After I put up a post about what will happen to the people who refuse to receive Jesus as their their Lord, and will be left behind when the Church is taken, I received this comment from a person by the name of Joe. This is what he wrote me. " FRANK, YOU SAY THOSE LEFT BEHIND CAN ONLY BE SAVED BY DYING FOR CHRIST. I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW, THAT IS A LIE FROM HELL. THAT IS SO CONTRARY TO GOD'S WORD THAT JESUS DIED FOR OUR SALVATION, IT IS DOWNRIGHT SCARRY . YOU NEED TO REPENT OF THIS BLASPHEMY BEFORE YOU MEET AN ANGRY GOD AND FIND YOURSELF FACING THE CORRIDORS OF HELL."
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I need to makes things right with Joe because after his note to me I check what I had stated and he wasn't all wrong. Notice if you will Joe did not post one Bible verse to support what he said. However, anyone who reads the Word of God will have read Christs’ warnings on this issue. I quote, Revelation 13:16-17. "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name." The only people who will be left on Earth once the Church is raptured will be those who did not receive Jesus Christ as their Savior. You can get technical here and say the 144,000 Jewish males will be left. I will explain their special work later. What is the reason why people aren't raptured? Because they rejected the Lord as Savior. This is the reason why these people were cast into the seven year tribulation in the first place. Notice that the Word of God is very specific about everyone will face taking the mark of the beast! Some people may be lucky and hide out from it, I will explain this also. The Word of God does not say some will or many will, it says everyone. Keep in mind the Lord said NO MAN would be able to buy or sell unless they take this mark of the beast. Jesus was very specific about what is going to happen to everyone who refuses to take the Antichrists’ mark.
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Joe you need to read what Christ said! . This is so important that people know what is going to happen to them if they take the mark of the Antichrist that Jesus even spends His angels to warn the people. I quote Revelation 14: 6-11, ”And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.” Know take a look at what Jesus said is going to happen to everyone who refuses this mark? Revelation 20:4 “I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” The Antichrist is going to behead every person who does not take his mark.
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However, this is where I think Joe was pointing out that some can be saved. There is only two ways a person will be able to escape this judgment. One of the ways is to be picked as one of the 144,000 Jewish male, virgins that come from the 12 tribes of Israel as mentioned in Revelation chapter 7 and Revelation 14:1-4. The only other way you may be able to escape being beheaded is to be one of the very luck ones who will make it all the way through the tribulation. Some people will escape the Antichrist and they will go into the 1,000 reign of Christ. However Joe, just because they hid out and were not killed does not mean that had Salvation! It just means they were very very lucky. There won't be many of these lucky people, because Jesus told us unless He cut the time short no one would be left when he came back. So, in this case there may be some people left who did not receive Jesus as Lord during the tribulation and did not take the mark of the beast. Anyone who makes this class of people will be ruled with a rod of Iron by Christ. for the 1,000 years.
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What Joe said to me in his email is partly correct. In my post I forgot to tell the people who can make it through the tribulation. However, anyone who is to be saved will have to receive Christ as Lord. We are told that after the 1,000 years are up Satan will be let loose for a short season, and everyone who made it through the tribulation without taking the mark will have to receive Jesus as Lord, or be cast into the lake of fire with the rest of the unrighteous that Jesus does away with at the end of the 1,000 years.
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Now as for Joe, Joe said this to me, " FRANK, YOU SAY THOSE LEFT BEHIND CAN ONLY BE SAVED BY DYING FOR CHRIST." Joe what I meant to say was, anyone who is caught by the Antichrist is going to be killed unless they take his ID mark, which the Antichrist will be putting in people. The Word tells us in Revelation 13:16 this mark will be placed in the right hand or in the forehead. Sometimes I have so much to write about I don't make myself clear enough and I am glad Joe posted this comment. If he didn't I probably won't have caught the mistake. For that Joe I thank you. However, I must say this Joe, I am not sure if you are a real believer in Christ or not, but if you are, I wish you would have written to me asking me about this before you condemned me to hell. If you did, I would have shared with you that you your statement was partly correct. One thing is for sure Joe, Jesus died for our Salvation and no one will go to heaven unless they take Jesus as their Lord and Savior. No one who makes it all the way through the seven year tribulation will be saved unless they come to Christ for Salvation.
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I would ask that people don't get to upset with what Joe wrote me, because this issue had to be made a little clearer than I made it. Please Joe, if you ever see anything you have a question about, save the fiery darts before you write me. I will do my best for Christ to explain myself better. My heart rests knowing Jesus knows my heart and what I was trying to say.