Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Moses ascended up the mountain and was received by the cloud on Shavuot

Acts 1:1 The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, 2 until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 3 to whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God: 4 and, being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, ye heard from me: 5 for John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

The church age has been 2,000 years which is 40 jubilees. During that time the church has been walking on this earth showing that Jesus is alive by many proofs and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God. Not only so but we are waiting for the promise of the Lord's return, abiding in Christ.

Let's look at this 44th book of the Bible as depicting the rapture of the church. Jesus came and in His resurrection you have the firstfruits coming out of the graves with Him and being offered to God on the feast of firstfruits.

Then you have the church walking on this earth preaching the gospel for 40 jubilees, telling people that Jesus death delivers them from bondage and gives them new life and that we have a blessed hope of His return.

6 They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within his own authority. 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold two men stood by them in white apparel; 11 who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.

Then after these 40 days the church, the body of Christ, is raptured, taken up and received by a cloud out of their sight. Who do these who are left behind represent, headed up by Peter? These are the left behind saints. These are the ones who denied the Lord at His crucifixion. These are the ones who say "I go fishing", enough with all this being a disciple of Jesus. What happens after the rapture? They repent, they go into the upper room and get filled with the Spirit, praying, worshipping and studying the word. During the tribulation we will see the Spirit poured out like we saw during the book of Acts.

I do not subscribe to the idea that Pentecost is Shavuot. I think that ascension day is Shavuot and fifty days later we have Pentecost. I think that the disciples spent 50 days in the upper room (a complete period of grace). However, I do agree that ascension day prefigures the rapture of the church. I think that Pentecost was the feast of new wine. Yes, there were Jews from all over the Mediterranean there at the time, that should indicate it was Shavuot. However, Jerusalem was a major city at the time similar to New York City. Memorial day weekend is a big holiday, but so is July 4th. I would suspect that on either of these holidays you would have people in NYC from all over the world.

Shavuot is not fifty days, it is seven sabbaths plus one day. A month is 29.5 days based on the lunar calendar and that means the new moon sabbath will always be 2-3 days. Seven sabbaths after Passover will go through two new moon sabbaths. Therefore Shavuot would generally be around 53 days later. However, after Shavuot you are to count fifty days to the feast of New Wine.

Pentecost depicted here in Acts does not describe anyone being taken up but rather the Spirit being poured out as new wine onto the earth. That is how you celebrate the feast of new wine. Also, the saints who are beheaded during the tribulation are compared to grapes and their blood to wine. Their blood is poured out onto the earth as a sacrifice to God.
 

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Wonderful exposition of Shavuot as rapture event

 

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One of the questions that has bothered me to no end is Ascension day. The general teaching is that this takes place 10 days before Pentecost which is the same thing as Shavuot. This does not make any sense to me.

1. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He tells the end from the beginning. Why do we not see anything that takes place ten days before Shavuot that depicts ascension. This seems like a critical event in the Bible and yet there is no event, no shadow of this event? I find that very hard to believe.

2. Shavuot seems to be the perfect depiction of the ascension. Moses is a type of Christ. He ascends into the mountains which are covered in clouds. If you look through the Old Testament for something that prefigured the ascension you will always wind up on Shavuot as the clear winner.

3. Then they equate Pentecost with Shavuot because they interpret Jesus ascension as being 10 days before Shavuot. The problem with this is that Shavuot is never referred to as Pentecost. It is never referred to as "50" or "50 days" and the reason is that it isn't 50 days. That is a misunderstanding. We assumed that 7 sabbaths are 49 days but they aren't. There are 4 sabbaths in each month and yet a lunar cycle is 29.5 days. To resolve this the new moon sabbath is 2-3 days. Counting from Passover there are two new moon sabbaths in these 7 sabbaths, so it is probably 52-53 days till Shavuot.

4. The reference to the thought that the disciples were drunk on new wine makes you think this is the New Wine festival which is 50 days from Shavuot. Think how perfect that would be if Jesus ascended on Shavuot. 50 days later you have Pentecost. 50 depicts a full measure of grace.

5. In the feast of Pentecost you pour wine out onto the ground. That is what happened in Acts, the Spirit was poured out onto the Earth.

6. Everyone says that the church was born on Pentecost. Jesus said you have to put new wine into new wine skins. So again, this suggests that Pentecost was the feast of new wine in which the new wine (the Spirit) was poured out into the Church (the new wine skins).

7. Nowhere in the Bible does it say they spent ten days in the upper room. The only reason we think that is that we assume the ascension was ten days before Shavuot. The only evidence that Acts gives that Pentecost was Shavuot is that there were Jews there from everywhere. I think this is flimsy evidence. The feast of New wine was a holiday, and Jerusalem was a cosmopolitan city with lots of people there at all times. I see no reason why that is "proof" that this is Shavuot. This is like saying that since you had people in NYC from all over the world at a holiday it must be July 4th? Why couldn't it be memorial day or labor day?
 

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So then how do we interpret that Jesus appeared to them forty days.?

1. Some have tried to say that the 40 day period started ten days after the resurrection. But I think we can reject that because He appeared on the road to Emmaus to the disciples, gave infallible proofs to them then, and He was speaking to them of the things concerning the kingdom of God. So I have to believe that this was the "first day" though you can also include his appearing to Mary earlier in that same day. Also He appeared to them here on the day He is taken up, these are clearly two of the forty days.

2. If we look at the Greek word for day it is not the word used for day in the verse "Give us this day" our daily bread. However, it is used for the term "daily". Also in Luke when the angel says "unto you this day is born a savior" it is not the same word that we have here in Acts for day. I think it would be a better translation to say "time". For example, "until the time in which He was taken up", or in Luke 1:20 he was dumb until the time that these things be performed. Or, John grew strong until the time of his showing until Israel. Suppose you had a course in college and it meets 40 times during the semester. We would use this Greek word. It doesn't mean that the semester began 40 days ago, rather you might have two classes a week for 20 weeks.

I do not think this verse is saying that there was a period 40 days long, rather I believe it is saying that the Lord appeared to them 40 times and taught them during this period.

So then I would translate this verse: 3 to whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them forty times, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:
 

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1Samuel 25 -- Abigail is raptured shortly after the idiocy of defund the police is exposed

This chapter tells the story of David marrying Abigail, it is a type of the church as the bride of Christ and a type of the rapture. The context or setting of this story is that David’s men acted as security for Nabal’s business and his employees. To not pay them for keeping you safe is what the entire "defund the police" movement is all about. Nabal has defrauded David. He thinks he can treat David as a chump. This reminds me of Trump saying NATO wasn’t paying their full share and was going to pull out of the alliance. That must have terrified the rest of the NATO countries and they quickly paid up. The hypocrisy of these city and state leaders has been on full display. They call the riots “mostly peaceful” and support defunding the police. But then when the slightest incident happens they are calling for police. One woman called the police because a Uber driver refused to drive her somewhere and dropped her off at the gas station. During the day she is calling for the police to be defunded and then at night she wants the police to ride in and arrest a Uber driver who is not going to give her a ride. Democrats for four years argued that walls don’t work, first thing they do when they get into power is stop the construction of the border wall and yet they surround the capitol with barbed wire and 25,000 troops at a cost of over $500 million.

Nabal dies a weird death, surely not a heart attack, wouldn’t have taken ten days, maybe a stroke, who knows. It is a death in slow motion. It reminds me of the video of Gavin Newsom eating at the French Laundry ultimately leading to the recall. His demise is in slow motion. It reminds me of Reagan’s son who is an atheist saying he is not afraid of hell juxtaposed on the fires we see in California. Again, 40 years is like watching a train crash in slow motion. It reminds me of the impeachment trial where all these different ones were pontificating about how offended they were that Trump would say “fight like hell” only to then see videos of them all saying the exact same thing and even worse things. It reminds me of them calling for witnesses in the trial only to see that the first witness the Trump team was going to call was Nancy Pelosi. At that point in the trial it seemed the only thing that had any traction at all was “negligence” on the part of Trump to respond to the riot. The problem with that argument is that Pelosi is responsible for the security of the Capitol building, not Trump. Pelosi had been informed of the pipe bombs prior to the riot yet had done nothing. Pelosi had refused national guard troops offered by Trump. Pelosi was aware of FBI intelligence that said people were planning an attack on the capitol building. If they went down this road it would become very obvious to all of America that Pelosi was negligent in her duties. Without a doubt they have treated Trump and the 75 million who voted for him with contempt. However, it is up to God to bring their wrongdoing down on their own heads.

But the correlation is even more interesting, Nabal gets drunk, and parties, just like the Biden administration with all their executive actions and trillion dollar spending bills. Abigail waits until the morning to tell him. Right now it is the morning after the party with the hangover from 2 million illegals crossing the border, massive inflation, nuclear arms race with China, humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan, war in the Ukraine, and threats of nuclear war in the Middle East and Taiwan. Biden has a terrible hangover, poll numbers have tanked, and he doesn't have support for his spending bills. Perfect time for Durham to now mention the indictments from his investigation which has clearly gone all the way up to Clinton.

Abigail was awake and had prevented the Lord from coming as a thief. So it reminds me of the Lord's word to watch otherwise He would come as a thief.
 

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A word to those who are raptured

Luke 10:21-24 21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight. 22 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him. 23 And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 24 for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.

Do you remember the word that unless you become like a small child you cannot enter the kingdom of the heavens? 3 and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Here we are told that these blessed ones are little children.

A word to those who will be going through the Tribulation

Matthew 10:21-24 21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. 24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

I was considering Leah, the "tender eyed" daughter that Jacob didn't want. Think about that, the first bride, the one raptured first, is the one that no one wants. We are the offscouring of the Earth. We are the ones who went outside the camp to the Lord and bore His shame. The ones who were left behind, do you know who those were? They are the kings, the wise men, the ones who were too good to become like little children. Well, during the tribulation they will be despised, they will be cast out, and then they can repent for despising the deplorables.

A word to those who are left behind

Mark 10:21-24 21 And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 22 But his countenance fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful: for he was one that had great possessions. 23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

Wow, if you are trusting in riches you need to repent now! If you actually think your riches, your job, your house, your bank account, your basement filled with supplies is going to save you, then wow, you are blind. Wake up and repent!

God telling us plainly that Jesus is the Christ

John 10:21-24 21 Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? 22 And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: 23 it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s porch. 24 The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.

The rapture will be when everyone is told "plainly". There is a lesson to be learned there, and once you have learned the lesson you can repent for your arrogance.
 

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117 -- Let them divide

The gematria for the Hebrew phrase "let them divide" is 117, the waters that are above from the waters that are below. It is a picture of the rapture and the waters signify people.

On the first month, 17th day Jesus rose from the dead. That is the Hebrew calendar. 17th day of Nisan.

the mirror image of that would be the first month of the 17th day for the world's calendar is the rapture. 17th day of Tishrei. That is when most think the tribulation will begin.

The rapture is associated with this event. In Genesis 1 God divided the waters signifying peoples and tongues,

Exodus the Red Sea was divided for Israel's exodus. The Jordan was later divided for their entrance into the good land. Elijah and Elisha both divided the waters associated with Elijah's rapture.

Psalm 117 is the dividing chapter in the Bible.

Genesis 7:11 -- 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. This flood divided those that were beneath the flood (the flesh) from those above the flood.

Hebrews 11:7 -- 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
 

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Great video on the real situation in the US today

 

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Psalm 18 -- Thou liftest me up above

18 I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from mine enemies.


The one name by which men may be saved.

4 The cords of death compassed me,
And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
5 The cords of Sheol were round about me;
The snares of death came upon me.
6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah,
And cried unto my God:
He heard my voice out of his temple,

And my cry before him came into his ears.

The reason we go through tribulation is to teach us to pray.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations also of the mountains quaked
And were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
And fire out of his mouth devoured:
Coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down;
And thick darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly;
Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered his voice,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

The Earth trembled -- the number of earthquakes is about ten times higher than it was 50 years ago. The amount of hail we are seeing worldwide is amazing. Big pieces of hail the size of coal.

14 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
15 Then the channels of waters appeared,
And the foundations of the world were laid bare,
At thy rebuke, O Jehovah,
At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from on high, he took me;

He drew me out of many waters.

In the midst of all this we will be snatched, harpazo'd or raptured.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
And from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
18 They came upon me in the day of my calamity;

But Jehovah was my stay.

If you don't realize that the enemy is too mighty for you then you have not been paying attention.

19 He brought me forth also into a large place;
He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his ordinances were before me,
And I put not away his statutes from me.
23 I was also perfect with him,
And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,

According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

This is why those who are raptured will be raptured.

25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;
With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure;
And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people;
But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
28 For thou wilt light my lamp:

Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

This will be the lesson from the rapture. If you are left behind this is what you need to repent of. Be merciful to others, be pure, repent of your haughty eyes, repent of your perverseness. Let God's word be the light for your path.

29 For by thee I run upon a troop;
And by my God do I leap over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of Jehovah is tried;

He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

You don't run upon a troop based on your own strength or wisdom.

31 For who is God, save Jehovah?
And who is a rock, besides our God,
32 The God that girdeth me with strength,

And maketh my way perfect?

You have Jesus Christ on your team. It is like a basketball team having Michael Jordan. Put Jesus in the game.

33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet:
And setteth me upon my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war;
So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation;
And thy right hand hath holden me up,
And thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,

And my feet have not slipped.

Don't you want to be on the team? Don't you want to learn to be a warrior for Christ?

37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them;
Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
38 I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise:

They shall fall under my feet.

Instead of being the wimpy kid being bullied wouldn't you like to be able to stand up to the bullies and humiliate them?

39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:
Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me,
That I might cut off them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save;
Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind;

I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

They called us deplorable, irredeemable, made us to be the offscouring of all things. Let's see how they do when the roles are reversed.

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;
Thou hast made me the head of the nations:
A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me;

The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.

There are few teams like that. This reminds me of the Dream Team in basketball. Even their opponents all wanted their autographs.

45 The foreigners shall fade away,
And shall come trembling out of their close places.
46 Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be the God of my salvation,
47 Even the God that executeth vengeance for me,
And subdueth peoples under me.
48 He rescueth me from mine enemies;
Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me;
Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
49 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations,
And will sing praises unto thy name.
50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king,
And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed,

To David and to his seed, for evermore.
 

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The prerequisite to the Rapture

18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Have you declared Him?
 

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The first five seals in Matthew

Matthew 24: 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places. 8 But all these things are the beginning of travail. 9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray. 12 And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold. 13 But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

There is a remarkable correlation with the five seals here. No doubt we have seen these things play out for 2,000 years, but it could also play out again at the end of the age.

1. Many shall come in my name saying "I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray". When the angels are kicked out of heaven and cast to earth, when the white horse rides for the Antichrist, it could be that they are all portraying themselves as "the Christ". Again, like some Marvel movie.

2. Following the white horse we get the red horse of war., then famines, then earthquakes, and all these are "the beginning of travail".

That is the first four seals.

3. Then shall they deliver you up for my name's sake, you will be hated and they shall kill you. That is the fifth seal.

All of this is happening as a way of preaching the gospel to the whole world for a testimony.

Then the end shall come. This is Matthew which presents the view for those who are raptured at the end of the tribulation.
 

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Is the Vaccine part of an evil plot?

Both Esther and Abigail are types of the rapture. But rather than consider them I prefer to look at Nabal and Haman. Nabal is a fool, he is a drunken fool that thinks it is a big joke to scam the Lord Jesus. Haman is a very sinister, evil character. He manipulates the king into approving laws designed to commit genocide. These two represent the "useful idiots" in our government, and the deep state.

I find it very naive when people dismiss the idea of an evil deep state as some kind of conspiracy theory. Is it just a theory that we went to war over WMD's that weren't there? Is it just a theory that millions of people had their homes stolen from them by banking practices that were both fraudulent and illegal and yet the government did nothing and prosecuted no one? Is it a theory that Mueller investigated Trump for over 2 years concerning collusion with Russia, spent 40 million on that investigation, and found nothing. Yet, we have the evidence of Biden colluding with the Ukraine and we have a cyber attack from Russia and Biden dismisses any possible connection to Putin? Is it a theory that Trump was impeached, twice? The first time they impeached him the FBI had Hunter Biden's laptop that would have both exonerated Trump and proved Biden's guilt and yet they hid that from the investigation. The second time they had the evidence that Pelosi and Schumer were negligent in their responsibilities to keep the building safe. Is it a theory that they shut the investigation down rather than actually allow their guilt to be known? Is the Pandemic a theory? Is it a theory that a year ago you were not permitted to question the origin of the pandemic and anyone who considered the Wuhan lab as the origin was ridiculed, mocked and vilified? Yet today we know that is the truth and there never was any evidence to support the natural origin.

You have to be blind as a bat to not see this deep state conspiracy. Not only so but they have published enough concerning what they are going to do. Fauci in 2017 said he expected to see a surprise pandemic. Yet in 2019 when we did have the first signs of a pandemic he was counseling the president not to shut down travel with China and that there was nothing to fear from this virus. Fauci said it was worth the risk of a pandemic to experiment with these bat viruses and paid for the research at the Wuhan lab. The CCP said that if they go to war with the US it would have to start with a bio weapon.

Then we have Ruth, another type of the bride that is raptured. She is a "deplorable". So why does Boaz appreciate her? He sees what she is doing on behalf of her mother in law. She is willing to become the lowest of the low to help her mother in law. She is very similar to Mordecai who is also a deplorable, doing street protests, being censored by the media. We also see this with Abigail though it is much subtler, it is a servant that tells Abigail what is going on. You can see that the servants have a very different opinion of Abigail than they do with Nabal. The servants consider Nabal a fool that no one can talk to, but Abigail is someone who respects the servants, listens to them and acts on their advice.

Then of course you can compare all the types of the rapture with the Exodus of Israel from Egypt. All of Israel were the deplorables, the slaves. Which gives us a whole new view of this sinister Haman. If we liken this deep state conspiracy to the teachings in secret societies, most notably the Free Masons we learn they are sworn to secrecy under pain of death. They are taught to lie, to be deceitful, to be two faced. They embrace the "hidden hand" strategy that with the hidden hand you cause a catastrophe like a pandemic to get the sheep to cry out for the solution which is what you wanted to give them all along (Fauci is a Free Mason and has given the sign of the hidden hand publicly). This vaccine passport is designed for them to have much greater control over the people than they had before. The "Free" Masons teach that you are free from sin and that it is natural to kill, steal and destroy. A strategy like this works well when you are part of a 1% elite and you are killing, stealing, and destroying the 99%. But what happens when God brings Israel out of Egypt and they lose all those slaves? Egypt goes from being a world superpower, an empire for the ages, to nothing more than a pile of sand with a few good tourist attractions. What happens when you put all those who subscribe to this "free from sin" and "you can steal, kill and destroy" philosophy into a country by themselves? It becomes hell. What happens when everyone in this community does unto them as they have done unto others? Hell on earth. It would be like the Sodom and Gomorrah we see in the story of Lot.

So then we learn from tapes we have of Fauci and his peers at various meetings that the goal of the pandemic was to get this "vaccine" widely administered to everyone. Do not be confused, in the past a vaccine was designed to give our immune system a chance to look at a pathogen without it killing them. This is exactly what the Bronze serpent on the pole is, we get to see how evil the Roman government working with the Jewish religious leaders to keep the people in line was. If we look at the crucified Jesus and study the crucified Jesus our spiritual immune system will know how to deal with these wicked and evil people. However, that is not what this new "vaccine" is. It doesn't make you immune to Covid, it doesn't prevent you from spreading the disease to others, and it doesn't make your risk of dying any less. In fact, statistically speaking the risk from adverse effects of the "vaccine" for healthy people is greater than the risk from Covid. There is no reason to call this a "vaccine". What it should be called is genetic engineering of your immune system. It is a human experiment. The "vaccine" that people have gotten in the US is an experimental "vaccine" and you have waived your right to sue and you have no right to be informed of what is in the shot. Now I understand that people trust doctors and see doctors in a very positive light, even as angels of light. The idea that some evil, wicked people would make themselves appear as angels of light is horrifying. Who would say such a thing (other than the Bible)? If that were true Fauci would have to be a liar, the pandemic would have to have been man made rather than come from a bat cave like he told us, HCQ would have to be an effective treatment whereas using the ventilators in the way they did would have to be akin to murder. As horrible as all this sounds we should remember that the evil Haman was descended from the Amalekites, they worshipped Baal and Ashteroth (same as the FreeMasons), their pagan worship was seen by the Nazis in WWII, and we have already been warned by the Lord that the whole world lies in the evil one. During the Exodus Moses exposed how evil Pharaoh was, Esther revealed how evil Haman was, Jesus exposed how evil the Romans were, Hitler was exposed as being very evil, and at the end of the age the AntiChrist will be in the same mold and after the same pattern.
 

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Psalm 12 "I will set him in safety" from the cancel culture

1 Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.


Let us go back several hundred years to the religious system in the South that justified racial slavery. They rationalized a hierarchy in society based on race. Then right up to the civil rights era this was justified with bogus science and claims of genetic superiority. Where were the faithful men of God, speaking God’s word when the Bible was twisted to make these arguments? How is this any different from this "Critical Race" theory?

In this context of historical racism and systematic racism in the US which we have worked to eliminate since the 1960s we now have these vain speakings. The “woke” left, also known as the cancel culture. It is a badge of honor to be considered “woke” and they fight with each other for this badge. When Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by the police in Kenosha the entire Milwaukee team decided to boycott a playoff game causing all the NBA teams to boycott lest they not be seen as “woke”. But they speak with a double heart. The NBA panders to China where you have the most abhorrent systemic racism today. In contrast Jacob Blake had a warrant for his arrest, was violating a court order to stay away from a girl friend that had accused him of rape, was resisting arrest, and was trying to either get a knife or drive away with her three kids. This is the cancel culture and it is the Lord’s judgement. They comb through posts and tweets and old clips. Anyone who has said anything in the past they don’t like they mobilize to “cancel” this person. Usually besiege their place of work for them to get fired and to boycott anything to do with that person. Now what do we see today, a BLM founder fabricated a racist attack on themselves, they couldn't find any to hype, so they had to create one. Another BLM founder is forced to resign due to being exposed for corruption. Another leader of this movement resigns when he realizes the whole thing is a sham and they aren't doing anything to help the black community. Meanwhile Gruden, a coach in the NFL was fired because he had gone afoul of the NFL hierarchy so they found an old email of his, released it to the public and had him cancelled. They will eat their own just like a bunch of praying mantises.

5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

This is a prophecy. When we see this mob-like behavior both from the NBA speaking vanity with flattering words and double hearts, and also with the cancel culture behaving like a mob with torches and pitchforks then the Lord will arise. “I will set him in safety” is considered a reference to the rapture.

If you want to stand for righteousness, and I suspect many in the NBA and many in the cancel culture do, then you need the words of the Lord. Otherwise you will be judged with the words with which you judge others and you will see yourself as the very thing you hate and condemn. Cancel culture will puff at you. Cancel culture is the wolf that will huff and puff and blow your house down unless it is built on a rock.

7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Once again, let’s go back to our history because hindsight is 20/20. During the Antebellum South the vilest men were exalted and the wicked walked on every side. They built their ideologies and hierarchies not on the words of the Lord but on an evil construct. The same thing happened in the Russian revolution and in China in the cultural revolution. The Czar reaped what he had sowed, and the Chinese elite also reaped what they had sown. Books like “White Fragility” use the same logic as the Cultural Revolution where the elites need to be reprogrammed. What do you think happens in the US and the rest of the Earth when the Lord raptures those that have trusted in Him? You will be left with the hypocrites and their vain, flattering words and those with the proud arrogant lips of a mob with torches and pitchforks.
 

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Salty verses

Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house. 16 Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

The word of God is a light, it is the light of the world. When you speak the word of God you are speaking light. However, there are those who put the light under the bushel. The bushel refers to a vessel that is a dry measure for grain. We would use the term "bucket" or basket. Churches will pass an offering bucket, think of that container, you don't put the light of the word under your offering bucket. If I speak a word and it causes people to leave so then the church leadership gets together and decides don't talk on that word, there are many other verses, many other topics in the Bible let's avoid those that people don't like and only speak those that people do like. So then what are these "unpopular verses"? These are the ones I am referring to as the "salty verses".

Jesus is the only way to the Father. -- very salty! The Catholic church has completely done away with this trying to make one world religion where every religion worships "the same God". This is what it is to have lost its savor. The Catholic church has no salt and is good for nothing but to be trodden under foot of man.

Sin -- Verses that call out sins of the flesh. The apostasy has cut this out of their Bible.

Wives submit to your husbands -- wow, again this has been removed as being out dated.

Elders must be the husband of one wife
-- another one of those verses that has been removed

Head covering -- the idea of submitting to those in authority has been relentlessly attacked. This is the result of every scandal exposing corruption in any leadership whether in the "church" or in the world.

Obedience -- If you attack the leaders, if you say we can remove certain Bible verses, if you say some of this is sexist, misogynistic, then what you are clearly doing is saying you don't need to obey the word of God.

Luke 14: 34 Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned? 35 It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Do you really think that you can throw Bible verses out into the dunghill? With what judgement you judge you shall be judged.


Here is a really salty verse:

Luke 14:26 If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Paul did this. He was a pharisee of the pharisee but considered that dung. He was of the tribe of Benjamin, considered that dung. Everything that he was he considered dung. Enough with the arrogant attitude, the most arrogant attitude is to think you get to pick and choose which are the good Bible verses and which are no longer necessary.