Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Does the Laodicean Church Age have implications for those that hold onto the false rapture doctrine?

Of the seven church ages mentioned right at the beginning of the book of Revelation, in this article I intend to discuss the final church age, the Laodicean Church Age.

Most of the modern day Biblical scholars seem to agree that the Laodicean Church Age is the age of churches that we are currently living in.

Revelation Chapter 3 and Verses 14 to 16
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Now the aforementioned verses are quiet interesting as it is in those verses that we are being told in the Christians in this modern day and age are lukewarm, that we are neither hot nor cold and for that reason I will spue them out.

That's what the word of God says; the modern day Christian is neither hot nor cold and for that reason I will spue them out.

So what does that mean, and how does it relate to the world that we are living in at the moment?
Basically, it means that the preponderance of those that call themselves Christian are neither here nor there relative to their faith.

The line of thought goes somewhere along these lines: maybe Jesus Christ is the son of God, but I am not too sure until it has been proven to me conclusively.

Maybe the Bible is the word of God but I am not too sure, so just to be on the safe side I will call myself a Christian, after all I can always change my mind at a later date if I choose to do so?

In other words, we are living in an age where most that call themselves Christian are half hearted about their faith, a state of mind that the Lord is not interested in.

That is why he has written in his word he will spue out, or disown, those Christians that have that state of mind.

There is some sort of a rumour floating around that this great nation of Australia that I live in is Christian, and that we have a Christian heritage?

But where the real Christians are is beyond me?


Wherever I go I am extremely hard pressed to find a genuine Christian?

Certainly I know a lot of church goers that call themselves Christian, but most are Christian in name only and are as I said above, Church Goers.

There is a direct tie in or correlation between those that falsely call themselves Christian and the deceptive rapture doctrine.

More than, that there is also a direct tie in with the pre tribulation theory of the rapture and the Laodicean Church Age as both are so heavily tied in that it is just not a laughing matter.

There is a warning here, not just from me, but from the word of God itself, that those that are lukewarm and are neither here nor there relative to the word and are looking for a cowardly means of escape before the tribulation period starts may fit into the category mentioned above?

Many may find themselves without a leg to stand on when the crunch time really begins as the Lord spues them out and they may not receive the reward that they thought they were going to after all.

So make sure that you are not one of those that hold fast to a doctrine that is not even mentioned in the Bible at all -- the rapture doctrine.

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