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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – SEPTEMBER 18

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Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture,

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Part 6:

“The Last Trumpet”

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To read Part 1, Click here… “January 25th (The Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 1)”

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“Behold, I show you a mystery;

We shall not all sleep,

but we shall all be changed,

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:

for the trumpet shall sound,

and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,

and we shall be changed.”

1st Corinthians 15:51, 52

Angel with trumpet – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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“…they that are unlearned and unstable wrest (wrestle), as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction”

2nd Peter 3:16

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Today’s Bible teachers and theologians try their best to deny and cover up the fact historical records give Cyrus I. Scofield credit for popularizing this false doctrine of the “Pre-Tribulation Rapture”, first invented by another 19th-century false Bible teacher, one John Darby of The Plymouth Brethren denomination.

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Today’s Bible teachers/theologians would love you to believe that the name “The Rapture” is the proper biblical name for Christ’s Return. But the fact is, in the New Testament centuries prior to these two men, the God-given, biblical name, “The Coming of the Lord” was correctly used. (See 1st Thessalonians, 4:15)

John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Cyrus Scofield – 1920 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“As also in all his epistles, (Paul) speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction”

2nd Peter 3:16

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What Scofield and Darby did, was to presumptuously take the two words from 1st Thessalonian 4:17, the words, “caught up”, and their Greek counterpart, “harpazo”, and changed “harpazo” into its Latin counterpart, “ripere”, (taken from an obscure Catholic Latin Bible), which is the Latin root for another English word, “rapture”, which, originally, was most commonly defined as being “in a state of euphoria”. Then, they morphed “caught up”, a verb into a proper noun, creating a new, exotic-sounding title, “The Rapture”.

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Thus, by such heretical wrestling with Scripture, Scofield/Darby then began to promote the idea that Christ would “rapture” His Church out of the world, just prior to the prophecies of Revelation being fulfilled.

John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Cyrus Scofield – 1920 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation”

Hebrews 9:28

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And so, by such twisting of Scripture, Scofield/Darby now invented TWO second “Coming(s) of the Lord”, instead of the Biblical pronouncement of only one! And thus was coined the name, “The Pretribulation Rapture”, and the second return, using the God-given name for the event, “The Coming of the Lord” on “the last day”.

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Consequently, the Christian world was now being taught that there were, not one, but TWO separate returns of Christ! And if you missed out on the Christ’s first return, you now would have a second chance!

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Very clever…and yet, very devilish!

John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump…”

1st Corinthians 15:51

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In the previous devotional on The Pre-Tribulation Rapture (click here), the host of a popular radio Bible call-in question talk show, was asked the following question: “When it says that the Lord shall return “at the last trumpet”, how can this possibly be speaking of a so-called Pre-Tribulation Rapture? After all, there are 7 trumpets way back in Revelation, Chapter 11, when this so-called Pre-Tribulation Rapture is supposed to happen in Chapter 4?”

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Announcer with microphone – svg – Wikimedia –

Tissot – The Seven Trumpets of Jericho – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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GOING TO OUTSIDE SOURCES

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Well, the radio talk-show host explained that according to history books, there were “other trumpets” which were blown at different times.

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Now do you see what just happened here? This talk-show host, who constantly affirms his faith in, “the Bible only”, and in the “infallibility of the Bible”, just went to outside historical secular sources to find “another set of trumpets”. 

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Incredible?

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Yes, very incredible!

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Old book bindings – cropped image – by Tom Murphy VII & Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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A TRUMPET ON THE LAST DAY

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But this radio talk-show host completely ignored another proof-text concerning the last trumpet found in Matthew 24:29-31… “Immediately after the tribulation of those days…they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He shall send His angels WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”

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This above passage is clearly speaking of the Last Day when Christ returns, and yet it speaks of Christ sounding a trumpet.

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Sign of the Son of Man Constellation – made of the various constellations on this website

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THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE FOLLY

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So how in the world can our signature passage of the day, from 1st Corinthians 15:51, 52 be referring to the last trumpet?

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After all, Matthew 24:29-31 also speaks of a trumpet, which supposedly sounds 7 years AFTER that “last trumpet” of 1st Corinthians 15:51, 52?

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It doesn’t make sense, does it?

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But Matthew 24:29-31 merely exposes the folly concerning this non-biblical man-contrived doctrine known as “The Pre-Tribulation Rapture”.

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ABOVE PICTURE: Adding to or taking from God’s Word, the Bible

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WRESTLING WITH SCRIPTURE

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Well, all this confusion begins to make sense when we read 1st Peter 3:16… “they that are unlearned and unstable wrest(le), as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”

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Yes, when those in the apostate church-world begin to teach some false doctrine, then begins the wrestling match, as they feverishly try to twist other scriptures in hopes of attaining some level of agreement between related scriptures which obviously refute their false doctrine.

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And this is what theologians must do to defend this totally unbiblical doctrine with the man-contrived name, “The Rapture”.

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ABOVE PICTURE: Adding to or taking from God’s Word, the Bible

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REACHING OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE

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Well, as already mentioned, this talk show host attempted to lawlessly add to God’s infallible Word a set of “different” trumpets found in some history book.

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So, in other words, when 1st Corinthians 15:52 speaks of “The Last Trumpet” it must be speaking of those “other trumpets” mentioned in those history books.

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And so, this misguided talk show host presents a classic case of what 1st Peter 3:16 refers to as “wrestling” with the scriptures.

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ABOVE PICTURE: Adding to or taking from God’s Word, the Bible

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“COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE!”

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And this wrestling with Scripture, is just one more reason why God is calling His people out of “The City of Confusion”, mystery Babylon…“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” Revelation 18:4

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Yes, this entire false doctrine concerning the so-called Pre-Tribulation Rapture is just one more heresy among many, which the apostate church-world teaches.

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And this is why there is an end-time exodus occurring away from the harlot churches!

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James Tissot – The Flight of the Prisoners – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in Heaven:

and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,

and they shall see the Son of man

coming in the clouds of heaven

with power and great glory.

And He shall send His angels

WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET,

and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds,

from one end of heaven to the other.”

Matthew 24:30, 31

ABOVE PICTURE: The armor of God – theheavensdeclare.net -use by permission only

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to study my Bible for myself, and let me not by led astray by the errors which have overtaken today’s church-world…

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Crown of Revelation 12: What Is “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”?”, or you can also read…” June 25th (The War Nobody Prepared For!)”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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THE 5 OFFICES OF ORION

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But like most of the other Signs which this website reveals, Orion too, has much more to say as he changes his position in the sky. And this Soldier in the Heavens puts on different garb, as he presents the five awesome aspects of his various offices. From ‘Orion the Soldier’, and ‘Orion the Reaper’, and ‘Orion the Archer’, and ‘The Cross of Orion’, and last but certainly not least, “Orion, The Good Shepherd”. This amazing constellation presents a very complex revelation of the God’s magnificent love for a fallen planet.

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So read on and discover, “things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.” Matthew 13:35

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Orion Phenomena”

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TOMORROW…

September 19 (Habakkuk Says “Run!”, Part 15: “How Antichrists Crept Into The Church!”)

Audience hands – cropped & altered – Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain

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