[qoute]where were the dead in Christ before the rapture?

The parable of the brides and the bridegroom explains this.


Mat 25:5  While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

We see in 1Co that the dead are referred to as sleeping.

1Co 15:51  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,



1Co 15:16  For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
1Co 15:17  And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
1Co 15:18  Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.


I believe that you and Beps are both saying the same thing about the meaning of the "last day" and "last days". The last day means the last day of a given period.


Joh 7:37  In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

In this verse we see it was the last day of Jesus being with the disciples before His death and resurection. Then in the following verse we know that it is talking about a period of more than one day but toward the ending of a given period (or age).


Act 2:17  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

I ask prayers for NationalGuardMom and her unit as they prepare to return to Iraq. I also ask prayers for her wonderful Christian family that she must leave behind at home.

I just made half that up - all by myself.

Amen, brothers. Without those brave souls we would not be free to worship and celibrate as we do. Enjoy your freedom to do so.

Joh 8:36  If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

I know these people are doing this of their own free will but for some reason the words "concentration camp" comes to mind here.

It could be. There is nothing on the web site to indicate where it was.

Now this is a real toy!

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/f14model.html

SelahJoy,

You forgot to use the img function. I hope you don't mind, I modified your post to add the img function so that your image would show.

Hey, can I send a picture too?  

My heart stretches halfway around the globe to each military person.  If I can send letters or cookies to someone abroad, I would cherish the opportunity.  

To the troops, thank you for being the incredible men and women of honor that you are!

Apparently, I don't know how to copy a picture from my files into the CU post.  Sorry

I'll head on over to the technical thread and see what I can learn...

 

You need to set up an account on a site like Photobucket.com. Once the account is setup and an image is posted there then all you have to do is copy the url of the image and paste it into the img function here.

EEEEYYUUUUUUUUU!!!  Who'd clean up THAT mess!??

Not me!    I have a hard enough time cleaning up my own messes.  

I saw this article the other day. My instant thought was all they have to do is to look around them with their eyes open and they would have the answer to their question. It isn't necessary to spend all the money to see the obvious.

Everytime I try to go to your website it gives me Microsoft.com??

Yes, Rich, I do feel a lot of love from people on this site. Perhaps you don't feel it because you have not showed it to others. After calling others blind and fallen simply because they don't agree with you on a non-salvation issue is a sure sign of love isn't it and it should get you a whole lot of love in return.

Now if you want to put the personal slams aside and really talk about the issue at hand I am willing to do so.

Rich,

The UN does not yet have full control over all countries and is currently struggling to hold itself together. If we were already in the tribulation period the one world govn't would be in place with full power.

Mat 24:15  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Mat 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.


As you can see from the above verses the tribulation does not start until the "abomination of desolation" (the beast, the antichrist whichever you wish to call him) stands in the holy place. This has not happened yet and can't.

If you think it has then please tell me who it is and how he is standing in the holy place.

Rich,

If you are going to make such statements as you have here then you need to substantiate your statements with documentation (Bible verses). Not just to make off the cuff comments and call others blind that have given threads upon threads of Bible verses to support their beliefs. Otherwise you can expect nothing else besides what you have received here.

I join in prayer with the others for you Cris. May the storm pass over and the Son shine on you.


JN, I agree with Brother Toms sentiments. The only post of yours that got deleted by me was the one we talked about the other day when I deleted that solicitation thread and I didn't see your post when I did it. I have never felt that any of your posts have been even close to inappropriate. So this is a mystery to me also.

I used Spybot S&D for a long time. Then I tried out the Microsoft AntiSpyware and found that it caught a lot of spyware that Spybot didn't.

I am using hardware and software firewalls now for a bout a year as well as Firefox. I havn't had any spyware or virus attacks in that whole time.

Thanks Zak. I have to admit it does make a lot of sense.