Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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October 2025--> 2026

Deuteronomy 32:41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

This year would be the start of the Great Tribulation
 

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Woe unto them, they ran greedily for reward

Jude 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.


There is nothing new or original about the prosperity gospel. Balaam and Judas and all false prophets preached the prosperity gospel.

Isaiah 1:23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

This is what our government and leaders are.

Isaiah 5:23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

We are seeing this in the January 6 hearing. Witnesses that lie for some hidden reward. Judges that judge unrighteously for some reward.

Hosea 4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.


Our priests are just as corrupt as the politicians. It is all a game, like Balaam. Curse the people of God for a reward.

Micah 3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

This is how they operate and they will persecute anyone who doesn't conform to this evil age. They will revile you and say all manner of evil against you, falsely.

Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

There is a great reward when they do this. You are standing against the evil one to shine a light in this evil and adulterous age. This is what the hero's of faith did listed in Hebrews 11. When this happens you are joining their ranks.

1Corinthians 9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

In this chapter Paul is responding to those who are examining him, reviling him and saying all manner of evil against him, falsely.

His ministry is a direct, in your face, contradiction to the prosperity gospel. No gold chains, no fancy chariots, no big mansions. He works with his hands and shares the word freely. No book deals, no hawking the word of God, no begging for donations. So of course the false prophets like Balaam and Judas must disparage him, revile him, and say all manner of evil against him, falsely. But in so doing they confirm that he also is listed in Hebrews 11, a hero of the faith, a prophet of old. That is his great reward.
 

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Watch, this is what you will see prior to the Lord's return

Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

The context that the Lord tells us to watch here is very informative.

1. You have prophecies like the Fig tree prophecy (v32) that will tell you the time frame (generation) and the season. If you pay attention to them you will know that He is nigh, even at the doors.

2. You have preachers of righteousness, like Noah (v37-39), that you need to be listening to and paying attention to. Listening to them is the same thing as “watching”.

3. At this time there will be a very strong contrast (v 40-41), two will be in the field, preaching the word, but one will be taken and one left. You need to be able to discern between these two. Two will be grinding at the mill, grinding up the word into messages, publishing books, and again one will be taken one left. Watching means to discern between these two.

43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through. 44 Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

How often does the master of the house know at what hour the thief is coming? That just doesn’t happen. That is why we have watchmen, they are looking for signs that a thief is trying to break in. Dogs will begin to bark the minute they hear some sound, we set up lights to go off if someone walks in front of them, we have burglar alarms set up to go off the minute someone breaks the window or door. These ones who ignore the prophets, they aren’t interested in the word of righteousness, only to know the hour, the Lord isn’t going to tell them that. These who ignore the preaching of righteousness from Noah, they also just want to know that hour when it is going to happen, they aren’t interested in the Lord or following Him, the Lord isn’t going to give them that. These workers of lawlessness who are preaching the word and publishing books outside of the Lord’s direction, the Lord isn’t going to give them that hour.

Think of how stupid this is. If I have a fig tree and I want fruit from it I will be checking it everyday. Yes, I will see the leaves come out and then the fruit budding, and yes I will realize that this day is approaching, but no farmer is going to look at the tree in May and say OK, fruit will be ready to pick September 6th at 5pm. That is idiotic. Likewise with Noah. Suppose the Lord told him of the flood and he was like “just tell me what day it is going to be”? How stupid, you have to build the ark first. It is pointless knowing the day and the hour if the ark isn't built.

So then the Lord has told us we need to be listening to the prophets, they will be like lights going on, dogs barking, and Noah, a preacher of righteousness entering the ark. Vicki Goforth Parnell and Prophecy club and Dana Coverstone are examples of prophets I am listening to. There are certainly others, but it is a lot of work to filter out the charlatans from the ones you can trust. My thought is this, the Lord will give us the warning through Dana, Vicki and Stan. The nice thing about Stan is that he monitors many, many prophets, so he is doing that job for me.
 

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Dig through as a burglar

Matthew 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

This word "broken up" indicates burglars digging through to get into your house. Think of prisoners of war digging a tunnel to get out of the POW camp. Or some heist movie where the crooks dig into the vault.

Job 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

This is what the Lord is talking about.

Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Social Security is a great example. The thieves tell you this will be a great plan, give us your money, we'll put it in a secure vault, and then when you need it you will have it. Meanwhile they dig into that vault and steal it. The US dollar is another example. No one trusts the government so they make the dollar backed by gold. Now everyone trusts it, and it is much more convenient to carry around paper that is lighter. However, they then take the US dollar off the gold standard and this opens the door for them to make trillion dollar spending packages, just print more paper. By doing that they break into your bank and steal your money.

Compare the verse in Matthew 24:43 with this verse in Luke

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

Almost the same. In Matthew it is what "watch" whereas in Luke it is what "hour".

The word hour means a certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving year. Any definite time, point of time, moment. It can refer to hour either literally or figuratively.

The centurion's servant was healed the selfsame hour. The woman with an issue of blood was healed from that hour. When we are delivered up we don't need to take thought what we shall speak because it will be given us that same hour.

In Luke the whole multitude was praying at the hour of incense when the angel visited Zacharias. Anna came in at that hour when Jesus was being circumcised.

In Luke we know what watch, what we don't know is what hour. However, we don't need to worry because in that hour it will be given us. What we do need to focus on is praying, healing, listening to the Holy Spirit, staying in the Temple.

This word is used 4 times in Luke 12.

Luke 12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

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

Luke 12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

This is interesting because all the watchmen are trying to figure out what hour the Son of Man will come and yet we are told it will be an hour that we think not!

I thought that it would not take place during this three weeks of fasting and mourning because Jesus said that they would be feasting and giving in marriage when He comes. But it may be that those who are mourning will be comforted while those who are celebrating will suffer loss. Perhaps those who are fasting and praying will have their sorrow turned to joy, while those who are feasting have already had their reward.

Luke 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

So then, what is an hour when the apostate church is not looking for Him? No doubt when they are beating the fellow servants and eating and drinking with the drunken.


We see this word used in Ezekiel

8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

The Lord said He would come as a thief in the night. What we see here with Ezekiel digging through and finding out what these ones were doing is an example of that. It was worship of Baal and Moloch and all kinds of evil idolatry.

12:5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.


Then Ezekiel describes the fall as a thief in the night coming and stealing everything they own.

12:7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.

12:12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.


Then in Amos we see this, sounds like CERN.

9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
 

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I find this very interesting that the Lord said He would come at an hour that ye think not. This is for those who are watching for His return.

So we have been looking at key hours like those for the major feasts, yet this suggests it isn't a major feast.

I had looked at the verse that they would be eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage to say that it wouldn't take place during the three weeks of mourning and fasting prior to the 9th of Av. Yet that may be the point. If you are mourning during the three weeks of mourning it suggests you are concerned with the things of God. You might be one of those that the Lord referred to when He said blessed are those that mourn for they shall be comforted. The point of the verse could be that when the Lord comes all those who are destroyed are not those that mourn for sin, they are not those who are fasting and praying, rather they are celebrating the Lord's death and being married to the world.

He did not say this about the year and it does seem the Bible prophecies specifically about the year. He didn't say this about the season and it does seem the Bible prophecies clearly about the season.

But it does say this about the hour. That is strange since if the Lord's return takes place in a moment in time it would be every hour on earth. However, I have also inferred that Twinkling of the eye refers to sunset using Jerusalem as the spot on earth in sunset. However, Greenwich mean time is under the Lord's sovereignty. Britain is considered the mother of harlots, and the original country that sent the gospel far and wide. Likewise with Washington DC. Since the rapture of the church is a gentile bride maybe Jesus would use London or Washington DC instead.

That in turn could be the real key. The rapture prior to the tribulation is about the judgement on the Great Babylon, the Judgement on Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Judgement on the world (Noah).
 

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Revelation 20 & 21 07/21/2022

The Bible will punish people as an example. For example, a community will stone a kid who is rebellious. This is God ordained because it serves as a warning to all. I think this is what is happening in the bottomless pit. This is not torture for the sake of torture, it is done as a warning to all others.

Look what has happened when virtually every punishment in the schools was labelled as "capital punishment" and outlawed. The behavior in the schools plummeted. In fifty years things got so bad it is hardly recognizable. It is not just the kids but even more the parents.
 

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Examples of a mathematical pattern to history

If you go from the Crucifixion to the Magna Carta and then to Women’s suffrage you get the golden ratio, approximately 1.618

If you go from 1776 to women’s suffrage and then to 2020 you get the golden ratio, 1.618

Please note, Women’s suffrage was almost the same year as the Grandfather law was repealed which restricted the vote for descendants from slaves. So this was a major step forward in giving everyone the vote.

If you take the time from the 14th Amendment to the I have a dream speech to 2021 you get the golden ratio, 1.618

This basically is a mathematical proof that you reap what you sow.
 

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Examples of a mathematical pattern to history

If you go from the Crucifixion to the Magna Carta and then to Women’s suffrage you get the golden ratio, approximately 1.618

If you go from 1776 to women’s suffrage and then to 2020 you get the golden ratio, 1.618

Please note, Women’s suffrage was almost the same year as the Grandfather law was repealed which restricted the vote for descendants from slaves. So this was a major step forward in giving everyone the vote.

If you take the time from the 14th Amendment to the I have a dream speech to 2021 you get the golden ratio, 1.618

This basically is a mathematical proof that you reap what you sow.
From Columbine shooting to the Sandy Hook shooting to Joe Biden's inauguration you also get the golden mean 1.685

From 9/11 to Hurricane Sandy to the release of Covid 19 from the Wuhan lab is also the golden mean.
 

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Watch therefore

Mark 13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34 It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch. 35 Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning; 36 lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

This is great, he explains what he means by you not knowing what the time is. The master has soujourned to another country. Generally speaking they would have an itinerary, you might know they were supposed to be back in two weeks, but you wouldn't know the exact time. You might know they are coming by train and so if you knew the train schedule that would give you a clue, but what if they are coming by horse? Not knowing the hour is not the key point, the key point is to take care of the house and to be ready the minute He does arrive to open the door and He can see everything is in good order. Today we would liken this to being "on call". You have your phone with you, it is on, it is charged, it has "bars" so that if someone does try to contact you it will work. That is what your spirit should be like. Also, they should find you working. During the pandemic I had been attending many "Zoom" meetings and it is always amazing to me that people think they can attend these meetings while driving in their car and running errands.
 

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Your Redemption is Drawing Near

Luke 21: 26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Please note, "your redemption is drawing near" is a reference to a future event, not a reference to the Lord's redeeming work on the cross.

Also please note that He says "when these things begin to take place" there are many things that we have been warned about that when they begin to take place you know that your redemption is drawing near. You may not know the day or the hour, but you do know it is drawing near.

How do you reconcile this verse with the Lord's word that they will be eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage like nothing is going on? To me it is clear a lot is going on, there are many signs, we will have famine, economic collapse and world war all on the precipice. Yet some people will be oblivious to the coming disaster, willfully closing their eyes.
 

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The Great Reset and the Mark of the Beast

In 1914 the US federal reserve Bank was created and printed the first US dollars. The US went on the gold standard and then during WWI the US amassed gold by selling to the allies. This strengthened the US dollar and helped precipitate the financial collapse in 1929 but in the midst of the Great Depression the US dollar became the reserve currency for the world.

Please understand this. To become the reserve currency is a tremendous prize making one fabulously wealthy and powerful. It was the spoils that we got as a result of WWI and the Great Depression. So while most people see the war and the great depression as the two main events of that time, to the elites the big event was winning this prize of being the reserve currency.

This is called "the great reset". What is meant by this is one country emerges as the dominant banking power and they control the world's currency. This is what the mark of the beast is all about. The mark of the beast is the currency of the beast, you cannot buy or sell unless you have this mark. This is why we fought WWI and pushed a Great depression on the world. WWII was fought to protect this central bank structure from the communist threat in Russia. This is why the Rothschilds and Ford and the Central bank financed Hitler so he could attack Russia. War is extremely profitable, great fortunes are made supplying armies and then afterwards in rebuilding countries. They financed both sides of WWII and when it was clear Germany would lose they put the "Final solution" into effect to get their money out by stealing from those they gassed. Then in 1971 the US came off the gold standard, this was approximately one Jubilee after 1921 when the US dollar was really starting to flex its muscles verses the British pound. Once again, this is another great reset.

In this reset we secured an agreement that we would provide security for the Middle East as long as they required oil to be purchased with US dollars. This is when we became the "petro dollar". The US became a fiat currency, we could print money whenever we liked. However, it was absolutely imperative that we protect the Middle East at all costs and you can see why many other countries wanted to break our stranglehold on this. Once again this lasted for one jubilee and then 50 years later in August of 2021 when we abandoned Afghanistan Russia cut a deal to provide security for the Middle East. This is what the war against the US will be about, who gets to be "the central bank" and as we know Russia will try and fail and instead the Reformed Roman Empire with the Antichrist at the head will emerge with the fiat currency called "the mark of the beast". The pandemic is part of this war to break the US stranglehold. Anyone paying attention can see a battle going on in the US between globalists and nationalists.

Once the US falls the Islamic nations allied with Russia will try to defeat Israel. God will wipe them out. As a result the AntiChrist will make a peace treaty with Israel enabling Europe to have the fiat currency. This is what is behind the whole "climate change" debate, they are trying to bankrupt oil companies in the US to break the US stranglehold. Russia will make a preemptive move that will fail to seize control.
 

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5/6th of those who call themselves Christians will not be raptured.

Wait, What?

The Lord explains.

1. Good servants and Evil servants

Matthew 24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

We have learned from some prophecies what this "outer darkness with the weeping and gnashing of teeth is". This will be on the Earth when all the fallen angels are poured out on the earth after the rapture. Basically this is telling you that half of the churches are infiltrated with evil servants, FreeMasons, nominal Christians, people who teach the prosperity gospel and "once saved always saved".

2. Half have a personal relationship with Jesus and half don't.

25 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

If you started with 12 "Christians" all those who claim to be Christians. After the first story we eliminated half of them. They thought since they were born into a Christian family, or a Christian country, or they simply thought that all religions were essentially the same, or that everyone worshipped the same God. But now we are left with the half that are truly "good" servants of God, watching for His coming. They are real believers who attend church. However, half of these ones the Lord doesn't know them! They don't have a personal relationship with the Lord. Yes, they attend church regularly, they are baptized into the name of Jesus, and they are "virgins". Can't call them evil or wicked. But the Lord says "I never knew you". We started with 12 "Christians" and now we are down to 3 (1/4th of them) who are good servants and who have a personal relationship with the Lord.

3. 2/3rds of those with a personal relationship will also have a ministry

14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

This guy says he knows the Lord and the Lord doesn't deny it. He has that personal relationship. Also, like the vessels filled with oil, he has a talent. But he didn't invest it, he is an unprofitable servant.


We started with 12, half were nominal Christians, then we had six and half of them didn't have a personal relationship with the Lord. This brought us to 3 but a third of them hid their talent and were unprofitable.

We are left with 2 out of the original 12, or 1/6th.
 

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5/6th of those who call themselves Christians will not be raptured.
There are 2.4 billion people who identify as Christians. If this fraction is accurate this would indicate that 400 million worldwide would be raptured in this first rapture.
 

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Biblical Basis for a pre tribulation rapture

Some claim that there is no pre-tribulation rapture so it is important to lay out these verses. This is the "black and white" word, the plain word, on the harpazo (rescue) that takes place prior to the rapture. This is not supposed to be comprehensive. Nor have I touched on the types and shadows in the Old Testament, nor have I really gone into the Psalms or the Prophets or Proverbs to show the words there that fill in the picture even more.

Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."

Abraham asked the Lord "Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?" The answer was no.

Enoch was raptured before the flood.

Noah and 7 other souls (signifying the 7 golden lampstands?) entered the ark 1 week prior to the flood (7 years?) that was God's judgement on the Earth.

Jesus told us the end of the age would be as the days of Noah.

The book of Revelation from chapter 2-3 is completely focused on the church age. Chapter 4 begins saying "after this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be heareafter". John is raptured to the throne room, we don't hear of the church until Revelation 19 when it says the church returns again to the Earth as the Bride.

Psalm 18:16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;

he rescued me because he delighted in me.

The pre tribulation rapture is the Lord rescuing us from a powerful enemy.

Luke 21:36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

1Thessalonians 5:3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

If you are there when the AntiChrist says "peace and safety" you will not escape and yet the Lord told us to pray that we might escape. Hmmm?

Revelation 3:3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

This word is to the church in Sardis, they are believers. It seems very obvious from this verse that there are two potential outcomes to the believers, when the Lord returns.

Luke 12:39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

Ready for what? The Lord's return is likened to a thief in the night and He is warning the believers they "need to be ready" because "He will come at an hour when you do not expect Him". Again, two outcomes, one where there are believers who are ready and watching when the Lord returns and one for those believers who are befuddled and are not ready.
 

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5/6th of the spies of the Good land did not enter in.
 

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Luke 2:1-3 An inkling of what is going on behind the scenes

1 In those days it occurred that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole Roman empire should be registered. 2 This was the first enrollment, and it was made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all the people were going to be registered, each to his own city or town.

This is a big deal. You had to be tuned into the community that Mary and Elizabeth were in to know about John and Jesus. They didn't put that on the front page of the news. But the news that would be on the front page would be this census. Most of us are too naive to see the significance of this. The redeemer is coming to redeem us to Himself, at the same time the Roman Caesar is counting how many people belong to him. They are choosing up sides. The Lord said that God has a field and sowed wheat in his field while an enemy sowed tares. The two grow together and then at the end of the age the angels come forth and separate the two, throwing the tares in the fire and gathering the wheat to the barn. Right now we are seeing this separation process, people call it the “polarization” of the country. This is not going to stop, rather it will become more extreme with an even stronger contrast. People thought that if they would vote for Biden it would stop, wrong. Instead the front page is this census, but this time they are calling it a Pandemic Passport. We saw those who stood up to say the election was fraudulent and they can’t certify it were threatened. The most vocal among them was Matt Gaetz, a congressman, who they have tried to blackmail. People who came forward and testified concerning the election fraud were called racists, the school their kids went to was put out on the internet and these people recommended that their kids get bullied at school. We have seen thugs attacking people around the country that wear anything promoting Donald Trump. A man in Oregon was attacked by a mob of Antifa thugs because his truck had an American flag. He had a gun to protect himself. He didn't shoot it, but when the police came they arrested him, not the thugs. On the other hand the rally concerning the election fraud involved prayer, hymns of praise, and thanksgiving to God. The mark of the beast is taking this census to an extreme. Not only are we counting everyone but we are tracking them as well. We know where you are, where you go, and what you buy. The irrational behavior towards Covid19 is to force people to get their vaccine which will include a RFID chip which can let them know you have the vaccine, as well as your medical insurance and credit cards. Why is it irrational? Look at the data, yes, the numbers of people becoming infected is growing and spreading. But the numbers of those who are dying has flatlined. Social distancing works at preventing you from getting a large viral dose. You still get exposed and your body still develops immunity. But you don’t get sick enough to go to the hospital or die. Italy which had close to 40,000 deaths only had 5 die who were under 20. The number who died and were under 50 was negligible. So yes, if you have a preexisting health condition, if you are obese, if you are over 65 it is certainly something to be concerned about. But shutting down the entire economy over this is irrational. I worked in the NYC public school system. We were testing every person in the school. During the entire year our school had a handful of people test positive, but they were people who were not in the school. Yet NYC shut down the schools. You could call it "an abundance of caution" except at the same time they are doing all this they are teaching illegal immigrants in school. They have them in shelters that are at 200-400% capacity. People are housed with those that are sick. There is no caution there and then they are releasing all of these infected immigrants into Texas as though they are trying to create a super spreader event. The mortality rate of this disease has plummeted. Social distancing is making it very safe for any healthy person who is 50 or younger. However, if the goal is to get everyone to get the mark of the beast then you need a super spreader event to persuade everyone: if you want to work again, if you don’t want to lose your business and become homeless you will “voluntarily” get the mark of the beast.

Now you might argue this is unrighteous, you threaten us with death from Covid, you say we won't be able to keep our jobs or travel if we don't get this "vaccine" and yet that is how you are marking us as belonging to the beast? That is not righteous. The gospel gave everyone an opportunity to make a decision for themselves to receive Jesus' redemption. Yes, the beast is unrighteous, that is part of what we have been telling you with the gospel. So why does it surprise you? He sowed the tares in a field that didn't belong to him, that is what he does.
 

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