Your Comfort Zone may be violated by this post as we sort through several common misconceptions.
If you are serious about spending eternity with Jesus as opposed to Hell you need to fully understand the beginning of all things before you can grasp the end.
Prayer while Fasting is suggested in asking the Holy Spirit for discernment regarding what you are about to read and hear.
When you pray
Matthew 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Enter your prayer closet
When you fast
Matthew 6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
A word about general fasting for those who may not have previous experience. If you going to fast this generally refers to obtaining from food, not liquids, and may be done on days that you set aside specifically to hear from the Lord. (Once or twice a week) The fasting period would be from rising in the morning until say 4:00 PM.
Why fasting? To humble yourself.
Fasting and Prayer for Protection, direction, discernment, and understanding.
Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.
For healing
Psalm 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, My clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting; And my prayer would return to my own heart.
The Rapture
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
(Note: The dead in Christ will rise first, this is the 'first resurrection')
The Great Apostasy
2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
(Note: Paul clarify's 1 Thes. 4:16-17; before we meet the Lord, the falling away comes first and the man of sin is seen sitting in the temple as God) Paul's tone in 2 Thes. suggests to me there is going to be a great deception, a false rapture perpetrated by Satan based on this false teaching in the church about departing before things get bad during Great Tribulation. God's Word is very clear and is our sole source of truth.
Review points
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 is the basis of the Rapture doctrine
- The dead in Christ rise first followed by those who remain, (The first resurrection)
- The falling away must occur
- The anit-christ must be seen sitting in the temple as God
The first resurrection occurs in Revelation 20 right after the great tribulation, following the battle of Armageddon, and when Satan is bound for 1,000 years.
Satan Bound 1,000 Years
Revelation 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.
The Saints Reign with Christ 1,000 Years
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
God will protect those who are abiding in Him but they will witness many horrors before the end. (Psalm 91 will give you the details)
Satan Thrown Down - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Earth Destruction we'll cover in video format. This is very deep stuff and Jessie does a great job of presenting a Biblical accounting of prior earth ages before our current age of Creation with Adam and Eve.
He explains and points out Biblical verification that earth has existed much longer than the last 6,000 years. The Bible actually confirms what science has discovered through digging up of ancient cities, dinosaurs, and he even talks about Atlantis.
Get a notebook and your Bible so you can verify what he is teaching.
Why are you here Part 1
Why are you here Part 2 / 3 Earth Ages
Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
We were in Him before the foundation of the world! Amen!
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