Last week we started chapter 1 and left off with this quote:
Total forgiveness does not mean closing our eyes to those who will continue to harm others.
Before going any further, let me clarify what total forgiveness is not.
One must totally forgive those who will not be reconciled. It must happen in the heart, and when it does, peace emerges – with or without a complete restoration of the relationship. What matters is that the Holy Spirit is able to dwell in us ungrieved, able to be utterly Himself.
We’ve now spent twenty-nine chapters exploring the reality of the Rapture. A moment is coming when our world will change “in the twinkling of an eye”. The Lord Jesus will appear in the clouds and gather His people to Himself – first those who’ve died in Him, and then those who are fortunate enough to witness His return in the sky.
In our Someone You Should Know series, we interview Faith members to help us get to know them, see how God is working in their lives, and make new connections within our community. In this episode we get to know Crystal Peterson.
Signs play an important role in the modern driving experience. They tell us what’s coming. They alert us to possible problems. And they help keep us safe.
The same is true for the “signs” identified throughout God’s Word. Thankfully, those signs cannot be altered or adulterated!
There are many times when silence is a powerful witness to the facts, and that’s true when it comes to the Rapture of the chruch and the events of the Tribulation as we find them in the book of Revelation. So far, we’ve already established our conviction that the Rapture occurs before the Tribulation. The “curious incident” of dead silence regarding the church in the core chapters of Revelation comes alongside that conclusion and helps corroborate it.
Last week we started chapter 1 and left off with this quote:
Total forgiveness does not mean closing our eyes to those who will continue to harm others.
Before going any further, let me clarify what total forgiveness is not.
One must totally forgive those who will not be reconciled. It must happen in the heart, and when it does, peace emerges – with or without a complete restoration of the relationship. What matters is that the Holy Spirit is able to dwell in us ungrieved, able to be utterly Himself.
We’ve now spent twenty-nine chapters exploring the reality of the Rapture. A moment is coming when our world will change “in the twinkling of an eye”. The Lord Jesus will appear in the clouds and gather His people to Himself – first those who’ve died in Him, and then those who are fortunate enough to witness His return in the sky.
In our Someone You Should Know series, we interview Faith members to help us get to know them, see how God is working in their lives, and make new connections within our community. In this episode we get to know Crystal Peterson.
Signs play an important role in the modern driving experience. They tell us what’s coming. They alert us to possible problems. And they help keep us safe.
The same is true for the “signs” identified throughout God’s Word. Thankfully, those signs cannot be altered or adulterated!
There are many times when silence is a powerful witness to the facts, and that’s true when it comes to the Rapture of the chruch and the events of the Tribulation as we find them in the book of Revelation. So far, we’ve already established our conviction that the Rapture occurs before the Tribulation. The “curious incident” of dead silence regarding the church in the core chapters of Revelation comes alongside that conclusion and helps corroborate it.
