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Message Subject HERE IS PROOF THAT THE RAPTURE TEACHING AS TAUGHT BY OUR CHURCHES IS A LIE!
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Many of those who read this article will probably fall into the second category listed above. This second category of people is where all this confusion and doubt is being generated from concerning the subject of "who will go" and "who will stay" at the time of the resurrection/Rapture. This is where the "Partial Rapture theory" comes into play. This second category is also made up of people who think they can lose their salvation. The problem with these people is that they just cannot forgive themselves of their shortcomings and repetitive failures despite the fact that the word of God has clearly stated that Christ has already forgiven them for all their sins past, present, and future. Their real problem is that they just can´t accept it! They feel the need to be punished with God´s wrath and judgment during the tribulation which is not for the church, but for Israel (Jacob´s trouble / Jer. 30:4-11).


Therefore these Christians are "strong advocates" of the "partial Rapture theory" which is not biblical nor sound doctrinally. Those who adhere to this false teaching believe that some of the body of Christ will be left behind in order to be judged during the tribulation period due to the sin in there lives, whatever that sin or sins might be? This appeals to them greatly since they feel the need to be "purged, judged, and stricken down by God for their continual failure and repetitive sin in their lives."


These kinds of Christians find this false teaching appropriate, reasonable, and very justifiable from a "human perspective", since it is satisfying to their flesh. This false doctrine appeals to their "Self condemnation" which they have been carrying around much too long. The devil loves this kind of thing because it takes alot of the Christians energy and focus away from serving Christ and renders them less than 100% effective in service to Him. They are constantly focused on the sin in their life which they feel the need to be judged! Therefore they are emotionally drained and "stressed out to the max!" No one can serve Christ effectively this way!


I have come up with a name for this "self condemnation syndrome" that these Christians carry around with them. I call it the "Murphy´s law of Christianity" (for every action there is a reaction). These poor saints have failed to see and realize that Christ has already taken all their "Action" (their Sins) and bore them in His own body on the cross (1Peter 2:24). The cross was Christ´s demonstration of love for the world (John 3:16). His going to the cross was His "Reaction" or remedy for sin, and was not a "Reaction" of condmenation against the sinner (John 3:17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved). We were helpless (Rom. 5:1-11).



Can a believer ever be "Unsealed" by the Holy Spirit?


Jesus said In John 14:16,17 "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you FOREVER; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, AND WILL BE IN YOU (took place at Pentecost).


Here we have the very words of Jesus state and confirm that when the Holy Spirit comes He will come to indwell and take up permanent residency within the believer (forever). This indwelling of God´s Holy Spirit cannot be reversed. The Holy Spirit was not sent by Jesus based upon mans human ability and intervention through acts of obedience to religious Law, nor by good moral conduct. He was sent based on a promise.

The word "Abide" is the Greek word Meno / strongs´ Greek concordance # 3306 means "to be present." Jesus said that the Holy Spirit abided with them, but that later He would come to indwell them. This took place on the day of Pentecost, which fulfilled "the promise" given by Jesus to His disciples in (John 14:16, 26; 16:7; Acts 1:1-8 Acts 2:32, 33),


(Interjection note:) All the Old Testament saints had the "Abiding" of the Holy Spirit, but not the "Indwelling" of the Holy Spirit, which was not fulfilled until Pentecost. The particular special ministries of the Holy Spirit to the believer in the present age (Grace)
are for the purpose of "the Baptism (1Cor. 12:13), the Indwelling (1Cor. 6:19,20), the filling (Ephesians 5:18), the Sealing (Eph. 1:13). These special ministries will cease at the close of the church age (resurrection/Rapture) which is under grace. The Holy Spirit will return once again following the judgment period (tribulation period) in order to "take up residency within the believer" once again during the kingdom age (Joel 2:28-32).



Jesus had to first go to the cross to make atonement for all sin (Rom.6:10; Col.2:13,14; Heb.9:12, 28 Heb.10:10-14). Then be buried, rise on the third day, and then ascend back to His Father who accepted His sacrifice for sin. Then and only then could the Holy Spirit be sent. If the Father had not accepted Christ´s sacrifice for "all sin for all time", then the Holy Spirit would have not been sent and our salvation would be incomplete and non-existent. Thank the Lord that the sacrifice of His Son made a "complete and perfect sacrifice for all of our sins."


Therefore the sending of the Holy Spirit was sent based totally upon Jesus´ finished work which brought "eternal redemption" to mankind through His blood (Heb.9:12). Man had NO part in the design, the perfecting, nor the completion of his own redemption (1Cor. 1:30). God through Christ planned it all. The apostle Paul makes this very clear (Rom. 8:3,4).


Question: Why did David cry out in Psalms 51:11 "Do not cast me away from Thy presence, and do not take Thy Holy Spirit from me."


Psalm 51 is a Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet came to him after he (David) had gone in to Bathsheba. David planned the death of Bathsheba´s husband Uriah by putting him on the "Front lines" in order to be killed in a fierce battle. David did this in order that he might have Bathsheba whom he lusted after. You can read about this in 2 Sam. chapter 11.


In the Old Testament the Holy Spirit would come upon and "abide" with the kings of Israel who were anointed to lead the nation. But these kings who were anointed were NOT indwelt with the Holy Spirit as the body of Christ is in this age of grace in-which we now live. In the book of 1Samuel 10:1 we see Samuel anointing Saul as king over Israel "............Has not the Lord anointed you a ruler over His inheritance?" In 1Samuel chapter 16:13, we see that David being anointed with oil by Samuel "Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him (David) in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily "Upon" David from that day onward."


The Hebrew word for "anointed" is the Hebrew word Mashach - Strongs´ Hebrew concordance #4886 - means "To rub with oil, to consecrate."


Here we see that David after being anointed with oil by Samuel experienced the Holy Spirit of God coming upon him (abide / not indwell). When David sinned against the Lord with Bathsheba he experienced great conviction and remorse for his sin by which he cries out in Psalms 51:11 "Do not cast me away from Thy presence, and do not take Thy Holy Spirit from me."


David in his grief thought that the presence of the Lord would leave him due to his sin. But scripture shows clearly that the "Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day onward" (1Sam. 16:13). This shows that the Holy Spirit remained and "abided" with David all the days of his rulership despite his sin, until his death came, which is recorded in 1Kings 2:10-11.



The apostle Paul in His epistles always speaks of the "receiving of Christ", and the "receiving of the Holy Spirit" in the "past perfect tense."


Col. 2:6 "As you therefore "have received Christ Jesus" (Past perfect tense), so walk in Him."

Eph. 1:13 "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, having also believed, you were sealed in Him (past perfect tense) with the Holy Spirit of promise."

Eph. 4:30 "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom "you were sealed" (past perfect tense) for the day of redemption.

These verses in the New Testament epistles and many others like them, which were penned by the apostle Paul by the divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit are "always" in the past perfect tense. When you "receive Christ by faith" you also are being simultaneously sealed by The Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:13). This divine process does NOT need to be repeated over and over again! You can only be saved once, since Christ died "Once" for sins (Heb. 9:28). Therefore you receive the Holy Spirit only one time because He has promised "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Heb.13:5; John 14:18).


The spirit of the believer is saved, but the flesh is not. Christ is returning for the purpose of "redeeming" the believers body (glorification Eph. 4:30, 1Cor. 15:50-58, 1Thess. 4:13-18). This new glorified body makes the believer compatible for the eternal state. Jesus is coming to get every saint who is sealed by the Holy Spirit which "He purchased" at the cross with His own blood. The Holy Spirit is the "down payment", and when Christ comes, He will not leave one single child of God behind who possesses His righteousness, whether they are carnal or spiritual in their walk! Christ cannot reject His own righteousness which "every believer in Christ possesses" (2 Cor. 5:21).


Paul never mentions, nor does he ever teach any kind of doctrine in his epistles that suggests that the believer can experience the "Unsealing of the Holy Spirit." It can be found NO WHERE! From the book of Acts, which was a transitional book from Law to grace, all the way to the book of Jude there is nothing BUT SILENCE concerning such a doctrine. If the Holy Spirit could leave the believer once they had received Him, then the Holy Spirit would have most definitely inspired Paul to write extensively on such an important doctrine, but He didn´t, NOT ONE WORD! There is no sin of the believer in Christ, of the past, present, or future which has been committed intentionally, or unintentionally, confessed, or unconfessed at anytime which Jesus has not already paid for in full at the cross (Col. 2:13,14).
 
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