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@rgPhotography 20 November 2020

The fight is on against Covid 19. Otherd claimed that the said pandemic is just a "Plandemic"--- a hoax--- a propaganda to spread fear and to control the populace. How about you? Do you agree with their claim?

@rgPhotography 18 November 2020

Goof day read.cash!

@rgPhotography 16 October 2020

Why I am Not a Post-Trib Prewrath Believer Most of the time some Pastors and believers mistakenly thought that I adhere to Pastor Steven Anderson's POST TRIB PREWRATH view. Well, the truth is- I am NOT! Prewrathers basically believe that there will be two kinds of wrath in the end times. One is the wrath of Satan which will be poured out during the tribulation and the other is the wrath of God which will occur AFTER the tribulation. Hence, according to them, believers are not appointed to wrath. I am a CLASSICAL PREMILLENNIAL, otherwise known as HISTORIC POST TRIB. That is what our forefathers, like Spurgeon, believed. For us there are three kinds of wrath in the end times: the WRATH OF SATAN during the tribulation, the WRATH OF GOD THE FATHER during the tribulation, and the WRATH OF THE LORD/LAMB after the tribulation. Here is one of our basic arguments: 1) The vials is the Wrath of God Revelation 16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 2) Jesus promised that He will come again (ONLY ONE 2nd COMING) For unbelievers it will be a THIEF in the night for it will be a destruction for them (Battle of Armageddon) For believers it will be a rest from tribulation for we will be raptured that time. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire TAKING VENGEANCE on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Take note: Paul was talking to the CHURCH in Thessalonica and he was telling them that their rest from tribulation will happen at His coming with His mighty angels and that in that coming He will take vengeance on the unbelievers (Armageddon). This is a solid proof that the church will still be around the earth during the tribulation. Otherwise, Paul would have said that our rest from troubles will be before the tribulation. NO! It is very clear in the verse... our rest from tribulation will happen during His second coming for the battle of Armageddon which is AFTER THE TRIBULATION. 3) He will come as a thief and He will put an end of the Battle of Armageddon after the pouring of the 6th vial. Revelation 16:12, 15-16 And the SIXTH angel poured out his VIAL upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. Behold, I come as a THIEF. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Thus, the church will still be around the earth during the pouring of the first to sixth vials. It is true that we are NOT appointed to wrath... we are not appointed to the wrath of the Lamb and we are not appointed to the wrath of God either. God did it in Egypt when He poured out the plagues there. The Israelites were miraculously protected. And I believe He could still do it during the tribulation period. Otherwise, why would Jesus advised us to flee to the mountains in Matthew 24? It simply means that in that terrible time there will be a place of refuge for believers.

@rgPhotography 12 October 2020

How's the Bot doing? Long time no see read.cash Hehe I lost my appetite 😁

@rgPhotography 4 October 2020

Turn of Fate- Life is ever Changing I have a new friend here in Read.Cash named @Eirolfeam2 . She had raised a question yesterday in one of her articles. And I gladly participated by commenting about it. Her question goes like this: What is your greatest challenge that you have encountered in your life? Please allow me to share to you guys my answer to her question. The greatest challenge in my life so far was when I decided to pursue my college education. You see, I am just an average guy with an average IQ, who was also born during those times when college education was too expensive for a **poor** **islander** family. The year was 2003. My father was just an ordinary fisherman. When I was still in 2nd year High School, he already told me that he cannot afford to send me to college. To make the long story short... to get a college education, this islander guy (me, myself, and I) went to the city on his own looking for a scholarship. I literally do not know the whereabouts of the universities and colleges in the city proper. And so to navigate, I simply asked almost every street vendor, PUJ conductors, and passersby that I came accross with. I was 20 years old then. I talked to campus administrators and guidance councilors, with knees quivering, **begging** for scholarship and majority of them turned me down. Luckily, I got qualified as a working scholar in an Aeronautical state college. I stayed in the college dorm to minimize further expenses. It was there that the real challenge started. Our school allowance was only Php 800.00/month. And it always come a month late. We are tasked to do janitorial work in the campus. I remember attending class with just a glass of water in my stomach. I want to listen to our Instructors and to absorb the lessons but my stomach's craving for a meal is way louder than our Instructor's voice. And so to resolve the problem, together with my co-working scholars, we went to the Campus Administrator's office. We asked our good Directress to allow us to gather scraps and recyclables from the campus' garbage. We sold the gathered scraps to the junkshop outside the campus.

@rgPhotography 1 October 2020

The Ones Taken- Who are they? (Matthew 24:36-41) Exposing the Mistakes of the Pretrib Rapture Doctrine Pretrib rapture advocates believe that the ones taken in Matthew 24:36-41 are the ones raptured and the ones left are the ungodly. But that is not so according to the context of what Jesus is saying in the said text. The second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is illustrated just as in the days of Noah and Lot. ***Matthew 24:36-41*** *36 But of THAT DAY and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.* *37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.* *38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,* *39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.* *40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.* *41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be TAKEN, and the other left.* Verse 36 clearly refers to the rapture of which also refers to the preceding verse in verse 29, that DAY that Jesus was referring to is the time after the tribulation, when the Son of Man comes in the clouds. But look at the illustration of the time of Noah. People are drinking and eating. They have peace, they have safety, they lived their lives happily. But when the time came, the flood **took** them all away. Notice the words ***"...took them all away ."*** And then Jesus points out that His coming will also be in this manner. The same as with Lot in Luke 17:28-37, they drank, eat, bought, sold, planted, and builded. They were comfortable with their lives... until it rained fire and brimstone and **all of them are destroyed**. So we can see clearly that the flood and the fire are there to take or to destroy the ungodly when they think there is peace and safety. In like manner also will the coming of Jesus be. That is why in the succeeding verse, Matt 24:40-41, Luke 17:34-36, the ones taken there are not the ones raptured but the ones being destroyed. The ones left are the saved. Look at how the passage is being stated- a parallel statement. The flood and the fire took or destroyed the people. In the same way, one taken, the other left. TAKEN means destroyed. Here we have a clear answer in Luke 17:37 ...the disciples asked where Lord? Where are these people taken? Jesus answered, WHERESOEVER THE BODY IS, THITHER WILL THE EAGLES BE GATHERED TOGETHER. THE QUESTION is... What is the purpose of eagles gathering together? It can only mean one thing... supper or dinner, MEAL. ***Job 39:27-30*** *27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?* *28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.* *29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.* *30 Her young ones also suck up blood: AND WHERE THE SLAIN ARE, THERE IS SHE.* ***Revelation 19:17-18*** *17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;* *18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.* There you have it... the ones TAKEN are the UNSAVED and they will be destroyed by the wrath of the Lamb during the Day of the Lord and in the Battle of Armageddon. Their dead bodies will be eaten by the eagles- the fowls of the air. THE ONES TAKEN WILL BE THE MEAL OF THE GREAT SUPPER OF THE GREAT GOD!

@rgPhotography 30 September 2020

Revelation 4:1- The Pretrib's Rapture Model Exposing the Mistakes of the Pretrib Rapture Doctrine According to the pretrib doctrine the Church is no longer mentioned from chapter 4 to chapter 19 of the book of Revelation because she is already raptured in chapter four verse one. They added that in that verse the apostle John is used as the model or representation for the said rapture. **Is it really what the Bible says?** To expose their misconception, let us read the famous rapture passage in 1 Thessalonians 4 and let us see if the elements of the rapture there are also present in Revelation 4:1. Let us compare Scripture with Scripture and let the Bible expose the truth. **Note:** *All CAPS in the verses below are mine for emphasis only.* ***1 Thessalonians 4:16-17*** *16 For the LORD HIMSELF shall DESCEND from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the DEAD in Christ SHALL RISE first:* *17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the CLOUDS, to meet the Lord in the AIR: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.* ***Revelation 4:1-2*** *1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened IN HEAVEN: and the first VOICE which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.* *2 And immediately I WAS IN THE SPIRIT: and, behold, a THRONE was set IN* HEAVEN, and one sat on the throne. COMPARISON ***1 Thess 4** (the LORD himself shall descend from heaven) ***Rev. 4** (the heaven was only opened and no one descended) ***1 Thess. 4** (with a shout and with the voice of the archangel) ***Rev. 4** (No archangel and no shout... only a voice which sounded like a trumpet) ***1 Thess. 4** (with the trump of God) ***Rev. 4** (no trumpet... only a voice that sounded like a trumpet) ***1 Thess. 4** (the dead rise first... glorified body resurrection) ***Rev. 4** (no resurrection... instead John was ONLY in SPIRIT when he ascended. He was not in a glorified body!) ***1 Thess. 4** (meet in the CLOUDS together with the resurrected dead believers) ***Rev. 4** (NONE... it is only John who ascended and he did not even ascended in the CLOUDS! Instead he went directly to Heaven as evident in verse 2 where he said that he saw a throne IN HEAVEN) ***1 Thess. 4** (meet the Lord in the air) ***Rev. 4** (John went directly to heaven and the LORD was never mentioned waiting in the AIR... instead there is somebody whom I strongly believe is the Lord Himself sitting on the throne in Heaven) There you have it, the comparison itself speaks for the truth that the account in Rev. 4 is totally a different story. There is never a clue in the entire book of Revelation that would suggest that Revelation 4:1 is about the rapture! Let us stand for what the Bible really says. And by the way, if the church was already raptured in Revelation 4, how come she was never mentioned from chapter 4 to chapter 19? Please read those chapters and you will find out that for many times they talk and describe the scene in Heaven but the word "church" was completely absent from those heavenly scenes. Messing up with the Scriptures is a very serious offence. BEWARE!

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@rgPhotography 29 September 2020

Jesus as a Wife Beater Some pretribbers would argue that Jesus is NOT a wife beater that is why He will rapture first His wife from the earth before He will pour out His wrath during the 7 years tribulation period. They use this argument in order to validate their assumption of a pretrib rapture. They stressed that if it is a post-tribulation rapture, then that would make Jesus a wife beater because in posttrib view the church will still be present on the earth during the entire seven-year tribulation period. And thus, the Church, the future Bride of the Lord, will be badly beaten during the said tribulation period. That argument is a total ignorance of what the Bible really says. Even pretribbers themselves readily admit that there will be **Christians** during the entire tribulation period. They call those believers as tribulation saints. Now, my friendly challenge to those who hold the pretrib view, please show me a verse in the Bible which depicts the tribulation saints being subjected to God's wrath. There is absolutely NONE! Those christians will be physically present on the earth while the wrath of God will be poured out **but** they will not be harmed by it because GOD's WRATH is not geared towards believers but to God's enemies. Look at what Paul said to the GENTILE CHURCH in Thessalonica: ***2 Thessalonians 1:6*** *Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation TO THEM THAT TROUBLE YOU;* Those who hold the WIFE BEATER argument seems forgetful that we are worshipping a POWERFUL GOD. A God who miraculously protected the Israelites who were physically present in Egypt while He was pouring the plagues to the Egyptians. Is God's hands too short that He cannot do the same to the tribulation Christians? The abovementioned pretribbers even attempted to use Luke 17 to support their WIFE BEATER argument. They said that Noah was put to safety before God flooded the whole earth. So God will also rapture us from the earth before He will pour out His wrath. What these pretribbers failed to realize is that Noah was NOT taken away from the earth before God initiated the worldwide flood. Noah and family were still physically present on the earth while God's flood judgment is on going. Just like in Egypt, Noah's family were miraculously protected from God's wrath. His family were the ones LEFT of the flood and the rest of the unbelievers were TAKEN- they all died. You see, God's wrath is selective. Let us now go back to the scenario during the tribulation period. The following verses prove that tribulation Christians will not be beaten by God because the God that we posttribbers worship is NOT a wife beater. **The wrath of God is NOT for us but for those who worship the Beast.** ***Revelation 14:9-10*** *And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If ANY MAN WORSHIP the BEAST and HIS IMAGE, and RECEIVE HIS MARK in his forehead, or in his hand,* *THE SAME SHALL DRINK of the wine of THE WRATH of GOD, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:* ***Revelation 16:1-2*** *And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the WRATH of GOD upon the earth.* *And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men WHICH HAD THE MARK of the BEAST, and upon them which worshipped his image.* **God's wrath is geared towards the unbelievers, as mentioned above, and yet there will still be a remnant among them. If they will survive, why can't we?** ***Zechariah 14:16*** *And it shall come to pass, that EVERY ONE THAT IS LEFT of ALL THE NATIONS WHICH CAME AGAINST JERUSALEM shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.* ***Revelation 11:13*** *And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the REMNANT were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.* ***God promised a place of refuge for us.*** ***Matthew 24:15-16*** *When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)* *Then let them which be in Judaea FLEE INTO THE MOUNTAINS:* ***Revelation 12:6*** *And the woman fled into the wilderness, where SHE HATH A PLACE PREPARED of GOD, that THEY SHOULD FEED HER THERE a thousand two hundred and threescore days. A similar scenario in Egypt where the Israelites were in Goshen Egypt and God never failed to take good care of them while He was pouring the plagues to the Egyptians.* Indeed, my God is NOT a wife beater! **Disclaimer:** All CAPS in the article are just for emphasis. I'm not shouting or angry to anybody in this article. @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the LENS."

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@rgPhotography 28 September 2020

Who are the SAINTS in Jude 1:14? David reveals the identity of the saints in Jude 1:14 Enoch prophesied that the Lord will come with ten thousands of his SAINTS. Pretribbers claimed that those saints are the believers and that the said coming will happen after the tribulation and thus proving that the rapture could not be posttrib because the saints were already in Heaven with the Lord during the tribulation and that they will accompany Him as He comes down in Armageddon after the trib. ***Jude 1:14*** *And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with TEN THOUSANDS OF HIS SAINTS,* But I argue that those saints aren't the believers. Those are ANGELS. Here let us get the verse having an almost exact wordings about the saints in Jude 1:14 ***Deuteronomy 33:2*** *And he said, The LORD came from SINAI, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with TEN THOUSANDS OF SAINTS: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.* The context of that verse is when Moses was blessing the children of Israel. He was recalling what happened in Sinai- the time when the Lord gave them the fiery law. So Moses recalled that during that time the Lord was accompanied by TEN THOUSANDS SAINTS. Obviously, the saints there aren't the Israelites. And most of all, the saints there could NOT be us, believers! Christ was not even manifested in the flesh that time and so those saints could not be Christians. Now, let us go to David. Have a closer look. David did reveal the identity of those SAINTS in Deuteronomy 33:2 and in so doing he is revealing the identity of the saints in JUDE 1:14 too. ***Psalms 68:17*** *The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even THOUSANDS OF ANGELS : THE LORD IS AMONG THEM ,AS IN SINAI , in the holy place.* Who is among with the Lord in SINAI according to Moses? *THOUSANDS OF SAINTS! Who is among with the Lord in SINAI according to David? *THOUSANDS OF ANGELS! Hence, those saints are actually ANGELS. The word SAINTS is synonymous with the word HOLY. Infact, in the original text of the Bible the Greek word for saints is the same Greek word for holy. Hence, saints is equal to holy. Angels were referred to as HOLY, a.k.a SAINTS in the Bible. ***Matthew 25:31*** *When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the HOLY ANGELS with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:* ***Mark 8:38*** *Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the HOLY ANGELS .* ***Luke 9:26*** *For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the HOLY ANGELS .* ***Revelation 14:10*** *The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the HOLY ANGELS , and in the presence of the Lamb:* ***Disclaimer:*** All CAPS above are for emphasis only. I am in no way angry or shouting to anybody in this article. @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the LENS."

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@rgPhotography 26 September 2020

The Resurrection and The Rapture The Timing of the Resurrection Proves a Post-trib Rapture For a very long time Christendom is divided pertaining to the timing of the rapture of the believers in the end times. This article will attempt to shed light to the said event. The rapture will happen just right after the occurence of the resurrection of the believers according to the Apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16. If that is the case, then by knowing the timing of the resurrection we will also know the timing of the rapture. So, let us take a closer look on the resurrection of the believers of Jesus Christ: Job said that the resurrection will happen only when the Heavens be no more. ***Job 14:12*** *So man lieth down, and RISETH NOT: TILL THE HEAVENS BE NO MORE, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.* Revelation 6 shows that the heavens will be no more ****after**** **the 6th seal**- that is **after** the **tribulation** and before the Armageddon Battle. ***Revelation 6:12, 14*** *And I beheld when HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;* *And THE HEAVEN DEPARTED as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.* Martha said that it will happen at the LAST DAY. ***John 11:24*** *Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in THE RESURRECTION AT THE LAST DAY.* Jesus Christ Himself said that it will be at the LAST DAY. ***John 6:44*** *No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY.* The Apostle Paul said that the resurrection of those who are Christ's will happen at the Lord's 2nd Coming. ***1 Corinthians 15:23-24*** *But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; AFTERWARD THEY THAT ARE Christ's AT HIS COMING.* *THEN COMETH THE END, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.* ***Notice** what comes next after the resurrection of believers... Paul said, THEN COMETH THE END. ***What end?** ...WHEN HE SHALL HAVE DELIVERED UP THE KINGDOM TO GOD. ...WHEN HE SHALL HAVE PUT DOWN ALL RULE AND ALL AUTHORITY AND POWER. ***hmmm**... that sounds like the end of the Armageddon Battle to me. *The text did not say that after the resurrection of believers cometh the tribulation period, does it? So that is clear enough that Paul was not referring to a pretrib coming of the Lord. Thus, the LAST DAY they were referring to is the last day of the tribulation period or the last day of Satan's reign and persecution. And if the time of resurrection is also the time of the rapture, then we can safely conclude that **the rapture will happen AFTER THE TRIBULATION.** @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the LENS."

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@rgPhotography 25 September 2020

The Tribulation Saints will Reign too ***Who will be the SUBJECTS of Jesus Christ and the Saints during the Millennium?*** According to some pretribbers the remnant of the tribulation saints *(believers during the tribulation)* will enter the Millennium in their natural state (not resurrected) and will be the subjects of Jesus Christ and the church age believers for a thousand year. They further argue that the said remnant will be the ones who will repopulate the earth during that time. ***Is that really what the Bible says?*** Our God is a God of justice. Please consider the severity of the persecution that the tribulation saints would go through during the trib. They will not love their life. Instead, they will be willing to shed their blood for the cause of the Lord during that time (*Revelation 12:11)*. Do you think it would be fair and **just** for them to end up not resurrected and to be the subjects of the Lord and the church age believers despite their agonizing sacrifice for Him? It is **not just**! And so, since we are serving a God of justice, this is what He promised for the tribulation saints: ***Revelation 20:4*** And I saw thrones, and they sat upon *them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they* ***lived*** *and* ***reigned*** *with Christ a thousand years.* According to the verse above, what will happen to those who have not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands *(Tribulation Saints)*? ==> They **lived** *(resurrection)* and **reigned** with Christ a thousand years. Yes you heard it right, they will not become slaves- they will be resurrected and they will **reign** together with Christ. Infact, their resurrection is dubbed as the First Resurrection. And if it is the first resurrection, then there must be no other resurrection that should precede it, otherwise, it won't be the FIRST one. ***Revelation 20:5*** *But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.* ***This is the FIRST resurrection****.* So, if the tribulation saints will reign with Christ too during the Millennium, who will then our subjects be that time? Here is the truth: During the Armageddon battle, Jerusalem will be taken first and half of the city will become captives **before** the Lord Jesus Christ would come: ***Zechariah 14:2-3*** *For I will gather* ***all nations*** *against Jerusalem to battle; and* ***the city shall be taken,*** *and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the* ***residue of the people shall not be cut off*** *from the city.* ***Then*** *shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.* And there will be a remnant among them *(Israelites)*- "RESIDUE OF THE PEOPLE" These remnant are **unbelievers** and they will get saved but will remain in their natural bodies because at this point in time the rapture had occured already, hence, the first resurrection is already past too. And so they will ultimately enter the Millennium and be one of our subjects. ***Zechariah 12:9-11*** *And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy ALL the NATIONS that COME AGAINST JERUSALEM.* *And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of GRACE and of supplications: and THEY (*REMNANT) shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.* *In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.* *all CAPS are mine for emphasis only. How did I know that they (remnant) are unbelievers? Well, Jesus addressed them as the ones who PIERCED Him plus add to the fact that they weren't crying as an expression of joy BUT of MOURNING- out of BITTERNES. You do not mourn when you see your SAVIOUR rescuing you, are you? Believers will jump for joy when they will see their rescuer in the clouds. But notice those remnant, they mourn, they are in bitterness when they saw Christ. They are the ones referred to in this verse: ***Revelation 1:7*** *Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and THEY ALSO WHICH PIERCED HIM: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.* They mourn because they now realized that the one they crucified a long time ago is really the real Messiah- the real Christ. So it is a mourning out of REPENTANCE. Hence, they are unbelievers who will receive God's grace after the tribulation. The said remnant are undoubtedly Israelites. But Zechariah also showed us another group of remnant whom I believe will experience the same grace that the Israelites will receive on that day. ***Zechariah 14:16*** And it shall come to pass, that every one *that is LEFT of ALL the NATIONS which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.* The Bible is very clear, these group of people who shall even go up from year to year to worship the King during the Millennium, are those who are LEFT of ALL the NATIONS which came against Jerusalem. Are they believers? ==> They are none believers too who will witness the coming of the Lord AFTER the tribulation. ==> They are the remnant of the ones referred to in this verse: ***Revelation 1:7*** *Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and ALL KINDREDS of the EARTH shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.* ==> Just like those who pierced Christ, they will come to repentance acknowledging the SAVIOUR who comes in glory. And so they will end up serving Christ in unresurrected state during the Millennium. ==> Another proof that those remnant were unbelievers is the fact that Zechariah referred to them as HEATHEN. ***Zechariah 14:18*** *And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the HEATHEN that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.* Therefore, the millennium will be repopulated by both Israelites and gentiles who are still in their corruptible bodies. And the Tribulation saints will be one of their rulers together with Jesus Christ the Lord.

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@rgPhotography 24 September 2020

The Rapture is NOT a Mystery For those who are not familiar with the rapture doctrine, it is a Biblical doctrine which teaches that the believers of the Lord Jesus Christ, both the dead and the living during the Second Coming of the Lord, will be given a glorified body (eternal body) and will be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and be with the Lord forever (***1 Thessalonians 4:15-17***). The word "rapture" is not found in the Bible but it is based upon the phrase, "***caught up together.***" The *Evangelicals* are divided as to when that event would take place in the future. The divisions are as follows: **Pretrib**- the rapture will happen before the Tribulation period. **Midtrib**- the rapture will happen in the middle of the Tribulation period. **Posttrib Prewrath**- the rapture will happen after the Tribulation period but before the pouring of God's wrath. **Classical Posttrib**- the rapture will happen after the Tribulation and/or the pouring of God's wrath. But in this article we are not going to deal about the timing of the rapture. Instead, we are going to scrutinize the claim of many believers that the rapture is a mystery. According to that claim, the Old Testament saints knew nothing about the said event, it was hidden from them, it was kept secret and that it was revealed only to the Apostle Paul. The aforementioned claim gained popularity among the pretribbers. ***But*** ***Is it true? Is it Biblical?*** The only set of verses in their arsenal which supposedly support their claim about the rapture as a mystery revealed to Paul is 1 Cor. 15:50-53. But an honest student of the Word would readily admit that the mystery there is the changing of the bodies of the dead and the living believers during the ***Resurrection***. In fact, the entire chapter 15 tackled specifically about the resurrection and **not** of the rapture. The resurrection **precedes** the rapture according to Paul in 1 Thess 4:16-17. That simply means that the resurrection is not the rapture itself. Instead, it is an event that will happen before the latter. **1 Thessalonians 4:16-17** For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the **dead** in Christ shall **rise first**: **Then** we which are alive and remain shall be **CAUGHT UP TOGETHER** with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Paul is clear enough in telling us that **prior** to the catching up **(rapture)**, the dead in Christ shall **RISE FIRST** (Resurrection). Thus, the resurrection precedes the rapture. **1 Corinthians 15:51-52** Behold, I shew you a **MYSTERY**; We shall not all sleep, but **WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED**, In a moment, **in the** **twinkling of an eye**, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and **the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed**. Paul **never** said in 1 Cor 15 that the rapture is a mystery at all. What is mysterious is the **changing** of our bodies from corruptible to incorruptible- a phenomenon which characterize the Resurrection. Although the resurrection will happen on the day of the rapture but that doesn't make the former as the rapture itself. Resurrection is the mysterious changing of our bodies from corruptible to incorruptible while the rapture is the catching up and or the gathering of ourselves together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Resurrection first followed by the rapture. Thus, the rapture is NOT a mystery. @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the LENS."

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@rgPhotography 21 September 2020

A Dream Come True I have a new friend here in read.cash named @Eirolfeam2 . She had raised a question yesterday in one of her articles. And I gladly participated by commenting about it. Her question goes like this: What is your greatest challenge that you have encountered in your life? Please allow me to share to you guys my answer to her question by telling you my story. God bless as you read. My alma mater is a state college situated inside the base camp of the Philippine Air Force. It is an aeronautical school they say that lacks aeronautical facilities. A small yet a very controversial school. "Hey, what's the name of your school?" Students from other colleges and universities usually raised. "PHILSCA." Replied the PhilSCAnian. "PhilSCA what???" Yes, it is a not so popular school. Infact, some sarcastically said that it is a school that is left behind by human civilization. But I tell you, it is where my world turned upside down- a place which proves that dreams do come true. I was raised in a poor family. We are an islander. My schooling life belongs to those who study in a **weather-weather* basis***.*** If *Papa* had a good catch of fish, then I can go to school with *baon.* But if not, then I go empty handed. During my elementary years, I went to school with a fifty centavos in my pocket. And for a food fanatic child like me, fifty centavos is a mortal sin. So here's what a young mind told me to do- during lunch break I would rush towards my *Lola's* house which was just half a kilometer away from our school. And when I am almost there, I then walk on tiptoe and my eyes on red alert status, carefully scanning the whereabouts of my grandparents. If they are inside the house unaware of my presence, then the *operation-get-guavas* starts. I get as many ripe guavas I could and then I brought it to school and sold it to my classmates. I was in second grade that time. My play stage ended when I reached high school because my father started the rigid training for me. The goal was to catch as many fish I could. *Papa* wasn't able to finish elementary but he was an aspirant of Charles Darwin's *survival of the fittest* principle. He once handed to me the bamboo pole and he told me to pilot the boat. I followed as instructed. Unfortunately, I haven't befriended the wind and the waves that time and so both suddenly struck the boat without informing me. Consequently, I lost my balance then whooops!!! Splaasssh!!! In the seawater I went. My father was all laughs, he said, "Hey, don't be too excited the fishing area is still over there not here." One time, my father and I went fishing together despite the weather's disapproval. It was a must because our cooking pot was already crying- he (the cooking pot) miserably missed the rice grains and the fire. As usual I was the one piloting the boat. I have mastered doing it this time. But the boat hardly moves because of the VFA. Oh no, not the Visiting Forces Agreement but the Velocity Forces Agreement of the wind, the sea current, and the waves. Nonetheless, I still managed to reach our destination- the fishing area. When Papa saw a school of fish, he jumped off the boat and initiated the chase. Unfortunately, I was left on the boat unaware of the menace of being alone in the midst of untamed weather. The angry VFA started to strike hard and I found struggling in maneuvering the boat. I paddled hard... I was paddling for my life but my effort proved futile. The wind, sea current, and the waves joined forces together in dragging me away from my father. I could not help it any longer. Tears started to roll on my cheeks. I was paddling while crying and that was the turning point of my life. With full conviction and resolution, I told my self that I will never ever stay this way. I will get a college education no matter what. Since that time, the passive student became active. From the slow learner class I was promoted to the fast learner section. To help finance my studies, I woke up early dawn to drive passengers to their desired destination through our pedicab. I resumed to driving after class too. My effort paid off and I have finished high school. I opened up to my mother about my desire for further education but she was just silent- that was a defeaning silence to me. They were willing to send me to college but they can't afford it. But no, my decision was already firm. I went to the city on my own. I did not know the whereabouts of the universities and the colleges there. But who cares? This is my dream, I will fight for it! I went from school to school asking directions from strangers. I talked with school administrators and guidance councilors begging for a scholarship but all of them just turned me down. One day, a high school friend told me about PhilSCA. He asked me to pay the school a visit. I did and when I was there I surveyed the school bulletin boards hoping to see posters or ads about scholarship. I found none. Frustrated, I decided to leave but then a tall and a slim guy positioned to post something. I took a peep and Good Heavens granted my wish. Indeed, they were looking for working scholars. Then exam and interview ensue and with the aid of the Divine Providence, I qualified. PhilSCA is a dream come true to a not so fortunate dreamer like me. I hope you have enjoyed reading my story. How about you? What is your success story? **weather-weather -* a Filipino colloquial term which means unstable. **Papa*- father **baon*- snacks **Lola*- grandmother **PhilSCA*- Philippine State College of Aeronautics @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the LENS."

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@rgPhotography 19 September 2020

Pastime *Buhay Probinsya* Good day to all my Read.Cash friends out there! Please allow me to share to you what I have captured through my cam yesterday. The title depicts what really is our life here in the province. Yes, our kids are fond, not of mobile phones, but of fishing near the river banks and lakes and even in the rice field canals. Province is Lifer!!! @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the LENS."

@rgPhotography 19 September 2020

Love Hurts ***Love is when,*** ***you hurt like hell, but you still miss the person who hurt you.*** @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the lens."

@rgPhotography 18 September 2020

Pagsapit ng Dapit-hapon (When the Evening Comes) *"Our life will soon pass. So create memories that will last."* @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the lens"

@rgPhotography 17 September 2020

Like a Rose Hey guys! Here's a poem I made in 2014 for my wife during our Anniversary. I guess she likes it a lot. I hope you guys are gonna like it too. 😊 **Like a Rose** *The magnificent beauty that a rose offers, Melts the heart of expecting young man who quivers. You are like a rose with beauty and grace, And you'd won my heart and melted me in blaze.* *The rose is somewhat thorny and yet clever, For despite its beauty its defense hovers. You are a rose very pleasant to the eye, Yet when harshly taken can cause one to die.* *This special day let me give this to you, A fresh rose which entangles my heart anew. You are like a rose my dear lovely lady, In my heart is you oh please love me maybe.*

@rgPhotography 17 September 2020

Laban Lang Kaibigan (Keep on Fighting my Friend) No matter how dark the road you are taking just keep on keeping on. Life is not always gray. There is light along the way. @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the lens." Please check out my youtube channel too for photo editing tutorial. https://youtu.be/oVC_GXEsvzs

@rgPhotography 16 September 2020

My Perspective of Success- A must read! Before anything else I would like to clarify that I respect everyone's definition of success. Your definition might be contrary to what I am divulging in this article, but let us not make that a hindrance to a possible bond of friendship that we could make in this platform. Let us just choose to agree to disagree. May this article be an instrument to challenge the readers to get on their feet and to go grab every opportunity that they will come across with in the crossroads of life. Opportunities that will serve as their springboard towards the pinnacle of success. *For me, success is finding the real purpose of your life and pursuing it with all your might.* Many people today are sidetracked by their **family**, **fame**, and **fortune** when it comes to defining success. **Family** We are already in the 20th century but still a lot of Filipinos are very traditional when it comes to rearing a child. This *"I know better for what's best for you"* line of most Filipino parents has crippled the future of many young people. Many of them end up pursuing things that are not really for them but for their parents. They thought that they are doing a noble sacrifice for their mom and dad only to find out in their old age that they are haunted by tons of *what ifs.* The sad part... they are already too old to pursue the things they really love. Those things are now bygones- lost dreams of the past. **Fame** Others spend their lifetime pursuing for recognition. They thought that being popular would put them on the pinnacle of success. But no, they end up being chocked by the demands of other people. They lost their liberty. They lost their privacy. They lost their identity. They ended up living for others. They gave up of who they really are. Fame drowned their real dreams into oblivion. **Fortune** This one is the most popular definition of success. Many people thought that amassing wealth is the real deal. They envisioned that living in luxury would satisfy their inner self. But yeah, a lot of them ended up suicidal instead. They found out in the end that money really can't buy love, loyalty, tranquility, and many more. They ended up realizing that wealth is like a thief who robbed their time and peace of mind. What do you really want? Why are you here? What is the purpose of your existence? Ponder upon those things. If you already have the answer, then by all means pursue it. The road towards it maybe tough and rocky. Your family may hinder you in achieving it. Win them over on your side. Prove to them that that thing is your life. I tell you, only those who have the courage to pay the price of their dreams will someday enjoy the benefits of success. Do not let your dreams die. Do not let *'what ifs'* fill your heart with regrets. The time is now. Go grab your dreams! GOD BLESS. @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the lens."

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@rgPhotography 16 September 2020

Farmer's Life Beating the heat for the table's meat. @rgPhotography "Telling stories through the lens." Hey there guys! Here's my photo depicting a farmer who is heading to the farm to till it. You know, my in-laws are into farming. I am new to their place. I am city guy and my wife and I decided to stay in their province for good. It was here that I witnessed the burdensome sacrifices of our dear farmers. They don't care bathing themselves under the scorching heat of the sun just to prepare the land for planting. Their only consolation is that maybe, just maybe, they'll have a good harvest after a couple of months or so. They do all that in order to provide their family's table with meat. My salute to all the farmers around the world. shot using realme C3 smartphone post-processed via Lr mobile

@rgPhotography 16 September 2020

Hey there guys! I am Razel, a newbie in read cash. I am into mobile photography and I am excited to share here some of my photos. I hope you'll like it. Thanks and have a great day!

@rgPhotography 15 September 2020

MOVING ON- a Painful Journey The heart forgives but the memories will stay. Once our heart is crushed by betrayal, it will never be the same. We may strive hard to move on but the pain will remain. Yes, it is still there... somewhere deep inside lurking in the darkest chamber of our heart, waiting to be ignited again. Whether we like it or not, once we come across with a familiar thing in the past... the pain will be awaken- the anguish will be burning deep inside like hell, the agony... the tears will voluntarily flow as the heart relinquish to the burning sensation inside. Moving on is indeed a painful journey. The pain will haunt you down and only those who have the strongest heart will survive.

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@rgPhotography 14 September 2020

SCRUTINIZING Sincere Politicians It is so sad that many people are very quick to throw stones to others without even trying to dig out the truth first. Even if you dont like the person, I don't think it is necessary to defame him or her by namecalling and by various black propaganda. Politics is still politics. It's tainted with dirty and evil hidden agenda. Nonetheless, not all who are there are dirty. I still believe that there are still those who are with a pure heart. By their fruits we will know them. Stop all the hate. Scrutinize sincere politicians through their fruits- through their outputs.

@rgPhotography 14 September 2020

There is still HOPE MobilePhone Photography Good morning read.cash friends! I just want to share with you my morning shot here in our province. May you feel in your heart, as you look at the picture, the peace, the stillness, and the defeaning silence that the picture is projecting. May you find hope by looking up above that sooner or later this pandemic will come to an end and that each and everyone of us will be given a chance to go back to our normal life with a renewed outlook about life. May God's peace be in your heart this morning. GOD BLESS everyone. @rgPhotography Telling stories through the lens.

@rgPhotography 14 September 2020

If only Dogs can Speak "You know what's harder after making other people happy? ...It's when they don't realize that you also need someone to do the same to you." ~Unknown @rgPhotography Telling stories through the lens ☺️

@rgPhotography 14 September 2020

The Church will go through the Great Tribulation According to some Bible believers, the Church, members of the Body of the Lord Jesus Christ, will not go through the long been prophesied Great Tribulation period. They claimed that the said believers will be taken out from the world before that unparalleled tribulation would even commence. But wait, those whom Jesus did warn about the severity of the Tribulation period were all BELIEVERS of Christ, don't they? Please read Matthew 24 and take notice of the antecedent of the pronoun "you" in that chapter, especially in the part where Jesus discussed about the trib. Here please examine this: Matthew 24:15-16 When YE therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: *Who do you think is the antecedent of the pronoun "ye" in the above verses? Here look closely to whom Jesus was talking with PRIVATELY in that chapter. Take note: They were talking PRIVATELY! Matthew 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the DISCIPLES came unto him PRIVATELY, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? *Obviously the YE in verse 15 refers to the disciples. *Are the disciples unbelievers? Are they not the very first members of the Church? Are they not representing us in that chapter? How about in this part? Matthew 24:21, 23 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Then if any man shall say unto YOU, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. *Isn't that clear as crystal that Jesus was giving the warning about the trib to the BELIEVERS? to the MEMBERS of the Church? to the DISCIPLES of Jesus? Isn't that showing us that Jesus was expecting the BELIEVERS- the MEMBERS of His church to be the one who will go through the Tribulation Period? And finally this: Matthew 24:8-9 All these are the BEGINNING of SORROWS. Then shall they deliver YOU up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. *Now notice what Jesus said to the disciples after he had discussed the BEGINNING OF SORROWS... He said, "THEN..." That word implies a series of events. That simply means that what He is about to say are the things that will happen AFTER the Beginninhmg of Sorrows. Meaning to say, the things that He will say are events that will still happen during the Tribulation Period. *Now, let us continue Jesus's statement: "THEN shall they deliver YOU up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations FOR MY NAME'S SAKE." *Again, the YOU there refers to the DISCIPLES- the very first MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. *What will happen to them AFTER the Beginning of Sorrow? >>> They will be afflicted... they will be hated of all nations. *Will they be afflicted and be hated because they are Israelites? >>> No. They will be afflicted and hated because of the name of Christ. >>> In short, they will be persecuted because they are Christians. *Isn't that a very clear evidence that the disciples in Matthew 24 represented the CHRISTIANS (the CHURCH) and NOT the Israelites? Hmmm... come to think of it. Disclaimer: All CAPS in the above article are for emphasis only. I am not angry or in any way shouting to anybody there. 😊 God bless everyone.

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@rgPhotography 14 September 2020

The Corona Virus and the Saints Are you ready? Read this: Matthew 24:3, 7-8 KJV And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the SIGN of thy COMING, and of the END of the WORLD? For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and PESTILENCES, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. PESTILENCE--- a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) Examples: Spanish flu, bubonic plague, SARS, Mars COV, COVID 19, and the like. Folks, these are just the BEGINNING of sorrows according to the Bible. Worst things are coming our way. Are you ready?

@rgPhotography 14 September 2020

Overcoming Fear Let me tell you how i learned to swim... I learned to swim by overcoming my fear of getting drown--- I plunged into the deep bringing only with me the theories about swimming. I'm scared of cadavers (dead bodies)... do you want to know how I overcame that fear? One day, I decided to take a peep on my grandma's casket. And with strong resolution, I decided to look at her dead body for the last time FACE to FACE. The fear for dead bodies never ever haunt me again since then. My friend, the antedote for fear is courage- courage to face what you fear the most. How to get courage? Look up! ☝️🙏

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@rgPhotography 14 September 2020

Why Failures are Beneficial Opportunities just come and go. Only those who are willing to take the risk will enjoy the benefits of wisdom gained by embracing the said opportunities. Yes, you might fail along the way. That's the risk you need to take. But don't you know that Thomas Edison was able to invent the incandescent bulb because of his many failures? Failures are entwined with wisdom. If you know where and how to look at your failures, then you will be able to dig out the wisdom that goes with it. GRAB opportunities now!

@rgPhotography 13 September 2020

A Sunset that HEALS As the sun motioned to hide behind the faraway mountains, it leaves a crimson-red color in the sky. The lovely scene that the sunset had brought broadened my imagination about life. As I was glaring at the sunset's magnificent beauty, I found myself pondering upon my future... with high hope, I was longing that the hardships that I have encountered in this life will somehow come to an end. And the pains and the wounds that this seemingly-impervious struggles that I have gone through along the way will somehow heal just like the sun which found solace as it rest behind the faraway mountains of the west. I was raised in a poor family. My father do fishing for a living and my mother was just a plain housewife. I only walk to school. I walk 3 kilometers everyday. I am an islander and our island is connected by a short bridge to the mainland. The said bridge is my favorite stop over every afternoon. I always stop there waiting for the sunset to come. The sun knows very well my story. Teary-eyed, I openly told him my frustrations in life. He never spoke back but he never failed to give me that comforting and glamorous streak of colors in the sky. Somehow, it gives comfort to my weary heart. Yes, the sunset heals my broken heart. It gives comfort to my weary soul too. There is always hope! Laban lang!

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