(Revised-March 4, 2009)
'The
Truth'
and
'The
Lies'
The
NUMBER ONE TRUTH
is
that the event
named
by men 'the rapture'
is
in reality nothing more
and
nothing less
Than
the SECOND HALF
of
THE RESURRECTION.
Let's
begin by looking at the scriptures
on
which this doctrine is based.
1st Thessalonians 4: verses 16 and 17
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with
a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
and
with the trump of god:
and
the 'dead in Christ shall rise FIRST,
'THEN'
we which are alive and remain
shall
be caught up together 'WITH THEM'
in
the clouds to 'MEET' the Lord 'in the air'
and
so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
Please
notice the words FIRST, THEN, AND
WITH
THEM.
“FIRST” means exactly what first sounds like it means.
“THEN” means 'right after' those who went FIRST.
The
two words “WITH THEM'”tells us plainly
that
this is 'one event' involving TWO groups
of
people.
The
two groups are, #1:
Those
who 'have died a physical death',
(THE
DEAD IN CHRIST)
and
group #2,
Those
who 'have NOT'.
To
make certain that you do not misunderstand,
let's
say it another way.
Group
#1 are raised from the dead (from death to life)
and
group # 2 are those who are changed from
living
MORTALS, TO living IMMORTALS, without first dying
a
physical death.
It
is most important to understand that
both
groups one and two end up
exactly
the same. Both groups will
have
'glorified' and 'immortal' bodies.
This
word IMMORTAL means eternal and
NEVER
again subject to death.
Should
you still have ANY DOUBTS
about
'God's' ORDER
in
which these two groups are changed
let's
look back to verse 15.
“For this we say unto you by the WORD
OF
THE LORD, that we which are alive
and
remain ('group 2' having not yet died a physical
death
at that time)
SHALL
NOT PREVENT
(
simply means to precede or go BEFORE)
them
which are asleep.”( Those who have already
died
a physical death )
THE
TRUTH HERE IS VERY PLAIN TO SEE
AND
TO UNDERSTAND.
GOD
HAS PLAINLY GIVEN
HIS
ORDER
in
which both of these 2 groups
will
be taken.
SO,
WE ALL WOULD DO WELL
to
wonder why men
have
gone to so much trouble
to
change that God given order.
Not
only have they reversed God's order,
BUT
they
have also separated this
into
2 separate events.
They
have placed the second half as occurring first,
('BEFORE'
the
first half, )
AND
then
have separated these two halves by at least
a
period of '7' years.
'AMAZING'
What
scriptures give any man
the
right to alter any part
of
GOD'S WORD to suit their own flesh?
I
know of none.
DO
YOU?
THE
TRUTH (God's WORD) has just told us plainly that
THE
raising of the dead
happens
FIRST,
and
'THEN'
the
Rapture (those who are alive and remain).
'NOT'
the
other way around.
NOW
BEFORE WE LEAVE
THE
PART WE HAVE CALLED
TRUTH
# 1
let's
examine the second scripture upon
which
this Great deception has been built.
FIRST
CORINTHIANS 15: 51 – 52
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall
not
all sleep, (die a physical death) but
we
shall all be changed.”
(No
order could be given in this verse
because
so far only the FIRST- HALF
HAS
BEEN MENTIONED)
BUT,
in verse 52, Paul shows us just how and When
this
RAPTURE (the Second Half) part of THE RESURRECTION
FITS
IN.
Please
notice that once again the exact
same
order as we learned in Thess.
“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at
the LAST TRUMP:
for
the trumpet (same as the LAST TRUMP) shall sound,
and
the DEAD in Christ shall
be
raised incorruptible,
and
we (who have not yet died at that time)
shall
be changed.”
Please,
Please, Please
Notice
that the order given here
by
God is exactly the same
as
what we read in Thessalonians.
Of
course this could be but
a
coincidence.
BUT,
It
is NOT!
Praise
God, we can always trust that
our
God always means what He says,
and
for some very good reasons.
One
being, that here we have two separate scriptures
which
are in total agreement as to the EXACT
order
of occurrence for BOTH halves of what
we
now understand to be
THE
RESURRECTION'.
THE
TRUTH IS,
THE
RESURRECTION is described
in
REV. chapter 20.
THIS
EXPLAINS BOTH WHAT
IT
IS, and WHO IT INVOLVES.
Please
notice when reading about
this
event, it is even called by God
THE
RESURRECTION,
NOT
'a' resurrection.
“A RESURRECTION” would indicate
one
of several or of many,
but
'THE' Resurrection means
simply,
that there is only ONE.
This
event which God saw fit
to
call THE Resurrection ( This pertains
Only to those RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
It
also is divided into two parts
and
the two parts are separated
by
1000 YEARS.
A
good lesson is to be learned here.
When
God describes a two part
event
and there is a space between
parts
one and two,
He WILL
say so.
The
division we speak of here has to do with
those
who are judged RIGHTEOUS in God's eyes,
and
those who are 'NOT'; are NOT raised until 1000 YEARS
AFTER
the RIGHTEOUS 'dead' ARE RESURRECTED.
This
may at first seem confusing but it is not.
Going
now to Rev. 20 and beginning at verse 5.
Here
God calls it THE FIRST RESURRECTION.
Do
not omit seeing that 'not everyone' who
has
died up until this time will be raised
from
the dead, but only those who have died
a
physical death (in Jesus). This is exactly the same
as
we read in Thess. and in Corinthians.
The
rest of the dead will NOT be raised
for
another 1000 years.
This
group who will not be raised in the Blessed
and
Holy group will be raised from the DEAD
alright
but not in a resurrected immortal
form
but for one purpose and one purpose only.
They
are raised from the dead ONLY
to
stand before God's Great White Throne Judgment.
From
this we should also be able to see
that
just as
NOT
everyone who ever died will NOT
be
raised in the FIRST PART of THE RESURRECTION,
so
LIKEWISE
every
person still living at that time will
'NOT'
be RAPTURED.
THE
RESURRECTION
takes
place at the LAST TRUMP
according to 1st Cor. 15: 52
Notice that in Cor. it is called the
LAST TRUMP, and in Thess. it is
called the 'The Trump of God.'
Do NOT be confused by this.
They are ONE AND the SAME.
THIS
TELLS US WHAT THE
SIGNAL
WILL BE.
The
LAST Trumpet is sounded
in
Rev. 11 : 15
THIS
MAKES VERY CLEAR
THE
'WHEN' this event
takes
place.
SO
MUCH THEN FOR THE THEORY
THAT
THE BOOK OF REVELATION
IS
WRITTEN IN CHRONOLOGICAL order.
IT
IS NOT!
This
can be seen very easily by reading
Revelation
Chapter 12.
This
chapter starts out by describing events
which
have already taken place years ago
and
is plainly speaking of Jesus in verse 5.
The
deceivers of course found this TRUTH
contrary
to the deception which they wanted
to
feed the CHURCH, so they simply changed
the
TRUTH, as is so obvious here, into something
which
it DOES NOT SAY.
Read
closely in verse 5 the part about A MAN CHILD
who
was to rule all nations with a rod of iron, and
who
was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
IF
this is not speaking of Jesus, then Jesus
is
not mentioned anywhere in God's WORD!
Well
guess what? IT IS (speaking of Jesus) and any other
explanation,
like for example that, “ this verse speaks
of
a man child which is in reality 144,000 individuals”,
is
simply another attempt by deceivers to rewrite
GOD'S
WORD.
The
word LAST as used pertaining to THE LAST TRUMPET
means
exactly what the word LAST
sounds
like, LAST means.
A
clue for you!
LAST
means there will not EVER
be
another. Not 7 years later, NOT EVER.
This
great DECEPTION, concerning the Rapture,
teaches
that it will occur
at
least 7 years before the Seventh Trumpet Sounds.
Twisting
the scripture from Revelation 11: 15
into
meaning 'some other' LAST TRUMP
simply
will not hold water.
This
is simply another attempt by deceivers to plug the holes
in
their dike built out of lies.
This
poorly contrived FANTASY VERSION
called
THE RAPTURE
IS
NEITHER NEW, OR ORIGINAL.
This
same deception took place during
the
time of Paul's ministry.
It
is recorded in GOD'S WORD in 2nd. Thess. 2:1-2
“Now we beseech you brethren, by the coming
of
our Lord Jesus Christ, and
by
our 'GATHERING TOGETHER' UNTO HIM.”
This
'gathering' speaks of the very same event
we
are studying.
THE
RESURRECTION.
According
to God, “THE RESURRECTION”
is
a two part event (as in a 1 and a 2) like
Lawrence
Welk only at a much, MUCH faster tempo.
This
includes both the raising of the Dead in Christ and
the
CHANGING of those who are alive at this time.
VERSE
2
“That ye be not soon shaken in mind,
or
be troubled, neither in spirit,nor by letter as
from
us, as that
THE
DAY OF CHRIST IS AT HAND”
The
phrase 'at hand' means simply 'already here.'
Paul
then goes on to describe 2 (TWO) things
which
must happen FIRST.
Second
Thess. 2: verse 3
“Let NO man deceive you by any means: for
that
day (the day Jesus gathers His own unto himself)
SHALL
NOT COME
except
(until) there come a falling away first (BEFORE)
and,
And, AND (ALSO)
that
man of sin (THE ANTICHRIST) be
revealed;
the son of PERDITION.”
For
the life of me, I could never understand how
anyone
could read this and NOT understand
that
Paul just wrote TWO things must happen first.
I
said TWO. Not ONE, but TWO.
Please
permit me to give an example you can not
misunderstand.
Suppose
your child ask to go outside and play.
You
reply, “Not until you DO YOUR HOMEWORK and
CLEAN
YOUR ROOM”.
How
many things must happen FIRST-before
permission
was granted to go outside?
I
can not speak for you, but I count TWO.
How
about you?
How,
in this world, someone can read verse 3
and
CONCLUDE they must be long gone
BEFORE
the Antichrist is revealed is
beyond
my feeble mind. Either someone is
crazy,
or someone CAN NOT READ.
Perhaps
a very careful and PRAYFUL RE-READ
would
be in order here.
The
reason for this spiritual dyslexia should
present
no great mystery.
This
is necessary if anyone is to 'buy the lie'
about
THE CHURCH being gone 'before'
THE
GREAT TRIBULATION.
It
is only Satan's attempt to make certain MANY
Christians
will NOT recognize the ANTICHRIST
when
he appears.
PRAISE
GOD for His great wisdom!
He
has so written His Word that it's impossible
to
change it one place without making a
contradiction
somewhere else.
Changing
one scripture necessitates the
changing
of another, and then another, and another.
And
to this, there is no end.
One
need to ask the question, “WHY DID PAUL FEEL
THE NEED TO CLEAR UP SOME APPARENT
CONFUSION
ON THIS MATTER?”
It
should be obvious that something had already
happened
which brought this problem
to
light. We shall also learn that confusion on
this
subject posed a GREAT DANGER.
This
is found in 2nd Timothy 2:17
“Who concerning the TRUTH have erred, saying that
THE
RESURRECTION is past already; and
OVERTHROWN
THE FAITH OF SOME.”
You
need to understand, the Christians in that day
UNDERSTOOD
the event we now term
'The
Rapture” was only the SECOND half of THE
RESURRECTION. They knew if the Resurrection was
already
past, then the part we now call the rapture
was
also.
Paul
names the two individuals who created
this
problem in verse 17. Those two names were
“Hymenaeus and Pliletus.”
Because
of the tremendous persecution of the
church,
these two men began the rumor that
THE
RESURRECTION was past, had already taken place;
therefore
they had missed the last ship out and
were
now LEFT BEHIND right in the midst of
THE
GREAT TRIBULATION.
Think
about what believing that would do
to
someone's faith. How would you feel about God if
you
thought He had forsaken you? How
likely
would you be to remain faithful to this GOD
who
had forsaken you and left you behind?
I
mean to the point of laying down your life?
My
only thought about this is,
NOT
VERY LIKELY.
And
so it was with many in Paul's day.
MANY
who chose to believe the LIE of these two
men,
departed 'from' the FAITH.
Is
departing from the faith a most serious
mistake?
The word “SERIOUS” can only be
described
as an under statement.
Why?
You might ask.
“FOR BY GRACE are you saved THRU FAITH”
No
FAITH, no SALVATION.
Imagine
yourself in these people's place.
Here
you would be, having believed this doctrine of
devils
about the GREAT ESCAPE THEORY.
Suppose
you had believed this fantasy version
for
years ans years. Now all of a sudden you find out
you
are in the middle of the Tribulation, or at least so
it
would seem. We can but pray that some would cling fast to their belief that God can NOT lie.
Perhaps
some will realize they
have
been in error, that it was their mistake and
not
some failing on God's part.
Praise
God for those.
BUT-
sad to say, many people are incapable
of
ever admitting they could ever be wrong.
Many
will choose to believe that God did not keep
his
Word. Now all of a sudden it will appear they
have
been forsaken and left to suffer and die.
Now,
let's be honest with ourselves, if you
found
yourself in that situation, would you really be
willing
to die for a God who you thought had not keep
His
Word about rescuing you before this time
of
hell on earth? Would you really stand before
the
Antichrist and tell him, “No, I will not deny Jesus
even
at the cost of my life or even the lives of my
loved
ones.” I don't think you would and
YOU
PROBABLY DON'T EITHER!
Before
you answer, you need
consider
that every liar will have his part in
the
lake of fire.
Would
you find yourself thinking you don't even
know
what you believe?
OKAY!!!
NOW
YOU CAN ANSWER!!!
THE
SECOND TRUTH
IS
SIMPLY THIS.
THE
SECOND HALF OF ANYTHING
CAN
'NOT' TAKE PLACE
BEFORE
THE FIRST HALF
OF
THE SAME THING.
Can
you buy groceries and
'THEN'
go to the grocery store?
Notice
how this word 'THEN'
ties
these two things together.
God
takes an extremely dim view
of
any one who ADDS TOO,
or
TAKES
AWAY from his WORD
'as
He wrote it'.
His
reward for those who do this
is
spelled out very plainly
in
REV. 22: verses 18 and 19.
IF
you have chosen to believe
some
EAR TICKLER just because his words
pleased
your flesh, then go right
ahead.
It
is your blood bought right
to
choose, not only 'what' you will believe,
but
'WHO' you will believe as well.
CHOOSING
to believe some man or woman
over
GOD is your choice and GOD will not force
ANYONE
to believe HIM.
THE
THIRD TRUTH
IS
SIMPLY, THIS DECEPTION
DOES
NOT INVOLVE
'IF'
THE RAPTURE IS A REAL GOD PROPHESIED EVENT,
but,
about the 'when' it takes place.
THE
FOURTH TRUTH
explains
'the why'
men
have gone to so much trouble
to
change God's WORD.
This
requires no great mind or intellect, no
great
education or degrees given by men.
If
you simply understand that there is
a
certain someone who seeks only
to
kill, steal, and destroy, it should
NOT
be hard to understand who
is
behind 'all' false teachings.
He
is called the FATHER OF all lies
and
his name is Satan.
Who
would desire to see multitudes of believers
fall
from (depart from) THE FAITH more
than
the enemy of our souls?
Even
this FATHER OF ALL LIES
KNOWS
that there is no SALVATION
without
FAITH.
Surprise,
surprise! You are SUPPOSE to know
that
too.
I'm
praying that you do!!!
The
part MANY do NOT understand is-
This
Father of all Lies has' many' disciples
and
they are called TARES.
SATAN
is called 'the wicked one' by JESUS
and
he (SATAN) has MANY children (probably
even
more than GOD has.)
That
is not my personal opinion; but is based
on
Jesus' word in Matthew 7: 13 – 14.
One
very bad habit many in Jesus' CHURCH
has
gotten into is to simply discount so many of
Jesus'
words by saying, “ oh, those scriptures
don't
apply to me or to any Christian for that
matter.
“
The
saddest fact is, these TARES
seem
to be so much more diligent than
MANY
(if not MOST) Christians are,
when
it comes to serving their Lord.
Many
Christians are more than content
to
just sit back and enjoy life.
Perhaps
they believe that they've got
THEIR
TICKET out of here and GOD
expects
nothing from them.
I
realize that this may sound a little far fetched,
but
it is entirely possible that when some
'Christians'
read Jesus' words where
he
said, “Take up your cross and follow me”
that
they think he said, “take up your remotes
and
kick back till I come.”
Satan
is a hard taskmaster and drives his
own
children mercilessly.
God,
on the other hand, gives his own children
the
choice to serve and love him,
or,
to sit back and do NOTHING.
He
must love us a lot to trust us
to
make the wise choice.
Which
God would you rather serve?
THE
FIFTH TRUTH
explains
this is not something new,
'but'
only
a 'repeat' of something
that
has already happened before.
The
only difference being that in Paul's day
it
was before the fact,
and
this time is will be after.
It
had dire consequences then and
will
be no different now.
How
naive would someone have to be,
to
believe that something which has happened
before
COULD NOT happen again?
Pretty
naive, I'd have to say.
Pretty
much the point of this entire
article
is to show you that
not
only can history repeat itself,
but
that it has already begun.
This
same deception worked well in Paul's day so
why
not just do it again?
The
most major difference between believers of
our
day and those of the past is this- Many years
ago
believers knew and understood
what
we now call the RAPTURE
was
only the second half of the RESURRECTION.
In
our day we have been deceived into believing
that
they are two separate events and at least
7
years apart.
The
amazing thing is, this deception can
still
achieve it's desired objective.
The
two men written of in Timothy 'did'
understand
TRUTH #1 of this article and yet
they
still fell from the faith.
Why?
Because they believed they had been left behind.
What
will be exactly the same in our day
is
(when the Tribulation does come)
the
deceived of our day
will
also FALL FROM THE FAITH,
and
for exactly the same reason.
My
point in saying that is simply
to
show that, no matter which part
of
this Doctrine of devils one chooses
to
believe or not understand, the
ultimate
goal, of believers falling
from
the FAITH, will and can still be achieved by
THE
DECEIVER and his children
.
THE
SIXTH TRUTH
tells
us that, not only is this happening again,
but
by using the very same method.
That
method is by sowing lies
which
the flesh prefers to believe.
This
sowing is done by those
claiming
to be God's Wheat,
when
the truth is
they
are only tares
claiming
to be Wheat.
How
much success would any
deceiver
have if he/she came saying,
I
am a deceiver?
ONCE
MORE I AM FORCED TO ANSWER,
NOT
MUCH!!!
THE
SEVENTH TRUTH
IS
THE MOST STERN WARNING
ONE
COULD IMAGINE.
WHEN
IT COMES TO DISCERNING BETWEEN
THE
TRUTH and A LIE,
Wisdom
should have taught us
by
now, to
COMPARE
EVERTHING MEN SAY WITH WHAT
GOD
HAS WRITTEN.
We
should at least know Jesus
did
not give so many warnings
about
deceivers for his benefit
but
for OURS.
What
would be the point
of
JESUS telling us to BEWARE 'if' we had no way
of
recognizing those who we were suppose
to
be WARY of?
When
we recognize any doctrine or teaching
that
is different or contrary to what God saw fit
to
have written, would that not seem to be the
PERFECT
TIME to heed Jesus' warnings?
It
is a Godly thing to pray for those
who
have been deceived into teaching lies,
'BUT'
to justify and follow after these deceivers
is
NOT.
Again,
not my opinion but Jesus'.
He
is the very one who said “Go NOT
after
them.”
Who
can say that perhaps at least some
of
these deceivers might not repent and return
to
the TRUTH and receive forgiveness?
ONLY
GOD KNOWS.
More
than likely all of us have believed some
things
in our life which later we found out
NOT
to be TRUTH.
Then
there came some point in our life
when
we heard THE TRUTH and chose
to
admit that we had been wrong.
Just
because someone has been deceived doesn't
mean
that they must remain that way.
It
comes down to being able to admit
to
God and to others that we were wrong.
Some
people seem to be incapable of doing
this.
It is most likely because of PRIDE.
Please
try to remember that PRIDE
comes
'before' the fall.
Sometimes,
it becomes necessary to admit
we
were wrong in what we have both believed
and
taught to others as TRUTH.
Praise
God, there is forgiveness in JESUS
BUT
NOT
without repentance.
Those
who believe otherwise have only
been
deceived by a different LIE.
The
Great Tribulation
will
end, and 'can only' end, when the event called
The
Resurrection takes place. (This includes
what
we now call THE RAPTURE.)
Rev.
13: verses 4 thru 8 describes
the
Man of Sin (we commonly refer to
as
THE ANTICHRIST). Verse 7 says
most
plainly the following.
“And it was given unto him (The Antichrist)
to
make WAR with the SAINTS,
and
to overcome them:
AND
(also)
power
was given him over all kindreds,
and
tongues, and nations.”
Here
is an excellent place and time for a QUESTION.
Who
exactly are these Saints the Antichrist
will
make war with?
If
“THE SAINTS” does not describe those
who
are Christians and commonly refer
to
as THE CHURCH, then who are they?
The
CHURCH remember is supposedly
long
gone.
Of
course, the deceivers have contrived a lie
to
cover up this question also.
They
have contrived a man's
theory
that these SAINTS are the
multitudes
who were suddenly saved
because
of the RAPTURE having occurred.
A
wonderful theory to be sure, but
I
can NOT help but wonder just exactly
where
this is written in God's Word.
Save
yourself some time, because it is NOT.
Just
one more LIE to cover up all their other
LIES.
NOW
WE CAN RETURN BACK
TO
OUR MAIN TOPIC.
The
resurrection/rapture
This
can NOT take place before the LAST TRUMP.
That
will NOT occur until Rev. 11: 15.
Not
BEFORE and not AFTER.
The
only way out before that is
by
dying a physical death.
If
you believe that you have your ticket
for
the great 'Early Out Express'
you
are in for one big disappointment.
My
best advice to any and all
is
for you to go back and find
out
WHY you believe, WHAT you believe.
IF,
you learn that it's ONLY because some man
said
so, you would be wise to look again.
If
what you believe doesn't match up
exactly
with what God said, you would
be
most wise to be willing to change
AND
THEN CHANGE.
It's
not gonna kill you to admit you've been wrong.
I've
been wrong MANY times and
admitting
it has NOT killed me ONCE.
Short
of that, if you are not willing, I can only tell you
that
you are in for ONE RUDE AWAKENING.
I
pray you will seek God on this subject
because
He alone is able to save you
from
believing any and all LIES
you
may have been deceived into believing.
I
can do nothing more than pray
that
you will at least take the time
to
ask Him.
Any
person, who sincerely wants
to
believe ONLY the TRUTH, CAN.
It
is simply a matter of asking God
in
FAITH and knowing it is
HIS
WILL that you believe only THE TRUTH.
It
is NEVER God's will for anyone to
believe
some man made FAIRY TALE
above
his word.
YES,
I SAID NEVER.
If
you are 100% certain that you are
INCAPABLE
of being
wrong,
or of having EVER
been
wrong,
about
anything concerning
God's
WORD,
then
CONGRATULATIONS,
You
are only
the
second perfect person I've ever
KNOWN.
(JESUS
being number one of course)
May
the Spirit of TRUTH
lead
and guide you into
ALL
THE TRUTH.
AMEN
Related teaching
THE RAPTURE (Resurrection)
