Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Will Christians Go Through The Great Tribulation?


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)

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