by Sue-M on Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:23 am
Thank you Brit for doing this. I didn't get to hear all the questions, but, I heard all of what Herb said. I have never heard Herb speak before. So, I'm glad that I got this chance.
I wish Herb was still here because I would like to have been able to ask him a few questions about the rapture. But, one thing that Herb says over and over again and that is that we are not to believe anyone. We are suppose to find out the truth on our own by studying scriptures.
I liked what Herb said because he sums up what I feel about the pre-trib rapture. I do believe that anyone who is pre-trib, definately needs to listen to this and study scripture for themselves.
However, I think that believers are going to be here on the earth during God's Wrath also. Although, we are going to be protected through it, we are going to be on the earth. There are scriptures that point to this, such as when Daniel 12:11-12 says....
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11 "From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
12 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
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So, this is telling us that there are still believers who are on the earth past the abomination that causes desolation.
In Revelation 15 we see....
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Revelation 15:1
I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues—last, because with them God's wrath is completed.
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So, we know that these plages will complete God's Wrath. To complete means to come to an end.
In Revelation 15:8 we see..
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Revelation 15:8
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
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Herb mentioned this in his speech also. Herb was saying that there can't be a pre-trib rapture because no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues were completed. And this makes sense because it isn't until after the 7 plagues complete God's Wrath that we see...
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Revelation 15:2-3
2 And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and over the number of his name. They held harps given them by God
3 and sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb:
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But, this is actually after God's Wrath is made complete.
If you look at....
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Revelation 16:15
"Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed."
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God is speaking to believers, yet this is right in the middle of God's Wrath.
Anyway, I could get more scriputes, but, I could be on this computer the rest of my life. I believe that Herb did what God called him to do and for that I am very thankful.
Each and every one of us needs to find out for ourselves by reading and studying scripture ourself. I know that Herb would agree with this.
Luke 21:28
When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.