Waking Jonah

[Part 5 in a 6-part series]

The picture should start getting a little more clear…

Show: Prewrath Radio Online
Full Podcast: Fighting is Not an Option During the Great Tribulation
Date: 8/31/09
Host: Charles Cooper
Topics: Killing not an option because of who you would have to kill; Mark 13:12-13 – You’d be fighting against your own family; The very person you may have to put the gun to is your own child–that is not what God is calling us to; “And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved” (physically delivered); Endurance is having the spiritual fortitude to not yield to the desire to revert to “eye for eye and tooth for tooth”; God will not set aside His Word during this time–we must have the courage to stand on it; Learn how to walk by faith in the face of great opposition

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[Part 4 in a 6-part series]

Show: Prewrath Radio Online
Full Podcast: Fighting is Not an Option During the Great Tribulation
Date: 8/31/09
Host: Charles Cooper
Topics: Dying is not the worst thing that can happen to you; We want to fight because we’re Americans, not because we’re Christians; There will come a time when injustice is the order of the day; Paul and other New Testament writers understood that to die for Christ is a privilege; Millions of Christians simply will not be able to fight during this time; There is a better option–we must be people of faith; Death for Christ is an honor, and it always will be; Acts 21:13-14 – Paul understood that dying is not the worst thing that can happen to a believer, being found unfaithful is; Faithfulness at any cost

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More from Pastor Charles Cooper…

[Part 3 in a 6-part series]

Show: Prewrath Radio Online
Full Podcast: Fighting is Not an Option During the Great Tribulation
Date: 8/31/09
Host: Charles Cooper
Topics: There will be a certain number of people martyred for the cause, and there’s nothing you can do; Fighting not an option because you’d find yourself in opposition to what God is allowing; Revelation 14:12 – You will have to endure, you will have to fight… but your fighting is not to live, but to be faithful; Revelation 20:4 – The consequence for giving witness/testimony to Christ goes up (to capital punishment)

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Charles Cooper discusses whether or not Christians should take up arms and physically fight against Antichrist and his minions during the Great Tribulation…

[Part 2 in a 6-part series]

Show: Prewrath Radio Online
Full Podcast: Fighting is Not an Option During the Great Tribulation
Date: 8/31/09
Host: Charles Cooper
Topics: Revelation 6:9-11; God says He won’t take vengeance until the entire “number” of martyrs have been killed; It is the will of God that the saints are allowed to die–God is allowing it, not preventing it; That throws a monkey wrench in the plan to fight back; You can’t fight against what God is allowing to happen; What Antichrist and his minions are being allowed to do is under the sovereign hand of God; What is the correct response?… just sit back and wait for them to decide to kill you?; The people God is allowing to be killed are faithful followers, not unfaithful Christians

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This is the first of several posts dealing with the subject of whether or not there is a biblical basis for taking up arms against Antichrist and his minions during the Great Tribulation.

The reality is that a generation of Christians will face the most unprecedented persecution that the world has ever known. This is a very sobering reality. But it is one that we can’t ignore. What should the believer’s response be to this kind of persecution, and how can we prepare ahead of time so as not to wander from the Lord and lean upon our own understanding?

This will be a difficult teaching, especially for those that adhere to the pre-trib rapture position (which is what I believed in up until about 6 months ago). I pray that you will stick with this series until the end–I believe it has biblically sound, Spirit-led teaching about FAITH that you may not find anywhere else…

[Part 1 in a 6-part series]

Show: Prewrath Radio Online
Full Podcast: Fighting is Not an Option During the Great Tribulation
Date: 8/31/09
Host: Charles Cooper
Topics: The degree of lawlessness during the Great Tribulation; Killing will be the order of the day–injustice will prevail; No biblical basis for killing someone to save your life; Lots of verses tell you “if you live by the sword, you will die by the sword”, “if you’re trying to save your life, you will lose your life”; The reality of a generation of believers facing this kind of intense persecution–the call to be sober; What are we going to do if physically fighting is not an option? 

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