Warnings in scripture a teaching and bible study

 

            I want people to take heed to what they do for the end times are here and people will become more and more evil and do as they will without regard for others, and the bible does firmly state in Ezekiel that we are indeed to warn people of evil and of the danger of sin

First is the statement in Ezekiel chapter 3 also that if it stops a righteous man from sinning it saves Him as well as the person supposed to do the warning

(Ezekiel 3:16)  And at the end of seven days, the word of the LORD came to me:

 

(Ezekiel 3:17)  "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.

 

(Ezekiel 3:18)  If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.

 

(Ezekiel 3:19)  But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

 

(Ezekiel 3:20)  Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.

 

(Ezekiel 3:21)  But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul."

 

This message also is in Ezekiel 33- and repetition is very important in the bible, and used to strongly emphasize a key point. I also add the fact that people righteousness then was counted a lot towards then. Now of course our righteousness comes from Jesus and what He did for us

(Ezekiel 33:1)  The word of the LORD came to me:

 

(Ezekiel 33:2)  "Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman,

 

(Ezekiel 33:3)  and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people,

 

(Ezekiel 33:4)  then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

 

(Ezekiel 33:5)  He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.

 

(Ezekiel 33:6)  But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.

 

(Ezekiel 33:7)  "So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.

 

(Ezekiel 33:8)  If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.

 

(Ezekiel 33:9)  But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

 

(Ezekiel 33:10)  "And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: 'Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?'

 

(Ezekiel 33:11)  Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?

 

(Ezekiel 33:12)  "And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.

 

(Ezekiel 33:13)  Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.

 

(Ezekiel 33:14)  Again, though I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' yet if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right,

 

(Ezekiel 33:15)  if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

 

(Ezekiel 33:16)  None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.

 

Here in Psalm 37 it encourages people to do right and not worry about the wicked who will be cut off

(Psalm 37:1)  Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!

 

(Psalm 37:2)  For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

 

(Psalm 37:3)  Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

 

(Psalm 37:4)  Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

 

(Psalm 37:5)  Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.

 

(Psalm 37:6)  He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

 

(Psalm 37:7)  Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

 

(Psalm 37:8)  Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

 

(Psalm 37:9)  For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.

 

(Psalm 37:10)  In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.

 

(Psalm 37:11)  But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.

 

Here is the warning to turn from evil ways in proverbs chapter 1, and what can happen if one does not do so

(Proverbs 1:20)  Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;

 

(Proverbs 1:21)  at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

 

(Proverbs 1:22)  "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

 

(Proverbs 1:23)  If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

 

(Proverbs 1:24)  Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

 

(Proverbs 1:25)  because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,

 

(Proverbs 1:26)  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,

 

(Proverbs 1:27)  when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

 

(Proverbs 1:28)  Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

 

(Proverbs 1:29)  Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

 

(Proverbs 1:30)  would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,

 

(Proverbs 1:31)  therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.

 

(Proverbs 1:32)  For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

 

(Proverbs 1:33)  but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster."

 

Proverbs chapter 5 gives a message to stick with the Lord and avoid the evil woman

(Proverbs 5:7)  And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

 

(Proverbs 5:8)  Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

 

(Proverbs 5:9)  lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless,

 

(Proverbs 5:10)  lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,

 

(Proverbs 5:11)  and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,

 

(Proverbs 5:12)  and you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

 

(Proverbs 5:13)  I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.

 

(Proverbs 5:14)  I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation."

 

Here are a couple of warnings by Jesus Himself on how to enter God’s rest, Heaven- the first is in Matthew chapter 7 and says that we need to enter in to the narrow gate, also do the Father’s will and heed Jesus words, for we can only produce good or bad fruit

(Matthew 7:13)  "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.

 

(Matthew 7:14)  For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

 

(Matthew 7:15)  "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

 

(Matthew 7:16)  You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

 

(Matthew 7:17)  So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.

 

(Matthew 7:18)  A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.

 

(Matthew 7:19)  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

 

(Matthew 7:20)  Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

 

(Matthew 7:21)  "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

 

(Matthew 7:22)  On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'

 

(Matthew 7:23)  And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'

 

(Matthew 7:24)  "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

 

(Matthew 7:25)  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

 

(Matthew 7:26)  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

 

(Matthew 7:27)  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

 

The other is in Matthew 16 and warns that we most carry our cross and follow Jesus for He will judge our works at the end

(Matthew 16:24)  Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

 

(Matthew 16:25)  For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

 

(Matthew 16:26)  For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

 

(Matthew 16:27)  For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.

 

Here are the third and fourth chapters of Hebrews which bring home the message that Jesus is to exalted and was over Moses and is to be over all, and makes the example of the Children of Israel who failed to enter into God’s rest because of their unbelief. The warning is for us today to not harden our hearts, either but to believe or we ourselves will not enter into God’s rest either. We indeed are to strive to enter into God’s rest and also Jesus cannot be touched by our weaknesses and was tempted just as we were. These two chapters are presented without comment between them.

(Hebrews 3:1)  Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

 

(Hebrews 3:2)  who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house.

 

(Hebrews 3:3)  For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses--as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.

 

(Hebrews 3:4)  (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)

 

(Hebrews 3:5)  Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later,

 

(Hebrews 3:6)  but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

 

(Hebrews 3:7)  Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice,

 

(Hebrews 3:8)  do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,

 

(Hebrews 3:9)  where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years.

 

(Hebrews 3:10)  Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, 'They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.'

 

(Hebrews 3:11)  As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest.'"

 

(Hebrews 3:12)  Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.

 

(Hebrews 3:13)  But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

 

(Hebrews 3:14)  For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.

 

(Hebrews 3:15)  As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

 

(Hebrews 3:16)  For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses?

 

(Hebrews 3:17)  And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

 

(Hebrews 3:18)  And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?

 

(Hebrews 3:19)  So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

 

(Hebrews 4:1)  Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

 

(Hebrews 4:2)  For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

 

(Hebrews 4:3)  For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

 

(Hebrews 4:4)  For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."

 

(Hebrews 4:5)  And again in this passage he said, "They shall not enter my rest."

 

(Hebrews 4:6)  Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,

 

(Hebrews 4:7)  again he appoints a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

 

(Hebrews 4:8)  For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.

 

(Hebrews 4:9)  So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,

 

(Hebrews 4:10)  for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

 

(Hebrews 4:11)  Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.

 

(Hebrews 4:12)  For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

 

(Hebrews 4:13)  And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

 

(Hebrews 4:14)  Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

 

(Hebrews 4:15)  For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

 

(Hebrews 4:16)  Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

 

Here are more warnings of Jesus in Matthew chapter 12, who was dealing with the Pharisees for scoffing of casting out a demon earlier- of that we will be judged by what we say and that the sin of blaspheming of the Holy Spirit is unforgivable, the one and only sin that Jesus says that will never be forgiven now or forever

(Matthew 12:24)  But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons."

 

(Matthew 12:25)  Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

 

(Matthew 12:26)  And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

 

(Matthew 12:27)  And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

 

(Matthew 12:28)  But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

 

(Matthew 12:29)  Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house.

 

(Matthew 12:30)  Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

 

(Matthew 12:31)  Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

 

(Matthew 12:32)  And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

 

(Matthew 12:33)  "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

 

(Matthew 12:34)  You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

 

(Matthew 12:35)  The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

 

(Matthew 12:36)  I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

 

(Matthew 12:37)  for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

 

(Matthew 12:38)  Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you."

 

(Matthew 12:39)  But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

 

(Matthew 12:40)  For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

 

(Matthew 12:41)  The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

 

(Matthew 12:42)  The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

 

(Matthew 12:43)  "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.

 

(Matthew 12:44)  Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.

 

(Matthew 12:45)  Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation."

 

James chapter 3 also gives warnings about the tongue- what we say and also to be meek in many ways

(James 3:1)  Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

 

(James 3:2)  For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

 

(James 3:3)  If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

 

(James 3:4)  Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

 

(James 3:5)  So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

 

(James 3:6)  And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

 

(James 3:7)  For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,

 

(James 3:8)  but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

 

(James 3:9)  With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

 

(James 3:10)  From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

 

(James 3:11)  Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?

 

(James 3:12)  Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

 

(James 3:13)  Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

 

(James 3:14)  But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

 

(James 3:15)  This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

 

(James 3:16)  For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

 

(James 3:17)  But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

 

(James 3:18)  And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

 

Romans chapter 1 warns against ungodliness and the falling away of people, too, and how God can give people over to their unrighteousness as He may or not see fit. This teaching can fit in with what Jesus says above and some scripture in Hebrews

(Romans 1:16)  For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

 

(Romans 1:17)  For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."

 

(Romans 1:18)  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

 

(Romans 1:19)  For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

 

(Romans 1:20)  For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

 

(Romans 1:21)  For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

 

(Romans 1:22)  Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

 

(Romans 1:23)  and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

 

(Romans 1:24)  Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

 

(Romans 1:25)  because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

 

(Romans 1:26)  For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

 

(Romans 1:27)  and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

 

(Romans 1:28)  And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

 

(Romans 1:29)  They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

 

(Romans 1:30)  slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

 

(Romans 1:31)  foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

 

(Romans 1:32)  Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

 

Here is a warning to NOT fall away from God and His mercy but to be patient and endure the things (and trials)for God will not overlook your works- this is from Hebrews chapter 6

(Hebrews 6:1)  Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

 

(Hebrews 6:2)  and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

 

(Hebrews 6:3)  And this we will do if God permits.

 

(Hebrews 6:4)  For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

 

(Hebrews 6:5)  and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,

 

(Hebrews 6:6)  and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

 

(Hebrews 6:7)  For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.

 

(Hebrews 6:8)  But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.

 

(Hebrews 6:9)  Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things--things that belong to salvation.

 

(Hebrews 6:10)  For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

 

(Hebrews 6:11)  And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,

 

(Hebrews 6:12)  so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

 

Here is a very similar warning in Hebrews chapter 12 to not fall away from God’s mercy and grace, and especially not to sin deliberately as a result, stating the consequences for doing so, and not to fall into the hands of the living God but be patient for He will come

(Hebrews 10:26)  For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

 

(Hebrews 10:27)  but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

 

(Hebrews 10:28)  Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

 

(Hebrews 10:29)  How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?

 

(Hebrews 10:30)  For we know him who said, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge his people."

 

(Hebrews 10:31)  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

 

(Hebrews 10:32)  But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

 

(Hebrews 10:33)  sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.

 

(Hebrews 10:34)  For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

 

(Hebrews 10:35)  Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

 

(Hebrews 10:36)  For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

 

(Hebrews 10:37)  For, "Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay;

 

(Hebrews 10:38)  but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

 

(Hebrews 10:39)  But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

 

In Hebrews chapter 12 the word not to refuse those who speak for God is a consuming fire

(Hebrews 12:22)  But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

 

(Hebrews 12:23)  and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

 

(Hebrews 12:24)  and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

 

(Hebrews 12:25)  See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

 

(Hebrews 12:26)  At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens."

 

(Heb 12:27)  This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken--that is, things that have been made--in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.

 

(Hebrews 12:28)  Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,

 

(Hebrews 12:29)  for our God is a consuming fire.

 

Here are some warnings of the times that we are in first of false teachings and greed in these two verses of 2 Timothy 4

(2 Timothy 4:3)  For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

 

(2 Timothy 4:4)  and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

 

Also the same warning is given in 1 Timothy chapter 6 of false teachings and not to head them and also of greed and the love of money.

(1 Timothy 6:3)  If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,

 

(1 Timothy 6:4)  he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

 

(1 Timothy 6:5)  and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

 

(1 Timothy 6:6)  Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment,

 

(1 Timothy 6:7)  for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.

 

(1 Timothy 6:8)  But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

 

(1 Timothy 6:9)  But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

 

(1 Timothy 6:10)  For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

 

To further emphasize the point of greed and the love of money in 1 Timothy I am adding in the following verses in Matthew 6 which also ensure us to check our priorities on things, too, as far as where our treasures are.

(Matthew 6:19)  "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

 

(Matthew 6:20)  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

 

(Matthew 6:21)  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

 

(Matthew 6:22)  "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,

 

(Matthew 6:23)  but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

 

(Matthew 6:24)  "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

 

Also this warning and prophecy is given of and about people of the end days being rude and nasty and all this is given in 2 Timothy 3

(2 Timothy 3 3:1)  But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.

 

(2 Timothy 3 3:2)  For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

 

(2 Timothy 33:3)  heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,

 

(2 Timothy 3 3:4)  treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

 

(2 Timothy 3 3:5)  having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

 

(2 Timothy 3 3:6)  For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,

 

(2 Timothy 3 3:7)  always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

 

(2 Timothy 3 3:8)  Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.

 

(2 Timothy 3 3:9)  But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.

 

Also this in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 warns of a falling away before the coming of the anti-Christ so follow God and as stated above be patient

(2 Thessalonians 2:1)  Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:2)  not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:3)  Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:4)  who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:5)  Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:6)  And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time.

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:7)  For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:8)  And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:9)  The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:10)  and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:11)  Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,

 

(2 Thessalonians 2:12)  in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

 

I will rap this up by giving a presentation on the rapture which I strongly urge all readers to pray to be ready for because you do not want to miss it and then have to face the seven year tribulations period which will be more terrible than any other time on the earth because you missed the rapture something you did not need to do so please call out to Jesus today so you do not miss this rapture

Rapture         

I will conclude and wrap this teaching up by saying that the way people are now(not too unlike the way they were at Noah’s time and also the time Sodom, which are things which Jesus prophesied about in scriptures in Matthew, Mark and Luke)and all the many other end times signs which are occurring currently(animals dying, food prices rising, wars, rumors of wars, crazy weather and so on) are birth pangs of the coming tribulation period and  sure signs the rapture is not far way, indeed, I still believe that the rapture could be any day at any time, of which the Heavenly Father only knows). So cheer up, your redemption is drawing closer and closer every day that passes. Also please remember that Jesus loves you more than You can possibly know, and also by posting this about the rapture, too, which does duplicate some of the scriptures, but that is for emphasis for the rapture is too important and you absolutely DO NOT want to miss it:

 

                                  THE RAPTURE IS IMMINENT!!! ARE YOU READY????

 

            I am very strongly led to believe the rapture is very imminent, and could happen any day at anytime at all. Nobody knows the exact time for the rapture but the Father God Himself. I cannot strongly enough advise all of you to get your hearts right with Jesus by asking the Holy Spirit to reveal to you if there is any Sin /iniquity/ uncleanness in your heart, mind etc and repenting of any and all items brought to your mind right away, asking the Holy Spirit to cleanse you and your garments so that they are spotless, being washed by the blood of Jesus. I am a man, needing the blood of Jesus for cleansing as much as everyone else, and believe me I am doing the same thing. This repenting is a continuous process, not just a one time thing; I have found that I myself have been repenting several times throughout the day. I know that it will be God's grace and mercy ONLY that I make the rapture, not anything I do, I am well aware of the fact that grace alone being what saves, and not works lest any should boast, but also faith without works is dead so I am sharing this with everyone, in the hopes that a few, even just one person, would wake up in time, and repent, for the remaining time here is very short.

            I post and share this document for I deeply care for people and DO NOT want anyone to miss the rapture and find themselves left behind to face the 7 year tribulations which will follow the rapture which will be pure a horrific time on earth, the most horrific ever, in fact, where you will have to hide in caves or in mountains, away from all the evil and very selfish people, be an absolute survival expert, which many are not and absolutely refuse at all costs to take the mark of the beast(666).As a result of your refusal to take this mark, you won’t be able to buy or sell anything, work, eat, live in a normal way, and so on, and most likely you’ll be killed for it, but that is far better than taking the mark and ending up in the lake of fire for eternity, as each and every man and woman  who take the mark of the beast will end up in the lake of fire, where there will be absolutely no rest from their torment night or day(Revelation 14).  Even doing all the precautions, hiding by getting away from all population centers and into the mountains, and so on may not be enough because many if not most people, in fact will not survive the judgments that God will pour out on the world in this time period, in the seal, trumpet and bowl judgments as well as the judgment and destruction of the daughter of Babylon. All these events are described in good detail in the book of Revelation in chapters 6 through 18, which I strongly advise all to read. Here is a link an excellent animated video of the entire book of revelation for you to watch

 

 

 The tribulation period of seven years absolutely will make today's evil world seem like life in paradise by comparison. I very strongly suggest reading the book of Revelation chapters 6 through 18 which tell you specifically what sort of events and judgments the world will see during this tribulation period.

Here are some rapture related scriptures:

 (1 Corinthians 15:51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

 

(1 Corinthians 15:52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

 

(1Thessolonians 4:16) 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:

 

(1Thessolonians 4:17) 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.

 

God wants to keep us from this tribulation by His love and mercy Because thou has kept the word of my patience, I ALSO WILL KEEP THEE FROM THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."  The implication of this verse is obvious:  If the end-time Christian does NOT stay close to the Lord and endure to the end, HE WILL NOT BE KEPT FROM THE TRIBULATION HOUR Revelation 3 verse 10, so it is IMPERATIVE to stay close to the Lord in these last days. 

Now I have a very special warning message to all those who are lukewarm Christians to repent of this condition and to be on fire for Jesus or Jesus will surely spit you out of the rapture(see verse 16, below) and you will go through the seven year tribulation as it says in Revelation 3 14-22. There are FAR TOO MANY are in this condition the Holy Spirit warned me this AM. There are FAR TOO MANY LAODICEANS today. Please REPENT NOW of your lukewarmness and be on fire for the Lord before it is too late and you miss the rapture as a result of your being lukewarm!! Here are the verses in Revelation chapter 3 concerning the Laodicean church:

(Revelation 3:14) 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;

 

(Revelation 3:15) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

 

(Revelation 3:16) So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

 

(Revelation 3:17) Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

 

(Revelation 3:18) I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

 

(Revelation 3:19) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

 

(Revelation 3:20) Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

 

(Revelation 3:21) To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

 

(Revelation 3:22) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

 

Summarizing, you MUST all be ready for this coming rapture, AND be on FIRE for Jesus, and not be at all lukewarm but loving Jesus with ALL Your heart, mind and soul as commanded in the bible, in several places in both the old and new testaments. If in case you need to receive the Lord please pray the following prayer (backsliders can also use this prayer to repent of their sin and lukewarmness and recommit their lives, and return to their first love, Jesus. Please do so NOW before it is too late)

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

 

Here are 10 steps that can be of help to be ready for the soon to come rapture:

1. Make sure that you have received Jesus Christ into your life as your PERSONAL Lord and Savior(see the salvation prayer above and use it if need be).

 

2. Examine your own heart for any signs of backsliding, worldliness, unwatchfulness, compromising, and lukewarmness.

 

3. REPENT (Turn COMPLETELY away from sin and turn COMPLETELY around towards Jesus).  Sin separates you from God, even as a Christian.

 

4. Study end-time Biblical prophecy(Daniel 7-12, Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 17, 21, 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Thessalonians 4 and 5, other places but the  book of Revelation in particular)  until you become completely convinced that His Coming is, indeed, AT THE DOOR.  This will help keep you from temptation and sin.  JESUS IS COMING VERY SOON!!! Lord help me be absolutely convinced YOU ARE at the door!!!!!

 

5. Do something for the Lord.  (Passing out tracts would be a good start.)

 

6. Examine your priorities, lest the CARES OF THIS LIFE cause YOU to MISS THE RAPTURE, as we are so adamantly WARNED about in Luke 21, and so many other Scriptures.

 

7. Draw closer to God by praying, reading His Word, attending a fundamental church as often as possible, and surround yourself with a Christian atmosphere (Christian friends, books, music, radio, TV, etc.)

 

8. PRAY DILIGENTLY.  ASK THE LORD TO REVEAL TO YOU ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT EVEN MIGHT KEEP YOU FROM THE RAPTURE.  PRAY THAT THE LORD WOULD GIVE YOU A PEACE, IF YOU ARE READY, AND AN UNREST AND UNEASINESS IN YOUR HEART, IF YOU ARE NOT READY.

 

9. Listen for His voice and then STAY OPEN TO THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

 

10. Act upon that which the Lord is calling you to do. DO IT NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

 

Please also pray and ask the Lord Jesus to see if you are indeed ready and to give you peace if you and If the Lord has planted even the least bit of doubt or uneasiness in your heart, will you swallow your pride and pray this prayer with me:

"Dear Lord, Thank you for preparing a WAY OF ESCAPE from the horrible Tribulation to come.  It is my sincere desire to be ready for your Soon Return, so that I can participate in the Rapture. Give me a COMPLETE PEACE IN MY HEART FROM YOU if I am, indeed, ready. Let there be no false sense of security in my heart concerning my readiness for Your Return.  Begin to reveal to me things in my life and in my heart that might keep me from the Rapture.  Show me what I need to do to BE READY and then give me the power to act upon that which you show me to do.  Draw me away from the world and closer to you every day.  Use me in whatever way you can to help others

who may not be ready for your Return.  Fill me with your peace when I am ready and fill me with YOUR POWER, for victory over sin and temptation, and for effective service for your kingdom.  In Jesus' mighty name, Amen

If, by an unfortunate chance, you are finding yourself reading this testimony after the rapture has happened, and you find that you have missed it, everything is not lost by any means, just please pray immediately to accept the Lord Jesus as savior and /or recommit your life to Him, repenting of anything  and everything that you have done that has caused you to miss the rapture, especially such things as being lukewarm and whatever else you may do during that time absolutely DO NOT TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST OR YOU WILL SPEND ETERNITY IN THE LAKE OF FIRE!!!!!(taking the mark of the beast means you are essentially married to Satan, the antichrist, the beast and false prophet,  ALL OF WHOM ARE DESTINED FOR THE LAKE OF FIRE, AS ARE ALL WHO TAKE THEIR MARK ON THEIR FOREHEAD OR HAND). IT IS NOT AT ALL FORGIVABLE TO TAKE THIS MARK- so again you must avoid taking this mark AT ALL COSTS you won’t be able to buy, sell, work, and so on, you will have to hide, living in the forest and away from civilization, face jail, torture, and be executed for refusing the mark. If you do die for refusing to take the mark of the beast, if you are Jesus’ you will go to heaven immediately as a tribulation saint and martyr spoken of in the book of revelation. I cannot strongly stress the point enough to NEVER, EVER accept the mark of the beast, no matter what!!!! It will be well worth it to lose everything and everyone in this world, including your life so as  to not have to spend all eternity in hell and the lake of fire, where again there will be never any rest on your torment day or night.

 

Here is a video link for after the rapture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbvC-9Ei83E&feature=youtu.be

 

And a link to another facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jay.dougherty.50?ref=tn_tnmn#!/notes/jay-dougherty/good-book-on-tribulations-and-end-times-please-share-aslo-video-link/10200133756520233

 

God bless you and yours