing it from minarets: 'Christians must leave Quasir'. The reasons for ordering Christians to leave Qusair "remains unclear," the report suggests. Qusair has been the site of intense clashes for months between the armed rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar-al Assad."<br /><br />"Christians represent about 10 percent of Syria's population, but their status in Syrian conflict zones has become more and more tenuous. "<br /><br />It must be excruciating to be there now as a Christian. Either way, knowing or not knowing the prophecy, they know their days are numbered.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-72195499941308072422012-06-12T14:48:46.969-04:002012-06-12T14:48:46.969-04:00I teared up reading about that boy. Robbed of chil...I teared up reading about that boy. Robbed of childhood, he became a man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-48664891976969238492012-06-12T14:14:58.575-04:002012-06-12T14:14:58.575-04:00Great post. I now get sad whenever thinking of Isa...Great post. I now get sad whenever thinking of Isaiah 17, things are so terrible now and it will only get worse. I've felt from the beginning that we cannot trust the media and there's so much more going on in Syria that meets the eye, that's it's not so black and white...but that's another story. Of course, Syrians I've heard and alternative media are blaming the US and Israel for it.<br /><br />Either way, God knows all things and it stands that Syria has chosen to be a staunch enemy of Israel and of God. It's hard thinking about children and innocents that will be harmed but like you said God is in control. <br /><br />I'm also really, really curious if Christians in Damascus and Syria are at all aware of Isaiah 17. The war is slowly encroaching on Damascus. Anyway, Syrian people really need our prayer, it's an all around horrible situation.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130520759134992268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-52384108415801639172012-06-12T14:05:30.718-04:002012-06-12T14:05:30.718-04:00I have read about this before and it just makes my...I have read about this before and it just makes my stomach turn. Immoral and totally disgusting. <br /><br />Praying and praying,<br /><><child of Godhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635805396738062444noreply@blogger.com