Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Psalm 18:1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

On Halloween why do kids dress up as super heroes? We put on Christ because we love Him and He is our strength.

2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

A buckler is a guy who helps you put on the armor. Why do people love haunted houses on Halloween? Do they think these dead monsters will scare away all their enemies? Jesus is our fortress, He is our High tower, He is the one we will trust to defeat the powers of hell.

3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Trick or treat is where people impersonate the souls of the dead to receive offerings on their behalf. The superheroes depict Nephilim. Skeletons, and zombies depict the dead. If they dress up as a witch or wizard they are getting offerings on behalf of witches and wizards.

4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

This is what happens on Halloween. You are compassed about with this, it is a flood of ungodly men.

5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

It is quite sick what you see on this night, it seems hell has been released to surround you with their sorrows. Also it is a snare. Christians don't want to seem holier than thou, do you condemn these kids having fun and getting candy? Some say you should participate, greet the kids with some message from the Lord. I am quite open to this if the Lord would give me a message, but I fear it would simply come across as a bitter Christian telling them they will go to hell. The entire "trick or treat" is an implied threat. Give us candy or we will damage your house in the future. Satan is not stupid, he is not sending kids to your house to hear the gospel. So my feeling on this is you must follow the Lord's leading. If the Lord leads you to greet the kids with the word of God and a prayer, then amen. But if you participate you will be giving offerings to these ones.

6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

To me this is the proper response to Halloween, lift up our prayers to God. You want to make Satan pay the price for this? Call a three hour prayer meeting from 6-9 on Halloween night to lift up our cries to God in the heavens.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.


We are in the image and likeness of God. If we get wroth, then so does He. If something is taking place on earth that makes you wroth, it is under the sovereignty of God and is there for us to make our petitions known to Him and to invite Him to earth to respond. Halloween invites all the demons to earth, so we should meet them pound for pound and invite God to earth on October 30th.

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 darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

This is not Halloween night, this must be prior to that night. It is scary if you are under his feet. It is scary if you have built your entire life with wood, hay and stubble. This is the second judgement referred to in Noah's time, the judgement by fire.

12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

This sounds like the judgement that fell in the days of Lot.

13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

Thundered in the heavens, this sounds like the trumpet blast saying here comes the king.

14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

No one is out trick or treating on this night.

15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

The dead in Christ rise first! What a rebuke to all those who rejected the gospel, the mockers and the scoffers.

16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.


This is the rapture!

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

If you are a Christian and you don't realize the world hates you then you have been mesmerized and are still asleep. This will wake you up.

18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.


When you are being tried by the monkey trials they prevent you from defending yourself.

19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The Lord 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 the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.


The Lord knows the truth. The Lord is the judge, not these show trials. The Lord allows those to demonstrate that you have kept the ways of the Lord and you do not wickedly depart like people in the world paying bribes, etc.

22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

Everyone must be tested in this way. If your life is not a clear testimony that this is true then it is a mercy to go through the tribulation where you can clear up any confusion.

23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.


They want to provoke a response. They are like Job's wife telling him to curse God and die.

24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.


Repent, confess, pray for forgiveness, apply the blood of Christ to your sins to wash them away.
 

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Psalm 18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

As you have done it will be done unto you. Have you made some pretty big mistakes? Let's hope you were merciful to those who made some big mistakes with you.

26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.


Some people do not have and self justification, and self righteousness. Others are litigious, blaming others for everything and trying to squeeze blood from a stone.

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. 28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

A candle is a very weak light in the darkness, but if there are a hundred people you can create a path in the dark. When you look at the afflicted people they seem so weak compared to those with high looks, but there is strength in numbers.

29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

Those who are raptured have this testimony. If you do not have this testimony then the tribulation will be a mercy to you so you can experience the Lord before going to heaven.

30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

Remember this, the word is tried. No need to reinvent the wheel.

31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?


Remember this, when you face an impossible foe, the Lord can save.

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.


Jesus forgives, but not only so after He forgives He makes your way perfect.

33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.


He gives life to your lifeless feet.

34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

Don't be a fool, you need to learn how to war, the Bible will teach you.

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, that my feet did not slip.


Warfare is all about standing. At first we need a helping hand, but as we grow in grace our footing will become more and more secure.

37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

Whoa! No longer am I the pursued, but rather the pursuer. The hunted have become the hunters.

38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

Prayer, gospel, fellowship, praise and worship. This is the proper response to Halloween.

39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.


Isn't this better than being a coward? Suppose you were shorter than everyone else, had a funny voice, grew up in foster care and were always being bullied. But then you trained and became Mike Tyson!

40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

This is what we see happening in America now. They are being exposed, their necks are in our grasp so that we can destroy them.

41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, 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 dirt in the streets. 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

We are being trained to rule and reign, not to be a bunch of cowards that no one has any respect for.

45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. 46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.


This is what we have been praying for. Expose the corruption, eliminate the crooks, bring in the Lord's kingdom.

49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
 

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Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 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.

My understanding of this is that the apostate churches will realize as a result of the rapture which churches were keeping the word of the Lord's patience.

So let's consider that for a second. If people were taken while they were at work how would you know? Are they going around and doing a survey? Even if they did that would take weeks. But suppose instead the rapture takes place on the Lord's day while almost all the believers are at church. (For example 1 pm EST would probably have the majority nationwide still at church). So if an entire congregation were taken all their cars would be left behind at that church. Their wallets would be left behind. It would be an offering given to that church, so even if one or two people were not taken it would be a strong testimony and would be like giving Joseph and Mary everything they needed to flee into the wilderness.

On the other hand imagine you are at an apostate church with a thousand people, the rapture takes place and you all are left behind! Especially the pastor, apostle, preacher, or whatever you call this guy. That also would be a tremendous testimony that you have been lied to and deceived. If this happened while you were at work you would have no idea. Remember when Elijah assembles all the prophets of Baal and then calls down fire? Immediately everyone saw the prophets of Baal were liars and they killed them. I expect the rapture will be like that. It reveals those who have kept the Lord's word and it reveals those who are liars.
 
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A buckler is a guy who helps you put on the armor.
A buckler is also a type of shield. I thought your observation here was really neat. It's possible that the KJV translators chose to represent the word as a double-entendre. Very neat.
 

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If you think censorship is bad now, imagine if you were trying to teach about the AntiChrist after he had already been revealed, or about the Mark of the Beast after they had already begun to roll it out.

There is no excuse to not be teaching these things now because it will become a capital offense in the very near future.
 

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Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

You cannot consider the various prophecies and judgements related to the end of the age and the rapture without discovering the deep things of Satan, the worshippers of Moloch, the descendants of Cain, etc. These are some blood thirsty people. This makes me wonder about the way of the Lord compared to the way of Satan and that leads me to this verse about the meek.

What does it mean to be "meek". I would consider sheep to be meek, in fact all domesticated animals are domesticated because they are meek. We have not domesticated Zebras because they are not meek. You cannot keep certain animals without them attacking and killing one another.

I would describe "Meek" even more broadly to refer to the Eusocial species on this planet. The definition of eusocial:

Eusociality (from Greek εὖ eu "good" and social), the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generations within a colony of adults, and a division of labor into reproductive and non-reproductive groups. The division of labor creates specialized behavioral groups within an animal society which are sometimes referred to as 'castes'. Eusociality is distinguished from all other social systems because individuals of at least one caste usually lose the ability to perform at least one behavior characteristic of individuals in another caste.

Ants, Termites, Bees, and naked mole rats are the typical examples of eusocial species. Altogether there are about 18 species thought to be eusocial. As a rule you cannot have a social group of more than 100 individuals living together without the species being eusocial. Man, by nature is not eusocial, but one function of true religion is to teach us to be. This is why the false prophet teaching the "brotherhood of man" and pushing the one world religion is a critical component of the beast system.

Strictly speaking cattle are not "eusocial" because they don't have specialized jobs but I would classify all domesticated animals as "meek" which means they are willing to be ruled by the eusocial species. If you consider the biomass of all eusocial species including man and all the meek species of cattle and domesticated animals it makes up the overwhelming majority of biomass on this planet. Sheep, horses, pigs, dogs, cows, chickens, these animals are "meek". The Lord's word can be seen, the meek have inherited the earth.

Today you could compare the satanists to a python snake, it seems very big, sneaky, powerful and deadly. Yet in reality they are losing territory every day and rarely will they ever eat a eusocial creature (man) but wind up eating other killers. If you kept cattle you would deal with a python that might have killed a calf or lamb. We don't allow wolves, or lions or bears to threaten humans or kill our cattle. Over the last six thousand years with the agricultural revolution we have seen the spread of the meek creatures across the entire earth. In the same way we should realize this is the case with the people of God compared to the wicked. I have heard they have 300,000 sealed indictments as they try to round up all these Moloch and Baal worshippers. It sounds like a lot, but it is actually 0.004% of world population. The reason they slither around in the grass, hide in holes in the ground and operate in secret societies is because they are vastly outnumbered by the rest of us. It is like a large poisonous scorpion against an ant hill. The scorpion has no chance.
 

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Jeremiah 29:10 For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

This is the letter that Jeremiah wrote to the captives in Babylon. Imagine you are a 30 year old man, you have just been married, and you get this letter. Jeremiah is saying you will be 100 years old when the Lord allows you to return from captivity. What is the point? If you were a godly man that feared God and knew that Jeremiah was speaking from God how would you respond, and even more important, how is it that God wants all of them to respond?


He wants you to teach your children and your grandchildren. Your children will be in their 60s and 70s and even 80s. Your grandchildren will be in their 30s, 40s and 50s.

Why has the US public school become so rotten. Who is writing these textbooks with CRT in them? Who has written these horrible readers that make kids hate reading?

God is telling them that their grandchildren are the ones who will be returning so if you are really interested in returning to Israel then repent for your sins and teach your children, teach your grandchildren.
 

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Jeremiah 30:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

3 For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

This is why I have written this blog. I have tried to gather all the words the Lord has spoken concerning the rapture (though I'm sure there are still more) along with giving a good representation of the words other Bible expositors were speaking concerning the rapture (a sampling, not meant to be a comprehensive) as well as current events indicating that many of the prophecies and signs have been taking place that people should have been alerted to. The rapture is coming and for those who are left behind this will be a testimony that they are without excuse.
 

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Jeremiah 30: 18 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.

Sounds like the rapture takes place prior to Thanksgiving and tribulation begins where there is no celebration of Thanksgiving and there is no Merry Christmas.

Sounds like the cities will be turned to rubble and then upon that rubble they will build again.
 

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Hebrews 11 -- Do not be deceived, part 7

So far we have not found anyone who was popular. Moses was reviled by the Israelites once Pharaoh stopped giving them straw, he was hated by Pharaoh and he was pursued by the army.

32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.

Yes, they ran out of time, but the Lord gave us 2,000 years to tell these stories. Just because they are not in the Bible doesn’t mean they aren’t in biographies and histories and these words also can build your faith. Gideon ultimately was a judge over Israel but Barak, Samson and Jephthah were not at all popular, perhaps feared, respected, but not popular. They were trouble makers. Yes, David was greatly admired after killing Goliath but for many years he was on the run with a rag tag army of "deplorables" and yes Samuel was greatly respected, but read it again, once he took a stand against Saul he was completely isolated. You don't "conquer a kingdom" by "not making waves". Saying "can't we all just get along" is not how you administer justice. You don't shut the mouths of lions by agreeing to shut your own mouth. If you are going to quench the fury of flames with this cancel culture and race baiting you have to be on the front lines with a bucket of water. You do not escape the edge of the sword by being a coward, we know this because this is a chapter on faith. The ones who are pleasing to God and got a testimony of faith, they escaped the edge of the sword by faith.

35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.

Fox's book of Martyrs tells many of these stories. There are websites dedicated to the persecuted church. These are also a wonderful way to build your faith.

39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

So stop beating yourself up. Stop feeling like a failure. Without us they cannot be made perfect. They are depending on us. Right now they are all in the stands cheering us on. We are on the same team as Abraham, and Noah, and Moses and they are there cheering for us to bring this game home. Do you really think they could be made perfect by a bunch of cowards afraid to speak the truth because some senile old man says they can't?
 

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4 major waterways on 4 continents are dried up and this will have a major impact on the transport of food.

Rhine river and Europe
Paranas river in South America
Mississippi river in the US
Yangtze river in China

Transporting grain by barge is ten times more efficient than by truck. If you have to truck the grain you increase shipping costs ten fold, you use up more of your diesel which already is in critical short supply, and you use up more of your trucks which are also in critical short supply.

This also means critical shortage in power generation.
 

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This guy focuses dreams and visions. His overriding premise is that God pours out his Spirit on young men, old men, they dream dreams, they get visions, so you need to get a little here and a little there, but they must all line up as well since it is the same Spirit. I want to point out that the Lord has made it very clear to me, just like him, that He is using many members of the body. I have had several dreams which I think are significant, but personally I don't want dreams and visions and I have no interest in interpreting them. I am so happy that many other saints are having dreams and visions, I'm happy they are sharing them, and I am very happy that this brother likes to interpret them. The word I got from the Lord is that I would need help from many saints with what I am doing, especially from some that I might be inclined not to listen to. So I thank the Lord for Roche, I also had the sense that these dreams were from the Lord and I thank the Lord for this brother, not just for interpreting her dream but for his putting the dots together with so many other dreams.

However, he reinterprets her dream saying that she found the wrong pig in the constellations. The difference is ten days. He is looking much closer at the blood moon. He is also dialing in 9 other dreams as well.

November 11th is the first day of frost for her zone in Germany and it is said to be a day of war.