Like it or not a time is coming—
This might come as a shock to some reading this, but the Bible predicts that everyone will be forced to abandon their religious heritage during the Great Tribulation. (Revelation 13:5)
Every religious organization on earth will be abolished at the sixth trumpet. The Catholic Church will be abolished. Islam will disappear. Judaism will be terminated. Eastern Mysticism will be no more. This will be possible because during the fifth trumpet the devil will physically appear on earth. After convincing the world that he is Almighty God, he will set up a one-world theocracy (authority) with himself as King of kings and Lord of lords at the sixth trumpet. Everyone will be required to join and worship his theocracy or be killed.
A time is coming when the world’s religions will become meaningless. God permits this because most people worship their religion instead of God. This is proven by the fact that most people cannot move forward with God’s Truth because religion cannot change.
In spite of this, within the religions of the world, millions of people, like Cornelius, will embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ during the Great Tribulation and will gladly give Him glory. They will thoughtfully submit to Christ’s authority in spite of terrible persecution. I know this sounds strange now, but a numberless multitude from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people will step outside of their religious beliefs and culture to worship Jesus. (Revelation 7:9-17)
Jews will be worshiping Jesus, Muslims will exalt Jesus over Mohammed, Hindus will worship Jesus as the only true God, Catholics will abandon church sacraments and put their faith in Christ. Atheists and agnostics will praise the name of Jesus, Protestants will embrace the law of God, and all people will worship Jesus on His holy day.
God’s Spirit will be poured out on all flesh and the result will be astonishing. These coming events tell us that God is not so much concerned with our current beliefs as He is with our honesty and dedication to what we believe to be truth.
When God clearly shows the world His Truth, those who love Truth will embrace it and this will also bring glory to Him. Think about this: Truth, to the honest in heart, behaves like the element iron in the presence of a magnet. When a magnet is brought close, the iron will respond – but aluminum and copper will not.
Bottom line: God will demonstrate during the Great Tribulation that salvation is not church specific. Salvation is heart specific. People like Cornelius will be eager to learn more and the numberless harvest that comes out of the Great Tribulation will demonstrate to the universe that God has and has always had children in every religious system.
God’s people will defy the laws of Babylon when they hear the 144,000 speak the Second Angel’s message. (Revelation 14:8) Remember, the church of Jesus Christ is not a denomination. His church consists of people who love truth and exalt righteousness.
Many people have been misled into thinking that belonging to a church is important or necessary for salvation. This is false. When Jesus comes, He will not gather up churches, He will gather up individuals like Cornelius who make up His Church.
May God transform our hearts and open our minds so that we might eagerly embrace the full gospel of Christ as Cornelius did.
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