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Thursday, September 7, 2017

SHALL HE FIND FAITH

SHALL HE FIND FAITH

"I tell you that He will bring about justice for them speedily. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" Luke 18:8



The reference is not to personal faith but to belief in the whole body of revealed truth, the faith. And the answer to that question is yes and no. His Second coming involves two parts to be explained in the next article titled "COULD CHRIST RETURN THIS YEAR"? In the first part He comes to rapture those He finds in the faith. In the second part of His return He finds 144,000 thousand Jews who are witnessing to the whole world of the true Messiah. At the time of His 2 part coming He finds apostasy rampant. (2 Tim 3:1-9) Apostasy, "rebellion" (2 Thess. 2:3) is the act of professing people who deliberately reject revealed truth as to (1) the Deity of Jesus Christ, and (2) redemption through His atoning and redeeming sacrifice (1 John 4:1-3; Phil 3:18; 2 Pet 2:1), the true believers having been raptured (1 Thess. 4:16-17). Seducing spirits and the doctrine of devils control the minds and hearts and therefore reign at this time (1 Tim 4:1, 2 Tim 3:1-4:4) add to the description of the era. Perilous are those times described. “Perilous” could also be translated “fierce” or “furious.” It is used only one other time, in connection with the demoniacs in the country of the Gadarenes, describing them as “exceeding fierce” (Matt. 8:28). The world will become increasingly violent and dangerous as the end approaches.

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