Scripture Unsealed @Script_Unsealed

@rustyrockets If Paul and the rest of the apostles believed He was, how much more should we some 2,000 years later!

Skip to 4:24 for the start. Amir provides a solid history of the city of Damascus and provides believers with an Israeli perspective on the events unfolding in Syria this week and their relation to Bible prophecy. Spoiler: he isn’t inferring Isaiah 17 has been fulfilled with the toppling of the Assad regime. A very informative and non sensational episode that’s worth a listen!

Amir Tsarfati @beholdisrael

2 years ago

MidEast Update: The Fall of Damascus x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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Russell, take a look at Isaiah 17’s prophecy about Damascus. Ezekiel 38-39 also detail events that many believe could be fulfilled soon, as Israel is once again in the Land yet still in unbelief—just as prophesied. The geopolitical scene in the Middle East is quickly shaping up to match what the Scriptures suggest takes place soon before the return of Christ and around the beginning of the Tribulation to come (i.e., Daniel’s 70th week). Please feel free to DM me anytime if you’re ever interested in eschatological discussion or are just looking for a take on anything surrounding Bible prophecy and its relevancy with current events. This was the avenue through which Christ won my heart. Blessings to you, brother!

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV “…if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 ESV “Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”” John 6:28-29 ESV True faith (i.e., belief in Christ as one’s eternal Savior) leads to submission to Him as the Lord of one’s life, resulting in good works. These works are the result of a saving faith in Christ. My work will never compare to Christ’s saving work on the cross—no matter how much good I do in this world, even for the kingdom of God. Jesus paves the true way to eternal life because He Himself is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, not me—not any of us. While I’ll be rewarded for the work I do in this body according to Paul, my salvation will not stand or fall on such work; it will stand on belief alone, just like Romans 10:9 says. My works will only serve as evidence to that belief in the end, in accordance with James 2. Where most outside of Protestantism misunderstand our beliefs is when they assume that we all think one can merely claim faith and hang up the towel just to live life however they want. But that is not true faith at all; not in the least! It’s one thing to say you have faith, it’s another thing to walk it out. True faith results in action—in good works—in evidence. But that evidence does not buy our ticket into heaven—Jesus does. Our good works are merely the overflow of what good is inside of us after we receive Christ: the Spirit of the Triune God, and when one is saved through the grace of this God, by faith alone in the Son (cf Eph. 2:8-10), those works may be clearly seen and understood by others as the fruit of one regenerated in spirit by His Spirit, serving as definitive proof—evidence—that Jesus Christ is our Lord. Long story short, we should seek to live lives pleasing to God by pursuing good works for His glory and to His glory in all things, seeking to enjoy Him as we grow in knowledge and love in Him and with one another. Faith is at the center of it all because Jesus is at the center of it all. When I kneel before Him at the bema seat one day, I won’t be pointing to my works in this life and how they got me to that point, I’ll most assuredly be pointing to His, namely His death, burial, and resurrection from the dead. Mine won’t even be worthy to be compared to His in that moment; they’ll be like broken pebbles up against an exceedingly great mountain. And I wouldn’t hope to have it any other way. To God be the glory and to Jesus Christ be the praise for the life He has given each of us through Himself today and forevermore, for He alone is the Author of our salvation and the Redeemer who was and is and is to come. Believe in the Lord Jesus today, my friends. He’s coming soon and His reward is with Him. Maranatha!

This is great question and you are exactly right for questioning it. Nowhere in Scripture does it have anything to say about doing such. The early church didn’t speak in Latin either as you noted, so we have no need—plain and simple. God is concerned with His children’s hearts and certainly their unity but language is not a hindrance to unity in the Spirit. As someone who has worshipped on 3 different continents this past three weeks with 3 different congregations that all spoke different languages, spiritual unity is so much deeper than language. Worship in spirit and truth in the language God has blessed you with knowing Him in and pursue knowledge of other languages to advance His kingdom if He leads you to do so. :)

Scripture records that and I believe what God’s Word has to say. So no, that’s not hard to believe. The same Scripture also records in Deut. 18:18-22 clear instruction on how to identify a false prophet and the severity of speaking in God’s name falsely, something Clement did regularly as his many false “prophecies” proved over the years. Look at all his prophecies objectively with Deuteronomy as the guide and there is no refuting the fact Clement was a total false prophet. Even one false prophecy would label him as such according to Scripture. He had many. And yes, faith pleases God.

The reason Christians stand with Israel is because the Bible says God is not done with the nation of Israel (cf. Romans 9-11, specifically 11:25-26) but will, in fact, save a remnant of His people Israel to enter into Jesus’ earthly kingdom at His return (cf. Rev. 20). They must first come to recogni3 Christ as their Messiah though, which, as the Bible describes, does not happen until the days immediately prior to Jesus’ return. While Israel still does not recognize Christ as their Messiah, that does not negate the fact that God called them from the four winds of the earth (as prophesied 2,700 years ago by Ezekiel and other prophets) back into their historical homeland in preparation for His return. This generation of Israel will have to experience punishment for their rejection of the Messiah at Christ’s first coming during what is called “the time of Jacob’s trouble,” otherwise known as the 7-yr Tribulation that we find detailed in Revelation 6-19 that includes the reign of the Antichrist and worldwide wrath. All the nations of the earth will eventually turn on them before Christ returns to save this remnant in hiding from the Antichrist. All this to say, while Israel is far from a perfect nation and can certainly do wrong just as America can, Christians are called to stand by their side as God has clearly stated He will “bless those who bless them and curse those who curse them.” We need to take that to heart. Blessings.

The Bible has two gatherings: the promised gathering of Israel in the OT and the Gospels, and the promised gathering of the church in the epistles and Revelation, and alluded to in the Gospels. The rapture removes the godly from the ungodly. The second coming removes the ungodly from the godly. The rapture is the morning star of the day of the Lord. The second coming is the sunrise of the day of the Lord.

Islam believes Jesus Christ will return and rule alongside the Madhi. When you take time to analyze it, it’s insane to see how it perfectly parallels the story of the Antichrist and false prophet in revelation—the false prophet being one that “looked like a lamb but spoke as a dragon.” I believe most Muslims will acknowledge the false prophet of revelation (I.e., the antichrist’s right hand global religious leader) as the second coming of Jesus Christ, as the world’s religious system is overhauled to adhere to the new system their Madhi (our antichrist) introduces. Some of my best friends are Muslims and we have had some very interesting eschatological conversations about this.

“Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.” (Rev. 13:11) He will look like a lamb (Christ) but speak as a dragon (Satan). The False Prophet, the Antichrist’s right-hand man, will be a total puppet of Satan, working the spiritual strings of the world’s people in the final 3.5 years before Christ’s return by causing all to worship the Antichrist himself as God in the flesh, leading millions to destruction. The world is in for a wild ride—a ride that could very well begin this decade. Place your faith in Jesus and you’ll have nothing to worry about as you hold fast and await His coming with joy. Place your faith in a heretical Pope and you’ll have much to worry about as he continues to lead millions astray. Note this quote from Rev. 18 immediately before Christ’s return, as God’s wrath is finally poured out on mystery Babylon: “I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive any of her plagues; for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her offenses. Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. To the extent that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, to the same extent give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’ For this reason in one day her plagues will come, plague and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong.” (Rev. 18:4-8) “Come out of her, my people;” do so today. Read the Scriptures for yourself, starting with Jesus’ own words in John 14:6. He is the only way. There is no other, lest He came and died in vain. Blessings.

Candidate #1 to be the False Prophet of Revelation 13 if the Tribulation were to start this year

Catholic Sat @CatholicSat

2 years ago

Pope Francis to children in Singapore: "All religions are paths to reach God. They are—to make a comparison—like different languages, different dialects, to get there. But God is God for everyone. If you start to fight saying 'my religion is more important than yours, mine is

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@johnrich Mmm. He didn’t pull Lot out of Sodom and Gomorrah, right?

@In2ThinAir I was on scene at the shooting yesterday. The interviewer was across the street from me for hours as I passed out water and he was interviewing many people coming back from the football field after being reunited w/ their families. These kids were simply in shock.

The foundations for the Mark of the Beast technology continuing to be laid and coming in hot. Read Revelation 13 people and realize that there is a point yet future that God will abruptly stall out the advancement of secular humanity’s technological development in the years prior to the establishment of Christ’s Millennial Kingdom, during the Tribulation and after the rapture of the church, that will bring sudden destruction across the world “and they will not escape.” After it stalls, one can only imagine how Jesus will absolutely obliterate it altogether when He returns to usher in the age every believer was created to rule and reign with Him in (cf Heb 4)—the beginning of eternity—a kingdom that has no end. As we’ve been called to set our minds on the things above, I think it is good to imagine heaven, ponderding what eternal life will be like and what the millennial kingdom will look like here on earth, including the technology, or lack there of perhaps. “But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—” 1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV bible.com/bible/59/1co.2…

Elon Musk @elonmusk

2 years ago

Update about the second Neuralink device in a human. If all goes well, there will be hundreds of people with Neuralinks within a few years, maybe tens of thousands within 5 years, millions within 10 years, …

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“Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment, than for that city” (Matt. 10:15) How much more so a city that openly mocks the King of Kings & embraces the ideals of Sodom? It’s time to wake up! God will not be mocked.

End Wokeness @EndWokeness

2 years ago

Olympics, 2024. No, this is not satire.

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John 14:1-3 demands taking the church to heaven. A post-trib rapture cannot fulfill Jesus’ own promise to take believers to the place He has prepared for them. Study the identity and location of the elders in Revelation 4 and 5 being in heaven prior to the beginning of the Trib (Rev 6). Rev 3:10 also supports a pre-trib rapture and refutes Rich’s position. Bummer he trashes something that the Lord has used to lease millions into deeper relationships with Himself.

After Jesus predicts Peter’s denial on the night before His death, He says in John 14:1-3: “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. [2] In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? [3] And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” Jesus clarifies He is going to heaven to prepare a place for us. He then promises to “come again” for us to “take [us] to [Himself].” We know from Rev 19 and other OT prophecies that Christ will return one day physically to this earth (cf Zech 14:4), just as He promises. That said, we know the destination of the second coming will be earth. He’ll then set up his earthly rule and reign for 1,000 yrs on earth. So where does John 14:1-3 fit into the picture? If we’re caught up to Him to meet Him in the clouds at the second coming and subsequently brought right back down to earth to start the millennial kingdom, that leaves Jesus’ statement at the Last Supper unfulfilled, as the place He has prepared for us is in the Father’s house (ie., heaven). Now putting all this together, recognizing the identity of the glorified, raptured saints (elders) in Rev 4-5 now in heaven, and immediately before the 1st seal of the Trib is broken by Christ, in accompaniment with Christ’s promise to keep them from the hour of trial that is about to begin (ie., the wrath of God poured out on the unbelieving world during the Trib), everything starts to make perfect sense. The identity of the rewarded elders in Revelation is incredibly important in a study of the timing of the rapture but even more so is the destination of the rapture. 1 Thess 4:16-17 and 1 Cor 15:51-53 alongside Rev 3:10 and John 14:1-3 takes a post-trib rapture out of the realm of possibility because of the destinational differences. TLDR: the destination of the rapture is Heaven according to Jesus Himself (Jn 14:1-3). The destination of the second coming is earth, not the place Jesus has been preparing for us since His ascension to the Father’s house. Hope this helps someone understand the thinking behind the pre-trib argument. Come Lord Jesus!

What many don’t realize is that the Bible alludes to such a scenario at the beginning of the 7-yr Tribulation, in the last days leading up to Christ’s return. Revelation 6:8 details that 1/4 of the population, through war, famine, & disease, will perish at the beginning of the Trib. Fortunately, God has a rescue plan for believers from that time and it is only available through a personal relationship with Christ (cf Rev 3:10, 1 Thess 4:16-17, 1 Cor 15:51-53, John 14:1-3).

Over 1/4 of the Bible is prophetic yet the majority of believers today are unfamiliar w/ Bible prophecy, even as billions have observed Israel’s miraculous regathering & preservation. Those awake to the times have a duty to wake the rest of the bride. Pray for opportunities! 🙏