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T. John McBride

God is good!!! My surgery went well! Please continue to pray for good and quick healing. God is always in control!

Lord Jesus please fight our battles. I ask for your strong protection, deliverance, healing and salvation (those not saved) and your grace and peace. Please go before us. We need you Lord. Lord O. and her children need your urgent help please. Also Frank (sepsis). Please also heal K. Thank you and praise you. In your holy name I pray. Amen.

What Do the Scriptures Really Say About the Rapture?

To get an understanding that comes from God's Word and not from our own expectations of God's plan, we need to see what each scriptural reference is really talking about. We also need to establish what events take place for each verse and when they occur.

Let's start with the favorite verse quoted to support the rapture of the church at the start of the tribulation.

"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words"

( I Thessalonians 4:16-18, KJV).

Sequence of Events:

1. The Lord descends.

2. A shout, voice, trump.

3. The dead rise.

4. The living caught up.

Timing: Nothing specifies a particular time for these events. In this verse we found nothing conclusive to be used to identify the specific time when the rapture might occur except that it follows the Lord's descent from heaven and the sounding of the trumpet of God. Let's take a look at another very popular verse about the rapture of the church:

"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we

shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed"

( I Corinthians 15:51,52, KJV).

Sequence of Events:

1. The trumpet sounds.

2. The dead rise.

3. The living changed.

Timing: Begins with the "last trump". The trump identified as the "last trump" seems to be the cause of these events. This appears to indicate that other trumpets will sound before this one, but none after it. Could this be the final (seventh) trumpet

found in Revelation? If so, that would put it at or near the end of the tribulation.

Please pray for me. I am very sick

please pray for Kristie and me and our familys

Dear Paul. God does everything in two ways: 1) out of thin air, that is he touches or speaks or thinks something into being, such as healing. 2) He uses means, that is, matter, as in using dust to create man. I say all this to say, If you haven't seen a doctor, please see one ASAP. God gave doctors to us for a reason, even Luke was a doctor. All my best and God bless you.

Esau means red , a red ribbon was tied around his foot when he and Jacob were being born , to indicate that Esau came out first . Most Bible scholars believe that Esau is the progenitor of the Arab nations . I'm inclined to agree .

Beloved "Allan steele" , know that you are working on your salvation with fear and trembling. So that your assurance of salvation gives you and yours a "weight". :) If we are not born again, we cannot see the Kingdom of God.

Stay blessed in Jesus Name, love u in Christ Romans 7:1-6 and Chapter 8

Hi dear Jesse, I really miss some Bible verses for what you say.

God bless u and yours in Jesus Name, love u in Christ Romans 7:1-6 and Romans 8:11

I strongly believe that those people come to his/her place like Judas. Acts 1:25 I would rather see that this did not happen. We really dont know what chance a human being takes.

God bless u and yours in Jesus Holy Name, love u in Christ. Romans 7:1-6 ond Romans 8:11

Dear grace sister "AE"

She must make sure and keep herself clean in thoughts words and deeds. Without her, they will be lost. So she need to eat and also receive Spiritual nourishment so that she have something to go on. This is the first, we are not to destroy the temple of God, are we? 1 Corintihans 3:17 And the branch that believes in Him is valuable, as long as the branches bear fruit :) John 15:2

You have to decide this for yourself, but as far as i know the world, it does us no good! Because then our thought comes to utilization and it seems very worldly.

The world has no care for me either, it's probably pretty normal and feel that way. But remember Martha and Maria. Martha struggled and i can believe she got quite tired and even exhausted. While Mary received spiritual food. Luke 10:38-42 The best way is the Spiritual, although one must also take worldly chores occasionally, one can always Glorify God in what one does.

God bless u and yours in Jesus Name, love u in Christ. Romans 7:1-6 and Romans 8:11

Hi AE. A woman who is a wife & mother, indeed, a vital person in the make-up of the whole family, ordinarily will see to it that all her family are well looked after & their needs attended to. Yet, can one woman fulfil all the family's needs, especially when she has a son, other elderly family members, & her own marriage being affected? I don't believe that the Lord expects that one person should so over-extend herself that her own health & marriage should suffer. I know that God will give that extra grace & strength to help her persevere, especially combined with her own desire & womanly inclinations to give her all to her loved ones, but there has to be a limit. One cannot be expected to do more than one is able to give, whether at the workplace or in the home.

Not knowing who the other members of the family are, even among close friends, I would think that these people cannot sit idly by & allow one person to bear all these pressures & responsibilities. I realize that often people are oblivious to the hardships of others, maybe giving excuses about their own problems or workloads, or not wanting their free time to be lost to another, but the family must come together to discuss the problems & apportion out responsibilities to those who can assist - this sharing of the workload will in itself greatly re-vitalize the woman's state of mind & well-being; one person shouldn't have to carry the load by herself. I'm assuming that no government help is available or there's no entitlement in this situation.

If all else fails, I would seek to set priorities for those nearest to her that need her assistance; their cleanliness, sustenance (meals), & health needs are most important. House cleaning, running errands, etc. are less important. I share this having had a similar experience, very small in comparison (for over 5 years) with my elderly father-in-law till he passed on. I gave him full care - he could do nothing for himself. Please don't let this lady burn out.

Prayer for freedom of addiction to pornography and lust.

Dear friend in Jesus. Truth is as it says in Romans 7 and 8 Chapter. Pay special attention to Romans 7: 1-6 and Romans 8: 1-11

God bless u and yours in Jesus name, love u in Christ.

Hello Mac. Btw, I'm not the same Chris who wrote to you much earlier; and also, I think you should have written in your first paragraph, "Saturday is the only day God blessed", in keeping with your belief.

Those, like yourself, who believe that the Sabbath is the "day God blessed & sanctified", need to also consider some other questions on this matter.

Questions such as: to whom was this Law (& indeed all Laws), given? What was the purpose of these Laws?

What is the meaning & requirements of the Sabbath? Was it any more than a rest day, a cessation of all work?

Is the Church that is formed under the New Covenant, obliged to come under those Laws (this Church which now comprised both saved Jews & Gentiles)?

When there was an instance in Acts 15:1-31, where the demand for Gentiles to be first circumcised & to keep the Law of Moses to be saved had to be dealt with, what was the response & apostolic decision? I'm sure you know the passage well. Did the apostles ever require the Gentiles, or any new believer, to come under the Mosaic Law?

If the Old Law only brought condemnation ( 2 Corinthians 3:6-17) & had to be done away with through Christ's Death, how is the Christian now able to know & fulfil the Laws of God?

If a believer now believes that he needs to keep the Laws & Sabbath in particular, can he condemn another who doesn't & who has understood the liberty Jesus gained for him to obey, to live, to worship God, as the Holy Spirit directs ( Romans 8:1-4; Galatians 5:1-4,18,25)?

Just a few questions to consider - not expecting answers, but hopefully to direct your mind to the full meaning of the full redemption we now have in Christ Jesus: redemption from sin's penalty & redemption from the Law's curse. We now obey many more Laws of God, more than what was given to the Jews to obey, & we do so from the continual ministry & power of God's Spirit.

Hi Giannis,

I'm not offended in the least bit. Your name would suggest that you might be fluent in the Greek language? If that is the case, I might learn from you. I have been a student of Koine Greek for several years now but still have much to learn.

I agree that the word PISTIS means faith. I also know that the word PEITHO means persuasion. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these two words connected together, PEITHO being the verb form of the noun PISTIS?

My personal definition of the word faith (PISTIS) is the presence and activity of God's Spirit in a believers life.

And it is the activity of God's Spirit that persuades (PEITHO) a person to do the things of the Lord, and that is what defines faith, PISTIS being the noun, and PEITHO being the verb form of the noun.

Again, please correct me if I am wrong. I take no offense!

40 years

Thank you for the information

Ecclesiastes and Ecclesiasticus are two different books. The first is found in the Canon of Scripture that we have now; the second is found only in the Apocrypha or apocryphal section of some Bibles which hold to them.

Maybe some of these Scriptures may help you Christy: Proverbs 1:10-16; Proverbs 4:14; Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 6:18-20; 1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Ephesians 5:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 1 Timothy 6:10,11; 2 Timothy 2:16; 2 Timothy 2:22,23; 2 John 1:10,11.

When a woman is married and has a son who needs her at all times, should she take care of all the elderly in her family also? She took care of her Elder daddy until death. She is getting older and in need of care herself. What does a person do when it starts affecting a woman's marriage? I have always thought we are to care for our family and do all we can for them. This woman's health isn't as good as it was. What does God expect of us? In this situation?

Please God allow Your healing hand on Paul from his injury that he will be a testimony for Your Glory I ask in Jesus Christ church name!

Please reflect on 1 Peter5:7, Psalms 55:22.

Suite Up in God's amour/the letter God wrote to Youthe KJBible, We are not nearing the end days, we are living the end days. Oh all ye warriors, receive God's gift of disernment through:

Our Almighty Father in Heaven Holly Spirit cleanse my ears, open thine eyes from the slumber I have been kept, with God's Will.

In Jesus Christ/My Lord & Saviors name.

Amen

"There is POWERIN The name of Jesus"

thank you Giannis, you referred to acts 2:16 Jesus had come and gone by then please give me some bible verse on when the last days began..

Yes Barbara, He lived there till the time of Herod's death, then God( the Father) came to Joseph in a dream that all who were searching for Jesus to kill Him were dead!

Whete does the Bible say to avoid evil and we do not have to live everyone especially the evil people.

i give God the glory for the gift of life.

i pray and seek for healing and salvation in my life.

i seek through thee for open doors and blessings.

all glory be to GOD, he is the imirimiorse.

Hi Toby.

Welcome to the site.

Edom edomites=red man which is the white man right