If you spend much time on the vast wasteland known as the internet, you're bound to see lots of supposed indications of the imminence of the rapture: genetic modification, apostasy, global government, strange conjunctions of heavenly bodies, real-time global communication. No argument. But the real reason to believe we're almost there is in Malachi. And nobody's mentioning that one. A lot of internet prophecy buffs -- and, frankly-- a lot of Christians in general, brought up in the Word, (who should really, therefore, know better) are perennially in error on prophetic topics because they fail to recognize a critical truth about the Scriptures: there are essentially two different audiences that come to the Word for truth.
First, the chosen people (aka the nation of Israel), and second, everybody else. Which includes me. And I would assume, most of you reading this. We are grafted into the nation of Israel-- sort of adopted-- when we believe . Understanding the distinction between Jew and Gentile in Scripture-particularly with respect to the times set aside for God to deal with each group separately-is important. Really important. Here's a secret: the tribulation is a time specifically for the Jews. Which really shouldn't be a secret because God, through Daniel, made that point clear.
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