If The Kingdom isn't here yet then what is JESUS CHRIST a King of?

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DavidTree said:
Please reply to point A (Post 725) from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
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NO! I don't make a set of rules for you to follow and you're not going to set rules for me to follow.

Especially when I disagree with your rules referring them to the Second Coming when I have plainly told you it is not the Second Coming!

If you care to carry on with your dialogue in 1 Thes. and what you see (without predetermined rules) then we can go through it!
 
jweaver252 said:
This is not scripture quote but when Christ appears many will turn from the anti-Christ and many will continue to follow him.
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Well it would be helpful to see what you see from Scripture - other wise it may just be good intentions that may not be true.

PEACE to You Friend
 
Charlie24 said:
NO! I don't make a set of rules for you to follow and you're not going to set rules for me to follow.

Especially when I disagree with your rules referring them to the Second Coming when I have plainly told you it is not the Second Coming!

If you care to carry on with your dialogue in 1 Thes. and what you see (without predetermined rules) then we can go through it!
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CHRIST set the Rules that everyone must follow = Deut 4:1-2 , Proverbs 30:5-6 , Revelation 22:18-19

Failure to follow this eternal commandment of the LORD leads to error, division and sin.

Jesus says: "If you love Me, keep My commandments." John 14

God ordained for us to walk together in His Son and the Holy Spirit - John 14
“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

If you dodge the Scripture, then you are not disagreeing with me but with Truth.
Truth is easy to receive for it was written for Children of God.

i see that the Truth is not appeasing to your doctrine as you keep avoiding 1 Thess 4:13-18
 
DavidTree said:
CHRIST set the Rules that everyone must follow = Deut 4:1-2 , Proverbs 30:5-6 , Revelation 22:18-19

Failure to follow this eternal commandment of the LORD leads to error, division and sin.

Jesus says: "If you love Me, keep My commandments." John 14

God ordained for us to walk together in His Son and the Holy Spirit - John 14
“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

If you dodge the Scripture, then you are not disagreeing with me but with Truth.
Truth is easy to receive for it was written for Children of God.

i see that the Truth is not appeasing to your doctrine as you keep avoiding 1 Thess 4:13-18
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I see that you want to set the ball in your court on all counts, and not on open ground the way it should be.

Then you have the audacity to accuse me of not following the scripture!

No wonder no one can reach you with the truth, you can't play fair!
 
Charlie24 said:
I see that you want to set the ball in your court on all counts, and not on open ground the way it should be.

Then you have the audacity to accuse me of not following the scripture!

No wonder no one can reach you with the truth, you can't play fair!
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The Scripture is the Open Ground for all His Children - yet you run away from 1 Thess 4:13-18

Such audacity to seek the level Field that God created in Genesis, in His Garden = His Word
 
Charlie24 said:
LOL! OK, David!
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So we began with speaking to one another and the Level Field of Truth- God's Word- is Open for ALL and yet you run away.

You have run away from 1 Thess 4:13-18, and did not bring forth a single Scripture of more then the Second Coming of Christ(multiple Returns).

And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Man-made doctrines run from the Light of Scripture - always and then they cover for themselves with attacking accusing words against those who carry the Light in their bosom.

The Love of Christ is in my heart for you Brother - anytime you wish to come to His Garden of Truth - His Word.

And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
 
DavidTree said:
So we began with speaking to one another and the Level Field of Truth- God's Word- is Open for ALL and yet you run away.

You have run away from 1 Thess 4:13-18, and did not bring forth a single Scripture of more then the Second Coming of Christ(multiple Returns).

And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Man-made doctrines run from the Light of Scripture - always and then they cover for themselves with attacking accusing words against those who carry the Light in their bosom.

The Love of Christ is in my heart for you Brother - anytime you wish to come to His Garden of Truth - His Word.

And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
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Whatever you say, David!
 
Charlie24 said:
The Lord doesn't "appear" at the rapture. 1 Thes. 4:16-17. the saints meet Him in the air.

He appears at the Second Coming, when "every eye shall see Him."
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The Scripture says there is only one Second Coming/Appearing of the LORD - Matt ch24

At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn.
They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
 
iTheophilus said:
Okay then, but what trump is the Second Coming?
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Take your pick, this is why there are 3 camps concerning the coming resurrections.

The last trump in 1 Cor. 15:52 is believed by us to be the final trump that ends the church age. it would be when the church is taken from this earth.
 
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Let's look at 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 once more.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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.

- 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 (KJV)

The word "in the clouds" denotes "in a group." In other words, when Jesus arrives, we will assemble as a group with the saints who will accompany Him.

In Hebrews 12:1, Paul alludes to a big cloud of witnesses, which means a collection of witnesses, using the same colloquial term:

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

- Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)

Christ will stand on the Mount of Olives when He returns. That is where we assemble to worship Him, not in the clouds created of water vapor in the sky.

Now, you’ll need to look up one more term. In verse 17, the term is "air." The Greek term aer, which also means to breathe or respire, is translated as "air." It refers to our spiritual body, which is also known as our "breath of life" body.
 
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iTheophilus said:
Let's look at 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 once more.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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.

- 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 (KJV)

The word "in the clouds" denotes "in a group." In other words, when Jesus arrives, we will assemble as a group with the saints who will accompany Him.

In Hebrews 12:1, Paul alludes to a big cloud of witnesses, which means a collection of witnesses, using the same colloquial term:

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

- Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)

Christ will stand on the Mount of Olives when He returns. That is where we assemble to worship Him, not in the clouds created of water vapor in the sky.

Now, you’ll need to look up one more term. In verse 17, the term is "air." The Greek term aer, which also means to breathe or respire, is translated as "air." It refers to our spiritual body, which is also known as our "breath of life" body.
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The word "air" is "aer' which refers to the lower atmosphere. It is from 6000 ft. down to earth. So at the rapture Christ will come to at least 6000 ft. from earth to meet the saints at the resurrection. Paul says nothing about Christ touching down on earth, which would be referring to the Second Coming.
 
If beasts rise up out of sea and land, is the "sea" a sea of dead spirits (society/beast system) and the land symbolized as religion with satan's spin on Christianity?
 
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pittsburghjoe said:
If beasts rise up out of sea and land, is the "sea" a sea of dead spirits (society/beast system) and the land symbolized as religion with satan's spin on Christianity?
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The "sea" that the beasts rise from are "a sea of people," nations, tongues. What John is telling us is that these beasts are literal humans.
 
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Charlie24 said:
The "sea" that the beasts rise from are "a sea of people," nations, tongues. What John is telling us is that these beasts are literal humans.
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The great whore that John sees "sitting on many waters" is false religion throughout the world. It is all the religions of the world that has left out Christ.
 
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