In all of scripture - God's warnings, rightly understood, were given to spare people some dire consequence.
And of course his end-times warnings in the Bible are "off the charts" loud and in your face drastic. (See Rev 13 for example)
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Here is the BIG question
If you look at the subforums and each of their titles for this area of the board - all the different end-times scenarios... then:
1. "What difference does it make?" - for the one ignoring all of it?
In other words "so what"?
Can you name any risk at all for the person who says
"I accept Christ as savior - I read only the 4 gospels... (but not Matt 24 or any section dealing with end times) .. I ignore everything in the Bible that talks about the last days... that's it"??
Do any of the end-time options so popular today - claim that such a person who is choosing to "ignore it all" - has even one iota of risk??
2. Second question: Can you name one single instance in scripture where a big crisis event was coming up - and lots of dire warnings about it in the Bible from God Himself - and YET - deliberately ignoring that warning results in "no risk at all" for the one doing it??
Test case example ------------------------------------------
Someone in Noah's day - chooses to serve God, not worship any false God's - say prayers and be positive ... and also ignore everything related to Noah and his message staying right where he is 1200 miles from Noah. He is saying "I have never seen it rain - and I don't know who did or did not speak to Noah... too hard for me to figure out so I am going to stay right here and be good".
That person would most certainly be "at risk" if he considered drowning in a world-wide-flood along with all his family and friends -- a negative thing.
Noah's message warned of a harsh consequence - but if a person decided that they don't really mind suffering that harsh consequence well then they get what they expect. The whole point of the warning was to avoid the harsh consequence.
So what about today? In today's world do all these warnings have any downside at all for the one choosing to ignore them? As long as that person is born-again and reads those 4 gospels (sans the sections warning about end times?)
You are toast.
The information below is based on Christian, Jewish and Islamic prophecy. This information can definitely save your life but will you or anybody listen? Probably not.
Revelation 1:3
Blessed
is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time
is near.
Rev 1:3 is explicitly telling us that the stuff in that chapter will help you. Remember that Revelation must be helpful. But the interpretations you've read are pretty useless. But you haven't read mine.
Let's look at a couple of ways people are going to die. And then there is the snare.
[Note: I didn't crank this out in a day. It took about 15+ years.]
Seal 3 - Israel nukes Syria. Seal 4 opens soon. Get ready.
Seal 4 - Russia and China nuke America in retaliation for seal 3.
If Israel nukes Syria then quickly flee from America.
Seal 5 - Rome falls via nuclear terrorism. Seal 6 opens soon. Get ready.
Seal 6 - Nato nukes Iran in retaliation for seal 5. Both Europe and Iran fall.
If Rome falls then quickly flee from Europe.
The Snare
Jesus appears one day. He does miracles. This Jesus is the Islamic version - the false prophet. He is with the Islamic Mahdi (antichrist.) Together they trick the foolish virgins into joining Islam along with everyone else.
The mark:
1. Name of Allah in Arabic.
2. Put two crossed swords underneath his name.
What do you see when rotated 90 degrees clockwise? In Greek numbers: 600, 60 and 6.
A Christian can understand what is happening and prepare a place for himself/herself and family in the wilderness and survive to the end.
There you go.