Jesus right now is longsuffering
then the 7th trumpet will sond
salvation
it will be too late for men to repent
the resurrection of the just
and the rapture of the church
Paul wrote that we are not appointed unto wrath, but salvation. So is the rapture time ahead of the salvation time?
*No.
2 Peter shows us that as long as Jesus is longsuffering - as in willing that none perish, He cannot return as the salvation moment has not yet come.
KJV 2 Peter 3:9
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
So from this we see that as long as the longsuffering time is going on>>>>>>men can still repent and be forgiven for sin.
verse 15
"And account {that} the longsuffering of our Lord {is} salvation......"
1 Thess. 5:9
"For God hath not appointed us to *wrath, *but to obtain *salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ."
* not wrath
but salvation
Paul seemed to think their salvation was soon, as he spoke this to them.
Salvation was to be of the jews, and the way I read it, it was from the apostate jews in that century. They were the ones persecuting them all the time. Just a view I have. Kind of like the salvation of the Hebrews from Pharoah. Pretty awsome what Moses said.
The lost sheep were in bondage to the religious rulers in that day as Jesus here clearly states. God bless.
I don't think the gentiles worshipped
the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor
Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, [and] bring on themselves swift destruction.
2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words;
for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. [They are] spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you,
14 having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. [They have] a heart trained in covetous practices, [
and are] accursed children.
15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following
the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Matthew 23:1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples,
2 saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
3 "Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, [that] observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.
4 "
For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay [them] on men's shoulders; but they [themselves] will not move them with one of their fingers.
romans 13:11 And [do] this, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep; for
now our salvation [is] nearer than when we [first] believed.
12 The night is far spent,
the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
exodus 14:12 "[Is] this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians?' For [it would have been] better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness."
13 And Moses said to the people, "
Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. 14 "The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace."