Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

Daniel 5:24 -31 Your Kingdom is given to the Medes and Persians

24 Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription. 25 “This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin 26 “Here is what these words mean: Mene: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. 27 Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. 28 Peres: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

What we see today is quite similar. The US is divided. It is easy to see that the days of the US are numbered. It is also easy to see that the leaders of this country have been weighed in the scales and found wanting. The UN is dominated by two factions, an Islamic faction, and an Asian faction. If the US position of superpower were replaced today by the UN it would be by those two factions. I would point out there have been numerous prophecies made that the US will be attacked and destroyed as a superpower in an single hour. 30 years ago the collapse of the Soviet Union was the fulfillment of this prophecy "When they say peace and security", 20 years ago 9/11 was the beginning of birth pains, at the time there were 9 harbingers that Jonathan Cahn goes into that show the US was obstinate and would be judged. Then on 9/11 the US ambassador meets with the Taliban to discuss our exit, and then when we do exit the deadline is 9/11. We were there for 19 years, we had to leave before the 20th, that is a Biblical number for judgement.

29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom. 30 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain, 31 and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.

There have been prophetic dreams that California fires will be so bad that they have to evacuate the state on 9/11. Know this that evacuating on that day is not a coincidence. It is the writing on the wall. In my opinion 9/11 was the greatest crime committed by these blasphemous leaders in the US. It is ridiculous to claim that Al Qaeda did it. That crime set in motion many others leading us to this point. The pandemic has taken 9/11 to a whole new level. You have a virus created in a lab that targets the elderly (the average age of those who have died from Covid19 is greater than the average life expectancy). It is a virus designed to exterminate the elderly. Then we had political leaders like Andrew Cuomo who maximized this impact by sending sick people into nursing homes. Fauci financed this research and then did everything he could to obfuscate and delay our understanding of it costing more lives. They prohibited the use of effective treatments. Now they are mandating a vaccine which is more dangerous to many people than the disease. Meanwhile they use the pandemic as an excuse to bankrupt the middle class causing the tech giants to rake in a fortune. Our profligate Biden administration has hooked a vacuum cleaner up to the Fed and is vacuuming up dollars at an astounding rate, trillions and trillions of dollars. This “great banquet” is the final straw.

We are not ignorant of Satan's devices

All money has the seal of that country or those leaders. Considering the US dollar we have George Washington, a Free Mason on the front and the seal of the illuminati with the all seeing eye on the back.

At the time of the Lord it had the seal and superscription of Caesar. Benjamin Franklin is on the hundred and he also was a member of the illuminati.

This is a precursor to the mark of the beast. According to the illuminati they view humans as beasts of burden the same way you might view cattle. The mark of the beast brands those cattle so you know who they belong to. Jesus is the great shepherd, these are the evil shepherds. If you are lame or broken or damaged the Lord will heal you. These will call you a useless eater and exterminate you.

They put their seal on you the same way they have put their seal on money. They view you as slaves and their wealth is based on how many slaves they have. You become a real asset in the same way that land and other resources are real assets.

Killing people is simply a means to an end. Hitler and Stalin had no issue with killing millions. The goal is not your welfare or a just and equitable society, the goal is that they are in power. As long as they are at the top of the pyramid everything else is simply the cost of getting there.

Do not be surprised to see the Demons possessing people

Luke 4:33, 35 And in the synagogue there was a man, that had a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice,...35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, having done him no hurt.

Luke 4:41 And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

Luke 9:1 And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

Luke 10:17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.
Luke 11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

Today we see the kingdom of God come upon us, therefore it should be no surprise to anyone if we also see the sons of the kingdom casting out demons.


Gang violence, Ghost guns, and justice department not working. Meanwhile # of officers down 10%.


128th homicide, 22% increase over this time last year.


Desperate situation in Haiti

Luke 20:1-8 Some Black belt level stuff

1 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. 2 “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this authority?”

Great question. If a cop comes up to you they need to show you their badge, that tells you by what authority they are acting as a cop. Teachers also have to be certified. We go through a lot of different tests. We get fingerprinted and there are a number of required professional developments that we must have. We even do the same thing with people who teach the Bible, they go to seminary and get a degree. Apparently the Chief priests had discovered a major weakness in Jesus, He hadn’t been certified to teach the people the Bible.

3 He replied, “I will also ask you a question.

Great response, need to learn this little trick.

Tell me: 4 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin?”

Oh snap! The chief priests certification was from man. The thing that made them so proud, walking around in flowing robes, being greeted with respect in the marketplaces and having the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

That certification came from man. But when Jesus was baptized

John 1:32 And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptise with water, *he* said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is who baptises with [the] Holy Spirit 34 And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.

Jesus’ certification to preach took place at that Baptism. Was it from heaven or from man?

Luke 3:21 And it came to pass, all the people having been baptised, and Jesus having been baptised and praying, that the heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, *Thou* art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.

It is a great question, you should ask this of everyone that wants to represent God. If someone wants to tell you that they are speaking the words of God to you, then by all means find out by what authority they are making this claim.

5 They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’ 6 But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet.” 7 So they answered, “We don’t know where it was from.”

How slimy. This is the perfect illustration of the difference between someone who is really seeking and someone who absolutely refuses to hear God’s word. They weren’t asking the question because they wanted to learn something. This is what is known as a “gotcha question”. It probably works on many people, but when you do this to Jesus you are the one that is exposed. If you speak the word of God from the Bible they will do the same thing. They are afraid to deny that the Bible is the word of God because the people are all persuaded that it is, but they refuse to obey the Bible so instead they claim ignorance.

8 Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

This is some Black belt level stuff right here. Learn from Jesus. Imitate Him.

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah has arrived

Scientists reveal purpose and it is grim

Wow!

Jesus was crucified in 29 AD

At 26:18 they discover the evidence that Jesus was crucified on 29 AD. To be fair it could have been after 29 AD, still I would think 29 AD would be the most like with the possible range being 29-33, however, since both pennies were 29 AD I think it is clearly the most likely.

Luke 20:19-47 Those who misaim and those who have missed the mark

19 The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people. 20 Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said, so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

We are not ignorant of Satan’s devices, that is of course if you read the Bible and the fellowship of the apostles.

21 So the spies questioned him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

Beware of those that lay it on thick like this.

22 Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

This is a “wedge issue”. A question designed to divide. Think about today with the Black Lives Movement. There are those that are crying to defund the police, there are others that think that would be catastrophic. All of this attack about "white supremacy" is a wedge issue. The country is basically 50% white and 50% non white so there is big effort to "divide and conquer". Charles Barkley was brutally honest the other day saying he thinks this is politicians trying to divide us so that they can stay in power. The Lord, preaching righteousness was a threat to their political power just as the church preaching righteousness is a threat today.

23 He saw through their duplicity and said to them, 24 “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied. 25 He said to them, “Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Man has been made in the image of God. We should have God’s laws inscribed on our heart. This is what the Lord will be looking for when He returns. Everyone in the whole debate to defund or not defund has missed the boat. There has not been a righteous, just and trustworthy government for the last two thousand years. Both sides of this debate are condemned. If you see the injustice of our government that is great, that should turn you to realize we need the Lord Jesus to return and set up His kingdom. Everything we have tried to do has failed. Recently there has been a big brush up over Juneteenth versus July 4th with some claiming July 4th is not their independence day and others claiming this is the best country in the world. They are both true, they are both making a case for repenting and turning to the Lord.

26 They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.

Once again, learn from Jesus. He isn’t crying about the “lame stream media” or their “gotcha questions”. Their gotcha questions prove that He is ready to rule. If you don’t have authority over the “lame stream media” how can we trust you to have real authority?

27 Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. 28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. 30 The second 31 and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children. 32 Finally, the woman died too. 33 Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?” 34 Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, 36 and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection. 37 But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ 38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

If you don’t believe in the resurrection of the dead then you don’t have any authority to teach the law of Moses. You can’t claim that these laws were given by God and that you are sitting in Moses seat. By what authority did Moses do these things? He was sent by God at the burning bush. If you deny the resurrection of the dead you are denying the authority of Moses and therefore the authority you have from sitting in Moses' seat. Likewise with the rapture, we have a sect of Christians who deny that truth. We have a sect of Christians like the Herodians who have completely sold out to the Romans to be their puppets.

39 Some of the teachers of the law responded, “Well said, teacher!” 40 And no one dared to ask him any more questions. 41 Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David? 42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand 43 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ 44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

Jesus has already silenced the gotcha questions of the lame stream media, this isn’t for them, it is for the teachers who say “well said”. Many people are willing to admit that Jesus was a great teacher, a great prophet, who has had a profound impact on human society. But do you see He isn’t simply a great man, He is the Son of God?

45 While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, 46 “Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.47 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

Jesus has already demolished the authority by which they speak. But what really exposes them is that they devour widows’ houses. You could never rally the entire country to go fight in Vietnam or Iraq without the chief priests and teachers of the law standing with these rulers. You couldn’t get away with the mortgage crisis and saying the banks are too big to fail without the assistance of the chief priests and teachers of the law. Our rulers have been devouring widow’s houses. It is not unrealistic to think the people don’t understand what happened, but the shepherds are supposed to protect the sheep from the wolves. Are the prayers real or just for show? If you are a pretend shepherd you will be punished severely.

It may be time to bring in the 2nd String

Let's consider where we are today and what we have accomplished in this battle for a city that is set up on a hill as a light to all the nations.

Arizona has announced their results of the audit, they announced significant fraud which will require that the election be decertified for Biden. When the state legislature comes back into session in January they will request that.

Meanwhile Georgia is well on the way to doing the same thing and not only decertifying Biden's win but also flipping at least one Senate seat which will flip the Senate from Democrat to Republican control.

Add to that Pennsylvania has also announced a full forensic audit and the fraud there is so brazen that it is plain to see how that will turn out. They have already shown that there were more votes cast than voters.

When these three audits flip both the Presidency and the Senate it will provoke every state in the US to conduct their own forensic audit.

Not only so but a Chinese spy has defected and provided the US with the 20 year plan of the CCP to steal the US election. Many more people will be found guilty as a result of this, and their crime will be treason. Accordingly we know that Mike Lindell was given the packet captures from the election which prove that much of the fraud took place through foreign countries flipping votes on the machines.

Not only so but Trump has announced a class action lawsuit against the tech giants for working with the election fraud to censor and deplatform people, as well as censoring information about HCQ which caused many to die, and working with child traffickers to exploit children for sex.

You can be sure that the intelligence gathered in the last 8 months from military intelligence as well as the 800+ tribunals they have had concerning pedophile rings and treason gives them plenty of evidence to convict and win the lawsuit which could be worth $1 trillion. You can also be sure that within these companies there are already people contacting their lawyers to cut a deal.

Meanwhile Durham is proceeding with his prosecution of the FISA warrant scandal which runs deep and wide into the Obama administration and the Clinton campaign.

Ghislaine Maxwell's trial has begun into her involvement with the pedophile ring and already the names of Clinton and Prince Andrew have shown prominently in this trial.

Meanwhile "Hunter Biden's laptop from Hell" is a runaway best seller, it has already prompted 80 senators and congressmen to sign a bill to impeach Biden and also to impeach Harris.

Meanwhile the ratings at CNN and MSNBC have had a precipitous drop, Chris Cuomo has been fired, and their ability to manipulate the opinions of the Americans has been severely damaged if not completely destroyed. Already the majority of Americans think the election was illegitimate.

The last gasp of this regime is to pass several trillion dollar spending bills. However, they have failed to do so at this point and this is causing even their most ardent supporters to become very upset with them.

Already 20 congressmen and senators have announced they will not run for reelection. This is a stunning number that exposes how terrible the internal polling is for the Democrats.

Yesterday Devin Nunes has announced he would be running Trump's new social media platform. This has led to speculation that this platform will be used to release the information that up to this point has been censored from Mainstream media and other tech platforms.

Not only so but the tech giants like Facebook and Twitter are not nearly as powerful as they were a year ago. Already rival platforms have been set up and could break the grip they have had on public discourse. Jack Dorsey has already stepped down as head of Twitter since the Board of directors were very upset with the collapse in the metrics of their users. The price of the stock is largely based on perceived growth, if investors determine there is no more growth and maybe even and eroding of users you could see an 80% drop in stock price. It could be a demise that would remind us of MySpace and other falled tech companies.

Meanwhile people are getting involved in their government, in their precincts. They have woken up to the fact that they must get involved.

As for the vaccine mandates we have other best selling books that fully expose Fauci, the Wuhan lab, the experiments they have been running, and how these vaccine mandates are not based on science, they are not being done for public health, and this also has woken the people up.

The January 6th insurrection has also been exposed as a false flag event and the information on that is also coming out.

At the moment this is looking like a total blowout.

The two solar eclipses over the US that make an X indicate judgement over America. So then, what does a solar eclipse over Antarctica indicate? Antarctica is known as "the end of the world". It is a sign of judgement concerning the end of the world.

Luke 21:1-11 -- Using the Pandemic for a power grab

1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

Our life can be a living sacrifice that is acceptable to the Lord. So many are very concerned about how that is going to be judged. Here the Lord makes it clear He doesn’t look at your gift in terms of how many dollars it is worth, but rather how much of your living it is worth. The rich man that gave out of his abundance didn’t give any of his living, whereas the poor woman who gave out of her poverty gave all of her living. That is how we will be judged. You can’t fake that.

5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Imagine a rich person gave money for a wing of a hospital to be built with his name on it. He may feel how great this building and its gifts are, and yet with wars and riots and natural disasters it could be that not one stone is left upon another. So there you are appearing before the Lord at His judgement seat and your life’s work has gone up in smoke. So the Lord is not judging the money but the living that was sacrificed. He also isn’t looking at the buildings you built but the people who were built up by you. Those people will also be standing at the judgement seat of Christ.

7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. 9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.

So how are we going to “not be deceived”? First when you see the same magazines and news outlets that mocked and ridiculed Christians announcing "the Messiah" and "the Second coming" then you know this is what he was talking about. Second of all you need to realize there is a purpose for the wars and commotions. They need to come to pass. Jesus said that the meek will inherit the earth, but how do we know that is true? Therefore Caesar Nero tested this, Napoleon tested this, Hitler tested this. It is necessary for these wars to take place because it is the test that proves God’s word is true. What about the commotions? You can read Gandhi and see what Bible verses he based his protests on and his non violent resistance. But not everyone is persuaded, so you need to have the commotions of the Black Panthers and ANTIFA and the looters and rioters to prove that all the treasures of wisdom are hidden in God’s word. In Daniel we see that the three guys with Daniel refused to worship the Golden idol, but by throwing them into the furnace of fire Nebuchadnezzar was able to see the Son of Man and be converted. Likewise Darius threw Daniel into the lion's den and then prayed to God. Delivering Daniel from the Lion's den is how Darius was able to believe.

But this is a sign of the Lord's coming, it is the apostasy. The falling away is also the setting yourself up as something. Recently Senator Warnock said that we could save ourselves and that the meaning of Easter is more transcendent than Jesus Christ. Easter is a pagan holiday, you would think a pastor would refer to resurrection day or the crucifixion, rather than "Easter". His tweet sounded good, a commitment to helping others we can save ourselves, but it denies the Lord who bought us. It is by definition a false prophet. According to the book of Revelation this would be the White Horse of the Apocalypse. The apostasy is a false gospel, and as Paul said it isn't even a gospel. Imagine telling someone who is drowning that he can save himself. This is a way to justify yourself while others drown, it is their own fault.

10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

We have had many different people all with their theory on how to raise a great empire. They have all come and gone. Alexander the Great, the Egyptian Pharaohs, the Roman Empire, this is necessary to test their wisdom and knowledge against God’s word. It is amazing how often an apostasy, some false doctrine, accompanies major wars in history. Rulers have to manipulate people into going to war with these false doctrines. World War II, The Vietnam War and the Gulf Wars were all started with false flag operations designed to manipulate the people to go to war. Right now the mainstream media in the US is acting as the "apostasy" to lead people astray into a race war. When corrupt rulers are exposed they do this to distract the populace. January 6 is a modern example of an FBI operation designed as a false flag so they could accuse MAGA of being dangerous. Don't question the powers that be or they will throw you into solitary confinement for trespassing. Better to have them fighting against each other than to be united in fighting against the leaders. They are particularly focused on any force that can unify and organize against their corrupt regime, hence the attack on the church. This is the Red horse of the apocalypse.

11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

The earthquakes reveal the inner workings of the earth. The famines have really helped us to understand how to best cultivate the land. The pestilences have taught us a lot about healthy practices and the need for sanitation. Before we can rule and reign on this earth we need to learn from all these things, they are all necessary, they all need to come to pass before we can be fully prepared to meet the Lord. Famines and pestilences refer to the Black Horse and the Grey horse of the apocalypse. Famine and pestilence often follow war. When all the men are sent to war it causes a loss in manpower for the production of food. The destruction and poverty associated with war often result in unsanitary conditions and pestilence. However, pestilence can be used as an act of War. Genghis Khan tossed infected bodies over the walls of cities in Europe as a weapon of war. This pandemic was an act of war. It doesn't make sense, why would rulers who desire power want to hurt the people who are taxpayers? I was reminded of the story of how the Kimberley mine would "hobble" the slaves who tried to steal diamonds. They break the legs of these people. Once they are healed they can continue to work in the mines but are unable to run away. This pandemic has been designed in a bio weapons lab from the common cold. It is very possible that this cold virus is taken from a virus that school children have already been exposed to. This could explain why children and teachers have been virtually untouched by this pandemic. However, the elderly may never have seen it so they have died at the highest rate. The slave owners don't care about the elderly, they are an expense, not a source of revenue. Also online sales have skyrocketed during the pandemic, so the big tech companies have not been harmed, if anything they have profited. On the other hand small businesses owned and operated by the middle class have been hit very hard with tens of thousands of bankruptcies already and many more projected. So then a company like Amazon is benefitting in two ways, increased sales and decreased competition. Tax revenue may drop a little, but the costs of caring for the elderly will also drop significantly. This could explain the irrational demand to shut down all businesses and schools. The pandemic was designed to give the world's government more power and so the response is about this power grab.

There are two comings of the Lord

There are two comings of the Lord. If the Lord was born on Feast of Trumpets wouldn’t that be a fulfillment of Trumpets? Passover, unleavened bread, first fruits, Pentecost, all were fulfilled in the first coming. What about Feast of atonement, did we discover who was and who was not written in the book of life in the first coming? Was Jesus Christ presented as a sacrifice of atonement? Have we been reconciled to God?

So then what about the second coming? The Revelation 12 sign did not occur during Feast of Trumpets, it was after that day, it was a warning and would suggest that Feast of Trumpets was 2018. If this feast begins ten years of Awe and if the 70th week begins on Passover it will fit very nicely with the time frame given by the Lord, by prophecies and with Israel’s return. Feast of unleavened bread is 7 days, this could refer to the 70th week. The feast of firstfruits could refer to 144,000 caught up to the sea of glass. These are all plausible interpretations because Paul says that the Jewish feasts are "a shadow of things to come". Teaching that four have already been fulfilled is contrary to Paul telling us they are a shadow of things to come. It is also contrary to the Lord telling us that we all must take up our cross and follow Him.

But the point that we can all agree on is that there are two comings of the Lord, Why?

Paul tells us that the first time the Lord gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age.

What is the point of the second coming? We are told in Hebrews he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

That is the point of everything concerning the second coming whether we are talking about rapture, or trumpets or bowls. The Lord will appear a second time to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him. The purpose of the bowls and trumpets is to turn people to look to Him for salvation from the wrath that is to come.

I have steered away and avoided all of these timelines and discussions of the seals, trumpets and bowls because I find it insulting that those who teach this come across as having the whole game plan in front of them when in reality they can't even tell you when the game begins. However, that said I should not allow my own personal issues to cloud this blog. The book of Revelation is the Bible and is certainly relevant to this blog.

Please note that this is but one interpretation. To him the seven seals take place over seven years. The seven trumpets over seven months and the seven bowls over seven days. He teaches these happen contemporaneously, others teach they are consecutive.

He claims that the US is not destroyed immediately, but rather several years into the tribulation, others teach that the US is the Great Babylon and her judgement comes in one hour at the same time as the pre tribulation rapture. Suffice it to say there are many different interpretations and the only way to get a solid understanding of exactly what the Bible says is to examine this.

Why I don't think we should be looking at the Feasts for the day of the Rapture

Do not misunderstand, I am 100% for studying the feasts and I believe 100% that they are a shadow of things to come. What I am referring to is the use of these feasts by people watching for the Lord's coming who think the Lord would come on Feast of Trumpets, or 2nd Passover, etc.

1. Paul said that we are not to let anyone judge us concerning keeping the Feasts, new moons or sabbaths. This tells me they are not part of our covenant. The rapture definitely is part of our covenant. If they were a rehearsal of the rapture we should be keeping them but we are told we are not required to. Contrast that with the Lord's table, we are charged to keep it and it is a rehearsal for the marriage of the lamb and of the rapture.

2. We are told not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together and so much the more as we see the day approaching. This tells me that our gathering is very relevant to our watching and waiting on the Lord. Yet the days we are told to assemble are not the Old Testament feasts.

3. Paul said he aspired to "be found in Him". No doubt this has a much broader meaning than simply in the assembly of the saints, however for the most part to be in the assembly of the church is to gather into His name, that is "to be found in Him". In my opinion no better place to be when the lord returns. That is scriptural according to the New Testament and yet we are told very clearly we don't need to keep those Old Testament feasts.

4. The Lord said that when the rapture takes place two will be in the field and two women will be grinding meal. This tells me it is not during the Sabbath, New Moon, or the Jewish Feasts. Now you could disagree saying we don't need to keep the Sabbath, but then that is the point I am making. You could also look at the account of the transfiguration in Luke which says it is around the 8th day and say that is the Lord's day, but again, that is the point I am making. We have been charged to keep the Lord's table and since we celebrate the Lord's resurrection we are celebrating the 8th day.

5. We were told to keep the Lord's table "in remembrance of Me". Isn't that what it means to watch and to wait on the Lord? Charging us to watch for the Lord includes the charge to keep the Lord's table and the charge to keep the Lord's table includes the charge to watch.

6. Paul says that the feasts "are a shadow of things to come"? What about Passover wasn't that fulfilled? Is that still a shadow of things to come? I would say yes. I would say all of the feasts will be fulfilled at the end of the age. When a man and woman get married it isn't simply the man who must die to the self and the world and the flesh. The wife must also crucify the flesh with the passions and lusts. This is very problematic for those who say that "Trumpets is the next feast to be fulfilled".

7. We have four prophecies concerning this woman bearing a man child. There are two in Genesis, one with the seed of the woman crushing the head of the serpent and the other with Joseph's dream. Then there is the fulfillment of this in the gospels with the birth of Jesus and again, a fulfillment in Revelation 12 with the birth of the man child at the end of the age. So then, the Lord's table is where we rehearse our celebration of the wedding feast, but under God's sovereignty there is only one day a year that we have a celebration for the birth of the king.

8. Many Christians cringe at the thought that Christmas is one of our set feasts. Yes, there are many Biblical accounts from the New Testament concerning Jesus birth. However, weirdly, we know for a fact that Jesus was not born on Christmas so then why are we celebrating His birth on that day? Many will argue that it is a Satanic counterfeit. I don't buy that argument, the book of Job tells me Satan is simply a pawn doing God's bidding. If God did not want the church to celebrate His birth on the evening of December 24th we wouldn't. Therefore I would argue that it is the Lord who wants us to celebrate this but He didn't want to be obvious so He had Satan do His bidding.

9. Some will argue that Santa is an anagram for Satan, that the man in a red suit is really a liar, the father of lies, and he is a thief who does not come in by the front door but sneaks in some other way. They will argue that these stories are designed to make the rapture seem absurd and by deceiving kids at a young age having been burned once they are twice shy. They would argue that this is a shadow of the great deception and all these people buying into Xmas are a shadow of the apostasy. Writing a list to Santa is a mockery of our prayer to God teaching that you pray for things and causing people to become materialistic. This whole bit about Santa knowing if you have been bad or good and he sees you when you are sleeping and when you are awake is a prefigure of the all seeing eye of the kingdom of the Beast. I agree with all that and I would point out, just like Paul said, "it is a shadow of things to come". My point is that all of these arguments are making my point, our view of the rapture is that when we go up these things come down. We go up in the Christmas eve service and Satan comes down the chimney immediately after that. If you are left behind it is because you bought into the great deception and exchanged your God for the worthless junk under your tree.

10. We are made in the image and likeness of God. Suppose a man had two wives. Would they both be happy if their "special day" occurred on the same day? My wife considers our wedding anniversary as the biggest day of the year. Do you think she would be happy sharing that day with anyone else? In the same way I don't think it makes any sense that the NT church would share the day of the rapture with the Old Testament covenant. I think the Lord says the same when He says "no one knows the day". Everyone that He was talking to knew the days of the feasts, so He must have been talking about another day that was not celebrated in the Old Testament.

And yet we are told that the Lord is the same today and yesterday. If the God of the Old Testament was very precise in having celebrations as dress rehearsals then surely he would have done the same thing in the New Testament.

The church has not been doing any dress rehearsals with the feasts in Leviticus but we have been doing a dress rehearsal with Christmas.

Luke 21:12-24 See the end from the beginning

12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. 13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

This is a very big but, one minute He is giving us a sweeping view of the 2,000 year history and now He is telling the apostles that before the nations are tested, before the kings are tested, before the scientists and farmers and health care workers are tested that they need to be tested. We need proof that this word can stand the test first. There needs to be a testimony that the fellowship of the apostles is a trustworthy word that can withstand the gates of hell. This is the foundation word of this entire age. What did we see in Daniel? Daniel and his three associates were tested by fire and by lions. As a result of this test it was declared that their God was the real God and everyone needed to hear their word.

The Lord is telling the apostles that He appreciates their interest in how this will all end but before any of that happens they are going to be tested.

14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

All of us have been given this word, not simply Peter and Paul. The story of Saint Stephen is a fulfillment of this word. The word that the Lord gave them they have given to us. I see these people who have lost everything in these fires in California. I just wish I would see one of them holding a Bible saying “I still have this, I’ll be fine”.

16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 19 In your patience possess ye your souls.

Twice He says “for my name’s sake”. This is how you can settle your mind. The suffering you are going through is for “His name’s sake”. The way you respond will be a testimony, it could be a glory to the Lord or it could be a shame. Really, be prepared so you aren’t shocked, and glorify the Lord. Now we can understand why He chose Judas. The Lord has given us an example of how to go through this, we will be betrayed so He needed to be betrayed to give us the pattern on how to go through this.

20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

This is a direct reference to 70 AD and the army of Titus. This is how it works. Those who are in power must hear the testimony of the apostles. They despise it, hate it, persecute it, and even put them to death. But the testimony has been made and it will stand for 2,000 years. Meanwhile those leaders will then be utterly and completely destroyed and disappear like dust being blown by the wind. Those are “days of vengeance”. Not yours, not ANTIFA’s, but God’s. A solid testimony of the Lord lays the groundwork for Him to then come in and take vengeance because they wouldn’t listen to His word. Not only so but the Lord tells us "the end from the beginning". Look at how the age began and you will see how it will end.

23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Once again, a sweeping view of the last 2,000 year history for the Jews. They were led away captive to all nations, it is called the diaspora. Jerusalem was trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles were fulfilled. It wasn’t until 1948, after the holocaust, that the Jews were able to return. Definitely “great distress” in the land. But even in 1948 Jerusalem was not returned to the Jews. It has only been in the last two years that the US and a few other countries have recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Please note that He does not say "please pray that your flight will not take place in winter" that verse is in Matthew and Mark. I suspect that the verses in Matthew and Mark refer to the start of the Great Tribulation which takes place in the midst of the 7 years whereas Luke is talking to those who are raptured at the beginning of the tribulation. I find it quite interesting and conspicuous that this verse does not refer to the winter.