WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. (Jesus' promise to the Church in John 14:3)
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. (Jesus' promise to the Church in Revelation 3:10)
Don’t you remember that I told you about all this when I was with you? And you know what is holding him back [the rapture], for he can be revealed only when his time comes [after the rapture]. For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the way [the Holy Spirit indwelling the Church]. Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed [the beast of Revelation, the Antichrist], but the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles. He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them. So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies. Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth. (The Apostle Paul's teaching in 2 Thessalonians 2:5–12)
You must obey these commands at all costs, even to the point of death:
1. Worship God alone and give Him glory.
2. Trust in His Son Jesus Christ as the only propitiation for your sins.
3. Do not take the mark, either on your forehead or on your hand.
4. Do not worship the beast, otherwise known as the Antichrist.
5. Do not trust anyone claiming to be the Messiah; the true Messiah will descend from Heaven with great glory and power.
6. Listen to the two witnesses who will speak in judgment against the world from Jerusalem.
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