Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

Consider the wicked servant. "My master is delayed" -- what is he really saying? He thinks the master is dead and is not coming back. If you are a servant you don't want the master to die because then the heirs will come in. Rather you want to say "he is delayed". For all you care, if he is "delayed" for the rest of your life you live like a king. Who would have a problem with that? The true servants of the Lord would soon see that you are wicked and would challenge you on "the master is not coming back" attitude. So you abuse them. Also, why do you have this wickedness in your heart? You love the world and the things in the world. You begin to eat and drink with those who are drunk on the wine of the world and of the harlot Jezebel.

Going through the Ringer

Look at this trilogy of parables as three filters you must pass through.

1. The wicked get removed in the first filter. If you are poo pooing the rapture and the Lord's return, if you are abusing the other servants with insults and ridicule, and if you are eating and drinking with the drunken then you will be filtered out. He is appointed the same portion as the hypocrites.

2. Then you are left with pure "virgins". However, some are wise and planned on enduring to the end whereas others were foolish morons. No plan, no deep roots, no flasks of oil, they also will be purged out. They are not called hypocrites, rather the Lord says "I know you not" and they are left out in the dark. They are in no man's land. The wicked were clearly over with the drunken and hypocrites, these moronic believers were in no man's land.

3. Then you are left with the servants -- two of them were wisely investing what the Lord gave them and so the Lord got a return from both of these. But the third servant is "wicked and slothful". He comes up with a lame excuse for why he never invested the money, that is wicked. He ignored the Lord's command to be a witness to Him. He is also slothful, it is easier to just do nothing. He despised the talent given to him and he was lazy. He was filled with self justification and he tried to condemn Jesus.

In the end who gets a reward -- The true servants who were watching for the Lord's return, suffering abuse, and keeping themselves from the world. They are pure virgins but they are also wise. They have planned and prepared to endure to the end as a light shining in the darkness. Finally, they are those who respond immediately to what the Lord gives them as "good and faithful" servants.

Interestingly it shows we will be judged for how we behave in the church, the house of God, towards all of God's servants. It shows how we will be judged for our personal walk with Jesus, does He even know us? And we will be judged in our ministry, our witnessing concerning Him to others.

She says that the parable of the wicked servants is referring to those in leadership, that if they abuse their fellow servants. However, think about social media, you don't have to be in "leadership" to abuse, slander, ridicule and insult your fellow believers.

She also says that there is no where in scripture where it says that the whole church will be raptured. I suppose that is sort of true. Certainly of the seven churches in the book of Revelation there is no mention of this for six of them. Philadelphia is the only one you could debate this over since they are promised to be kept from the hour of trial. However, this promise is not because they meet with Philadelphia but because they have kept the word of His patience. So I would argue that there is no church that you can go to that simply being a member of that church will guarantee you get raptured before the tribulation.

She has a weird way of saying how some of the strongest verses concerning losing your salvation doesn't actually mean that. However, she doesn't hide from these verses and she is doing the best to try and reconcile those verses with the ones that seem to say once you are saved you are always saved. Her teaching is consistent with "work out your salvation with fear and trembling" and to be fair to her this is a doctrine that everyone since Martin Luther has had a whole lot of trouble with.

To me the best analogy is Paul saying that if we build with wood, hay and stubble we shall suffer loss, everything we have built will go up in flames, but we ourselves will be saved, yet so as through fire.

Look upon me whom they have pierced

Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

This verse is obviously talking about the Israelites in Jerusalem and this is why everyone interprets this chapter as being about Israel. Obviously all the believers are already looking on the one who was pierced. But, are they looking on the one that they pierced? Do they think this is the one that the Jews pierced, or that the Romans pierced, and don't realize this is the one that they pierced?

I believe that every single person who gets saved becomes born again. Just like the process of being born is quite similar for everyone the process of being born again is also similar for everyone. I also believe that all of us must eat the body and blood of the Lord, once again, even though people prepare food differently the process of eating is quite similar all over the world. Likewise we all harvest crops and that process is very similar as well. So whether it is the rapture of the Jews or the rapture of the first fruits, the rapture of Enoch, or Ruth or Noah, I think there are a number of things that are similar and "looking on the one that they have pierced" is one of those things.

Think about what the Lord told Philadelphia, those of the synagogue of Satan would come and bow down and confess that the Lord was really in their midst. It sounds to me that these are believers who all of a sudden see that those Christians they were mocking, ridiculing, and thought were an embarrassment to them were in fact one with the Lord. They were the body of Christ and they realized that they had "pierced" them. What did Jesus tell Paul? I am Jesus whom you persecutedst.

So yes, we can still apply this verse and this prophecy to ourselves. Immediately before and immediately after the rapture of the firstfruits there will be a great awakening among those Christians who are left behind. They will look on "me whom they have pierced" just like Paul looked on the Lord who he was persecuting.

Summer is near, at the door

Putting the pieces together

Pharaoh's heart was hardened by God for a reason.

Exodus 7:1 And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made thee as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

He hardens Pharaoh's heart so that He could multiply His signs and wonders so that everyone in Egypt could believe. The purpose of the tribulation is to help expose and destroy Satan and the AntiChrist kingdom while at the same time bringing everyone else in the world to repentance and faith in Christ.

Moses is one of the two witnesses

Exodus 4:21 And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.

Look at what the Lord says "when you go back". And it isn't one witness to Pharaoh but two that are sent. Exodus is a picture of the believers left behind who are still enslaved to Pharaoh in Egypt. God sends His two witnesses during the tribulation to lead them out.

So then, where is the rapture of the church?

We see the rapture in Genesis. Enoch is raptured, Noah is rescued, Lot is snatched out of Sodom. Joseph depicts those who die in Christ, the dead in Christ that will be taken. The first picture of the rapture is when God divides the water above from the water below. We see this division in the first two books of the Bible where those in Genesis are divided from those in Exodus.

A picture of the tribulation

Exodus begins with Pharaoh afflicting the children of Israel, making them to serve with rigor. Finally, chapter 1 concludes with the plan to exterminate Hebrew boys. Chapter 2 begins with the Israelites hiding baby boys as long as they can but ultimately having to drown them in the Nile. Moses is put into a basket when he goes into the river. Chapter 2 concludes with Moses fleeing to the back side of the desert to live with the Midianites in a tent.

This book is called "the Exodus". Yes, some believers will choose to walk with God like Enoch, some will obey the voice of God to build the ark and rescue their family, some will be righteous men standing in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation like Lot. They will be spiritual like Joseph, having dreams and visions from God and being able to interpret spiritual things. They are those who are seated together with Christ in the heavenlies.

But there is a great nation that have multiplied on the face of the earth that do not have the faith of their ancestors but they are crying out to God and they are Hebrews even though they are living in Egypt as slaves to Pharaoh. Exodus causes all those in Egypt to take the same path that those in Genesis took. Only it is an express salvation.

So then, let's apply this to ourselves.

1. Are you walking with the Lord every day in fellowship?

if so,

2. Are you working in the seven churches building the ark, knowing the flood is coming at the end of the age, having the testimony of a preacher of righteousness?

If both of these are true,

3. Are you working as unto the Lord in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation like Lot, having the testimony of a righteous man?

If all three of those are true, then surely

A. You have had a controlling vision from the Lord.

B. Your brothers have hated you and you were sold as a slave by them (look at the letter to Philadelphia, "they will not have to go out again", that was the experience of everyone in Philadelphia).

C. You have been falsely accused and slandered.

D. You are able to interpret spiritual things and can see the day of the Lord approaching.

This is the testimony of a believer in Genesis

Where was this event?

Moses sees the burning bush and is given his mission at Mount Sinai. When he goes to Egypt he continually says they need to take a 3 day journey to worship God and the destination was always Mount Sinai. The three day journey depicts resurrection.

Moses is given this mission at Mount Sinai and is sent back to Egypt to lead all of Israel out of Egypt to Mount Sinai where they too can worship God. Where we start is where we end up. Shavuot is a three day event worshipping God at Mount Sinai.

So then, if Exodus depicts the tribulation and Moses depicts the witnesses that are the two olive trees during the tribulation, it seems to me that the burning bush depicts the rapture. This is when the two dead witnesses (Moses and Aaron were both 80 or older) are sent.

Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb. 2 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9 And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

A Burning Bush

Biden is more of a burning bonfire than simply a burning bush. I see a clip of the news, now granted it was "outnumbered" which is on Fox, but everyone on this looked like they were in their thirties, 4 out of 5 were women, a show to appeal to suburban housewives. And they talked about Biden like he was a bonfire. He was accusing Americans of being selfish as the underlying problem with inflation, and that he had been dealt a bad hand, complaining about the condition of the country left by Trump which by all accounts was in great shape. The Atlantic journal is giving credit for Biden keeping us out of WWIII. Besides the fact that every president since Eisenhower has done this and also ignoring the fact that many reputable people like the Pope and Vladimir Putin are saying we are already in WWIII think of the hypocrisy. The only president who got us out of wars and didn't start wars was Trump. The border is a crisis, crime in the cities is a crisis, energy is a crisis, now we are going to have rolling blackouts another crisis, WWIII is a crisis, shortage of baby formula is a crisis, Fauci has been a crisis, his handling of the pandemic has been a crisis, CRT and grooming in public schools is a crisis, Hunter Biden's laptop is a crisis, poll numbers are a crisis, the list goes on and on and on. What we are seeing is a burning Biden administration.

Listening to the news I had an insight. They were complaining that a gas rebate was moronic because you are trying to fight inflation, giving people money to buy the thing that has gone up in price is like throwing gas on the fire.

But it hit me, the "foolish virgins" in the parable, the word for foolish is essentially moronic. There are millions of moronic believers, the foolish virgins, and that is why we are speeding to this cliff called the tribulation and the judgement on the Great Babylon.

What is the big sign we will see right before the rapture?

19 And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;

The Bible says that Lot was a righteous man. The fact that he is sitting in the gate indicates he is an elder of the city. For example a Supreme court justice.

2 and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

The fact that Lot is urging them greatly tells you the city has a rampant crime problem.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter; 5 and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

This reminds me of the mobs that are surrounding the Supreme court justice houses.

6 And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him. 7 And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.

Whoa, doesn't Kavanaugh have two daughters? This reminds me of the assassination attempt of Justice Kavanaugh. Remember, the angels are there to see if the cry that has come up to them concerning Sodom and Gomorrah is true. This event was evidence that there were not ten righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah. Why? Look at how they ignore it in the news. Even left wingers like Bill Maher see the hypocrisy in that. Then look at how the FBI doesn't prosecute these protestors even though it is a violation of the law. To add insult to injury they are prosecuting grandmas who took selfies in the capitol building. But it gets worse. Biden and his regime of illegitimate congressmen and senators are encouraging and provoking these attacks all while condemning Trump with the allegation that he motivated the January 6th riot.

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

OK, this is too much, this looks like a play on words. The men have come under the roof of my house, is this a reference to the third month of the Jewish calendar? I would think that is far fetched yet the word door is mentioned three times verses 9-11 and that would be a reference to the fourth month. And it gets even weirder, Noah's ark came to rest on the mountain tops (is that a picture of the rapture) on the first day of the tenth month. However, after the calendar changed that became the first day of the fourth month. It seems that one of the key days of Noah is also a key day for Lot, the first of Tammuz, the day the door was opened and Lot was pulled into the house. That is in the evening, in the morning fire falls on the city.

Genesis 4:7 7 If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.

This is the 87th verse in the Bible. 88 is the number of the name of Jesus. It is also the first use of the word door in the Bible, it indicates that Cain, a type of the Antichrist, is about to be consumed by sin as soon as this door is opened (Tammuz 1). The 88th verse is Cain slew Abel, a type of Christ.

Interestingly when Noah enters the ark it doesn't say that God shut the door. I thought it did, but there is no mention of door, rather it says "God shut him in".

So then Lot is snatched away into the house when the door opens at twilight.

With Enoch we had someone who walked with God and "he was taken". No sign. However, consider Enoch's prophecy: Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him" (Jude 1:14–15).

With Noah we had the death of Methuselah, so there were all kinds of dates and calculations that could be made so Noah would know the year.

With Lot we had this sign of a collapse of social order and a complete failure of the government. The government is ordained by God, we need to be in subjection to them because they are representatives of God. However, this means that if God sees they are not doing their job it is His place to step in and deal with them.

All three of these are tied together by "those who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and the ungodly sinners". We see this on full display with both Noah and Lot.

The Narrow Door

Luke 13:22 And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying on unto Jerusalem. 23 And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

It is commonly taught that there are several raptures. There is the pre tribulation rapture, and then you have those who are saved out of the tribulation. You have the 144,000, and you have those who are beheaded for the testimony of Jesus. You also have the gleanings. But here the Lord makes it clear, strive to enter in by "the narrow door". It may be that the first rapture is "the narrow door". The types of the rapture in Genesis depict "the narrow door". Those that are saved out of the tribulation can be compared to those rescued from Egypt in Exodus. It is a mixed multitude with many of them not making the journey through the desert.

To me it is like striving to make the first string. When you try out for the football team, your first goal is to make the team. If too many kids try out they will have cuts. As a Christian the big goal is to make the team. Whether or not it is the church in Philadelphia that kept the word of the Lord's patience, or the 144,000, or those who love not their soul life unto death or even the gleanings. This is definitely your first goal.

But the second goal is to make the first string. Whenever I was on a team I wanted to play, I wanted to be on the field. In England you had three different teams for Rugby so everyone played. Your first team would play their first team, your second would play their second, etc. But in the US we have a bunch of kids who sit on the bench. I would hate to be on the bench.

Surprise, the inhabitants of Jerusalem will be your strength

Zechariah 12:4 In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

The context of verse 4 is verse 3 about the entire Earth is against us. So I take these as the horses of war. In that case the dominion machines involved in stealing the election were horses, as well as the riders were all the election official involved in the theft. They have been struck with astonishment. They had no idea that anyone would care much less do anything. The audits have caught them by surprise. They were completely blind that they were rushing headlong into a trap. The same is true of those who created the pandemic. January 6th committee has also rode headlong into a trap. The law says that the Trump will be able to respond with all the evidence concerning election fraud. Since 2,000 Mules was brought up they will be able to directly respond to that.

5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God.

We are starting to see politicians with a backbone because they realize that their are millions of Americans coming forth to back them up. The audit in Arizona is only the tip of the iceberg. There are over 10 states that are planning to also do audits. The trucker convoy that rode into Washington DC gave them a backbone, they could see the whole country supports this.

6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

There are election integrity laws being passed in multiple states, Liz Cheney has been voted out of power, there are recall votes in the works for Newsom and probably Whitmer. Cuomo has been removed. We may see McCauliff removed from Virginia. The government officials are standing up to the Biden administration because they know the inhabitants of Jerusalem (also known as the MAGA movement will be their strength). It is like a fire sweeping through the states and burning up the chaff and corrupt officials. Joe Biden's administration is now a bonfire.

Inside Baseball -- How to avoid Satan's greatest deceptions.

1John 2:27 And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.

The AntiChrist

1John 2:22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

This doesn't mean he is an atheist. That is a misunderstanding. In an effort to unite all people the globalists want to enact a law where you believe in one God and by so doing they claim that believing that Jesus was God is a heresy. They actually want this punishable by death. That may have seemed like an absurd conspiracy theory two years ago, but after the rapture it will very quickly become a reality. The Catholic church is behind this movement wanting to unite Jews and Islam with the Pope.

1John 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

Islam confesses that Jesus was a prophet, but not that He was the Son of God. Jehovah Witness is another example of this AntiChrist religion. The Bible refers to atheists as fools. This is not the primary enemy, the primary enemy would refer to Satan and the demons and they all believe in God and tremble.

1John 2:18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

Seeing the rise of the Antichrist is a major sign of the end of the age and the coming tribulation.

2John 1:7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Look how specific this is, they don't acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This means they don't acknowledge that God was incarnated. They can call him a wonderful prophet, teacher, philosopher, etc. All of that is the deceiver and the antichrist.

The Little Horn — Boaster

Daniel 7:8 While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.

Did you notice during the 2020 election campaign the boasts of the Biden/Harris team? Harris boasted she would stop the human rights abuses at the border from day 1. That is a great boast. You look at her resume, you look at her record and there is no basis to think she would do it. Biden boasted he would "be the adult in the room". He has been a great embarrassment. Even Obama who picked him as VP for 8 years said "No one can F*** things up like Joe Biden". Every day his staff has to walk back his gaffes. These aren't minor misquotes but major policy issues that threaten world war. To have to say on a daily basis that "he misspoke" is not being the "adult in the room".

Daniel 7:7-8 After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.

But this is how the Antichrist rides in on a white horse as a "savior" only he has a bow without any arrows.

The Mission

Matthew 24:24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

This is the mission, to mislead. Joe Biden has been the perfect example, his mission was to mislead Americans not to restore dignity to the US but to destroy the US.

Blasphemer of the Holy Spirit

Mark 3:29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—

He will call evil good and good evil. He will accuse the Christians of walking by an evil spirit of homophobia, sexism, and condemnation.

The Man of Lawlessness

2Thessalonians 2:3-4 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

Have you noticed how lawless the US government is under this administration? Parents at school board meetings are labeled as domestic terrorists while murderers and rapists are let loose from prison. A mass shooting causes them to demand the right to take away guns from law abiding Americans in violation of several of their rights in the Bill of Rights. They are encouraging mobs to threaten Supreme Court justices while leaking a pending ruling and while assassins try to kill the justices. Meanwhile they are railing on and on about how January 6th was a horrible example of the President provoking a riot against our sacred institutions.

2Thessalonians 2:6-10 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming

For the last two thousand years our focus has been on knowing the Spirit, the one who restrains evil. We have learned how to deal with it in our own lives as well as deal with it in the church. But at the end of the age the Spirit that is burning bright in a number of believers will step aside at the time of the rapture of these saints. Then the lawless one will be fully revealed. The tribulation cannot begin until the lawless one is fully revealed when he confirms the covenant with Israel, and the lawless one cannot be revealed until after the rapture. Also, this revelation of the lawless one may refer to the judgement that comes on Jezebel, the Great Babylon, in one hour (the destruction of the US) and also to the Ezekiel 38 war of Gog and Magog. It would be difficult to believe all that could take place in less than a month. Since we expect the tribulation to begin on the Feast of Trumpets at the beginning of October this suggests how short the time is. Also, if the tribulation begins at the Feast of Trumpets I would expect the Antichrist to be revealed on the 9th of Av.

Self exaltation

Daniel 11:36-45 “Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak monstrous things against the God of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done. He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all. But instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures

This is what we are seeing today in the US, they are showing no regard to the God of our fathers. They tear down statues, disparage the constitution, and in every way insult Christians and the protestant ethic.

Counterfeit of the resurrected Christ

Revelation 13:1-10 And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast;

There are people who are theorizing on who the Antichrist is. I dislike this because I have heard a very compelling case made for three different people who are alive right now. Obviously at least two of these three must be wrong. You will know for sure when you see this fatal wound healed and the whole earth amazed and following after him.

Shrewd

Daniel 8:25 “And through his shrewdness He will cause deceit to succeed by his influence; And he will magnify himself in his heart, And he will destroy many while they are at ease. He will even oppose the Prince of princes, But he will be broken without human agency.

So much here! He is like a snake in the grass that strikes when you don't expect it. He will destroy many without regard. It is like this vaccine which they are saying is actually snake venom. They are even mandating this to kids 6 months to 5 years old. He has no regard for human life. Also, he will be destroyed by the Lord Himself, not by any other man.