"Going Forth" or "Run and Hide"

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Gary originally wrote (in part):
> have recently heard both online and offline where some apostolics are
>saying that  with the pending "Y2K" problem, ect. that we all should be
stocking up
>with about  a years worth of supplies and even think about hiding out
in the country
>or mountains
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MascellinO@aol.com replied:
I can't speak for everyone but I know in the upc when a minister fills
out his
ministers application,He must state weather he is post,pre or mid trib.I
have
a friend who has told me that between 90 &95 percent are pre trib.This
would
leave this kind of thinking in a real minorty.I can't condem someone for
his
belives but God said his seed would never beg for bread.Whatever your
belives
are faith is always part of the equation.I don't like scare tatics or
hyper
run to ht hills thinking in the interest of fairness heres his link
<A HREF="http://www.kenraggio.com/KRPN-Home.htm">Ken Raggio's PROPHECY
Newsletter</A>
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My (Gary's) reply:
I'm familiar with Bro. Raggio's newsletter and site, and even though I
may not be in
agreement with all of his prophecy views (how often will you find 2
people who will
agree at *every* point when it comes to prophecy :-) like storing up
food and running
to the country, he does have a well done site and much good information.
My point is
not to offend or to question anyone's sincerity, I'm sure those that
feel that way
(I know of several offline people who do) mean well, my point was to
just get a
general idea of what percentage of apostolics believe: -- that we should
store a year or more
of supplies and even consider running to the country or mountains, and
even also believe
we would still be here when the "mark" is mandatory for all -- and about
what percentage
believe that we just continue to do the only job the church is here for,
to evangelize, not
to be just "survivalists", and trust God to supply our needs like He did
for Isreal in the
wilderness, and go forth preaching the Word everywhere in the whole
world.

So thanks for the info, I figured most apostolics were "pretrib", which
I lean towards even
though I could see a slight possibility it might be "midtrib" but even
then that we would be
raptured before the "mark" was mandatory and before the wrath of God is
poured out.
(Noah being in the Ark for 7 days before it started to rain, and my
belief that the seveneth
week of Daniel is where God will again deal with just Isreal, are a few
things that
make me lean more to "pretrib")
And while I'm not trying to offend those who feel otherwise, I just
believe that God's Church
is here only to go forth and preach the gospel to the whole world (not
run and hide) and that
when we would no longer be able to do that at all then God would
"rapture" us home.

Bro. Gary