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Left Behind: Living Sacrificially in the Last Days - Dispensational (Romans 12:1-2)

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In Left Behind, tribulation saints must present their bodies as living sacrifices—literally, many face martyrdom for refusing the mark of the beast. They refuse to conform to the Antichrist's world system. Dispensational reading places Romans 12:1-2 in eschatological context: we live in the last days of the Church Age. Non-conformity to "this world" includes resisting end-times deception. The renewed mind discerns prophetic signs, maintains doctrinal purity, and lives with urgency. Like tribulation saints, we offer our bodies and minds wholly to God, knowing that this age is passing and Christ could return any day.

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last daysnon-conformitydiscernmenturgencytribulation

Scripture References

Romans 12:1-2

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