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General End-Time Commentary

September 27th, 2004 WHY I BELIEVE THE RAPTURE IS VERY NEAR If you've been a regular visitor of this site, you might know the official view of Rapture Ready is that the Church will not know the exact date of the pre-tribulation rapture. We do maintain that believers will be able to estimate the nearness of the rapture by looking at various end-time precursors. The Bible clearly says, "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" (Luke 21:28) . In recent days I've become all the more convinced the time to look for our redemption is drawing very, very nigh (near). I base this sense of urgency on six major end-time indicators. A single warning sign would not be a strong enough reason to speculate the rapture might be near. Dozens of indicators pointing in the same direction, however, produce a high combined mathematical probability that something is about to happen. Many of these indicat...

PROFANITY: Swearing, Jesting and Joking

The Bible says: "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh" [Luke 6:45] . The use of profane world is indeed very prevelant in many places and is looked upon as being up-to-date & modern in many present-day societies where the most important thing -- salvation -- is often neglected. Webster (and his dictionary) associates profanity with: Not sacred or holy, irreverent toward God and man, contempt for holy things, blasphemy and serving to defile that which is holy. Also, as not possessing expert knowledge. Generally it is not understood what a person does when using profane language. This is especially true of children. Can anyone realise/realize the doom that he [or she] pronounces on a soul -- the real you -- that never dies, but lives on in eternity? In James 3:6 we read: "And...