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The Pretribulation Gathering ON the Day of Christ
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The GATHERING of the body of Christ WILL BE EXPECTED by those members who are not deceived as to the TIMING of the APPEARANCE of the Lord Jesus. The timing is on the DAY of Christ, not to be confused with the Day of the Lord. Paul KNEW the difference, and therein, lies the timing of the gathering. (1 Thess.4-5, 2 Thess.2, 1 Tim.6, 2 Tim.4, Titus 2, Col.3)
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THE INTENT OF THE SITE
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The intent of this site is to bring to the attention of all saved believers in the Lord Jesus Christ that his coming back FOR them will be BEFORE the time of great tribulation taught by the Lord Jesus in Matt.24.
This doctrine is based on the testimony of the Apostle Paul, who was NOT SENT under the EARTHLY ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, as the 12. Their ministry was based on the old teachings of the OT prophets, along with the new teachings of the Lord Jesus concering the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. These teachings concerned the King of Israel, the nation of Israel, the Gentile nations, and the Kingdom prophesied to come to the nation of Israel, which is to be established on earth.
Paul was given SUBSEQUENT revelation (Acts 26) from the GLORIFIED Lord Jesus Christ, who appeared to him from HEAVEN. He was instructed in the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, and given a ministry based on it. (Eph.3, Col.1, Acts 20) This is called the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery. (Rom.16, Titus 1) Included in this ministry was a further revelation of the gathering of this body of Christ. (1 Cor.15) It was a SECRET, a mystery, until it was revealed to Paul.
This mystery concerns the facts that there will be a gathering of LIVING and DEAD saints at the SAME TIME. This will be at the last trump of a trumpet. It will occur in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. There will be a secret appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ at this event. It will occur on the day of Christ. By it, the body of Christ will ESCAPE the day of the Lord, which is characterized by Paul as the time of the woman in travail. This is what Jeremiah, Daniel, and the Lord Jesus calls the time of Jacob's trouble, which is the great tribulation, tribulation, affliction, and days of vengeance. It is stated to be, "the wrath to come", by Matthew, Luke, and Paul. This "time" and "day" STARTS at the midst of Daniel's week, which is STILL TO COME. (Dan.8,9,11,Matt.24, Jer.30)
The OT prophets, nor the Lord Jesus, or the 12 apostles taught this gathering, which was a mystery, HISTORICALLY before Paul. It was unknown to them, for it was a secret until revealed TO and THROUGH Paul. After it was revealed to Paul, the apostles and prophets LEARNED and ASSENTED to it, by the Holy Spirit, who leads and guides into all truth. (Eph.3, Col.1, Gal.1,2)
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TAKE NOTE AND BEWARE.....................
In this day of "ultra" pious and separatist Christian belief, the "Pharisaical" crowd has gotten together and has UNIFORMLY stated that a Christian HAS to "speak" a certain way (the way they believe of course).
They have become the judges of evil thoughts (James 2) who can tell whether or not your speech is CHRISTIAN.
They ALL state that a Christian is to speak in love, and NOT OFFEND anyone. That is Satanic claptrap and typical of the "spirit which now worketh in the children of disobedience", who ASCRIBE to the air of tolerance of FALSE DOCTRINE.
Slick, smooth, inoffensive speech is the mark of a shyster out to hoodwink you. Paul's statement concerning this type of thing is NEVER quoted and ALWAYS "ignored".
See Romans 16:17-18
Notice that the context of the passage CONCERNS "doctrine".
The Pharisees have "identified" words which THEY STATE are "unchristian" speech, which does not show and manifest the "charity of the believer" IF he speaks these "mean, ole, nasty words".
These words are "terms of identification" which the Lord Jesus Christ, Paul, and the rest of the NT CHRISTIANS used to "point out" those who were FALSE TEACHERS of FALSE DOCTRINE.
Some of the words are ignorant, unlearned, fools, liars, blind guides, etc.
The "Christian Pharisees" have deemed those words "unchristian speech". To that we say, "Very interesting". They have characterized and stated that Christ is GUILTY of "unchristian" speech. (Luke 24:25) To that we say, go suck the air out of an intertube.
THOSE WORDS are the WORDS of the Holy Spirit, spoken by CHRIST JESUS and his apostles.
The Pharisees "whine" IF they are called in question on a doctrine, and those HOLY SPIRIT terms of identification are applied to THEM.
They IGNORE and EVADE the truth of the Holy Scriptures, and continue with their slanderous lies, about "the uncharitable brethren" being given to UNCHRISTIAN SPEECH, even after given the prooftexts which REFUTE their idealogical falsehood.
This site makes use of ALL of them, plus "contemporary" ones, as Paul did. (Titus 1)
You will find incompetent, infidelity, irrational, and several more which fit the reason for use.
They are NOT spoken to "Christian brothers and sisters" but to FALSE TEACHERS of FALSE DOCTRINES, who "profess" to be Christians, which depart from the Pauline teaching for members of the body of Christ.
Faithful pastors and teachers of Pauline doctrines (2 Tim.2) are to REBUKE SHARPLY (Titus 1) while IDENTIFYING heresy (2 Tim.2), and the MEN who teach such blasphemy. (1 Tim.1)
As you will find, the "doctrines" taught on this site are NEVER responded to. The ONLY response is "the whining of the Christian Pharisees" concerning the SPEECH of the man who REFUTES by the Holy Scriptures their FALSE DOCTRINE.
..................TAKE NOTE and BEWARE.....................
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