Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

If you want to follow the Lord you have to be all in.

40 I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not.” 41 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

Why is the Black Lives Movement like what we have seen? Over 500 of their protests became violent. They call looting "reparations". They destroy local businesses, many of which are black owned. The leaders have bought millions of dollars of real estate and haven't spent anything on the inner city. Giving money to the BLM movement is actually giving money to the Democrat party. So then why are these kids suckered by what is clearly an ugly political dirty trick. Two reasons, they are unbelieving, it seems to them there has not been any progress, they don’t believe their parents know what they are doing. The second reason is this is a perverse generation. The looters are perverse, the rioters are perverse, racists slurs are perverse. There are athletes that used to be millionaires, but have lost everything and they blame “the Jews”. Be a man, take responsibility for your own actions, your own perverseness. That is why you are now broke.

42 Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father. 43 And they were all amazed at the greatness of God. While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples, 44 “Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.” 45 But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

The situation is about to get very bad. The only way to prepare yourself is the word of God. We are going to be delivered into the hands of men, do not lean to your own understanding, hold fast to Jesus. Over the last year we shared that the vaccine would be mandated, that was absurd we were told, that would be unconstitutional. Biden and Psaki both denied it. Then when they mandated it for Federal workers we said it would be mandated for everyone. Again, denial and again that became reality. We said they would mandate it for kids, denial, but it became reality. Now we know that they will fine people who are not vaccinated, they will put them under house arrest, if they find them outside of their home it will be a felony. Ultimately crossing state lines will only be legal with a vaccine passport. It is sad how many Christians are "against the mandate" and yet are complying with these orders and telling others to do so as well. The reason the Son of Man is delivered into their hands is because He is not complying with their orders.

46 An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.47 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. 48 Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”

I saw something, protesters tore down a statue in the UK and replaced it with a statue of one of the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement. It is a fork in the road, and trying to boost your own ego is the wrong way to go. The reason they provoke others by attacking George Washington and Abraham Lincoln is because they are conceited and they are envious. This is a very basic lesson for believers, that pride goeth before a fall, or “death to ego”. There are going to be a lot of believers who after the rapture are essentially beginning in “first grade”. There is only one position in this army, a follower of Jesus.

49 “Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.” 50 “Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”

This is another error I have seen them make. They are telling everyone who is protesting what they have to stand for. Some people are concerned about climate change, some people are concerned about the ethical treatment of animals, and some are concerned about racism. None of them are against you, they are all for righteousness. They are all for the Kingdom. Do not stop them, if they aren’t against righteousness then they are for you. This is another elementary school lesson, there are many ministries in the Body of Christ but one body.

51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; 53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56 Then he and his disciples went to another village.

The Lord has appointed us to proclaim the kingdom, to cast out demons and to heal the sick. He hasn’t appointed us as Judge and executioner. Jesus is Lord. We proclaim the kingdom, He will do the rest. If Facebook doesn’t welcome you do not pray that God curses them, merely go to Rumble or Getter or to some other village. There are those who want to control the "goal of the revolution". To them the goal is not Jerusalem, it is some lesser city in this age. They don't have eternity in view. Maybe their goal is the 2022 midterms or the Covid mandate. Once again, anyone who is for righteousness is not against us, however the Lord knew the foundation of this revolution would be His blood. That is the only thing that will give us a rock to stand on.

57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Many people think they need a budget, they want committees to raise money for the work. The Lord has turned the entire age and He didn’t have any of that. What you need is the Lord. If you don’t have the Lord all of that is a waste, and if you do have the Lord none of that will make any difference. "Follow the Lord wherever He goes"? The Lord said if they don't welcome you in this city shake the dust off and go to the next. They are not welcoming us in NYC, can't work here, can't eat at a restaurant here, soon may not be allowed to worship indoors here. So then, shake off the dust (job, house, possessions) and move to the next city. In other words following the Lord means no place to lay your head.

59 He said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

There was no social security in those days, instead there were familial responsibilities. We still have familial responsibilities, Paul said that if we don’t take care of our family we are worse than an infidel. But, you can’t use this as an excuse to not follow the Lord. Examine yourself and examine your heart.

61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” 62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

It sounds reasonable, but the Lord’s picture translates what they are really saying. They are plowing the field and yet are looking back from where they came from. It is like Lot’s wife who looked back on Sodom and was turned to a pillar of salt. If you want to follow the Lord you have to be all in.

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Exodus 15 -- Defeating tyranny in 10 steps, part 1

1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.

Tyranny controls people by creating a terrifying enemy whether internal or external. In this case it was the Egyptian army. They will harass you, imprison you, attack with a thug caste system, and seek to control what you say and think. Dissent will be equated to treason. To “sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted” would have been equal to treason to Pharaoh. They impose this tyranny with both the horse and the rider. So the government leaders will call for censorship and make free speech illegal. Protests are now evidence of insurrection. Meanwhile the horses of Big Tech and the mainstream media carry this message far and wide. This victory throws both the politician trying to become a dictator and the large corporations supporting that effort into the sea. This is what the recall efforts for Newsom, Cuomo and others will do. This is what the laws passed by Poland, Hungary and proposed by Florida will do. This is what the collapse of their ratings will do. Look at the protests in Brazil, they are calling for Lula to be cast into the sea. MTG is calling for Pelosi to be cast into the sea, Comer is calling for Biden to be cast into the sea.

2 “The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

The Lord is our strength. The church is headed up by the Lord and follows Him, they will see the victory. Only 3% of those living in the American colonies rose up to fight against Britain, the Superpower of the day, and they defeated them. It doesn’t take every Christian on earth or even every Christian in the US, just a portion of them following the Lord will be enough. Do not think that Trump, Musk and West are going to fight this battle, they are all FreeMasons. This honor of defeating the enemy is given to the saints of the Lord.

3 The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.

It is time that the Lord Jesus, the warrior, be revealed to the world.

4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

Tyrannies and wannabe dictators will target individuals. We saw this at Smith College with the phony “Eating while Black” scandal. Four people were fired from their jobs or lost their jobs over the scandal and they attempted to get everyone else at the University to conform ideologically even though it was plainly evident to be bogus. They target universities because they are historically a hotbed of activism. Well, you reap what you sow. The Lord in turn hurls their best officers into the sea. Twitter, Google, Youtube, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, CNN, NY Times and Disney are just a few of the examples of their “best officers”. All of these companies have been exposed and people in the US and around the world are leaving these services as fast as they can. CNN and MSNBC are mocked daily. CNN producers are being exposed as pedophiles. Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction is simply the beginning of the end for them. Now they want to investigate Biden for human trafficking.

5 The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.

Stock prices are highly leveraged based on projected growth rates over the next five years. A company that is projected to grow by 15% per year due to rapid expansion into a worldwide market who now is seeing a 15% decrease due to their blatant censorship and arrogance could see a very rapid drop in stock price of 80% or more. In other words the stock will sink like a stone. Twitter, Meta, CNN and FTX have taken massive hits. The other major companies like Walmart and Amazon.com have also taken hits. When the Lord raptures the saints He will also send his judgment on the US and then you will see the stock market and bond market collapse and sink like a stone.

6 Your right hand, Lord, was majestic in power. Your right hand, Lord, shattered the enemy.

Apple, Amazon and Google all acted together to try and destroy Parler. That violates antitrust laws. When companies violate antitrust laws the response is to “shatter them”, break them up. During the tribulation they will be shattered by the Lord's right hand.

7 “In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble.

Microsoft and the other tech giants want to identify every computer with a “fingerprint” so that not only can they delete posts they disagree with but they can also go and shut down your computer as well. Imagine if in the very near future when Twitter deletes your tweet not only is the tweet deleted but your computer is shut down as well. This is the ultimate dream of tyrants, to be able to have an internal surveillance system so powerful that they can monitor every person what they are saying and then harass and target individuals. Well, the Lord has His own internal surveillance system and He knows who opposes Him and He will throw them down. He will unleash His anger on them and you will see their laptops being shut down like a grass fire sweeping through the plains or the slopes of Colorado.

8 By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood up like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.

What we are seeing today in the US has caused great indignation to the Lord.

9 The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’

We see this with every tyrant. They send out a thug caste of scary young men in order to shut down society. Already in Europe they want to divide up the failed restaurants and give them to a communal ownership. First you bankrupt these private businesses and then you can just take them over without even having to pay a dime. This is how they will pay for their new “communist system” by taking everything the middle class has built up.

10 But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Twitter will sink like a stone, Antifa will sink like lead.

11 Who among the gods is like you, Lord? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

The Lord delivered Israel from the Egyptians, he delivered the Americans from the British and He can deliver us now at the end of this age.

12 “You stretch out your right hand, and the earth swallows your enemies.

We saw this during WWII. The US getting involved was like the Lord stretching out His right hand. Once that happened the earth swallowed up the fascists and those belonging to the emperor.

13 In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

We have been redeemed by the Lord, we belong to Him. Anyone tries to mess with us they are messing with the Lord because we belong to Him.

Exodus 15 -- Defeating tyranny in ten steps, part 2

14 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia.

Ha! Tyrants try to seize power by creating terrifying internal and external enemies. Terrorists, domestic terrorists, pandemics, any excuse to suspend the rule of law. Well, when they see the Lord destroy the huge tech giants as well as all those politicians who tried to become tyrants then they will be the ones who are terrified. Tyrants will set up a gulag, a prison system outside of the law. Well, once again when they see what the Lord does to these ones they will become imprisoned, anguish will grip them.

15 The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people of Canaan will melt away; 16 terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of your arm they will be as still as a stone— until your people pass by, Lord, until the people you bought pass by.

The Lord has given the order, the church is on the move, we are passing by, setting up our own economy, heading to the Lord’s Holy dwelling. This will be the promised “city on a hill” as an example to the rest of the world. Woke companies being exposed, companies like the NBA with incestuous relationship with China have seen their ratings crash and burn, and the Chinese themselves are seeing the entire world rise up in total disgust against them as evidence that they released the pandemic intentionally comes out as well as the genocide they perpetrate against their own people.

17 You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance— the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.

Every knee will bow, every tongue confess when they see the Lord’s shining wisdom in what He has built up in the church.

18 “The Lord reigns for ever and ever.” 19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. 20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing. 21 Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.” 22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) 24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” 25 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink. There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test. 26 He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.” 27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.

This is what happened when people left Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Google etc. It took awhile to set up alternate sites like Gab, Parler, Rumble, DuckDuckGo, Dissenter, and so on. You have to learn to actually go to the websites you need like Mike Lindell’s site and other sites. I don’t allow CNN or these other sites to gather my approved news anymore, I have to search around and dig, but Gateway Pundit, BonginoReport, Revolver, and Veritas are all good sites, National File sometimes has good stuff, the Daily Wire is well worth subscribing to, Newsmax, and Epoch times.

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He shall be called a Nazarene

20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

Herod had sought the life of Jesus who is heir to the throne of David. Both his mother and supposed father were descendants of the two lines of David. Therefore Judea is where He is from and why He was born in Bethlehem. But because of this they chose instead to move to Galilee to a town of Nazareth. They did this specifically to avoid detection. It is at the base of a mountain, in the heart of Galilee and you have Samaria as a buffer between them and Jerusalem. In other words Jesus grew up in a "witness protection" like plan. They specifically chose this town because as Nathaniel says "can any good thing come out of Nazareth"? In other words they went to a town where no one would suspect the Messiah would come from. And yet the word Nazareth is related to the word for branch and so Jesus coming from Nazareth was prophesied, but a much more difficult prophesy to discern.

But this term stuck with Christians for decades as the Jews referred to them as "the sect of the nazarenes". Now that is interesting. Anyone who seriously studied Jesus would have easily found out that He was born in Bethlehem, that wise men from the East came to visit him as a babe having seen His star, and that the family then fled to Egypt because Herod tried to kill Him and killed thousands of other baby boys. You would think the Jews would have figured this out by then. When you execute a prisoner isn't their a death certificate? Don't you find out where the person was born and what his name is, etc.? So either the Jews were very sloppy and careless in their dismissing of Jesus or else they did know but chose to call him a nazarene because it is like the word "deplorable" today. No doubt if they had given an accurate account of his birth it would have given Him more credibility, not less.

But all things are under the sovereignty of God. To me this means that God wants you to be called a "nazarene" or a "deplorable". The day will come when we are revealed to be sons of the King, but prior to that day the gospel is open to all.

Consider something, in many cultures they have elites and then they have the common people. As a result we have those who are "better educated", "wealthier", born into privilege. As a result there are many biases and ways in which people discriminate one against another. We have a caste system in India, we have racism in other parts of the world, others are biased towards anyone with money, etc. But didn't God create everyone? Do you really think God created some people to be superior to others? Therefore this discrimination comes from Satan. So even though Jesus is heir to the throne He is known as a deplorable. That makes it very easy for 90% of the population to be saved. But what about the other 10%? What did Jesus say to Nathaniel, "behold an Israelite in whom there is no guile". Just because you are "better educated" as Nathaniel was does not make you a bigot. If you want to come to Jesus you must be humbled.

"Many cults have said the same thing"

No. They haven't.

Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many...11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

First you need to realize that all those cults were a fulfillment of prophecy.

Second you need to know how to identify the decievers.

2Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

The first thing you look for is a "damnable heresy". A heresy is a school of thought, not all schools of thought are damnable. For example, should women have their heads covered in church. That is a school of thought but Paul made it clear we are not to allow this "heresy" to divide the church. If you divide the church over a doctrine that is not essential it becomes "damnable". Pre trib is a school of thought but we should not allow that to divide us. Cults always have damnable heresies. They teach something that causes all the members to divide themselves from others. Now many of the teachings that they have may seem good, insightful, and they may appear to be "given" and "absolute". But if you dig down deep you will discover that at the heart of this teaching is a denial of the Lord who bought us. They may profess to know the Lord, but they are teaching that you need Jesus + something else. The Lord's redemption was good, but to really be the Lord's special people you need something else also. Any teaching that says you need something in addition to the Lord's blood to be "fully saved" then that is a teaching that denies the Lord who bought us. Still this can be much harder for a novice to see.

2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

Pernicious ways have a harmful effect but they are subtle. They are destructive and deadly. This is hard for an outsider to see. However, if you are on the inside you will see this a lot. They will explain this away that they are in a spiritual warfare. But you will see purges, you will see people behaving in ways that are tyrannical, that censor you. Those who are in the group will know there are things you can't say. They will have many people they claim are "toxic" and you can get excommunicated if you talk to them even though a year ago that was a wonderful brother or sister. You won't be told why someone was excommunicated, only that you can no longer talk to that one or this one.

3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

But here is the key point, these cults are based on covetousness and making merchandise of you. They will sell books, tapes, flowers. All of the tithes go to the "supreme leader" and they don't give to the poor. No soup kitchen.

So ask yourself, those who are telling you these are the end days, are they trying to make a buck? Are they using that to sell a book? Some are, so by all means, if you want to be 100% safe don't listen to anyone who is trying to monetize their ministry. However, that does not mean that everyone selling books is a false prophet. Paul said you should not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn. For me it is simply a red flag. In a soccer match you have to get two red flags to be sent off. But this term "feigned word" actually means "manufactured stories". The word is something you would use to describe moulded clay and means a fictitious tale. The phony cult leaders all have a fictitious tale that causes you to think this guy is some special one sent from God. Dig into their origin story and you will discover it is fiction. If I learn the story someone has been telling me about how they were called or saved is fiction, then that to me is a major red flag. Still don't be too quick to accuse someone of lying. But do you see pernicious ways? Do you see a sinful lifestyle that causes others to speak evil of the way of truth? Do you see damnable heresies? Are they teaching you that if you don't believe their message that you can't be fully saved?

I would say that with many of the "watchmen" concerning the Lord's coming you don't see any of this. There are a few, a select few, that I regularly post links for that do sell books. But again, that to me simply causes my antenna to be raised. One of these has this fantastic, miraculous, experience of being saved and called which for many proves he has been sent by God. For me it is why I stopped listening to him.

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

This is something else. The teaching of Islam and FreeMasons is that at the end of the age the Messiah will come in the flesh. They deny that Jesus has already come in the flesh. Their Messiah will be the "antichrist" which means pseudo Christ. this is why FreeMason churches and those influenced by the Jesuits don't want you teaching about the end times, the purpose is to deceive you about the Antichrist being the Christ.

Hebrews 1 -- Let us learn from the best

1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

If we want to be river crossers (Hebrews) then we need to listen to the word of His Son. Jesus is superior to the angels and prophets. There might be some hidden treasures of wisdom with them, but we are told in Colossians that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Jesus Christ. The Lord is heir of all things, and through Him God created the universe. So you can be quite confident that it is with His words you will discover whatever it is you need.

3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

When you are in the battle you need to be sustained by the powerful word. Also, the Lord is the “exact representation”. Too many people are careless and inexact. I have recently seen people equate “Day of the Lord” with “End of Days” and “Apocalypse” with “Armageddon”. This is inexact. Jesus is like a radiator radiating God's glory. This is like a bug light. If you are radiating God's glory it zaps a whole lost of pests that might otherwise try to suck your blood. Not only so but it can be like a street lamp, shining in the dark and scaring away thieves.

4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

When we get a word from Jesus we are getting a much superior word. Jesus is Lord and is sitting at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. You are getting a word from the throne. Angels are not on the throne, they are the servants. They do not inherit all things, they did not create the universe, they are not the radiance of God’s glory, they are not the exact representation of His being. We want to cross this river, we need to be very particular, very specific about who we get our word from. Prophets spoke the word of God but Balaam was also a prophet who spoke the word of God. Angels are servants of God but Lucifer can also disguise himself as an angel of light.

5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father”? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”? 6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”

God will speak to the angels and give them a word, He will speak to the prophets and give them a word, but that relationship is not on the same level as His relationship with His son. God wants all the angels, all the servants, all the messengers to worship His Son. This is a key goal of this age, that every knee would bow, that every voice would worship the Lord Jesus.

7 In speaking of the angels he says, “He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.”

They are spirits, a breath, a spoken word, and a burning flame. They can animate, they can enlighten. But they are not forever. They do not sit on the throne, they do not wield the scepter. Why do you think the call for justice is being ignored? Why do you think we are getting lip service from public officials about fighting for the integrity of the elections while doing nothing? Who are you praying to? You can call on sinners to repent, and if they do great, but if they don't it is time to call on the Lord who sits on the throne to judge.

8 But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”

Maybe, if we love righteousness and hate wickedness we should listen to the Lord. Why not ask the guy who has gone before us and been victorious? If you have Michael Jordan on your basketball team why is he sitting on the bench? In the same way since we are on Jesus’ team let’s make sure He is on the floor, He is the one doing the speaking. He is the leader of the team, not to avoid confrontation, but to conquer and raise the dead to life.

10 He also says, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

The Lord is laying a foundation. He has done it before, He knows what He is doing. Have faith in Him. We have a chance to learn from the very best. The hardest and biggest job in building a major structure is the foundation. If it is done right everything else works, if it is done wrong there is no remedy except to tear it down and start over.

11 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. 12 You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.”

The sooner you realize this the better. The “great reset” is all about the worldly system perishing and wearing out. We have seen many “great resets” in the past, we just call them a collapse of the empire. “The Fall of the Roman Empire” for example. The wealthiest and richest people see their kingdom crumbling, they know that it is wearing out and they fear change. The French revolution was a great reset. The Russian revolution was a great reset. The cultural revolution in China was a great reset. They hope to do a “great reset” so that they control the change. They understand that the world’s economy is unsustainable, it is going to go over a cliff. The foundation of their currency was not put on the rock. Generally when that happens the bigger they are the harder they fall. So the great reset is their attempt to make sure they cushion the fall with lots and lots of poor people. They are keenly aware that their years will end. John D Rockefeller was the richest man in the world in 1920, 100 years later many of his descendants are simply middle class, and his family is no longer a ruling power.

13 To which of the angels did God ever say, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

Make no mistake, making the enemies of Jesus a footstool for His feet is a key goal for God during this age. If you are the body of Christ, then surely you know who the feet are. There are some very humble believers, they are not billionaires, they are not the “elite”, they are not the “experts” you see on TV telling you what you are supposed to think. But by the end of this age those billionaires and elites will be a place for the most humble members of the Body to rest. We have an expression “take a load off your feet”. These members are the ones who are carrying the load. Well the rich, the famous, the “beautiful people” are destined to become a beautiful footstool fit for the king.

14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

So then, let’s talk about the salvation that we are to inherit.

What happens to the Christian nations after the rapture?

Luke 11:24 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”

This is what happened, Jesus cast out these unclean spirits, in response we cleaned up our house, we swept it and put it in order. Now these unclean spirits went through arid places, desert places, third world countries and could find no rest. So they see how nice the US or Europe is looking and so they want to go back to those countries. But they need 7 other spirits more wicked than the first. This is the apostasy designed to turn the lampstand away from God. What is restraining these evil spirits? The light, the salt, the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit steps aside "the final condition is worse than the first".

Appointed time

I give a few verses with minimal comment to demonstrate that these points are Biblical, but they are also inferential. If you don’t want to receive it that is fine.

1. It is very likely that the rapture will be on an appointed day
2. It is likely that the appointed day will be a full moon
3. It is unlikely that this appointed day would be one of the appointed feasts in Leviticus.
4. It is likely that the official religious calendars will be wrong.
5. Not only so but it is likely the official calendars will be giving dates that are too early, rather than too late.

There is a time appointed for everything

Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—

Psalm 102:13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion, For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her; Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.

Jeremiah 5:24 ‘They do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear and worship the Lord our God [with profound awe and reverence], Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest.”

Daniel 8:19 He said, “Behold, I am going to let you know what will happen during the final time of the indignation and wrath [of God upon the ungodly], for it concerns the appointed time of the end.

Daniel 11:27 And as for both of these kings, their hearts will be set on doing evil; they will speak lies over the same table, but it will not succeed, for the end is yet to come at the appointed time.

Habakkuk 2:3 “For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] time It hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail. Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it, Because it will certainly come; it will not delay.

Many are examining the appointed days to see when the rapture is. There is an appointed time for everything and as these verses demonstrate that certainly applies to the end of the age. Instead of focusing on the rapture, consider there is an appointed time to rebuild the temple, there is an appointed time for Antichrist to rule for seven years.

Appointed Day = Full Moon

Proverbs 7:18 “Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us console and delight ourselves with love. 19 “For my husband is not at home. He has gone on a long journey; 20 He has taken a bag of money with him, And he will come home on the appointed day.”

The word translated as “the appointed day” literally means Full Moon. Many, but not all of the festival days took place on a full moon. Many use this verse as a reference to the Lord’s return at the end of the age.

Rapture will involve weeping and gnashing of teeth for the hypocrites

Matthew 24:50 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, 51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Luke 12:45 But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 46 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

Compare these verses with the verse in Proverbs depicting a hypocrite that is caught cheating at the Lord’s return. Does He return earlier than expected? The servant thinks “My Lord delayeth His coming”, so He comes later than expected.

Judgement is done on an appointed Day

Matthew 8:29 And they screamed out, “What business do we have [in common] with each other, Son of God? Have You come to torment us before the appointed time [of judgment]?”

Acts 12:21 On an appointed day Herod dressed himself in his royal robes, sat on his throne (tribunal, rostrum) and began delivering a speech to the people.

Acts 17:31 because He has set a day when He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed and destined for that task, and He has provided credible proof to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

1Corinthians 4:5 So do not go on passing judgment before the appointed time, but wait until the Lord comes, for He will both bring to light the [secret] things that are hidden in darkness and disclose the motives of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.

The rapture is the carrying out of a judgement. If you win a gold medal at the Olympics that is a judgement. If you are disqualified for cheating that also is a judgement. The rapture is not just the firstfruits being caught up to God but also Satan and His angels being judged and cast out of heaven. That takes place on an appointed time of judgement. The gold medal ceremony is not at the same time as the game. First the game is played or the race is run, then when they have the results they award the medal. We were charged to witness to the uttermost parts of the earth. We saw worldwide evangelism begin with the British empire but then at the turn of the century the Gideon ministry began and starting in 1908 Bibles began to be distributed. First in the US, but after WWI they became a worldwide ministry. We have had 2 billion bibles distributed and that doesn't even account for free Bibles on the internet or all the Youtube videos of preaching.

The word is made known and revealed at an appointed time

Titus 1:3 and at the appointed time has made known His word and revealed it as His message, through preaching, which was entrusted to me according to the command of God our Savior

Genesis 18:14 Is anything too difficult or too wonderful for the Lord? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes, I will return to you and Sarah will have a son.”

We should not be surprised that things that were not revealed to previous generations is now being revealed, this is according to God’s word and is the fulfillment of prophecy. We have to preach to everyone in the world, not because we are waiting for the last person to get saved but because we have to fulfill all righteousness. It would not be righteous for God's judgement to come unless we had first warned everyone.

Leviticus gives us the appointed times of the Lord

Leviticus 23:37 ‘These are the appointed times (established feasts) of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to present an offering by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and a grain offering, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its own day.

Because of this people have examined the feasts in Leviticus for the appointed time for the rapture. However, we are told clearly those are the appointed times of the Lord. We are also told that the Lord would come at a time the hypocrites would not expect, and surely the hypocrites would expect one of these feast days. We are also told that no one knows the day or the hour and yet everyone knows these appointed times. It may be that the rapture of Israel as a nation does take place at one of these times, and if it does then I would say Trumpets is my best guess as Passover and Shavuot have already been fulfilled for Israel and what they are really focused on is the coming of the King to set up the messianic kingdom.

The Jews are able to establish for themselves appointed times

Esther 9:27 the Jews established and made it a custom for themselves and for their descendants and for all who joined them, so that they would not fail to celebrate these two days as it was written and at the appointed time annually.

Although there are many appointed days given to us in Leviticus, other appointed days were also made in the Bible. The rabbis also said that there is one month on the calendar without any appointed times because that is reserved for the Messiah's return.

Lamentations 5:1-22 18 prayers!

1 Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.

My prayer is that the believers would remember the word of the Lord. There is nothing that has come upon us that is worse than what came upon the Lord Jesus and the apostles. This word has been fully tested by reproach. Paul said that they were the offscouring of all things.

2 Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

My prayer is that the believers would stop loving the world and all that is in it. Jesus Christ is our inheritance and is kept in the heavens for us where thieves cannot break into or steal. Our house is the house of God, the church, it will not be given to aliens.

3 We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

My prayer is that you would see that all the brothers and sisters in the church are your brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers.

4 We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

My prayer is that you would Come buy water without money, stop gathering water into broken cisterns.

5 Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

My prayer is that you turn to the Lord, be filled with His word, there is a blessing that two will chase ten thousand.

6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. 7 Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

The Lord was bruised because of our iniquity, focus on the crucified Christ who was scourged and crucified and you will be healed by his stripes. My prayer is that you will add the cross to your bitter water and it will be made sweet.

8 Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

My prayer is that you would stop being a wimp, be a man, you are here because you were always trusting in someone else to deliver you, it is time for you to stand and having done all to stand. Embrace the Lord and you will learn that the Lord is with you to deliver.

9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

We have been dealing with criminals in the streets through all generations. My prayer is that the Lord would give us our daily bread and deliver us from evil.

10 Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

There is a famine for the word of God. It is real and it is not some phony spiritual famine. If you look at the history of men of faith everything begins with the word of God, they can survive incredible deprivations like what we saw with the Pilgrims or at Valley Forge. You begin with the word of God and then you can learn exactly how little you can survive on and how much you can help and depend on one another. My prayer is that you would learn that man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

11 They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

Are you talking about Drag Queens doing story hour to preschoolers? Are you talking about these men who identify as women walking around naked in women’s locker rooms? Where did you think all this was heading? Surely you didn’t think that handing out condoms to fifth graders was “cute”? My prayer is that the believers would wake up and stop compromising with those who want to destroy them.

12 Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

Once again, lift up Jesus on the cross, look at Him, they spit on Him, they gave him vinegar to drink, they mocked Him, put a crown of thorns on Him. My prayer is that with our hands we would lift up Jesus and glorify His name.

13 The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood. 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

Having elders in the gate and music for young men is the fruit of the labor of your fathers and mothers. You despised them, you ignored the stories about the great depression, so now is your turn to do the hard work, but thank God you have a vision of the society you want to bring in. My prayer is that we would have a vision of the kingdom of the heavens.

15 The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

You forsook the God of your salvation, return to Him, He will lift you up and then you will surely be able to rejoice and dance and sing. My prayer is that there would be a great repentance and return to the God of our fathers.

16 The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

Stop being a wimp, you have been knocked down, get back up. My prayer is that we would confess, repent and follow the Lord.

17 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim; 18 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

The mountain of Zion is desolate because all those who were there have been raptured and gathered to the Lord. Now it is your turn to ascend that mountain. My prayer is that those who are left behind will rise to the challenge and give themselves fully to the Lord.

19 Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.

There you go, that is the revelation that you need, the God of the previous generation is also the God of this generation. He saved them, He’ll save you. Stop thinking that no one else has ever suffered like you. My prayer is that every knee would bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord.

20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

“So long time?” Really? If you are left behind after the rapture at most you have 3 ½ years of tribulation. That is a momentary lightness of affliction when compared to the eternal weight of glory. My prayer is that all those in the tribulation would take up their cross and follow the Lord.

21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old. 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

My goodness, what a bunch of wimps. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes on Him should not perish. How do you say that He has “utterly rejected” you? He told you that you must take up your cross and follow Him, you rejected that word. My prayer is that all those left behind would be comforted with the same comfort that those who went before them were comforted with. We have a God who loved us and gave Himself for us. Amen.

Hebrews 2 -- How shall we escape?

1 We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

“Drift away”. You have to carefully tie up your boat to the dock or to the mooring, otherwise it will “drift away”. Sometimes we are wide awake at the helm sailing our boat, but other times we are asleep and at those times we need to pay careful attention that we don’t “drift away”.

2 For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, 3 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.

How shall we escape? Our great salvation includes everything in the old creation perishing and being rolled up like an old garment. It also includes the enemies of Jesus Christ being made into a beautiful foot stool. Our gospel includes this, that the end of the age will see these things take place. So then, how do we escape? The rapture is referred to as our escape. The greek word actually means to be snatched away right before destruction. You would use this word to describe snatching someone out of the way of an oncoming train. So then, how exactly do we escape? Do we invest in gold? Do we get a rifle and learn to hunt? I have heard messages where they go from discussing the end of the age to the need to invest in gold and silver! That is what it means to “ignore so great a salvation”.

4 God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

It is miraculous to think we will be saved by this “rapture”. However, God has testified to us that this is the case. The Lord’s resurrection is referred to as “the firstfruits” and the rapture is referred to as “the harvest”. Crossing the Red Sea is a miracle showing that God can snatch up the entire nation of Israel from the clutches of the Egyptian army. That is how Israel escaped Egypt. The book of Esther also describes how Israel escaped the clutches of the evil Haman. If you look and pay attention you will find God testifying again and again concerning how we shall escape. Don’t ignore this testimony.

5 It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

We are going to be kings and priests to God in this world to come. That is why we cannot ignore this salvation, if we do we won’t be ready, we won’t be prepared.

6 But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him? 7 You made them a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor 8 and put everything under their feet.”

Isn’t that amazing? Right now there are tens of millions of Americans concerned about the election fraud. But it seems like the “powers that be” are doing everything they can to ignore them. Mainstream media won’t cover them, the Tech giants are censoring them, and the politicians are mouthing the words but not walking the walk. The lesson here is that everything is under our feet, not theirs. Would the “Tech giants” be giants if 70 million Americans ceased to use their services? Would the mainstream media continue to be the “mainstream” media if 70 million Americans ceased to listen to them? Could the US government continue to stand if 70 million Americans ignored these politicians the way they are ignoring them? “A house divided cannot stand”.

In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.

That is nice talk but we don’t see it. Of course if we look back at our history with the revolutionary war we can see it. We can see a rag tag group of settlers who were made lower than the superpower of the day, and yet everything was under their feet. They had to stand by faith, but they did. We saw this with Gandhi as well. We saw this with the church in the age of the apostles.

9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

Oh yeah, we also see Jesus. This was just one man objecting to the unrighteousness of the times. He was made lower than all those kings and rulers. And yet, we are still here two thousand years later looking at Jesus while all those other “rulers” have become dust and gone into the ash heap of history.

10 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.

Can we please pay attention to this verse? Our great salvation includes us being brought into the glory of the Son of God. Yes He was resurrected, but He was also crucified and that crucifixion didn’t condemn Him, it condemned those that crucified Him. That is a path that Jesus pioneered for us. That is how our salvation is made perfect. That is how everything is put under our feet even though we are made lower than all these rulers and leaders.

11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.

When we are raptured it is not in shame, in defeat. The Lord’s resurrection was victory over death, victory over the grave. We are going to share that glory, we will be part of the same family.

12 He says, “I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters; in the assembly I will sing your praises.”

We will be the family of the resurrected ones, the family of the victorious ones.

13 And again, “I will put my trust in him.”

We will be the family of those who trust in God.

And again he says, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.”

We will be the Lord’s family.

14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

The only power these ones have over us is the power of death. If we are the family of the resurrected ones, the ones who have conquered death and the grave, then what power do they have over us?

16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

So, once again we come back to this question, “how shall we escape?” The same way Jesus did. He is with us to help us take up our cross and follow Him on this path He has pioneered.

Prayer -- Lesson 1

Looking back on my Christian if I were to go back and give my younger self a message it would be on prayer, my experiences of answered prayer and the lessons I learned.

1. Be honest and if you realize you need something, you can be sure God knows that as well.

When I got saved I had heard the verse about Jesus coming down in the clouds in great glory. I went home, got on my knees and prayed "Lord, I want to see you when you come down in those clouds". That was hones, that was genuine, that was a result of my searching for something great to devote my life to and realizing this would be the biggest thing I could imagine.

The Lord responded "You will". At first that was awesome, but after a short while I realized I had a problem. How do I know that was real? I heard the Lord speak to me, I knew exactly what He said, it made sense, but I need Him to confirm that was actually Him. I don't want to be deceived. I don't want to be a crazy person hearing voices. So I told Him I needed Him to confirm that this word was truly Him.

Shortly after that I was in a car. I was in the passenger seat, the driver had Parkinson's and there were three other kids around my age in the back seat. The driver's foot got jammed on the accelerator and we ultimately were going around 80 in a 35 mph zone. We were weaving in and out of cars, ran a read light with an 18 wheeler coming the other way as we flew right by the front grill and then proceeded down a hill where in about ten seconds we would hit a curve that we would not be able to make and instead would crash into some boulders on the side of this curve. I was able to get the car to stop right in front of the boulders and my thought was that this was very fortunate because we hadn't hit any other cars and we hadn't got a ticket, so "no harm no foul". But the three kids in the back their response was very clear, they thought that we were going to die. When I saw that I was shocked because that had never crossed my mind. But when I thought about it I couldn't understand why? We came very close to having a head on collision with a car that was doing 35 and we were doing 65. We almost got smashed by an 18 wheeler and we were seconds away from smashing headlong into boulders doing 80+. This was before air bags, people died all the time in car accidents. The more I thought about it the more I couldn't understand why hadn't I been thinking I was going to die. Then it hit me, the Lord had told me I would see His return in this life. That was when I realized that word was true, but also that the Lord had heard my prayer and answered it.