To: WTCausby who wrote (414 ) 8/2/1998 6:05:00 PM From: O'Hara Respond to of 609
><>...Hi Again Tom...><> I just now read your post to Bob and I should clear something up. You wrote:I believe that Shalom takes the position that there will be no rapture . My position is that the rapture theory as taught by some in the church is man's imagination. There will come a time, according to God's word, when all of us, who are still alive and present here on earth...everyman, woman, and child, will be changed. Our flesh bodies will no longer exist and our spirit bodies will be revealed. This time will be at the end of tribulations, at the 7th trump. The tribulations of satan will be ended.And immediately after that the powers from heaven shall be shaken(the wrath of God) And then our Lord returns....Hallelujah!But none of us will be raptured up at any time . When I was in darkness the word rapture was also in my vocabulary, although it is never mentioned, not even hinted at in God's word. At the appointed time,(the 7th trump), and not a moment before,all will be done as it is written. We will be changed and will in fact meet the Lord in our spirit bodies, as we enter the millennium kingdom. This also marks the first resurrection. The first resurrection (a soul not liable to die)is of those who were not deceived by satan disguised as Jesus .These have already put on immortality. This time also marks the first death( the death of the flesh) The first death is commenced at the time we all were changed, and took on our spirits body. The flesh having been done away with. There and then will the 1000 yr. reign of our Lord commence, and during that time satan will be cast into the pit...and real teaching and discipline will mark this 1000 yr. reign of Christ. At the end of the 1000 yrs. satan will again be loosed, and this marks the time for the second resurrection. The second resurrection is of those who unfortunately, did not take part in the first resurrection, but are not deceived a second time by satan, and are now ready to put on immortality. It is also at the end of the 1000 yr. reign that the second death takes place. The second death is of the soul, and those who did not partake in the first resurrection nor in the second resurrection, (because they were once again decieved by satan when he was loosed from his pit at the end of 1000 yrs.)will now face the lake of fire, and experience the second death....God help them. Have you ever studied why he will again be loosed? Have a blessed day Shalom...><>