A Closer Look At The Rapture
Bill Britton
Bill Britton
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lions? And did you ever wonder what the martyrs of the early<br />
church would answer to that? What would those faithful<br />
children of God who were tortured by the Roman Popes and<br />
suffered at the hands of the fiends of the Inquisition if you<br />
told them God was too good to let His people go through<br />
persecution and tribulation? <strong>The</strong> church has always grown<br />
strong and healthy in the Grace of God during times of great<br />
persecution and fiery trials.<br />
<strong>The</strong> prophet of God warned, "Woe to them that are at ease<br />
in Zion." It is those who call upon God and strengthen weak<br />
knees and put on the whole armor of God who will stand in<br />
that day. And God certainly will have a people who will be<br />
strong and do exploits in the last days, the days of<br />
judgment, for God promised it in Daniel 11:32. <strong>The</strong>se are<br />
those who will "Stand", who will be left when judgment has<br />
passed over. Proverbs 3:25-26:<br />
"Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the<br />
wicked, when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy confidence,<br />
and shall keep thy foot from being taken."<br />
It is plain here that the righteous are not taken, but the<br />
righteous will be left. Well, if someone is to be taken, who is<br />
it? Proverbs 11:6 says - "<strong>The</strong> righteousness of the upright<br />
shall deliver them; but transgressors shall be taken.." Think<br />
of that! Transgressors to be taken! That is not what man has<br />
taught us, is it? As it was in the days of Noah. Remember. . .<br />
As it was...<br />
In Job 34:20 we have a vivid description of atomic<br />
destruction: "In a moment shall they die, and the people<br />
shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away; and the<br />
mighty shall be taken away..."<br />
Do you still want to be taken away, at midnight, in a<br />
moment, or would you rather put on the whole armor of God<br />
and stand in that evil day?<br />
<strong>The</strong> trouble is that the preachers, having learned their<br />
revelation from man, are not telling the people that they will<br />
have to stand. <strong>The</strong>refore, God's people are not putting on<br />
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