Based on my reading of Scripture, the saved will be raptured (caught up to heaven)

" For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord." (1 Thessalonians 4:14-17)

This will happen right before the 7 year Tribulation. There will be many new people saved during the tribulation, but most of them will be martyred. At the end of the 7 year Tribulation (During which about half of the world's population will die from war, pestilence, drought, earthquakes, famine, and persecution), Jesus will return, destroy His enemies and reign on earth for 1,000 years (His millennial reign) At the end of the 1,000 years, new enemies will rise up to battle against Jesus, but will be destroyed by His word and a New Heavens and New Earth will be created in perfection for the saved alone. There will be no more sin, death, or tears.

The greatest details on end times are in Revelation starting with Chapter 4 and in Daniel starting with Daniel chapter 7. I do have some articles on the subject on my trustjesus.substack.com , but don't feel like a great expert on the subject, even though I have been studying the Bible for ~40 years and studying end times prophecy hard the past year.

The last two chapters of Revelation do describe a restoration, but it only happens after the near complete destruction of everything and everyone. There is one restoration right before the millennial reign of Christ and then there is the new heavens and the new Earth after that.

A lot of people from my past don’t even know me.

Like at all.

I’m more myself now than I ever was at any other point in my life.

Which means I have great friendships and relationships now.

But dealing with people from the past is painful, because they’re expecting an old fake version of me and I just can’t muster a performance of that guy anymore.

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Repost, because I'm missing chatting with fellow Bitcoiners today. 😢

#Nostr needs a Twitter Spaces equivalent. Importantly, one that is visible, easy to access, and easy to use.

Not complaining--I'm aware that it requires time, sats, and expertise to create--just saying.

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I’ve been thinking about Christmas traditions which made me think, “Which Christmas traditions honor and point to Jesus?” I grew up in a home of unbelievers, so although our traditions were not bad, they didn’t point to Jesus. My husband’s family was a godly family that had some Jesus honoring Christmas traditions. We have adopted most of them into our family. I wonder how many others want to honor Jesus at Christmas, but don’t know how because they weren’t raised in a home that honored Jesus at Christmas.

We have two traditions that we do before we ever open a single present. We read the Christmas story (Luke 2:1-20) and usually the story about the wise men (Matthew 2:1-12) and then we sing “Happy Birthday.”

What does your family do to honor Jesus at Christmas?

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GOOD MORNING NOSTR, STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS. 🫡

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I personally miss the Old Testament God, full of wrath and fury.

The New Testament is weak and forgiving.

Christians,

Help me out here.

How does one feel strongly about Jesus? How does one have a personal relationship with Christ?

In general I feel very little or nothing when I think about god and he exists to me more as a vague concept.

Any advice?