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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Sound the Alarm in the Churches
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand— (Joel 2:1—NIV)
The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: "Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?" (Isaiah 33:14—NIV)
We Christians of America are not at all prepared for the return of Jesus Christ to the earth. There are several false doctrines prevalent in Christian teaching and preaching. Many if not all of these false doctrines have one goal: to lead us away from the New Testament exhortation and warning concerning the need for righteous behavior. Unless there is an exposure of the unscripturalness of today's Christian teaching we shall have a generation of believers in America who are unprepared to meet Jesus Christ.
We simply are not prepared for the coming of Christ!
One of the main reasons we are not prepared is the totally unscriptural teaching of the "rapture" of the believers. It does not matter whether we believe in a pre-tribulation, or mid-tribulation, or post-tribulation rapture. The very concept is wrong.
The concept of the rapture is that the Lord Jesus is coming to bring His Church to Heaven. This is not true. There is no passage of the Bible that tells us the Lord is coming to bring His Church to Heaven. If there is no passage that tells us the Lord Jesus is coming to bring His Church to Heaven, why do we believe and teach this error?
We say we subscribe to the full verbal inspiration of the Greek Text. Why then do we believe and teach something that is not found in any of the accepted texts?
Are we such sheep that we are unable to search the Scriptures to see if what we are believing and teaching is scriptural?
What is wrong with the teaching of the "rapture"? What is wrong is that it gives us a false impression of the Day of the Lord. The Day of the Lord will not be a time of gaiety. It will be the most terrible of all days ever experienced on the earth. It will be the most terrible of all days for every believer in Christ who is not living a godly life!
Since we are being taught today that it does not matter whether or not we are living a godly life, just as long as we "believe" in Christ, we have a compound error.
First, that we do not have to live a godly life providing we have made a profession of faith in the Lord Jesus.
Second, that the Lord is coming to catch us all up to Heaven providing we have made a profession of faith in the Lord Jesus.
Added to this is the concept that the Day of the Lord will be one of lightness and frivolity for the believers.
What a mess! What a mess! What an awful mess!
The Spirit of God is speaking today. If we will take the time to listen we will notice that God is not telling us that it is permissible for us to sin as long as we believe in Jesus. Neither is the Spirit of God telling us He is going to bring the Church to Heaven.
To be continued.