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When It Is the Hard Way :: By Edwin Tan

Published on: by RR7

“Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness” (Hebrews 3:8).

“Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the Living God” (Hebrews 3:12).

These passages of Scripture more than throw light into problems we face when we make many attempts at bringing people that matter to Christ in these closing moments before the trumpet sounds. We are cognizant of the brutally painful realities they would face in the coming Tribulation. This sometimes propels us into overdoing the necessary. Antagonism could flare up and thereby generate counterproductive results. It is this worrisome approach that could be a turn-off and simply land these individuals on the wrong path.

What is the best option in this instance? Leave it to the Lord to deal with them; it could be the case of tough love from our Loving Heavenly Father! Look at the chosen people; they rebelled despite the goodness of God – He then rained on them desolation because of their outright disobedience and rebellion. This was necessary because there was a fighting chance of repentance from wicked ways. It is certainly no different in this day and age. Many people are caught up with the opulence of this hyped-up material world. Moreover, the mesmerizing lure of the latest technologies knows no bounds. They either have totally forgotten God or have little time for their Creator. Rebellion and falling away from the Living God repackaged in 21st-century wrapping!

For many who are besieged with the inexorable charm of the world as we know it now, they are literally in a stupor that blocks out other alternatives. In this mindset, anything perceived as anathema is met with bouts of hostile outbursts, if not cynical indifference. They have no time for warnings but sheepishly continue to wallow in a false sense of security. With that, they will tell you not to waste their time that is devoted to transient pleasures!

Oftentimes a bitter pill is a far better option than no medicine at all. Browbeating amidst histrionics may breed an air of resistance that could be avoided. This is when the hardening of hearts reaches the flint stage, whereby the damage is irreversible. These people will have a greater propensity to follow the son of perdition when the Church is gone. They would be easy meat for the forces of deception that run rampant during the post-rapture period and thereby end up in a deluded state. The pathway they prefer is very obvious – sadly speaking!

What if the gentler approach where everything is an open book was resorted to. Here is where there is a huge hunk of hope! When there is a realization that familiar faces are as good as long gone forever, the truth, which might send chills down many spines, could hit home. The parent, sibling, spouse, colleague and friend could be almost instantly out of the planet without any bodily trace. Much like a real-life portrayal of Left Behind! It would be a sure shocker, but with a brief passage of time, there is that acknowledgment of Scriptural infallibility. This is primarily driven by the desire to be with those that were snatched away. Then over time, decisions about where one would spend eternity will creep in. All these are the ingredients that will shape a Tribulation Saint.

All this is not wishful thinking but solid Scriptural reality. Revelation 7:9 tells us about the multitude amongst the Tribulation Saints.

“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.”

Revelation 7:14 confirms the identity of this innumerable gathering. “And I said to him, ‘Sir, you know.’ So he said to me, ‘These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'”

Revelation 7:16 speaks of their reward. “They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat.”

While we are still here, we should not just win souls before the trumpet sounds, but our testimony with our lives for Christ would bring in yet a bigger harvest for His Kingdom and Glory.

“But you need to be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry” (2 Timothy 4:5).

All work for His Glory is never in vain!

Maranatha

Edwin

Contact me at edwinuk13@gmail.com

When the Stars Fall from the Sky :: By Jan Markell

Published on: by RR7

I recently did a prophecy Round Table with my prophecy partners Amir Tsarfati and Pastor Barry Stagner. It reminded me why we don’t want anyone to be left behind! The topic was life after the Rapture when true believers won’t be here. For those left behind, here’s what they face, in part.

  • A time of devastation
  • A time of dissension
  • A time of disease
  • A time of disasters
  • A time of death
  • A time of delusion
  • The sun turns black.
  • The moon turns blood red.
  • The stars fall from the sky.
  • There is a myriad of devastating earthquakes.
  • There is rampant lawlessness.
  • The restrainer is gone.
  • Mountains and islands move.
  • The ocean becomes blood.
  • The water becomes poisoned.
  • Many long to die but cannot (Revelation 9:6).
  • Demons are running unchecked.
  • Drugs are bending the minds of most people as they practice sorcery.
  • The world is such a chaotic mess that billions perish.
  • A Satanic trinity forms a global government and religion.
  • A ruthless man known as the Antichrist, or The Beast, will rule with an iron fist and require a “Mark” in order to survive.
  • The Covid climate is setting the stage for much of this.
  • The world’s governments will be “reset” to global socialism in the Great Reset being formulated by the World Economic Forum.

And that’s just a partial list of the characteristics of the post-Rapture world while The Church is enjoying Heaven. Spare me the e-mails that say I am leading people astray to believe in the pre-Trib Rapture. We are simply not appointed unto God’s wrath (I Thessalonians 5:9; Revelation 3:10). The Church certainly experiences man’s wrath.

Rather, the Tribulation is for the salvation of the Jewish nation. And to judge the unbelieving, godless inhabitants of the earth (Revelation 6 – 18) who chose to reject God’s gift of His Son, Jesus Christ. It is called the “time of Jacob’s Trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7). But he (Israel) shall be saved out of it! One-third of the Jews survive and “see Him whom they pierced” (Zech 12:10. The Church is not Jacob!

The situation becomes so critical that unless Jesus Christ returned in His Second Coming, “no flesh would be saved” (Matthew 24:22).

We hear much today about an end-time revival. I believe that happens in the Tribulation as so many get saved, the number cannot be counted! This is thanks to the 144,000 Jewish evangelists (Revelation 7:4) and the Two Witnesses (Revelation 11:3-12).

Additionally, an angel declares the gospel in Revelation 14:6.

We are approaching the time of the departure of the Church in the Rapture. Why not make a plan now to leave something behind that explains what happened? When the Church is removed, chaos ensues and great confusion. There are millions missing. What will be the explanation?

Please consider the warnings presented in this one-hour online presentation. We trust you will catch the burden of having no one you care about being left behind.

One-hour Video:

The World After the Rapture