Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Let's make sure everyone understands how AI works, they need lots and lots of data to process. So if they insert these wires into the brains of 1 million people, just a tiny percentage of world population (0.01%) after 1 year they will have a tremendous amount of data that AI could then use to replace another 50% of the jobs it hasn't already replaced as well as being able to read people's brains remotely.

Now imagine that this 1 million people were chosen selectively because they were targeting certain skills and abilities. They might be able to replace 75% of the jobs they haven't already replaced over the following 2 years.

This means in a very short period of time 88% of the world's population will become "useless eaters" as they like to describe them.
 

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I would also point out that what might be 5-10 years away in the US is already here for China. We have robots, AI, and 3d printers that can replace 88% of the workforce in China already. So we can watch China today to see how they handle this transition to get an idea of what it will be like in the US in the near term.
 

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The rapture is associated with the birth of the manchild and the wedding of the bride. It is an awesome event on the scale of Noah's flood, the Red Sea parting, and Jesus resurrection. Why would it be on the same day as some prior event? Most people celebrate birthdays and wedding anniversaries, why would you want to combine that day with another celebration?

So I never bought into the logic at looking through the feast days in the Old Testament which is a different covenant from the NT, especially since Jesus told us that no one knows the day. To me that means it isn't one of these "special" days in the Old Testament.

However, in the NT we do keep the Lord's table and it is a rehearsal of the wedding. We have a new calendar, and a new day and a new covenant.

Now no one knows the day or the hour of the rapture, but what about the day and hour of the Antichrist being revealed? It seems to me that Christmas eve depicts the birth of the manchild and it depicts Satan (santa) coming as a thief in the night.

Amos says that God despises our feast days and if I was to apply that to the church I would think Christmas would be the most despised feast day. It also says He will turn our songs of gladness to mourning like a dirge. We have lots of Christmas hymns and songs, half of them are fleshly and even Satanic. It seems to me if the rapture takes place prior to Christmas or on Christmas that it would be a good day to reveal the antichrist (birthday of the Babylonian god who portrays the antichrist) and it would demonstrate how much God despises the compromise the church has made with the world over this festival.

Also everything is under the Lord's sovereignty. He may despise the apostasy and the Xmas celebration, but it is His sovereignty that it takes place on Dec 25th.

Suppose God says to keep silence before Him for three days after the rapture. That would make a lot of sense if it was the three days prior to Christmas. It would be God telling all these churches to cancel their Christmas play, their children's play, their Christmas eve service, etc. No one could stand to listen to the radio playing those songs.

There is another verse telling the Jews to pray that their flight would not be in the winter. Their flight is about 3 1/2 years after the rapture. So if the rapture takes place around the winter solstice the Jews flight would take place around the summer solstice.

To avoid confusion let me say a few clear words.

1. I would not expect the rapture to be foretold in any OT feast day.

2. God is the same today as He was two thousand years ago so I would not be surprised if the rapture took place on the Lord's day.

3. The rapture is going to make a statement, this is my bride on the one hand and these people left behind are rebuked. It seems to me that prior to Christmas would be the most powerful time to make that statement.

4. The rapture sets the stage for the Antichrist to be revealed and what better time than at his birthday. God is a gentleman, so I could see Him stepping aside prior to the AntiChrist's birthday which I think is Dec 22.

5. The word in Proverbs talks about the adulterous wife saying that the goodman returns at the appointed time. If the adulterous wife is the apostate church, what is the "appointed time for the apostasy" if not Christmas?
 

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Hebrews 5 -- Learn obedience from the things you suffer

1 Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness. 3 This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. 4 And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was. 5 In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father.” 6 And he says in another place, “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.” 7 During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. 8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

These four points really stand out to me. First, He was heard because of His reverent submission. Second, He learned obedience from the things He suffered, third, when He was made perfect He didn’t abandon us, rather He became the source of salvation to all who obey him and after all that He was designated by God to be the High priest after the order of Melchizedek. My prayer for many years was that I could read the Bible. The first time I opened it myself I had no idea what it was saying. I told the Lord I’d need a crowbar to open this book up. Later I met with a group where many members were experts in the ministry of one Bible expositor. I had no interest in that, my interest was simply to be able to pick up the Bible and read it and understand it. This put me on a path that involved a lot of suffering. Those experiences were like a chisel knocking pieces of you off so that you learned to walk the narrow path that leads to life. Anyone can walk the broad way that leads to destruction but if you want to walk the narrow way you soon realize you have fat feet. It seems the way is too narrow for you to fit through, yet if you obey the Lord, if you humble yourself, if you discard all the baggage you have with your flesh and natural man you find you can walk this path. Everything you suffer teaches you one more way that you can be more obedient. Much of your suffering comes from ignoring the lord, when you reflect on that it causes you all the more to be obedient and trust Him. But then you learn that in the Body we are conduits, we don’t serve our own interests. If the Lord gives you a word then you need to pass that on, if you have a revelation, a hymn, a testimony, a dream, then you need to share that with others. Finally, if you can get through those three stages you can become a priest according to the order of Melchizedek. This is different from the Aaronic priesthood or even the Levitical priesthood. You cannot be appointed to this priesthood by man, only God can make this designation. Obedience to what? The Lord told us to be His witnesses, have you been obedient to that? The Lord said that we need to love the saints as ourselves and by this all men will know that we are His disciples. Have you been obedient to that?

11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

So this is strange, you can have a brother or sister that has spent 20 or 40 years in the Lord, in the word, in the meetings, in the fellowship and yet they still need someone to teach them the elementary truths. I’m not talking about spectator Christians, I’m not talking about nominal Christians, I’m talking about dedicated, serious Christians. The problem is they are not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness, they haven’t trained themselves to distinguish between good and evil. Very early on in my Christian life I was faced with a decision. The word I got from the Lord was from Galatians, where Paul said he did not give in to them for a moment that the truth of the gospel might remain with you. The elders put the pressure on me in the meetings, behind closed doors, and in many other ways. This group had a person they referred to as “the apostle” and to a large extent every church meeting hall was a “franchise” to sell this man’s ministry. During the meetings everyone was given a chance to share something they enjoyed of the Lord. The pressure was on to turn those testimonies into testimonials for this brother’s ministry. I shared often and never once spoke a negative word concerning this brother, “the apostle”. However, I also didn’t promote his ministry and simply shared directly from the Bible. More and more it became apparent that the “testimonials” for this man’s ministry were simply advertisements and were being tuned out. No one was getting life from these obligatory messages from our sponsor, which made the contrast between the genuine testimonies and sales pitches even more stark. So it became more and more difficult for me to walk that narrow way. Finally they sent an elder to take over the church I was meeting at. His messages attacked me as being a drug addict who was mentally unstable and who the elders were very concerned about and had hoped I would get better. Although he didn’t mention me by name it was clear to all in the meeting that he had to be talking about me. How do you respond to that? When the opportunity to share a testimony was given I was the first to my feet to the shock of all. I shared something I enjoyed about one of the Bible verses he had referenced and otherwise completely ignored everything else. After the meeting a brother cornered me in front of all and asked who the brother was referring to. I said I didn’t know, ask him. That infuriated everyone. The next week this elder doubled down and now accused me of being a homosexual, again, not mentioning me by name, but otherwise making it very clear he was talking about me. Once again I was the first to my feet, ignored everything he had shared and focused on one of the Bible verses that had been referenced. I felt like he was giving the saints poisoned water it was essential I give them clean water to drink. However the saints were very upset, they knew someone was lying to them and it was blatant. But then, by the Lord’s grace an elderly couple also moved to that church, a couple that had known me for my entire time in the church and they were able to state clearly that everything this elder had shared had been false. As a result he began backpedalling fast and in the next message he shared that he wasn’t talking about my time in the church after being saved and baptized but before that time. That was astounding to me as I was from NY and he was from Dallas. I thought how on earth does this man know who I was in NY? However, I knew that was a temptation, like a steep muddy bank on the side of the narrow way. The minute you address it you slide into the ditch, so I again ignored him. However, this time the saints didn’t ignore him and one by one they expressed their outrage. If you are truly walking the narrow way that leads to life you can expect to be attacked, slandered, and provoked. But regardless of what they throw at you the Lord has given you a promise, obey Him, reject temptation, and this path leads to life. This is the way to the Father. This is what it means to take up your cross and follow Him. This is how we learn obedience and this is how we learn to not just worry about our salvation but that of others as well.

This is when the attacks they make are inferential, they are afraid to say you specifically because they could get sued for slander. But when they do attack you by name that is different, you need to respond directly to it. But remember the Lord's word in the sermon on the mount, rejoice when they say terrible things about you because of the name of Jesus!
 

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Isaiah 3 Listen Carefully

One of the key reasons we are studying these prophecies is so that we could know what to do. Noah didn’t just get the word that the world would be destroyed in a flood he was also told in a very detailed way what to do about it. In the same way this chapter gives us a very detailed account that we need to listen carefully to. Whenever you give people instructions that they need to follow you will say “listen carefully”, it is like saying “do exactly what I say”.

1 Listen carefully, the Lord God of hosts is removing from Jerusalem and from Judah Both supply and support, the whole supply of bread And the whole supply of water; 2 The brave man and the warrior [He is also removing], The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder, 3 The captain of fifty and the man of honor, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.


The Lord God of hosts is removing them. That is first and foremost. Think about the rapture, who is God taking? Enoch, Noah, Joshua and Caleb, Ruth, Esther and Mordecai, Daniel and the three men, etc. He is removing the first fruits. These are men of faith, you can’t be “brave” without faith. These are the joints of supply, those that feed and water, and those who support, care, and pray for others. These are they that judge righteous judgement, they speak forth the word of God (prophesy), they speak beforehand (prophesy) and they have the wisdom of years. They are honorable, counselors, experts in their field, and eloquent in their speech. In the twinkling of an eye they will be gone. Now what happens when you realize those ten spies who gave you the evil report have caused you to be cursed? They will be gone as well. The Lord describes it as gathering the wheat into the barns and casting the tares into the fire. Talking heads, politicians, religious leaders, everyone who led people astray they will also be revealed and they will also be removed.

4 And I will make mere boys their princes, And capricious (impulsive, unpredictable) children will rule over them.

BLM, Antifa, AOC, the Squad -- children will rule over you. This is a curse and an insult. Tucker Carlson is doing a special on the key people in the Biden administration and they appear like capricious children.

5 And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The boy will be arrogant and insolent toward the elder
And the vulgar (common) toward the honorable [person of rank].

Do you really think they will stop with tearing down Abraham Lincoln’s statue or George Wasthington? They will be arrogant, insolent and vulgar towards every person of honor and rank. If you are left behind after the rapture then what exactly is your honor and rank based on, certainly not based on faith in the Lord Jesus. You mocked and derided the Jesus freaks and deplorables because you were too high and mighty to believe in things like the rapture. Well, you will reap what you have sowed.

6 When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have a robe, you shall be our judge and ruler, And this pile of ruins will be under your control,” 7 He will protest on that day, saying, “I will not be a governor; For in my house there is neither bread nor clothing;
You should not make me a judge and ruler of the people.”

After seeing what they did to Trump anyone want to be president? Consider Biden, it is an embarrassment and shame the way they prop that old man up for ridicule and mockery. How could anyone want to be a ruler after seeing what they are doing. Everyone you know will be bankrupted trying to hire lawyers to represent them during the Mueller investigation, they will impeach you twice in an attempt to remove your retirement income, and they’ll try to remove your Secret Service detail so that you are an easy target to be assassinated. Any takers? The whole nation will be chanting F*** Joe Biden at sporting events, they have two thirds of the country saying they want you to leave, it is just ridicule and mockery.

8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because their words and their actions are against the Lord, To rebel against His glorious presence and defiantly provoke Him.

I have seen enough in the news to know this is true. The words and actions of the leaders of this country are against the Lord. They have rebelled against His glorious presence and they defiantly provoke Him. Their judgement has been proclaimed, it will be executed.

9 Their partiality testifies against them, They display their sin like Sodom; They do not even hide it. Woe (judgment is coming) to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves [as a reward].

No one can deny that their partiality testifies against them and that they display it without even attempting to hide it. Used to be the news would attempt to be “fair and balanced”, no more. FTX was a money laundry scheme for the Democrats. They send a hundred billion dollars to Ukraine, then Ukraine sneaks 20 billion into FTX (digital currency that can't be traced) and then the "owner" of FTX is the single biggest donor to the Democrats by giving that money (US tax dollars sent to Ukraine) to their campaigns. Are they ashamed when this gets exposed? No, they give the owner an award, they have him on all the major shows. It was fraud, it was criminal and it will help bring down our entire financial system, but no, they don't hide it.

10 Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions. 11 Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him,
For what his hand has done shall be done to him.

Are you listening carefully? No one is talking about being a “prepper”, or moving to a cabin in the wilderness, or buying up guns, or investing in gold. It will go well with the righteous. It will go well with those who have been washed in the blood of Jesus and are standing on His redemption and not trusting in themselves that they are righteous. On the other hand it will go very bad for the wicked. But what about those in the middle, those who have not received the salvation once for all given to us but on the other hand they are not wicked either. I don’t know, why are you still trying to straddle two worlds? Why are you trying to trust in your own righteousness? I don’t see any mention here of those people who “are good people”. Rather it is black and white, you have righteous and you have wicked. Do you think if you look the other way when the righteous are oppressed that you are a “good person” because you didn’t physically oppress them? Good luck with that.

12 O My people! Children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O My people! Your leaders lead you astray
And confuse (destroy, swallow up) the direction of your paths.

You mocked, ridiculed and insulted Christians. You said they had a mental problem, you said they needed to be deprogrammed, you said that their faith in the Lord was a crutch that you didn’t need. You were strong, they were weak. OK, you can dish out the insults, let's see how well you are at taking the abuse.
 

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The Crowning Achievement

Before the Lord raptures us He comes down for the "crowning achievement". Noah had his crowning achievement, the ark filled with the animals and the gospel preached to the world so that the judgement on the mockers would be just. Ruth had her crowning achievement taking care of her mother in law as a testimony of a righteous person. Esther and Mordecai had their crowning achievement exposing Haman and the rebellion. Samson had his crowning achievement pushing the pillars out from the temple of Baal.

So what would the crowning achievement of the church age be?

Ephesians 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: 13 till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; 15 but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ; 16 from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in due measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

This is to my understanding the "crowning achievement". When you see all the saints ministering, filling all things, perfecting others, building up others, behaving like a full grown man, no longer gullible children, no longer tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, no longer deceived by the sleight of men in craftiness with a view to a system of error. But not only speaking truth, but speaking truth in love, growing up into the head, Jesus Christ. If this is like a flood where Satan is forced to take extreme action to shut it down.

This is what we have seen this last year. We have seen people step into the breach doing election audits, others have risen up to counteract the propaganda of the mainstream media, others have visited people in prison, still others have become active in school boards realizing that their kids education is their responsibility, and still others have become involved in precincts realizing that instead of complaining they need to become active and do something.

Along these lines I noticed this news story and thought it was relevant:

The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...instream-media-saw-36-decrease-truth-matters/

There is a collective wisdom of the masses. This is different from "group think" or "mob mentality". The mainstream media has seen a 36% decrease in views and ratings. That tells you that there is a price for their lies and misinformation.

Meanwhile Gateway pundit saw an increase in traffic of 34%. Again, the basic principle is that the light overcomes the darkness. If you speak the truth and the light your credibility as a news service will rise. Meanwhile if you lie and use your platform to manipulate rather than inform you will lose credibility.

John 3:19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

Despite this fall it is amazing to listen to the mainstream media. They are not reflecting on the loss of 36% of their viewers, they are not reflecting on the fact that over 50% of Americans now think the election was fraudulent, no they are doubling down. This is an industry that pays very careful attention to views and ratings and they are completely ignoring what the people are saying. This is evidence that the Lord's judgement is here, that they love the darkness rather than the light and the reason they do is because their works were evil. Even if the works today are not evil they are hiding works that they have already done. We have already begun to scratch the surface with the Ghislaine Maxwell trial and the Hunter Biden laptop. We have discovered how horrible the FISA scandal is under Obama and with Clinton. This is what we are seeing today, the light is come into the world and these men loved darkness rather than the light. FTX has come to light as a Democrat money laundry scheme. The stolen election in Arizona is plain to see for both Republicans and Democrats. During the pandemic the railroad companies said they were government contractors and therefore everyone was mandated to wear a mask. However, government contractors must provide 7 days of paid sick leave. They refuse to do that. The hypocrisy and lies are becoming plain for all to see. The movie "Died Suddenly" has revealed very disturbing evidence that cannot be denied. People are waking up.
 

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Isaiah 3:13-15 God Will Judge

13 The Lord rises to contend,
And stands to judge the people.

The US leaders were shocked at the response to the 2020 election. They seemed to think that they would mock, ridicule and declare Biden the winner and that would be it. They never expected the response they have gotten. It wasn’t Trump rising and contending, it was the Lord.

14 The Lord enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes, “For it is you who have devoured the vineyard [with your oppression, you have robbed the people and ruined the country];
The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

The mortgage meltdown is the plunder of the poor. These fires in the West or the flood during Katrina, both were man made disasters. It is not readily apparent, but the water usage in the West has made this drought far worse than it would have been otherwise. The reason they keep screaming “climate change” is because they are trying to cover up their mismanagement. That does not reduce the guilt of those who burn down the Amazon rainforest, it just doesn’t allow them to use that as a fig leaf for their own mismanagement. Likewise with Katrina and hubris of trying to dam the Mississippi river and the lie that no one knew this would happen (if no one knew then why was the liability insurance so high for people who got flooded prior to the flood? Flood insurance for one year costs you 1/3 of what your house costs so no one bought it.)

15 “What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord God of hosts.

Regardless of the disaster whether fire, or flood, or mortgage meltdown, or WMD’s, or war in the middle East it seems it is always the poor who have their faces ground into dust. FTX is where they took tax payer money, sent billions to Ukraine who sent billions back using crypto and FTX who then "donated" it to the Democrats. The banks were too big to fail so no one goes to jail for very clear crimes? The war over WMD’s was clearly based on a lie but no one goes to jail? No rich corporation is going to build in New Orleans without flood insurance, so they didn’t build in the 9th ward, only the poor. Every time someone gets elected president we learn how they didn’t have to go to war (it seems JFK was the last president who really served on a battlefield). Nixon got a cushy stateside job. The people sending poor kids to fight and die are no longer going with them. It makes sense, it seems JFK’s biggest reluctance to starting wars is that he knew what war was like and could empathize with those going.
 

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Biggest volcanic eruption ever recorded

Right now we have 50 erupting volcanoes

120 are showing signs that they could explode

 

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Isaiah 3:16-26 This walk leads to a curse

16 Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with outstretched necks and seductive (flirtatious, alluring) eyes, And trip along with mincing steps and an affected gait And walk with jingling anklets on their feet, 17 Therefore the Lord will afflict the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion with scabs [making them bald], And the Lord will expose their foreheads (send them into captivity).”
18 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, [braided] caps, crescent [head] ornaments, 19 dangling earrings, bracelets, and the hanging veils and scarves, 20 head wraps (turbans), [short, jingling] ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets (charms), 21 signet [finger] rings, nose rings, 22 festival robes, outer tunics, shawls, handbags, 23 hand mirrors, [fine linen] undergarments, headbands, and veils [covering the entire body].

God said to “listen carefully” the judgement is all about our walk. The righteous will be fine, the wicked will be crushed. Women very often seem to feel they are not responsible for the wars and the corruption, that is being done by men. Really? What kind of walk do these women have? I don’t know anything about the various head ornaments, veils, scarves, amulets, chains, handbags, undergarments, etc. It certainly appears to me that they are fully invested in this evil and adulterous age. Remember Lot’s wife.

24 Now it will come to pass that instead of the sweet fragrance of spices there will be [the stench of] rottenness; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness; Instead of fine clothes, a robe of sackcloth; And branding [of captives by the scorching heat] instead of beauty. 25 Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty men in battle. 26 And Jerusalem’s gates will lament (cry out in grief) and mourn [as those who wail for the dead];
And she, being ruined and desolate, will sit upon the ground.

There is a wonderful picture here of a road that leads to you sitting on the ground, ruined and desolate. It started with them being proud, then outstretched neck with flirtatious eyes. Fornication is a game to them that they are playing. Then you see their “affected gait” their walk is corrupt for all to see, and in the event no one is watching they put little jingling things on their feet. This walk leads to disease from head to toe. It leads to poverty, single parent mothers, and domestic violence. It leads to a stench, baldness, and a branding of their kids. They lose their men, not just their husband but also their children.
 

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Everyone must choose sides

So you are saying the age of grace was when we were choosing up sides, and now we are in the game.

Let me double check just to make sure I picked the right side.

1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son,

God is speaking to us through His son and not through Satan. OK, so the other team has to get their speaking from God second hand through us.

whom He has appointed heir of all things,

Jesus has been appointed the heir of all things, OK. So the other side doesn't inherit anything? Ouch.

through whom also He made the worlds;

So everything has been made through Jesus? Satan is only good at copying and counterfeiting. OK. Good luck with their super computers and AI, we have the one through whom all things were made as our captain.

3 who being the brightness of His glory

OK, so this guy who disguises himself as an angel of light, that is not God's glory. Jesus, the son of God, who dwells within us, He is the brightness of God's glory.

and the express image of His person,

Whoa! Are you telling me that Jesus has a voice like God that can thunder over the entire earth and He has an arm like God! Why on earth would anyone choose to be with that weasel Satan when you can chose the One who is the Express image of God?

and upholding all things by the word of His power,

Hold everything, are you saying that Jesus is not simply the champion over Satan but he can uphold me and you also! Does Satan ever offer anymore of a promise than that his followers can spend eternity in the lake of fire with him?

when He had by Himself purged our sins,

What? What! He doesn't simply create everything, shine brightly, express the conquering King, uphold His followers, He also purges their sins so that they are white as snow! What! Is this fair? Why would anyone choose that weasel Satan if they know this? They must be some seriously stupid people to do that.

sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

A more excellent name than the angels. Satan is an angel, right?

After reviewing the two choices I think I am quite happy choosing Jesus.
 

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15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!

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