Seeing "Prewrath" Everywhere...

It was sure fun to see that on September 22, prewrathrapture.com featured Karin's testimony.  Alan Kurschner titled the entry - "Prewrath Story - Prewrath Twins."  (Thanks Alan, now I know why my counter got so dizzy!)

I remember when the "light bulb" came on for me like it did for Karin.  I too began seeing "prewrath" everywhere in scripture.  The switch that triggered the light was an understanding of the day of the Lord.  The truth that God's wrath, the Lord's coming, and the gathering of the saints are all tied to the day of the Lord.

The truth of God's word shows that the day of the Lord occurs after the man of lawlessness is revealed...2 Th. 2:1-4

The truth of God's word shows that believers are not destined for God's day of the Lord wrath but we are headed towards the greatest persecution yet to come upon God's elect...1 Th. 5:9, Matthew 24:21,21

The truth of God's word shows that the end of the age refers to the beginning of the day of the Lord...Matthew 24:29, Joel:2:31

The truth of God's word shows that the resurrection and rapture occur at the end of the age, at the Lord's coming...Matthew 24:31,1 Th. 4:16,17, John 6:40, 1 Cor. 15:22,23  

When I come across words such as "wrath", "revealing", "last day", and "coming" in scripture, all these thoughts flash before my mind as the word "wrath" did for Karin when she saw it in Proverbs.  (See comments section of her testimony.)  Scripture is abundant with "prewrath references", or references that point to the return of Christ as having to do with the day of the Lord.  And just like Karin, when the light bulb came on it lit a fire under me.  That is what happens when a truth of scripture grips your mind and heart.

The marvelous result is that the Living and Abiding Word becomes incredibly rich and you experience what David experienced...the word of God is more desirable than the purest gold and is sweeter than the sweetest thing David could think of to eat...honey from the honey comb. 

Ben is here as you can see...

...and he's hit the ground running.  He's never been one to sit still.  He's already split a pile of wood for me...pulled up my toilet so I could replace the floor...and drilled a hole in my wall so he could have internet from the computer room/guest bedroom to the living room.  Hmm...not so sure about that last one, but he's worth a hole in my wall.

Today is another work day.  I will finish installing the new bathroom floor, not sure what Ben has planned.  Annie (my daughter, Daniel's mom) is coming over to use my computer to upload some images she shot while she and my son-in-law were hiking earlier in the week.  She'll also be picking huckleberries from our three loaded bushes to make dessert for her husband's birthday party which we are having tonight.  I'm sure Ben will spend some more time with his nephew and his niece Daisy.  I'll feed them all lunch.

Family is wonderful, isn't it?  Your children grow up so fast.  Hug them lots.  Pray for them often.  And give thanks for how your Heavenly Father uses them in your life to conform you into the image of His Son.

Daniel Meets Uncle Ben...

Just a little excited!

Well, I have two reasons this morning to be excited.  The first one is because my husband is on the way to the airport to pick up our son Benjamin.  He's been in Alaska all summer, supervising the work crews that kept the Denali Park tour buses clean.  So, if you were in Alaska this summer and you took a bus into Denali National Park, your bus was probably cleaned by my son and one of his work crews!  He will be with us for a week and I will enjoy every second that he is here.  He is the life of the party, the one who keeps everyone in stitches...I just love him to death, he is so much fun to have around!

The other reason I am excited is because I am teaching Psalm 18 this morning to my ladies Bible study.  I will begin by giving the gals a couple of observations that John Piper makes regarding the Psalms.  The first one is  that the Psalms are meant to instruct us about God, man, and life.  They were written as songs and poetry so of course they stir up and carry the affections of the heart.  (That was observation number two by the way...)  But in that stirring up of our hearts we learn things about God, human nature, and how life is to be lived.

In this Psalm we learn that God is our Rock.  David composed this psalm after the Lord had given him deliverance from all his enemies, including Saul.  David's life was tumultuous, one in which he was pursued by enemies and one in which he took on the offensive and conquered his enemies.  David was able to look back over his life, at the times he dwelled among the crags to escape Saul and he compares God to such a place of concealment and security.  God is our firmness.

I visited Yosemite Valley this summer and as you drive into the Park, you come around a corner and all of a sudden the skyline is filled with El Capitan.  It is a HUGE slab of granite.  When I was preparing this lesson, my thoughts kept going back to El Capitan.  It is massive.  It is huge.  It is towering.  It is firm.  Such is our God. 



Praise Him for that today, won't you, like David did?

Karin's Prewrath Testimony

By now you know I have a twin.  She wrote her prewrath testimony down and sent it to her pastor who is a preterist.  She also sent it to me.  I asked permission to post it on my blog and she said yes.  Here it is...

"Three years ago I was visiting my sister in Washington and she told me about a view of eschatology that I had never heard of before. It was taught as an elective at her church. It's called the pre-wrath rapture view. If you take Scripture at face value it beautifully puts all things into place regarding end time prophecy. There are absolutely no discrepancies whatsoever. Once you see it - it's interwoven all throughout Scripture in the Old Testament and the New Testament.


It's not a pre-trib view or a post-trib view or even a mid-trib view. There is a literal rapture where believers are caught up to meet the Lord in the air at His second coming on the same day that God's wrath begins. This event is called The Day of the Lord and it happens at the opening of the 6th seal. Believers will be persecuted by the Anti-Christ, but are removed before God's wrath is poured out when the 7th seal is broken. One thing I learned in my study is that the Great Tribulation doesn't start until the Beast sets himself up in the temple. Never does it say that the tribulation starts when the first seal is broken. The seven churches in Revelation are all told to be over-comers. Taking Scripture at face value they are being told of the persecution that is to come and they are given instructions on what they need to do to over-come and endure till His return. The day that He comes will be like a thief in the night, but those who are prepared will know the signs (in the sun, moon, and stars) for His coming and they will look up for their redemption is near. Those who are not ready will shrink away in terrible fear.


Over the last several months I have done an in depth study looking all end time passages at face value recognizing there are some figures of speech, but I'm convinced that what I've learned is the truth of Scripture. I can read Revelation and it makes sense now, and it's beautiful. Once you realize the truth there is no doubt of what is going to occur, no fear whatsoever."

Karin is planting seeds like crazy now.  I think it is great!

"O woman, great is your faith!"

My son's fiance is a brand new believer.  What delights me is that she is devouring the Word.  She is also keeping me in the Word by asking me lots of questions!  Today she sent me an email and wanted to know why Jesus told a Gentile woman that He was sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  The account is in Matthew 15.  I'm sure to Mai Huong it seemed like Jesus was not very compassionate to this woman at first.  When she cried out to the Lord for mercy because her daughter was severely demon-possessed the Lord ignored her request.  He did not answer her a word.  His disciples were annoyed by her crying out after them and came to Jesus and urged Him to send her away.  He answers by saying that He was sent except to the lost sheep of Israel.  This time the woman ignored what the Lord said and came close to Him and bowed down and worshiped Him saying, "Lord, help me!"  This time He answers her but again with words that do not seem to show a lot of compassion.  He tells her that is is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the family's pet dog.  In essence He was calling her a dog and she knew it.  Jesus was saying that the lost sheep of Israel must be fed first, must be given spiritual food first.  The Lord is testing her faith at this point.  He was drawing it out.

It was God's plan from the very beginning to include Gentiles as His sheep (see John 10:16), but His plan was to send the Savior to Israel and then through Israel the world would be reached.  (Mt. 28:19, 20)  Obviously in His plan some Gentiles would come to faith as He was preaching to Israel.  After Jesus tells the woman that it is not normal to feed the family pet before feeding the children, she agrees with the Lord, she continues in her persistence and says basically that she is willing to settle for the crumbs that fall when the children are fed.  She demonstrated great faith and the Lord rewards it by healing her daughter.

Jesus priority was to the lost sheep of Israel, but the crumbs of the gospel did fall from His table and fed this humble woman who hungered for the Bread of Life.

Now I get to write Mai Huong and explain to her why Jesus said to Peter, "Get thee behind me Satan!"  And I'm so thankful she is one of His sheep...

Just for fun!

This post is for all you moms, grammas, and wanna-be-grammas!  My sister Betty Ann, the creative genius in my family, took the album of Daniel and created another, smaller album with music and captions.  This new album is a little story of Daniel going on an adventure.  The first thing you'll need to do is click on this link to get the music started, open a new window in your web browser, come back to Overcomer and this post, and then click on this link and then hit slideshow.  You will want to slow the slide show down to probably about seven seconds for each image so you have plenty of time to read the captions.  I hope it works for you!