Antichrist Excited About Rapture...Are You?

Over the past 6 years I have had MANY conversations with people who are filled with anxiety. 

Anxiety about what? 

Anxiety about how the world is coming apart...and it appears to be happening faster and faster. 

Some call it all the "gloom and doom" news that seems to bombard us from all sides....fiscal cliffs, debt ceilings, deficits, Social Security collapse, 48 million Americans on food stamps, 70% of black children born out of wedlock, pornography shown to 8 yr olds, 1/3 of Christian clergy admit porn problem, gay agenda sweeping over, obesity epidemic coming for our kids, health care costs are exploding, Europe is bankrupt, China and Japan threatening war, Israel is surrounded by angry Muslims....whew!!...and that's just a short list!!!

So is all this news really 'gloom and doom'?...or is it really EXCITING news because we know God has it all under control and we also know that all these BIRTH PANGS mean that JESUS IS COMING!!

Today, I ran across this article on Rapture Ready and it asks a great question...if the Antichrist is excited about the rapture and is jumping for joy and clapping his hands in anticipation...how come many of us aren't doing the same thing?

Even though I don’t know, and neither does anyone else know right now, who he is, there are still some things we can know about his character and his ambitions and desires because the Bible describes enough about him for us to figure out what kind of person he likely is. For some reason, when I have thought about him at all, I have always viewed the Antichrist as mostly a political figure. A “mover and shaker” type who is orchestrating and manipulating things like world government-type stuff behind the scenes, and that is probably accurate. However, it crossed my mind that maybe he’s more than that, too. He’s human and likely more dimensional than that.

 He’s probably funny, and considered fun to be around and maybe described by some as someone you’d like to “have a beer with” as they say. He’s probably charming, witty, smart and very clever. He’s probably talented at many things. I’ll bet he has the gift of gab and is probably very handsome. And as a human, he’s obviously also emotional and has an ego. Actually, I’ll bet he has an extra-super-size dose of ego. I’m pretty sure that even if he doesn’t show it right now, he’s going to turn out to be the most narcissistic narcissist there ever was! He would make Hitler look meek and shy and humble. After all, he’s eventually going to declare himself to be God and demand that EVERYBODY worship him as such.

Although most Bible scholars, nor do I, believe that he knows who he is right now, I do believe he does already have tendencies, desires and ambitions toward becoming ruler of the world someday. So, if I put myself in his shoes and think about that goal and what needs to be done to accomplish it, doesn’t it stand to reason that his path to that goal would be made so much easier if we Christians were out of his hair? Wouldn’t a global economy and a global government be much easier to obtain if only we believers would just disappear?

You know, those of us who are clinging to our Bibles, our guns and our religion? (Sorry, I couldn’t resist putting that in.) He’s probably thinking, “I’m SO close! What I really need now is to get around or better yet, get rid of these holy rollers. Sure, I could and will continue with the plan to disarm the world, shut down freedom of speech, destroy all individual freedoms in fact and erase all verbal or visual references to God or Jesus. But, although my chipping away at this stuff is speeding up now and working quite nicely so far, if I do say so myself, the Rapture would surely be a shortcut to victory.”

Doesn’t it make sense that the Antichrist would be looking forward to the Rapture? I’ll just bet he’s heard of it and it sure makes sense to me that he’s giggling and clapping his hands and smiling all the time in anticipation. So my question is this: WHY aren’t WE as excited? Why aren’t we giggling all day, clapping our hands, shouting and smiling? Huh? Why aren’t we witnessing, testifying and spreading the Word in every way we can think of to get as many people as we can to accept Jesus and come with us? Hmmm…things that make ya go, hmmm!

 

Here;  http://raptureready.com/soap/howard4.html

 

So what's it gonna be folks?....gloom and doom about earthly events or jumping for joy because the global events point us to Jesus' soon return??

 

Jesus told us, "When you see all these things begin to happen, then lift up your heads for your redemption is near."

 

Awesome!!  Let's jump for joy and tell the world about Jesus!...and work hard at it while we still have light in which to work!!