that promise, was to that of Christ Yeheshua, the SON OF MAN? NO....the SON OF GOD...hmm,
"what about PROPHECY STEVE??? WHAT ABOUT THE SON OF MAN IN DANIEL?" Another time, another time. For now, I'll just say, yeah, yes okay, ALSO THE SON OF MAN, but now, as one has to grasp such terms in proper context.
The point here is AFTER THE EDENIC FALL OF MANKIND, Mankind, the male and female were given comfort, SALVATION of the SPECIES was given, and how? JUST HOW WAS GIVEN?? DID GOD JUMP ON A CROSS???
NO...SALVATION CAME IN THE FORM OF PROPHECY!!! And it was by FAITH through the “GRACE” of that prophecy given, and in the same that Adam and EVE found Salvation! So HOW DO WE KNOW THIS SEED OF THE WOMAN, was also CHRIST the SON OF GOD...look at the terminology in Genesis 3:
GEN 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
NOW you see here THE SERPENT is going to have children...
"WHAT???? I NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE!!!"
YEAH, well pay attention, what does seed here represent for the woman? It represents CHILDREN, and in the case a particular child. And the serpent also has seed, and this enmity is not between the woman and the SERPENT, nor is it between the seed of the WOMAN and the SERPENT, the ENMITY IS BETWEEN THE SEED OF THE WOMAN AND THE SEED OF THE SERPENT, which arouses the SERPENT TO ACTION...and we see the prophecied results.
BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THIS REFERS TO AND WAS FULFILLED IN CHRIST YEHESHUA??
Look at the language, CHRIST HERE IS REFERRED TO NOT AS A HUMAN, but as an OBJECT, something well, other...see the language he is called "IT" ....IT SHALL BRUISE THY HEAD...now lets go to the medical Gospel of LUKE. LET's see what the ANGEL OF THE LORD had to say of CHRIST Yeheshua...
Luke 1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Luke1: 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Do you see the language...he was like no other child born to any womb of woman kind...here he again is referred to as an object, called "THAT HOLY THING WHICH SHALL BE BORN OF THEE"
...you know while
I am at it, some of you women out there get offended with your husbands, "oh he just doesnt see me, he treats me like I am an OBJECT" I should point out that scripture notes that "HE THAT FINDETH A WIFE...FINDETH A GOOD THING!"
NOW I am not calling ANNNNY Of you ladies objects, that's all those other guys out there!!! ;-)
No, maybe I am calling some of you objects, for some men at one point in your lives! But here we see that is not really bad, not at all. Now we see in REVELATIONS 12 and ANNOINTED SON OF GOD, sent in the flesh, but what is the title there..."A MAN CHILD" anyway, sorry rabbit trail.
NOt only do we see that Prophesy essential to Man's Salvation after the fall, but in recognizing the Christ Yeheshua was the LAMB OF GOD, SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, we must consider prophecy was present before Man was, and therefore even the establishment of the ONE LAW in the garden of Eden, GRACE WAS ALSO PRESENT, and therefore LAW AND GRACE HAVE ALWAYS ABIDED WITH ONE ANOTHER HAND IN HAND!!
So we'll come back to this in a bit, but now let's pick back up on the NOTION of "THE DAY OF THE LORD" event which is attached to the "1st TRUMP RAPTURE DOCTRINE." THE DAY OF THE LORD in that teaching is a SECOND, SECOND COMING, so as we look further though, we will see scripture intertwines these themes I am discussing, not the false teachings, but the attention the Spirit bids me draw for you here to that attempt by those promoting the disputed doctrine here to Separated the ideas of Chapter 4 from Chapter 5, and even in 5, to separate the ideas in of the "COMING LIKE A THIEF" aspect away from the DAY OF THE LORD. Such attempt is an effort to further promote the flawed doctrine, but does so at the expense of ignoring the very scriptures in the passage...let's look one more time as we continue...
REVIEW
FIRST
WE SEE THAT SALVATION IS KEY POINT TO FAVORABLE PARTICIAPTION IN ANY FORM OF PROPHETIC TEACHINGS, WHETHER CORRECT OR INCORRECT WITH REGARD TO The EVENT OF THE DAY OF THE LORD.
SECONDLY,
we saw Gabriel COULD NOT POSSIBLY be placed in the position of BLOWING THE FIRST TRUMP OF REVELATIONS in the fashion by which it is promoted by Mainstream theology and using I CORINTHIANS 15:51 and 52 to further propagate the mainstream “RAPTURE DOCTRINE.”
Now while not mentioning the identity of the Trumpet Blower in I Corinthians chapter 15, the passage DOES NOTE THAT THE TRUMP ITSELF WILL BE THE LAST TRUMP NOT THE FIRST!!!
so secondly we see that The Rapture Doctrine as it is popularly taught,
begins to crumble on the very most popular verse upon which it hinges.
We see the history of that doctrine going back to a sick young woman in 1830. And we see in her own writing she believed the ANTI-CHRIST was present in her very day, and while we see many statements similiarly promoted still in our timeframe by "1st TRUMP RAPTURE THEORIST," we don't actually witness Margaret McDONALD showing a TWO STAGE Second coming in her reported vision. Though in most all others, we see such separated by seven year timeframe, save for the SDA, who have 1000 year timeframe before returning to the earth. Even if we disagree and dismiss Margaret McDonald entirely, we note her report to be vague enough to almost apply it to the WACO event..."ALMOST." And we certainly see many groups with teachings founded on her "VISION", teachings
which in of themselves actually promote ideas she did not and contradict other groups emphatically though they share the same roots to Ms. McDonalds reported "Vision" and an Evangelist who upon hearing of such, preached her vision in revival campaigns during the 1830's . During the same time of the MILLERITE movement, which while not preaching an ecumenical standpoint, took in followers from many, many denominations.
Third
We see that other passages used to promote the idea of a "1st TRUMP Rapture EVENT" are by precedent, already popularly attached to the same passage in Corinthians 15:52 which reveals the FLAWED LOGIC of the teaching. We see this with 5 verses in I Thessalonians Chapter 4. We see the same practice of taking portions of scripture out of their proper context to attach them to other portions, or simply OMMITTING some portion altogether for the sake of promoting a doctrine above an actual examination of the truth applied between I Thessalonians 4 and 5
by overlooking not only the continuity between the direct passages to one another, but as well to their pre-established contexts with passages elsewhere in the old testament for example.
Fourth,
as we begin to address the matter of Salvation, we note an attitude of dismissive ness towards performing real investigation to the belief sets one would adopt as their own, to blindly promote doctrines based on flawed logic and failing to see the very importance of prophecy to that of the matter of Salvation.
Now this practice in prophecy reveals such groups at their extremes, and in those extremes we see practices of rejecting the truth to embrace doctrines of tradition, and we see in the establishment of those same doctrines, a practice of using only partial passages of truth, which by such presentation offers no truth at all for upon examination we see a collapse of fallacies when their flawed logic is presented to them. So as we finish our idea for now on the NOTION Of 'THE DAY OF THE LORD' as opposed to what scripture actually says of such, we also begin to realize these practices carry into their promotion of matters of Salvation as well. And the truth of their natures, though seemingly PIOUS, is revealed in haughtiness towards one another, and the lost. But even true believers as we see in Thessalonians suffer such, and in truth the difference is likely only that one group possesses at least a willingness to change when confronted with the truth.
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