Day by day the world and its inhabitants get closer and closer to a severe day of judgment from The Lord. The Nations of the world are set on a collision course with the Almighty Lord God of Heaven as evil in these nations calls upon more evil.

As Christians we are called to watch and pray that we be counted worthy to escape all these things and to stand before The Son of Man. The context of this ‘Watch’ is to NOT so as to escape through a “secret” rapture but to escape the filth, sin, rebellion, and apostasy that are engulfing the world and await with patience the return of our Lord and Savoir Jesus Christ even through much tribulation.

Many Christians are with resolve oblivious to the fact we are approaching a time of combined global catastrophes and wars that will totally and absolutely alter the way of life of every individual on this earth. Many Christians believe that this is not imperative and its not important for them to set their priorities right.

My insistence on speaking and focusing mainly about Christians and not none Christians insofar as this ‘Watch’ is concerned, is that Christians should be forewarned since we have been forewarned in the Bible personally by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as to the events of the end times and Christ’s return are concerned.

However, many in Christendom have chosen to ignore The Lord’s Account of the end time events in Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21 and the Book of Revelation as irrelevant and that Bible prophesy has no implications on one’s faith in Christ Jesus…

Christians should know that treating Bible Prophesy with such contempt and disdain is scoffing and basically going against God’s Word, or to be blunt, it is rebellion against God’s Commandments insofar as His return is concerned.

Like I have stated before, part of the reason why Christians look to Bible Prophesy with disdain and contempt is the false doctrine of the Rapture Before Tribulation that has turned not only Christians away from Bible prophesy but also none Christians. The other reason is Christians being blinded by the love of this world.

PRE TRIBULATION DOCTRINE, AN IMPEDIMENT…
Reuters News Agency recently came out with an article showing how many Americans are turning away from Bible prophecy, especially when it comes to the rapture question…

As a matter of fact the Reuters piece was a mockery against the whole out of touch and out of reality and fantasy ‘Rapture Before Tribulation’ coupled with the pathetic ‘Left Behind’ Series.

More Americans laugh off the “rapture’ topic and scoff at it at the End Times Studies largely due to the false doctrine of a Rapture before Tribulation that makes Christians look like escapists who are out of touch with reality…

Such escapism mentality is more like a Hollywood Movie in which the film star causes havoc and destruction and then awaits for a helicopter to escape to final total destruction ‘Leaving Behind’ all the helpers, and ‘partners’ he used to get his way to suffer fate…

“Several years ago, Eschenbach had a boss who scheduled meetings around the rapture, the term for an event that around 20 percent of U.S. Christians believe is imminent. "One day he announced to the employees that they probably wouldn't be there next week because of the rapture," Eschenbach said of his former boss. "His church had decided that the rapture would happen that week." The belief has been fueled by the bestselling "Left Behind" novels, which tell how Christian believers will soon be whisked to heaven -- leaving clothes, dental fillings and eye-glasses behind -- while others are left behind to fight the anti-Christ in preparation for the return of Jesus Christ.”


The Liberal Christians have also taken advantage over the apathy towards Bible Prophesy by promoting their false liberal doctrines with help of the US Corporate Media. The truth of the matter is that many Christians are not obeying The Lord to Watch largely because of America’s Pop Culture ‘Left Behind’ series by Tim LaHaye and his Pre Tribulation Rapture doctrines…

"In Cincinnati, Rev. Canon Joanna Leiserson said members of her Episcopal congregation started asking about the rapture when "Left Behind" books, movies and games flooded onto the market. Before the books, Leiserson said, mainstream Christians paid little attention to the Book of Revelation, the part of the Bible that mentions Armageddon. "The mainstream churches haven't avoided (Revelation) as much as we just didn't think it was that big of a thing, until the fundamentalist churches started making a big production out of it," she said. For Leiserson, Revelation is a story about Jesus confronting the evils of the Roman Empire. To help counter the rapture tide, she is developing a Sunday school curriculum to teach kids that Jesus loves everyone and would not leave anyone behind."


One can clearly see that those with liberal Christian views are taking advantage of the scoff that is coming out against Bible prophesy by even proposing so-called school curriculums that are unbiblical. The so-called Rev. Canon Joanna Lieserson has taken advantage of this ‘Bible Prophesy Void’ caused by false doctrines such as the Pre Tribulation Rapture to foster a liberal Christian worldview. One clearly sees that this lady is not even a believer in the Bible but one who is categorically attacking the Bible using the failures of pre tribulation rapture and wrong bible prophesy interpretations to advance her views…

"Tim LaHaye, co-author of the "Left Behind" series, said Americans like his books not because of the violence, but because they believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible.

"Surprisingly enough with all the liberal brainwashing they've got in public education, most people that claim to be Christians have a tendency to believe the Bible," LaHaye said in an interview. Moderate Christians will never come up with a story that can compare, he said. "They are just liberal, socialists, really, and they don't believe the Bible," LaHaye said. "What they probably will come up with is a plausible explanation from their liberal standpoint to satisfy their adherents that are reading our series and liked it. But it will be inferior because the story will be inferior." The success of the graphic novels is just one indication of the strength of belief in rapture, Armageddon, and the subsequent second coming of Jesus Christ. A 2006 survey for the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found 79 percent of American Christians believe in the second coming, with 20 percent believing it will happen in their lifetime."

US Evangelical War Partnerships with the State…
Many peoples see America-nized Christians as naïve, arrogant, and preposterous simply because the same ‘Left Behind’ Christians support US foreign policies of war and conquest. The US Evangelical Church is seen as part and parcel of the US war machine used to conquer nations like Iraq and Afghanistan. The American Evangelical Church is seen to been in spiritual fornication with the US Beast.

However, what is most damaging insofar as bible prophesy is concerned, is that these same evangelical Christians who support US foreign policies of war, claim how they will escape all the chaos and turmoil and leave behind the sinners while America suffers judgment from her enemies because of her sins…these Christians suppose that they will escape through a secret rapture and leave behind the sinners…

Such notions that are unbiblical have very much contributed to many people shunning away from Bible Prophesy as they see clearly the Christian duplicity, as Sarah Posner at Alternet.org notes on John Hagee and his Pre Tribulation Doctrines of War…

"Christian Zionists are dancing the hora in San Antonio. Armageddon appears to be at hand,  Biblical literalists, convened together through San Antonio megapastor John Hagee's Christians United for Israel (CUFI), are now seeing the fruits of their yearlong campaign to convince the Bush administration to attack Iran,  Armed with blood-red rhetoric and the hubris of the politically connected, Hagee filled his 5,000-seat church for a weekend-long event culminating in his Night to Honor Israel in October. To an eager audience preparing for the end times, analogies to Hitler and denouncement of "appeasement" were flying. Anti-Muslim rhetoric was at a fevered pitch. All of it was dressed up as love and benevolence for God's chosen people. But what masqueraded as Biblically mandated generosity toward the Jews was nothing more than a political rally for a war not just against Iran, but against Islam, and for the dominance of Christianity (Hagee's brand, of course)",


Support of the US wars of conquest and so-called Christian presidents like GW Bush and support for America to nuke Iran yet all the while thinking that they will simply be raptured away from the consequences of an American initiated global war by American Evangelicals such as John Hagge can never be much more a cause for apathy towards True Bible Prophesy that has nothing to do with expansion of the US Global Empire.

Paul Craig Roberts wrote an article for Antiwar.com and noted this blasphemous American Evangelical duplicity spearhead by John Hagee in which “Christians” support murder of other peoples all the while thinking they will simply be raptured away…

, Evangelical "Christians" are part of the propaganda show. Three thousand of them, under the lead of the Rev. John C. Hagee, are heading to Washington for a "Washington/Israel summit" to demand, needlessly, that the neocon Bush regime show "stronger support for Israel",
, Gentle reader, is this an admission that evangelicals have set aside Jesus for war? Do these bloody-minded evangelicals really believe they will be wafted to Heaven for helping Israel involve the U.S. in more war? Have evangelicals forgotten that "an eye for an eye" is Old Testament? "Turn the other cheek" is New Testament,


Such witness from US Evangelical Christians such as John Hagee have all contributed to the lack of interest in Bible Prophesy and lethargy among Christians when it comes to obey The Lord’s Command To watch…

Pre Tribulationists won’t admit their error…
Many Bible Prophesy teachers have noticed this anti-bible prophesy trend among the Christian community and none Christians alike. R.A. Coombs a Pre Tribulation End times minister and editor of AOReport.com does well to notice the anti-prophesy attitude…

There is a quiet, but developing schism within organized Christianity over the issue of Biblical Prophecy. It’s been quietly developing for decades since the end of World War 2. Mainstream Protestant denominations have however, steered away from understanding Biblical Prophecy since the Reformation.

Down through the ages, the Biblical prophetic writings have always been more or less, sidestepped. Only in America in the 19th century did a segment of Christianity begin to grab hold of those writings and study them in detail. This trend developed in the face of liberal theologians in Germany who were working overtime to minimize and discredit key elements of the Bible.


However, R.A. Coombs being a pre tribulationist fails to see the negative impact of the ‘Left Behind’ series on catapulting anti-bible prophesy trend in the church and among none Christians. The truth is that the ‘Left Behind’ series promotes one of the most destructive heresies of our time when it comes to Bible Prophesy.

The Pre Tribulation Rapture not supported anywhere in Scripture but is a doctrine of Men…and no doubt that false doctrines will certainly and most assuredly continue to contribute to apathy and lethargy among Christians insofar as their walk with Christ is concerned…

Yes, the fictional novels in the “Left Behind” series have been popular, but overall, the Evangelical wing of the American church is showing further signs of joining liberal American Christianity in turning its back on Biblical Prophecy.

Interestingly, R.A. Coombs does very well in noticing the negative influences and impacts from such liars like Rick Warrens and the Mega Church growth movement…such movements have watered down the Word of God and always avoiding Bible Prophesy and minimizing it or seeing it as secondary…and yes, among the list are zealots from both Pre Tribulation and Post Tribulation camps who engage in date setting and thus bring scoff to Bible Prophesy as R.A. Coombs notes below…

The rise of “Mega-churches” and the influence of men like Rick Warren are working to minimize Biblical Prophecy studies and interest in the doctrines of Biblical Prophecy. Some of this loss of interest is due to many zealots engaged in date-setting, particularly on the issue of the Rapture. The dates come and go and Biblical Prophecy is discredited. The “believing” church become subject to ridicule not only by an unbelieving world but by liberals and now by many so-called “Evangelicals.” Many of the Mega-churches are taking their cue from men like Rick Warren and simply avoiding prophetic issues or deriding the notion of literal fulfillment.

The heresy of Preterism as R.A. Coombs notes below has largely contributed to an anti-bible prophecy trend in the church. While studying in the United States, I was amazed at the number of Bible College Professors who were given over to this false notion that every bible prophesy had been fulfilled literary and was therefore history… The consequences for such heresy in the church are enormous. Many believers have simply recoil from The Lord’s Command to Watch and have totally ignored Bible Prophesy…

The heresy of Preterism (prophecy already fulfilled in the 1st Century) is growing in popularity among Protestants and Evangelicals. Belief in the idea of the Rapture is under attack from not only Liberals, and Evangelicals, but also further suffering from arguments from within the ranks of literalist interpreters of Prophecy.


Blame Shifting…
However, Pre Tribulationists fail to see their errors and instead blame the current apathy towards Bible Prophesy on the arguments between those on the Pre Trib theory and those on the post trib theory. This is a very clever cover-up.

It is not the arguments amongst Bible Prophesy Students that is causing the apathy towards Bible Prophesy as R.A Coombs describes below but it is False Doctrines that are brewed out of some of these arguments especially the Pre Tribulation Rapture theory that cannot be substantiated by Scripture but by patch-fixing of scriptures to suit American Christian’s most desired craving, escape of pain and suffering – The ‘Secret Rapture’…a kind of pain killer…

The arguments between Pre-tribbers, Mid-tribbers, Post-Tribbers, and Pre-wrathers has become so nauseating that it has caused many outsiders to simply reject or disregard Bible Prophecy completely.

The Raptures Occurs AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS…
Though R.A Coombs does great on the end times issues such as the Identification of Mystery Babylon today, amazingly the Rapture question has always been a trouble. He almost gets to the extremes and almost borderlines blasphemy when he states that ‘The Rapture cannot be absolutely proven 100% on when it will happen from the scriptures’…

The Rapture, cannot be absolutely proven 100% on when it will happen from the Scriptures. One can be 50% or 70% or 90% or even 99% certain, of one of the various theories and still be wrong, yet all too often, heated arguments develop among genuine believers over the “when” of the Rapture. These kinds of heated arguments are exceedingly destructive to the cause of the Gospel and Jesus Christ. It needs to be stopped, but it can only be stopped if everyone involved realizes the damage being done, and that the arguments on all sides are rooted in spiritual pride and arrogance as well as ignorance of the facts. The facts are – not one theory can be proven 100% as absolute in regards to the “when” other than that it is a future event yet to come at some point within the prophetic passages.
http://www.aoreport.com/mag/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=628&Itemid=49

To read such a statement from a well-respected Bible Prophesy Teacher is shocking and flabbergasting. To say that the rapture cannot be proven 100% from the bible when it will occur is total misjudgment.

On reading such a statement that ‘the rapture cannot be proven 100% from scripture’ at face value seems genuine and true because Jesus Christ said no one knows the day or the hour and that He would come like a thief in the night etc…

However, this is what many Pre Tribulationists do, they take scripture out of context and quote single scriptures to suit their view. Secondly R.A. Coombs uses this to protect his Pre Tribulationist Doctrine and shift blame away from this Pre Tribulation doctrine as being the cause for apathy towards Bible Prophesy…

The Scriptures are very clear when the rapture will occur and such statements from R.A Coombs are just obstruction to what Jesus Christ told us and they even further contribute to the apathy towards Bible Prophesy, the very thing that R.A Coombs is fighting against…

Matthew 24:29-31
(29) Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
(30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
(31) 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 other.

Mark 13:24-27
(24) But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
(25) And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
(26) And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
(27) And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

The Lord Jesus Christ is very clear here that it is immediately after the tribulation of those days that the rapture occurs and not before the Tribulation of those days. So, Jesus Christ has given us signs and clues as to when His return will occur.

Jesus Christ is NOT coming back three or four times but the second time and that will be when the rapture occurs, AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS. The Timing, After the Tribulation of those days… I am not in one way or the other setting dates and times but the Period when The Lord is expected back and to gather His Saints, this period is AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS…

One would only need to know when The Great Tribulation begins and that is after the Man of Sin declares himself to be God and causes the Abomination of Desolation in the Temple, from that time on it will be three and one half years (3.5 Years) of Great Tribulation. So, it is after the Tribulation of those days, the great Tribulation that The Lord Jesus Christ Returns…that is when the raptures occurs.

We Take Christ’s Word, He Returns after the Tribulation of those Days…
Why are well-respected Bible Prophesy teachers not seeing this clear period of time that Jesus Christ gave to His disciples? Is it because they are afraid to take action with the Truth known? They are afraid to change and want to stubbornly stick to their own doctrines… They know that this means going through the tribulation and suffering for Christ Jesus, which is what we are called to.

It is another thing to argue about how long the tribulation will take and not when The Lord returns because The Lord Jesus Christ spoke it in first person. He said He will return AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS…meaning the rapture Cannot take place before the second Coming of Christ but takes place right at the second coming…

That is when the Angels gather the elect from the four corners of the earth at the sound of the Trumpet. The dead in Christ Rise first then we who are alive are caught up in the air to meet Him at the sound of the last trumpet…

This is very simple to understand but why does it bamboozle American Bible Prophesy Scholars??

It is this doctrine, a false doctrine and heresy of the Pre Tribulation-ism that has largely caused apathy towards Bible Prophesy and those who preach it and are making money out of it will have to answer before God.

CHRISTIANS AND LOVE FOR THE WORLD
For the most part many Christians refuse to watch as Jesus Christ commanded us to do so but they are caught up with plans on how to acquire more wealth, acquire more money, more materials and make it big in the world.

This is the main reason why Christians refuse to Watch and reject Bible Prophesy just as Jesus Christ clearly stated in Luke 21:32-36. The messages in most churches today are just all about “how to Enjoy Life Everyday”, these are the books, CDs, and DVDs that sell – “How to Enjoy Life Every Day” or what one preacher called “Joyce Meyer-ism” …

The issue is not that Christians don’t see what is going on and the events happening but they are burdened with the cares of this world, the responsibilities, the chase after profits and riches, the opinions of their friends and relatives…

For such Christians, Jesus Christ is seen as an embarrassment. Christians are afraid to share The Lord’s Words that sound offensive to their friends and colleagues; they feel ashamed and embarrassed to live a life following the example of our Lord Jesus Christ…embarrassment of the Cross of Jesus Christ…

Don’t be overcharged with the Cares of this Life…
However, this is what warned us about in Luke 21:32-36 that we don’t be overcharged or burdened down with the things of this world so that ‘That Day’ gets us unaware. Now here, ‘That Day’ would refer to the Beginning of the Tribulation to the coming of The Lord.

Many Christians and peoples in the world are going to get caught off guard because they refuse to take heed to Jesus Christ’s warnings… The Events of the Tribulation Period, the Judgments up to The Lord’s Return will get many people off guard simply because they refused to Watch as The Lord commanded…

The consequences for ignoring Christ’s Warnings are great and very grave. Those Christians who think that they will simply deal with this issue when the global war begins are only deceiving themselves… It is like a student who says they don’t need to study before exams but will simply pass the exams on examination day…

Sadly most Christians refuse to awake and continue on in slumber largely due to their leaders who promise them prosperity and riches yet what comes ahead in this hour is persecution, tribulation, sorrows, turmoil, and judgment.

It is incumbent to all true Christians out there to take action and prepare for the coming storm that is to take this world by surprise. The implications of the coming global war are great and many will be taken by surprise…

Luke 21:32-36
(32) Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
(33) Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
(34) And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
(35) For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
(36) Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

It is Satan’s gambit to make sure that he gets as many people including Christians who should know these things, with surprise as pertaining the events that are coming upon the face of the earth. Satan has placed many Christians to sleep through ‘overcharging’ them with the things of this world.

Another English word for overcharging would be ‘fleecing’… or to ‘swindle’ and ‘cheat’. Satan is busy fleecing many Christians with a false Peace and Prosperity gospel yet what is coming ahead are sorrows for which we must be ready to endure and persevere…

Greek for ‘Overcharging’
G925
βαρύνω
barunō
bar-oo'-no
From G926; to burden (figuratively): - overcharge.

So, the Greek word for ‘overcharging’ here would be ‘Baruno’ meaning to burden… It is interesting that Satan is burdening many Christians with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life… The Devil is just out fleecing Christians with false burdens to simply get them off guard that the Day of The Lord gets them unaware…

Jesus Christ clearly gave us a warning about the ploys of Satan to ‘overcharge’ us with cares of this world in Luke 21:32-36 so as that day to take us by surprise… True Christians should watch out for the following three things…

Surfeiting
Drunkenness
Cares of this life
Surfeiting…
The Greek word for Surfeiting is ‘Kraipale’…
G2897
κραιπάλη
kraipalē
krahee-pal'-ay
Probably from the same as G726; properly a headache (as a seizure of pain) from drunkenness, that is, (by implication) a debauch (by analogy a glut): - surfeiting.
Another word for ‘debauch’ from which we derive the term ‘debauchery’ is ‘lead astray’, corrupt, degrade, ruin, and debase… Jesus Christ is certainly warning us against the corruption that comes from loving the world…

Drunken with the Love of This World - Intoxication
Greek word for drunkenness is ’methe’… the meaning is intoxication…

G3178
μέθη
methē
meth'-ay
Apparently a primary word; an intoxicant, that is, (by implication) intoxication: - drunkenness.

The cares of this world, the love of this world, and the pleasures of this world certainly intoxicates a believer’s life that they cannot separate good from evil any longer. We must search our lives in light of God’s Word that we are not subtly intoxicated by the love of this world.
Most intoxication can come in unaware and subtly, more like folks who get intoxicated fatally by carbon monoxide. The love of this world and the pleasures thereof are an intoxicant that if we Watch not, the day of The Lord will get us unaware…
Cares of This World…


Interestingly, the Greek words for ‘cares’ is ‘merimna’, meaning solicitude, and other English terms for the same word are, concern, attentiveness, anxiety, consideration, and care…
G3308
μέριμνα
merimna
mer'-im-nah
From G3307 (through the idea of distraction); solicitude: - care.

The context though of this Greek Word ‘Merimna’ is at in distraction… The Devil sets up a ploy by deceiving Christians through issues that seem legitimate like taking care of life’s business. However, it is in such issues that Christians get intoxicated and distracted from a Personal Relationship with The Lord Jesus Christ and also get blinded and fail to Watch for The Day of The Lord as Jesus Christ Commanded us to…

…That Day takes you unaware…
Another important word we would look up in the Greek would be ‘That Day’ which is ‘Hemera’, meaning a 24 hour Day, Several days as reckoned by Jews, or a period of time… In Bible Prophesy it would denote The Day Jesus Christ Returns and also the Period of Time marking the start of the Tribulation to the End of the Tribulation when Jesus Christ comes back… So, we are to Watch that we are not caught off guard by The Day of The Lord in both contexts…

G2250
ἡμέρα
hēmera
hay-mer'-ah
Feminine (with G5610 implied) of a derivative of ἧμαι hēmai (to sit; akin to the base of G1476) meaning tame, that is, gentle; day, that is, (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context): - age, + alway, (mid-) day (by day, [-ly]), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.

Cares of this world are a snare…
The Bible warns us that we need to take care, take heed to ourselves least our hearts be overcharged…

Jesus Christ gives three points that will make people sleep and which are actually causes for the present day apathy towards bible prophesy as we have clearly seen above…

Surfeiting,
Drunkenness,
Cares of this life,
The three above have to do with Christians loving the world and keeping themselves busy with the things of the world like chasing after a good job, a promotion, buying the best SUV, buying the best House etc.

These things in themselves seem to pose no danger but it is the love of these things and their consumption over the souls of Christians that many Christians do not watch and therefore are blinded and are chocked by the cares of the life that they loose sight of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Second Coming.

Love of This World and Prosperity Movement Choke Christians…
The Surfeiting, Drunkenness, and Cares of this life are the greatest causes of Christian shunning Bible Prophesy. Yes, though other factors may come in but Jesus Christ gives us the real reasons why folks would shun Bible Prophesy…and that day takes them unaware as a thief in the night. It is the love of this world.

Those three elements namely, Surfeiting, Drunkenness and the Cares of this life is what the prosperity movement is all about preaching, as such where you find the prosperity gospel preached, you will find those three elements and also a great apathy and even hate for True Bible Prophesy,


Matthew 13:22
(22) He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Jesus Christ is more explicit in His word here in Matthew 13:22 as to the cause of lethargy and apathy in the church when it comes to Bible prophesy and Watch of The Lord. It all has to do with the Cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches. This is what chokes God’s Word in us and we become unfruitful. These are things that Christians who are really interested in The Lord’s Return must watch out for.

Too Busy for a Personal life with Jesus Christ…
Many people claim that they get to busy for the things of God, they are busy chasing after a promotion and pay raise, they are busy with kids and busy with the things of this Life that they see no reason why they should mind to watch events that proclaim the Return of The Lord Jesus Christ.

Amazingly today the cares of this world and deceitfulness of riches have become a lifestyle of many Christians. Like I stated earlier before, this lifestyle is preached on the pulpits, sold in books as reading material, preached on TV and you are even given tips on how to “Enjoy Life Everyday” or what one preacher called Joyce Meyer-ism.

The Lord Commands us to Watch…
Brothers and Sisters this ought not to be so. The Lord commands us to Watch and we have no excuse but obey His command to watch according to His Word. Let’s not give lame excuses that we are failing to Watch because of ‘arguments’ among the Pre Trib and Post Trib camps.

Such are not justified excuses. The real reason behind the lack of interest in the Lord’s Watch and apathy towards The Lord’s Return has to do with our flesh – love of the things of this world, cares of this life and deceitfulness of riches.

Brethren, lets examine ourselves before The Lord and His Word and ask that He will purge us of these killer elements…that we shall be purified with His Holy Fire bringing to death in us the cares of this life and the deceitfulness of riches that we shall stay focused on The Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, that we shall be counted worthy to escape all the coming deception, and be preserved through all the trails that are coming upon this earth to test the sons of men.

Let us take The Lord at His Word and not the doctrines of Men. When The Lord says ‘After the Tribulation of those days’ He means exactly that regardless of if we really enjoy going through the tribulation or not. We therefore must obey His command to watch otherwise we shall be caught unaware by the events and trails that are coming down on this earth,


Matthew 24:42-51
(42) Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
(43) But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
(44) Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
(45) Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
(46) Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
(47) Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
(48) But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
(49) And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
(50) The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
(51) And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Give the Saints the Right Food in Due Season…
The Lord Commands us to watch…this is a command we MUST obey…. The Lord through the parable of the faithful servant exhorts us to watch, not to get drunk and ‘give them meat in due season. The meaning here is that we should be preaching and teaching Christians the correct doctrine concerning The Second coming of The Lord and the events that precede it.

We should be teaching the saints that they will need to endure, persevere, and suffer for Christ even unto death as they go through the coming great tribulation. We should be teaching Christians to set their hope in Christ Jesus and store their treasures in Heaven and not be earthly focused but Heavenly focused. We should be teaching saints to walk a life of holiness and deeper personal relationship with The Lord.

This should be the food in due season and not the Prosperity Gospel and Joyce Meyer-ism. The Prosperity Gospel and Joyce Meyer-ism is what is causing Christians today to get drunk with the wine – pleasures of this world and as such the infightings over money, fame, power, authority wrangles, leading to many wounded Christians abused by current church leaders…who ironically think that they will just be raptured away in a secret rapture…


Mark 13:33-37
(33) Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
(34) For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
(35) Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
(36) Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
(37) And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Rejecting The Lord’s Command to Watch is Rebellion…
The Lord’s command is very clear to all and that is Watch…Don’t ignore bible prophecy…if you do so, you are rejecting The Lord’s command and rebelling against Christ Jesus… You should be deeply concerned about The Second Coming of The Lord. Yes, you should…


Luke 21:32-36
(32) Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
(33) Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
(34) And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
(35) For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
(36) Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

The Lord commands us to Watch all the signs that pertain to His Second Coming and not slumber nor sleep being intoxicated by The Lord of this world and the riches thereof… For that Day will come as a snare upon all who dwell upon the Erath…

The Events of the Tribulation and the Great Tribulation will get the residents of this world unaware and off guard. Sadly many Christians will be caught unaware because they rejected Bible Prophesy and rejected The Lord’s Commands in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21… Brethren, lets Watch and Watch according to God’s Word and not Man’s Doctrine…


Ephesians 5:14-18
(14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
(15) See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
(16) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
(17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
(18) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Awake from your slumber, and Watch. It is time to seek The Lord’s will for our lives personally and not be busy chasing after Material gains of this world… The days in which we walk are evil… We are warned not to be drunk with the wines (pleasures) of this world but be filled with The Holy Spirit… Lets walk as wise – those who obey The Lord’s Commands and not fools who get caught up with the pleasures of this world. Brethren, WATCH!


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The rapture comes before tribulation dear. The bible is clear on this.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-8
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Those who teach otherwise are mixing scriptures up in error. The rapture is not the same thing as second coming. Once you mix the two events up you've taken a detour!