50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord
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Did you not say "You are basically saying God is not able to provide his church with a decent book?"
GOD gives mankind commandments and if you don't obey get ready to suffer the repercussions.
GOD commanded us don't touch His Word or suffer the repercussions (Revelation 22:18-19) but also warned us that "men are evil continually" (Genesis 6:5) to whom He gave dominion in the earth (Genesis 1:26) commanding us to be prepared by "Seeking ye first Holy Spirit baptism" (Matthew 6:33) so (((HE))) can guide us into all truth" (John 16:13).
OK!
What did we do? Went with the writings in a book that "evil man" changed time and time again to adhere to THEIR trinity-water baptism doctrine that leaves mankind powerless "DEAD spirits" (Rm 5:12-14; I Cor 15:21-22) so they can BRAINWASH them with THEIR doctrine and NOT "the gospel of Christ" (II Corinthians 11:4)
"He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our LORD Jesus" (I Thessalonians 1:8)!
GOD gives mankind commandments and if you don't obey get ready to suffer the repercussions.
GOD commanded us don't touch His Word or suffer the repercussions (Revelation 22:18-19) but also warned us that "men are evil continually" (Genesis 6:5) to whom He gave dominion in the earth (Genesis 1:26) commanding us to be prepared by "Seeking ye first Holy Spirit baptism" (Matthew 6:33) so (((HE))) can guide us into all truth" (John 16:13).
OK!
What did we do? Went with the writings in a book that "evil man" changed time and time again to adhere to THEIR trinity-water baptism doctrine that leaves mankind powerless "DEAD spirits" (Rm 5:12-14; I Cor 15:21-22) so they can BRAINWASH them with THEIR doctrine and NOT "the gospel of Christ" (II Corinthians 11:4)
"He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our LORD Jesus" (I Thessalonians 1:8)!
Have you not heard
"For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God" (Romans 2:28-29)?
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18)!
"For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God" (Romans 2:28-29)?
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18)!
OKEY, I will mention it.
The Bride and GROOM go to the Father's House in HEAVEN For the Wedding of the Lamb. A WEEK LONG WEDDING, but it would not surprise me if that is a WEEK of YEARS. One Week (of years) Ceremony, followed by the Traditional, WEDDING SUPPER in the Father's House. After that we all mount up on White Horses and Follow CHRIST as HE wants to make WAR on the Nations that Attacked ISRAEL.
That is the Same WEEK OF YEARS, THAT ANTICHRIST STARTS A WEEK OF COVENANT WITH ISRAEL. ONLY TO BREAK THE PEACE TREATY. YES, A COVENANT IS A PEACE TREATY. HE BEGINS EXECUTING PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO BOW TO HIM, and starts WWIII. BY THE TIME HIS SO-CALLED PEACE TREATY IS ONLY 3.5 YEARS old, he marches into the TEMPLE, and announces he is god, and starts to excecute anyone who refuses to bow to him as god.
At the same time GOD POURS OUT ON THE WHOLE EARTH, HIS WRATH. That is why GOD had to limit it to 7 years only, as there would not be any Survivors. Yes, the 144,000 SEALED, from harm are all JEWS, to repopulate ISRAEL. So with WWIII going on, followed by GOD's WRATH, and JESUS RETURNS splitting Mount of Olives in two, and MAKING WAR ON every country that Attacked Israel, therefore Jerusalem; Israel's population is ZERO, with the 144,000 who fled to JORDAN. THUS the 144,000 will be needed to REPOPULATE ISRAEL with Mortal Human Beings.
Now I have to WONDER why do you want to talk about what is going on in ISRAEL, when the TITLE OF THIS THREAD is,
50 Reasons For a Pretribulational Rapture By Dr. John F. Walvoord ? ? ?
Isn't your efforts, just to try to DERAIL this thread, into what YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ? ? ?
Seems to me, just talking about the RAPTURE, is the Original Poster's intentions.
May I suggest that if you want to talk about END TIMES, you start your own THREAD,
NO, long before that.
Revelation 6:1-7 (HCSB)
1 Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”
2 I looked, and there was a white horse. The horseman on it had a bow; a crown was given to him, and he went out as a victor to conquer.
3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
4 Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its horseman was empowered to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.
5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and there was a black horse. The horseman on it had a set of scales in his hand.
6 Then I heard something like a voice among the four living creatures say, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius—but do not harm the olive oil and the wine.”
7 When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
Revelation 6:12-17 (HCSB)
12 Then I saw Him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair; the entire moon became like blood;
13 the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind;
14 the sky separated like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
16 And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,
17 because the great day of Their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?”
Revelation 7:1 (HCSB)
1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.
Revelation 6:1-7 (HCSB)
1 Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”
2 I looked, and there was a white horse. The horseman on it had a bow; a crown was given to him, and he went out as a victor to conquer.
3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
4 Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its horseman was empowered to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.
5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and there was a black horse. The horseman on it had a set of scales in his hand.
6 Then I heard something like a voice among the four living creatures say, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius—but do not harm the olive oil and the wine.”
7 When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
Revelation 6:12-17 (HCSB)
12 Then I saw Him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair; the entire moon became like blood;
13 the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind;
14 the sky separated like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
16 And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,
17 because the great day of Their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?”
Revelation 7:1 (HCSB)
1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.
"The people OF the prince that SHALL COME" are not themselves "the prince THAT SHALL COME"
"The people OF [the prince that SHALL COME]" are the ones doing the 70ad things ("shall destroy the city and the sanctuary"--Lk19:41-44 / Matt22:7 / Lk21:23,20 / Matt23:38,39 "left unto you desolate..." / etc). This pertains to the "desolaTIONS [PLURAL] are determined," in that, "the desolation THEREOF" in Lk21:23,20 speaks of the 70ad events (re: "Jerusalem"), and Matt23:38,39's "left unto you desolate" (re: "your house").
So, I'm saying that "the people OF" (who do the "shall destroy the city and the sanctuary" thing) have to do with the "AFTER" 69 Weeks [total], i.e. in the 70ad events.
And that Luke 21:12 states definitively that the events of 70ad (in vv.12-24a) must take place "BEFORE ALL THESE [BEFORE ALL the beginning of birth pangs that were JUST DESCRIBED in vv.8-11]"; and v.24a "and they shall be led away captive into all the nations" plus v.b "AND Jerusalem [the Subject of the Dan9:24-27 prophecy] shall be TRODDEN DOWN of the Gentiles UNTIL"... these items are VERY LENGTHY in nature... (the latter of these two, relating to Rev11:2, which verse provides the "timing" issue, saying that this aspect will not be concluded until the future 2nd half of the Trib is concluded at Christ's Second Coming to the earth).
So, right... "the people OF" do the 70ad thing (not having to do with the "ONE WEEK [/7 yrs]" time-frame); but "the prince THAT SHALL COME" (v.26b) himself, does!
Do you mean, like the following shows (at BibleHub):
[for v.27... which I believe only has something like 17-20 words]
Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he shall strengthen the covenant with many, one week and half of a week, and he shall cancel sacrifice and offering, and upon the wings of abomination destruction shall rest upon the desolation until the end of the judgments
Lamsa Bible
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for seven weeks and half of seven weeks, then he shall cause the sacrifice and gift offerings to cease, and upon the horns of the altar the abomination of desolation; and the desolation shall continue until the end of the appointed time; the city shall remain desolate.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week; and for half of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and upon the wing of detestable things shall be that which causeth appalment; and that until the extermination wholly determined be poured out upon that which causeth appalment.'
Brenton Septuagint Translation
And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away: and on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations; and at the end of time an end shall be put to the desolation.
... since you had mentioned "Brenton" translation in your Post #2109.
"The people OF [the prince that SHALL COME]" are the ones doing the 70ad things ("shall destroy the city and the sanctuary"--Lk19:41-44 / Matt22:7 / Lk21:23,20 / Matt23:38,39 "left unto you desolate..." / etc). This pertains to the "desolaTIONS [PLURAL] are determined," in that, "the desolation THEREOF" in Lk21:23,20 speaks of the 70ad events (re: "Jerusalem"), and Matt23:38,39's "left unto you desolate" (re: "your house").
So, I'm saying that "the people OF" (who do the "shall destroy the city and the sanctuary" thing) have to do with the "AFTER" 69 Weeks [total], i.e. in the 70ad events.
And that Luke 21:12 states definitively that the events of 70ad (in vv.12-24a) must take place "BEFORE ALL THESE [BEFORE ALL the beginning of birth pangs that were JUST DESCRIBED in vv.8-11]"; and v.24a "and they shall be led away captive into all the nations" plus v.b "AND Jerusalem [the Subject of the Dan9:24-27 prophecy] shall be TRODDEN DOWN of the Gentiles UNTIL"... these items are VERY LENGTHY in nature... (the latter of these two, relating to Rev11:2, which verse provides the "timing" issue, saying that this aspect will not be concluded until the future 2nd half of the Trib is concluded at Christ's Second Coming to the earth).
So, right... "the people OF" do the 70ad thing (not having to do with the "ONE WEEK [/7 yrs]" time-frame); but "the prince THAT SHALL COME" (v.26b) himself, does!
Do you mean, like the following shows (at BibleHub):
[for v.27... which I believe only has something like 17-20 words]
Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he shall strengthen the covenant with many, one week and half of a week, and he shall cancel sacrifice and offering, and upon the wings of abomination destruction shall rest upon the desolation until the end of the judgments
Lamsa Bible
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for seven weeks and half of seven weeks, then he shall cause the sacrifice and gift offerings to cease, and upon the horns of the altar the abomination of desolation; and the desolation shall continue until the end of the appointed time; the city shall remain desolate.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week; and for half of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and upon the wing of detestable things shall be that which causeth appalment; and that until the extermination wholly determined be poured out upon that which causeth appalment.'
Brenton Septuagint Translation
And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away: and on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations; and at the end of time an end shall be put to the desolation.
... since you had mentioned "Brenton" translation in your Post #2109.