A New Me In Christ Newsletter Vol 3-09

CHAPTER 14

Part Two

THE PERSEVERANCE OF
THE SAINTS

12) Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

13) And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!” “Yes,’ says the spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them,”

Blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
(1^st Thess. 4: 16)

14) And I looked, and behold. A white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head, and a sharp sickle in His hand.

One like a son of man
refers to Jesus

“ I (Daniel) kept looking in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a son of Man was coming, and He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him.” (Dan. 7:13)

15) And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

16) And He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth; and the earth was reaped.

ALL OF THE CHRISTIANS ARE NOW GONE FROM THE EARTH.

According to Matt. 24:31, the angels will reap the harvest of born again believers in Jesus Christ.

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 Next.

Points to Ponder

Actions do not necessarily stem from pure motives. God judges us by our motives and not by our actions.

Unless otherwise indicated,
all scripture references are from the NASB version of the Bible.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold all things are become new.

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THE WINEPRESS OF THE
WRATH OF GOD

17) And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven and he also had a sharp sickle.

18) And another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Put in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.”

19) And the angel swung his sickle to the earth, and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God.
20) And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and the blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles.

THE WRATH OF GOD IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR AND WILL BE POURED OUT AFTER ALL THE CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE EARTH.