" But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand." Ezekial 33:6
Watchmen were set on the towers or walls to warn of invaders or other dangers. Watchmen were not kings or high-ranking officials or leaders. they were usually foot-soldiers, men of little or no rank or social distinction, yet the fate of entire cities rested on their shoulders. Likewise, I am no preacher or ordained minister, nor even an elder or deacon. I am a lay person, so to speak, a foot soldier in the Lord's army. I am charged, as is each and every one of us to sound the alarm lest any person perish and the Lord require their blood of our hands.
It is my deep and unshakeable belief that millions of genuine Christians, including many preachers and ministers have been deceived into a false sense of security concerning the rapture and the Great Tribulation. We have been taught that the church will be raptured prior to the emergence of the AntiChrist and the opening of the seven seals and thus spared the persecution and tribulations described in Revelations. This mistaken notion that the church and all believers will be spared these trials and never have to worry about the persecution of the AntiChrist leaves us without protection and completely unprepared for the tribulations of the Great Tribulation which a clear reading of scripture teaches us that we will go through and come out of with our our robes "washed". Millions of Christians may, through this mistaken belief, be blind to the machinations of the AntiChrist and not recognize the danger before it is too late. Many may accept the Mark of the Beast because they refuse to see it for what it is, simply because they were taught that they would be gone long before it happens.
Burdened by the Holy Spirit, I must speak out and sound the trumpet, lest the souls of any perish through ignorance. While I do NOT believe that this results from any intentional evil from our ministers and shepherds, this deception IS an infiltration of the church by the father of lies, indoctinating generations of pastors and Christians since the advent Pre-Tribulationism in the 1830's, and has now taken such hold in the church as if to seem utterly immovable.
I can no longer stand back and agree to disagree quietly on this issue, pretending as it doesn't matter which timing of the rapture you believe in so long as you believe. It does matter. We must see the truth and prepare ourselves and our churches for the tribulations to come, lest any Christians be caught unawares and be destroyed. Remember that of the seven churches written about in Revelations, only one is not admonished to repent or be blotted out from the book of life. I pray the Lord forgive me for the many times I have remained silent, and that it is not too late to make a difference.
