Today’s Devotional – August 17th (Too Many Loose Ends!)
By admin On February 2nd, 2021.
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Today’s Devotional – August 17th
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Too Many Loose Ends!
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Of course we’ve all heard the expression, “That idea has too many loose ends!” And this expression refers to the loose ends of an unraveled rope.
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Now there are certain ideas and beliefs that could fall into the category of having “too many loose ends”.
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Maybe you could say, “The theory of evolution has far too many loose ends to ever be taken seriously!”
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Loose strands of climbing rope – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-Alike License
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THE COMING OF THE LORD
1st Thessalonians 4:15-17.
Well, within Christendom, there are certain supposed Bible doctrines which one might also be able to say, “That doctrine has too many loose ends, to be anything more than merely a church doctrine or theory!”
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One such theory is that of the idea of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture.
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And why is the Pre-Tribulation Rapture called into question, here?
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Because it has just far too many “loose ends” attached to it!
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As a matter of fact, the very passage in which the word, “harpazo” is used to justify the name, “Rapture”, God already names the event “the Coming of the Lord!” (see 1st Thessalonians 4:15-17). The very same passage!
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And so, this entire notion of two separate returns of Jesus simply holds no water!
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Or, rather, it simply has too many “loose ends!”
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Sign of the Son of Man Constellation – made of the various constellations on this website
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LAST TRUMPET SHALL SOUND
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But there is another loose end to this theory. And that loose end is found in 1st Corinthians…
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Listen…. “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 15:52.
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Now, this “last trumpet” sounding, speaks of the Day when God’s Salvation program will come to a grand fulfillment! It speaks of the Day when “those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake”. Daniel, Chapter 12
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Sjofar – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-Alike License
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THE 7 TRUMPETS OF REVELATION
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And the reason that this verse becomes one of those “loose ends”, is because the Book of Revelation speaks of seven angels with seven trumpets.
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Now, there is a seventh trumpet which sounds. And this trumpet is the last trumpet ever mentioned in the Book of Revelation!
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Tissot – The Seven Trumpets of Jericho – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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7TH ANGEL WITH 7TH TRUMPET
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Listen… “And the seventh angel sounded;
and there were great voices in heaven,
saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord,
and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever…”
Revelation 11:15, 18 .
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But Revelation also says this about this last trumpet sounding…
“But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel,
when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished,
as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.”
Revelation 10:7
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And even though this seventh angel’s trumpet call precedes God’s judgment of the world, and His judgment of the dead, this definitely speaks of this event as lasting for a number of days, either prophetic days, or literal days! We just don’t know which, for sure!
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Angel with trumpet – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
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LAST TRUMPET SOUNDS IN CH. 10
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And so, for those who attempt to prove that the last 19 chapters of Revelation are after the so-called pre-tribulation Rapture, when the Church will supposedly be taken out of the world, we really need to consider that this last trumpet is blowing in Revelation, Chapter 10, six chapters after the supposed Rapture!
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So what do theologians do, who are heavily invested in this Pre-Tribulation Rapture theory? Well, they have to wrestle with Scripture! “Maybe there’s another set of trumpets”, they often say.
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And so, this is just one “loose end” of many which makes the pre-tribulation Rapture theory just that: a theory! Nothing more! And a bad theory at that!
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TREMBLING AT GOD’S WORD
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And the Lord warns us, in the last verses of Revelation…
“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book,
If any man shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part out of the book of life,
and out of the holy city,
and from the things which are written in this book.”
Revelation 22:18, 19
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It would be far better to teach Bible prophecy about future events with great fear and trembling, than to take a dogmatic, “I-know-it-all” approach! But one thing we do know for sure is: the Lord will definitely come again, to judge the world.
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to exercise strict integrity when approaching Thy Word. Let me not love church doctrines more than I love truth…
Prayer for USA – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…November 9 (Add Thou Not! Part 5: “Non-biblical Names”) or you can also read… “April 2nd (Add Thou Not!)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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FINDING ORION ‘THE REAPER’…
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This constellation is the 3rd member of the ‘Orion Constellation’ Phenomena. This particular version of Orion is easily seen (if you know what to look for). First you must locate Orion. And then try to find the stars which comprise his sickle. The two brightest stars of his sickle are at the blade. These two stars are Castor and Pollux. Castor and Pollux are known commonly as being in the Gemini Constellation.
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READ MORE
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Orion The Reaper”
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TOMORROW:
“August 18th (The Golden Rule in Hell!)”
Hell – Jan van Eyck Diptych – _Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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