WHY CHURCHES FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE END TIMES:

And How Important Our Instructions Really Are

“Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.” (Isaiah 55:6)

Pastors in churches of all sizes of their varying congregations, and all denominations blatantly avoid even the slightest mention of the fact that we are indeed rapidly approaching Jesus’ very soon return, not for His Second Coming, nor His Appearance in the clouds to take all of His children to Heaven at the Rapture…..not to mention all of the other intriguing and compelling, mind-blowing details regarding the End Times, like His Second Coming, the 7 year tribulation and the 1,000 year Reign of Jesus in His Millennial Kingdom, when we, His saints come back with Him, as we had been already with Him in Heaven enjoying the Marriage Supper of the Lamb; these are such major things to leave out!

We are THE generation that will see Jesus and be snatched away with Him at the exact right moment in time when things will become too dangerous for God’s children to remain here—

“But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as other who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,even as God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” (1Thessalonians 4:13-18)

Yet, most churches want us to be oblivious to this amazing Truth….It’s hard to understand why. We know they fear that people would stop attending their establishments, as they even admit, but there are other reasons for this denial, like they are not studied up on the End Times well enough to teach it. And then there are some who are not even convinced of it, while others tend to hide behind the various ‘theories,’ so they can claim that there is no way of knowing.

This happened in one we attended and the Pastor even tried to use what Jesus said in Acts 1:4-8, to try to say that He doesn’t know when the Rapture is….Well, yes it’s true while He was in the flesh, God kept Him from knowing certain things, and the timing of the End Times and the Rapture was clearly not something He knew then, BUT HE KNOWS everything, as He sits at the Right Hand of His Father, and IS as one with the Father and the Holy Spirit, therefore, his answer revealed that he only understood part of the story when it comes to what JESUS KNOWS! (I have a theory on this topic: God kept Jesus from knowing the time He would send Him to gather His children in the Rapture in order for those conversations with His Disciples to take place and their questions to be appropriate and relevant. Because if He knew that pivotal detail, He would have just said not to be concerned being it would not affect them. And that means that their conversation was more geared toward the benefit of those future readers of this text that would follow, most particularly God did that for those who are alive today!)

The Bible also says we are to study and learn the whole counsel of God and not leave anything out, as it says at the end of the Bible, and as Paul declares in Acts 20:27.

Additionally, verses like Isaiah 55:6 —(“Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.”) bring to light even more proof that the Church Age has an expiration date attached, because we know that God gave man 2,000 years to come to His Throne in repentance. But still there are so many who believe and teach that this verse is simply referring to someone in whom God has rejected due to their evil rejection of Him because their chances have run out. Well, of course that is in place here, especially when we consider our mortality, it’s undeniable. But the bigger picture they tend to leave out… And, as we know from the verse that talks about there no longer being a sacrifice for those who have tasted the heavenly gift and then turned away, GOD does not wait for the lost forever. But, this particular verse takes us deeper. First of all it’s addressing all of Israel, not merely one individual, which provides a more overarching perspective to emerge….

And, although much of the prophecy recorded in Isaiah were fulfilled in the New Testament; namely Jesus’ Birth, we do find that Isaiah also prophesied about the End of Days, for we are the last generation—

“Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD’s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.” (Isaiah 2:2)

“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.” (Matthew 24:32-34)

Here we are in the most relevant, exciting and consequential period of time, when repentance has never been more urgently and desperately needed, but they keep quiet and preach the more traditional Bible lessons. And, they should teach those things, inasmuch as they are of vital importance to all of Christendom. However, it’s beyond comprehension that the biggest event that will ever occur is left out of their Sermons! It’s hard to believe that there is a valid reason behind that….Their reasoning comes down to excuses; nothing that makes it okay to deprive believers of this extraordinary and compelling, even life-altering information to keep us calm and rational through these perilous times, as the Apostle Paul instructs his church in 1Thessalonians 4:18.

AND Isaiah 55:6 is a parallel to Matthew 25:1-13, as both of these passages describe the end of the Church Age and describe as coming to a close, permanently closed—

“And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.” (Matthew 25:10-13)

In the verse above, Jesus was addressing His Disciples in telling this parable, which means He was speaking to believers, who would not be here in the tribulation. Thereby He was referring not to His Second Coming, which takes place at the end of the tribulation, but His Appearing in the clouds for the Rapture of the church…..

These profound words of foreknowledge, that prophets, like Isaiah, as well as Apostles like Paul and Peter, His Disciple contributed to God’s Word confirm the End Times even more. They were mandated by God to have share this vital knowledge, so that more souls would heed the time-sensitive urgency of this message and hopefully avoid procrastinating coming to God’s Throne in repentance. AND the urgency thereof cannot be understated.

And there are so many more End Times passages, like Isaiah 24-27, chapters 12 through 14 in Zechariah, and Jeremiah 12:12, 30:7 and chapter 51, and Daniel 7-12…most particularly 9:24-27! And so much more about His appearing and Day of the Lord, and on and on, as the Bible is about 30% prophecy, (and some teachers claim it’s even more than that)—

https://www.foi.org/2023/02/24/6-reasons-to-study-prophecy/

And in the New Testament, we have 2Timothy 3:1-5, 2Peter 3 and OF COURSE, the entire Book of Revelation! AND THERE ARE SO MANY MORE subtle little nuggets of this Truth woven into other Books like Hebrews; referencing the coming Appearing of Jesus, the Day of Christ, and the Day of the Lord, and judgement Day woven all throughout the pages of God’s Word!

God provided believers with His Instructions on the reality that the Church Age will come to it’s inevitable and permanent end. They point us to the season, that we are the generation, and have provided many intriguing details; using language like “His Appearing,” which can only mean one thing! IT can’t refer to each believer at the time of his or her death, because saying it that way implies that we will ALL see Him at the same glorious moment, as He comes down into our atmosphere and calls us upward!

God is helping us to be ready with these detailed prophetic Scriptures, so that we would know enough to ‘get our houses into order’ as the prophecy teachers put it. Because those who are oblivious will ultimately have to deal with confusion and that may lead to worry and distraction. And that confusion could even lead some lukewarm believers to anger toward God or even a falling away.

But, for those who take the time to study and understand there is great excitement, even in these perilous times, because seeing every detail happening in our modern world being spoken of in God’s Word, brings the Truth of His Word to life, as we can see the End Times prophecies playing out in real time…That not only functions as a strengthener of our faith, it also brings such a wonderful sense of comfort and peace, because we can see right through liars and even the reason and motivation for those things, as the wicked desperately try to hold onto the deceptive tricks that their father Satan has directed and instructed them to follow!

SO, even without our churches teaching these vital lessons, finding these things out on our own really helps us to not fear what we see going on, or worry about the wars and rumors of wars, as Jesus comforted His Disciples; saying, ‘And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet;’ in Matthew 24:6. And we have so much more, like Paul’s reassuring words for his church as he taught the Thessalonians this same sort of discernment to bring them peace and comfort, as noted previously……

SO what we ought to be telling each other isn’t ‘Oh No what we become of us? We are at war with Iran,’ we can bring the prophetic reality to the forefront of our conversations and thereby, provide our brethren who accept this wisdom great assistance in the vital matter of peace. And they may even spread that knowledge with others themselves!

The way I learned about the Rapture is something I will always cherish. My mother sent me one of Robert Breaker’s excellent videos on the subject. He has remained one of my favorite prophecy and general Bible teachers. Here’s the video that she sent me back in 2017—

This knowledge is of such great importance because of Jesus’ commission of the Gospel, recorded in Matthew 28, when He appeared before them after His Crucifixion—

The Great Commission

“Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given Me in heaven and on earth. God therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.” (Matthew 28:16-20)

This was His mandate then, and the urgency of this Message has reached the highest level of urgency today….The Gospel Message has never been more crucial, as many are facing in the direction of hellfire….BUT, we can only point them in that right and holy Direction; the final decision must come from their own hearts.

BUT EVEN SO, WE OUGHT TO SAY—

MARANATHA!

COME LORD JESUS! WE WANT YOU TO COME AND TAKE US WITH YOU TO HEAVEN, SO MUCH MORE THAN WE WANT TO REMAIN IN THIS WORLD!

NKJV