Are the dead really dead? NO. Only the flesh bodies have been shed. Not one soul has ever died! Jesus told Martha just before he raised her brother, Lazarus, from the tomb, "And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die".(John 11: 26). He also explained in Matthew 22: 32: "But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living". Only Satan and his fallen angels have thus far been condemned to perish...no one else. This will be what is known to the rest of us as the "second death"...after the White Throne Judgment...the death...or blotting out of the ungodly souls themselves...known as the lake of fire. That is the only true death...the only one that really counts as to not having eternal life with God. The fate of Satan, addressed as the King of Tyrus, can be read in Ezekiel, chapter 28...how he will be turned to ashes from within...upon the earth...and in sight of us all. In His warning to the churches in Revelation 2: 11, Jesus promises us: "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death". He also assures us that, during the tribulation of the anti-Christ (Satan)...which we obviously will be here for, after we give testimony by the Holy Spirit..."there shall not an hair of your head perish". (Luke 21: 18). God LOVES us...and expects us to have HIS seal IN our foreheads...and to follow the TRUE Christ...not Satan's deception! Paul tells us in I Thessalonians 4: 14-17 that "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the LORD, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the LORD shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the LORD himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the LORD in the air: and so shall we ever be with the LORD." This declares that we shall not prevent ("phthano" in Greek means to precede or to be beforehand) them which are asleep. We cannot...because those who "sleep in Jesus"...are already with Him! He is bringing them with Him (shall rise first)...alive and well from heaven... for His thousand year reign right here on earth. It is AT THAT INSTANT that we which are alive and remain shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye. This is where the rapture doctrine is in error. Jesus is NOT making two trips...one to fly certain ones out before any tribulation...and another to arrive in triumph! The word air ("aer") in the Greek means to breathe unconsciously, to respire, to blow air...as in "pneuma"...meaning breath, spirit, Holy Spirit, breath of life. We will meet the Lord for the new breath of life in our spiritual bodies. Remember, Jesus comes in the clouds...but will reign right here on earth. If any have been "raptured out", they will have missed that glorious, one-time opportunity to be with the REAL Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior! Jesus expects us to OVERCOME. How can we do that if we're not here? But, it is very clear that those who sleep in Jesus are alive and well...and able to accompany him back to earth. "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living"!

Where is Satan now? In heaven! Jude, verse 6, tells us: "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day". These are the same angels (sons of God) that followed Satan...and have never been born into flesh bodies (of woman) to have the opportunity for salvation..or to be born again (from above: "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God"). In Revelation 12: 7-9, it describes the coming casting out of Satan from heaven: "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought against his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him". It continues in verse 12 to state: "Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time". Though his spirit body has been held in chains by Michael in heaven, his evil spirits have been allowed to roam the earth. II Thessalonians 2: 7 states that "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way". It won't be too long before Michael will unchain Satan and his angels to wreak havoc on the earth, beginning on Mount Zion in Jerusalem...playing the role of God. A great testament to the urgency of knowing God's Word and Truth comes from Paul in II Thessalonians 2: 8-12. Again, in opposition to the rapture doctrine, and verifying the sequence of coming events, Paul tells us: "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the LORD shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is AFTER the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders. And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie; That they all might be damned who believeth not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness". That is how important it is to know the TRUTH...and not end up bowing a knee to the false Christ. The danger of it all is that Satan will be SO good in his deceptions, that even the very elect can be duped into believing that he is God! This is where members of families will be turned against each other. Innocent and devout ones, but ignorant in God's Word, will REALLY believe they are following and worshipping the real Lord Jesus. That is a tragedy beyond words....and why it is so crucial that we teach TRUTH to as many as will listen...and read! Why do many churches not teach God's Word as intended? Because, as Paul said, iniquity doth already work (even then)...and Satan has his evil hand in all of God's most precious business...especially churches! Satan (anti-Christ) will offer us peace and prosperity in his New World Order...one world system...which is already forming as we write. If we so much as partake of his church, or his one world money system (now in the works)...we will then have acquired the "mark of the beast". GOD forbid! We would no longer have the "seal of God" in our foreheads (minds and hearts)...and we will be eternally damned.

Where is the Ark of the Covenant? As disappointing as it may be to Indiana Jones...and all those Ark seekers out there, the fact is that they will NOT find the real one! It is in the possession of its original Owner...GOD. Revelation 11: 19: "And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament; and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail". That was John's vision of the end times! Some believe that the Ark was taken with Elijah when he was taken up into heaven (translated...never died) by a whirlwind.

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