Joel 2:12-14New Living
Translation (NLT)
A Call to Repentance
12 That is why the Lord says,
“Turn to me now, while there is time.
Give me your hearts.
Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
13 Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,
but tear your hearts instead.”
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
He is eager to relent and not punish.
14 Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve,
sending you a blessing instead of this curse.
Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine
to the Lord your God as before.
“Turn to me now, while there is time.
Give me your hearts.
Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
13 Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,
but tear your hearts instead.”
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
He is eager to relent and not punish.
14 Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve,
sending you a blessing instead of this curse.
Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine
to the Lord your God as before.
Ephesians
4:22-24New Living Translation (NLT)
22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of
life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead, let
the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. 24 Put on your
new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.
2 Timothy
3:1-5 New King James Version (NKJV)
Perilous Times and Perilous Men
3 But
know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For
men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving,
unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors,
headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having
a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
Joel
2:31-32New Living Translation (NLT)
31 The sun will become dark,
and the moon will turn blood red
before that great and terrible[a] day of the Lord arrives.
32 But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved,
for some on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will escape,
just as the Lord has said.
These will be among the survivors
whom the Lord has called
and the moon will turn blood red
before that great and terrible[a] day of the Lord arrives.
32 But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved,
for some on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will escape,
just as the Lord has said.
These will be among the survivors
whom the Lord has called
1
Corinthians 15:22-23New Living Translation (NLT)
Just as everyone dies
because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new
life 23 But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was
raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be
raised when he comes back.
1
Corinthians 15:51-53New Living Translation (NLT)
51 But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all
die, but we will all be transformed! 52 It will happen in a
moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the
trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who
are living will also be transformed. 53 For our dying bodies
must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be
transformed into immortal bodies.
1
Corinthians 15:23-24New Living Translation (NLT)
23 But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was
raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be
raised when he comes back (at the Rapture)
24 After that the end will come,(after the 7 year tribulation)
when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father, having destroyed every
ruler and authority and power. (this happens when He comes to battle the
antichrist at the war of armagaden).
Re Revelation
3:10New Living Translation (NLT)
10 “Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will
protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world
to test those who belong to this world.
: 1 Thessalonians 5New Living Translation (NLT)
1 Now concerning how and when all
this will happen, dear brothers and sisters,[a] we don’t really need to write you. 2 For
you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly,
like a thief in the night. 3 When people are saying,
“Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as
suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.
4 But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers
and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a
thief.[b] 5 For you are all children
of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night. 6 So
be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. 7 Night
is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk. 8 But let
us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and
love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.
9 For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not
to pour out his anger on us. 10 Christ died for us so that,
whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever. 11 So
encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
10 Don’t
let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2 There is more than enough
room in my Father’s home.[a] If this
were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?[b] 3 When everything is ready, I
will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. -
Matthew 25:1-46
New
Living Translation (NLT)
Parable of
the Ten Bridesmaids
1 “Then
the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids[a] who took
their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 The five who were foolish
didn’t take enough olive oil for their lamps, 4 but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil. 5 When the bridegroom was
delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight they were roused by the shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!’
7 “All the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps. 8 Then the five foolish ones asked the others, ‘Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.’
9 “But the others replied, ‘We don’t have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked. 11 Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, ‘Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!’
12 “But he called back, ‘Believe me, I don’t know you!’
13 “So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return.
Parable of
the Three Servants
14 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a
man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his
money to them while he was gone. 15 He gave five bags of silver[b] to one, two
bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last—dividing it in
proportion to their abilities. He then left on his trip.
16 “The servant who received the five bags of silver began to invest the money and earned five more. 17 The servant with two bags of silver also went to work and earned two more. 18 But the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in the ground and hid the master’s money.
19 “After a long time their master returned from his trip and called them to give an account of how they had used his money. 20 The servant to whom he had entrusted the five bags of silver came forward with five more and said, ‘Master, you gave me five bags of silver to invest, and I have earned five more.’
21 “The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together![c]’
22 “The servant who had received the two bags of silver came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two bags of silver to invest, and I have earned two more.’
23 “The master said, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’
24 “Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate. 25 I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’
26 “But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate, 27 why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’
28 “Then he ordered, ‘Take the money from this servant, and give it to the one with the ten bags of silver. 29 To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away. 30 Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
The Final
Judgment
31 “But when the Son of Man[d] comes in
his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious
throne. 32 All
the nations[e] will be
gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd
separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. 36 I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’
37 “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? 39 When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters,[f] you were doing it to me!’
41 “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.[g] 42 For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. 43 I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’
44 “Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’
45 “And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’
46 “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”
Matthew
7:21-24New Living Translation (NLT)
True
Disciples
21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the
Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven
will enter. 22 On
judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and
cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ 23 But I will reply, ‘I never
knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’
Building on a Solid Foundation
24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a
person who builds a house on solid rock.
Matthew 24:21 - For then shall be great tribulation, such as was
not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be
Biblical References to the Rapture:
- Matthew 24:30-36
"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As
soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is
near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right
at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away
until all these things have happened. Heaven
and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even
the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. (NIV)
- Matthew 24:40-41
Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. (NIV)
- John 14:1-3
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. (NIV)
- Acts 1:9-11
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
They were
looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed
in white stood beside them. "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do
you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from
you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into
heaven." (NIV)
- 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (NIV)
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. (NIV)
- Philippians 3:20-21
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. (NIV)
2 Thessalonians 2:1-12New International Version (NIV)
The Man of Lawlessness
2 Concerning
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you,
brothers and sisters, 2 not to become
easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a
prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord
has already come. 3 Don’t let anyone
deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs
and the man of lawlessness[a] is
revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He
will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is
worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to
be God.
5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
1
Thessalonians 4:17 - Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord.
Luke
17:34-37 - I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed; the one shall be
taken, and the other shall be left.
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two [men] in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two [women] shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two [men] shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [is], thither will the eagles be gathered together.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Revelation 3:10 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Mark 13:32 - But of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Revelation 20:2-5 - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
1 Corinthians 15:52 - In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 - For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Daniel 12:1-2 - And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Matthew 24:29-31 - Immediately after the distress of those days
“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a]
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a]
30 “Then will appear the sign
of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[b] will mourn
when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and
great glory.[c] 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet
call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the
heavens to the other.
32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[d] is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Matthew
24:27New International Version (NIV)
27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in
the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Matthew 24:42 - Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew 24:31 - And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Luke 12:40 - Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Matthew 24:27 - For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mark 13:32-37 - But of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Romans 10:9 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 - And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 - For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-7 - Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Luke 17:34 - I tell you, in that night there shall be two [men] in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Mark 14:62 - And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Revelation 11:15-19 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
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