Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

Romans 11:25-36 The ingathering of the Gentiles


25 Lest you be self-opinionated (wise in your own conceits), I do not want you to miss this hidden truth and mystery, brethren: a hardening (insensibility) has [temporarily] befallen a part of Israel [to last] until the [c]full number of the ingathering of the Gentiles has come in, 26 And so all Israel will be saved. As it is written, The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will banish ungodliness from Jacob.

“Until the full number of the ingathering of the Gentiles has come in”. This is the harvest at the end of the age. We are likened to “wheat” but there is a spring wheat and a summer wheat. There are several harvests and the final one is referred to as the “ingathering”. The first one is celebrated with the Festival of Firstfruits. This is a hidden truth. Very easy for Christians to be wise in their own conceits saying they are going to heaven. Don’t miss this point about God banishing ungodliness. Once again the way God banishes ungodliness is by filling us with Himself so there is no room for ungodliness, filling us with faith, filling us with His word.

27 And this will be My covenant (My agreement) with them when I shall take away their sins. 28 From the point of view of the Gospel (good news), they [the Jews, at present] are enemies [of God], which is for your advantage and benefit. But from the point of view of God’s choice (of election, of divine selection), they are still the beloved (dear to Him) for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.] 30 Just as you were once disobedient and rebellious toward God but now have obtained [His] mercy, through their disobedience, 31 So they also now are being disobedient [when you are receiving mercy], that they in turn may one day, through the mercy you are enjoying, also receive mercy [that they may share the mercy which has been shown to you—through you as messengers of the Gospel to them].

This is something we can empathize with. We were once dead in our offences and sins, then we saw the Lord, confessed and repented. They will follow the same path.

32 For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike].

For eternity we will all be alike in that we all received mercy from God.

33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unfathomable (inscrutable, unsearchable) are His judgments (His decisions)! And how untraceable (mysterious, undiscoverable) are His ways (His methods, His paths)!

Isn’t this great! He started the chapter worried about God annulling His covenant and cutting off His people forever only to realize that God’s plan of salvation is based on His showing mercy to every one of us alike. If you are worried that you may not be raptured, remember God is glorified in showing mercy. He showed you mercy, so you in turn show others mercy. You want God to show you mercy, right? Well the Lord’s commandment to do unto others as you would have them do to you then commands you to show others mercy.

34 For who has known the mind of the Lord and who has understood His thoughts, or who has [ever] been His counselor? 35 Or who has first given God anything that he might be paid back or that he could claim a recompense? 36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it).

When you see this it is truly wonderful. Every single person has value and a purpose. They are like little precious stones. You might have to clean them up a little, but when you do you will discover emeralds, sapphires, and all manner of precious stones. Those people, the “help” they were precious stones. The woman who was the author saw that which is why she was able to write a best selling novel.

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These incursions are known as "rattling the cage". You see the response, you map out their antiaircraft guns, see where the planes come from, how long, etc.

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China confirms the coming asteroids.

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Before you plunder the strong man's house you first bind the strong man. This is now 50 years since we went off the gold standard. This could be a Jubilee year in which the debtors are set free.

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Seeing the lawless one -- days of delusion, reprobate thinking, calling evil good and good evil.

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Watch the MOTB evolve so that they can control what you buy, what you sell, whether you have a job, where you can go, and whether or not you can work.

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Calls the mandate a precursor, shadow of what is to come, a warning that the MotB is coming. He calls it an advanced warning of what is coming.

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Mass animal die offs
visions and dreams
wonders in the heaven
Strange sounds in the sky
Knowledge is increasing
Scoffers saying where is the promise of His coming
Perilous times
Are many offended right now?
Wars and rumors of wars.
Earthquakes in various places increasing exponentially.
Pestilences -- SARS, Bird flu, hoof and mouth, Ebola, pandemic, etc.
Distress of nations -- $270 trillion in debt worldwide
Rivers raging
Gog and Magog countries are allying against Israel
Pools of fish found living in the dead sea
Increase in lawlessness
Abraham accords
False Christs
Fig Tree prophecy
10-20% of Damascus is shattered, soon to be annhilated.
MOTB technology
2 eligible red heifers
Cyrus Trump temple coin
10 Plagues of Egypt have been making a come back.

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The wicked will see it and won't understand but the wise will understand

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10 year old dream of the rapture. It is almost time to go home.

Recently I considered the warning in Revelation 3:3 from a different angle. the Lord said that if they did not watch He would come as a thief in the night and not know the hour. So it struck me, it seemed to be a promise that all those who do watch would know. That seemed amazing considering there are Christians on all the different continents, how could it be that everyone watching regardless of where they are would know? What you discover is that with the internet and Youtube all these saints watching for the Lord's return are speaking, sharing, and posting. As a result everyone who is watching is hearing what everyone is seeing. To confirm this I wanted to start posting from a variety of sites to show that anyone who is watching can hear this from 20 different sites.

"China does not hide that the asteroid tracking system will be integrated into the military defense system and will become part of the national security strategy."

This article refers to an article from Chinese astronomers in the journal Acta Astronomica Sinica, where they said Earth is going to collide with a cloud of a million asteroids that will bombard us over a period decades long. The time frame they give is over the next 100 years.

Some of these asteroids are quite large like Apophis which NASA says will hit our atmosphere on April 13th, 2029 and some are seeing this as "wormwood".

However, many are much smaller and yet still quite destructive: "The meteorite that exploded in the sky over Chelyabinsk in 2013 was no more than 20 meters in diameter. But the energy of the explosion was enough to damage thousands of buildings and to injure over one and a half thousand people."

In The Coming Decades, 1 Million Dangerous Asteroids Will Approach The Earth, September 30, 2021

https://anomalien.com/in-the-coming-decades-1-million-dangerous-asteroids-will-approach-the-earth/

He goes into detail of what the Feast of Trumpets denotes, which is October 7-8.

Luke 12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

Bizarre

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Comforting word -- Don't get hot under the collar about the wicked

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"When the moon disappears the church will disappear" -- that's what I believe.

Pastor Sandy thinks that the rapture precedes Rosh Hashanah -- first person I have heard to say this and I agree with Him. Yes, the Feast of Trumpets is when the gates of heaven are opened, but one would think that begins with the grave being opened. Yes it is the day of the awakening blast, but one would think that God blowing the Trumpet is what wakes everyone else up and the 100 trumpet blasts are our response on the Earth.

Romans 11 -- Causing the Jews to Repent

I think we can compare Romans 11 to the Tom Brady story. Here was a guy considered the best quarterback of all time and yet the coaches all felt they could plug in any quarterback and have the same success. As a result he was forced out, just like the Jews rejecting Jesus. He went to the worst team, the team with the worst record in all of football. The very first year there they go and wind the superbowl. Meanwhile the team he left brought in a star quarterback, a guy who was the first overall pick of the draft a few years ago. A very talented and athletic quarterback and they had a losing season and didn't make the playoffs. People were describing this as "Brady won the divorce". This is what the Lord is doing with the Jews. They will see that the Lord went to those of us who had the worst record of all human beings and takes us to win the superbowl. That will drive them to jealousy. But wait, that is not their response yet. After Brady winning the superbowl his old team broke the bank to bring in all kinds of players. Now, if Brady can win the Superbowl again that might be the full ingathering and really push them to repentance. If not a third one certainly will (three superbowls in a decade is defined as a dynasty, turning the worst team in football into a dynasty by adding Brady, and taking a dynasty and turning them into an also ran by removing Brady, that will be the ultimate). This is what the tribulation will be, the first 3 1/2 years push Israel to repent and to see the one whom they have pierced.

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The rapture is imminent, which means it can take place on any day, that wouldn't be true if it happened on a feast day. I agree with the basic thesis that the rapture would not take place on a feast day, however, he is using the Torah calendar which I think is a failed calendar. Because of that he thinks that the Fall feasts have already passed which is not true, they take place in October this year.

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No one knows the day or the hour

Everytime the Lord said this (twice, once in Matthew the other in Mark) He used this as a basis to say that we therefore needed to watch. So what does this phrase mean? We are given several illustrations.

1. A woman giving birth. -- You do not know the day or the hour your wife is going to give birth. However, you can know that she is pregnant, you can know how many months she is pregnant, you can know what a typical birth cycle is, and we have terms like "expecting" and you even have a "due date". So just because you don't know the day or the hour what it means is you have to watch. You get prepared ahead of time with a go bag and arranging the doctor and everything else you need to do.

2. A farmer harvesting a crop -- You do not know the day or the hour that you will harvest ahead of time. However, an experienced farmer will have a very good idea of when he will be harvesting as the day approaches. It would depend on the weather and how the crop is doing and what the prices are for the crop. I would think once he is within seven days of harvesting he would become very antsy and this is why the Lord said that we needed to "watch". He would be out on the field examining the crop to make his decision.

3. Jewish wedding practice -- This Jewish practice of betrothing a bride, then going to build a place for the two of you to live followed by coming in the middle of the night by surprise to take your bride away is used by the Lord Jesus as an example of us not knowing the day or the hour. But let's examine this. The groom has two years to build that place and presumably it is in the same town that his bride lives in. Why wouldn't she go to see her betrothed on the weekends? She could bring him lunch. Wouldn't she see when the roof is put on, when the carpet is installed, when the appliances are delivered, when the electricity and water are turned on? If the bride is spending time with the Lord why wouldn't she realize that the day is approaching and is almost here? Not only so but there is a deadline, he has to finish before the two years are up otherwise the betrothal contract is no good. She might not know the day or the hour, but she would have to have a very good idea when the place is ready to be moved into.

4. Feast of Trumpets -- No one knows the day or the hour because you have to first have two witnesses confirm that they have seen the sliver of the new moon. It could be a cloudy night so there is no guarantee on this. But that is why you have people out watching and testifying as to what they have seen. But even though you don't know the day or the hour, you do know the month, you do know the week.