Family of God: Fw: Re: [FamilyofGod] A verse to ponder/George

I' believe it could happen either way, but I am more pre trib as that is what I have been thought, but like I say if we are ready and can endure, God will see us through. That does not mean nothing terrible will ever happen to us, but God will help us to endure if we have faith to believe and trust.

Myself I think if God does not come soon, or heal me, I will be in the first resurrection. As I am dying, but to die is to gain, so it doesn't bother me. To be absent with the body is to be present with the Lord, and oh how I love His presents.

I look so forward to be with the Lord, it is about all I can think of most days.

Judy L <><

George wrote:

Yes, we must be ready and waiting. I personally don't go along with the modern rapture teaching. I believe Christians will suffer great tribulation. Look at the tribulation millions of Christians and Jews have already suffered. Of course Jesus was the first to suffer great tribulation. But it never stopped after that. I think all the apostles except John suffered horrible deaths at the hands of those who hated Christ. John was thrown into a vat of burning oil but God saved him out of that. Very many Christians died at the hands of the Romans. Then millions more died for their faith after the councils that the "orthodox" church had to set the new "christian doctrine". People like me were labeled heretics and were impaled, burnt at the stake and many other things done in the name of God. This went on for over a thousand years. Just recently the pope finally confessed about the atrocities that went on in the inquisition of the catholic church. Then we have the holocaust in ww2 which killed about 10 million Jews and other "less desirables". I think the ones who went through all this were not pre-rapture believers. They went through the worst tribulations imaginable. But they are all resting now and will be part of the first resurrection and will see their enemies thrown into the Lake of Fire.

God is one, George...

From: Judy <SharingJesus@comporium.net>
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Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 7:05:47 AM
Subject: Re: [FamilyofGod] A verse to ponder/George

Heaven Bound

That's right George, Jesus is coming and hopefully it will not be much longer.

Some people say we will go through the tribulation, other say not, but I say just be ready and living for God and either way it will not matter, we will go to be with Jesus.

If we are not strong in the faith we would never make it through the tribulation. So we must be growing and getting stronger each day. Those that can endure will be ok. Those that can not will weaken even more and give in. I do hope George we will go in the first resurrection. I want to be like the wise virgins ready and waiting with my lap filled and trimed..

Judy L <><

George wrote:

Amen! Jesus is coming for those who are looking for him. Everyone else will have to wait for the second resurrection which is for judgement. I want to be ready for the first resurrection. Everyone must be judged though for thier sins. The thing is Jesus paid the penalty for our sins when he went to the cross. Now the second death has no power over us.

God is one, George...

From: Judy <SharingJesus@ comporium. net>
To: FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 2:59:15 AM
Subject: [FamilyofGod] A verse to ponder

Matthew 24: 44

You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.

Without God there is no peace, only disappointing substitutions and repeated failure.