My family has a vacation coming up in August. There are four members to my immediate family. Here is the dream:
I was driving a car to the airport with two other (surely saved) members of the family. The last member of the family was following behind in another car. As I was driving over a bridge/ramp towards the airport, the car kept going, but the three of us turned into sprinkles, like sparkling electric confetti and it was the most exhilerating feeling I had ever had (too awesome to describe). I looked at my body as it was changing and I thought "what is happening?" Then I realized that what was going on was the rapture! I was sooo excited, until I realized that one of my loved ones was not with us....
Then the dream ended... it was the best and the worst dream all at the same time. It gave me a sense of urgency for that family member's salvation like never before. The vacation is coming up....
I am a bit nervous about it....
Before the dream, I thought of the rapture in spiritual terms, now I am open to more lteral interpratation about the references in the Bible to the event (although it is never really called a rapture in the Bible).
Full Version: A Dream I Had A While Ago
QUOTE (His Glory is a Rainbow @ Jul 23 2008, 06:42 PM) 
My family has a vacation coming up in August. There are four members to my immediate family. Here is the dream:
I was driving a car to the airport with two other (surely saved) members of the family. The last member of the family was following behind in another car. As I was driving over a bridge/ramp towards the airport, the car kept going, but the three of us turned into sprinkles, like sparkling electric confetti and it was the most exhilerating feeling I had ever had (too awesome to describe). I looked at my body as it was changing and I thought "what is happening?" Then I realized that what was going on was the rapture! I was sooo excited, until I realized that one of my loved ones was not with us....
Then the dream ended... it was the best and the worst dream all at the same time. It gave me a sense of urgency for that family member's salvation like never before. The vacation is coming up....
I am a bit nervous about it....
Before the dream, I thought of the rapture in spiritual terms, now I am open to more lteral interpratation about the references in the Bible to the event (although it is never really called a rapture in the Bible).
I was driving a car to the airport with two other (surely saved) members of the family. The last member of the family was following behind in another car. As I was driving over a bridge/ramp towards the airport, the car kept going, but the three of us turned into sprinkles, like sparkling electric confetti and it was the most exhilerating feeling I had ever had (too awesome to describe). I looked at my body as it was changing and I thought "what is happening?" Then I realized that what was going on was the rapture! I was sooo excited, until I realized that one of my loved ones was not with us....
Then the dream ended... it was the best and the worst dream all at the same time. It gave me a sense of urgency for that family member's salvation like never before. The vacation is coming up....
I am a bit nervous about it....
Before the dream, I thought of the rapture in spiritual terms, now I am open to more lteral interpratation about the references in the Bible to the event (although it is never really called a rapture in the Bible).
I saw the word sparkling and looked @wine.
And then I realized that the three of you, are in the same vehicle, right ? That, you have yourselves
in the process of involving your personal fermentation, in your new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved . . .
And just like the 3rd day of creation, the 3 of you in the same vehicle are like the dry land GOD caused green plants to spring up, . . .
However, the 4th person, not in the vehicle with the 3 of you, is understanding the 4th day
of creation . . . and has already learned the lesson of not putting new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish.
The 4th person, is already at the 4th day of creation, so do not read the dream as in the
4th person is in the wrong, they drive behind the 3 of you, to be a protecter of sorts . . .
as in good deed, watcher.
Dictionary:
sparkling wine
Any of various effervescent wines, such as champagne, produced by a process involving fermentation in the bottle.
Matthew 9:17
King James Bible
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
THIS IS FOR THE 3 PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE:
http://www.antelope-ebooks.com/RELIGIOUS/creation.html
On The Third Day of Creation
(Gen 1:9-13)
ALTHOUGH light had returned, the earth remained covered with water.
On the third day of creation GOD changed the shape of the earth's surface.
How the land must have shaken as mighty mountains were raised and gently rolling hills formed. As the land rose the water began flowing to lower lying valleys.
Crystal clear lakes and rapidly flowing rivers were formed.
On the dry land GOD caused green plants to spring up, giving us the stately trees that tower overhead, the beautiful flowering plants that surround us and green grasses that grow underfoot.
GOD looked at all that He had done on the third day of creation and declared it good.
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This is for the 4th person, driving behind the vehicle of 3 people :
http://www.antelope-ebooks.com/RELIGIOUS/creation.html
On The Fourth Day of Creation
(Gen 1:14-19)
GOD CLEANED THE ATMOSPHERE so that the earth had a clear view of the sun, moon and stars.
He set the movements of these heavenly bodies so that man would be able to measure time, noting the passing of one season and the beginning of the next.
GOD looked at the clear sky, the beautiful night-time stars and moon and pronounced His work to be good.
The evening and the morning were the fourth day of creation week.
BEAUTIFUL
JUST BEAUTIFUL
ANOTHER CONFIRMATION OF HOW CLOSE OUR CALL IS!
cars are usually symbolic of ministry....
it is urgent...i sense time is getting short...and it is gonna be LITERAL...we're getting outta here...the GREAT ESCAPE from the wrath of God!!!
JUST BEAUTIFUL
ANOTHER CONFIRMATION OF HOW CLOSE OUR CALL IS!
cars are usually symbolic of ministry....
it is urgent...i sense time is getting short...and it is gonna be LITERAL...we're getting outta here...the GREAT ESCAPE from the wrath of God!!!
Note: here is some more feedback that I have requested from various sources!
continuing to find more feedback.....
still praying....
Put your life in My hands, and it will be for you a place of peace and of spiritual comfort. So long as you abide in this place, I will control the rains that fall upon you and the winds that blow. So long as you are in My hands, you are in a garrison the walls of which no enemy will scale.
God will answer all our prayers for our loved ones.....no fear....
For your discernment....
What a cool dream , but I can certainly understand your concern about the "loved one" that was missing from this transformation.
It might mean that this person may appear to be a Christian but is lacking in his/her true commitment to Jesus as Lord and Savior. I know people who pay lip service, or are pew warmers, but have not truly accepted Christ.... they simply go along for the ride....
Maybe before this August vacation, some candid dialog about what everyone believes in terms of faith may be in order...... this could be a chance to witness before they are called home to be with the Lord.....
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Just remember that the Trinity is not called the Trinity in the Bible, either. Yet, there can be no doubt that God is three Persons in one God. The word "Rapture" is not in the Bible, but the event the name describes is.
If this close relative of yours is counting on church attendance, good works, saved parents, etc., to get him into Heaven, he's in for a rude awakening. In fact, he will be in for one, when the trumpet blows. Only those of us who have accepted Jesus' free gift of salvation will be qualified to go, because His blood covers us and makes us qualified. If your relative is without that covering, he will surely be left behind.
Have you put together a left-behind packet for that relative and for any others you think might be lost? If not, now would be a good time to do so. I have one for my loved ones, which I keep in my bedroom.
continuing to find more feedback.....
still praying....
Put your life in My hands, and it will be for you a place of peace and of spiritual comfort. So long as you abide in this place, I will control the rains that fall upon you and the winds that blow. So long as you are in My hands, you are in a garrison the walls of which no enemy will scale.
God will answer all our prayers for our loved ones.....no fear....
For your discernment....
What a cool dream , but I can certainly understand your concern about the "loved one" that was missing from this transformation.
It might mean that this person may appear to be a Christian but is lacking in his/her true commitment to Jesus as Lord and Savior. I know people who pay lip service, or are pew warmers, but have not truly accepted Christ.... they simply go along for the ride....
Maybe before this August vacation, some candid dialog about what everyone believes in terms of faith may be in order...... this could be a chance to witness before they are called home to be with the Lord.....
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Just remember that the Trinity is not called the Trinity in the Bible, either. Yet, there can be no doubt that God is three Persons in one God. The word "Rapture" is not in the Bible, but the event the name describes is.
If this close relative of yours is counting on church attendance, good works, saved parents, etc., to get him into Heaven, he's in for a rude awakening. In fact, he will be in for one, when the trumpet blows. Only those of us who have accepted Jesus' free gift of salvation will be qualified to go, because His blood covers us and makes us qualified. If your relative is without that covering, he will surely be left behind.
Have you put together a left-behind packet for that relative and for any others you think might be lost? If not, now would be a good time to do so. I have one for my loved ones, which I keep in my bedroom.
HMmmm...well, there are so many schools of thought! I thought I would check it out....
http://www.rapturewatcher.org/word/
KNOW THAT I WILL BRING YOU SAFELY THROUGH THE JUDGMENTS THAT ARE TOCOME"
If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. Butfor the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.Mark 13:20"
This is the time for many of the saints to arise in their callings. For I tell you that the time is short. There is time for a few more things upon this earth. Whence will the end of time come; many wonder and think? I tell you that I have a time table laid out. What will become of my people in the midst of the devastation that is to come? What will become of your loved ones? These questions and more plague your hearts and minds. I tell you that my plan that is to bring forth judgment is also one that will protect my people. For surely, my people will be protected under my wings. Have I not said that I wouldcut the time short for my people? Have I not said that I would providea way out? Is it necessarily a rapture event that would occur? Many controversies have occurred with pitting one scripture against another. The only one that you really need to know is that I will provide a way out. So when you consider the judgments that are to come, know in your heart-of-hearts that I will take care of you. Set these things as a seal upon your hearts. Refrain from speculating about dates and times. For they only breed endless debates. Know thatI will bring you safely through the judgments that are to come."
If interested in more, pm. me for links on 'rapture'.
Your belief Leghaga some of us were told (from Upstairs) differently.
http://www.rapturewatcher.org/word/
http://www.rapturewatcher.org/word/
KNOW THAT I WILL BRING YOU SAFELY THROUGH THE JUDGMENTS THAT ARE TOCOME"
If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. Butfor the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.Mark 13:20"
This is the time for many of the saints to arise in their callings. For I tell you that the time is short. There is time for a few more things upon this earth. Whence will the end of time come; many wonder and think? I tell you that I have a time table laid out. What will become of my people in the midst of the devastation that is to come? What will become of your loved ones? These questions and more plague your hearts and minds. I tell you that my plan that is to bring forth judgment is also one that will protect my people. For surely, my people will be protected under my wings. Have I not said that I wouldcut the time short for my people? Have I not said that I would providea way out? Is it necessarily a rapture event that would occur? Many controversies have occurred with pitting one scripture against another. The only one that you really need to know is that I will provide a way out. So when you consider the judgments that are to come, know in your heart-of-hearts that I will take care of you. Set these things as a seal upon your hearts. Refrain from speculating about dates and times. For they only breed endless debates. Know thatI will bring you safely through the judgments that are to come."
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1 To clarify what this kingdom perspective means for the rapture, Neville Johnson says that the church will be here for a period of persecution and tribulation, but there will be a rapture in which the church is taken out before the wrath of God descends on the earth.
From an Escapist Rapture Mentality to a Warfare Kingdom Mentality - For a number of years a good part of the church has had a rapture mentality. The belief has been that as we approach the last days, things are going to get worse and worse and there is nothing we can do about it. Our only hope for escaping the horrors of the tribulation is to be raptured out of here. Increasingly a new understanding is emerging that the kingdom of God must first come to the earth. Jesus is going to come to us before he comes for us. As it says in the Bible, heaven must retain him until the restoration of all things (Acts 3:21-22), until there is a people in whom the Lord is fully enthroned, a bridal company without spot or wrinkle (Eph. 5: 25-27).
When all the tares in our soul are removed, we become like him, we become the tabernacle of God, a manifestation of the sons of God. The parable of the tares and the wheat indicates that there will be sons of the Kingdom (the good seed) on earth, before the Lord returns. He will come to a bridal company that does the very same things that he did and the greater works that he promised. We have the Lord's "very great and precious promises" that "we may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption of this world" (2 Peter 1:4) and taste "the powers of the world to come" (Heb. 6:5) on this side of eternity.
Discipling the First Wave Harvest - To return to our central point here, the second reason why training in inner healing is so needed in the church today is that the church needs to be equipped and ready to disciple the masses of youth that are about to come in during the first wave of the end-time harvest. They will be on fire for God but full of trauma and wounds and tares of the soul that have been sown into them by the gathering forces of darkness that are dominating the secular culture of our world.
As Bob Jones says, it is the over 50s that are the Joshua generation that have been assigned the task of carrying this younger generation out of the dessert and over the Jordan and into the Promised Land. The youth will need spiritual mothers and fathers that are equipped to both disciple them in the faith and tend to their emotional wounds.
1 To clarify what this kingdom perspective means for the rapture, Neville Johnson says that the church will be here for a period of persecution and tribulation, but there will be a rapture in which the church is taken out before the wrath of God descends on the earth.
From an Escapist Rapture Mentality to a Warfare Kingdom Mentality - For a number of years a good part of the church has had a rapture mentality. The belief has been that as we approach the last days, things are going to get worse and worse and there is nothing we can do about it. Our only hope for escaping the horrors of the tribulation is to be raptured out of here. Increasingly a new understanding is emerging that the kingdom of God must first come to the earth. Jesus is going to come to us before he comes for us. As it says in the Bible, heaven must retain him until the restoration of all things (Acts 3:21-22), until there is a people in whom the Lord is fully enthroned, a bridal company without spot or wrinkle (Eph. 5: 25-27).
When all the tares in our soul are removed, we become like him, we become the tabernacle of God, a manifestation of the sons of God. The parable of the tares and the wheat indicates that there will be sons of the Kingdom (the good seed) on earth, before the Lord returns. He will come to a bridal company that does the very same things that he did and the greater works that he promised. We have the Lord's "very great and precious promises" that "we may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption of this world" (2 Peter 1:4) and taste "the powers of the world to come" (Heb. 6:5) on this side of eternity.
Discipling the First Wave Harvest - To return to our central point here, the second reason why training in inner healing is so needed in the church today is that the church needs to be equipped and ready to disciple the masses of youth that are about to come in during the first wave of the end-time harvest. They will be on fire for God but full of trauma and wounds and tares of the soul that have been sown into them by the gathering forces of darkness that are dominating the secular culture of our world.
As Bob Jones says, it is the over 50s that are the Joshua generation that have been assigned the task of carrying this younger generation out of the dessert and over the Jordan and into the Promised Land. The youth will need spiritual mothers and fathers that are equipped to both disciple them in the faith and tend to their emotional wounds.
If interested in more, pm. me for links on 'rapture'.
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Long ago, I quit labeling myself as "pre-", "mid-" or "post-" tribulation, because that distinction serves only to further divide people. God will (or won't) remove us when He sees fit and all of our discussion and won't change His plan one bit.
What if......instead of removing us physically, we remain on the Earth but apart from the drama that's going on right next to us? "In the world but not of the world," so to speak. It would be awesome if we were physically removed and I'm ready for that, but am also preparing, as best I can, to be here for the long haul. It's not my choice, after all, and I'm not about to come to fisticuffs with other Christians over it.
IF we all remain here for the tribulation, I have every expectation that a freshwater spring will bubble up in the back yard and birds will fly in with our food, every day, if we're not able to grow enough on our own. God always provides.
What if......instead of removing us physically, we remain on the Earth but apart from the drama that's going on right next to us? "In the world but not of the world," so to speak. It would be awesome if we were physically removed and I'm ready for that, but am also preparing, as best I can, to be here for the long haul. It's not my choice, after all, and I'm not about to come to fisticuffs with other Christians over it.
IF we all remain here for the tribulation, I have every expectation that a freshwater spring will bubble up in the back yard and birds will fly in with our food, every day, if we're not able to grow enough on our own. God always provides.
Your belief Leghaga some of us were told (from Upstairs) differently.
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I was on a computer and it was the mid-tribulation time period. I saw millions of people being destroyed and all sorts of catastrophes happening all over the world. I saw the Beast system in full swing, its leaders and commanders.
I thought I had seen enough so I wanted to close the screen out. I kept clicking the "X" with the cursor 15-20 times in rapid secession but every time I would hit the "X" the screen would pop back up again. I was getting frustrated because I couldn’t exit the page.
Then a voice said, "You're Not Getting Out."
I had to sit there and watch the activities of the tribulation times. Needless to say, I was totally disappointed and my heart sank because I thought I would escape the tribulation period.
Regardless of what you have been taught or think, the Christian/Church will go through the seven-year tribulation period.
I thought I had seen enough so I wanted to close the screen out. I kept clicking the "X" with the cursor 15-20 times in rapid secession but every time I would hit the "X" the screen would pop back up again. I was getting frustrated because I couldn’t exit the page.
Then a voice said, "You're Not Getting Out."
I had to sit there and watch the activities of the tribulation times. Needless to say, I was totally disappointed and my heart sank because I thought I would escape the tribulation period.
Regardless of what you have been taught or think, the Christian/Church will go through the seven-year tribulation period.
http://www.rapturewatcher.org/word/
What you saw was NOT the "Rapture" ...it was something far far better.
Be ready.
Be ready.
Cj,
what do you think it is then?
what do you think it is then?
Check this out>>>>>post #2 Electrifying
Electrifying
http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=21629
perhaps in the dream, the Lord was making an impartation explained in the above link......
Lord! Create in me a clean heart and electrify me
and renew a right spirit in me
a clean heart
DO IT FOR ME
purge me, Lord
Electrifyinghttp://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?showtopic=21629
perhaps in the dream, the Lord was making an impartation explained in the above link......
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HisGloryisaRainbow
My family has a vacation coming up in August. There are four members to my immediate family. Here is the dream:
I was driving a car to the airport with two other (surely saved) members of the family. The last member of the family was following behind in another car. As I was driving over a bridge/ramp towards the airport, the car kept going, but the three of us turned into sprinkles, like sparkling electric confetti and it was the most exhilerating feeling I had ever had (too awesome to describe). I looked at my body as it was changing and I thought "what is happening?" Then I realized that what was going on was the rapture! I was sooo excited, until I realized that one of my loved ones was not with us....
Then the dream ended... it was the best and the worst dream all at the same time. It gave me a sense of urgency for that family member's salvation like never before.
I am a bit nervous about it....
Before the dream, I thought of the rapture in spiritual terms, now I am open to more lteral interpratation about the references in the Bible to the event (although it is never really called a rapture in the Bible).
My family has a vacation coming up in August. There are four members to my immediate family. Here is the dream:
I was driving a car to the airport with two other (surely saved) members of the family. The last member of the family was following behind in another car. As I was driving over a bridge/ramp towards the airport, the car kept going, but the three of us turned into sprinkles, like sparkling electric confetti and it was the most exhilerating feeling I had ever had (too awesome to describe). I looked at my body as it was changing and I thought "what is happening?" Then I realized that what was going on was the rapture! I was sooo excited, until I realized that one of my loved ones was not with us....
Then the dream ended... it was the best and the worst dream all at the same time. It gave me a sense of urgency for that family member's salvation like never before.
Prayers for your loved one and for all members here and for me
The vacation is coming up....
The vacation is coming up....
I am a bit nervous about it....
Before the dream, I thought of the rapture in spiritual terms, now I am open to more lteral interpratation about the references in the Bible to the event (although it is never really called a rapture in the Bible).
Lord! Create in me a clean heart and electrify me
and renew a right spirit in me
a clean heart
DO IT FOR ME
purge me, Lord
GIVE US CLEAN HANDS "Chris Tomlin"
http://injesus.com/index.php?module=messag...roupID=GT00W5XY
Music and video and devotional/Spugeon
These are the words of Amos,
one of the shepherds from the town of Tekoa.
He saw this vision about Israel two years before the earthquake.
Amos 1:1
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THE VISION OF THE PROPHET
SITUATION Amos saw God's coming judgments on Israel through two visions. After each vision, he prayed that God would be merciful.
OBSERVATION God sent his prophet Amos to warn the people of Israel to repent of their sins. God gives us these examples to teach us that he hates sin.
INSPIRATION The task of the prophet is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a vision of an alternative to the dominate system. The prophet must generate hope for something that lies beyond the present order. We need a vision of an alternative future that will energize us and motivate us to act, a vision of possibilities that will make our blood run hot and give us the courage to revolt against the way things are.
Someone else responded with this.........I tend to agree!
You would be very surprised just WHAT could be better..VERY VERY surprised indeed.
What is coming will blow your minds..and the LAST thing on your minds will be the raprture because what you will be seeing and experincing will far out weigh just "Getting out of here".
You WILL be very glad you did not..for what lies just ahead for the saints is so wonderfully amazing that you will be GLAD you are still here.
I am not going to say too much because I only know a small part of whats ahead..and even THAT little bit is still amazing me.
What is about to be revealed to the world will once and for ALL settle the entire rapture debate..and for that matter..ALL DOCTRINAL DEBATES!!..of any sort.
ALL will KNOW...what is what and ALL will take a side once and for all...light..or darkness.
If you are only and ever just thinking "Rapture"..your thinking is too small...God Himself is about to blow the entire worlds mind.
Wait and see.
You would be very surprised just WHAT could be better..VERY VERY surprised indeed.
What is coming will blow your minds..and the LAST thing on your minds will be the raprture because what you will be seeing and experincing will far out weigh just "Getting out of here".
You WILL be very glad you did not..for what lies just ahead for the saints is so wonderfully amazing that you will be GLAD you are still here.
I am not going to say too much because I only know a small part of whats ahead..and even THAT little bit is still amazing me.
What is about to be revealed to the world will once and for ALL settle the entire rapture debate..and for that matter..ALL DOCTRINAL DEBATES!!..of any sort.
ALL will KNOW...what is what and ALL will take a side once and for all...light..or darkness.
If you are only and ever just thinking "Rapture"..your thinking is too small...God Himself is about to blow the entire worlds mind.
Wait and see.
QUOTE (LoisFaith2000 @ Jul 26 2008, 10:01 PM)
Someone else responded with this.........I tend to agree!
You would be very surprised just WHAT could be better..VERY VERY surprised indeed.
What is coming will blow your minds..and the LAST thing on your minds will be the raprture because what you will be seeing and experincing will far out weigh just "Getting out of here".
You WILL be very glad you did not..for what lies just ahead for the saints is so wonderfully amazing that you will be GLAD you are still here.
I am not going to say too much because I only know a small part of whats ahead..and even THAT little bit is still amazing me.
What is about to be revealed to the world will once and for ALL settle the entire rapture debate..and for that matter..ALL DOCTRINAL DEBATES!!..of any sort.
ALL will KNOW...what is what and ALL will take a side once and for all...light..or darkness.
If you are only and ever just thinking "Rapture"..your thinking is too small...God Himself is about to blow the entire worlds mind.
Wait and see.
You would be very surprised just WHAT could be better..VERY VERY surprised indeed.
What is coming will blow your minds..and the LAST thing on your minds will be the raprture because what you will be seeing and experincing will far out weigh just "Getting out of here".
You WILL be very glad you did not..for what lies just ahead for the saints is so wonderfully amazing that you will be GLAD you are still here.
I am not going to say too much because I only know a small part of whats ahead..and even THAT little bit is still amazing me.
What is about to be revealed to the world will once and for ALL settle the entire rapture debate..and for that matter..ALL DOCTRINAL DEBATES!!..of any sort.
ALL will KNOW...what is what and ALL will take a side once and for all...light..or darkness.
If you are only and ever just thinking "Rapture"..your thinking is too small...God Himself is about to blow the entire worlds mind.
Wait and see.
I agree!
Truthfully, I can think of one thing that sounds better than an easy one-way ticket out of here, and that's to be here, endowed with all of the power, authority and love of Jesus when he walked the Earth, ministering to people's needs as we find them, feeding the hungry, healing the sick, comforting the fearful, everything He promised the believers "and even greater things than these." Imagine the good that can be accomplished by thousands upon thousands of "Jesus clones" all over the world, walking untouched and unmoved in the midst of disasters, being about their Father's business.
Now, that sounds exciting!
Revelation 14 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
Revelation 14
The Lamb and the 144,000
1Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among men and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
The Three Angels
6Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."
8A second angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries."
9A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, 10he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." 12This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.
13Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on."
"Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."
The Harvest of the Earth
14I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one "like a son of man"[a] with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." 16So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
17Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe." 19The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. 20They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia
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