What Will happen to our pets when the rapture happens?

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I've been thinking about this a LOT since I became a christian almost 10 yrs ago. Finally, I'm not as afraid of the rapture as I used to be, but, i keep thinking about my dog, Sunshine whom I love very much. I know the rapture may not happen while my dog is still alive but, i will most likely adopt another dog so, basically its the same issue.

Part of me over the years has been like, i don't want my dog to suffer if it happens n she's stuck inside then she'll suffer a horrible death since she won't be able to get out of the house. I'm worried about her and this has bothered me for a very long time.

I've even prayed about it telling God that I don't want Sunshine (or whatever dog I may be owning) to suffer to to have a bad death but to die in peace. Another part of me is like, I don't want to be taken when the rapture happens just so that I can take care of Sunshine.

I kno this may sound like an odd question, but, I'm VERY close w/ my dog - she's my very best friend - she's not like a person that can help herself n go into hiding or what not, she cannot take care of herself if she's locked up. I love that dog soooooooo very much.
 
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I will say that I know God cares for our pets and if we entrust them to His care after the rapture I think He will take care of them, we can only pray.

It says in His word that He looks after sparrows, so why would He not look after dogs too?
 
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Indeed it is a question that plagues many of us. For starters you need to be praying to God about this fear you have. It should always be pour knee jerk reflex to run to God with any and all things that concern us, especially anything spiritual in nature.

God knows our hearts and He counts our tears. He loves us and wants what is best for us. Given that I personally believe that God will answer my prayers concerning this very issue and all my animals that are still alive when the moment comes are going to be taken quickly out of this world too. Make sure in your daily prayers that you include your beloved pets and ask God to have mercy on them all and take them swiftly and painlessly so they will not be left behind. You made a commitment to these animals and God understands that as well as our love for the pets He chose for us. Let us not forget how often He mentions animals in the bible and His commands to care for them. He loves them too.

There are different feelings among Christians about "the rapture" (gathering of believers in the clouds with the Lord) You will need to decide for yourself what exactly you personally believe concerning that. Some believe we will taken right before the 7 years starts, some believe we will be left here until the midway point and some believe we will not be leaving until the very end when Jesus comes back to throw the anti-christ into the lake of fire.
No matter what you believe we still all need to "be ready" so just make sure you are praying every day.

I personally was told by my gram as a child that Christian's will be taken out of the world before any of it begins. I read scriptures though that made me seriously question grams teaching.... I believe we will have more "warning" that His return is eminent than others had led me to believe when I was young in the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 2- Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.- He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
 
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I'm not too sure the rapture is Biblical, anyway. If you want to know if you're animals will go with you to Heaven, I'm not too sure about that. The Bible doesn't tell us much about what happens to animals, but my bet would be that if an animal means a lot to you, they'll be there in Heaven.
 
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We love our animals, and we want to live all eternity with them of course. The theory of animals going to heaven, is a topic many people debate, we want that peace of mind we will see them again one day. From what I have learned is that God created man superior to animals. Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” For one to say that animal and man are on the same level, soul wise, puts Gods image to that of an animal.

Limitations are not placed on the slaying of animals Acts 11:5-7, but it is on man, Exodus 20:13, a commandment in fact. We are instructed not to kill one another because we are made in Gods image, and it would be like killing Him. Animals do not need salvation, or redemption. In scripture it states when He died on the cross, He died for mankind. So we need redemption to get into Heaven. That makes a man and an animals soul different.

To give you hope, which gives me hope as well,

When the new earth is created, in scripture it states many times that animals will be present, one for you is:

Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

There is no scripture that says that animals do, or do not go to heaven. But for certain it does state that there will be animals on the new earth, most importantly:

Please remember that in while we are alive, our flesh will worry over these things, but our promise in scripture is:

Revelation 21:4, "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."

In Heaven, we will not have sorrow. If you don’t see your pet there, you wont be sad, because scripture does state that is impossible.

Pray and ask God to give you peace and wisdom about this. He may reveal something to you to put your heart at ease.
 
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A fascinating discussion!

I'm far from convinced the rapture will occur as portrayed in the Left Behind series. But any one of us could be taken from this life at any time, leaving our pets in the care of others, or even entirely on their own.

It would be much safer to have no pets. Actually, it would be much safer to love nothing. Love is dangerous, and it makes us and our loved ones vulnerable. I don't know about you, but I'm willing to take the risk. I trust that God will give my animal the ability to cope, even if it must face a terrible, lonely death without me.

In regard to animals going to Heaven; this concerned me when my dogs died. I liked C. S. Lewis's suggestion, that pets might be drawn into eternal life through us, as we are drawn into eternal life through Christ. I did not like it when people stated as fact that animals could not go to Heaven.

Now that it has been over a decade since my last dog died, and especially since I've had a cat for five years now, I feel it doesn't matter whether pets get resurrected or not.

The thing that made my pets special was always in me, not in them. It was my heart that loved them, and whether they were present with me, or absent, as long as my heart kept beating, they were loved.
 
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Well let me tell you I have done a GREAT deal of bible study and prayer on this subject and I am going to tell you all I have learned. Our pets WILL be in the next life with us. There WILL be ALL kinds of animals in God's New kingdom.

Let's start with the creation of the world. God created all the birds and creatures of the sea and said "it is good" God created all the animals, live stock etc. He BLESSED them and He called it good. When He was finished with the entire creation He said "It is very good" Let us not be confused that God LOVES His creation. ALL of it.
God put "the breathe of life" in all living things. The breath of life is the soul. Therefor Animals also have souls.
Genesis 1:28-30 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Your soul is where your thoughts, emotions, memories ability to reason, personalities etc are. Also notice that in the beginning we did NOT eat each other either. Humans and ALL animals alike ate every green plant. (This also explains how we and dinosaurs could all live on the earth together which indeed we did)

Next let us think hard about this next scripture
Genesis3:1-2 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

Animals obviously use to speak to us and we to them in a common language! The serpent in this verse is clearly not a "metaphor" that we often see in scripture because it also says it is craftier than any of the wild animals God had created! It also obviously wasn't a single incident of animals speaking to Adam and Eve (like this time where satan had possessed the serpent to cause it to tempt Eve.) Had that been the case Eve would've been in the least confused and went running right to God to tell Him she heard the snake talking! Imagine what your reaction would be if the bush in your back yard suddenly spoke to you! That is how Eve also would've reacted had it not been common for them to speak to each other.
SO the serpent was deceived first and did the work of satan then Eve was deceived then Adam. All three were cursed by God for believing satan. It is also clear that satan had possessed the serpent because of the curse He spoke to the serpent at that time. But that is a whole other lesson. Now ALL creation was cursed because of Adam and Eves sin with death. We must ALL die a physical death because of that sin BUT humans stand apart from the animals in that they remained innocent (besides that serpent).
HUMANS "turned" on God, not the rest of His creation. WE are the ones that need forgiveness and redemption. God sealed their mouths shut to seperate us from them AFTER WE sinned. It was only after the flood of Noah that we began eating each other.
They still remained innocent and that is why sadly the sacrifice of their innocent blood was able to cover our sins. Cover only not take away, this why there had to be so many animal sacrifices. They suffer along with us with every kind of suffering but they remained innocent.
Illness, diseases, parasites etc are what made them "unclean" NOT "their" sin. OUR sin.We brought all this evil into the world with OUR sin.
God gave all the warnings He did about "unclean" animals because they could give humans diseases NOT because they were "sinful"! For example we all know (or should know) that if we eat undercooked pork we can get trichinosis. We can get ringworm if we pet an animal that has it etc. The old testament also refers to humans as "unclean" when they had an infectious disease. Back then they had NO understanding about these things nor how to prevent them or treat them.

Then we also have scripture that come right out and tell us plain as day that God will have animals in His Kingdom right alongside of us.
Isaiah 11:6-9
The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the cobra’s den, the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea
 
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Well let me tell you I have done a GREAT deal of bible study and prayer on this subject and I am going to tell you all I have learned. Our pets WILL be in the next life with us. There WILL be ALL kinds of animals in God's New kingdom.

Let's start with the creation of the world. God created all the birds and creatures of the sea and said "it is good" God created all the animals, live stock etc. He BLESSED them and He called it good. When He was finished with the entire creation He said "It is very good" Let us not be confused that God LOVES His creation. ALL of it.
God put "the breathe of life" in all living things. The breath of life is the soul. Therefor Animals also have souls.
Genesis 1:28-30 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Your soul is where your thoughts, emotions, memories ability to reason, personalities etc are. Also notice that in the beginning we did NOT eat each other either. Humans and ALL animals alike ate every green plant. (This also explains how we and dinosaurs could all live on the earth together which indeed we did)

Next let us think hard about this next scripture
Genesis3:1-2 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

Animals obviously use to speak to us and we to them in a common language! The serpent in this verse is clearly not a "metaphor" that we often see in scripture because it also says it is craftier than any of the wild animals God had created! It also obviously wasn't a single incident of animals speaking to Adam and Eve (like this time where satan had possessed the serpent to cause it to tempt Eve.) Had that been the case Eve would've been in the least confused and went running right to God to tell Him she heard the snake talking! Imagine what your reaction would be if the bush in your back yard suddenly spoke to you! That is how Eve also would've reacted had it not been common for them to speak to each other.
SO the serpent was deceived first and did the work of satan then Eve was deceived then Adam. All three were cursed by God for believing satan. It is also clear that satan had possessed the serpent because of the curse He spoke to the serpent at that time. But that is a whole other lesson. Now ALL creation was cursed because of Adam and Eves sin with death. We must ALL die a physical death because of that sin BUT humans stand apart from the animals in that they remained innocent (besides that serpent).
HUMANS "turned" on God, not the rest of His creation. WE are the ones that need forgiveness and redemption. God sealed their mouths shut to seperate us from them AFTER WE sinned. It was only after the flood of Noah that we began eating each other.
They still remained innocent and that is why sadly the sacrifice of their innocent blood was able to cover our sins. Cover only not take away, this why there had to be so many animal sacrifices. They suffer along with us with every kind of suffering but they remained innocent.
Illness, diseases, parasites etc are what made them "unclean" NOT "their" sin. OUR sin.We brought all this evil into the world with OUR sin.
God gave all the warnings He did about "unclean" animals because they could give humans diseases NOT because they were "sinful"! For example we all know (or should know) that if we eat undercooked pork we can get trichinosis. We can get ringworm if we pet an animal that has it etc. The old testament also refers to humans as "unclean" when they had an infectious disease. Back then they had NO understanding about these things nor how to prevent them or treat them.

Then we also have scripture that come right out and tell us plain as day that God will have animals in His Kingdom right alongside of us.
Isaiah 11:6-9
The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the cobra’s den, the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea

I lost a cat that I dearly loved. Oh the grief was awful. It sent me into a tailspin during which I scoured the scriptures looking for something, anything. And I came to the same conclusions that you have here.

So it was very good to see what you wrote.
 
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When you start talking about the Rapture, you can make a lot of people upset right off the bat, because of their lack of knowledge of God’s word. Their belief was past down through the generations to them and even taught in their churches all of their lives. So, it is hard for them to let go of their conviction about the rapture. They don’t want to believe that they will have to go through the great tribulation. Even as Noah was protected during the great flood and Daniel was protected in the lions den and as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego were protected in the fiery furnace. God will protect us during the tribulation. So many of God’s children do not study God’s word, the Bible, but depend on their pastors for knowledge. This can be very dangerous, because if you don’t study the Word of God and research certain words in the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, to go back to the original word used and what it means, then you don’t know if the pastor is telling you the truth or not. Jesus warns us about those that come as Christian leaders. Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
E.W. Bullinger, Bible scholar; in his Introductory to "How to Enjoy the Bible", on page 6 writes:
"When we come to ask ourselves, and say, 'Where did I learn this?' 'How did I get this?' 'Who taught this to me?' it is astonishing to find out how much we have imbibed from man, and from tradition; and not directly and for ourselves, from the Word of God.
"All that we have learned from our youth up must be tested and proved by the Word of God.[bless and do not curse] Where we find it is true we must learn it over again, from God. And where it will not stand the test of His Word we must be not only content, but thankful to give it up; and receive Divine revelation in the place of man's imagination."
Even though the Rapture Theory started back in 1830 by Margaret Mac Donald from Glasgow, Scotland, a mentally ill woman who had a vision about how the Lord descends in the clouds and calls his saints to rise up and meet him in the air. You can research this in any library. Over the last 20 or 30 years the Rapture Theory has really accelerated in a great number of the churches, by people wanting to exploit this and to have financial gain through books, tapes and movies (the any moment doctrine). The rapturists teach the any moment doctrine of Jesus’ return, but the any moment really is sudden death through natural causes or accidents. What is most amazing about the Rapture theory is that the Bible is not unclear at all about when Jesus Christ returns? Jesus returns at the 7th trump, the last trump, after the Antichrist has been standing in Jerusalem claiming that he is God here to rescue you; there is no secret rapture.
[bless and do not curse]
Let’s see what the Word of God says, as Paul teaches.
You see the Sadducees were going around telling everyone that there was no resurrection and that there was no life after death. This was becoming a concern for the Christian people, because they had some loved ones that have died and it has been several years since Jesus left this earth. So, Paul tries to comfort the Thessalonians and us.
[bless and do not curse]
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (KJV)

[13] But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Paul gets right to the point, the subject is “Where Are The Dead”, those which are asleep in the Lord.
[bless and do not curse]
[14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus, will God bring with him.
Paul says that if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we should also believe that God will bring with him our Christians friends and relatives that are already changed into the spiritual body. Jesus will bring them with him, because they are already in heaven see 2 Cor. 5:6&8 and Ecclesiastes 12:6&7.
[bless and do not curse]
[15] For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
We can’t prevent or precede those who have died and are present with the Lord, because they are already there.
[bless and do not curse]
[16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
You ask anybody in church where are the dead and they will say that they are with the Lord. So, why in the world would God have to raise them from the graves? They are already with him. We sure don’t want this flesh body back again. Let’s look in the Strong’s Concordance at the word rise.
Rise in Strong’s Concordance G450 ἀνίστημι[bless and do not curse] anistēmi[bless and do not curse] an-is'-tay-mee
From G303 and G2476; to stand up (literally or figuratively, transitively or intransitively): - arise, lift up, raise up (again), rise (again), stand up (-right).
G2476[bless and do not curse] ἵστημι[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] histēmi[bless and do not curse] his'-tay-mee
A prolonged form of a primary word στάω staō (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively): - abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up).
It means to stand-up or present. So the “dead in Christ”, those who have died believing in the Lord, who are with Him now, will present themselves or stand-up first when Christ returns.
[bless and do not curse]
[17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
This is a key verse that the Rapture Doctrine comes from. Let’s look at the word clouds; Paul uses the same colloquial Greek in Hebrews 12:1 when he refers to a great cloud of witnesses, meaning a group of witnesses. “In the clouds” is an expression that means “in a group”. Christ is returning to the Mount of Olives where He will stand. That is where we will gather to Him, not in the clouds. There are many figures of speech, analogies, metaphors, etc. that the Holy Spirit uses in the Bible as tools of communication to better teach us.
In 1 Cor. 15th chapter Paul showed us that there are two bodies; the flesh body and the spiritual body. Paul also showed us a mystery that we would not all die before Christ comes back and a secret that we who are alive would be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye into our spiritual bodies.
Let’s look at the word “air” in verse 17. This verse really sounds like we are going to fly into the clouds, up, up and away into the air.
Air[bless and do not curse] Strong’s #G109[bless and do not curse] ἀήρ[bless and do not curse] aēr[bless and do not curse] ah-ayr'
From ἄημι aēmi (to breathe unconsciously, that is, respire; by analogy to blow); “air” (as naturally circumambient): - air. Compare G5594.
The Greek word translated “air” is aer, which also means to breathe or respire. It refers to our spiritual body, our “breath” of life body. Remember the secret? We gather back to Christ, along side our Christian friends and relatives who have since passed away and are coming with Jesus, in our spiritual bodies.
[bless and do not curse]
[18] Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
John 8:32[bless and do not curse]And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
[bless and do not curse]
Paul wants to clarify his previous letter 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
The Thessalonians were beginning to worry about Christ’s return.
[bless and do not curse]
2 Thess. 2:1-8 (KJV)
[1] Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him,
The subject is "the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering unto Him".
[bless and do not curse]
[2] That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Paul is saying; don’t let false teachers confuse you about when our Lord returns or be confused by our first letter in 1 Thess. 4:13-18. Paul is about to tell them (us) what to look for before our Lord returns.
[bless and do not curse]
[3] Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Paul says, the great apostasy (falling away) will come first and that man of sin is revealed. Satan himself; the instead-of-christ will be revealed. The falling away is not from church meetings, but from the truth being taught in God’s house; False prophets, teaching false doctrines, to God’s people. In Amos 8:11[bless and do not curse] "Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine on the land-- not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.
[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]
[4] Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as god sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Let’s look at the word Anti-Christ in the Strong’s Concordance:
Anti- Christ G500 ἀντίχριστος antichristos an-tee'-khris-tos
From G473 and G5547; an opponent of the Messiah: - antichrist.
Let’s Look at the word Anti in the Strong’s Concordance:
Anti G473 ἀντί anti an-tee'
A primary particle; opposite, that is, instead or because of (rarely in addition to): - for, in the room of.
Satan himself will come as the instead of Christ claiming to be God and setting in the temple of God; deceiving a lot of God’s people. Satan is going to claim to be Jesus and that he has come to rescue God’s people.
[bless and do not curse]
In Ezekiel 13:20-23
[20] Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
[21] Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[22] Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
[23] Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Let’s look at the word pillows
In the Strong’s concordance the word comes from:
Pillows H3680 כּסה kâsâh kaw-saw'
A primitive root; properly to plump, that is, fill up hollows; by implication to cover (for clothing or secrecy): - clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm.
God is saying that he is against you covering up Jesus’ outstretch arms that welcome his people to him, with your lies; to hunt the souls to make them fly. It makes God mad for people to teach that his people will fly out of here. The Antichrist, Satan, will have all the credentials necessary to convince the world that he is in fact the Messiah that has come. This will happen at the sixth trump, BEFORE Christ returns.
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[5] Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Paul is reminding them that he covered all this when he was with them, but false teachers had been up to "no good".
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[6] And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. [7] For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
The word what is the same Greek word that is translated as who in verse 7 and it should be who also. Some teach that the church is restraining satan from coming and some teach that the Holy Spirit is restraining satan. That the Holy Spirit will be removed when the church is raptured out and satan will come. This is not documented in our Lord’s Word. The he who now restrains satan is Michael The Archangel. See Rev. 12:7-9 below:
Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Where is satan now? In Rev. 12:7 it says there was a war in heaven, why? Because satan is there. He’s in heaven behind Jesus, where Jesus commanded him to be.
Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. The word high as in “high places” in the Strong’s concordance means heavenly places.
You see satan is in heaven making accusation against us Rev. 12:10. His spirit is here on earth just like Jesus Christ’s Holy Spirit is here on earth.[bless and do not curse]
Rev 12:10[bless and do not curse] And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
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Now you know satan is in heaven and he will be cast out by Michael The Archangel. Satan was here in person in the Garden of Eden and was around until he tempted Christ and Christ put him behind Him. Satan’s evil spirit roams this earth seeking whom it can devour, but thank God that Christ’s Holy Spirit is here to comfort us. When satan and his angels are cast out of heaven by Michael, then will that wicked one be revealed.
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Rest assured that the day of our gathering back to Christ will not come until after satan himself shows up claiming to be God. The anti-christ will set himself up in the temple of God, saying that he is here
 
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When you start talking about the Rapture, you can make a lot of people upset right off the bat, because of their lack of knowledge of God’s word. Their belief was past down through the generations to them and even taught in their churches all of their lives. So, it is hard for them to let go of their conviction about the rapture. They don’t want to believe that they will have to go through the great tribulation. Even as Noah was protected during the great flood and Daniel was protected in the lions den and as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego were protected in the fiery furnace. God will protect us during the tribulation. So many of God’s children do not study God’s word, the Bible, but depend on their pastors for knowledge. This can be very dangerous, because if you don’t study the Word of God and research certain words in the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, to go back to the original word used and what it means, then you don’t know if the pastor is telling you the truth or not. Jesus warns us about those that come as Christian leaders. Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
E.W. Bullinger, Bible scholar; in his Introductory to "How to Enjoy the Bible", on page 6 writes:
"When we come to ask ourselves, and say, 'Where did I learn this?' 'How did I get this?' 'Who taught this to me?' it is astonishing to find out how much we have imbibed from man, and from tradition; and not directly and for ourselves, from the Word of God.
"All that we have learned from our youth up must be tested and proved by the Word of God.[bless and do not curse] Where we find it is true we must learn it over again, from God. And where it will not stand the test of His Word we must be not only content, but thankful to give it up; and receive Divine revelation in the place of man's imagination."
Even though the Rapture Theory started back in 1830 by Margaret Mac Donald from Glasgow, Scotland, a mentally ill woman who had a vision about how the Lord descends in the clouds and calls his saints to rise up and meet him in the air. You can research this in any library. Over the last 20 or 30 years the Rapture Theory has really accelerated in a great number of the churches, by people wanting to exploit this and to have financial gain through books, tapes and movies (the any moment doctrine). The rapturists teach the any moment doctrine of Jesus’ return, but the any moment really is sudden death through natural causes or accidents. What is most amazing about the Rapture theory is that the Bible is not unclear at all about when Jesus Christ returns? Jesus returns at the 7th trump, the last trump, after the Antichrist has been standing in Jerusalem claiming that he is God here to rescue you; there is no secret rapture.
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Let’s see what the Word of God says, as Paul teaches.
You see the Sadducees were going around telling everyone that there was no resurrection and that there was no life after death. This was becoming a concern for the Christian people, because they had some loved ones that have died and it has been several years since Jesus left this earth. So, Paul tries to comfort the Thessalonians and us.
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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (KJV)

[13] But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Paul gets right to the point, the subject is “Where Are The Dead”, those which are asleep in the Lord.
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[14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus, will God bring with him.
Paul says that if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we should also believe that God will bring with him our Christians friends and relatives that are already changed into the spiritual body. Jesus will bring them with him, because they are already in heaven see 2 Cor. 5:6&8 and Ecclesiastes 12:6&7.
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[15] For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
We can’t prevent or precede those who have died and are present with the Lord, because they are already there.
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[16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
You ask anybody in church where are the dead and they will say that they are with the Lord. So, why in the world would God have to raise them from the graves? They are already with him. We sure don’t want this flesh body back again. Let’s look in the Strong’s Concordance at the word rise.
Rise in Strong’s Concordance G450 ἀνίστημι[bless and do not curse] anistēmi[bless and do not curse] an-is'-tay-mee
From G303 and G2476; to stand up (literally or figuratively, transitively or intransitively): - arise, lift up, raise up (again), rise (again), stand up (-right).
G2476[bless and do not curse] ἵστημι[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] histēmi[bless and do not curse] his'-tay-mee
A prolonged form of a primary word στάω staō (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively): - abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up).
It means to stand-up or present. So the “dead in Christ”, those who have died believing in the Lord, who are with Him now, will present themselves or stand-up first when Christ returns.
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[17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
This is a key verse that the Rapture Doctrine comes from. Let’s look at the word clouds; Paul uses the same colloquial Greek in Hebrews 12:1 when he refers to a great cloud of witnesses, meaning a group of witnesses. “In the clouds” is an expression that means “in a group”. Christ is returning to the Mount of Olives where He will stand. That is where we will gather to Him, not in the clouds. There are many figures of speech, analogies, metaphors, etc. that the Holy Spirit uses in the Bible as tools of communication to better teach us.
In 1 Cor. 15th chapter Paul showed us that there are two bodies; the flesh body and the spiritual body. Paul also showed us a mystery that we would not all die before Christ comes back and a secret that we who are alive would be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye into our spiritual bodies.
Let’s look at the word “air” in verse 17. This verse really sounds like we are going to fly into the clouds, up, up and away into the air.
Air[bless and do not curse] Strong’s #G109[bless and do not curse] ἀήρ[bless and do not curse] aēr[bless and do not curse] ah-ayr'
From ἄημι aēmi (to breathe unconsciously, that is, respire; by analogy to blow); “air” (as naturally circumambient): - air. Compare G5594.
The Greek word translated “air” is aer, which also means to breathe or respire. It refers to our spiritual body, our “breath” of life body. Remember the secret? We gather back to Christ, along side our Christian friends and relatives who have since passed away and are coming with Jesus, in our spiritual bodies.
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[18] Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
John 8:32[bless and do not curse]And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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Paul wants to clarify his previous letter 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
The Thessalonians were beginning to worry about Christ’s return.
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2 Thess. 2:1-8 (KJV)
[1] Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him,
The subject is "the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering unto Him".
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[2] That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Paul is saying; don’t let false teachers confuse you about when our Lord returns or be confused by our first letter in 1 Thess. 4:13-18. Paul is about to tell them (us) what to look for before our Lord returns.
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[3] Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Paul says, the great apostasy (falling away) will come first and that man of sin is revealed. Satan himself; the instead-of-christ will be revealed. The falling away is not from church meetings, but from the truth being taught in God’s house; False prophets, teaching false doctrines, to God’s people. In Amos 8:11[bless and do not curse] "Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine on the land-- not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.
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[4] Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as god sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Let’s look at the word Anti-Christ in the Strong’s Concordance:
Anti- Christ G500 ἀντίχριστος antichristos an-tee'-khris-tos
From G473 and G5547; an opponent of the Messiah: - antichrist.
Let’s Look at the word Anti in the Strong’s Concordance:
Anti G473 ἀντί anti an-tee'
A primary particle; opposite, that is, instead or because of (rarely in addition to): - for, in the room of.
Satan himself will come as the instead of Christ claiming to be God and setting in the temple of God; deceiving a lot of God’s people. Satan is going to claim to be Jesus and that he has come to rescue God’s people.
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In Ezekiel 13:20-23
[20] Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
[21] Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[22] Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
[23] Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Let’s look at the word pillows
In the Strong’s concordance the word comes from:
Pillows H3680 כּסה kâsâh kaw-saw'
A primitive root; properly to plump, that is, fill up hollows; by implication to cover (for clothing or secrecy): - clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm.
God is saying that he is against you covering up Jesus’ outstretch arms that welcome his people to him, with your lies; to hunt the souls to make them fly. It makes God mad for people to teach that his people will fly out of here. The Antichrist, Satan, will have all the credentials necessary to convince the world that he is in fact the Messiah that has come. This will happen at the sixth trump, BEFORE Christ returns.
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[5] Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Paul is reminding them that he covered all this when he was with them, but false teachers had been up to "no good".
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[6] And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. [7] For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
The word what is the same Greek word that is translated as who in verse 7 and it should be who also. Some teach that the church is restraining satan from coming and some teach that the Holy Spirit is restraining satan. That the Holy Spirit will be removed when the church is raptured out and satan will come. This is not documented in our Lord’s Word. The he who now restrains satan is Michael The Archangel. See Rev. 12:7-9 below:
Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Where is satan now? In Rev. 12:7 it says there was a war in heaven, why? Because satan is there. He’s in heaven behind Jesus, where Jesus commanded him to be.
Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. The word high as in “high places” in the Strong’s concordance means heavenly places.
You see satan is in heaven making accusation against us Rev. 12:10. His spirit is here on earth just like Jesus Christ’s Holy Spirit is here on earth.[bless and do not curse]
Rev 12:10[bless and do not curse] And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
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Now you know satan is in heaven and he will be cast out by Michael The Archangel. Satan was here in person in the Garden of Eden and was around until he tempted Christ and Christ put him behind Him. Satan’s evil spirit roams this earth seeking whom it can devour, but thank God that Christ’s Holy Spirit is here to comfort us. When satan and his angels are cast out of heaven by Michael, then will that wicked one be revealed.
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Rest assured that the day of our gathering back to Christ will not come until after satan himself shows up claiming to be God. The anti-christ will set himself up in the temple of God, saying that he is here

My entire life has read like a body navigating through a tribulation. Bring it.

Also, what did you post that set off the filters so?
 
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God will take care of your beloved animals because of the simple fact that he loves you and you love your animals so much. It only makes sense.

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"The Lord is faithful to His promises and loving toward all He has made."

Pretty much says it all.
 
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