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EVA:What to do in case you miss the Rapture

   Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the
angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 "But as the days of Noe were,
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 "For as in the days
that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and
giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39
"And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall
also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 "Then shall two be in the
field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 "Two women shall
be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42
"Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43
"But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what
watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have
suffered his house to be broken up. 44 "Therefore be ye also ready: for
in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."

   Some day soon, the Lord Jesus Christ is going to return and take all
the born again Christians to heaven. These instructions are written to
the people who are left behind, to tell them what to do after they have
missed the Rapture. We are warning you about this now, because we won't
be around then. All of these instructions are found in the Holy Bible,
which is the first thing you're going to need to find out what is going
on.

   1. DON'T GET EXCITED.

   If you never worried about the Rapture before it happened, then it
is absolutely useless to worry about it after it's already over. If you
had wanted to get right with God before the Rapture, you could have,
but you chose to wait. Now your only chance is to stay on the earth and
to endure to the end of the Tribulation. Matthew 24:13 says, "But he
that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." It is useless
for you to bang your head on the wall and scream and holler.

   The Christians are gone--they are all gone. If you had a little
baby, the little baby is gone. Sin is not imputed when there is no law
(Romans 5:13). Sin is not charged while the child is still innocent, so
you don't have to worry about the baby. The baby is with Jesus.

   2. START WORKING YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN.

   If the Lord comes and you remain behind, then start working like a
madman to get to heaven, because you're going to have to. You have
entered a period of time called "The Great Tribulation," and the plan
of salvation in the Tribulation is faith in Jesus Christ plus your own
good works.

   Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,
and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto
the death."

   Revelation 6:9 "...I saw under the altar the souls of them that were
slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held...."

   Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they
that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."

   Revelation 22:14 "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that
they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the
gates into the city."

   Revelation 7:14 "...These are they which came out of great
tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb."

   You must keep the Ten Commandments (all of them, Ecclesiastes
12:13), keep the Golden Rule (I John 3:10), give your money to the
poor, get baptized, take up your cross, hold out to the end of the
Tribulation, wait for Jesus Christ to show up at the Battle of
Armageddon, and be prepared to die for what you believe. In the
Tribulation you cannot be saved by grace alone, like you could before
the Rapture.

   Before the Rapture, you could have been saved by grace through faith
plus nothing (Ephesians 2:8-9), but one minute after the Rapture took
place you must get out the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule and
start learning them, because you're going to be judged by them (Matthew
25:31-46). The way to get to heaven in the Tribulation is to earn it:
do right by God, and do right by your fellow man, as well.

   Isaiah 1:16 "Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your
doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil 17 "Learn to do well;
seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for
the widow."

   3. DON'T TAKE ANY MARK OR ANY NUMBER.

   The Bible says whosoever takes the mark of the beast goes to Hell.

   Revelation 14:9 "And the third angel followed them, saying with a
loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 "The same shall drink of the
wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the
cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of
the Lamb: 11 "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for EVER AND
EVER: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the best and his
image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."

   When somebody comes around and wants to put any number on your body
or give you a number, especially the number 6-6- 6, DO NOT take it.
People have heard so much about the "mark of the beast" that they think
it's a joke that will never happen. Well, a few decades ago in Germany,
every Jew was required to wear a six pointed star. It would be just as
easy for the government to require every citizen to take a number and a
mark.

   In the book of Revelation a man shows up on this earth called the
Antichrist. His number is 666. He comes from Rome. He has connections
with Moscow, but he comes from Rome (Revelation 17:18). This fellow
will take over the entire world and become the main political and
religious leader. When he does, he will pass legislation and establish
a global economic system, designed so that you can't buy, sell, or eat
unless you take his mark or the number of his name. Now, it isn't that
you won't have enough money. You will be in a store, buying your
groceries, and when you get in line they will say, "Put your hand in
the machine." You put your hand in the machine, and if that mark shows
up in your hand, you can take the groceries, and if it doesn't, you
can't buy anything no matter how much money you have.

   Revelation 13:16 "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and
poor, free and bond, to receive a mark IN THEIR RIGHT HAND, OR IN THEIR
FOREHEADS: 17 "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had THE
MARK, OR THE NAME OF THE BEAST, OR THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME. 18 "Here is
wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:
for it is the number of a man; and his number is SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE
AND SIX."

   It must be a terrible thing to be a mother and hear your little baby
cry for milk and be unable to get any milk. It would be a terrible
thing to have your baby crying, "Momma, I'm hungry," and the fellow at
the store saying, "Lady, all you got to do is get this mark."

   They will tell you to conform. They will point out that even the
world leaders have the mark. Presidents, kings, queens, prime
ministers, governors, mayors, city councilmen, neighbors, friends, and
even relatives have the mark. It's only the Bible that says it's wrong.

   The baby is sick and you want medicine: "Do you have the mark?" You
pull into a gas station: "You got the mark?" It doesn't matter whether
or not they have the gas, it matters if you have the mark.

   Don't take a mark, and don't take a number. You will go to Hell if
you do. The Bible says so; if you don't believe this article, then
check it out; read the Bible for yourself.

   4. GET FANATICAL.

   Be a religious fanatic. Die as a martyr. Be fanatical after Christ
comes, because when Christ catches the Christians off this earth and
takes them up, you are going to be up against the devil, with his
people trying to control you or kill you.

   Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,
and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto
the death." Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here
are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 13
"And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the
dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them."

   If somebody calls you in and says, "Raise your hand and swear by God
that the Antichrist is King of kings and Lord of lords," then keep your
hand down, and say, "Jesus Christ is the Lord." Stand up against your
friends, and against your boss, and against the way your parents raised
you. It is too late to give up a few hours on Sunday for the Lord. In
the Tribulation you may have to lose your job for the Bible, lose your
money for religious convictions, and lose your life for the Lord Jesus
Christ.

   Most people were indifferent to God, indifferent to the Bible,
indifferent to Christ, and indifferent to the Second Coming. The only
thing that upset most people was what affected their finances or their
egos. But now in the Tribulation you have to put first things first.
Nobody in the Tribulation gets to heaven unless he escapes the
Antichrist, or else he faces the Antichrist and refuses to take the
mark of the beast or the number and has his head cut off.

   Revelation 20:4 "...I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for
the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not
worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark
upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned
with Christ a thousand years."

   5. SUPPORT THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

   When Jesus returns at the Second Coming, all will face "The Judgment
of Nations":

   Matthew 25:31 "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all
the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his
glory: 32 "And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall
separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from
the goats:"

   The test for a Gentile is how he treated Jesus's brethren: the Jews.
Remember Hitler? Well, the Antichrist will be ten times worse. At
first, he will negotiate a peace treaty with the nation of Israel
(Isaiah 28:15), but three and a half years later he will break the
covenant and try to destroy them (Daniel 9:27; Mark 13:13-25; Matthew
24:4-51). But whatever you do, don't assist the Holocaust, because the
Lord will judge anyone who stops the Jews from escaping:

   Obadiah 14 "Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to
cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have
delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 15
"For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast
done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine
own head."

   Always help the Jewish people. Go against the government, go against
established religion, be willing even to sacrifice yourself and your
family to save the lives of Jews, because they are God's people, and He
gave them His blessing. He said to their father Abraham:

   Genesis 12:3 "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him
that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be
blessed."

   Later, God said to the nation of Israel:

   Isaiah 41:11 "Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall
be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that
strive with thee shall perish."

   So no matter how much pressure you are put under, never hut a Jew.
Your own soul depends upon it.

   What you should have done was to get saved BEFORE the Rapture.
However, the vast majority of people on this earth missed out on the
Rapture. This is because there has never been a time in history when
the majority were right about spiritual things. Jesus Christ was the
one who said, "BROAD is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and MANY
there be which go in thereat" (Matthew 7:13). The same Saviour said,
"The love of MANY shall wax cold...MANY shall be offended...MANY false
prophets shall rise" (Matthew 24:10-12). The world does not care to
believe these warnings, exactly as it rejected the warnings in Noah's
day of the coming Deluge which was to destroy all of the civilizations
of that time. For more than 120 years before the Flood, men were warned
about the approaching catastrophe. It came. Christ said, "AS IT WAS IN
THE DAYS OF NOE, so shall it be also in the days of THE SON OF MAN"
(Luke 17:26).

   If you were in the company of a saved person when the Rapture took
place, you have no doubt about the catastrophe, for you found yourself
standing next to a heap of clothing soaked in blood (I Corinthians
15:50). The terrible and tragic truth is apparent that the believers
have gone and you are left behind. The prophetic word says that you are
now in "the time of Jacob's {Israel's} trouble" (Jeremiah 30:7), which
Christ called "great tribulation" (Matthew 24:21). This period of time
will be approximately SEVEN years long and has been referred to by
Biblical scholars as "Daniel's Seventieth Week" (Daniel 9). If the
Rapture has preceded your reading of this article, then you are NOW in
this period. This period will be unparalleled in trouble and horror.
Jesus Christ said:

   Matthew 24:21 "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not
since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."

   Now what must you do? You have to do all the things explained above,
and you must do them quickly and thoroughly if you ever hope to obtain
eternal salvation and be accepted by God. If you want to know whether
or not these instructions are absolute truth or only someone's opinion,
get a Bible as quickly as you can and read Matthew 24 and 25, Hebrews 6
and 10, and Revelation 13 and 19.

   Start now. The salvation of your soul depends upon it. Act now and
determine that, come what may, you will not take "THE MARK OF THE
BEAST." You still have a chance to be saved, but this time you will
have to be "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH."

   You may have anywhere from a month to seven years until the Second
Coming, depending upon when you read these lines. But the Great
Tribulation will end, and it will end with "THE GLORIOUS APPEARING OF
THE GREAT GOD AND OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST" (Titus 2:13). May God find
you ready in that hour.

   WARNING!! Almost all of the past Christian literature about the way
of salvation is now obsolete. Beware that you are not deceived:

   Matthew 24:11 "And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive
many."

   If the Rapture has not taken place as yet, don't procrastinate:
tomorrow may really be too late.

   II Corinthians 6:2 "...behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now
is the day of salvation."

   If this sounds like foolishness to you, consider this verse:

   I Corinthians 2:14 "But the natural {unsaved} man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."