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Actually people tend to think of 'the rapture' as that which will catch people off guard, or simply say things like 'people will be saying peace and safety when Jesus comes'.
Actually Paul tells us exactly what it is that's going to catch the world off guard and shatter their illusuions pf peace and safety...
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
(1Th 5:2-3)
It is the 'day of the Lord' that is going to catch the world off guard. According to my calculations from the start of the day of the Lord until the end of Armageddon is 75 days - that's some pretty swift destruction.
Now people struggle with the idea that even before this the 'great tribulation' has to take place... how can people be eating, drinking, crying peace and safety etc in the midst of all that?
well for a couple reasons... one there could be a brief lull before the day of the Lord starts, but I don't think thats necessary really.
Consider the conditions in the earth before the flood. The Land was FILLED with violence and men's hearts were continually evil all the time. It was so bad that God needed to bring the flood to destroy it, but to those on the earth it was just their way of life... they were desinsitized too it so much that they went on eating, drinking, etc in spite of the fact that the land was filled with violence.
They were however secure in the fact that they could continue that way, having no idea that God's judgment stood at the door.
--David
Actually people tend to think of 'the rapture' as that which will catch people off guard, or simply say things like 'people will be saying peace and safety when Jesus comes'.
Actually Paul tells us exactly what it is that's going to catch the world off guard and shatter their illusuions pf peace and safety...
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
(1Th 5:2-3)
It is the 'day of the Lord' that is going to catch the world off guard. According to my calculations from the start of the day of the Lord until the end of Armageddon is 75 days - that's some pretty swift destruction.
Now people struggle with the idea that even before this the 'great tribulation' has to take place... how can people be eating, drinking, crying peace and safety etc in the midst of all that?
well for a couple reasons... one there could be a brief lull before the day of the Lord starts, but I don't think thats necessary really.
Consider the conditions in the earth before the flood. The Land was FILLED with violence and men's hearts were continually evil all the time. It was so bad that God needed to bring the flood to destroy it, but to those on the earth it was just their way of life... they were desinsitized too it so much that they went on eating, drinking, etc in spite of the fact that the land was filled with violence.
They were however secure in the fact that they could continue that way, having no idea that God's judgment stood at the door.
--David
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