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What Jesus Gave Up by Tricia Jesus laid down his life for us. We nod our heads and go uh-huh. But wait a moment; Jesus didn't just give his life in DYING but in LIVING. What do I mean by that? Have we become so familiar with the concept of the sacrificial DEATH of Jesus on the cross that we haven't […] Read more of this post Tricia | February 23, 2016 at 4:23 pm | Tags: anger, career, carpenter, feelings, God's will, hurt, laid down his life, Love, marriage, sacrifice, self, temptations | Categories: Bible, Devotional | URL: http://wp.me/p14Y9O-H3 Comment    See all comments

IT APPEARS THAT WALID SHOEBAT HAS ABANDONED HIS FORMER "EVANGELICAL" VERSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, IN FAVOUR OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM, WHICH HE HAS BEEN PROMOTING MORE AND MORE THESE DAYS!

IT APPEARS THAT WALID SHOEBAT HAS ABANDONED HIS FORMER "EVANGELICAL" VERSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, FOR ROMAN CATHOLICISM, WHICH HE HAS BEEN PROMOTING MORE AND MORE THESE DAYS!

THIS ARTICLE BY HIM DISPLAYS THIS VERY WELL:

http://shoebat.com/2016/02/21/93748/

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"WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT TRIBULATION AND WRATH?" BY JACK KELLEY FROM "GRACE THROUGH FAITH MINISTRIES"!!

What Does the Bible Say? Tribulation and Wrath - A Bible Study by Jack Kelley -

https://gracethrufaith.com/end-times-prophecy/bible-say-tribulation-wrath/

 

Recently I was reading a new book on Revelation by an author who subscribes to the pre-wrath rapture position. I don't recommend this or any other mid-trib, pre-wrath, or post-trib book. I only read them myself because my belief in the pre-trib position is solid enough to not be shaken, and I feel the need to know about the current thinking on other positions in case I'm asked.

 

When you depart from a literal, contextual interpretation of Scripture, as you have to do when you're trying to justify the other rapture positions, anything becomes possible. For that reason some of these books, like the one I just read, are so far off the mark as to be ludicrous. But there are two things they all seem to have in common. One is their confusion about the difference between tribulation and the Great Tribulation and the other is the meaning and duration of the phrase "wrath of God."

 

Here are some examples of what I mean. In John 16:33 Jesus said, "In this world you will have tribulation, but take heart because I have overcome the world." This verse is often used to refute the pre-trib belief that the church will not be present during the end times judgments. "After all," they say, "Jesus said we will have tribulation in this world."

 

Another is 1 Thes. 5:9 where Paul said, "For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." Here they say the wrath Paul was taking about is not the end times judgments associated with the Day of the Lord, which is the context of the passage, but the eternal punishment to be endured by non-believers. They say that's the only wrath our salvation protects us from.

 

So lets take a closer look at these two words as they pertain to the end times and see what the Bible says about them.

 

Tribulation

 

In English, the word "tribulation" appears 22 times in the Bible. Three of them are in the Old Testament, although the Hebrew word from which it is translated can be found 105 times, having a number of different meanings. The other 19 are in the New Testament, but there are also 26 times where the Greek word is translated in different ways as well, for a total of 45. In both testaments the other meanings are similar; distress, affliction, trouble, etc.

 

The phrase "great tribulation" makes only three appearances, all in the New Testament (Matt. 24:21, Rev. 2:22, and Rev. 7:14). In its first one the Lord actually coined the term, identifying its beginning as the time when the abomination of desolation occurs.

 

"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel-let the reader understand- then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress (tribulation), unequaled from the beginning of the world until now-and never to be equaled again" (Matt. 24:15-21).

 

A few verses later He said it would end just before the 2nd coming.

 

"Immediately after the distress (tribulation) of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.

 

Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory" (Matt. 24:29-30).

 

Daniel 9:27 tells us the anti-Christ will set up an abomination of desolation in the middle of the 70th Week (Daniel 9:27), or 3 ½ years from its end. It's the same event Jesus identified as the sign that the Great Tribulation will have begun. This tells us the Great Tribulation will have a duration of 3 ½ years.

 

Daniel also made reference to the Great Tribulation in Daniel 12:1 when he wrote,

 

"At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress (tribulation) such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then."

 

Notice that Daniel's words are very similar to the ones Jesus used in Matt 24:21. The phrase "at that time" refers back to Daniel 11:36-45 where the angel was telling Daniel about the reign of the anti-Christ. For these reasons, it's safe to assume that Daniel and Jesus were talking about the same thing. In fact, Jesus confirmed this in Matt. 24:15.

 

Put together, these references identify the Great Tribulation as a specific period of time with an identifiable beginning and end. That makes this 3 ½ year period distinct from the periodic times of tribulation that believers experience in this world. Daniel and Jesus both said this time of tribulation would be the worst the world has ever seen. Jesus said it has never been equaled before and would never be equaled again, and if He didn't return to put an end to it no one would survive (Matt. 24:22). This is definitely not the every day variety of tribulation you and I face in life. This is the one and only Great Tribulation.

 

And Wrath

 

The word "wrath" also has a general as well as a specific meaning, and again the two are differentiated by time. When used in connection with God, the word "wrath" appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament and usually describes God's feelings toward Israel during their periodic times of disobedience.

 

In the New Testament there are 16 verses where wrath appears in connection with God. Some of them refer to the eternal destiny unbelievers will face after they die and others are about the end times judgments. We can tell which is which by the context in which they are used. Here are some examples.

 

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them (John 3:36).

 

In this verse the context is eternal life. Those who believe in the Son will receive it but those who reject Him will not receive it for God's wrath remains on them. There are only two possible dispositions for mankind, eternal life and eternal punishment. Belief in the Son brings life, and rejection of the Son brings punishment. Only one generation of mankind will experience the end times judgments, but John 3:36 pertains to all mankind. Therefore the Lord had to be using God's wrath in reference to eternal punishment here.

 

Now lets take the example we used earlier from 1 Thes. 5:9. "For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ."

 

Paul began chapter 5 by talking about the timing of the Day of the Lord. He said the world would not know the day or hour in advance, and that it would come like a thief in the night (1 Thes. 5:2). At a time when people are saying "peace and safety" it will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape (1 Thes. 5:3).

 

By this we know Paul was not talking about the actual day of the Lord's return, because earlier we learned that He will come to put an end to the worst period of devastation the world has ever known, not while people are thinking peace has come. And from other passages we know that Daniel's 70th week will begin with a perception of peace (Daniel 8:25) which will quickly be replaced by war. Therefore Paul's reference to "peace and safety" points to the beginning of Daniel's 70th Week, not the actual day of the Lord's return.

 

He said believers should not be surprised by this, and changed his narrative from the third person (they) in verse 3 to the second person (you) in verse 4. He did this to distinguish between the unbelieving world, who will be surprised, and the believers, who won't. Being sons of the light (having the knowledge of Scripture) we will be able to see the signs of its approach, and when we do we should be awake and alert. After expanding on that thought (Vs. 5-8) he came to verse 9. "For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ."

 

Obviously, believers will not suffer the eternal wrath of God that awaits unbelievers. But the context of 1 Thes. 5:1-9 is the Day of the Lord, when the end times judgments will fall upon an unbelieving and unsuspecting world. That's the wrath Paul was talking about.

 

So, just like we can differentiate between the periodic times of tribulation we all experience and the Great Tribulation which will be the single worst thing ever to happen on earth, we can also differentiate between the eternal wrath of God to be visited on all unbelievers after they die, and the time of God's wrath, the end time judgments that will come upon one generation of unbelievers before they die, and which will have a discernible beginning and end.

 

Is It Time Yet?

 

Now lets look at the time of God's wrath.

 

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; the earth will conceal its slain no longer (Isaiah 26:20-21).

 

Isaiah foresaw a time when God will pour out His wrath on earth for a period of time he describes as lasting "a little while." Therefore this passage is not about His eternal wrath against all unbelievers who have died, but is a specific period of time against one generation of unbelievers who will still be alive. And like Paul, he separated believers from unbelievers by changing from the second person (your rooms) to the third person (their sins).

 

The angel Gabriel gave Daniel similar information, saying, "I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end" (Daniel 8:19). Starting with an overview of the kings of Medo-Persia and Greece the angel quickly focused in on the days of the anti-Christ during the time of wrath at the end of the age (Daniel 8:19-25).

 

These passages identify a specific period of time at the end of the age when God will visit His wrath upon the unbelieving world.

 

In the past many commentators have identified this period as being the time of the bowl judgments of Rev. 15-16. That's because in Rev. 16:1 these judgments are called "the seven bowls of God's Wrath."  But the Bible does not say the time of God's Wrath begins with these judgments. In fact in Rev. 15:1 we're told that with the bowl judgments God's wrath will end. If that gives us the ending point then where do they begin?

 

The answer can be found in Rev. 6:16-17 where the kings of the earth realize that with the seal judgments the great day of God's wrath has begun.

 

They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?"

 

The KJV renders Rev. 6:17 as For the great day of His wrath has come, and who can withstand it?" Based on this, some people see a difference between the wrath of the Lamb, which only appears in Rev. 6:16, and the wrath of God. But the majority of English versions translate the Greek word "autos" in the plural, as happens over 300 times in the New Testament, and translate Rev. 6:17 as "the great day of their wrath has come." Since both Father and Son are in view in Rev. 6:16  and since the two are one (John 10:30) this seems to fit the context better.

 

Also note the past perfect tense of the phrase "the great day of their wrath has come". The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that has taken place at a specific time in the past. From the preceding judgments of Rev. 6 the kings of the earth will realize that they are already in the period known as the Wrath of God. Therefore, the time of God's wrath begins with the seal judgments of Rev. 6 and ends with the bowl judgments of Rev. 16 and will occupy most, if not all, of Daniel's 70th Week

 

Many commentators insist that God's wrath is the worst part of a time they call the seven year tribulation period, making God's wrath synonymous with the Great Tribulation. But as we can see, it's actually the other way around. The Great Tribulation is the worst part of the time of God's wrath.

 

When Jesus spoke of the Great Tribulation in Matt. 24:21 He was referring to the bowl judgments of Rev. 16 because these are the only judgments that will take place in the second half of Daniel's 70th Week, after the anti-Christ sets up the abomination of desolation (Daniel 9:27). The bowl judgments are the third and final series of judgments that God will execute upon the earth during the time of His wrath.

 

So there you have it. In the Bible, tribulation and the Great Tribulation are not the same, and God's eternal wrath and the time of God's wrath are not the same. These terms are only confused in the minds of people who advocate something other than the pre-trib rapture of the Church. That's what the Bible says.

"THE KORAN VERSUS THE BIBLE" BY THE DYNAMIC DR JOHN McTERNAN!!

The Koran vs. the Bible - By John McTernan -

http://www.raptureready.com/soap2/mcternan8.html

 

The Koran directly attacks Christianity. 

 

 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Psalm 12:6

 

 "For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven" (Psalm 119:89).

 

 There is a move in the United States and the entire Western world to block anything from being said negatively against Islam. Exposing Islam and its doctrines that are contrary to Western culture is called Hate Speech. In both Europe and Canada , Christians have been heavily fined and threatened with jail for speaking negatively about Islam.

 

 Telling the truth accurately means nothing, as it is classified as hate speech. There are forces working in the United States to also promote that speaking against Islam is hate speech. Islam is being packaged and sold to the West as a peaceful religion.

 

 Based on this concept of speaking out about Islam being hate speech, an examination of the Koran shows this book itself is hate speech, specifically, against Christianity. The Bible was written 500 years before Muhammad and therefore has nothing to say about Islam. In fact, the Bible only directly condemns pagan worship. It has nothing directly to say about Hinduism or the other ancient Eastern religions. By doctrine and teachings, the Bible disagrees with the eastern religions, but it does not condemn them.

 

 The Koran directly attacks the major doctrines of Christianity. The Christian faith has several key beliefs. The teaching that is unique to the Christian faith is that there is one God who eternally manifests Himself in three persons: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This is known as the Godhead or the Blessed Trinity. 

 

 The second critical doctrine is that Jesus of Nazareth is the only begotten Son of God; therefore He is unique from everyone else. His Father was not human, but the holy God of Israel. The third key doctrine is that the Lord Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty for man's sin and then rose from the dead. There are other important doctrines, but these three really comprise the very heart of the Christian faith.

 

 With this foundation, let us examine the Koran to see what it states about the fundamental doctrines of Christianity. A chapter in the Koran is referred to as Sura, so when reviewing the Koran the word Sura with numbers after it gives the location of the verse. I use the Koran online for research. This is found at: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/koran/index.html

 

 The Blessed Holy Trinity:

 

 The Koran clearly states that Christians lie when claiming God is in the form of a Trinity. These are strong words; however this is exactly what the Koran states. The Koran claims that the Lord Jesus is only an apostle and for Christians to desist from teaching the blessed Trinity. In this same Sura, the Koran denies the Lord Jesus is the Son of God.

 

 In one Sura the Koran attacks the very heart of Christianity by denying the blessed Trinity and that the Lord Jesus is the only begotten Son of God. It calls Christians liars and demands that the preaching of the Trinity and Jesus being the Son of God stop. The Koran identifies Christians sometimes as "followers of the book," but when they proclaim Christian doctrine, the Koran then calls them liars. Muhammad writes that it is acceptable to believe the Bible, but not Christian doctrine!

 

 The Sura shows this:

 

Sura 4.171 O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion, and do not speak (lies) against Allah, but (speak) the truth; the Messiah, Isa son of Marium is only an apostle of Allah and His Word which He communicated to Marium and a spirit from Him; believe therefore in Allah and His apostles, and say not, Three. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is only one God; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector.

 

The Lord Jesus Is the Only Begotten Son of God

 

 One of the central doctrines of Islam, as clearly presented in the Koran, is that God does not have a son. An exhaustive search of the Koran shows that in at least 11 Suras, the Koran states that God does not have a Son. This is clearly aimed at Christianity because no other faith claims that God has a literal Son. The Koran even states in Sura 9:30 that those that believe Allah has a son should be destroyed by Allah! The Koran is very clear that it was written to attack this Christian doctrine.

 

 The following are the Suras claiming that God does not have a Son:

 

 Sura 4.171 Allah is only one God; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector.

 

Sura 6.101 Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! How could He have a son when He has no consort, and He (Himself) created everything, and He is the Knower of all things.

 

Sura 9.30 And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say:  The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths;  they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away!

 

Sura 10.68 They say: Allah has taken a son (to Himself)! Glory be to Him: He is the Self-sufficient: His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; you have no authority for this; do you say against Allah what you do not know?

 

Sura 17.111 And say: (All) praise is due to Allah, Who has not taken a son and Who has not a partner in the kingdom, and Who has not a helper to save Him from disgrace; and proclaim His greatness magnifying (Him).

 

Sura 18.4 And warn those who say: Allah has taken a son.

 

Sura 19.35 It beseems not Allah that He should take to Himself a son, glory to be Him; when He has decreed a matter He only says to it "Be,' and it is.

 

Sura 19.88 And they say: The Beneficent God has taken (to Himself) a son. (91) That they ascribe a son to the Beneficent God. (92) And it is not worthy of the Beneficent God that He should take (to Himself) a son.

 

Sura 21.26 And they say: The Beneficent God has taken to Himself a son. Glory be to Him. Nay! they are honored servants.

 

Sura 23.91 Never did Allah take to Himself a son, and never was there with him any (other) god-- in that case would each god have certainly taken away what he created, and some of them would certainly have overpowered others; glory be to Allah above what they describe!

 

Sura 25.2 He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure.

 

The Lord Jesus Died on the Cross

 

 The Koran literally says the Lord Jesus did not die on the cross. It claims that He appeared to have died on the cross, but He was not killed nor was He crucified. Allah just took Jesus to heaven. The Koran directly attacks the vicarious death of Jesus of Nazareth on the cross, and thus rejects His redemption of man from sin. The Koran goes on to state that on the day of resurrection Jesus Christ will be a witness against Christians.

 

 The Suras from the Koran prove this fact:

 

Sura 4.157 And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa [Jesus] son of Marium, the apostle of Allah;  and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure.

 

158 Nay! Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.

 

159 And there is not one of the followers of the Book but most certainly believes in this before his death, and on the day of resurrection he (Jesus) shall be a witness against them. 

 

According to Islam the worst sin a person can commit is  shirk. This sin is also called association. This means associating Allah with a man. The very heart of Christianity that the Lord is the Son of God is the worst sin in Islam! According to the Koran, Allah forbids heaven to anyone who commits this sin and their abode is hell without any help.

 

 The Koran and Islam by their very nature are anti-Christian, and therefore in our modern world's way of thinking, it is hate speech. There can never be reconciliation between Islam and Christianity because the very heart of Islam is anti-Christian.

 

The Sura that shows this:

 

Sura 5.72 Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah, He is the Messiah, son of Marium; and the Messiah said: O Children of Israel! serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Surely whoever  associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust.

 

The teachings of the Koran are in stark contrast to the Bible. The Koran states that God does not have a son. The Bible states that all life is in the Lord Jesus as the only begotten Son of God. With the Bible, if you have the Son, you have eternal life: if you do not have the Son, then you do not have eternal life. 

 

 A person that does not believe this makes God a liar. The Koran written 500 years after these verses denies the Son, and therefore makes the God of the Bible a liar. The Bible is written in the positive stating God has a Son. The Koran is written in the negative attacking this fundamental doctrine of Christianity.

 

 When Muhammad wrote the Koran, he knew exactly what he was doing. He was creating a new religion which rivaled Christianity. He wanted to make sure there was no connection between the God of Islam and the holy God of Israel. The warning of the Bible is same today as it was at the time of Muhammad:

 

 1 John 5:9-13: If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 

 

 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

 

The Bible ends with a warning to those who tamper with it and remove scriptures. The warning is that God will remove that person's name from the Book of Life which means removal from eternity in heaven with God. Muhammad wrote the Koran as a replacement to the Bible. In the Koran, he removed the Bible's core beliefs; therefore, Muhammad's name and those that follow him are removed from heaven. To God, it is extremely serious to tamper with the Bible. 

 

Revelation 22:19 "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." 

 

 In summary, the God of Islam has no relationship to the God of the Bible. In fact, the God of Islam is at war with the Bible as the Koran calls anyone believing in the blessed Trinity a liar. The very origin of the Koran was to refute the authority of the Bible and reject the holy God of Israel. The Koran and Islam, at its very foundation, is hatred of Christianity, and therefore have no place in America. The Koran, as given by Muhammad, is hate speech and should be exposed as such.

 

 Note: America was the only nation in all of history that was founded on the blessed holy Trinity. There were three documents which created the United States of America . Most people are very familiar with the first and third documents: The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

 

 It was the second document that ended the Revolutionary War and granted America nationhood. The Paris Peace Treaty of 1783 formally ended the Revolution and granted the United States independence from Great Britain. This document can be found at:  http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/paris.html  In a real sense, the United States formally became a nation on September 3, 1783.

 

 When the United States became a nation, it was done "In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity." The preamble to this Treaty states that it is based upon the "Holy and undivided Trinity." The concept of the holy Trinity is unique to Christianity. This statement means the United States was founded on the Christian faith. The Preamble is very short:

 

 "In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity." 

 

 The Treaty then ends just like the Constitution with a statement it is being signed in the "Year of our Lord." The witnesses representing the United States were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and D. Hartley:

 

"... In witness whereof we the undersigned, their ministers plenipotentiary, have in their name and in virtue of our full powers, signed with our hands the present definitive treaty and caused the seals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Done at Paris, this third day of September in  the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three."