Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

Hosea 11 -- Judgement on America

“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from me.

Let’s consider current events, people who want to get away from having a police force. No one likes to be stopped by the police, no one likes to get a ticket, no one likes to get arrested and go to jail. It’s not hard to see why some people would think that it would be better to get away from the police. But who really would like to do away with the cops? How foolish are Americans, only the criminals want to do away with the police.

They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.

Why do you think the politicians are supporting this? The federal government is now pushing laws and initiatives to federalize local law enforcement. There is no way for a tyrant to take over America without federalizing the police. Fighting door to door in cities is brutal, destructive and the worst form of fighting. You could never get the US military to try and invade and take over the US city by city. However, if you nationalize the police making them the modern day “Gestapo” then you can take control without hardly firing a shot. Politicians are all about increasing their power. Education and Police are the two biggest budgets in the country, if you control those budgets you become fabulously powerful. First you create a problem with the police force, then you bring in the solution, a federal police force, which is what you wanted all along.

3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realize it was I who healed them.

I have lived in England as well as Taiwan. I have visited Italy, Mexico, Hong Kong and Korea. The US deals with racism far better than any country I have ever seen. Let's consider "Ephraim" this was the younger son of Joseph who was blessed by Jacob to be greater than his older son. If you read the blessing on Joseph he represents scientists (his brother Benjamin represents engineers). The two sons of Joseph who got the double portion represent Germany which was the first country to be a leading scientific nation and then during Hitler's time the Jewish scientists moved to the US and from that point on the US has led the world in scientific advancement. Germany is Manasseh and the US is Ephraim. Our scientific prowess is what has made our military and forensics state of the art.

4 I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them. 5 “Will they not return to Egypt and will not Assyria rule over them because they refuse to repent?

That is what is going to happen. We left tyranny, the first country ever to do that, and now we will return to tyranny. Without safety and security everything else collapses. Only this time our tyrants will be more powerful than at any time in human history. They want crime to skyrocket in the cities so that they can federalize the police.

6 A sword will flash in their cities; it will devour their false prophets and put an end to their plans.

Who is pushing this idea: the mainstream media. They will be devoured by the monster they unleash. These false prophets may understand that this is all a ruse to get more power for the political elites, but the thugs on the street do not understand that. Biden and Pelosi and Waters can use them for their design, but these thugs owe no allegiance to Biden or Pelosi. The fire will burn down the entire forest, not just the trees you select. This prophecy that the "sword will flash in their cities" may refer to a nuclear missile attack on US cities. Our false prophets are all located on the mainstream media and located in these cities. They will be devoured in this attack.

7 My people are determined to turn from me. Even though they call me God Most High, I will by no means exalt them.

Many of those who are turning from the Lord and His ways are “Christians”.

8 “How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboyim? My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused.

Admah and Zeboyim were destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah. There are two raptures, one is likened to Noah entering the ark and closing the door a week before the rain started. The other is compared to Lot who was rescued from Sodom before it was destroyed. Noah had a glorious deliverance, Lot had a shameful deliverance. But it was Abraham who begged God for his salvation. Lot was not treated like Admah or Zeboyim or Sodom or Gomorrah. God’s compassion was aroused by the prayers of the faithful ones to rescue him. One interpretation has two raptures, one before the tribulation and one in the middle of the tribulation. However, another interpretation has this rapture being like both of these events. In this one the election of Biden has been like the start of the rain forcing all the believers into the ark. One week later the rain comes and destroys them all. However, in the rapture the rain is "fire" falling from the sky, this "sword flashing" in the cities. Just like Lot, as he left the fire came down, well in the same way as we go up they come down. In this understanding the only way someone who is left behind will be saved will be if they are "devoted to the Lord fully" meaning they choose to get their head chopped off rather than take the mark of the beast. It does seem that a number of dreams and visions align better with this second interpretation.

9 I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I devastate Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man— the Holy One among you. I will not come against their cities. 10 They will follow the Lord; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

From the west or from the sea indicates many things. The west is the new world, it is the western hemisphere, it represents the 20th century, unlike the “old world”. The sea signifies the nations whereas the land indicates the Jews. We are talking about a modern, new world people of God from the west, from the nations. Ephraim is only one half of one of the twelve tribes and yet they represent a very influential group among Israel, so much so that Hosea is using Ephraim to refer to the people of God as a whole. The US was not just a center of science, they were also a center of evangelism for the world. Although we represent 5% of the world's population, about one half of one twelfth, we are a very influential tribe.

11 They will come from Egypt, trembling like sparrows, from Assyria, fluttering like doves. I will settle them in their homes,” declares the Lord.

Matthew 2:1-15 -- Outwitting Satan

1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

We have seen many Youtube videos concerning the heavenly signs. I have posted links to quite a few of them. They began in 2015.

3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.

This is very disturbing to me. If you look at this story Herod believes that there was a sign in the heavens, He believes there is a baby born that was prophesied of by the prophets, and yet his response is not to repent but to kill thousands of babies. How sick and twisted are these world leaders. They are incapable of repentance, their conscience has been seared, this is why there is going to be judgement seat where some will be cast into hell.

5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: 6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

According to the book of Revelation the church in Philadelphia has a little power, they are not great in strength, but they have been faithful to the Lord and He promises to keep them out of the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole earth. He also says that those of the synagogue of Satan will come and worship at their feet and know that God is truly in your midst. Among God’s people the church in Philadelphia is like the town of Bethlehem. Not a great city like Jerusalem where all the Bible experts and scholars are, but rather a town with shepherds and common people that was not greatly esteemed. But when the Lord returns and the faithful ones are raptured all will know that God was in their midst.

7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

He is treacherous and crooked like a snake. The arrogance of these men will be their downfall. He got to his position because of his treachery, his ability to deceive and lay traps for the sheep and those who don’t know the deep things of Satan. It has worked for him before, but he made one little mistake. He may be able to fool people, but He can’t fool God. What he has done here is to reveal how devious and evil his heart is.

9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

This is a strange description for those of us who don’t pay much attention to the signs in the heavens. However, for those that do they can immediately understand this. The planets were called “wandering stars” because they were moving around the heavens. However, Earth goes around the Sun faster than Jupiter, the planet that denotes King Jesus (if you look at a picture of Jupiter it has stripes on it like the stripes by which we were healed when Jesus was scourged, and there is a big red dot in the side of Jupiter just like Jesus was pierced in the side with a spear, and it is the biggest planet). What this means is that Jupiter will appear to move backwards and even stand still at different times. By itself that could not be the star, but what also happens is that Jupiter will be in conjunction with other stars and planets. What that means is you see the two of them as one especially bright star. This is clearly a description of this process. That said, if you want to know more go to links concerning the "star of Bethlehem".

10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

These three treasures could signify God’s divine nature, the Holy Spirit that carries our prayers to God, and the effectiveness of the death of Jesus Christ the Son. What is quite interesting is that Mary and Joseph are obviously not wealthy. If you look at Mary’s prayer and the fact that Jesus was born in a manger that seems like a reasonable conclusion. These gifts though instantly provided what they needed to then flee to Egypt as they are about to be told. If we are children of God then God, our Father, will provide what we need when we need it. This is often our experience, God provides us with what we need. Over the last three years I began putting money away into the bank every paycheck, it was the first time in my life for such a surplus and I had no idea what to do with it, but I had peace to just put it in the bank despite it not getting any interest. Then when the mandates came I left my job rather than get the vaccine, my wife did as well and there in the bank was sufficient funds to move. God provided, and then I understood what this surplus had been for.

13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

I think this is very interesting to anyone who has ever been deceived and taken advantage of by some scam artist. Why is it that God warns Joseph and Mary but didn’t warn you? Let me tell you a story about my wife. A friend of hers wanted her to invest in real estate so she could get rich. Knowing that she was supposed to be under the headship of her husband she asked me to go listen to the pitch so I could give my approval. I met this woman and discovered enough to realize this was a scam. I told my wife it was a scam and to have nothing to do with her. However, that is not what she wanted to hear, so she called me an idiot and went ahead anyway and invested and lost all her money. In another instance I was sitting in a large family meeting with my wife’s family. They were discussing getting involved in an investment scheme that sounded like a ponzi scheme to me. I told them that if they invested in it they would lose all their money. I was shushed, they invested and they lost all their money. The issue is not that God doesn’t warn us, the issue is that we refuse to listen to His warnings.

14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

Look at all these prophecies. If you had studied them at the time and knew them they would have led you to Jesus. Some knew that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem but didn’t bother going with the wise men to see Him? Others knew about the sign in the heaven that the Magi saw. They were taught by Daniel who based it on Numbers 24 and other key verses and prophecies. The Old Testament is a covenant that God’s people had with God. It is like a contract and every little word in that contract is significant. The Lord said if you love Him you will keep His word and do what He says. If you aren't doing what the Lord says and you aren't keeping the Lord's word then stop saying you love the Lord.

My Experience of Matthew 8 (part 1)

Matthew 8:1 And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2 And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

When I first got baptized and came to the church I was a college student and I smoked pot. I knew I needed to stop, however, I had tried a few months before my baptism and every night I would have a dream where I had smoked and would wake up in a sweat feeling I had failed only to realize it was a dream. So I was afraid to try that again. However, I was now living in a brother's house and it was my first day for a summer job. I hitchhiked to work and the guy who picked me up was smoking pot and handed me the joint. I was about to smoke when the Lord said "are you going to smoke on the first day of work?" That was all I needed to hear, so I gave it back to him and never smoked again. One little word and it was gone. I did not talk to anyone about that. However, Jesus doesn't stop here, He says to offer the gift that Moses commanded. This was two birds, some hyssop, cedar and scarlet. You sacrifice one bird, dip the other stuff in the blood, the Priest sprinkles you with that blood, and then you let the other bird go. The way I understand this is you have to embrace the cross of Christ, it is no longer I that live but Christ that lives in me. So that first bird dying is dying to self and sin. Cedar is a regal tree and hyssop is lowly plant, so regardless of who you are you need to be cleansed by the blood of Jesus and you can be sprinkled with this cleansing blood by either one. Any brother or sister, whether it is Queen Esther or it is Mordecai in the streets, if they are in the hand of the Lord, our high Priest, can sprinkle you with that cleansing blood. This even includes those whose sins are like scarlet. This is what the Lord taught us in the Sermon on the mount, judge not for with what judgement you judge you shall be judged. It is easy for us to look on others and accuse them of being sinners, we think the rich are sinners, we think the poor are sinners, instead we need to remove that plank from our eye and let the Lord sprinkle us with His blood by those that He uses. Only then can you enjoy the resurrection and fly free. That other bird saw you sacrifice the first bird, that bird was dipped in the blood, it must certainly have thought it was going to die. This is what happens in the Christian life. You think surely I am going to die but I must be faithful to the Lord, I must confess my sins, and next thing you know you are released like that bird in resurrection.

I had a second experience related to this verse more than forty years later. My mom had a stroke, her right side was paralyzed and she couldn't talk. By the time she got to the hospital (she lives alone) the doctors were afraid to give her any treatment as that could make things worse. I was driving up to the hospital, it was about a four hour drive and I was praying. I prayed, "Lord if you are willing you can heal her". He responded, "where in the Bible was I ever not willing to heal?" When I heard that I knew she would be healed. To me that teaching that you hear from so many who pray "Lord if you are willing you can heal" is like a very contagious leprosy. It is rebellion. They pray, the person isn't healed, so they put the blame on the Lord that He wasn't willing to heal. (This is not the same thing as the "thorn in the flesh" that Paul had. That thorn caused Paul daily to seek the Lord, it was beneficial to his ministry and it resulted in an exceeding abundance of grace being poured out on his ministry.) So I get to the hospital, she is paralyzed in one side, she can't speak, and my brothers and I realize she cannot continue to live alone and we will have to figure something out. But we decide to worry about that tomorrow. The next morning we come in and she can now speak and is no longer paralyzed on one side. However, I get a phone call from my sister who wasn't there and she was all distraught about how she would never be able to talk to her mother normally again (the relationship between her and my mother at that time was not something I tried to understand, it was like talking to an elementary school kid about calculus). So I told her "if you want to talk to her normally you can do it right now" and handed the phone to my mom.

My Experience of Matthew 8 (part 2)

5 And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 and saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And he saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 And when Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 11 And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: 12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And the servant was healed in that hour.

Shortly after being baptized I had a nightmare. It is the only nightmare I have ever had since being baptized more than forty years ago. In this dream the demons were trying to grab me and pull me into hell, I was frozen, I could hardly breathe but then with all my strength I said "Jesus is Lord" and poof, that was it. They were gone. Since that time my faith in Jesus as Lord has grown and grown and I know that all those demons they are terrified of Him. I come from a military family, my Dad was 12 years old and living on Pearl Harbor when it was bombed, my grandfather was in the navy. Their house is now a historical marker. My dad served in Korean war. Still the expression to "cuss like a sailor" is appropriate for my upbringing and has stained me. We were certainly not a "Christian household". So what a blessing that He would give me His name and I could call Him Lord.

The lesson I learn is that I can ask and it will be given to me, even though I am evil the Father will still give good gifts because I am a child of God. The other lesson is that it was the Centurion that asked, not the servant who was being tormented. I have experience of what it is like to be tormented, so then as I would want others to do unto me I should do unto them. For example, recently I have been involved in preaching the gospel and distributing Bibles at this food give away here in town. We would have people who were satanists cursing us and then I noticed that several members in the ministry seemed to have suffered some tormenting. So I responded the same way a Roman centurion would have responded if his unit had been attacked. I went on the offensive. I got a list of every FreeMason in the city from their website, and a list of all the Catholic Priests accused of pedophilia in our city, and all the Mormons in our area and then I prayed for each one by name that they would confess their sins, repent, turn to the Lord, be saved, and bring forth fruits worthy of repentance. I prayed that the Lord had promised that all the hidden things of darkness would be made manifest. After that I did not see another Satanist at the food giveaway, and we went from around 300 bibles being handed out to over 700 bibles being handed out.

My Experience of Matthew 8 (part 3)

14 And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick of a fever. 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered unto him. 16 And when even was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick: 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.

When I first got saved I met with a church that had people give testimonies after the message. I had shared once or twice and the elders were very concerned because it was unintelligible gibberish. They found out I was giving plasma regularly so I could make ten dollars. I speak a lot now, I write a lot, but I had to first be healed by the Lord. A word here, a word there.

After that I was terrified to speak again in the meeting. Then the word about the steward who was about to be fired terrified me. Everyone wants to speak that perfect word in season which Proverbs describes as apples of gold fitted in silver. But I got so scared I decided to put what few experiences I did have on sale and just make sure I spoke what I had before getting fired. I have been speaking ever since.

Another time they tried to shut me up. All the other brothers who testified would turn their testimony into a sales pitch for this one brothers ministry. The church had a book room where they sold all his books and it seemed almost obligatory to reference him in your testimony, kind of like the Germans saying "Heil Hitler" at the end of anything they said. I didn't do that, I shared what I enjoyed from my personal experiences or light I got from the Bible. I didn't say anything negative about that brother and had no ill feelings toward him, it was just I wanted to be honest, and honestly he didn't have anything to do with my experiences of the Lord. So at the end of the friday night meeting they get up and attack me. They didn't use my name but everyone knew who they were talking about. Afterwards I am standing there stunned, I was now an "outcast". This one young person who was probably in sixth grade came up to me (this was a meeting for adults so he was probably the only younger person there) and he quoted a song they sing in children's meetings "you can talk about me just as much as you please, I'll talk about you down on my knees". I took that as a word from the Lord, went straight home, got on my knees and prayed and the word I got was "to whom we gave place in the way of subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you."

So I took that as my marching orders. On the Lord's day as soon as the message was over I was the first to jump up and share. The brother sitting next to me was in shock and actually tried to hold me down. It was like running through a paper tiger when the football team takes the field.

Many experiences like that.

My Experience of Matthew 8 (part 4)

18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19 And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 21 And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

Many experiences of "going to the other side". I was in the church in Houston and they needed volunteers to help build a conference center in Irving, Texas so I went there for 18 months and worked on that project. We lived in the saints homes and I was shuffled about, over the 18 months I lived in ten different homes. During the first summer I was so broke that I could not afford to get drinks at the nearby store. So I drank water from the cooler. After a month or two I ran out of toothpaste. I had taken the tube apart so I could get the very last from it, but eventually threw it in the garbage. The same day I threw it in the garbage a letter came for me with $5 in it.

Later there was an opportunity to go to Taiwan to preach the gospel so I went and was there for 8 years. It was easy to wonder if you were shirking your responsibility to your parents. But what I have discovered is this, I am on a boat that is being skippered by the Lord Jesus and it is heading to salvation. I need to encourage everyone to get on this boat and to help everyone who needs help to get on this boat. But you don't let anyone talk you into getting off the boat. If you don't receive the gospel, that is on you. It isn't my job to convince you, only to preach to you. Noah preached for a hundred years, but those people weren't saved by that preaching they were condemned by it because they rejected it.

Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

It doesn't matter if someone receives the gospel and prays with your or rejects the gospel. Either way preaching the gospel is effective.

14 But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place. 15 For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish; 16 to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

My Experience of Matthew 8 (part 5)

23 And when he was entered into a boat, his disciples followed him. 24 And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

I did have an experience where I thought I would perish. It is a very complicated situation, to really understand this would be a very long story. Suffice it to say that the church which was set up as a franchise to sell Witness Lee's books was where I met. I already shared how I had rebuked the elders in Texas and fully expected to be excommunicated but since the Lord stepped in they couldn't do anything. But they didn't forget. Then in a strange way as long as Witness Lee was alive they could not touch me, but the minute he died the storm was great and the waves covered the boat. They were now in charge of the ministry and I likened them to the sons of Eli publicly (they were guilty of the same sins).

As a result I could no longer stay in the church. I lived in a hospitality house belonging to the church and served there. To not go to the meeting was unthinkable, but I left the house early and at every intersection prayed for the Lord to lead me. I walked about two miles in prayer when I suddenly felt to cross the busy street and go down a small side street. I saw a man come out of an apartment building carrying a bible and so did a 180 and followed him up the hill and into a church. I had been in that one church for 20 years and just like that I went to this other church and was there for twenty years.

28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way. 29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? 30 Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. 31 And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine. 32 And he said unto them, Go. And they came out, and went into the swine: and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters. 33 And they that fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what was befallen to them that were possessed with demons. 34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their borders.

While at this other church we had the burden for the persecuted saints around the world. To raise awareness I was part of a ministry that organized an event at the UN. We were raising awareness for what was happening in Sudan, there was a persecution against the Christians to drive them from the country so that they would adopt Sharia law. We told people that if we did not deal with this in Sudan it would come to the US. That was September 16, 2000 (I know it was on a Saturday, I think it was the third Saturday of September). The following year we were going to have our second event at the UN but it was cancelled because of 911.

Interesting, Amos 8 when it says "your feasts" could it be referring to Mardi Gras?

http://woodyoubelieveit.blogspot.com/2013/04/rabbi-judah-ben-samuels-jubilee-prophecy.html

Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel's Jubilee Prophecy

Rabbi Judah ben Samuel - “When the Ottomans (Turks) – who were already a power to be reckoned with on the Bosporus in the time of Judah Ben Samuel – conquer Jerusalem they will rule over Jerusalem for eight jubilees. Afterwards Jerusalem will become no-man’s land for one jubilee, and then in the ninth jubilee it will once again come back into the possession of the Jewish nation – which would signify the beginning of the Messianic end time.”

During the Roman Christian Crusades, the Mamluk began their reign in Jerusalem in the year of 1250 CE when the last Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt, Turanshah was assassinated by his Mamluk slave General Aibek. Aibek then founded the Mamluk Bahri dynasty. They held power over Jerusalem until they were conquered by the Ottoman Turks in the year of 1517, three hundred years after the death of Rabbi Judah ben Samuel.
According to Rabbi Judah he-Hasid, the Ottoman Turks would later wrestle power and control over the Middle East and assume power and control over Jerusalem. They would control the Land of Palestine and Jerusalem for eight Jubilees, according to his predictive calculations.

Well, eight Jubilees (50 years x 8 Jubilees) are 400 years. We know again by history that the Ottoman Turks gained control of Jerusalem in the year 1517 and held power over Jerusalem for 400 years, when they were conquered in 1917, by the British military forces under the command of British military General Edmund Allenby on Hanukkah, December 17, 1917. The Ottoman Turks began to falter in 1918 after the defeat of the army at Jerusalem. The city of Damascus fell on October 1, Homs on October 16, and Aleppo on October 25 and Turkey capitulated on October 30, 1918. After this date the League of Nations conferred the Turkey, Syria, and Egypt to the British Mandate that included the Land of Israel, then called Palestine, and Jerusalem to the British.

Then the prophecy continues when it states; “Afterwards Jerusalem will become no-man’s land for one jubilee.” Is it not amazing that from the year of 1917 when the British Mandate controlled the city of Jerusalem, Jerusalem did become under international law a “no-man’s land for one jubilee”. It was fifty years after that year in 1917, that the Israeli army captured the city of Jerusalem in the Six Day War on June 17, 1967. Exactly one Jubilee, 50 years later, Jerusalem returned for the first time to the control of the Jewish-Israeli ownership since the day when Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 CE.
Called the “Light of Israel”, Rabbi Ben Samuel truly was a “Light to the World”. He did not discriminate against anyone who wanted to learn from him. Even the Roman Catholic bishops sought his wisdom.

When he was asked where he received his wisdom from, his answer was:
Rabbi Judah ben Samuel – “The prophet Elijah, who will precede the Messiah, appeared to me and revealed many things to me and emphasized that the precondition for answered prayer is that it is fueled by enthusiasm and joy for the greatness and holiness of God.”

Hosea 12 -- Ephraim is Laodicea

1 Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence.

What an interesting phrase. He feeds on the wind. Earlier in this book it said they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. When you make vain and empty promises and when you intentionally promote strife and division these things will come back to haunt you. This continues that thought, they feed on this. For example the media will take a story about a cop shooting and killing someone and feed on it. They will multiply lies and violence. Ultimately the story will be exposed as a lie but then they will move onto a new story. They pursue these stories all day.

He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

We call this the “deep state” where behind the scenes all these different forces are allied together for some nefarious purpose.

2 The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

Jacob refers to all untransformed believers, Judah to the two tribes and Ephraim to the ten. Every believer must be transformed, none are exempt. Every believer will reap what they sow. The New Testament says “judgement begins at the house of God”.

3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel; as a man he struggled with God. 4 He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there— 5 the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is his name!

Life is a struggle, a wrestling match with God, a mission of seeking God and discovering who He is.

6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.

This reminds me of what the Lord told the church in Ephesus. Every believer comes to the same fork in the road where they will leave their first love and they must repent and return.

7 The merchant uses dishonest scales and loves to defraud.

The enemy tries to defraud us. Our first love was when me met Jesus Christ the savior who saved us from our sins. But somewhere along the line the enemy will try to sell us on other things to replace that love using a dishonest scale to make them seem more important. If you take that road you will become self righteous, you will have to repent and return to the Lord who is our righteousness.

8 Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin.”

Ephraim sounds like Laodicea. This is where the road of self righteousness leads. You are blind, you think you are wealthy and have no idea that you are poor, wretched and blind. This sounds like the prosperity gospel. According to this gospel gold chains, luxury cars, big houses are all proof of blessing so that others will not find in you any iniquity or sin.

9 “I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your appointed festivals.

How do you come out of Egypt? How do you get out of tyranny? Gandhi showed everyone how to do it. The British enslaved India by taking their cloth and making clothes for them. Gandhi showed everyone how to make their own clothes, it was called “homespun”. It may not be as fancy, but if you don’t need the British to make your clothes then they will have no function and will have to leave. Likewise, how do you leave Egypt? You leave in tents. If you are willing to give up your fancy house Egypt has no hold over you. That is how we deal with Amazon, Google, Twitter, MLB, NBA, etc. If they want to indoctrinate your kids then pull them out of school and homeschool. If 40% of the kids leave the public school it would be catastrophic to the public school.

10 I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them.”

We need to leave Hollywood and the mainstream media. We have many prophets, people with dreams and visions, we don't need to listen to the poison from Hollywood.

11 Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless!

Let’s be honest, Hollywood is worthless, the NBA is worthless, the mainstream media is worthless.

Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.

Organized Christianity denoted by Ephraim referring to the ten tribes is filled with idolatry. It isn’t even hidden but out in the open, plain to see. When the Lord looks at the corruption that He is going to deal with you can be sure that this is at the top of His list. These altars will become a heap of rubble. When these churches are exposed for their idolatry they will become abandoned. Ratings on the Olympics were down 50%, likewise with the NBA, NFL, etc. They are all going to be a heap of stones. They have sold themselves to the Chinese and why are the Chinese buying them off? It is because of their ability to influence the American people, if they lose that then China will also abandon them.

12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.

This is the path we must take.

13 The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him.

The word of God is a lamp for our path, it will bring us up from Egypt, from the world, from the oppression of Pharaoh.

14 But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger; his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.

So if you look at God’s people Jacob had his faults, Israel had their faults, but in case after case God made a way for them. However, Ephraim, these self righteous believers who think they are rich not knowing they are poor, wretched and blind, God will leave blood guiltiness on them. Once again this is fair, they left their first love who would have been their righteousness and they trusted in their own righteousness. They treated the Lord’s sacrifice with contempt. This is the state of Christianity in the US andthis is the judgement on them.

The Time has come where God will be glorified on the earth

The concluding word in both Mark and Luke is very telling.

I used to teach HS science in the inner city. I had two overriding goals. I wanted kids to score in the 90 percentile range on the final statewide exam, the best score any of my students ever got was 97% and I had a standing offer to reward anyone who scored 95% or higher.

However, I also had another goal which is that as many students as possible would pass. The school system was far more focused on kids passing and failing. So my other overriding goal is how to help the most kids get over that 65% line.

This is what the concluding word for Mark and Luke looks like. Let's begin with Mark:

Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 17 And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

There is only one charge to them and that is to preach the gospel to all creation. Interesting that these signs do not appear to be those that would help you discern the true gospel from the phony but rather to be able to overcome during the tribulation. This is a very strong promise that they will not be harmed by vaccines designed to kill or poison you.

Now let's look at the charge in Luke

Luke 24:44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.

This is what the watchmen have been doing. Moses is where we get the calendar, all the feast days, talk about Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot, Noah, Joseph, the Exodus, Joshua, and many other types and shadows of the rapture. Dr. Barry Awe has focused on these. The prophets have been dissected by such wonderful teachers like Chuck Missler and DTBM ministries who has done some wonderful historical analysis. We have others who have dug into the book of Revelation like the Prophecy club and a whole host of prophecies from both the OT, NT, even Enoch and the work that Repoman 64 is doing. The Psalms have turned out to be wonderfully prophetic and Pastor Sandy has focused on that to the point of it being amazing. Being a watchman draws the scorn and mockery of many, people like Dana Coverstone become targets of this.

45 Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;

Isn't this amazing that this is not in Mark? No charge to dig into the word or to have their mind renewed and transformed.

46 and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;

When you dive into the word you are not simply interested in who, or what or where or when. You ultimately get to the question of why? Why does it have to be this way? You can't pray according to God's will if you don't understand the why. The Lord is not worried about Satan, or Antichrist, He can destroy them whenever it is necessary. What He is concerned about is that the most amount of people would be saved, and that God would be glorified, and that Christ would be magnified.

47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Even this is more detailed than what is in Mark. In Mark you "preach the gospel" here you explain about sins and remission of sins and repentance. The reason for the fall and for Satan is so that God could reveal Himself as the Great redeemer, the one that can take damaged goods and turn them into a priceless masterpiece.

48 Ye are witnesses of these things.

What things? All of these things! All the words in the Bible that have been fulfilled! Witnesses of the remission of sins! Witnesses of repentance! Witnesses of how the word will sanctify us and transform our minds. Our testimony of salvation is a witness that Jesus is the Great Redeemer.

49 And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.

There is no charge in Mark to tarry, no promise of power on high though "signs accompanying them" is referred to. The charge in Luke begins at Pentecost, the charge in Mark is almost as though it refers to after the rapture of the church. At that point the Lord doesn't need you to dig into the word, just needs you to preach the gospel that others have mined and brought to light. You know what the gospel is because of the rapture. If this is like a military operation the beach was already taken by those that were raptured, now Mark is the marching orders to the foot soldiers.

50 And he led them out until they were over against Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Can you see the two stages here, like a two stage rocket. Luke is referring to the believers blessed by the Lord at the time of His ascension all the way to the rapture. Mark is for those in the tribulation that have been "bitten by snakes".

51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.

Can we all see this? We are here on a mission that was handed to us at the time that Jesus was carried up to heaven and we will be responsible for right up until we also are carried up into heaven.

52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 53 and were continually in the temple, blessing God.

So then, are you "continually in the temple, blessing God"? I like this word "blessing". He doesn't say "worshipping", doesn't say "praising", doesn't say "communing" or "praying" or "fellowshipping". Each one of us has a portion and that portion "blesses" God. Not all are prayer warriors, not all are worship leaders, not all are prophets or shepherds or teachers. That is true, but all of us can bless God continually.

This dream is from Feb 2020 -- sounds like he saw the Jan 6th event 11 months beforehand. Then he sees the military in DC which is what happened. Then he sees something he doesn't understand where the power of the president is suspended, someone over him is running the country. Perhaps this is what has happened the last two years?

He asked what is going on and the Lord told him "Donald Trump will be president for four more years". So let's see if that takes place.

"The Bad things that are coming"

Is the tribulation really a bad thing?

Reproof is a fork in the road for a sinful soul. Will we cringe at correction like a curse, or embrace rebuke as a blessing? One of the great themes in Proverbs is that those who embrace rebuke are wise and walk the path of life, while those who despise reproof find themselves to be fools careening toward death.

The Proverbial warnings against dismissing brotherly correction are staggering. The one who rejects reproof leads others astray (Proverbs 10:17), is stupid (Proverbs 12:1) and a fool (Proverbs 15:5), and despises himself (Proverbs 15:32). “Whoever hates reproof will die” (Proverbs 15:10), and “poverty and disgrace come to him” (Proverbs 13:18).

But just as astounding are the promises of blessing to those who embrace rebuke. “Whoever heeds reproof is honored” (Proverbs 13:18) and prudent (Proverbs 15:5). “He who listens to reproof gains intelligence” (Proverbs 15:32), loves knowledge (Proverbs 12:1), will dwell among the wise (Proverbs 15:31), and is on the path of life (Proverbs 10:17) — because “the rod and reproof give wisdom” (Proverbs 29:15) and “the reproofs of discipline are the way of life” (Proverbs 6:23).

To the one who embraces rebuke, God says, “I will pour out my spirit to you” (Proverbs 1:23), but to the one who despises it, “I will laugh at your calamity” (Proverbs 1:25–26). It will be said of those who reject correction, “They shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices” (Proverbs 1:30–31), and it’s only a matter of time until they themselves will say, “I am at the brink of utter ruin” (Proverbs 5:12–14).

And when ruin comes for the fool who resists reproof, it will be sudden and devastating: “He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing” (Proverbs 29:1).

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/embrace-the-blessing-of-rebuke

https://rumble.com/v2a62im-blow-by-blow-babylon-america-falls-02202023.html

Blow by Blow Babylon America Falls 02/20/2023

The age of grace is around 2,000 years long. We are an army of God taking the good land. During the first half of the 70th week of Daniel the age of the gentiles is over and Israel is now becoming the focus. However, there are still Christians on earth who will be martyred or taken.

Imagine this was a football game and during the first half you had the Jews from Abraham to Jesus. Then in the second half Jesus steps in and with a ragtag band of fisherman completely turns the game around. But then to utterly humiliate the enemy he pulls the first string out and empties the bench for the next 42 months. Only then does he bring out the Jews who have also been decimated down to a number that will give all the glory to God.

Why are we going through the tribulation? Because God will be glorified.