The
answer is yes, there will be those who claim the name of Christ
Who
will go through The Great Tribulation.
This
is made clear in The Book of Daniel and The Book of Revelation.
He
(the Beast, the Antichrist)
Was given power to make war against the saints
And
to conquer them. (Revelation 13:7)
In
fact there is only one group of Christians
That
will not go through The Great Tribulation:
Those
who have been crucified with Christ to this world and no longer live
But
it is Christ who lives in and through them;
Those
who have set their hearts on things above;
Who's
lives are hidden with Christ in God;
Who
have clothed themselves with the garments of Christ,
And
let His Word dwell richly in them;
Those
who are water washed, blood washed, fill with the Holy Spirit
And
walking in the Light of Christ Jesus.
All
others who claim the name of Christ will go through The Great
Tribulation.
Those
who have forsaken their first love;
Those
who are friends with the world;
Those
who believe that they are alive but are in fact about to die,
spiritually;
Those
who are lukewarm toward Christ;
Those
who say they are rich and in need of nothing,
But
are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked in the eyes of Christ
Jesus.
Those
who go through The Great Tribulation will be given one last
opportunity
To
choose Christ as their Savior;
The
opportunity to refuse the “mark” of the Beast,
Refuse to worship
the Beast,
And
to die for the sake for Christ Jesus.
The
apostle John speaks of these:
After
this I looked and there before me was a great multitude
That
no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,
Standing
before the throne and in front of the Lamb.
They
were wearing white robes
And were holding palm branches in their
hands.
And
they cried out in a loud voice:
'Salvation
belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.'
All
the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders
And
the four living creatures.
They
fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying:
'Amen!
Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor
And
power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!'
Then
one of the elders asked me,
'These
in white robes—who are they, and where did the come from?'
I
answered, 'Sir, you know.'
And
he said, 'these are they who have come out of The Great Tribulation;
They
have washed their robes
And made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Therefore,
they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night
And
He who sits on the throne will spread His tent over them.
Never
again will they hunger; never again will they thirst.
The
sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat.
For
the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd;
He
will lead them to springs of Living Water.
And
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.' (Revelation 7:9-17)
It
is not the intent of Christ Jesus,
That
any of His Saints go through The Great Tribulation.
The
apostle Paul said:
For
God did not appoint us to suffer wrath
But
to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians
5:9)
Christ
Jesus told the saints of the Church of Philadelphia:
Since
you have kept my command to endure patiently,
I
will also keep you from the hour of trial
That
is going to come upon the whole world
To
test those who live on the earth.
The
test that Christ Jesus speaks of is the test of faith in Him
And
consecration to Him.
Every
saint will be tested.
Those
who overcome, will overcome by the blood of the Lamb
And
the word of their testimony;
Not
loving their lives so much as to shrink from death. (Revelation
12:11)
No comments:
Post a Comment