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A conversation between myself and an acquiantance…

Punkerslut: Do you believe in the Bible?

Christian: Of course I do.

Punkerslut: But do you believe in slavery?

Christian: No, I don’t. That’s a silly question.

Punkerslut: There are various parts of the Bible which affirm slavery to be a just method, though. Exodus 21:20-21 justifies it.

Christian: Well, that was the Old Testament.

Punkerslut: Ephesians 6:5 of the New Testament also justifies it.

Christian: The slavery in the Bible was different than the slavery of the Bible.

Punkerslut: Why did the southerners use the Bible to justify it, then?

Christian: They didn’t really understand the Bible. They interpretted it incorrectly.

Punkerslut: So, for the past two thousand years, nobody was a real Christian, because they didn’t understand the Bible, and therefore couldn’t believe it. But for the past few decades, it was only then that the Bible was really understood?

Christian: You don’t have to understand the Bible to believe it.

Punkerslut: You don’t?

Christian: No… You just have to believe it.

Punkerslut: When you don’t understand something, it means that there are parts which you may think contradict each other, or possibly they don’t properly fit together, or maybe you read or heard something when in fact the opposite is what is implied. For instance, if someone said, “My answer is yes and my answer is no,” you may be confused, because you were given a contradictory answer — but perhaps they meant a yes to one question and a no to another question. If someone said, “Because the knife was in Joe’s locker, it means that Jacob was the murderer.” You may not understand, until you find out that Jacob was the only one with access to Joe’s locker, and Joe was out of town for weeks. If someone said, “There is one statement I hate more than anything: ‘Slavery is right!’” and you walked in only while he said, “Slavery is right!” you may also be confused. In all of these instances, you didn’t understand.

Christian: But you believed, and that’s what counts with Christianity.

Punkerslut: Precisely. If someone said something that confused you, wouldn’t you want to apply reason to it and try to understand?

Christian: Yes, of course.

Punkerslut: So, you agree then that Christianity can only thrive, and has only thrived, because people have placed less importance upon reasoning and logic, particularly in religious matters?

Christian: I didn’t say that.

Punkerslut: You said that in Christianity, you need not understand and that must only believe. You said that every Christian up to 50 years ago didn’t understand the Bible since slavery and prejudice have been prevalent until then. And you said that if you don’t understand, attempting to comprehend is reasonable.

Christian: So?

Punkerslut: Christians accepted what they didn’t understand. Reason would ask them to investigate what they didn’t understand, but they ignored reason, even insulted and criminalized it. As the Christians moved from the position of being eaten by lions to being the ones who tortured others, the only way that a person could become a Christian was by belief — and belief in something so contradictory must be accompanied by an abhorance of reason, correct?

Christian: You’re twisting my words.

Punkerslut: No, I was actually quite simple and precise in showing you how I went from one step of my argument to the next.

Christian: Well, whatever… Even so, reason cannot save you, only Christ can.

Punkerslut: You’re just restating your original opinion. What is the method by which we decipher truth from falsity? Reason. If reason indicted Christianity for hypocrisy and contradiction, it’s not trying to save you, exactly, but tell you that Christianity cannot do that either. But then again, the idea that you need to be saved is also a Christian idea.

Christian: I don’t believe that.

Punkerslut: What part?

Christian: All of it.

Punkerslut: Could you be more specific?

Christian: Everything you say.

Punkerslut: Yes, that part was clear when you said “all of it.”

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Punkerslut (or Andy Carloff) has been writing essays and poetry on social issues which have caught his attention for several years. His website http://www.punkerslut.com provides a complete list of all of these writings. His life experience includes homelessness, squating in New Orleans and LA, dropping out of high school, getting expelled from college for “subversive activities,” and a myriad of other revolutionary actions.

God has moments of anger, like as do we. However, some have
misconceptions about His response. There’s an unspoken law of
consequences between the forces of good and evil, a result of
being born into a sinful world.

In observing my daughter, as a very young child, whenever she
was disobedient. If I didn’t discipline, she’d suddenly become
injured or some other mishap. It was as if God was punishing
her, or so I thought.

Once God gave me an example of how it really is.

Imagine yourself standing between the sidewalk and curb. Your
hands are wrapped behind your back, tied to a tree. A car is
coming and your child runs into the street. You’ve no physical
means of reaching that child.

Hearing the speeding car, first thoughts come faster than you
can verbalize, “No! The car will hurt you!”

You scream a plea, with anything you think might cause that
child to change their direction, before it’s too late. That is
how it is with God. Were it any other way, He’d have to take
away our freedom of choice.

There are consequences for running out into the street! And,
the parent is way beyond distraught even before the accident
occurs, because they have a glimpse into the future.

Imagine how God must, sometimes, feel watching His children run
the wrong direction. When the consequences come and we didn’t
heed God’s warning, God didn’t do it to us.

Think about it. If our parents wouldn’t smack us with a moving
vehicle because we didn’t obey, if you wouldn’t run over your
child as punishment for not listening … we were made in the
image of God and He loves us so much more. The truth is, when
consequences come, there is no one else to blame. We would have
done it to ourselves.

© by Joyce C. Lock
http://my.homewithgod.com/blessingsandlessons/ This writing may
be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit
ministering purposes.

I’ve had the honor of being in many churches and therefore on the receiving end of more stirring sermons than I could even begin to count. I enjoy Bible reading daily as well as a rich prayer life. However, one of the most life-changing, Spiritually-enlightening moments in my life didn’t even come in a church. It didn’t come while on my deck, surrounded by morning glories and petunias.

It came during a AAA Baseball game! God absolutely works in mysterious ways.

My husband, our daughters and I were enjoying a ballgame on a warm August evening. Enjoying, because we were together, we were eating unbelievably delicious ballpark hot dogs and our team was winning. The only negative presence in our world that evening was about 4 ft. tall with tousled bangs, adorable freckles, a #4 little league jersey and an unforgettably irritating “It’s-all-about-me-and-I-dare-you-to-say-it-isnt” aura. Recalling the whining of this miniature Red’s fan makes the hairs on my neck stand at attention even today, three years later!

We first became aware of him about 20 minutes before the game, when he stomped over our feet while trying to get onto the field. Nevermind the fact that his frazzled father kept telling him “no”. He wanted no part of “no” and, after all, knew more than his dad. So he ignored him and, sure enough, received a good scolding from an usher.

This alone could have been a spiritual lesson. How many times do we, God’s children, go about our merry little way ignoring Him and His commands, only to hit a wall of disappointment the way #4 hit the irritable side of an usher? Then, I wonder, do we wear the same “How could that have happened to me? I didn’t see that coming!” type of expression the kid wore? No, I don’t really wonder - I know we do!

What stood out to me about that evening, and what I think about (often) is this: No matter what the mom or dad did for him, it was never enough. Bringing him to the ballgame when they probably could have been working in the yard or sitting on the couch, wasn’t good enough. He complained because the temperature was too hot and (egads!) he had to sit in a seat. Buying him a ball from the gift shop wasn’t enough because they couldn’t make so-and-so sign it (regardless of the fact that Mr. so-and-so was in the middle of a game!). The popcorn, the hot dog, the soda and the snowcone - none of them were enough. He still complained about everything he could think of.

He didn’t see what he had. He only saw what he didn’t have.

One day, the young boy will be a young man and will probably think back to that night. I wonder if he’ll remember how miserable he made his parents and those around him. I wonder if he’ll ask himself, “Man, what was I thinking, I had it all. Dad tried so hard to give me everything, mom was so proud of me in my little hat and jersey. I never even thanked them for what they gave me. I just whined about what they didn’t give me.” I hope he realizes it sooner rather than later, and hope he takes his parents to a ballgame, and buys them all sorts of goodies! AND, I hope they sit close to me, because I’d like to thank him for the greatest sermon I never heard.

I didn’t need a preacher or teacher to say, “Do you hear that? Do you see how wrong this adorable little boy is? Will this make a difference in your life?” The answers were yes, yes, and YES! I’m as far from perfect as the Brewers are from the World Series, but I did learn a lesson that night.

He didn’t see what he had. He only saw what he didn’t have.

About the Author

Joi Sigers is a Christian, a baseball fan, and an internet marketer. Visit one of her websites at http://www.dreamprophesy.com.

Consider this. God is not limited by time or space, yet he tells
us in His word that there is “A time and a purpose for
everything under heaven” (Eccl Chapter 3). Man’s time on earth
is limited. For example, in Psalm 90 v 10 the word says, “The
days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason
of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength
labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”

70 years equals 25, 550 days (365X70)

Jesus walked this earth 12,045 days (33 years)

I have a friend that is 37,960 days old (she is 104)

Enoch walked with God 133,225 days (He was 365 years old when
God took him)

Methuselah lived 353, 685 days (He was 969 years old when he
died)

As I thought on time, I wrote this little Poem:

The Clock Is Ticking

The silence of the house was interrupted by a sound, The clock
loudly ticked as the second hand moved around, Time was slipping
away, minute by minute, day by day, I could do nothing to keep
time at bay

Where did those 18,980 days of my 52 years go, I started
searching high and low, After many days seeking, I concluded at
last, Those days, weeks, months and years were in my past

How many more days do I have to live, It is in God’s hands, my
breath He does give, The past is behind me, tomorrow I may not
see, My future is in Jesus’ hands, He holds the key

In heaven there will be no sound of the clock, Jesus holds the
key, this door He’ll unlock, Trust in Him who holds time in His
hand, The hourglass of old will have no sand

My future is certain, this I believe, He offered me a gift, and
I did receive, Eternal salvation that didn’t cost a dime, Now I
no longer worry about the passage of time.

Moses was talking to God in prayer (a privilege reserved for
God’s children). In this prayer, he acknowledged the greatness
of God, and remphasized the fact that God is not limited by time
(a thousand years to God is as yesterday). He asked the Lord for
wisdom (teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts
unto wisdom). Proverbs 2 verse 6 “For the LORD giveth wisdom:
out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding”.

Moses realized that the days we have here on earth are numbered
and come from the LORD. He acknowledged that he had “bad” days
(which also came from the LORD), but he prayed for “good” days.
Moses knew that there was a time and a season for everything
under heaven. He knew this because he had been in the wilderness
(Deuteronomy 8 verse 2…”And thou shalt remember all the way
which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the
wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was
in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or
no”.

God called Moses a “humble” man, and indeed Moses was humble.
Being humble means that one realizes that everything, the good
and the bad, comes from the hand of God.

Moses and his people had experienced many trials, troubles, and
tribulations. He longed for peace and rest from these trials,
and he prayed and asked God for joy, gladness, and spiritual
mercy (Ps 90 v 17..”And let the beauty of the LORD our God be
upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea,
the work of our hands establish thou it”).

I believe this was a prayer not only for this fleeting earthly
life, but a prayer longing for the joys and rest of heaven.

Yes, our days are numbered here on earth, but one day we will be
with the LORD where time exists no more.

Job had rest from his trials and the LORD showed tender mercy
and compassion for him (Job 42 verses 10-17) and James 5 verse
11…”Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of
the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the LORD; that the
LORD is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.”

Be blessed, Irvin L. Rozier aka walkin2e

One of the common claims by young earth creationists is that if Noah’s Flood were a local flood, then God has broken his promise many times. According to The Answers Book, chapter 10,

“If the Flood were local, God would have repeatedly broken His promise never to send such a Flood again. There have been huge ‘local’ floods in recent times: in Bangladesh, for example, where 80% of that country has been inundated, or Europe in 2002.”(Footnote 1)

Is there any truth to this claim? Do the local floods we see today constitute a breaking of the covenant God made with Noah? First, let’s read the covenant in Genesis 9:8-15.

8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9 “Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;
10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
11 And I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be shut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;
13 I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.
14 And it shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
15 and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.”

To answer this question, one must look at exactly what the covenant says. First, who is the covenant with? This is contained in verses 9-10. Clearly, it was made with Noah and his sons, and their descendents. It was also made with every living creature that is with Noah. At the end of verse 10, God extends it to “even every beast of the earth.” There is no question who the covenant is with, however it is interesting that God makes a distinction between the living creatures with Noah (with every living creature that is with you), and the rest of the creatures (even every beast of the earth). Why would God make this distinction? If all the animals were killed, and Noah had all the survivors on the ark, then it was useless to extend the covenant beyond the ark’s inhabitants. This indicates that the flood was local, and there were animal populations outside of the inhabitants of the ark. If every living thing were on the ark, the term “even every beast of the earth” gives no additional meaning to the text.

But what is the exact covenant? This is in verses 11 and 15.

11 “And I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be shut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.”
15 “and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.”

The key term to examine is “all flesh.” What is the meaning of this term? This is tied to the beginning of the ark story, where God stated the purpose of the Flood.

Morris and Whitcomb in their book, The Genesis Flood, (Footnote 2) say the purpose of the flood was to destroy both man, beast, creeping things, and birds. The key is in Genesis 6:12:

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. (KJV)

The purpose of the flood was to wipe out this corruption. The main meaning for the Hebrew word for flesh in the Flood chapters, bsr, is person or man. The Hebrew dictionary doesn’t even make it possible to extend this to animal flesh. God is not talking about the corruption of the animal kingdom, but about man’s corruption. This is corrected in some other translations (NIV=”people”; Amplified=”humanity”). The purpose of the flood was to wipe out man, not animals. Yes, animals in the flooded locations would be killed, but they are not the target of God.

The main point of the covenant is that man shall never again be wiped from the face of the earth. Local floods since the time of Noah have never wiped man from the face of the earth. Yes, many have been killed, but never to the scale of Noah’s Flood, where only eight people were left alive.

When local floods occur today, they come nowhere close to wiping out humanity. The Answers Book lists the Bangladesh floods, where thousands have died. Yet there are billions of people still on planet earth after those floods. Clearly this does not compare with Noah’s Flood, where more than 99 percent of mankind was wiped out. Even the Tsunami of 2004, which killed hundreds of thousands, cannot compare to Noah’s Flood.

In local floods today, less than 1/100th of one percent of the worlds populations are killed. In Noah’s flood, almost 100 percent of mankind was killed. There is no comparison.

God extends his covenant to the creatures of the earth as well, saying that they would also be spared from floods of the magnitude of Noah’s Flood. Yes, animals are killed when local floods occur, but they do not come close to the magnitude of Noah’s Flood, where an entire species was almost wiped out (humankind, except for Noah’s family).

The only other term to consider is “neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” We cannot know the extent of Noah’s Flood geographically…we can only assume that it covered all the lands inhabited by humans at the time. Although local floods do harm the earth, it is a safe assumption that the extent of Noah’s Flood has not been repeated. It may also be important to note that the Hebrew word for earth, ‘erets, also means land in general, such as a field, or nations, or even “ground”.

Conclusion

Clearly, God has not flooded the earth in the same way he did during Noah’s time, with the same impact. God has not broken His promise. Mankind has never been wiped from the face of the earth again. This claim made by young earth creationists has no basis in fact.

1 Was the Flood global?, The Answers Book (web version), answersingenesis.org/Home/Area/AnswersBook/global10.asp

2 Henry Morris, John Whitcomb, The Genesis Flood. Baker Book House, 1961. pp. 11-14

Greg Neyman is the founder of the website ministry Answers In Creation. The original location of this article is here.

This is a question every generation asks itself. Even early Christians thought they were in the end times and 2,000 years later things keep moving on. Why didn’t God just get it over with back then? People get tired of “chicken littles” running around telling us the sky is falling, the world is going to end, but it doesn’t. We’re still here. Every saint from the beginning anticipated His coming, but He hasn’t come, so why care? He’ll come when He comes. What’s it to me? I just keep putting one foot in front of another. The last thing I want to be is some “kook” standing on a street corner predicting the end of the world only to see the date come and go. Isn’t this just much “to do” about nothing? Besides, if I rapture at the beginning of the “end”, the whole question is irrelevant! I’m outta here. Glory!

Sound familiar? I’ve certainly thought all of those things. How about you? Am I beating a dead horse? Well I don’t think so. What if these really are the end times? Is there any way to know for sure? What if there is no easy escape by “rapture”? And if not, what does it mean to me?

There are a number of ways to answer this question: first, there is the Bible, the Word of God and all of the prophesies relating to the end times. Second, there are the “signs of the times” - what is happening in the world that could indicate one way or another. Third, there is your own gut feeling when you are quiet, your mind is still and you are in the presence of the Lord. (Luke 2:26)

We should remember that there were hundreds of prophesies that related to the First Coming of Jesus Christ. Although the religious leaders of the day didn’t see it, they certainly should have because it was clearly written down in black and white. If you doubt me, please read up on the subject. I’m not a theologian and my objective is not to expound the Scripture for you. My objective is to get you to think for yourself - beyond the little box of your “comfort zone.” You need to stretch your mind, your imagination, the world view you have always believed in. If you don’t, you may miss it altogether just like most Jews did the first time around. So it stands to reason that if the First Coming was so clearly foretold, the Second Coming should be evident to those who are looking for it, especially since Jesus Himself spends so much time talking about the subject and it is dealt with extensively in the whole Bible. At least one fourth of the entire Bible deals with the “end times”, so doesn’t it seem logical that it was written for a good reason? Does God have a purpose in letting us know what is going to happen? Could it possibly mean that we should do something?

So why hasn’t Jesus returned yet? The answer is simply that there are a couple of things clearly foretold that have to happen first. One relates to the Church.

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These next 3 articles are going to be extremely HARD HITTING. I am not going to pull any punches on what will be discussed in these articles. These article have to do with the JUDGMENTS AND WRATH OF GOD HITTING THIS EARTH FULL FORCE DURING THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION - which will be the last 7 years of the world.

Many Christians are too afraid to read this part of Book of Revelations because it is just too horrible to think about and contemplate on. However, God is specifically telling us what is going to happen with these
judgments.

IF GOD DID NOT WANT US TO KNOW OR HAVE THIS INFORMATION DUE TO THE INTENSITY AND SEVERITY OF THESE JUDGMENTS, HE WOULD HAVE NEVER PUT IT IN THE BIBLE. BUT SINCE HE DID, THAT MEANS HE WANTS US TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION FOR OUR OWN KNOWLEDGE AND TO ALSO TO BE ABLE TO PASS THIS ONTO OTHERS IF THESE EVENTS START TO OCCUR IN OUR LIFETIME.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE THE STOMACH TO PRESS IN ON EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, I CHALLENGE YOU TO JUST SIT BACK, RELAX, AND USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO FULLY IMAGINE THESE EVENTS AS THEY ARE DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE VERSES. IF YOU DO THIS, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO GRASP THE INTENSITY, SEVERITY AND MAGNITUDE OF THESE EVENTS. THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THESE EVENTS AND THE WORLD WILL NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS EVER AGAIN!

Remember one last thing when you start reading on exactly what is going to occur with these judgments - these events will be occurring on a world wide global scale. When using your imagination to visualize these events, imagine you are hovering above the earth, looking down and seeing these events occur on a worldwide global scale. Then you will be able to appreciate the magnitude and intensity of these events.

The Judgments And Wrath Of God

There will 3 sets of judgments that will come upon the earth during the last 7 years. Some of these judgments will be “allowed” by God to occur. The rest will come directly from His hand. The 3 sets of judgments will occur in chronological and successive order as they are presented to you from the Bible. They are called:

1. The Seal Judgments (7)
2. The Trumpet Judgments (7)
3. The Bowl Judgments (7)

There are 7 judgments within each of them, hence the number 7 behind each of them. If there is a Rapture, the Church should be off the earth by the time these judgments start to occur. These judgments are targeted for the rebellious and nonbelievers - the hardened sinners.

When you read what will occur, the first question you will ask is why? Why is God going to go to such an extreme extent to allow and cause this type of massive destruction to hit our earth. There are two main reasons and you need to get a STRONG HOLD ON EACH OF THESE 2 REASONS SO THAT YOU CAN PERFECTLY UNDERSTAND WHY GOD IS GOING TO ALLOW AND CAUSE ALL OF THESE EVENTS TO OCCUR. The 2 reasons are as follows:

1. To try and get as many people saved as He possibly can before the end comes. Remember, the Rapture will probably have occurred before these events start to happen. That means that all the Christians will be gone. What will be left are the hardheads who either did not get it the first time around or were too stubborn and/or too rebellious to get saved the first time around.

God, in His incredible loving mercy, is going to come after these people for a “second time.” However, in an effort to try and reach them with the seriousness and gravity of the situation, HE WILL BE THROWING EVERYTHING AT THEM, INCLUDING THE “THE KITCHEN SINK,” IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT HE DOES EXIST, AND THAT HE WILL BE CALLING THEM FOR THE LAST AND FINAL TIME.

As you will see, a lot of these people will still fail to repent and turn to God - even after the most serious of these judgments literally hit this earth with full force. After you read what is going to happen, you are going to be blown away that so many of these people will still fail to repent and turn to God after seeing and literally living through these massive onslaughts by God.

They will even know that it is God Himself doing it because these events will be so supernatural. But they will still curse Him and refuse to break because of their hardened natures and sinful ways. Their eventual end, when it is all said and done, is that they will be thrown in to what is called the Lake of Fire and Brimstone where they will live under severe torment for the rest of their eternal lives.

BUT AS BAD AS THAT EVENTUAL END IS GOING TO BE FOR THESE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD DID EVERYTHING HE POSSIBLY COULD TO TRY AND GET THESE PEOPLE SAVED BEFORE THE FINAL JUDGMENT TAKES PLACE WHERE THEY ARE THROWN INTO THIS HORRIBLE PLACE OF TORMENT FOR THE REST OF THEIR ETERNAL LIVES. THAT IS WHY THESE JUDGMENTS WILL BE SO SEVERE, INTENSE, MASSIVE AND WILL BE OCCURRING ON A WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SCALE.

GOD DOESN’T WANT OR WISH THAT ANYONE SHOULD PERISH INTO THIS HORRIBLE PLACE - BUT HE CAN’T MAKE OR FORCE PEOPLE TO ACCEPT HIM. HOWEVER, HE WILL BE GOING TO THE MOST EXTREME LENGTHS POSSIBLE WITH THESE JUDGMENTS TO TRY AND GET SOME OF THESE HARDENED AND REBELLIOUS SINNERS TO TURN TO HIM.

If you read about all of these judgments in this light, you’ll be able to appreciate and understand why God has to go to this extreme. When these judgments are over and Jesus returns for the second time, there will be no second chance for these people. If they don’t accept Jesus before He comes back, their fate will be sealed for all of eternity in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone.
2. The second reason these judgments are going to be released by God is to punish and show His wrath to all the hardened and rebellious sinners which will include the Antichrist, the False Prophet, Satan and all of his demons. You will have not only have the Antichrist and Satan killing and persecuting others, but other people will be killing one another.

This will be worse than the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. Most of the Christians who get saved during the Tribulation will be killed by the Antichrist. This one event alone will cause God to release His anger, wrath and vengeance upon the rest of the unbelieving world. It will also serve as a warning and foreshadowing of what is about to come their way very shortly - eternal punishment in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone.

In one of the actual seal judgments, there is a whole “seal judgment” just devoted to the Christians who are martyred during the Tribulation. They are crying out to God to extract vengeance on their behalf and He tells them to wait just a little while longer before He does so.

THAT IS HOW WICKED THE WORLD IS GOING TO BECOME DURING THIS TIME. THE PERSECUTION AND BLOODSHED CAUSED BY THE ANTICHRIST, SATAN AND THE REST OF THE UNBELIEVING WORLD WILL BE SO BAD, THAT IT WILL CAUSE GOD TO RELEASE, WITH FULL FORCE, THE FURY OF HIS WRATH UPON ALL THESE WICKED PEOPLE. AGAIN, IF YOU CAN GRASP HOW BAD AND EVIL PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BECOME DURING THIS TIME, YOU CAN THEN FULLY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE WHY GOD IS GOING TO RELEASE SUCH SEVERE JUDGMENTS UPON THE EARTH DURING THIS TIME.

AS INTENSE AND POWERFUL AS THESE JUDGMENTS ARE GOING TO BE, THE REAL SAD PART ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS THAT THERE WILL STILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT TURN TO GOD. BUT AT LEAST WE CAN ALL TAKE WITH US IN THE NEXT LIFE THAT OUR GOD DID EVERYTHING HE POSSIBLY COULD TO WARN AND TRY TO GET THESE PEOPLE SAVED AND PULLED IN. BUT JUST AS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE ANGELS HAVE FALLEN, REBELLED AND TURNED AWAY FROM THEIR GOD, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HUMANS ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING, AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WE OR EVEN GOD HIMSELF CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF THE FREE WILL HE HAS GIVEN TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. THAT IS GOING TO BE THE SADDEST PART OF HUMAN HISTORY AFTER IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE.

The next article will deal with the 3 sets of Judgments that will take place during the last 7 years on earth.

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