Why Believe the Blessed Hope Must Occur First
Today the world is really going crazier and in fact, I don't even feel at home in this world and how I long to be freed from my sins even if I am not living a life of sin. In fact, thinking about December 21, 2012 last year to which some say would become the date of the Rapture of the Church, I feel I should address to why it must occur first. Some of the worst heretical views are that some Christians will be left behind or the split-Rapture theory and we can have the no Rapture theory (which hyper-historicists view that the Rapture as a satanic Jesuit invention when it isn't to the point good Christian workers get accused of teaching such) and the post-Tribulation Rapture theory which is done by some true Christians. But here's why I personally think the Rapture must come first!
1.) Christians are a worldwide headache to the world.
While the Church is still at the Earth, the Holy Spirit is still in control limiting the amount of evil that God permits! I just gave a thought to why rulers of the world wannabe fail. For example in the Dark Ages, the Pope was almost the ruler of the entire world but several times he was opposed wherever there was a born again Christian in a certain area or when a nation was given to Christ, he could not rule it like when Queen Elizabeth Tudor and King James ruled, the Pope lost his control of England and every English colony during the Enlightenment became a territory for Christ. To think about it, the Reformation launched a sudden revival. In Communist countries, Christians are hunted like prey but these governments do not succeed in wiping out the Gospel because the Gospel is still being preached! Matthew 24:14 is clear that the Gospel must first be preached before the end can come. As long as Christians are everywhere, there will always be a minority who will prevent the New World Order.
While the Church is still at the Earth, the Holy Spirit is still in control limiting the amount of evil that God permits! I just gave a thought to why rulers of the world wannabe fail. For example in the Dark Ages, the Pope was almost the ruler of the entire world but several times he was opposed wherever there was a born again Christian in a certain area or when a nation was given to Christ, he could not rule it like when Queen Elizabeth Tudor and King James ruled, the Pope lost his control of England and every English colony during the Enlightenment became a territory for Christ. To think about it, the Reformation launched a sudden revival. In Communist countries, Christians are hunted like prey but these governments do not succeed in wiping out the Gospel because the Gospel is still being preached! Matthew 24:14 is clear that the Gospel must first be preached before the end can come. As long as Christians are everywhere, there will always be a minority who will prevent the New World Order.
2.) Once the Christians are taken away, Satan can ultimately take control and God will finally let the world destroy itself.
The Church is a thorn on Satan's side and it will prevent the Antichrist from taking full power being the opposition and voice of God's chosen. Just imagine today how many people wish one day that the Christians will disappear at once, that would be very good news for them! I've seen some atheist drawings who illustrate how happy they are when the Rapture occurs because opposition will be gone. There will be some who will become Christians after the Church Age, remember what Matthew 24:14 says? The Gospel was preached across the world so there is no excuse to be left behind. Only this time when Satan takes control, the Antichrist can finally strike down the Tribulation saints with little or no opposition, in fact I believe that even before the seven year Tribulation has ended, they will definitely be gone and destroyed.
The Church is a thorn on Satan's side and it will prevent the Antichrist from taking full power being the opposition and voice of God's chosen. Just imagine today how many people wish one day that the Christians will disappear at once, that would be very good news for them! I've seen some atheist drawings who illustrate how happy they are when the Rapture occurs because opposition will be gone. There will be some who will become Christians after the Church Age, remember what Matthew 24:14 says? The Gospel was preached across the world so there is no excuse to be left behind. Only this time when Satan takes control, the Antichrist can finally strike down the Tribulation saints with little or no opposition, in fact I believe that even before the seven year Tribulation has ended, they will definitely be gone and destroyed.
3.) The Rapture can also be God's ways of saying to the world, "You want a world without Me, fine! Have it your way then!" which really fits to Frank Sinatra's wicked song "I Did It My Way".
Just myself thinking when God decides to Rapture the Church to judge its members in Him because redeemed as they are, Christians still do have the problem of sin though they do not live like the rest of the world, it's Him giving the world what it wants so they can finally be hit with destruction. Remember when Noah and Lot were removed from where they came? Noah entering the Ark was for me God saying, "Well you can't stand Noah's preaching? Well Noah will enter the Ark!" and with Lot, I believe he was also in effect saying, "Well Sodom, you can't stand Lot, I'm removing Him!" Thus God one day gets fed up with the world's rejection of Him that He removes the Christians and allows the false messiah, the Antichrist to take over. Just imagine a world without the Church- no more preaching, no more missions, no more interference! Homosexuals can celebrate sodomy with no Christian yelling at them at they're immoral, all sorts of evil will run out because of no opposition. The Antichrist can come into full power because the Tribulation believers will be so few compared to the Church age believers. All these will allow the One World Government to take place and succeed because as long as Christians are around, the One World Government cannot be completed because there will be opposition. But this time, the Antichrist will appear as the world's 'savior', he will be the messiah that the world wants. They hate the real Jesus so that's why false christs must appear and there he is, the ultimate false messiah who will gain the world's trust but to only lead them to perdition!
Just myself thinking when God decides to Rapture the Church to judge its members in Him because redeemed as they are, Christians still do have the problem of sin though they do not live like the rest of the world, it's Him giving the world what it wants so they can finally be hit with destruction. Remember when Noah and Lot were removed from where they came? Noah entering the Ark was for me God saying, "Well you can't stand Noah's preaching? Well Noah will enter the Ark!" and with Lot, I believe he was also in effect saying, "Well Sodom, you can't stand Lot, I'm removing Him!" Thus God one day gets fed up with the world's rejection of Him that He removes the Christians and allows the false messiah, the Antichrist to take over. Just imagine a world without the Church- no more preaching, no more missions, no more interference! Homosexuals can celebrate sodomy with no Christian yelling at them at they're immoral, all sorts of evil will run out because of no opposition. The Antichrist can come into full power because the Tribulation believers will be so few compared to the Church age believers. All these will allow the One World Government to take place and succeed because as long as Christians are around, the One World Government cannot be completed because there will be opposition. But this time, the Antichrist will appear as the world's 'savior', he will be the messiah that the world wants. They hate the real Jesus so that's why false christs must appear and there he is, the ultimate false messiah who will gain the world's trust but to only lead them to perdition!