Christians, what prophecy or sign is left to take place prior to the rapture?

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According to the Bible?
This does not include dreamstuff or Newlyborn.
The question is addressed to Christians. Thanks.
Is the rapture the next event on God's calendar?
 
The rebuilding and "reoccupation" of the Temple in Jerusalem... AND that sacrifices will begin again there, too. Scripture is very clear on this being pivotal.


MARANATHA! Come, Lord Jesus, COME!
 
Way to go, John. FANTASTIC question! A great way to witness.

Several correct answers already. I am adding them to my contacts. You are going to have a hard time choosing the best.

God bless you, my friend.
 
I believe the next step will be the establishment of the One World Government.

The Bible predicts that a great world government will be established on earth just before Jesus Christ returns to establish his 1000 year reign of peace. We have heard a lot about New World Order over the last few years, but very few people understand what is meant by the term. The fact is, New World Order is world government!

Scripture References

Revelation 13:1-2

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Explanation:

The book of Revelation was written in approximately 96 AD, approximately 700 years after the book of Daniel. However, this passage in Revelation 13 uses the same symbols as the prophecy found in Daniel 7. Daniel 7 mentions four beasts, while in Revelation 13 there is only one beast. Beasts symbolize nations, and in this prophecy we see multiple nations joined together into one great government.

Since its formation in 1945, The United Nations has exercised increasing control over world politics. Furthermore, it has repeatedly made decisions favoring the communist world, and has voted and spoken regularly against capitalism and democracy. The United Nations has been instrumental in establishing and increasing the powers of the World Court. Furthermore, the Commission on Global Governance has called for a global tax as well as a standing UN army.

Then there is the Georgia Guidestones. On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the American Stonehenge. Though relatively unknown to most people, it is an important link to the Occult Hierarchy that dominates the world in which we live. The messages engraved on the Georgia Guidestones deal with four major fields: (1) Governance and the establishment of a world government, (2) Population and reproduction control, (3) The environment and man's relationship to nature, and (4) Spirituality.

Clearly the fulfillment of Revelation 13:1-2 is upon us and is being fulfilled through the United Nations and the New World Order!

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Matt. 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.



Blessings!
 
A SERIOUS STUDY TO HIGHLIGHT MAJOR BIBLE EVENTS

Matt.1:1-17;
N. T. goes back to O. T. Genesis, in genealogy, Jesus is son #62.
Abraham son #20 in the genealogy of Jesus, has covenant age 75,
Gen.12:4,7; dies age 175, Gen.25:7,9; Ishmael is age 89 [ of 137,
Gen. 25: 17 ]; Isaac is age 75 [ of 180, Gen. 35:28,29 ], Jacob
is age 15 [ of 147, Gen. 47: 9, 11,28; age 130 in Egypt with 70
in family, 215 years after Covenant ].

It is 215 years to Moses at Exodus. Exo.7:7; 12: 37, 40,41;
Covenant heirs get the law that leads to Christ Jesus Gal. 3: 16-
26; in 40 years, Moses dies. [ Judges 10:3; 11:26; 301 years
later, or 341 years after Exodus to Jair, Acts 13:20,21, 450 after
Exodus to Samuel and Saul, 410 years after Moses dies, Saul has 26
years, David has 40, Solomon has 4 years ].
1Ki.6:1; 480 years after Moses dies Solomon begans temple [ king
David son #34 in genealogy of Jesus is dead 4 years, Solomon has
36 years, Judah kings end at Babylon, 391st year at Daniel and son
#48, year 3460 [ 606 BCE, Jehoiachin of 14 generations before
Christ, John 3:13-16; now at 2009 CE ], that's 2615 years ago,
there will be no king until Jesus at his 2nd coming with
firstfruits,1Cor.15:22-28,51-53; first resurreted [ as priest of
God and Christ in the 1000 year reign, Rev.20:1-6 ].
After Daniel gives 2300 years, 2500 years, 2520 years, Rev. 12:7-
12, Satan down [ but not, 2544, 45-51 years of WW2 ], 2580 and now
is 2615 [ of 2670 ], Matt.24:3,7,14,15,21-24,34,26 [ God alone
knows day and hour ], all time is given.
Michael in the time of the end, cast down Satan and 1/3 angels as
enemies, Dan.12:1-9,10-13; Rev.12:3,4,6-11,12, Satan, serpent,
dragon, Devil, accuser, Murderer and Liar, John 8:44; antichrist
since Eden ], that short time down underfeet of Jesus, Michael is
there to last, 1Thes.4:15-17, the caught up to be with Jesus as
priest of God and Christ with him, Rev.20:1-6,12,13, no Satan 1000
years.
The resurrection of the dead goes back 6000 years to Abel, who died
year 130.
Those alive at Jesus 2nd coming, the sheep, Matt.25:31-34,41; great
tribulation survivors, Rev.7:9-17; and the children of the light of
times and seasons, 1Thes.5:1-9,21,22; after Rev.20:7-10, no more
Satan or any like him, the saints are on the breadth of the earth,
joined by those coming down from God, Rev.21:1-5, all is made new,
2Pet.3:13; Isa.65:17,25; Rev.2:7, as promised, God is with
his heavenly and earthly family, Rev.21:8; earth is cleansed, the
kingdom of the heavens [ new heavenly Jerusalem ], has all in God's
kingdom forever.

I BELIEVE THE BIBLE AND THE SALVATION GOD GIVE ALL THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
 
The signs are already in front of you my friend it's happening.
Read the news observe what is going on around you if you still want to know more read the Bible.
 
Since the resurrection of Christ the Apostles have looked for the rapture and return of Christ. As far as I have been able to determine to date, there is no prophecy yet to be fulfilled before this can happen. The return of Christ and exit resurrection are immenent. A few verses;

1 Corinthians 7:29a But this I say, brethren, the time is short:

Romans 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

From my pov, the world is very much like those in the days of Noah.
 
First, I want to give this scripture from Revelation 14:6-7 - "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Now, the scripture in Matthew 24:14 - "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. I do not believe that the gospel will have to be preached in all the world "before" the Rapture. Do I believe the gospel will be preached before the "end of the world", or before the vials of the wrath of God are poured out upon the earth? Yes. (Rev. 16:1 & Matt. 24:14)

Revelation 3:10 - "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the "hour of temptation", which shall come upon all the world, to try them that "dwell" upon the earth. What is the "hour of temptation"? The "hour of judgment" in Rev. 14:7. Jesus already told us in Rev. 3:10 that we, who is His Bride, the Church, those who trust in His finished work at Calvary for our salvation, He WILL keep us from the "hour of temptation", or the "hour of judgment", which is the Tribulation. How will we be kept from this hour? The Rapture (1 Thess. 4:13-18). Notice also, the word "from"; it doesn't say "during" the hour.

Brother, I don't believe there is any prophecy or sign left, according to scripture, that needs to be fulfilled prior to the Rapture happening. I do believe we are to be preaching the gospel to all those who need to hear it, and I do believe we should be paying attention to events occurring in the world, because by paying attention we know the time is drawing near for the Lord's return for us in the Rapture. "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be "caught up" together with them in the "clouds" to meet the Lord "in the air": and so shall we "ever be with the Lord."

I respect your wisdom that comes from the Lord, brother, and so if anything I have said does not line up with scripture, I would appreciate you correcting me on it. God bless you!
 
Born Again Christians...PLEASE realize you are going to endure til the end. You won't "poof" away and go to Heaven before the final judgment. I am sure you feel peace in this belief , because it will be the most unimaginable time to live in. But it's time to face the facts that WE are all here til we "die"...not "poof."
 
I thought you'd never ask!

According to the Bible writers a positive sign of the return of Jesus Christ that hardly any Christian is willing to discuss is the FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL RESTORATION OF SODOM to the way that it was before it was destroyed! Preachers are PROMOTING HOMOPHOBIA on their own initiative! Some of them are coward gays in the closet like the Reverend Ted Haggard the former US NATIONAL RELIGIOUS ADVISER to President Bush on Christian issues!

God did realize that he made a mistake in dropping the bomb on Sodom. GOD MADE A SWORN STATEMENT THAT HE WILL RESTORE SODOM THE WAY IT WAS...!!! This is fully documented in the portion of “God’s Holy Word” that Christians use for toilet paper!

Ezekiel 16:[48-49], [53], [55] (NIV) [48-49] As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you* (*what JERUSALEM did! Most Christians refuse to agree with God that JERUSALEM IS FAR MORE SINFUL THAN SODOM EVER WAS!) and your daughters have done. ”Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom* (*Christians need to read the Bible more carefully to find out what was wrong with Sodom!): She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy...* (*Neither God the Father nor his ONLY BEGOTTEN Son Jesus Christ EVER MENTIONED THAT THE SIN OF SODOM was homosexuality! Jesus is making favorable statements about SODOM all along --Mat 10:15, 11:24, Mar 6:11, Luc 10:12) [53] "However, I* (*God) WILL RESTORE the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them… [55] And your sisters, SODOM with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, WILL RETURN TO WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE* (*this is an UNCONDITIONAL RESTORATION of Sodom that homophobic preachers refuse to accept!); and you and your daughters will return to what you were before* (*there is no repentance implied at all here! So the Sodomites didn’t do anything wrong! Sodomy was not the “sin” of Sodom, but careless living! They even got a bad rap on their name, “sodomy”).
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/99258/Debunking_gaytostraight_therapy
Jeremiah 13:23 (KJV) Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?...

NEVER…! So Jesus never bothered trying to convert a homosexual or a lesbian into a heterosexual, but the preachers made homosexuality the worst “sin” in the Bible! The gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and so on HAVE NO WAY TO CHANGE! Ask the Reverend Ted Haggard! The Jewish Bible writers admit that Jerusalem is far more “sinful” than Sodom ever was! Christians traditionally refuse to believe what GOD says in favor of gays! They feel comfortable with Saint Paul’s hating almost everybody!

The Bible writers claim that the full restoration of SODOM must be taking place now anytime soon! There is nothing wrong in the Bible with gays and the same sex marriage issue that we hear today! Christians are passionately AGAINST the fulfillment of Bible prophecies that they don’t like. The old Sodomites were much Holier and far more respectful of women than Righteous Lot was. Lot pledged his young virgin daughters for marriage to HETEROSEXUAL SODOMITES. These honorable citizens of Sodom were not necessarily people enjoying anal sex like Christians claim otherwise RIGHTEOUS LOT wouldn’t give his daughters for them to marry! These Sodomites believed in “purity” until marriage! (Gen 19:14) It was Righteous Lot who took away his own virgin daughters from their heterosexual Sodomite fiancés to give them away to some gays who came looking for Lot’s male visitors. Actually these “visitors” or angels didn’t come looking for Lot at all! They INSISTED on spending the night out in the main street of Sodom! NOT AT ALL at Lot’s pad (Gen 19:2-3)! They obviously knew where the action in Sodom was and they wanted to spend the night in the middle of it, but Lot wanted them all for himself! Abraham never told them that his nephew Lot lived in Sodom (Gen 19:12)! The Greek New Testament writers and editors didn’t pay attention to GOD or Jesus about what really happened in Sodom! Anyway, if Sodom ever existed it was destroyed.

There is something wrong with the Christian definition of morality! Lot’s young virgin daughters knew how to brew good wine to spice up some sex parties with their own daddy Lot until HE GOT THEM PREGNANT! Lot was a resident of the City of Sodom! He was brought up in the Sodomite culture! GOD DIDN’T REPRIMAND LOT AT ALL, but he was so impressed by the way Lot handled his daughters sexually that he called him a RIGHTEOUS MAN throughout the Bible (2 Pet 2:7-8)! The angels of God got Lot and his whole family out of Sodom before it was destroyed! Lot escaped by sheer luck! Christian dishonesty in telling the Bible story of Sodom is no different from the Iranian Ayatollahs reporting the result of the elections. The gays are now paying the price! I am not gay, but I fear for my life telling like it is in the Bible. There is no trace of evidence from any other source outside of the Bible that Sodom ever existed, but assuming that it did, the Preachers hurt and persecute gays out of sheer bigotry! Now, they are preventing the fulfillment of Bible prophecies about the FULL UNCONDITIONAL RESTORATION of Sodom!

BTW, Jesus Christ was SPECIALLY crucified in SODOM, too for the redemption of all the SODOMITES, and to make possible the FULL UNCONDITIONAL RESTORATION OF SODOM TO WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE THEIR DESTRUCTION!

Revelation 11:8 (NIV) And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified* (*Never mind the usual slaughter going on all the time in the Bible… GOD THE SON JESUS CHRIST WAS ALSO CRUCIFIED IN SODOM! Spiritually speaking, of course! What other language do the Christians speak?).

The Book of Revelation in the Bible ends up with the statement that Jesus will be surrounded FOR ALL ETERNITY by 144,000 virgin Jewish guys WHO WERE NEVER DEFILED WITH WOMEN! It doesn’t mean that they were not involved in sexual activities among themselves! BUT THEY NEVER TOUCHED A WOMAN! Men in the South display bumper stickers claiming “Real Men Love Jesus, Too!” They are looking forward to the day that they will be married to Jesus in their much expected “MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB OF GOD” deal in Revelation! Marrying a “Lamb” can be a lot of fun for some kinky guys! So why oppose same sex marriage now of real people loving each other?

Revelation (KJV) 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb* (*Jesus Christ) is come, and his wife* (*the MALE AND FEMALE Christians of the right Church brand) hath made herself ready* (*is it some “same sex” marriage highly favoring 144,000 virgin guys!?).

Revelation 14:4 (NIV) These* (*144,000 Jewish Virgin guys) are those who DID NOT DEFILE THEMSELVES WITH WOMEN* (*No virgin girl is ever reported coming near Jesus, only virgin GUYS!!!) for they kept themselves pure. THEY FOLLOW THE LAMB WHEREVER HE GOES. They were purchased* (*slave talk!) from among MEN and offered as first fruits to God and the Lamb* (*aka God the Son Jesus Christ).

The Apocalyptic Revelation of Jesus Christ for the “Last Day Saints” says a lot about Jesus’ sexual orientation! Jesus never accused the homosexuals of anything wrong! In fact he highly favored them over the Jews! That is what the Jewish Bible writers are saying!

Matthew 11:24 (NIV) But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the Day of Judgment than for you."* (*A real judge would never go around disclosing the outcome of any court procedure to low IQ morons, but who gives a hoot. The gay and prostitute loving Gospel writers and editors couldn’t resist telling us all about it!)

Jesus, aka “The RIGHTEOUS Judge of the World” is demonstrating to have much more love and favoritism for the gays, Lesbians and prostitutes than for his own Jewish people! Yet Christians made TO BE gay the worst “sin” in the Bible! In our own lifetime under Christian pressure gays were given electroshock treatment to cure their homosexuality! Christian fear the USA would be destroyed like Sodom if gays were allowed to live.

The preachers and the Clergy are against the homosexuals only because it is popular to be gay bashing, especially among the Mormons! No preacher dares to broadcast the GOOD NEWS THAT THE BIBLE GOD WILL FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY RESTORE SODOM TO WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE THEIR DESTRUCTION… and that ought to be any time soon before the end of the world…! And all of God’s people will sing along with Ted Haggard the prophetic spiritual…

"??… And there’ll be peace in the Valley…???, Oh YES…!!!???"
 
there is really nothing left except the preaching of the gospel to the world,
we wont be here to much longer.
the last trumpet will sound very shortly,praise God!
 
The gospel under the Latter Rain power of the Holy Spirit will go to the whole world. Matthew 24:14.
And the worldwide Sunday Law. Revelation chapters 13 & 17.
 
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