Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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A wheel within a wheel, whirring wheels and a few grains of sand.

People have some bizarre pictures of spaceships that look like a gyroscope.

But I would consider something different, a clock is a wheel within a wheel. The minute hand spins inside the hour hand and as the minute hand moves so does the hour hand and the second hand is a whirring wheel.

Time is the "fourth" dimension. Events in human history unfurl themselves in the fourth dimension.

So when Jesus is talking to Vicki Goforth Parnell and says that we are already within a wheel in a wheel what can that mean?

My theory is that it relates to what Jesus told Philadelphia, that he would keep them from the hour of trial. If the wheel is the hour hand it represents 42 months, the first half of the tribulation before God pours out His wrath. To be within the wheel in a wheel means we are less than a minute away, or less than one sixtieth of 42 months. Prophetic months are 30 days and so that would be less than 21 days away.

Obviously this is simply an estimation. The hour of trial could refer to the 7 year period in which case to be within a wheel in the wheel would be within 42 days.

Still from the context it seems Jesus was referring to time and how close we were in time. He also describes it as a "few grains of sand". A few is often used to mean three. So this could have meant three weeks.
 

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And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great,

This word fallen is used 22 times in the New Testament. That is a very significant number and may refer to 2022 (which ends on Nisan 1 -- March 24).

8 times it is used to signify fallen asleep or died.

Other times you see Satan is fallen as lightning from heaven. An ass or ox has fallen into the well. Holy spirit had fallen upon none of them in Acts. Also Jesus will rebuild the tabernacle of David which is fallen. When Saul of Tarsus saw Jesus they were all fallen to the earth. Galatians refers to those who are fallen away from grace. Philippians says the tribulation that happened to Paul had "fallen out rather to the progress of the gospel". Timothy refers to women who are fallen into transgression. Ephesus is warned to remember whence they are fallen lest the Lord come and take the lamp stand away. We also see a star fallen from heaven to earth. Twice we are told that Babylon the great is fallen, fallen. The reason for this judgment is that all the nations are fallen because of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

So then, what are the two "fallen's" of the US?

8 Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire

This looks like the two. The first one is a military strike that brings death, and mourning and famine. It will be over in an hour. The second one is that she shall be "utterly burned with fire". When you are cremated you are "utterly burned with fire". When a city is incinerated like Hiroshima it is "utterly burned with fire". When Moses made the children of Israel drink the bitter water with that idol they had made, it was utterly burned with fire. This is how they cleaned up the toxic spill in Ohio, it was "utterly burned with fire". This is what happens with Gehenna, it is a pit where Israel burns their trash.

Stan may have a different interpretation that the first fall is of the church (apostate church) and the second fall is of the nation.

In my opinion when the rapture takes place you get the three days of darkness referred to as the "outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth". That will also be the time the church gets judged. I also think that the bombs fall at that time as well. But then four months later the Russians and UN soldiers and Chinese invade the land.
 

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A timely word

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32:1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Adar 1 is Feb 22nd, probably beginning the evening of the 21st.

2 Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt,


This is a type of Satan. Egypt is a reference to the world of commerce. This word for lamentation means dirge, it will be a testimony to Pharaoh that his doom is determined.

and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Some translate "monster" of the sea as a whale but most likely the reference is to a crocodile. It indicates that he has troubled the nations with war, but also look at the reference to fouling the river. Crocodiles muddy the water with their feet, compare that with what we are seeing in East Palestine, Ohio. The rivers (Ohio and Mississippi) have been troubled and they fouled up the rivers with their feet running in there and blowing up these trains.

3 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will spread out my net upon thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net. 4 And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

This is future tense. But it reminds me of Satan being cast from heaven when the church is raptured. The beasts of the earth remind me of these drug cartels and human traffickers that are coming across our southern border. They will feast on the carcasse of the US when it is left in the open field. This is fascinating. I understand the attack that is coming will be focused intently on the US coastline about five miles deep. You will see people fleeing into the interior of the US, the land, these refugees from the US coastline will be in the open field and many will just die there with their carcasses strewn about. Reminds me of Israel in the Wilderness and therefore the US is referenced in the book of Revelation. First as the Great Babylon and secondly as the wilderness that the left behind believers flee into.

5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. 6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the watercourses shall be full of thee. 7 And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Again, a future reference to Satan being cast out to the land and the three days of darkness, what the NT refers to as "outer darkness where there will be the weeping and gnashing of teeth".

9 I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. 10 Yea, I will make many peoples amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

Afterwards the whole world will see the destruction of the US and they will be amazed. This obviously must refer to the destruction of a great superpower respected around the world. That would not be Russia and I doubt it would even be China.

11 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall bring to nought the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 14 Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah. 15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Jehovah. 16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they lament therewith, saith the Lord Jehovah.

This reminds me of Revelation 18 where it says the merchants of the world will mourn over the destruction of the Great Babylon. Egypt represents the merchants, the Great Babylon refers to a golden empire that is filled with idolatry. Think of all the corporate logos as being these idols that the tower of Babel is built with. Who caused the pollution of the waters? All our factories making the stuff they are trading. If the US were wiped off the map economically so that in one day they completely stopped importing stuff, 100%. Then all these merchants selling to them will become a desolate wasteland.
 

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Misery loves company

Ezekiel 32:17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

The fifteenth of the month is a full moon, what many feel is a sign of the Lord's coming based on Proverbs saying the good man of the house returns on the appointed day. That would be March 8th of this year.

18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. 19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes. 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

Uncircumcised means those who do not have a covenant with God.

22 Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword; 23 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.

This is saying that the Assyrians are there too! This judgement falls on Egypt, on Babylon and on Assyria! Talk about killing two birds with one stone! I think Assyria refers to the weaponized state, the weaponized DOJ, FBI, NSA, etc.

24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that are slain.

Elam refers to the Medo Persians, the kingdom of silver. If China, Iran, Russia and all the Assyrians hit the US with missiles and nuclear weapons surely the US will have a counterstrike.

26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, that are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are upon their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 But thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain by the sword.

These are Scythians, referring to the warlike people in Russia. This sounds like all the graves from those who attack Israel in Ezekiel 38 and 39. This tells me the attack on the US as the Great Babylon precipitates the Ezekiel 38 and 39 war at the start of the tribulation.

29 There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. 30 There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are gone down with the slain; in the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame; and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

Edom is the twin brother of Jacob, I view them as story tellers like "the people of the book" but their stories are covered in red (blood) and they will exchange their birthright for a pot of beans. This to me is Hollywood.

31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah. 32 For I have put his terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Misery loves company. Yes, the US will be destroyed but they will bring many others down with them.
 

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Mardi Gras this year is coincidentally on the First of Adar mentioned in Ezekiel 32
 

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PROPHECY-- THE FOG of WAR

 

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Revelation 6:10 and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

 

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I have seen this before

Mark 16:9 Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10 She went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And they, when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, disbelieved. 12 And after these things he was manifested in another form unto two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country. 13 And they went away and told it unto the rest: neither believed they them. 14 And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned. 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. 20 And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

The tears of joy were far more common in kids that "passed" than in kids who scored in the 90s. Telling a kid he got a 94 would evoke a high five. Telling a kid they passed would often result in them breaking down in tears of joy. For a whole year I had been battling their unbelief. It was as though they had believed beyond hope for them.
 

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Mark 4:21 And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed, and not to be put on the stand? 22 For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

The Bushel indicates that we are working to make a paycheck and the bed is where we sleep. You are a lamp, you are supposed to make manifest the hidden, secret things of darkness. Do not make your light subservient to your job, or hide your light because you are too lazy to speak.

24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you; and more shall be given unto you. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

We are not the dead sea, we are supposed to be a flowing river. We speak what the Lord gives us and then He will give us more. If in your mind "I don't have anything to speak" the truth is you do have something but you despise it, so even what you do have will be taken away from you.
 

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Part 1 Received Feb 19th! Prophetic word from our awesome God and Messiah Jesus! Solar storms!

 

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Part 2 Prophetic word from Jesus! Received Feb 19th, 2023!

 

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More on discerning false prophets and scoffers

Most prophecies do not have a day and time attached to them. So let's look at the ones that do.

1. Daniel gave you the year that Jesus would be crucified and John the Baptist told us He was the "lamb of God". Put those two together and you would be able to get the date and time of Jesus crucifixion. Then there were many other prophecies that fit with crucifixion that might help you be convinced that Jesus would be crucified on that date. Likewise, study Exodus and you could see many parallels.

Why is this one of the biggest exceptions to this rule? Jesus told the pharisees and Jewish leaders that they would be judged harshly because they did not see the day of their redemption. Without these prophecies being this specific it would not be righteous to judge them this harshly.

Why did they crucify Jesus? They said He claimed he would rebuild the temple in three days. They were scoffing so beware, you don't have the right to misinterpret the Lord's words and then use that to justify yourself.

2. Lot is warned that Sodom and Gomorrah will be destroyed and he must leave that morning. Abraham was warned prior to this and was praying for Lot.

The Bible says that God will not do anything without telling His prophets. Once again we see many scoffed at this. Lot's daughters had two fiances, they both scoffed. Again, be warned, God will send the prophets and how you respond to them will determine how you are judged.

3. Noah enters the ark one week prior to the flood.

This is probably the best example for the vast majority of prophecies. Methuselah had just died, his name was a prophecy that after he dies. His name was a prophecy meaning "his death shall bring forth". No doubt everyone in that town knew about Methuselah but except for Noah and his family they were mockers and scoffers and they all perished.

This is how most prophecies are, they are signs on the road. When you see the sign you know where you are. If I give you directions and tell you to turn left at the McDonalds you might wonder "when will I see Mcdonald's?" Will it be 9am, or 10:15am, or 6pm? The question is idiotic. When are you leaving? What is the traffic like? Are you going to stop on the way?

So instead you might ask how far is the McDonald's from the bridge? So the Bible gives you these answers. But it is always here a little and there a little. For example, Ezekiel and Leviticus make it clear how long you will be punished for rebellion. It becomes a complicated algebra problem to then figure out how long the Jews will be punished for rejecting the Messiah. To solve that problem requires a vast understanding of scriptures as well as the patterns in the books of History as well as what the prophets said and what the law said. And that is why the Lord speaks the way He does. It would be worse than pointless to tell people the day and hour of the Lord's return. This would be like telling you the day and hour of a big calculus exam and you thinking that knowing that will somehow insure that you pass. Knowing the word of God, digging into the word of God, praying and seeking the Lord, these things will help you renew your mind and be saved.

But there is another reason for this. Remember Jesus said He spoke in parables so that hearing they wouldn't hear and seeing they wouldn't see. The prophecies can help you dig into the word or they can expose you as a scoffer and mocker.
 

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There is no new thing but what has been is what will be


Ecclesiastes 1:9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.