Has anyone noticed all the Jesus commercials on tv lately? Even during the halftime show they had a jesus commercial. These revivals seem suspect to me too. Something feels like they are trying to prepare everyone for something biblical. It will be a fake. Most will be fooled. Even people on this board. I believe they will even inflict mass hypnosis and feelings of pure joy with the technology that they have. They will pull all the stops for this one. Its gonna be huge and extremely deceiving. I pray i have the discernment to know the difference when it comes. I pray all of you do too. They could knock out the internet and only broadcast their show on live tv so we cant debate it together.
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To be saved out of the hour of trial that is to try the whole earth was only promised to the church in Philadelphia. Although the seven churches in Rev. 2 & 3 were real churches, they were also signs (Rev. 1:1) that were prophecies (Rev. 1:3). They were the prophetic history of the church through the ages from the time of the apostles.
Ephesus was the church in the time of John. Degradation had already begun; they left their first love (rejected Paul's betrothing ministry). That segued into Smyrna (from Myrrh) which had to endure suffering for "10 days." There were 10 major Roman persecutions. Smyrna segued into Pergamos (married). The church was married to the world at the time of Constantine. The church in Rome became powerful, with it's roots sunk into the political fertilizer. The church in Rome became "catholic"--universal. That was an aberration. Before that, the Body of Christ was expressed on the earth as the church in a city just like the 7 churches in Rev. Thyatira was the fully formed Roman Catholic church. They leavened "the faith" with idolatry and other things that were extra-Biblical. It was left behind by God in the 1500's when Martin Luther rose up. He did not divide from them, they divided from him and were left behind. The Lord's move went on with Luther. All of Protestantism is designated by the church in Sardis. They didn't go back to the beginning to recover all that was lost. Jesus prayed at His people would be one that the world would believe, but Sardis consists of division after division. Philadelphia, the church of brother love, was the only approved church. It comes, historically, after Sardis. They kept the Lord's word (all of it, not just the part that fit their doctrinal proof texts), and did not deny His name (by denominating with some other name and thereby bringing in division). It is only this church that was given the promise that they would be saved out of the hour of trial. Laodicea, the last church, is a degraded Philadelphia church. They know much, but won't pay the price to live according to what they know. Laodicea means, "the opinion of the people." According to the prophecies, the last 4 churches will be on the earth when the Lord returns.
I disagree with you, but that’s fine. We just got done studying that and it was our understanding that the church have to be removed before the tribulation. So that the Lord turn allow the antichrist to do his business. You’re still be people that will accept Christ within that seven year period, but the church is not on the on the Earth during the tribulation.