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Trumpet And Shout Soon :: By Dennis Huebshman

Andy C

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According to so-called scientific evidence, the age of Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years, and the age of our universe is about 13.77 billion years. Scientists supposedly determine Earth’s age using radiometric dating of meteorites, all using man-made instruments. The results vary by a billion years or so, depending on which study one happens to read. (ESV – all emphasis is mine)

The “study” I put my faith and trust in is the Holy Word of our Heavenly Father, known as the Bible. Numerous archeological discoveries have been made that prove God’s word is true and accurate, and not billions of years old. No one can give exact dates from several thousand years ago, but tablets have been found giving names of Biblical people, showing they actually existed during a certain era.

If we accept the scientific model, then it appears we will just continue moving along as always, with no real end in sight. Also, the scientific model does not give any eternal outcome for our human souls. However, looking at events of just the past decade shows the world is following the Biblical end of this era’s schedule.

Jesus, Paul, John, and others gave us signs of events that would be taking place before the start of the seven-year tribulation. If we take into account each of their prophecies, the next major event on our timeline would be the taking up of all believers to meet Jesus in the air to be kept from that wrath. In 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10, and Revelation 3:10, the Father promised we would be removed before the appearance of the ultimate antichrist.

In 2 Thessalonians 2, we’re told that the ultimate evil one is being held back by the “Restrainer, who would be the Holy Spirit. The time is approaching when the Holy Spirit will be removed, and the Satan-inspired evil one will come out to take over the world. All who are indwelt by the Holy Spirit for having received and accepted Jesus as their Savior will be taken up to be with Jesus, and out of the pathway of all the evil that will come upon this earth.

The sequence of the Rapture is given in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17: “For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the Trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the lord.”

Going to 1 Corinthians 15:52, we’re told just how fast the Rapture will be. It states, “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last Trumpet. For the Trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed

 
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