Continuing exactly where I left off in previous text, I would like to point out that the content presented here, despite its solid biblical references, is a theme contained within what I call "“Truth Set“"This is a possibility analyzed with the intention of leading the reader to reflection and, above all, to the danger of a procrastinated sanctification that many ignore.".
That being said, I will dismiss in advance the well-known pronouncements that "there will be no rapture" or that "we will be raptured before then": my focus here is on the state of spiritual readiness.
The fact is that according to Revelation 13:7 — and despite all my own understanding of Rapture e Chalice of Wrath There will be saints on earth to be overcome by the beast.
If this does not happen, not only this passage, but the entire veracity of the Scriptures will be compromised.
These “tribulation saints” are precisely a reflection of procrastinated sanctification, that is, a late awakening: people who lived a nominal religiosity and procrastinated a real surrender, but who will finally open their eyes after the departure of Him who restrains evil, as prophesied in 2 Thessalonians 2:7.
Image is everything…
So, addressing all those who are alive and vying to be part of this uncomfortable list, I believe it is important to highlight some of the satanic characteristics found in the very word of God:
Be sober; be vigilant;
because the devil, your adversary,
It prowls around, roaring like a lion,
seeking whom he may devour;
Whom I resisted, steadfast in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions are being experienced by your brothers throughout the world.
Confirming what Peter recorded about resistance through faith, the apostle James also wrote:
Submit yourselves, therefore, to God.,
I resisted the devil,
and he will flee from you.
Faced with such "presentations," it is only natural that most Christians prepare to fight furiously against a real lion, using strength and resistance, just like in a physical fight!
Indeed, even after the martyrs in the Colosseum, episodes still occur in which this type of combat is necessary, however… it is also not wrong to say that so-called “popular culture” has created a seductive, benevolent — and even comical! — image of the fallen cherub.
Creative efforts attempt to humanize him, showing him as having feelings or susceptible to being deceived by human ingenuity, that is, when infernal beings are not portrayed as heroes or even within a family structure, revealing a supposed diabolical parental affection!
The media has improved Satan's acceptance:
- witchcraft, with all its possible names, became a cartoon and a game for children;
- demonic rituals They are presented as a source of power and knowledge, even in cartoons;
- spiritual possession; mediumship and other phenomena directly related to satanic activity are not taken seriously, even in the face of very important biblical warnings:
And for this reason I also wrote to you, to test you and see whether you are obedient in everything.
And to whom you forgive anything, I also forgive;
For what I have forgiven, if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it for your sake in the presence of Christ.;
so that we may not be overcome by Satan;
Why We are not unaware of their tricks..
Put on the whole armor of God,
so that you may be able to stand firm against the cunning traps of the devil.
Because we do not have to fight against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers,
against the princes of darkness of this age,
against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
It is also important that he has a good reputation with those outside the church,
so that it does not fall into disgrace, and in devil's snare.
And the devil, who deceived them, He was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were.;
And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Pay attention to the constant references to satanic intelligence, especially in this last quote from Revelation (the only biblical book written in the future!): if the deception had not been successful, it would certainly have been written "that he tried to deceive them," but it is quite clear in the text that, having succeeded, the devil emphatically "“He deceived them.”!!!
Every illusion is a lie.
Satan knows perfectly well that most people would firmly resist if he approached them directly, so he has specialized in operating through deception and illusion.
Many Christians forget that even though he has limited power, he is biblically declared capable of performing signs and wonders of deception.
But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, so your minds may somehow be corrupted,
and turn away from the simplicity that is in Christ.
For if someone comes to you preaching another Jesus whom we have not preached,
or if you receive a different spirit than you received,
or another gospel that you did not embrace,
You would rightly suffer for it.
(…)
For such false apostles are deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
And it's no wonder, because Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light..
It is not much, therefore, that their ministers transform themselves into ministers of justice.;
whose end will be according to their works.
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
Do not be easily shaken from your understanding,
Do not be troubled, either by a spirit or by a word or by a letter, as if from us, as if the day of Christ were already near.
Let no one deceive you in any way;
why It will not be so without apostasy coming first.,
and let the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
He who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped;
so that he, like God, will sit in the temple of God, trying to appear like God.
Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you?
And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed in his own time.
For the mystery of iniquity is already at work;
There is only one who now holds it back until he is taken out of the way;
And then the lawless one will be revealed,
whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth,
and will annihilate by the splendor of his coming;
The one whose coming is according to the working of Satan,
with all power, and signs and lying wonders,
And with all the deceit of injustice for those who perish,
because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
And for this reason God will send them a powerful delusion,
so that they may believe the lie;
So that all may be judged who did not believe the truth,
They once took pleasure in wickedness.
Jesus then said to them:
If God were your Father, you would surely love me.,
For I came from God and am here;
I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me.
Why don't you understand my language?
Because you cannot hear my word.
You belong to the devil as your father.,
and you want to fulfill your father's desires.
He was a murderer from the start.,
and did not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he lies, he speaks his native language.,
why He is a liar, and the father of lies..
The devil's goal is to turn humanity away from the one true God, taking as many souls as he can to hell with him.
To achieve this, he will use all direct and indirect means at his disposal: signs, "science," "culture," vices, depravity, greed, religion... the motives already known to most.
However, he has a method that is rarely mentioned as his "trophy," because through this technique he can reach those who consider themselves saved!
With this method he will keep the “friends of the gospel” in a state of spiritual dormancy, placing them before a paradoxical choice between apparent life and apparent death… and thus he imagines that he will increase their chances of, as Matthew 24:24, "Deceiving even the elected officials themselves!"
What kind of method is that?!?
Shifting the Focus
Sanctification is a commandment, something we should seek through drawing closer to and knowing God through the Scriptures.
Unfortunately, we have seen many who claim to be "Christians" ignoring this obligation and, being lazy, preferring to simply place their faith in anything packaged in the beautiful "Christian phrases" that come from spurious pulpits, as long as they are within some ecclesiastical franchise or company.
How many have truly acted like the Berean believers?
And immediately the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea;
And when they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
because they gladly received the word,
examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so..
Those who do not seek true sanctification care little for the truth: it is enough for them to frequent any church. place of worship, to participate in their "Prophetic" dances“ Or, comfortably, sit back and drink in—without even bothering to check it with the Scriptures!—any and all spurious theology whatever is offered to him.
But… why should I compare what my leader—whether he's called pastor, bishop, apostle, or vice-god!—does with the Bible?
She's such a saintly person!?!
Dear ones… look Ezekiel 34:1-10 e Isaiah 56:8-12 To understand: if even the watchmen of Israel, still under the strictness of Mosaic Law, became corrupt… how much more so men who do not immediately receive punishment for their transgressions!
The Scriptures' Verdict on Deception
From the Old Testament onwards, the Scriptures recommend:
Thus says the LORD:
Cursed is the man who trusts in man.,
and makes flesh his arm,
and turn your heart away from the LORD!
And Jesus answered and said to them:
Beware that no one deceives you;
For many will come in my name, saying:
I am the Christ;
and they will deceive many.
(…)
And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
(…)
So if someone tells you:
Behold, Christ is here, or there, do not believe him;
For false Christs and false prophets will appear,
e They will perform such great signs and wonders
who, if it were possible, would deceive even the elect.
Behold, I have foretold it to you.
Therefore, if they tell you:
Behold, he is in the desert; do not go out.
Behold, he is in the inner rooms; do not believe him.
But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith,
listening to deceiving spirits,
and doctrines of demons;
Because of the hypocrisy of men who speak lies,
having seared his own conscience.
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.;
But, having itching ears, they will hoard them for themselves. doctors according to their own lusts;
And they will turn their ears away from the truth,
Returning to fables.
And there were also false prophets among the people,
just as there will be false teachers among you,
who will secretly introduce destructive heresies,
and they will deny the Lord who redeemed them,
bringing sudden destruction upon themselves.
E many will follow their dissolutions,
by which it will be blasphemed the path of truth.
Because many deceivers have already gone out into the world,
who do not confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh.
This person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
I find it unlikely that any Christian has never even heard of the passages above, but they are not dealing with absurd assumptions or hypotheses: each one is prophetic and therefore inevitable!
So many signs and wonders Spectacularly unnecessary, presented under the pretext of converting unbelievers, inclusive ecclesiastical enterprises and their doctors specializing in scratching itchy ears and other even more foul-smelling organs, the multitudes who will follow such deceptions convinced that they are the gospel, but only promoting blasphemies as if they were the path of truth…
We are faced with such a multitude of "Christians" so full of ignorance, wickedness, and blasphemy that I am beginning to suspect that... Satan is promoting movements that "sell" this false salvation!
It is clear that he constantly tries to prevent any reference, but since it is inevitable that the chosen ones believe in God through Jesus Christ, why not lead them to one of those churches where sanctification is not even close to being achieved?
An Ephemeral and Absolutely Fictional Tale
My imagination allowed me to create a hypothetical meeting of “brainstorm”"among the demons"
It's so easy to deceive humankind with so many activities, visions, duties, entertainment… it's so easy to mask biblical truths and commands under the banner of “modernity”!
Why not include sensual dances and worldly music in churches as well?
— How about sowing rebellion to shatter what should be the body of Christ into small, weaker fragments that are more susceptible to deception?
— Ah… since it's so easy, let's reinstate the doctrine of the confessional and remove Jesus Christ's role as the sole intercessor, handing it over to deceased loved ones!
Let's open the gates and let the Freemasons into the church... better yet: let them be the pastors!
Let's send the Holy Spirit away and let the so-called "target audience" determine when, how, and where a message will be preached!
If that's the case, why don't we embed our meditation techniques?
— To have God's servants recite mantras, altering their states of consciousness in a spiritual quest where they will encounter divine beings… that is, ourselves, but properly disguised as angels of light!
— We're going to distort small, important words in the Bible and, in the name of modernization and simplification, alter the very foundations of these Christians' beliefs… we'll say that people aren't capable of clearly understanding the Bible in its convoluted language and that this is necessary to reach more people!
— How about we go deeper? Let's have them use our mind control techniques: hypnosis, regression… yoga!!
Suddenly, one of them becomes worried:
But if we put all of this together, won't they notice?
Let's not put everything together then!
Let's make small packages and give each one a different name: one could use the number 12, claiming to be based on biblical principles; another could try to emphasize that it is seeking a specific goal… a purpose!! We could even create a "front" that will fight us…
— What do you mean, fight us?
Yes! They can call themselves by pompous titles and perform magic rituals!
They will feel like they are acting against us, but they will base their arguments on revelations and techniques often provided by ourselves!
Human beings have such a strong will to fight and win that they are even capable of abandoning the rules of Scripture, wanting to "“fight better“!
Let's confuse the Gentiles and make them think they should renounce grace and live again under Jewish law! How about making some believe that Sabbath observance is sacred?
Okay, but the most important thing is that each of these packages is delivered to a different church franchise!
I don't understand... why?
Because an organization will see the mistakes of others, but will never be able to recognize its own… so confident that its methods are the only correct ones!
— Brilliant! This way we'll create veiled criticisms and, who knows, maybe even a war between them!!
— And, in any case, our main objective will be fulfilled: to ensure that this religious person lives in a state of procrastinated sanctification, keeping him convinced that he is saved simply by attending church, until he wakes up and realizes that he has fallen behind because he was never born again!
— And then their heads will roll!!!
At that moment, everyone agreed and set out to refine their plans, find people capable of spreading their deceptions, and, above all, blind those who should see through these subtle attacks.
Meanwhile, people in churches remained focused on trying to defend the doors, but almost no one realized that evil had entered through the bathroom drain, disguised as Christian literature, psychology, politically correct discourse, "tolerance"...
I don't know if I should apologize for dedicating time to writing fiction: you might consider this a kind of parable and, I repeat, this text was not taken from the Scriptures, being nothing more than my own invention!
But ultimately… why try to prevent the saved from becoming holy?
Is There a Prize for Procrastinated Sanctification?
There are two biblical passages that, despite being brief, are clear and definitive:
And the same God of peace May He sanctify you in everything.;
May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I pursued peace with everyone,
and the sanctification, without which no one will see the Lord..
What, ultimately, do these texts mean?
Simply put: only the sanctified will see the Lord!
This allows for the extrapolation that, when the event described in occurs... 1ˢᵗ Thessalonians 4:13-18, Many who today occupy church pews, hold ecclesiastical positions, and call themselves "conservatives"—but who are merely "friends of the gospel" or "grandchildren of God"—will remain here.
These are people who have never experienced true regeneration, have never received the Seal of the Holy Spirit, and therefore do not possess the holiness that is the fruit of the new birth.
Some people are shocked or outraged by this possibility.
But Satan rubs his hands anxiously, for, according to 2ⁿᵈ Thessalonians 2:6-12, it is precisely from the rapture, It is when the Holy Spirit (He who restrains it) is removed that evil can be unleashed without restraint.
And that's not all: seeking holiness after the rapture will be infinitely more painful.
And I lay down on the sand of the sea,
And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns,
and on its horns ten diadems,
and above their heads a blasphemous name.
And the beast I saw resembled a leopard,
and its feet were like those of a bear,
and its mouth was like that of a lion;
e the dragon He gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
And I saw one of its heads as if it had been mortally wounded,
and his mortal wound was healed;
And all the earth marveled after the beast.
And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast;
And they worshiped the beast, saying:
Who is like the beast?
Who can fight against it?
And it was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies;
and he was given authority to act for forty-two months.
And he opened his mouth to blaspheme against God,
to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them.;
And authority was given to him over every tribe, language, and nation.
And all who dwell on the earth will worship it.,
those whose names are not written in the Lamb's book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.
(…)
And I saw another beast rising out of the earth,
and it had two horns like a lamb;
and spoke like a dragon.
And it exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,
And he causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
And it performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of men.
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast which had the wound by the sword and lived.
And it was granted to him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak,
and make it so were to be killed all who did not worship the image of the beast..
And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,
So that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
How terrible, right?
And then the saints, without the protection of the Holy Spirit, will be at the mercy of Satan… and it's worth noting clearly that placing this so-called "mark" is not an option compatible with salvation, see:
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice:
If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand,
He too will drink of the wine of God's wrath, which has been poured undiluted into the cup of his anger.;
And he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever;
And they have no rest day or night, those who worship the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.
Here is the patience of the saints;
Here are those who keep God's commandments and the faith of Jesus.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write this down.”
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.
Yes, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their labors,
and their works follow them.
Did you notice that those who accept the mark will drink the wine of God's wrath... unmixed?!?
I have no idea how terrible this will be, but it must be something so bad that it will make death the only viable option, so much so that, in verse 13, the angel makes a clear revelation.
Given that suicide is a completely ruled-out option, then only two choices will remain for mankind: either they will accept the mark and worship the beast… or they will not accept it and will be summarily beheaded.
That's right, headless!!!
It will be the most paradoxical choice in the history of humanity: to live will mean to die forever; and to die (martyrdom) will mean to remain faithful to God and live forever.
How many "nominal Christians" today are ready to lose their heads for the love of God?
How many are not ready to deny their faith in the face of an illusory survival?
In this scenario, martyrdom will not be a "second chance" for salvation through merit, but the moment when these religious figures, seeing the Church being taken away, will be confronted with the reality they neglected.
They will have to decide whether they will finally convert to the Lord through the blood of the Lamb, paying with their own lives for a faith they refused to live when it cost nothing.
I have no doubt that Satan himself fosters the growth of "mega-companies"—crowded with people and empty of the Word—to have more opportunities to grieve God's heart through the betrayal of those who once claimed to follow Him.
The more of them there are, the more often the devil will exult when, in the final betrayal, they renounce their feigned faith.
As I said at the beginning, this may seem like a crazy idea, but it's not without basis:
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them.;
And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.;
And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Look! Those who realize the deception of their hollow religiosity after the rapture will have to choose extreme faithfulness to be saved.
Therefore, I urge you: stop procrastinating on a life you claim to have, but don't live.
Seek the new birth and true holiness while grace still exists.
I hope this text serves as a warning: if even one saved person decides to interrupt their procrastinated sanctification and begin their righteous life today, GLORY TO GOD!
Otherwise… mercy.
My goal has been achieved, and I now reveal, here at the end of the text, my other title option:
Better to sanctify now than to lose your head later!
Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children;
And walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
But sexual immorality and all impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.;
Neither vulgarities, nor foolishness, nor buffoonery, which are not appropriate;
But first, thanksgiving.
For you know this very well:
that no fornicator, or impure person, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Let no one deceive you with empty words;
For because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.
Therefore, do not be their companions.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.;
walk as children of light
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth);
Approving what is pleasing to the Lord.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
Because what they do in secret is shameful even to speak of.
But all these things are made manifest by the light, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light.
That is why it says:
Wake up, you who sleep,
and rise from the dead,
And Christ will enlighten you.
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