Talk:Left Behind
The end is coming
But a lot has to happen
before the world is destroyed
We do not know when
but this is what is coming
Two things must happen first
Many will stop believing in Jesus
- (the rapture takes place, then:)
Then a man God calls the man of sin
(a false Christ)
will seem to fix the world's problems
2 Thessalonians 2.1-3 Revelation 13
Before the really bad stuff happens
Jesus Christ will come and get His people
and reward His {obedient} servants
When God finally {had} has enough
He {removed} will remove His people rapture
before He {poured} pours out His wrath on the wicked
1 Thessalonians 4.16-18 1 Corinthians 3.11-13
Genesis 7.13-17
After Christians go up
most will worship the beast
Only some people {won't} will not be deceived
God said most are fooled
because they
- ...believed not the truth,
- but had pleasure in unrighteousness
All who reject {Jesus} God will be deceived
- (the Jews reject Jesus but not God)
and will follow the Beast
{But others will wake up }
and get saved after the tribulation starts
7 years when God's anger {boils over}
at the world for its evils.
{They'll} They will do evil all (of) the time,
like in Noah's day.
But people who trust Jesus will be killed for their faith.
Revelation 6.11 Revelation 20.4
The Beast will make a {7-year} deal with Israel
.
and let them rebuild their temple
In about 3 1/2 years
the Beast will declare that he is God in the new temple
and demand that the Jews worship him.
No one will be able to shop
without the mark of the beast. 666
This puts people in a horrible spot ...
If they {don't} do not take the mark
{they'll} they will be beheaded ...
... but if they do take the mark,
they will go into the lake of fire forever
when they die!
God will start to show His anger at the world's evil
by wiping out 1/3 of almost everything.
On the earth:
God will burn up 1/3 of the trees, and all the grass.
Later, {He'll} He will make the islands
and most mountains sink away!
In the sky:
God will darken the sun, moon and stars,
so they {don't} do not shine for 1/3 of the day and night,
and a star will fall to the earth.
1/3 of the sea will become blood,
and that star falling from heaven
will pollute 1/3 of the rivers and fountains.
Those with the mark will get horrible sores,
be tormented 5 months by monster locusts out of the pit ...
You do not have to be here when it happens.
God has a big plan
God has everything under control.
God created time.
He sees everything from Creation to the end.
God wanted all of us to be with Him forever!
But we all do bad things caled sins.
Our sins must be paid
or we can not go to heaven.
God says
- For the wages of sin is death;
- {And }the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Only someone with no sin could pay for anyone else's
Otherwise, he could only pay for his own sin.
And only someone perfect could pay for all of our sins.
The payment for sin is called the sin offering.
Jesus is our sin offering.
He did not have to pay
But "he offered up himself"
as "one sacrifice for sins for ever."
He was buried in a tomb for 3 days and 3 nights.
Jesus rose from the dead!
Now all who place their faith in Jesus
will be forgiven of their sins
and have eternal life!
Jesus will take you to heaven,
give you your rewards,
and you will come back down to earth with Him
at the end of the 7 years.
Jesus will land on the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem
splitting it in two,
making a big valley.
Acts 1.9-12
The Beast and false prophet
will be tossed into the lake of fire.
Then all the holy angels
will gather all nations into the valley that was made,
for Jesus to judge who is allowed into His kingdom.
Jesus will rule the whole world for 1000 years
But at the end
The devil will lead the world to attack Jerusalem again.
Then Jesus will wipe them out
melt the universe and judge all the other dead.
After that,
the saved will go to a new earth with a new heaven.
9 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:
