March 1, 2014

In response to: 

Mathman (25 Feb 2014)
"Is the fall of the U.S.A. in Scripture?  Part 2 of 4 - Why the U.S.A. Falls"

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/feb2014/mathman225.htm

I am responding to a question raised in this article: 

"Will the Church still be here when the U.S.A. falls, or will this happen after the Rapture?  On this question, I do not know, so I will not even speculate.  The only thing I will say is that the Bible does not outline clearly one way or the other, so I can only conclude with “we may or may not see this terrible day”."

I contend that the answer is not only in the bible, but it is only a few verses prior to a quote given in the same article.  The answer is in Revelation 18:4 quoting the King James Version: 

Revelation  18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.  18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.  18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

I interpret this as saying that God calls his people out of the USA (the Rapture!!!) right before judging the USA.  I hope that I am right about this.  If I am right about this then we have the Rapture, immediately following this we have the Judgement of the USA End Times Babylon side by side with the other simultaneous events in Revelation.  Another term for this Judgment that I think fits well and with which we are familiar is "sudden destruction." 

For your discernment about my ability to spot truth I offer the following:  I grew up Roman Catholic not believing the Rapture.  My search for the Truth in response to the incoherence of Catholic End-Time Doctrine led me to believe the Truth of the Rapture.  It is the only solution (that is viable) to the logic knot that I found in Catholic Doctrine.  I may or may not write of this logic knot at another time.  Your sister in Christ. 

Susanna Garlitz