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More On The Partial Rapture

Published: March 17, 2014
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I have been seeing a lot of Rapture dreams and End Time dreams on Youtube and a vast majority of them keep saying Are you Ready for the Rapture? And one I watched just last night spoke about that just because we are Saved/Born Again does not necessarily guarantee we will be taken in the Rapture that we have to repent daily and live each day as if it is our last, etc. What are your views on this? I have been worrying and stressing a lot about this issue after hearing this. It has me questioning if I will be left behind.


Protected From The Locusts?

Published: March 17, 2014
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My question concerns Revelation 9, where the locusts ascend from the pit to torment those who do not have the Seal of God. I understand the 144,000 bond servants of God will have a seal, but what about other Christians on earth? Will they also have a seal to avoid this judgment of God, or does this chapter imply that there are no Christians on earth at this particular time due to martyrdom?


Destroying All The Nations

Published: March 16, 2014
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Jeremiah 30:1-11 tells us that all the nations among which the Jews have been scattered will be destroyed. Can you expand on this? Does this mean there will be no more USA, Germany, France, Russia, Iran, etc.? I mean, the Jews were scattered all over the world in many nations. Does this mean they will all be no more and how does this happen?


Did God Create Cain’s Wife?

Published: March 16, 2014
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Is it possible God made a wife for Cain much in the same way He did for Adam? That way incest isn’t in the equation, especially when God condemns incest later in scripture.


Dishonoring My Pastor?

Published: March 16, 2014
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I am a believer in church age OSAS, it is just that I had a conflict at my old church and my pastor told me to “stop trying to prove once saved always saved” (since it was dividing the church up) and just live for Jesus. At the time, I put up an article about it and tagged many of my friends in it, something I regret doing so I understand where he is coming from. After that I just stopped talking about it and continued to believe in it, but I feel like I am disobeying my pastor by believing in it. I love God and I want to do what he says, but I do not want to dishonor my pastor. What do I do?


Jealousy And Politics In The New Jerusalem?

Published: March 16, 2014
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Some thoughts came into my mind yesterday. If millions of raptured believers live in New Jerusalem, is it possible for human friction, jealousy and politics to abound in New Jerusalem. I was thinking particularly about the Bema rewards that our Lord will give each one of us at His Judgment Seat after the rapture. Will believers become unhappy or jealous because they received less rewards than others? Will believers play politics (just like office politics and even church politics on earth) when they work for the Lord throughout eternity. I know it sounds silly because there will be no sin in God’s special enclave, but I can’t imagine that a billion people living in New Jerusalem (presumably an enclosed space) will not have friction or start playing politics.


More On Finding Gog

Published: March 16, 2014
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Does Vladimir Putin have the credentials to be the Gog of Magog?


Parable Of The Sower. Follow Up

Published: March 16, 2014
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From the Parable of the Sower, is being fruitful referring to the nine Spiritual fruits born in our character? Do ‘deeds’ or ‘good works’ then have to follow ‘fruits’? At the believers’ judgment for rewards, will our Lord judge us on works or fruits or are they both the same thing? Thanks for your help.


What Does God’s Law Mean To Us?

Published: March 16, 2014
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I have been reading the book of Leviticus and my question is this. As a church saved by grace I find that we still refer back to the law, in this instance, the book of Leviticus for a very detailed and exacting guidance of righteous living before God. I know these guidelines were written for Israel but some of them were and are still relevant to our life today. Many churches will point a finger at specific scriptures that they believe support their doctrine (for example tattooing) I would appreciate some clarity on this subject.


The Jews And The Trinity

Published: March 16, 2014
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My understanding is that the Jews do not believe in the trinity, and yet isn’t the trinity is apparent throughout the Torah? Was this a stumbling block for them regarding Yeshua who at various times claimed he was God? Do they expect their Messiah to be just a man? Any speculation as to why they don’t see the trinity in their Torah?