onwingsaseagles posted in message #39:
To answer the thread, I don't know if I am saving
provision for the Great tribulation as I should, but
I believe God will provide.
God may not provide for all Christians during the
coming tribulation, for God could allow many
Christians to die by famine during that time, just as
God has allowed many Christians to die by famine
throughout history.
So if we want to be sure that we don't die by famine
during the coming tribulation, we might want to think
about storing up a lot of canned food that will be
able to last us throughout that time, which could
start in 2010 and last through the seven years of
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, when
Christ could return.
We might not have to resort to our canned food until
2013, when the Antichrist could institute his mark
(Revelation 13:16), whereby Christians won't be able
to buy food anymore (Revelation 13:17).
onwingsaseagles posted in message #39:
What I am doing is preparing my heart, mind, and
spirit for the reality that the tribulation is coming
soon and although will be hard it will not last long
and then our Lord will return.
When we are suffering through the coming tribulation,
it could seem exceedingly long. But we will still need
to endure it unto the end with patience and faith
(Revelation 13:10, 14:12-13, Matthew 24:9-13).
Our Lord could return on the 1,335th day after the
abomination of desolation (Daniel 12:11-12, cf.
Revelation 16:15), which could occur on December 21,
2012.
onwingsaseagles posted in message #39:
The main thing we as christians need to do in these
end times is debunk the pretrib rapture theory so
that our brothers and sisters in Christ will not be
taken off guard.
That is very important, for some pre-tribbers, when
they suddenly find themselves in the tribulation,
could become greatly "offended" at their suffering
(Matthew 13:21, 24:10-12) and the suffering of their
innocent little ones, to the point where some will
even reject and curse God (Isaiah 8:21-22, 1 Timothy
4:1, 2 Thessalonians 2:3b).
But, at the same time, there could be many pre-
tribbers who will do just fine, and endure the
tribulation unto the end with patience and faith
(Revelation 13:10, 14:12-13, Matthew 24:9-13),
while the faith of some post-tribbers could fail
during their long tribulation suffering, despite all
the instructions they had given to pre-tribbers
(cf. Job 4:3-5).
Ultimately, what will make the difference in whether
or not the faith of a Christian fails during the
coming tribulation will not be his eschatology, but
his obedience to Christ now in these days before the
tribulation, for it is only by obeying Christ now in
these days that our spiritual house will be on the
rock during the tribulation (Matthew 7:24-25), just
as our disobeying Christ now in these days will
ensure that our spiritual house will be on a
foundation of mere sand during the tribulation
(Matthew 7:26-27).
So our preparation for the coming tribulation must
go far beyond storing up canned food and preparing
ourselves intellectually for the coming suffering,
it must extend to our entire walk with Christ during
each and every day (Luke 9:23) leading up to the
coming tribulation.
onwingsaseagles posted in message #39:
God Bless You All.
May God bless us as we obey Him (John 14:21,23).