David If you compares 1 cor 15 with 1 Thess 4:13-17 and look at it in the context of the first ressurrection in Revelation 20, it becomes clear that there is only one great ressurrection of the righteous dead which is at the same time as the visible second coming of Jesus. The start of the millennium is at the same time.
Carleeta ----- Original Message ----- From: David Lafleche To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 5:41 PM Subject: {dbilg} Re: Daily Bread "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed" (First Corinthians 15:51). The Church must be removed from the world before the Antichrist can be revealed. The Church must be removed to allow Israel to take prominence, and so God can send 144,000 Jewish evangelists to preach (Revelation 7). The Tribulation cannot begin until the Church is removed. But there is no sign for the Rapture, no timing, and no warning. David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: {dbilg} Re: Daily Bread Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:06:31 +1000 David, What does "rapture" mean to you? There will no secret rapture. Carleeta ----- Original Message ----- From: David Lafleche To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 9:35 PM Subject: {dbilg} Re: Daily Bread I will not meet Elijah. I will have been raptured to Heaven before he shows up. David ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: {dbilg} Daily Bread Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:42:04 +1000 God's promise regarding Baal worship is tremendous Good News because it means He "will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord" (Mal. 4:5). Israel was in a terrible condition spiritually when the Lord sent him to King Ahab with his terrible news of drought and famine. But there was no other way to arouse the apostate people of God. Elijah was sent to them in love. We want to be very careful that we know how to recognize "Elijah" when the Lord sends him again. Every one of us without exception should walk in fear and trembling lest we make the same mistake the Jews did in the days of John the Baptist. Their "Elijah" came and went and they had no idea what had happened! God always loves His people but He seems to take delight in taking them by surprise: ancient apostate Israel hated the messenger of the Lord when He sent him--Ahab and Jezebel wanted to kill him, and when the leaders of the Jewish church saw the new "Elijah" in John the Baptist they didn't recognize him. They said, "He hath a devil" (Matt. 11:18). Wouldn't it be terrible if, in these last days we treated our new "Elijah" that way and didn't know what we were doing? Their "Elijah" was a humble man notably not dressed in "soft raiment" as "in kings' houses" (vs. 8). Someone very humble, "despised and rejected of men" as was Jesus, may "come already, and [we] knew him not, but [do] to him whatever [we] wish" (17:12). Let's study the story of John the Baptist. God is faithful. Many people today "sigh and cry for all the abominations" they see in the "land" (cf. Ezek. 9:4), but let them not yield to sinful despair and "smite" their "fellowservants" in their frustration (cf. Matt. 24:48, 49). The "Elijah" message is here somewhere. Don't misunderstand and overlook it! --Robert J. Wieland </HTML<BR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
