Rapture Explained ! clear and simple, 2/2

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This is the second part of the article on Rapture.
First part is here http://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/73696-rapture-explained-clear-simple-1-2-a.html
Please read the first part in the beginning before you read this.




The Woman's protection - extraordinary convergences


The verses indicate that the serpent will be hurled to Earth right before the Woman's persecution, who was given symbolical wings to fly on a desert, for a time, times and half a time or 3,5 years - the period of Great Tribulation for the rest of her offspring.
The desert is probably not a symbol but a real desert, maybe even the same on which the Israelites gathered after leaving Egypt and crossing the Red Sea.
The pharaoh was working for the dragon back then, the dragon will also in the future spew water like a river (the army) to inprison the Woman. Just like with the Red Sea crossing, this time earth will help the Woman and in a similar miraculous way will swallow the serpent's army.
Parallelism of both these events - leaving Egypt and escaping the Great Tribulation is striking and stunning.

Moses and Aaron also symbolize the two witnesses of God, who in Jerusalem, granted with great power will just SUPPOSEDLY help the Woman escape the Great Tribulation.
What's even more interesting - the stay of the Woman on the desert will last 3,5 years before she safely enters the Promised Land..that's God's Kingdom on Earth.

There are two groups of the real Israelites today - the 144 000 co-kings and the Israelites forming the Woman.
One group will snatched up to God (raptured) and the other will be fed and protected by God on Earth.

In the time before the Great Tribulation, satan will be helpless toward the Woman, that will be under Christ's special protection, so he will focus on persecuting the rest of the Woman's seed (offspring)

The Woman's offspring
identity


Revelation 7: 9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from? 14 I answered, “Sir, you know. And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore “they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. 16 ‘Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’ ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes


Apparently those verses point to a much larger offspring of the Woman, that exists today on every corner of the world, in all the nations and languages. This offspring is a result of proclaiming the Good News about the God's Kingdom but this multitude will also be formed by those who will learn the truth about God just in the End Times, because the Good News will be also proclaimed by God's angels and God's two Witnesses. (Revelation chapter 11)
The world, ruled by satan, fights all the efforts of getting to know God and the Bible. The tools that he uses to do so are religions, like Islam or many Christian sects. In most countries there is an incredibly efficient system of mind control and most people do not believe in God nor the Bible due to disinformation and massive lies from the media.
In the End Times the Truth will be revealed to all the nations and many people will recognize the Beast's and earthly rulers crimes and will desire to worship the real God, The Creator of everything, and be obedient to Him.
These people will symbolically wash their robes (sins) in the Lamb's blood and will be recognized as clean in front of God. The gate to Kingdom will be opened to them.

It's obvious then, that the Great Multitude are all the languages, nations, tribes of people that will mainly recognize God as a result of an angelic and the two Witnesses' proclamation. So the Great Multitude will be born from the symbolical Woman
(God's Chosen Nation - the 12 generations of Israel)

God will not choose any Christian religion. Only honest, Christ loving members of these will be chosen, those who hold their testimony about Jesus. They will be given a symbolical God's seal on their foreheads but many pastors, elders and priests will be given a highly deserved punishment for a shameful service to the..satan !

Matthew 7: 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers! 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The rock or cornerstone is Christ.

Unfortunately people who are obedient to other people, but disobedient to Christ will not be saved or it will very difficult for them.
Salvation is only in Jesus Christ, not in any human denomination.
The Babylon and all the false cults and religions that form it, along with their leaders will await God's Judgment !
Not all the Christians will be raptured, but only the 144 000 and an unknown number of followers, obedient to God, who form the symbolical Woman. Out of the Great Tribulation so called Great Multitude will emerge.

God's People heading to the Kingdom of God consist of 3 groups.


  • 144 000 - the most faithful part of the Israelites, with patriarchs like Noe, Enoch, Job, Abraham, Isaiah or the Apostles of the Lamb.
  • the Woman - the most faithful members of the real Israel, the white Christians, descendants of formally lost 10 tribes of Israel.
  • The Great Multitude, that will emerge from the Great Tribulation, as an offspring born from the Woman.

There's one more element worth mentioning. Notice that the first resurrection is about to happen. It has not happened yet ! If the dead were taken to the Last Judgment right after death, there would be no need of raising from death during the Rapture or for the Last Judgment.

Bible announces in Revelation that in the moment of Rapture there will also occur the first Resurrection - apparently of the patriarchs and contemporary pioneers of the Truth, who died before entering God's Kingdom.

Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
This verse clearly shows the identity of those who will be

They will be priests and co-kings with Christ - 144 000.

The verses below clearly suggest that the saints, those who died in Christ, did not go straight to Heaven but await Resurrection and...Rapture. John 3:13, Job 19:26, Matthew 11:11, Acts 2:34 and 35-40.
Unfortunately for many of us there are difficult times ahead. God's help will be completely rejected for many and we will be given to the test in the hands of the Antichrist.

Revelation 2:10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.
Most of us should be aware of the fact that in the coming Great Tribulation there will be some serious tests of our faith and a part of us will pay for the ticket to the God's Kingdom - the price of one's life. Giving your life for God's Kingdom and the King guarantees the victor's crown.

Christ's official Return.

This is the event which is awaited by all the people of good will.
Return means coming back in order to stay permanently. Christ is the King of God's Kingdom on Earth and His return means taking over the Earth and eliminating the enemies.

Contrary to the first coming, invisible for the world, His second coming will be watched by the whole world. It won't be a surprise for anyone. That's what satan's world is afraid of !
In contrast to the Rapture, Christ's Return will be spectacular and visible for everyone on Earth.

Matthew 24:27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man... 29 “Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
He will be accompained by great signs, people's fear of the punishment and then all the nations will see the Sign of Man !

It's not the moment of salvation yet, but it's right at the door ! His Return will cause a tremendous fear of His enemies and a great joy of His followers, suffering persecutions from the last king and the Beast. Jesus will come back with the 144 000 co-kings raptured before, who will take over the Earth with Him, ruling for a very short time before the final battle of Armageddon.
So we have a precise description of Christ's final Return on Earth - not to rapture the 144 000, but in order to free the persectuted humanity, faithful to God.
In the end of the last king's reigns, there will be extraordinary signs on the sky: eclipse of the Sun and Moon, stars falling down and in some supernatural way the heavenly bodies will be shaken and the Sign of Man will appear.

Not the Son of Man but His sign !

Viewing those amazing things, the satan's armies will mourn in a panic fear. The fear is already embracing many of them !

Revelation 6: 12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?
Again we can see the confirmation of verse from Matthew and a few new details.

The sky disappeared ! Every mountain and island were removed from their place.
Something extraordinary will be happening ! Verses 16 and 17 tell us that the rulers of the world, the rich and mighty will perfectly know who Jesus is, who is God and that the great day of Their wrath has come. They will also know that their chances to fight Them are close to zero. But they will stand against God with persistance knowing that they have no other option.

Could this be the real seed of the serpent, for whom God did not predict salvation ? Of course !

Another element.. "hid in caves and among the rocks of mountains" - they are already preparing for this
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Why wasn't Rapure properly understood until know ?

Supposedly because the time that those amazing prophecies will fulfill is very close. Many Christian's attitude towards Rapture is also puzzling. Most of them are against Rapture.
Rapture has a lot of enemies and the reason for this is very logical.

Rapture is God's plan and this event is very inconvenient for Lucifer.

Most of all he is not able to prevent it from happening. He's also not able to fake it. If he wanted to fake it he would have to rapture someone.
If he raptured pastors or priests that serve him, very few Christians would believe in such rapture.


But..God will not let him rapture the chosen 144 000 !

Let's imagine that the real Rapture has already occurred !
How will many Christians react to it ?

Rapture will cause an unbelievable movement in all the churches. First of all it will be a visible and obvious sign of Jesus Christ's power, indicating clearly that the End Time is very close.
It will also be an obvious confirmation of many promises that God and Lamb made !
It will also be a distinct sign of lack of the Holy Spirit in most of the pastors, priests or elders, who try to avoid the subject of Rapture at all costs.

Many brothers and sisters as well as those who have not found faith so far will open their eyes widely and will start to get to know the Bible, the Savior and will start to implement biblical rules in their lifes.

Rapture will be a a slap in Lucifer's face and a huge propagandist disaster of the whole satanic world, governed by satan and the Beast. The Rapture will be an undeniable proof of satan's lies.

The whole godless world will see on their eyes that God truly exists, and His power has no competition.
Satan will turn out to be a Liar.
He will desperately try to force as many people as possible to take the Mark of the Beast - in order to have them killed by God Himself.

When will Rapture occur ?

When Jesus talked about the end time events, He let the Apostle know that none know the day nor the hour, including Himself. Prophet Daniel clearly told us that in the times near to the End knowledge and understanding will rise. Christ Himself also gave us an order to watch the world's events.

So...observation of the world's events is a God's command !
Why ? To properly recognize the times of the prophecies' fulfillment, it is very important for our salvation. That's why many Christians obediently watch the world's events and compare them with prophecies that are about to fulfill.

The world's occurrences show us that in a false zionist creation - Israel - there have been made efforts to rebuild the Temple of Solomon for ages. Supposedly such an event would trigger World War 3 - a religious war, that will probably end with God's Judgment on Babylon the Great. The Whore of Revelation will be directly responsible for this.

In contrary to a common understanding, Bible does not prophesy the Temple to be rebuilt as well as an antichrist sitting on a throne inside it. Revelation does not mention in any verse that that the Temple will be rebuilt before the Great Tribulation or during it.

Let's see this incredible verse !

Revelation 21:22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.
The Temple is God and the Lamb !

So there is no need of rebuilding the Temple if it will be God Himself and His Son !

Jesus wants to save those He will decide to resurrect and snatch up to Heaven from the horrible times that are coming.
Don't also forget that God will reveal us some great mystery in the proper time, the one that John knew about but the angle who showed him that vision didn't let him write the vision down.

Revelation 10:1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.” 5 Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. 6 And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, “There will be no more delay! 7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.
Supposedly it's a signal of..Rapture and resurrection ! Maybe it's something else.

I don't suggest any date, I'm not prophesying in the name of God, I'm just giving my personal explanation of God's Word and urge everyone to watch.
The time when Christ's great power will be shown to the world is coming fast as well as the time of those incredible prophecies to be fulfilled.

Let's watch therefore and wait patiently in prayers, asking Him for further understanding of those things and perseverance on the narrow path of Truth that will lead us to the God's Kingdom. The Kingdom that Christ Himself will be the King of, who showed us how much He loves us by giving His life. His promises are not and never were some empty slogans of satanic politics.

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Summary


  • God's Kingdom on Earth - the main subject of the Bible and a base for understanding prophecies on Rapture and Escape.
  • The Woman from Revelation 12 are 12 tribes of Israel, there are also 12 names of the Lam's apostles on the city wall.
  • 144 000 is the symbolical male child of the Woman
  • The Great Multitude is the Woman's further offspring, the multitude of all lands, nations and languages
  • There are two phases of Christ's return - a secret coming in order to Rapture the chosen 144 000 and a visible Return in order to settles God' Kingdom.
  • Rapture will be accompanied by the first resurrection
  • Official return of Christ will be the judgment on the satan's world and establishing the Lamb's reigns

There's an extraordinary verse in Ezekiel chapter 37, that explains us the plan of Israel's God in detail.

Ezekiel 37:21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms. 23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. 24 “‘My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees. 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever. 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.’”
Verse 27 is literally repeated in Revelation 21:3

As we know from history, those verses have not been fulfilled literally yet. False Israel, the synagogue of Satan was not created with God's blessing and due to His power. Those verses announce a direct power of God, that will make the 12 tribes of the real Israel come back to its Promise Land and God Himself will settle there His temple !
 

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where did you find that article, what website?
 
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There are some serious errors in this end time plan. It is not true to the Book of Revelations. The letters to the 7 churches, Rev.2-3,And the worship scene in Heaven chps.4-5 are, " the things that are" they are only 7 present churches in John's day. they do not represent church ages. And the worship in 4-5 is present in John's day. No one has a right to add the interpretation into Rev.2,3,4,5, to make it future to John's day. THEN, in ch.6 we have "the things which must shortly take place" after "these things that are" in chps. 2-5. What takes place after John's day is: ch. 6, is church history and world history for 2,000 yrs.. This is the Wars and etc. of Mt. Lk. and Mk., 2,000 yrs. of "birth panes", ending with the Rapture of the whole church from Adam and Eve to the last soul saved when Jesus returns to Catch His Bride away. The 6th seal is the rapture of the church. It will be open to the eyes of the whole world and will be what causes the "Man of Sin" to brake his peace treaty with Israel and declare himself to be God in the Temple. He will be filled by Satan and will only rule in Israel, not the world, the world will be on fire,etc."sudden destruction". Just before Jesus raptures His church, Russia and China and others will revolt against the peace treaty with Israel and march their armies to Israel to destroy Her and the army of the "King of the South", the "peace maker"; But at that moment Jesus will return to rapture the church and destroy Russia and her friends, at the same time. This gives the "man of sin" a free hand to destroy Israel. Then the "wrath of God " starts and "Jacob's trouble" begins. ..3 and 1/2 yrs. later, Jesus and us , will return to earth to rule for 1,000 yrs. More to follow, Love to all ,Hoffco
 
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