XPost: alt.religion.christian.catholic, alt.religion.christian.romancatholic,   
   alt.recovery.catholicism   
   XPost: alt.religion.christian.eastorthodox, alt.religion.christian.lutheran,   
   alt.religion.gods   
   XPost: alt.god, alt.gods, alt.religion.christian.last-days   
   XPost: alt.christnet.religion, alt.christnet.eucharist, alt.religion.goddess   
   XPost: alt.religion.christian.greek-orthodox   
   From: source@data.net   
      
   Contrary to denominational traditions, the " Great Tribulation " as it's   
   called, is happening right now. It's not and never was nor   
   will be the events in the world which forecast we are nearly at the Last Day,   
   Mt.24, but the events in Christendom. 2 Thes.2:1-12;   
   2 Tim.4:3,4; 2 Thes.1:6-10 et al. Simply put, Christendom has become " the   
   habitation of devils..." Rev.18, because we are told from   
   Holy Scripture that Satan rules in all of it's churches. 2 Thes.2:1-12; 1   
   Jn.5:19 et al   
      
   The first people to disagree with Holy Scripture is, of course, those in   
   business who merchandize it, Mt.24; 2 Tim.4:3,4; Rev.18.   
   Beyond that, their flocks echo whatever pleases their " itching ears," having   
   installed themselves under the fruitless tree cursed by   
   God to whither, Mt.21:19; Rev.18... the fig tree is apostate Israel as well as   
   apostate Christendom and the world at large being these   
   all have covered themselves by works... salvation by the work of man,   
   Gen.3:7... apostate Christendom is called " Babylon" in   
   Revelations... physical Babylon is not in view in Revelations since it is not   
   in existence to be tenable to End Time events. Physical   
   Babylon is just an empty shell these days... it is the events in Christendom   
   which signal we are very near the Last Day being it is not   
   Babylon, the once great city, preaching to the world that the Savior Jesus   
   Christ is a failure... it is apostate Christians of apostate   
   Christendom preaching the Savior Jesus Christ is a failure. Israel is long   
   since out of the way, Ro.11.   
      
   It, apostate Christendom, has installed a dead and buried female as their king   
   giving Mary reign in the churches for nearly two   
   millennium... even to the claiming that she is necessary for salvation to ever   
   come about to anyone... so say the ancients. This   
   includes just over one billion of the seven billion people living today.   
   Another billion people constituting apostate Christendom have   
   concocted gospel's of self-salvation via recitals of Sinner's Prayer's... the   
   favorite, succinct formula by which the recital of it   
   with gusto invites oneself into forgiveness of sin while dead in sin. Eph.2.   
   The glory for the initiating of salvation in ones own   
   behalf naturally goes to the one who initiates. " Initiate " is defined as 1.   
   cause (a process or action) to begin. 2. admit (someone)   
   into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual.   
      
   This is what main stream Protestantism is all about... self-salvation via an   
   initiating ritual of words while in the flesh, dead in   
   sin, Eph.2:1-3, wholly incapable of pleasing God, Ro.8:7,8. The Lord Jesus   
   Christ, then, is but a potential Savior at best. His   
   salvation relies entirely on the wicked properly invoking Him from a pure   
   heart which no man has. Such recitals try to make oneself an   
   heir to an inheritance not otherwise granted by God. It is the Lord Jesus   
   Christ who gives life to whomever " He " wills, Jn.5:21, not   
   the one feigning Him by wise schemes of self-salvation by filling conditions   
   set by denominational traditions, Ps.50:16 and following.   
      
   The culmination of all it's evil is Armageddon, Rev.16:16 context... a synonym   
   for Judgment Day, the Last Day. Seven billion people are   
   certainly not about to travel to Israel, especially their most hated half   
   brother's, and do battle against Jesus Christ. Neither will   
   the Evangelical preacher's nor the Pope leave their fortunes behind to fight   
   the fight they've chosen to fight against Jesus Christ,   
   God Everlasting. Physical Armageddon as a physical battle is just another   
   worldly conclusion drawn up by the worldly. How do you get   
   seven billion people into Israel to wait upon their own slaying ?Who willingly   
   goes to their own gallows for their sins save the elect?   
      
   The bottom line is simply that the Great Tribulation is going on right now, 2   
   Thes.1:6-10 ( " tribulation " and " trouble " are the   
   same words in the original language ) The elect are troubled by these false   
   gospel's and God is sending " strong delusion " down on all   
   pseudo Christians promoting a different Jesus... the non-elect are in   
   Tribulation being they do not have the Gospel of Jesus Christ as   
   broadcast world wide by the various denominations, Mt.24:14, and they can not   
   discern Holy Scripture, Lk.8:10, to discover the real   
   Gospel. The elect have vacated all the churches of Christendom, Rev.18:4 and   
   chapter. God as well is in tribulation, Gen.6:6, in this   
   matter.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)