From: roines@mindspring.com   
      
   Christ takes into heaven in the Rapture   
   only those whose trust for salvation   
   is on him and not at all on themselves.   
   That is because those are the only ones   
   that he regards as though having his   
   own righteousness and victory.   
      
   When Christ led Israel   
   from Egypt to the Promised Land,   
   very few of Israel wanted to enter   
   because their trust was on themselves   
   rather than on Christ to be their victory.   
   Israel had to wander in the wilderness   
   for 40 years before they could enter.   
      
   That is a foreshadow of the present.   
   Today relatively few   
   are ready for the Rapture   
   of the Church before the Tribulation.   
   Their trust rather than being   
   on Christ alone for salvation is divided   
   between Christ and things to definitely do   
   but never to trust in to be saved, such as   
   their repentance, surrender, commitment.   
   Therefore the vast multitude of people   
   saved from all nations is during the Tribulation   
   rather than before the Rapture of the Church.   
      
   --   
   http://roines.home.mindspring.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)