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Now, Let's suppose you didn't make the rapture (it's just a what if ...talking in general terms) if you managed to find some sort of a shelter or any safe place during the great tribulation how do you plan to survive? Remember, you did not take the mark of the beast and you just dropped out of society. you can't buy anything.. plus you must avoid crowded places as you don't even want to be seen and get caught. furthermore, WWIII has been goingon...
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ah heck,i dunno..play video games that show how to dodge 100 lb hailstones?
learn to survive on very little?
figure out how to buy and sell without the MOTB?
..and the list goes on...
don't join any clubs for swimming or golfing you will lose your money on that day. I heard there is a place that will take your pets so you won't have to worry about them.
seriously,pray your pets can come with you;I've a feeling it will be done anyway.how many times do I have to say it? don't worry about who or what will be 'left behind'.there is no fear in Jesus.
Now, Let's suppose you didn't make the rapture (it's just a what if ...talking in general terms) if you managed to find some sort of a shelter or any safe place during the great tribulation how do you plan to survive? Remember, you did not take the mark of the beast and you just dropped out of society. you can't buy anything.. plus you must avoid crowded places as you don't even want to be seen and get caught. furthermore, WWIII has been goingon...
The great tribulation is on already. Why do you see recession , hard times, earthquakes, deaths everywhere? The beast is the epitomized by the supremacy of organized religion all over the world, most of them lacking in the very principle first of love
The Great Tribulation events closely parallel the plagues in Egypt prior to the Exodus. There was no way to prepare for those plagues and there will be no way to 'prepare' for Great Tribulation events (at least in the context of "escaping them"). The only folks who were prepared for the Angel of Death at the end of the Egypt plagues, were those 'who passed under the blood of the lamb' over their doorpost. Likewise, when the Great Tribulation begins, the only ones "prepared" will also be those who are "under the blood of the Lamb ... Jesus Christ."
Since there is no way to actually prepare to avoid or escape the Great Tribulation, I believe that the intended time to respond to the horrific events depicted in Revelation ... is NOW! Since non-believers, by definition, do not believe the Bible or the Book of Revelation, the intended audience and warning is Christians. Believers should respond now, with a great sense of urgency, for the sake of the 'lost'. They should do that by obeying the Great Commission ... NOW! Unfortunately, far too many fall into the category of those of whom the Lord spoke when he said, "The harvest is ripe, but the workers are few."
In the context of the Great Tribulation, I believe Christians will be 'raptured' / removed prior to the Opening of the Seven Seals. However, neither my views of the 'rapture' (or yours) are not really the issue. The real question is 'How are we responding in faith NOW to the Great Commission?' --- Today, like many times in the past, we have every reason to believe we are living in the Last Days. Our times almost beg the question, "If you knew Christ would return next month, what would you do differently ... this month?" --- In these days, our living response may be more relevant than we imagine.
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