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The Pale Horse
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6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Revelation 6:8-9 KJV This stall is fixing to open as the horse rears up to come onto the scene, with nostrils flaring as he brings Hell with him. The fourth era brought forth by God is where the Antichrist begins his activities, and this begins the martyrdom of the saints. For without worshiping him and taking his mark you will surely be put to the first death. The bible states that it is is once appointed for all men to die and that is why I believe that believers will still be here during this process so that kills a pre- trib rapture[ to my understanding] Although if God calls I will go! This horseman combines the sword of the red horseman and the famine of the black horseman to kill over a fourth part of the earth, can you imagine? These things are and must take place before any talk of a rapture which we will discuss later this week. Be Blessed! Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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I believe Death and Hell are custodians of the bodies and souls of the men butchered during these terrible days.
So you think the church won't be raptured out until this time? Do you think we Christians will be here to face the beast and his marking of the 666?
If so that would explain the great falling away from the church.
We will get to that next.
michaelbell ,
You are beginning to catch on, but you have a long way to go yet!
Admitting that the Christians will be here during the tribulation is a very good start. Letting Christians know their faith and trust in God is going to be tested is a very good ice breaker to this chilling truth.
The falling away of the church has already begun. Fewer and fewer people go to church today. There are many reasons for this. Some don't like their preacher or someone that goes to that church. Some because they don't have the cloths they think is required. Some because they just can't keep on tithing with the economy running rampage like it is. Many don't go to church because they don't like what they see and can't believe God would allow these things to happen to good people.
Even the government is doing everything they can to upset the church.
The government will say and do anything to get the public's mind and thoughts off what they are really up to or doing.
This will continue until the false prophet creates the one world religion that EVERYONE MUST WORSHIP, even God's people or be martyred.
This is the ultimate test of faith. Anyone who passes will be martyred and will go into the 1st Resurrection, not the Rapture. This is Prophesied, so it must happen.
The bad news is, whoever doesn't pass this ultimate test, will save his earthly life but lose his eternal life. These people will not be in a rapture of any kind. Jesus deals with these people as soon as he returns.
So who could possibly be alive who could be Raptured up who aren't worshipping the beast or his image?
Again, I have to say, the 144,000 Jews who are "Redeemed from the earth" and become firstfruits unto God and Jesus. There is no one else except for the handful of Elite people that Jesus saves from the beast. But those people go into the 1st Resurrection, so they won't be in the Rapture.
In a way,the enemy has forged some of the tools for his failure.
he's created a culture where a bland,lip service practice of religion comes easy-whatever religion that might be.
If he tries for true control,he's going to insist we go beyond "worshipping" by rote and external symbols.
he'll demand for himself what he's discouraged in our committment to God.
Until he figures out his mistake (that may take a while),he'll assume anything short of blatant opposition is devotion to him.
The people who found God too harsh or invasive aren't going to rush to serve the enemy.
(They may even turn to the Lord once they see His reality.)
The strong believers will have to remind themselves of the flight to Egypt and other Biblical examples of when retreat was the better part of valor.
They'll have to pray hard to determine when to take advantage of the habit of lukewarm belief and keep a low profile and when they are to take the battle to the foe and make their faith as evident as the beacon on the highest hill.
The always devout and the former skeptics and slackers will be comrades in the war against our adversary.
There will be no deluded.
The foe will be aided by the craven who think only of avoiding trouble in the now and by the selfish who never wanted to love and serve God in the first place.
The latter will assume they can find an angle to get whatever they want.
The former have spent their time on Earth having more belief in the negative than in love,reason and hope.
For all their fear,they will stick to what they know and be allied with despair,hate,terror and confusion forever.
These will be the first to *knowingly* fill the pews of the unholy.
There will be no acceptance of empty seats as the people who awaken to the true nature of false congregations begin to slip away.
Some will desire no more than avoiding the enemy.
By the end,all will be allied with God or satan.
All will be zealous in aiding Christ or determined to thwart Him.
There will be no unwilling soldiers,no one who hasn't heard the truth and no noncombatants.
The believers will no longer conceal themselves behind facades or in an underground.
They will be prepared and unafraid.
They will know they have already won.
The other side would have no hope but to inflict as much damage as possible before the time runs out.
How ironic that they would cling to hope and cunning even as they fight to deny themselves the only source of hope,freedom and intelligence we have.