God's Promise Of No More Pain

Revelation 21:4, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”

I cherish this Bible verse. I was severely rear-ended in 1992 by a church bus. I was also driving a church bus. My seat was broken off its hinges. This was a 72 passenger full-sized school bus! For my driver's seat to be broken off its hinges, you can only try to imagine the  tremendous amount of energy force that was transferred from the collision impact, through the frame of the bus, to the rider's seats. The bus that rear-ended our bus was damaged so badly, with the engine and transmission broken into hundreds of pieces on the ground, that the insurance company deemed it cheaper to just but the bus company a brand new bus, rather than attempt to pay to have the old bus repaired. Some irresponsible wicked person left their abandoned car on the roadway, which caused the accident. Three church buses were also involved.

I have no doubt that a few dozen of the riders who were present on the bus that day are suffering today with all sorts of spinal issues, and since most were younger children, they likely forgot about the accident and don't even know why they are suffering so bad. Hopefully they grew out of their injuries. Unfortunately, I sustained permanent neck misalignment and didn't even realize it at the time.

I was 25 years old at the time in 1992, and even I forgot about the accident as the years passed. I remember being at work several years after the accident. My neck felt tense and I wondered why. I remember being frustrated at work that my neck felt so tight, physically tense, while I was relaxed and had no reason to be tense. I had completely forgotten about the severe bus collision. It wasn't until 12 years later in 2004 when my cervical disks shifted into my spinal cord, that my agonizing arthritis neck pain began, and the feeling of tension also increased significantly. Technically my disks between bones C5-C6 and C7 were not herniated, they were protruding into my spinal cord, wreaking havoc on my wellbeing.

Since I didn't experience any radiating pain in 2004, I wasn't yet a candidate for neck surgery. I met with a few chiropractors who diagnosed me with Reverse Cervical Curve (i.e., my neck is misaligned because of suffering severe whiplash in 1992). My job as a mechanic over time worsened my condition and then in 2005 I fell down a mailslide at work, which caused the radiating pain to start in both arms and legs (mostly the right side). By 2006 I was a candidate for neck surgery, but my unfaithful rotten former wife abandoned and divorced me in my hour of need and physical suffering. So, I had to wait until 2009, when I simply could no longer work, to undergo major neck surgery. The surgeon removed the disks between C5-C6 and C7 and put what's called a "Z-Tech Implant" in between the cervical bones as a spacer (to prevent the bones from collapsing).

In 2010, I needed to have the surgery redone, but this time a different surgeon surgically removed a bone graft from my left hip, and put it into my neck as spacers. This second surgery made me 100% worse, leaving both arms feeling doubled in size, as if pumped full of air, and I experienced both hands feeling electrified. These uncomfortable feelings are still with me today, 15 years later, sadly. For the first year I was very depressed in 2010. I rarely left my apartment. I wanted to die. It wasn't a Bible verse that helped me out of my depression; but rather, I had heard a phrase in the movie, “Shawshank Redemption” by actor Morgan Freeman: “Get busy living, or get busy dying.” That helped me and I decided to get busy living.

During the lowest point in my life in 2009, I was abused by the senior pastor of Agana Heights Baptist Church on Guam, and abandoned to die. Pastor Alfred will answer To God for his hatred and wickedness, and Mike (a member who plays the clarinet in their church), who wickedly slandered me to their pastor, turning him against me in 2009. Those two devils have my blood on their hands, because for several years to follow I didn't attend any church, devastated because of what those evil men wickedly did to effectively murder me. I have been deeply hurt by several pastors and church members, who are in big trouble with God.

Let's move on shall we. I cannot express in words the inexplicable physical pain, emotional trauma, loneliness and betrayal that I have suffered over the past 20 years. My x-wife is nothing but rottenness in my bones, a pathetic careless Loser whom I wish I had never met. I pray for her often, for God to break her pride and humble her ungodly heart, but it hasn't happened in the 19 years since she cruelly abandoned me in divorce since 2006. Woe unto her when she stands before almighty God!

As I type, my body is hurting in much physical pain. My neck pain in the bony area in back is incessant. The ungodly federal and state governments have declared war on innocent pain sufferers, punishing everyone for the reckless drug abuse by criminals. If you think that we live in a FREE society, you are a fool who has been woefully deceived. I don't feel "free" when I am forced to needlessly suffer in agonizing pain without adequate pain relief, only because our government leaders couldn't care less. Our incompetent government leaders are infamous for doing nothing when they should act, or going way overboard when they shouldn't' do anything. I hate our God damned federal and state governments, who refuse to allow doctors to adequately treat patients who are suffering in horrible constant pain, like I am. I curse our evil governments for not caring about the people that they pretend to serve!!!

Having shared my story of misery with you, now you know why I cherish Revelation 21:4, where God promises to take away my pain forever. I long for that blessed day! Philippians 3:21 promises us a new physical resurrected body, fashioned like unto the Lord's resurrected perfect body. What a day that will be! It is hard to be spiritual when you are in physical pain. I never feel like going to church because my body is hurting. I have to make myself go, but I am always glad afterwards that I went. Even still, I have to be careful not to overdo it, or I will quit church altogether.

Also, I have painfully lived alone for the past 19 years. My x-wife is a darn fool, who plucked down her own house with her hands, a careless daughter. I have nothing good to say about her. I often feel like crying when I walk through any type of store, because I am so lonely. Anyone who permanently divorces and abandons their spouse is a monster! I long for the dear Lord to take full control of my life, and make everything right. I hate this miserable sin-cursed world. All I see is hatred, war and evil. Life is so cheap on earth. I've seen all the evil, ruthless murdering, genocide, selfish pastors, religious arrogance and wickedness that I ever want to see. I'm ready to go home to be with Jesus when God calls my number.

Until that day comes, I am clinging to Revelation 21:4, looking forward to the time when all pain will forever be done away with. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

God's Promise To Restore Future Israel

Hosea 3:4-5, “For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.”

I do not believe in Replacement Theology. Israel is Israel, and the Church is the Church. There has NEVER been a time when God blessed the Jews when they disobeyed Him. In the Old Testament, whenever Israel rebelled, God gave them over into the cruel hands of foreign countries (Exodus 19:5-6).

Jews that rejected the Messiah have always gone to Hell when they died, never to Heaven. The Church existed in the Old Testament (see, Psalms 22:22 quoted in Hebrews 2:12; Acts 7:38). I strongly reject present-day Israel as being any fulfillment of Bible prophecy; it is manmade, a farce to deceive the world and the churches. I hate Zionism! I have lost fair weather ministry friends over this subject, because they have been sucked into the New World Order deception of Zionism, idolizing the Jews. They are fools!

‘God Forbid!’: Replacement Theology Attempts To Undermine The Credibility Of Almighty God

So, I just want to clarify that although I am against Replacement Theology, and I do believe that God is not done with Israel, the inspired Holy Bible is very clear in Romans 2:28-29 and Galatians 3:26-29 that ONLY born again Jews and Gentiles are counted as being among the true spiritual Jews of the seed of Abraham. All Christ-rejecting Jews and devout followers of Judaism and the Talmud will burn in the Lake of Fire for all eternity without hope, rest or end.

The Spirit Of Promise

Ephesians 1:12-13, “That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

Do you remember when God gave mankind the rainbow as a token of His promise never to destroy the earth again with water? God thought it was important to backup His promise with a token of His honesty.

Did you know one reason why God gives us the Holy Spirit is so that the Holy Spirit will be a “pledge” to us that we belong to Him? (Ephesians 1:13). The moment you receive Christ as your personal Savior (John 1:12), you belong to God. Jesus loves you so much that He wants you to know you belong to Him. God has placed a “down-payment” on each and every one of His children, and that “down-payment” is the Holy Spirit. Amen!

My friend, “YOU” are the purchased possession if you are a born-again child of God. The word “earnest” in Strong’s Concordance means: “money which in purchases is given as a pledge or down-payment that the full amount will subsequently be paid.” Hence, the Holy Spirit is God’s constant reminder within our soul that we have a great inheritance in Heaven awaiting us. The poorest believer in Heaven will be richer than the richest man who has ever lived upon this earth.

Notice from Ephesians 1:12-14 that we are “sealed” with the Holy Spirit of PROMISE!!! God is a promise-making God, and a promise-keeping God. The Holy Spirit is God’s PROMISE to us that He will finish what He has started, that we are His property indeed, that we have an inheritance awaiting for us in Heaven, and that the Devil cannot touch us with a ten-foot pole unless God Almighty permits it. We are God’s property! Jesus has placed the down-payment of His Spirit within you (Romans 8:9). He is coming back to claim you as His rightful property when the time comes.

1st Corinthians 6:19, “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?.”

We belong to God! God has given us His blessed Holy Spirit to prove it. This is God’s token of promise to us. God calls His Spirit the “Spirit of Promise.” What a wonderful truth!!! God is a God of His Word—He says what He means, and means what He says. This is why we should make a fuss over the Bible—because God didn’t write hundreds of books, He wrote just ONE! I believe the inspired King James Bible to be that Book in English.

John 1:12, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."

God's Promise That His Word Will Never Change

Matthew 5:18, “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”

Certain portions of the Holy Bible have always been hard to understand. One of Jesus' very own apostles, Peter, had difficulty understanding Paul's writings:

2nd Peter 3:15-16, "And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, 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."

​The Apostle Peter admitted that he had difficulty understanding the writings of Paul. Nothing has changed 2,000 years later, except that with the invention of the internet we now have an incredible access to information and study tools that Christians even a hundred years ago could only have dreamed of having. We are so blessed!

Having said that, I humbly think that the common man can understand God's inspired Word, if he or she studies, just as Peter had to do. The false idea that we need a new Bible that reads like a newspaper or comic book that any lazy person can understand is not biblical. We are exhorted in the Bible in 2nd Timothy 2:15 to "study" to rightly divide the Word of Truth.

God authored the Bible in such a way that even unlearned men can read it and have their lives changed if they are humble and pure of heart, while highly educated scholars and learned men can read the Bible and remain unchanged because of their self-righteousness and pride that blinds them. Having a proper attitude toward God's Word is far more important than trying to water it down so that even Christ-rejecters can understand it. The Bible teaches in 1st Corinthians 2:14-16 that the natural (unsaved) man cannot understand the Scriptures. So, it is a folly to attempt to reduce the Bible to the level of hellbound infidels.

Here is a link to a missionary in China, who uses the English King James Bible as his basis to translate God's Word into dozens of other languages for the common people. I find no fault in the inspired King James Bible!!!

The Devil's modern Bible revisions may be easier to read, but since they are doctrinally corrupt the truth has been obliterated. The new bibles horribly change what it means to repent. They change God's simple plan of salvation, adding Lordship Salvation to faith, perverting the Gospel. The new Devil's bibles ruthlessly attack Jesus' deity, remove the Godhead (Triunity), and pervert the Scriptures.

I thank God for the more difficult to understand King James Bible. I got saved at age 13. I had a hard time understanding some passages of Scripture, but I understand 95% of what I was reading. The Gospel of John (God's Gospel tract) is very easy to read and comprehend. The King James Bible reads at a 5th grade level. The Devil's New International Version (NIV) reads at a 7th grade level. We don't need a new Bible version. The King James is not a “version,” it is God's inspired Word, the Holy Bible!

God's Promise Of Peace To Those Who Trust In Him

Isaiah 26:3, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”

The inspired Holy Bible promises perfect peace to those who trust in the Lord. Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”

We are living in a wicked generation in America today. This is the confused gender-bending generation. This is the generation that doesn't look up anymore. That is, there is no fear of God today. Psalms 36:1, “The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.” The fact that young people are committing smash and grab stealing crimes all across the country clearly evidence that they have no fear of God. The fact that the crime rate is skyrocketing nationwide plainly evidences that Americans no longer fear God.

What saith the Scripture? Proverbs 16:6, “By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.” I love this Bible verse, which is actually another promise from God. The biblical way to purge a family, church, community or nation of evil (deliberate ongoing sin) is by showing mercy (the Hebrew meaning is: kindness toward God) and truth (or trustworthiness). The Bible is saying if we love God and regard His commandments, and are faithful to fear God and keep His commandments (Ecclesiastes 12:13), then men will turn from committing evil.

We live in a very confused world today. The dating world is insane. We hear all kinds of heathen advice being offered freely on social media. Psalms 1:1 exhorts the Christian not to walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful. Bad advice leads to bad decisions, which leads to a ruined life. As God's child you ought not take any advice from unsaved people, unless it is on how to grow a garden, repair a door, or fix your flat tire. Please do not take any advice on life from heathens, because they do not care about what God's thinks.

Isaiah 26:3, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” If you want perfect peace, then trust in the Lord by living in the inspired King James Bible. Let God's commandments, and the godly principles taught in the Holy Scriptures, be your only guide in life's decisions, and then you can claim God's perfect peace.

Perhaps the best example I can give you is salvation. I am trusting in Jesus Christ alone for my eternal life, because of what He did through Calvary's cross to pay my debt of sin. I am not trying to turn from my sins to get to Heaven, nor do I try to turn from my sinful ways to know that I am saved, which would be works. Anyone who is trusting in Jesus PLUS turning from their sins is NOT saved. They are not saved because they are not wholly trusting in Jesus.

Thank you for reading my blog.

God Promise To Save Them That Believe

1st Corinthians 1:18-21, “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.”

I cannot warn everyone enough about what is going on in nearly all churches today. The Gospel is being changed and corrupted to mean something different than what God intended. 

God's Simple Plan Of Salvation

The inspired Holy Bible teaches that all humanity have sinned. No one is without sin except the perfect sinless Lamb of God, Jesus (Hebrews 4:15). I am a guilty sinner and so are you (Romans 3:10-23).

There is a penalty for sin, which is death (Romans 6:23). The Bible warns about a second death in Hell, where all who humans die in their sins without Jesus as their personal Savior will suffer day and night forever (Revelation 14:11; 20:11-15; 21:8). That is the bad news.

The Good News (aka, Gospel) is that God loves mankind and sent His only begotten (biological) Son into the world to die on a cross to pay our debt of sin (John 3:16-18). Jesus paid a debt He did not owe because we owed a debt we could not pay. JESUS PAID IT ALL!!! Specifically, the Gospel (Good News) is the message that Jesus DIED on a cross, was BURIED, and then three days later He RESURRECTED from the dead (1st Corinthians 15:1-4).

God's simple plan of salvation is that He saves anyone who comes to God by faith as an admitted guilty sinner, receiving Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that He was buried, but then raised up physically three days later from the dead. It is that simple to get to Heaven when you die at the end of this life. Nothing more is required or permitted by God, lest the Gospel be corrupted. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

Man's Perversion Of God's Plan Of Salvation

Having shown you the true Gospel from the inspired King James Bible, now let me show you what is not the Gospel. There is a Satanic army today of false prophets (and you'll be shocked when I mention who they are) who have perverted the Gospel of free grace.

Good works are not the payment for sin, the payment for sin is death. Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty! Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith. Turning away from sinful ways would be a work. Faith puts all of the merit where it belongs, on the object of our faith, Jesus and His work. If to “repent” means to forsake our sinful ways TO BE SAVED, but Jesus already paid for our sins by dying on the cross, then what are we repenting from?

Pacific Garden Mission Preaches Another Gospel
Let's start with Pacific Garden Mission's radio program since 1950, 'UNSHACKLED.' Let's compare two different plans of salvation—one from a recent UNSHACKLED episode (#4736) with what the Holy Bible teaches, to see if they agree. First, here is PGM's corrupt plan of salvation (which is really damnation). David Tripiciano prays this to God to be saved:

“I want to start a new life with you. I repent of the sins I've committed again you. I'm really sorry for the way I've lived. Would you save me Lord and give me a new life. Would you take the rest of my life and use me for your plans? Use my gifts and talents for your work. Fill me with your Spirit Lord, come into my heart and life, Jesus.” SOURCE: Program #3746 - Aired in 2022, David Tripiciano (time - 18:36)

Now what saith the Scripture? ...

1st Corinthians 15:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”

UNSHACKLED doesn't even mention Jesus' death on the cross, burial or bodily resurrection. Like all accursed neo-evangelicals today, PGM is obsessed with YOU repenting of YOUR sins. May I say, the true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU. Pacific Garden Mission (PGM) have been corrupted by Satan. They are pulling on the same rope as the Devil at UNSHACKLED!!! SHAME on the mission director for allowing this Satanic garbage to be preached on UNSHACKLED instead of the Gospel, damning men's souls to Hell!!!

Dear reader, our text verse from 1st Corinthians 1:21b says that God promises “to save them that believe.” God doesn't promise to save them that turn from their sinning. God doesn't promise to save them that get water baptized. God doesn't promise to save them that that surrender their life to follow Christ. God doesn't promise to save them that make Jesus the “Lord” of their life. God doesn't promise to save them that invite Jesus into their life. God doesn't promise to save them that live a lifestyle of repentance. God doesn't promise to save them that faithfully run the race until the end. God promises TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE!

Pensacola Christian College Preaches Another Gospel

The Apostle Paul warned in Galatians 1:6-9 that God's curse is upon anyone who preaches another gospel. There is only one Gospel, not two or three. According to Campus Church at PCC, faith is not enough to be saved, they also require you to experience some false form of repentance that involves, quote, “follow and obey God's will instead of your self-serving sins.” Oh my! That is the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation!!! I was shocked when I read PCC's counterfeit plan of salvation. What I am about to show you is straight from Satan dear reader:

“REPENTANCE — Now is the time to turn from your sin and embrace God. The act of turning away from sin is called 'repentance.' This word implies an inward decision to follow and obey God's will instead of your self-serving sins. It means changing your mind about sin and seeing it as something that grieves God. The Bible says that God patiently waits for all people to make this decision.” [emphasis added]

SOURCE: “John & Romans,” Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College, p. 60

Do you still think I bumped my head? I've been exposing the cult at Bob Jones University (BJU) since 2014, and now I have been exposing the cult at Pensacola Christian College (PCC) since 2021. By God's grace, I will continue to expose these wicked organizations. To make matters even worse, on page 62 of the “John & Romans” booklet, Campus Church tells the reader that to be saved, you must make a mental check requiring the reader to agree to:

“I repent of my sins. I realize that sin is something that God hates and I no longer want to hold onto sinful bad habits in my life.” [emphasis added]

SOURCE: “John & Romans,” Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College, p. 62

That is another gospel, not the free grace Gospel taught in the inspired Word of God. PCC are a deadly Lordship Salvation cult! I know that I am a born again child of God. I believe in a free grace Gospel, plus nothing. I gratefully owe that to God for leading me across the paths of some doctrinally sound preachers; namely:

• Jack Hyles
• Curtis Hutson
• Max Younce
• Ray Stanford
• Hank Lindstrom
• Ralph Yankee Arnold
• Harry Ironside
• Thomas Cucuzza

All of those soulwinning men of God are 100% correct on a free grace Gospel.

In sharp contrast, I beseech you to RUN away from false prophets who corrupt the simplicity that is in Christ; namely: Jeff Redlin, Timothy Zacharias, Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron, John MacArthur, Gary Walton, Sam Horn, Marty Herron, Steve Pettit, Chuck Phelps, Pacific Garden Mission's Unshackled radio program, William Grady, Beth Moore, Joyce Meyer, Jimmy Swaggart, Sam Gipp, Keith Gomez, William Lane Craig, Chip Ingram, Jack Chick, Adrian Rogers, John Hagee, Charles Stanley, Joel Osteen, Pat Robertson, Rick Warren, et cetera. These are all wicked false prophets who pervert the Gospel. They all have blood on their hands and are hellbound infidels. I say this on the authority of God's Word.

In Acts 16:30-31 we read, “And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” Paul and Silas told the Philippian jailer to BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ. They didn't tell him to turn from his sinful bad habits. They didn't tell him to obey God instead of his self-serving sins. PCC are spreading deadly lies, and God will punish them for it (Proverbs 30:5-6). Shame on PCC for perverting the Gospel. Shame on the Sword Of The Lord for promoting PCC for filthy lucre! RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!!

We are in deep doo doo in America! Our Bible colleges are toxic today. Tragically 90% of the churches hire graduates from the corrupt Bible colleges. The most dangerous place for a young person to be in America today is enrolled into some ungodly corrupt religious seminary. I'm talking about cesspools of iniquity like Bob Jones University. I'm talking about cesspools of iniquity like Pensacola Christian College. I'm talking about cesspools of iniquity like Faith Baptist Bible College And Theological Seminary. I'm talking about cesspools of iniquity like Maranatha Baptist University. I'm talking about cesspools of iniquity like Moody Bible Institute.

God promises in the inspired Holy Bible TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE, plus nothing.

God Promises To Give Strength To The Weary Saint

Isaiah 40:28-31, “Hast thou not known?  hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?  there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

I love this passage of Scripture! God never gets tired. Nothing ever occurs to Him. God doesn't need a secretary, schedule book or alarm clock. Psalms 61:3, “For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.” Our dear Savior is not an absent parent. If you are a born-again child of God, you have the Lord's promise that He will never leave you nor forsake you. Hebrews 13:5, “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

The prophet Isaiah declared in Isaiah 40:31, “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” This is a conditional promise. We must wait upon the Lord. The Hebrew word for “wait upon” is qavah, which means, “to expect.”

Pastor Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905) was a distinguished English Christian theologian, academic and churchman. In his Ellicott's Bible Commentary, he exegetes Isaiah 40:31 as follows:

(31) They that wait upon the Lord.—The waiting implies, of course, the expectant attitude of faith.

Shall mount up with wings.—Better, shall lift up their wings, or, shall put forth wings' feathers, the last, like Psalm 103:5, implying the belief that the eagle renewed its plumage in extreme old age. For the faithful there is no failure, and faith knows no weariness. 

SOURCE: Bible Hub - Isaiah 40:31

Much of the Christian life involves patiently trusting God to keep His promises, to do what He said He'd do. Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”

We have all heard about the suffering of Job in the Old Testament. James 5:11, “Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.” Please don't miss that phrase, “Behold, we count them happy which endure.” When we seem to have every reason to throw in the towel, give up and blame God for our troubles, burdens and losses; but instead we hang in there and trust God's great heart, wisdom and goodness, there is a special blessing to that believer.

Some of the happiest times in my life were when I was at the bottom, when I couldn't see my hand in front of my face, when all was wrong, and it seemed like God had totally abandoned me. I found happiness in having faith in God (Mark 11:22b). The three Hebrew youth Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in Babylon, couldn't see the Son of God with them in the fiery furnace, but everyone else did. You likely won't see God in your trials and tribulations, but He is there nonetheless.

God was with Joseph in an Egyptian prison after his 10 half brothers betrayed him, when his feet hurt in iron fetters (shackles). Psalms 105:17-19, “He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.” The faith of Joseph was tested. Unshakeable faith comes from having your faith shaken. Faith is like film, it develops in the dark. The Lord promises in Isaiah 40:31 to strengthen us when we are weary, but only if we will trust and wait upon Him. No storm lasts forever! Without rainy and cloudy gloomy days, we couldn't truly enjoy the bright sunny days.

I learned a long time ago that it is impossible to live up on the mountaintop all the time. I need my unhappiness. You read right! I need my sadness, miseries and unhappiness, which helps me to enjoy God's blessings more and appreciate the better times when the storm passes. I stopped trying to be happy long ago. I just do day by day what I am supposed to do, and trust the Lord to guide, protect and provide for me. God promises to guide our paths in Proverbs 3:5-6, but only if we meet the condition to acknowledge the Lord in all our ways. That means to live by the inspired Holy Bible. What saith the Scripture? I am always looking for Scriptural principles to apply to my daily life, and so should you if you are wise.

Only Those Who Have Faith Are Made Heirs With Christ

Romans 4:13-17, “For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.”

This is such an important Bible truth to understand. If you understand what you just read, then you know that unsaved Jews today are NOT heirs of God's promise to bless the Jews. The promises of God have always followed a line of faith. Galatians 3:16, “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”

Romans 4:13-17, “For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.” No unsaved Jew will ever enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. No unsaved Jew will ever escape the damnation of the fires of Hell. Jesus made it plain in John 3:3 that to get to Heaven a man must be born again, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Many Jews today are arrogant, thinking that just because they are Jewish they are guaranteed eternal life, but it doesn't, not according to the Holy Bible. You must be born again!

Galatians 3:26-29, “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

Repeatedly in the inspired Holy Bible, we read that only those Jews and Gentiles who have faith in Jesus Christ are counted as “heirs” in the promises of God. I wish I could talk some sense into the brains of all these Zionists today, who relentlessly support a bunch of heathen, Christ-rejecting, wicked Jews in Israel who spit on Jesus Christ. Since they don't have any faith in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, they are not “heirs” with Christ of the promises of God. That is exactly what we read in Galatians 3:29, “And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

Nearly all of the promises of God require that you put your faith in Jesus as the Christ, the only begotten Son of God (John 20:31).

God's Promise To Preserve His Inspired Words

Psalms 12:6-7, “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.”

The following quotes are beautiful, honoring God's inspired Word. And may I say, today's modern Bible revisions are often NOT based any any legitimate ancient language; but rather, they are the mere rantings of scholarly madmen hellbent on making a buck from marketing their own copyrighted version . . .

“The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all who oppose it.” —Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

“It is impossible to enslave mentally or socially a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.” —Horace Greeley (1811-1872)

“The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to belittle it is a crime against humanity.” —Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

“That book [King James Bible], sir, is the rock on which on republic rests.” —U.S. President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)

“The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and oppressed. The human race is not in a position to dispense with it.” —Thomas Huxley (1825-1895)

“So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible every year.” —U.S. President John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)

“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. ” —U.S. President George Washington (1732-1799)

“The Bible, composes by many authors, over a period of many centuries, yet ONE BOOK, is, in itself, the outstanding Miracle of the Ages, bearing aloft its own evidence of its Superhuman Origin.” —Henry H. Halley (1874-1965)

“The Old Testament is an account of a Nation. The New Testament is an account of a MAN, The Nation was founded and nurtured of God to bring the Man into the world.” —Dr. Henry H. Halley (1874-1965)

“Bible reading is an education in itself.” —Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

“The Bible is worth all other books which have ever been printed.” —Patrick Henry (1736-1799)

“The whole hope of human progress is suspended on the ever growing influence of the Bible.” —U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward (1801-1872)

“God Himself became a Man, to give mankind a concrete, definite, tangible idea of what kind of Person to think of when we think of God. God is like Jesus. Jesus was God incarnate in human form. His appearance on earth is the Central Event of all history. The Old Testament sets the stage for it. The New Testament describes it. As a man, He lived the most strangely Beautiful Life ever known. He was the Kindest, Tenderest, Gentlest, most Patient, most Sympathetic man that ever lived. He Loved people. He hated to see people in trouble. He loved to Forgive. He loved to Help. He wrought marvelous miracles to feed hungry people. For relieving the suffering He forgot to take food for Himself. Multitudes, weary, pain-ridden, and heart-sick, came to Him, and found healing and relief. It is said of Him, and of no other, that if all the deeds of Kindness that He did were written, the world would not contain the books. That is the kind of man Jesus was. That is the kind of Person God is. Then: He Died, on the Cross, to take away the Sin of the world, to become the Redeemer and Saviour of man. Then: He Rose from the Dead: is Alive Now: not merely an historical character, but a Living Person: the Most Important Fact of History, and Most Vital Force in the world today.” —Dr. Henry H. Halley (1874-1965)

God's Promise That He Cares

1st Peter 5:6-10, “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”

As a Bible preacher, I receive many emails from hurting saints. Many of them tell me that God doesn't seem to answer any of their prayers. They are discouraged and frustrated. To make matters worse, quite a few of them tell me of terrible pastors who have mistreated them. Some tell me that local churches drove them out for telling the pastor that Lordship Salvation is a false doctrine, or that the modern Bible revisions are corrupt. That is so sad and tragic!

You'd think that if there was one place in the world where you could speak the truth, it would be in a local so-called “Christian” church. Sad but true, most of today's churches are corrupt. This includes independent fundamental Baptist churches, most of which have adopted a wrong understanding of what it means to “repent” to be saved. Whereas biblical repentance is simply “a change of mind,” today's incompetent preachers have changed it to mean “turn from your sinful way.” If you add turning away from your sinful bad habits to God's simple plan of salvation, I can assure you with all biblical authority that you will spend eternity burning in the fires of Hell. The only way to be saved is to completely REST in Jesus' death on the cross, burial and bodily resurrection three days later. These three things comprise “the gospel” according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-6.

God cares dear reader. He cares about the accuracy of the Gospel. God cares about the purity of the Holy Bible. God cares about right doctrine, which is truth (John 17:17). And God cares about you dear friend, more than you could ever imagine. When we pray and God doesn't seem to answer, we don't feel like God cares. I admit that I often feel the same way. So what do we do? Do we place God on trial like the heathen world does, blaming Him for the world's poverty, woes and tribulations? Or do we blindly trust the goodness of God in all situations, no matter how ugly things get? I choose the latter. Job 13:15, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.”

I oftentimes feel like God doesn't care, but I know according to the Holy Bible that He does. 1st Peter 5:7, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” If the Bible says that God cares, then I know that He does. I decided a very long time ago, that I believe the King James Bible is God's reliable and trustworthy inspired Word. I never second guess or question that belief, because I trust God's Word. No book authored by mankind even compares to the mystique, brilliance, majesty and supernatural nature of the Holy Bible. No book authored by man upholds righteousness, condemns sin, and provides a permanent remedy as a free “gift” from God, except the Bible.

When you feel like God doesn't care dear reader, I encourage you to start counting your blessings; name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. God is always good. Don't ever question that truth. Everything God does is right. God is so good. Psalms:145:9, “The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.”

The Promise Of Jesus' Return

1st Thessalonians 4:13-18, “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”

Our text passage vividly describes the Pretribulation Rapture. Perhaps the greatest promise from God in the Bible, next to His promise “TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE” (1st Corinthians 1:21b), is the promise of Christ's return.

Pastor Jack Hyles used to explain it this way:

• Jesus came 2,000 years ago TO His own (John 1:11).
• At the Pretribulation Rapture Jesus is coming FOR His own (1st Corinthians 15:51-58).
• At Christ's Second Coming 7-years later, He is coming WITH His own (Jude 1:4).

I humbly think the following Bible prophecy chart is accurate. ...

I am firmly convinced that if one takes the inspired King James Bible at face value, we can only conclude a Pretribulation Rapture.

Reading Into The Scripture What It Doesn't Say

First, let me say that I don't like the way that some preachers wrestle the Bible to fit their agenda. A perfect example of this is found in Revelation 4:1, “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.” I have heard numerous Baptist pastors, college Bible professors and evangelists claim that the phrase “Come up hither” refers to the Pretribulation Rapture. I have a big problem with that shoddy type of Bible interpretation, simply because the Word of God doesn't say that this is the Rapture. The invitation to come up hither in this passage is for the Apostle John alone. Dear reader, never assume (ass-u-me) what the Bible means. If we do, then we are no better than the pseudo-Christian cults (e.g., Mormons, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, et cetera).

Another popular example is found in 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-5, “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?” Like many other Scripture passages, this is one of the most controversial passages in the Bible. In 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-7, there is no exegetical or theological matter that makes a Pretribulation Rapture impossible, or even improbable.

I have heard numerous believers attempt to use this passage from 2nd Thessalonians 2:3 to errantly claim that the Rapture will happen AFTER the Antichrist appears, but this would contradict numerous other Scripture passages, which clearly indicate that the Rapture must occur BEFORE the Tribulation begins. Jesus made it clear that NO ONE knows the time of His return. Certainly, this must include the Rapture, lest we know when He would return. Thus, only a Pretribulation Rapture maintains this element of secrecy.

To be honest in Bible study, nobody can claim to be dogmatic on the intended meaning of 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-2, “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.” I read Pastor Oliver B. Greene's (1915-1976) commentary for this passage and I agree with him. Dr. Greene thinks that the phrase “by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” refers to Jesus' Second Coming AFTER the 7-year Tribulation, while the next phrase “and by our gathering together unto him,” refers to the Rapture BEFORE the 7-year Tribulation period. Although we cannot verify that this is the intended meaning, Dr. Greene's interpretation agrees with the whole of Scripture.

There's Nothing 'Comforting' For Saints About The Tribulation

For example: The Apostle Paul plainly was teaching about the coming Rapture in 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18, “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”

Now, Paul said in 1st Thessalonians 4:18 to “comfort one another with these words.” But what comfort would there be if saints living today knew that they would be going into the dire Tribulation period, when the sun and moon shall be darkened and billions of people upon the earth will be killed. In the book of Revelation 9:1-11, we read of terrifying creatures that will torment humanity with stings that will cause them excruciating physical pain for 5 months. The Bible says in Revelation 9:10 that these scorpion-like creatures will have the power to hurt men for 5 months. That is frightening, not comforting. What comfort would there be for the saints of Thessalonica, if Paul's intended meaning was for the Church to suffer through the horrors of the Tribulation?

In Revelation 16:3 says that an angel will afflict the sea and every living soul will die. Dear reader, remember that Bible prophecy is history written in advance. I agree with Pastor Max D. Younce that God created TIME, so that He could share with His friends (we the saints) what He is planning to do next on His prophetic calendar. Revelation 16:4-7 foretells that the third angel will pour out his vial of judgment upon the rivers and fountains, turning it all to blood. Is there any comfort in these words?

Revelation 16:8-9 foretell that the fifth angel will pout out his vial upon the sun, which will scorch men alive with an intolerable burning heat. Humanity will blaspheme God, still refusing to glorify the Lord as all men ought to do. Revelation 16:10-11 says that the sixth angel will pour out his vial of judgment upon the Beast and his followers who all have the Mark of the Beast (in their right hand or forehead). They will be afflicted with sores and pain so excruciating, that the Bible says in Revelation 16:10b-11a that “his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.”

Please understand that this is not referring to salvation by good deeds. When the Ninevites turned from their evil way, the Bible says that GOD SAW THEIR WORKS (Jonah 3:10). The Ninevites (the capital city of Assyria) didn't get saved, they just repented of their sinning. That is, they changed their mind about their wicked lifestyles and decided to reform, for which God spared their nation imminent judgment and annihilation at the time. We know that they didn't get saved, because from Genesis 15:6 to Revelation 7:14 we are taught in the Bible that salvation is by God's grace, through faith alone, without works (cf. Acts 10:43).

Revelation 16:20 says, “And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.” Wow, say goodbye to the island of Guam during the Great Tribulation! In Revelation 16:21 we are told that during the Great Tribulation that 75 pound (one talent in weight) hailstones will fall upon the earth. To clarify, the last 3 1/2 years of the 7-year Tribulation period (i.e., the 70th week of Daniel's 70 weeks of Bible prophecy) is known biblically as the, “Great Tribulation.” Matthew 24:21, “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”

How do we know that the Tribulation will last for 7-years? ...

Daniel 9:27, “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”

So, during Daniel's 70th week of prophecy, in the “midst” (middle) of the week, the Man of Sin (Antichrist, or “in place of Christ”) commits the Abomination of Desolation (cf. Matthew 24:15), stopping the Jews from worshipping their Jewish God and demanding that instead they worship him (Antichrist) as God (cf. 2nd Thessalonians 2:4).

And also, please read:

Daniel 12:11-12, “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.”

In the preceding passage we see that there will be 1,290 days (3 1/2 years) from the Abomination of Desolation in the “midst” of Daniel's 70th week of prophecy (i.e., the Tribulation). Since there is 3 1/2 years after the “midst,” then logically there must also be 3 1/2 before, which equals 7-years. This is where we get a 7-year Tribulation timeframe. Pastor Steven Anderson says that he rejects the word “Tribulation” to describe this time period, because he says it is not in the Bible. Well, he chooses to often use the word “Rapture,” which is also not found in the Holy Bible. And for that matter, neither are the words “Trinity” or “Bible” found in the Bible, but he uses them too. After the Church has been removed at the Rapture from the world, things will start to turn ugly quickly.

Dear reader, are any of these words “comforting”? Does not 1st Thessalonians 4:18 command us as redeemed saints to “comfort one another with these words”? Yes, most definitely, the Scripture does! But what comfort is there if saints alive today must suffer through the Tribulation period? Kindly said, Pastor Steven Anderson is arguably the biggest denier today of a Pretribulation Rapture. Brother Anderson is also the biggest promoter today of postribulation Rapture, which is effectively a total denial of the Rapture altogether, since he teaches that Christ's Second Coming is the Rapture.

No One Knows The Time Of Jesus' Return

My biggest argument in support of a Pretribulation Rapture is the fact that Jesus repeatedly said that no man, nor even the angels in Heaven, know the timing of His return. ...

Mark 13:32-37, “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.”

Now, if the Rapture were to happen at any later time than the very beginning of the 7-year Tribulation period, then WE WOULD KNOW exactly when Jesus is coming back. 

Respectfully, Pastor Steven Anderson is the biggest denier of a Pretribulation Rapture. Quite frankly, Brother Anderson is WRONG! I know he is wrong because the Bible plainly teaches that no one know WHEN Christ will return.

Whereas, Pastor Anderson claims that the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the Antichrist breaks the covenant with Israel, and professes to be the Messiah, God, demanding worship from the world, on penalty of death. The Bible calls this prophetic event the 'Abomination of Desolation' (or, the Abomination that Maketh Desolate - Matthew 25:15; Daniel 12:11). Daniel 12:11, “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.” So, again, we learn here from Daniel 12:11 that from the event of the Abomination of Desolation until the end of the Great Tribulation (the last half of Daniel's 70th week of prophecy) will be 1,290 days (or, 3 1/2 years).

Daniel 9:27, “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week [7 years]: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”

To recap my earlier point (because repetition is the key to learning), by doing some simple math we can logically conclude that if from the “midst” (middle) of Daniel's 70th week will be 1,290 days, then we can also know that there will be 1,290 days before the middle of the 70th week. This adds up to 2,580 days, or a 7-year Tribulation period. The preceding logic is how we can know that the Tribulation period will last for 7-years.

The preceding logic is also why we can safely deduce from these known facts, that the Rapture must happen BEFORE the Tribulation period, because any later time for the Rapture would allow us to track Christ's return to the very day!!! It disappoints me that Pastor Anderson actually SETS A DATE for Jesus' return, which is a big violation of the Scripture.

In the following chart from chapter 2 of Pastor Anderson's YouTube movie titled: 'THE BOOK OF REVELATION,' you can see in comment number 15 that he errantly teaches the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the Abomination of Desolation. This is DATE SETTING, a big no no for any preacher to do. Mark 13:32-37 plainly warns that NO MAN knows the time of Christ's return, not even the angels in Heaven.

The inspired King James Bible, if you rightly divide the Word of Truth, teaches a Pretribulation Rapture. That is, the timing of the event of the Rapture will happen BEFORE the 7-year Tribulation period (which is the 70th week of Daniel's prophecy).

The Bible plainly teaches God's promise of the coming unpredictable Rapture:

1st Corinthians 15:51-58, “Behold, I shew 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. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”

I cherish verse 58, which promises that all my hard and sacrificial ministry labor won't be in vain. Instead of boating, traveling, snowmobiling, surfing, partying, playing in a band, fishing and living large; I have spent the past 21 years buckling down in intense labor to build my website ministry for Jesus Christ, and by His grace I have done just that. I admit that I have lived a pretty boring existence, a total homebody, lonely without a wife all these many years, but God is my best friend and ministry co-laborer. 1st Corinthians 3:9,  “For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.” I now that it will be worth it all when I see Jesus. But for now I must suffer in bodily pain, loneliness and frustration, until my heavenly Father calls me home from my work. Philippians 1:21, “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

We Are Commanded To Look For Jesus Christ, Not The Antichrist

Also, we're not supposed to be watching for signs of Christ's return; but rather, LOOKING FOR CHRIST HIMSELF!!! Respectfully, Pastor Steven Anderson is doctrinally wrong to teach that, “The Rapture simply cannot happen at any moment.” According to Pastor Anderson THERE WILL BE SIGNS before Christ's return; namely, the appearing of the Man of Sin. This is how we know that 2nd Thessalonians 2:3 cannot mean that the Antichrist must appear before the Rapture cannot happen, because this would be a dead giveaway of Christ's imminent return.

Understanding 2nd Thessalonians Chapter Two

I admit that trying to grasp the meaning of 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-7 is difficult as regards the timing of the Rapture. If taken by itself, one would naturally conclude that the Man of Sin must appear before the Rapture can happen. However, as I have shown you on a few different levels, such a claim would violate multiple other passages of Scripture. In this blog we've been addressing Paul's command in 1st Thessalonians 4:18b to “comfort one another with these words.” You absolutely cannot comfort a fellow shaken believer, who is worried that they may have missed the Rapture, by scaring them half to death with horrifying details of the Tribulation period.

Thus, in my humble opinion, the Apostle Paul was simply telling the saints at Thessalonica that they Christ's Second Coming cannot come until first the Man of Sin appears, and none of this can happen until first the Rapture happens. It is evident from 2nd Thessalonians 2:5 that Paul had orally taught them about the Rapture, Tribulation and Second Coming; but they either weren't paying close enough attention, were confused or had forgotten. 2nd Thessalonians 2:5, “Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?” Had they fully understood what Paul had told them, there wouldn't have been a need for Paul to further address these important issues in a second epistle. By the way, these are some of Paul's earliest epistles.

Pastor Curtis Hutson Taught A Pretribulation Rapture

One of my favorite preachers, Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995), believed and taught a Pretribulation Rapture. Dr. Hutson rightly said: “A good rule to follow when interpreting the Bible is to never use an obscure passage to contradict a clear one.”

Although 2nd Thessalonians might seem clear to some, any honest Bible student would have to readily admit that this is a very vague passage. Since we don't know what Paul orally said to the Thessalonian believers previously, we simply cannot know exactly what Paul means in 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-7 as regards the timing of the Rapture. 2nd Thessalonians 2:5, “Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?” We simply do not know what “these things” were. But I totally reject the plethora of bad theologians who assume (ass-u-me) that “a falling away” is definitely the Rapture. We simply cannot say with any certainty that this is the Rapture. I won't add to the Word of God where the Bible is silent, and neither should you (Proverbs 30:5-6).

Obviously Brother Anderson and the Bible are in conflict. I believe that Dr. Curtis Hutson did an excellent job explaining the matter, and I agree with him concerning the Rapture, because he agrees with the Holy Bible. You must decide for yourself my fine non-feathered friend. You have just read the Scripture for yourself, which plainly teaches for us to LOOK FOR JESUS, not signs. Brother Anderson is telling us to look for signs, saying that Jesus' return must be preceded by signs. Respectfully said, Pastor Steven Anderson is WRONG...

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.” —𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗟. 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 (01:27:05 video)

The inspired King James Bible teaches that Jesus COULD come back TODAY!!! Jesus could return this very moment. ...

𝗧𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝟮:𝟭𝟯-𝟭𝟰, “𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁; 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝘇𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀.”

Why would the Bible tell us to LOOK FOR JESUS if the Man of Sin (Antichrist) must appear first? Pastor Anderson errantly teaches that the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the biblical event called the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION in Matthew 24:15 (cf. Daniel 9:27, 11:21, 12:11), when the Antichrist shall stand in the future temple in Jerusalem and profess to be God, committing blasphemy (2nd Thessalonians 2:4). At this time the False Prophet will demand that the world worship the image of the Beast, or be killed; every human being will be required to have a mark, or won't be able to buy or sell to survive (Revelation 13:15-18).

The Forming New World Order Is Here To Stay

Already, we are becoming a cashless society. I only use cash now less than 5% of the time, all other financial transactions are electronically processed with either credit cards, debit card or online banking. The Beast system is already in place. The world is just awaiting the Man of Sin himself (the False Messiah). The Bible promises that Jesus Christ will return. Consider Acts 1:9-11, “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” This cannot refer to the Rapture; but rather, Jesus' Second Coming after the Great Tribulation (cf. Matthew 24:29-51).

Some preachers say that the apostles in their four gospels weren't referring to the Rapture, because it was still “a mystery” until Paul revealed it in 1st Corinthians 15:51-58. However, did not Jesus provide vivid details of the Tribulation period, which had never been revealed before? Yes, I think He did. Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21 (aka, The Olivet Discourse) contain new information about the Tribulation which were not known previously from the Old Testament. Jesus as God had knowledge of the future that no one else had. I will leave it up to you to decide dear reader, if The Olivet Discourage makes any mention of the Rapture. It would appear not, except that Christ said NO MAN knows the time of His return.

The 45 Day Judgment Of The Nations

As I have humbly mentioned numerous times, we KNOW that from the midst of the Tribulation to the return of Christ will be 1,290 days (3 1/2 years). The Judgment of the Nations will immediately follow, which is why the Bible says “Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days” (Daniel 12:12). The extra 45 days is for the Judgment of the Nations, which will be a judgment of separating the tares (unsaved) from the wheat (saved). I do not think it will be a judgment of China, then Russia, then Ukraine; but rather, a judgment of the whole world who live in the nations.