Today’s Devotional – June 25th (Darby’s & Scofield’s Pre-Trib “Rapture” Theory, Part 12: “The War Nobody Prepared For!”) Continued
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Today’s Devotional – June 25th
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Darby’s & Scofield’s Pre-Trib “Rapture”
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Part 12
“The War Nobody Prepared For!”
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(Continued from yesterday ” June 24th (The War Nobody Prepared For!)”)
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YESTERDAY’S DEVOTIONAL
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In yesterday’s devotional (click here), The non-biblical name, “The Rapture” was discussed. And it was revealed that it is a great sin to invent a non-biblical name, and reject the God-given biblical name for when God’s people are “caught up”, which is correctly called, “The Coming of the Lord”, thus creating two 2nd Comings of the Lord, instead of one.
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Do we think we’re wiser than God?!
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And it was discussed how this doctrine has greatly put the Church to sleep, because we erroneously believe that we will be removed from the earth, prior to the “Great Tribulation” which tribulation is foretold in the Book of Revelation.
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And this non-biblical name, “The Rapture” is used to convince us that there are two-separate Second Comings of Christ, one which proceeds the “Day of the Lord”.
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And so, according to current-day theologians, not only do Christians miss out on all the bad stuff, but even if they don’t make that supposed “Pre-Trib Rapture” return of Christ, they still get a second chance for salvation at His third Return, on the last day!
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A very clever deception by Satan!
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PS Krøyer – Hip hip hurra! Kunstnerfest på Skagen – 1888 – wikimedia – public domain
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CHURCH NOT GETTING READY!
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Yes, many have sealed up almost the entire book of Revelation, by telling the Church that Revelation Chapters 4 through 22 doesn’t concern us. “Oh no!”, they say, “You don’t have to worry about Revelation! You won’t even be on earth when all that happens! You will have already been Raptured away prior to the Evil Day!”
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And thus, this whole unbiblical Pre-tribulation Rapture is a cleverly designed Satanic deception to keep the Church fast asleep, until churchgoers finally wake up to discover that it’s too late! Because, those who sleep through God’s last final warning, will be swept away from this “refuge of lies” which we felt so secure with!
(“refuge of lies” reference found in Isaiah 28:17)
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sheep – Lambs to the slaughter – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
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PRE-TRIB RAPTURE THEORY FIRST TAUGH IN 1800’s
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Yes, our teachers (beginning with one, John N. Darby, and popularized by one, Cyrus I. Scofield, back in the 19th Century), have invented this false doctrine to seal up over 80% of the book of Revelation, saying “It doesn’t concern the Church!”
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And like lambs to the slaughter, the Church is heading into the Day of the Lord, thinking we’re going to miss it! But Revelation, Chapter 22:6.6, 7, 10, 16 says quite the opposite about itself…“These sayings are faithful and true…to shew unto His servants the things WHICH MUST SHORTLY BE DONE. Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book…FOR THE TIME IS AT HAND…I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things IN THE CHURCHES.” (Condensed for context and brevity)
Just ask your Bible teacher about this, above, final confirmation from Revelation’s last chapter and be prepared to get an unsatisfactory/confusing answer!
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John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
Cyrus Scofield – 1920 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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TWO 2ND COMINGS DEPENDS ON THE NAME, “RAPTURE”
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“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Hebrews 9:28
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Notice that the above verse speaks of the “second time” of Christ’s appearing.
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Well, what was His first appearing? This above verse gives that answer too: when Christ came into this world to be offered on the Cross.
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But the Bible never speaks of a third, separate appearance. Never!
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ABOVE PICTURE – Adding to or taking from God’s Word, the Bible
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2ND THESSALONIANS 4:15-17 REVEALS THE TRUTH
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And the fact is, without the non-biblical name, “The Rapture”, this whole Pre-tribulation Rapture idea completely falls apart! Yes, that’s right! This whole business about two
separate 2nd & 3rd comings of Jesus completely falls apart!
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And why does it completely fall apart?
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Because of the very passage which they depend upon: 1st Thessalonians 4:15-17.
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Listen again… “For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto THE COMING OF THE LORD shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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.” 1st Thessalonians 4:15-17.
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So this very passage from which someone invented and insisted upon the name, “The Rapture”, has already been named with God’s very name for the event, “The Coming of the Lord”!
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HOUSE OF CARDS
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Do you see the great deception here? They had to invent another name beside, “The Coming of the Lord”, because they desire to have two second comings: one which the Bible rightly names, “The Coming of the Lord”, and another one for which they have invented the name, “The Pre-Tribulation Rapture”.
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The Bible only speaks about the 1st Coming, and the 2nd Coming. Never does the Bible speak of the 3rd Coming.
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And so, this entire prophecy about two 2nd comings and the Church missing out on the last 19 chapters of the Book of Revelation all hinges on you and me and everyone else accepting this non-biblical name called, “The Rapture”. It is the ultimate House-of-Cards. Because if you remove the name, “The Rapture”, then all you are left with is, “The Coming of the Lord”. And that is already the God-given, acceptable name for the event, when Jesus returns on the last day!
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House Of Cards Bridge – wikipedia – public domain
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REPEATING THE LIE OFTEN ENOUGH
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And perhaps, deep down, they intuitively understand that they must keep repeating
this false name, “The Rapture” over and over again, so that the great unprepared and biblically illiterate masses will actually begin to believe the lie, that there are two separate returns of the Lord!
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Yes, they are doing exactly like Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Propaganda Minister, counseled… “If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth.” And so, this phantom doctrine is repeated day and night on TV and radio. Satan is no dummy!
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HOUSE OF CARDS FALLS
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And yet, if you take away that name, “The Rapture”, this entire House-of-Cards called “The Pre-Tribulation Rapture” will come tumbling down! And those who teach this idea may just have to forfeit their own soul on Judgment Day, along with all those 
who ignorantly bought into this man-contrived false doctrine and came up to the Day of the Lord totally unprepared!
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Yes, they have added to and have also diminished God’s Word…
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Listen once again… “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” Revelation 22:18, 19.
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Am I willing to bet my own soul’s Salvation that I am going miss out on the Day of the Lord? Or am I going to be wise, by preparing myself for that Great and Terrible Day?
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“Awake thou that sleepest…and Christ shall give thee light!”
Ephesians 5:14
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And so, O soldier of the Cross, it’s time to get fully armored up! The Day of the Lord is at hand! We have not a moment to lose! We must get ready now!
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We need to close the drapes, and lock the study-room door and begin burning that midnight oil, as the saying goes!
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Yes, we need to be packing all those precious Bible promises in our hearts while there is still a few moments of time left!
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Chaplain reads Bible – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain
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TO READ PART 3, GO HERE…
” June 26th (The War Nobody Prepared For! Part 3 “Meekness”)”
ABOVE PICTURE: Unfunny Judgment Day Cartoon – a party tonight – signsofheaven.org
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me get myself ready for this great battle, by putting on the Armor of God. Give me a watchfulness and a spiritual alertness…
Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Crown of Revelation 12: What Is “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”?” or you can also read… “November 27 – (The Armor of God)“
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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THE FLOWER OF HEAVEN CONSTELLATION
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REVELATION 12 WOMAN ON ALTAR AND FLOWER OF HEAVEN
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This constellation almost appears as a vine, as it projects out from the Altar/Ark Constellation . This constellation appears in mid-winter through late-spring.
In The West
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As you can see in this sketch, the Altar/Ark Constellation is also known as Leo Major , and the stem or vine of the flower is made of stars of the Virgo Constellation, and the flower itself is made of the Corvus Constellation.
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THE ZODIAC CONSTELLATION NAMES
It is not the purpose of www.theheavensdeclare.net to give any validity to the Zodiac or any pagan deities. But the common names of many constellations must be given, solely for the purpose of locating them on star-charts.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Flower of Heaven Constellation”
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TOMORROW:
” June 26th (The War Nobody Prepared For! Part 3 “Meekness”)”
ABOVE PICTURE: Unfunny Judgment Day Cartoon – a party tonight – signsofheaven.org
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