Christ will come to Earth again and all the dead will rise to be judged and 144,000 will be brought into Heaven, the rest suffering in hell and perishing. How can we tell which one is Christ? The Bible says someone will pretend to be Christ and Satan will help him in this trickery. But how will we know if the person is Jesus or not? ( who knows, it can happen before we die )
2006-09-08 17:51:19 · 23 answers · asked by blah 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No one will know. Just pray and live what is good in God's eyes.
2006-09-08 17:57:01 · answer #1 · answered by shanghai68 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Please relax. None of this is real. Nobody is going to hell and we will all perish anyway, which is nothing to fear. We all do. It's part of life.
There is no christ, no anti-christ, no satan, no heaven, no hell, and no trickery. It's all a myth, which the world is in the process of outgrowing. So none of these things will happen to you.
In Matthew 16, the Jesus character is reported to have said, "I tell you there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom with power and great glory.
Every Sunday morning a few more people wake up and smell the coffee and say, "Hey! Y'know what? That was bullsh^t! He ain't coming. And I've got things I want to do this morning. I reclaim this day for myself!" And as more and more people continue to realize that, the Christian faith continues to decline.
By the time your grandchildren are mature people, the majority of Americans will have forgotten the whole business. You won't hear "Jesus who?" very often, because nobody will ask the question.
Even the Southern Baptist Convention is admitting now that membership is declining and new baptisms are declining. The Christian faith is just a myth. It means nothing. And it will soon be gone. What a relief. No more Hell, and no more trickery.
What a relief.
2006-09-09 01:39:33 · answer #2 · answered by aviophage 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The more we read about the real Jesus Christ in the Bible the more we can tell. The anti_christ is the person who will "claim" to be the peacemaker of the world and will decieve many. Watch out for that, because that will happen before Christ's return.
Then Jesus WILL return and people will turn to Him and God and not to the anti-christ. ANOTHER BIG SIGN of when you can tell it is the real Jesus is that He WILL come down in the clouds of Heaven in a bright light brighter than the sun. Ready to pick up his Bride (the church body, who are wholehearted Christians) who are still here on earth and will bring us to Heaven.
Read Matthew 26:63-64
The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."
64"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
And Revelation 19:7
7Let us rejoice and be glad
and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
Jesus was being humble in how he said, yes he is the Son of Man. So you will KNOW when it is really Him when you see Him coming in the clouds of Heaven. No imposter human being living on the earth pretending to be Christ can do that. :)
Believe me, I've had dreams about Him coming on the clouds even before I read it in the Bible!!! I found it in the Bible while I was having quiet time (one on one time with God) reading His word and being guided by the Holy Spirit when I found it weeks after I've had the dream.
2006-09-09 01:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have been listening to your Jehovah Witness parents too much! The 144,000 are not those with a "heavenly hope" like the JW's teach, they are the twelve tribes of Israel, probably the kings and priests of the new world, where Jesus will be reigning from Jerusalem. When Jesus returns, he will be coming out the clouds of glory riding a white horse with the armies of heaven behind him. He will be bringing vengence upon the God haters and evil people of the world before he settles down to heal the nations, the seas and the lands. That's how you will know him, all others will be much less glorious because they will be fakes without the power of God. You will also know him because of his Love! And you could look for the nail scars in his hands and feet and the wound scar in his side.... the only man-made things in heaven. And yes, if you live a normal life span you should see Jesus returning!
2006-09-09 01:11:30 · answer #4 · answered by skypiercer 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus told us who He would be. In Matthew 24 Jesus comes in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Matthew 24:30; Daniel 7:13; Zechariah 12:10
2006-09-09 01:35:09 · answer #5 · answered by PowerfulProphet 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Antichrist will come on the scene after the Christians that are looking for his return are ruptured. The Antichrist will be charismatic and be able to solve world problems for a while. After a while he will require everyone to take a mark on the forehead or hand in order to but or sell. The mark is a oneway ticket to hell after the judgement. When Jesus comes to the earth , it will be to rescue Israel from enemies about to wipe her out, there will be an enormous earth quake and every knee shall bow. There will be no mistaken it is Jesus.
2006-09-09 01:01:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have a better question. When Jesus was here first time you guys did nothing to save him from peagons and Jews. What is the gaurantee you will do better next time? So instead of when Jesus will come, try to think if you will be in 144,000 ( where did this number come from anyway?
2006-09-09 00:55:55 · answer #7 · answered by WISEMAN 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Never have I read such things in the Bible, yet I do recognise it from the Christian New Testament. Believe me when I say that I do not mean this disrespectfully but I await a messiah who is not condemned to death for treason and blasphamy. This kind of "prophecy" only acts to increase fear and this is of little benefit to people searching for hope, Christians included. Shalom.
2006-09-09 01:00:49 · answer #8 · answered by Rabbi Yohanneh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 24:24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
read carefully..."IF IT WERE POSSIBLE".. why "IF" because the true believers will know that this isn't Christ.
oh, you are a JW...the 144,000 are of the 12 tribes of Israel... unless JW's are now Jewish(which they aren't)... they are not in that number. those of us that are alive and remain will rise after the dead in Christ are risen. the 144,000 are saved at the very end, they will be saved at the end of the tribulation.
2006-09-09 00:57:28 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Poetic1♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus will come and Rapture his people out of here. Jesus comes first. the other christ it speaks of is anti christ. people will follow him. but the only ones who will be saved after that is the Jews. there his chosen elect. thats what the bible says. i believe it. right now his mercy and grace is everywhere but one day its gonna be too late for people.soon the doors will shut on Gentile nation and he will turn back to his people which is the Jews. during the time of anti christ that is tribulation. 3 and half years of peace then you kno what breaks loose. 7 years of tribulation
2006-09-09 00:57:49 · answer #10 · answered by wuzzup24252006 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You cannot read the number of the elect in Revelation like that. It is symbolic: 12 tribes of Israel * 12 apostles = 144 *1000 (meaning a huge number) = 144000.
We cannot tell when this will happen.
2006-09-09 00:53:11 · answer #11 · answered by David W 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋