End time unsealing of understanding.

Revelation: End time unsealing of understanding. Part 1.
23 August 2014 at 18:35
Reference: Revelation, Daniel 12, Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 2 Peter 3.

1. Rapture does not exist. Day of the Lord does. The second coming of Jesus Christ in the cloud does.
2. The names not found in the book of life. Lake of fire is an eternal place of torment.
3. End time timeline and sequence. Where are we now?

1. The day of the Lord.

Rapture does not exist. Day of the Lord does. The second coming of Jesus in the cloud does. Thus, those who keep the commands of God and have the testimony of Jesus are guaranteed persecution. Those who endure till Jesus' return have to go through 3.5 years of tribulation. Innumerable will come out of the tribulation victorious including martyrs. God will be their God and be with them, and they shall be His 'son' forever. Worth it? The present sufferings are not worthy to be compared to the glory that shall be revealed. Amen.

2. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (Revelation 14:9-12 KJV)

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Revelation 19:19-20 KJV)

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:10-15 KJV)

3. End time timeline and sequence. Where are we now?

The specific end time sequence is 7 seals, followed by 7 trumps, and followed by 7 plagues. We are already at the 5th seal.

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. (Revelation 6:9-11 KJV)