Is that so? The Messiah commanded that we do good works. So the one slapping the Messiah in the face is you by speaking contrary to what he commanded. That is why he said, "why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say?"
Consider the following (hopefully you're still able to at least READ this thread, who knows...), in view of what I've put in the preceding posts ^ :
Genesis 43 - [in the context of Joseph's 7-Year Famine]
3 But Judah replied, “The man [the one they sold into slavery (Gen45:4)] solemnly warned us, ‘
You will not see my face again unless your brother [the youngest, Benjamin] is with you.’ [...]
5 But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘
You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
Genesis 44 -
23 But you said to your servants, ’
Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
26 But we answered, ‘
We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.'
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Matthew 21:9 -
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna to the son of David:
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord;
Hosanna in the highest.
Matthew 23:39 -
For I say unto you,
Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Mark 11:9-10 -
And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna;
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord:
Hosanna in the highest.
Luke 13:35 -
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you,
Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
[see also
1 Chronicles 5:1-2isv - "5:1 Here is a record of[a] the descendants of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn. (He was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s marriage bed, his birthright was transferred to the descendants of Israel’s son Joseph. As a result, Reuben is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright. 2
Even though Judah became prominent among his relatives—that is, the Commander-in-chief will be his descendant—nevertheless the right of the firstborn went to Joseph.)" (see again verses at TOP)]
Additionally, in 2 Thessalonians 1 and 2, the phrases "the DAY OF THE LORD"/"IN THAT DAY" speak of the future, specific time-period which will unfold upon the earth (FOLLOWING our Rapture/Departure) and these two chpts [certain verses] are showing A CONTRAST between what SOME will believe [during that specific future time period] (2Th2:10-12 "to believe the
pseudei/the FALSE") and [by contrast] what OTHERS will come to believe at that time (2Th1:10b "the testimony of us to you"<--they will come to BELIEVE that what Paul [of the tribe of Benjamin] had said IS INDEED "TRUTH" [esp.
regarding what will have just taken place! "our Rapture/Departure"... was indeed the TRUTH!!; and thus they will NOT embrace "the falsehood" INSTEAD, as the OTHERS (disregarding the word of God via Paul!!)
will do! "unto their own destruction"]).
"As the days of Noah were, so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be"... where those "taken" were "taken away in judgment," and those "left" were "left on the earth [to "fill the earth"] in their mortal bodies [capable of reproducing/bearing children]" (comp. Dan2:35 and Gen9:1 / with Matt24:37-39 / Lk17:26-27 in contexts regarding His Second Coming to the earth [NOT our Rapture/Departure]); I believe the "AS the days of Noah were" refers, NOT to the idea that "everything will be hunky-dory" but, to how some (in that far-future time period) will disregard the word of God, just as those back in Noah's day [he was a "preacher of righteousness," recall]
disregarded the word of God via Noah. In that future, specific time period, to have disregarded the word of God via His spokesperson (and to continue to do so despite the circumstances
that will be in evidence at that time) is to disregard His word "unto their own destruction" (just like the "flood judgment" was).