Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Luke 10:21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight. 22 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.

You might think "I am not worthy" but so what, Jesus is the one that is worthy and Jesus is the one who will get all the glory. There are going to be some very proud and arrogant people who think they are superior and they will be put to an open shame when they appear before the throne of the Lord and when they see what the Lord did through people they despised, it will all be to the glory of the Lord Jesus.
 

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PROPHECY-- CHURCH OF THE LOST

 

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A deceitful Bow

Psalm 78:56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God,
And kept not his testimonies;
57 But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers:

They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Anyone who has ever played football or been to high school knows what a deceitful bow is. This is that guy who looks like he is the captain of the football team, but in reality is a complete bust. Think of Jack Thompson, the quarterback drafted #3 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals. He played five games in the NFL and was a complete bust. Meanwhile the 82nd pick that year was Joe Montana considered one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game. Jack Thompson was a deceitful bow, looked the perfect part to be a great quarterback, but when the pressure came a bust. Meanwhile Joe Montana played better the more pressure there was. He went to four Superbowls and won all four and was the MVP in three of the games with Jerry Rice being the MVP in the other game. In his four super bowls he beat other hall of fame quarterbacks Marino, Esiason, and Elway.

58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places,
And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 When God heard this, he was wroth,
And greatly abhorred Israel;
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
The tent which he placed among men;
61 And delivered his strength into captivity,

And his glory into the adversary’s hand.

I think it is quite interesting that the two best quarterbacks ever in the NFL were drafted 82nd (Joe Montana) and 199th (Tom Brady). How is it that people who are supposed to be experts at identifying talent and who are supposed to be more concerned about quarterback than any other position could get it so wrong? These two didn't make anyone jealous. They were not college idols. God abhors that.

Right now if you look you will discover a few very charismatic, very popular preachers. They have huge congregations (mega churches) which they fill every week. By every measure their ministry is very successful and yet we have heard from numerous prophets that God abhors them. They have high places, and graven images. They worship fame and fortune rather than the crucified Lord.

I saw a very interesting clip about a young high school kid who was competing on this talent show. Before he began singing one of the judges asked him if he thought he had a chance of winning. He said he didn't see why not. But what went through my head was "It depends, is this a beauty contest or a talent contest?" He would not have had a chance winning a beauty contest, but a talent contest, he was a shoe in for the finals.
 

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The name of the ones bringing you the Mark of the Beast

Strange as it may seem they are giving US sovereignty to all kinds of crazy acronyms these days. Peculiar names. For example, in three days the US will sign away the authority to jab Americans to W.H.O. And they haven't even told us what is in those jabs, all we do know is the lawyer for all these guys advises them to simply say "I don't know".

Yes, that is what I want to find out, who is this world leader.

Yes.

The name of the world leader that will be able to force us to get the jab?

W.H.O.

Do you know the name?


Yes.

Well then who is it that will have this power?


Yes.

The one with all the power?


W.H.O.

I mean the name of the one with all the power?


W.H.O.

What are you asking me for!!


I'm not askin, I'm tellin, W.H.O. will have all the power.

I'm asking you, who is going to have all the power?


Yep, you got it.

That's who's name?


Yes.

I assume these overlords want to be paid to force you to take the mark of the beast?


You bet, of course they do.

So then every month when they deduct the money from your paycheck, who gets the money?


Why shouldn't they. Sometimes Biden will even go to their place on his knees to give them the money.

Who?

Yes, after all they earn it, overseeing a worldwide holocaust while bringing the man of sin to power is no easy thing.

Who does?

Absolutely.

That is all I am trying to find out, what is the name of the guy jabbing us.


No, what is the thing in the jab.

I'm not asking who put what in the jab?


No, W.H.O did not put anything in the jab.

Is there something in the jab that is bad?


Yes.

Did someone put something in the jab that is bad?


Obviously, it didn't just spontaneously appear.

Who did that?

No, W.H.O. is the one to force you take the jab not the one that made the jab.
 

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Mark 4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables: 12 that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.

I think this bothers many believers. It sounds like people are hearing the gospel in parables so that they wouldn't understand. But actually what it is saying is you have to repent (turn) in order to be forgiven, and only then can you see. Turn from what? Sin and all that of course, but specifically pride. Unbelievers will mock and ridicule and think they are so smart. That pride and arrogance is what is taking them to the fall. That is what they must repent of so that they could be forgiven of their pride, only then will they be able to see the kingdom and understand.
 

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Let the word do all the work

Mark 4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth; 27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

Our job is to witness. We need to speak. You can witness in writing, or spoken or by drawing a picture. But one way or another you need to witness. You don't need to make sure the seeds germinate. That process happens underground, hidden from your eyes.

The job of a church and a pastor is to water that plant. To weed that plant and protect it from predators.

Think of the word of God as a big huge machine like an 18 wheeler. You can haul a ton of stuff in an 18 wheeler and for the driver it is a relatively easy job. You sit in a chair, turn the wheel a little and step on a few pedals. The machine is doing all the work. It is the same with the word of God, let the word do all the work.
 

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What does a counterfeit church look like?

Mark 4:30 And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth, 32 yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.

He doesn't say this is the kingdom of God, rather this is "liken to" the kingdom of God. It is a counterfeit. A real mustard plant doesn't look like this.

Some wonder how do we know the truth? Go to a church that looks like a giant oak tree filled with birds roosting and that is a counterfeit. Go to a church that is a humble little herb that repels pests, no birds can roost in the branches, that is the real thing.

The birds are the ones stealing the word of God, they need a roost, someplace that will give them a good income and home. The more birds roosting in the branches the more sure you are that it is a fraud. Think of these big national and international denominations.
 

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What does a counterfeit church look like?

Mark 4:30 And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth, 32 yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.

He doesn't say this is the kingdom of God, rather this is "liken to" the kingdom of God. It is a counterfeit. A real mustard plant doesn't look like this.

Some wonder how do we know the truth? Go to a church that looks like a giant oak tree filled with birds roosting and that is a counterfeit. Go to a church that is a humble little herb that repels pests, no birds can roost in the branches, that is the real thing.

The birds are the ones stealing the word of God, they need a roost, someplace that will give them a good income and home. The more birds roosting in the branches the more sure you are that it is a fraud. Think of these big national and international denominations.
Why is the church likened to a mustard plant?

The church is not the meal, Jesus is the meal. His blood is the wine, His body is the bread. But every church and every pastor and every minister of the word is like a condiment. They have a certain flavor. Pastor Sandy has a very specific flavor, not the same as Chuck Missler, not the same as Dr. Barry Awe, not the same as God a Minute. Vicki Goforth Parnell has a very unique flavor and U B Ready also has a very unique flavor.

Some flavors are overpowering, some are a little weird, some are sweet, some are salty, and some are spicy. But in every case the spices are just humble herbs like mustard and garlic and chili peppers.
 

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WHY EVERYONE MUST WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING MARCH 1, 2023 (PART 3)
 

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Matthew 7:6 How do you get the gift of discernment

We had a discussion about Matthew 7:6, I disagreed with the interpretation that “Do not give dogs what is sacred” refers to people that we might accidentally preach the gospel to but shouldn’t. Discernment is a gift of the Holy Spirit and judging unrighteousness is a requirement to be sanctified. In the New Testament we are taught how to discern false prophets (you will know them by their fruit) and we are taught to crucify the works of the flesh.

However, I pointed out that the context doesn’t make any sense, telling us “do not judge or you too will be judged” and then telling us to judge certain people as dogs and swine seems very wrong. So then, how can we understand this?

Matthew 7:1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Let’s use an example, suppose we take someone who is clearly serving Satan to destroy the Kingdom of God. He isn’t just trying to arrest saints, get them fired, close down churches, he is even involved in stoning them to death. Yes, let’s consider Saul of Tarsus.

10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered. 11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. 12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.” 13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem. 14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”


So here is an interesting account and I would like to focus on Ananias use of the name “Lord” for Jesus. When you say that Jesus is Lord you are saying that Jesus is the one who judges. When you judge, you usurp the Lordship of Christ. That said, being a servant of the Lord doesn’t mean we aren’t allowed to talk to him. Perhaps Jesus has been very busy up in heaven and wasn’t aware that Saul of Tarsus has come to do God’s people harm. Perhaps the Lord doesn’t know that Saul has come with authority from the chief priests to arrest the Christians. Maybe once Ananias tells Jesus about this He’ll say “Oh, my bad, let’s preach the gospel to someone else”. There is no harm in bringing this up to Him.

15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. 16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”


Did you see that? In Matthew 7 it begins with judge not lest you be judged, then it says

3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?

This prayer has removed the plank from Ananias eye.

Let's review the story. Consider the sin and unrighteousness of the chief priests? They arrest Peter, the Angel lets them out and they go and preach in the temple. So when they send to get them and bring them before the Sanhedrin they aren’t in prison they are in the temple preaching! That was a warning, they didn’t heed it, so now they give their disciple Saul marching orders to arrest them and then he gets converted and now he is preaching. Jesus is holding these religious leaders in derision. This is how God is glorified in all that we do.

17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, 19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength.


Wow, again, this is what the Lord said in

Matthew 7: 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

So yes, Ananias does remove the speck from Saul’s eye, and yes there were some issues with Saul. But this thought that “we don’t give that which is holy to the dogs” refers to Saul was the plank that needed to be removed from Ananias' eye.

So then, what about the gift of discernment? All the gifts are like pearls that are in an earthen vessel. Ananias was the earthen vessel, Jesus’ gift of the Holy Spirit was the pearl. Who had the genuine gift of discernment, all those who thought Saul was a dog and we don’t cast our pearls before dogs, or Ananias? Jesus Christ, living in you, is “the gift of discernment”. He is like a geiger counter, He can give you a vision, a dream, or have some person speak a word of warning. The gift of discernment is simply learning to listen to the Lord!

How about our judging of unrighteousness? Again, you have a whole lot of Christians praying curses on the chief priests and Saul on one hand, and on the other you have Ananias laying hands on Saul. Where was the unrighteousness truly judged?

6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

The gift of discernment is a pearl, if you want that gift you need to let Him deal with your dog nature and swine nature, and all your natural concepts.
 

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Compare and contrast Luke with Matthew and Mark

Matthew 24:22 And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

Mark 13:20 And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.


This word is not in Luke. Again, Luke appears to be a word to the saints prior to the tribulation. The last two thousand years have not been "shortened" so that flesh could be saved.

However, Mark is to the "elect" during the first 42 months of the tribulation when the tribulation saints will be saved and Matthew is to the Jews during the second 42 months of the tribulation when they will be saved.
 

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Only in Luke

Luke 6:24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. 25 Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

This should wake you up to the tribulation. No Christians will be rich, no one will receive consolation, no one is going to be full, no one will be laughing, no one will be speaking well of Christians during the tribulation. This is only in Luke.

We need to take this to heart. Certainly contrary to the "prosperity gospel". If you are "full" now, if you are not hungering for righteousness, if you are rich, if you are not looking for a better city, if you are laughing and cackling about how wise and clever you are then you are not mourning over the sins and unrighteousness.

Finally if everyone is speaking well of you in this very nasty cancel culture and full on censorship culture then surely woe is unto you. They are arresting pastors for speaking the word of God saying they are giving aid to those who cause mischief! It is stunning what is considered a "crime" these days and what isn't. So often you hear of this or that one who the fact checkers have determined is not telling the truth only for us to learn a few months later that oops it was a mistake. I feel you should judge someone not simply by those that speak well of them but also by those who speak evil of them. If no one is opposing you then it is hard to believe you are speaking the word of God.
 

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Hosea 13 -- Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction?

1 When Ephraim spoke, people trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.

At the time of Eisenhower the US was exalted in the world. He warned us of the insidious influence of the military industrial complex. Then JFK was assassinated, the second warning. Then RFK was assassinated, the third warning. Then Watergate riveted the nation as we saw the corruption at the highest levels spying on each other and lying about it.

2 Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen.

The FISA scandal reveals that during Obama’s presidency they approved warrants for the NSA to spy on the Trump campaign under the pretense of national security. Clinton paid to have the Steel dossier created to slander Trump and lay the groundwork for three years of independent investigations, but in the end it showed that Clinton and the government were corrupt. They impeached Trump because they thought he was colluding with the Ukrainian government to discredit Biden. But at the same time this is going on the FBI is holding evidence that exonerated Trump and convicts Biden. When this evidence finally does see the light of day the press censors it and refuses to listen and makes lie after lie about it. The press doesn’t ask Biden relevant questions about the information, instead saying it was Russian disinformation. Biden gets 50 retired agents to say the Hunter Biden laptop “has the appearance of a disinformation campaign” even though they also admit they have not seen any of the evidence. Biden then claims their opinions as authoritative. They have some of the most skilled craftsmen operating their spin and lie department.

It is said of these people, “They offer human sacrifices! They kiss calf-idols!”

Bobulinski was a human sacrifice. To sell out the country in exchange for money is to “kiss the calf idols”.

3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears, like chaff swirling from a threshing floor, like smoke escaping through a window.

Amen Lord! Right now it seems all but certain that Biden's victory will disappear like the morning mist, the early dew, the dust in the wind, or smoke escaping out the window. In the morning after Biden's "victory" it was foggy like morning mist that burns off as the sun rises. Today the majority of Americans feel his victory was fraudulent. The promises of Biden to bring stability and dignity back to the office and Kamala promising to eliminate the human rights abuses at the border, they were like the early dew that disappears. Listening to Jen Psaki tell us she'll "circle back" on that, or Fauci tell us more lies, or Biden tell us more lies is just like chaff swirling from the threshing floor. Afghanistan is a catastrophe like a very bad cook who completely burns dinner. You open the window, you try to get the smoke out, and yet as bad as that was, and as bad as the inflation is, or the millions who have come across our border or the collapse in safety in our major cities we now have Russian troops invading the Ukraine. After a year like this you wonder what Biden can do for an encore. How about WWIII and the start of the Tribulation?

4 “But I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me.

I was very encouraged to see the street filled with protestors taking a knee in prayer. We acknowledge no God but the Lord Jesus, no Savior but Jesus. This is what it takes to get Christians to become serious, to pray, and to get revival.

5 I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat. 6 When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.

This country began by trusting in God. But they quickly became proud and now, two hundred years later not only have they forgotten the Lord you aren’t allowed to mention Him.

7 So I will be like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

This is fair, if you aren’t allowed to mention the Lord then of course you aren’t allowed to warn them they are about to attacked by Him. More people are coming across the US border every month than entered France on D Day. The US will get jumped like being caught by a lion by surprise.

8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart.

They thought they could rob God of His children. They thought they could attack his flock like wolves. They thought they could rip babies out of their mother’s womb, well you reap what you sow. Look at what is happening with CRT and these communists trying to turn our kids against their parents. This is what they have been doing to God and He is going to respond just like a bear robbed of her cubs. We are seeing people loose in our streets who are acting like wild animals.

9 “You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper. 10 Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?

This truth is being played out before our eyes. There is a parallel, a shadow, a type with what is happening in this country and what we have done to the Lord. You can look at what Trump has done as far as his policies and a fair evaluation will agree that these things were done to help the US. They help people who are out of work, they help industries that were destroyed by previous policies, they help us by keeping us out of wars. You can argue about climate change but if you look at emissions we have had the biggest decrease in emissions over the last four years as we have had with any prior administration. At the same time it is very evident that the media is against him, the tech giants are against him, the Chinese are against him, and many of these states are trying to game the election because they are against him. So if you don’t understand what the Lord is talking about and you need a concrete example you can see in “real life” well there it is.

11 So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath I took him away.

Think about that. For four years we had Mueller investigations and impeachment hearings. Now when you can look back and say “hmm, maybe I was wrong” now God is going to take him away and give you what? Britain is called "the mother of harlots" with the US, Canada, and Australia her harlots. Canada has gone full totalitarian state, as has Australia. The US will be next.

12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up, his sins are kept on record.

You got a man with “a laptop from hell”. It has stored up all of his sins, kept a record of every one. There are many people who confirm each and every sordid detail.

13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him, but he is a child without wisdom; when the time arrives, he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.

This is a time to stand up for truth, for light, for justice. Freedom is not free, now is the time to take a stand. You want to drain the swamp? Well on the other end of this fishing line we have Leviathan.

14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction?

This is what we are praying for. There is no God like our God, no Savior like our savior. This is a proper end to this age that began with swamp creatures crucifying our Lord. The rapture will be the fulfillment of this promise.

“I will have no compassion, 15 even though he thrives among his brothers. An east wind from the Lord will come, blowing in from the desert; his spring will fail and his well dry up. His storehouse will be plundered of all its treasures.

The rapture will come on them like a thief in the night. Crooks and thieves do not produce anything, they are parasites, they need the faithful servants of the Lord to keep this country running. When those are raptured they will wake up and realize they have been plundered of all their treasure. The East wind for Israel is coming from the desert and will dry up the land.

16 The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.”

This judgement must take place. Fall by the sword tells you that war will come to the US. For little ones to be killed and pregnant women ripped open tells you this will take place on our soil, in our cities.
 

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Matthew 12 -- 99 Trumpets

1 At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat. 2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him; 4 how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? 6 But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here. 7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

I am not at all interested in going over this doctrine about whether or not Christians need to keep the sabbath. I am bored senseless with that argument. Jesus is the Lord of the sabbath. If you keep that day, do it unto the Lord, if you don’t keep that day, do it unto the Lord. Jesus did not do away with the Sabbath, rather He said that He is the Lord of the Sabbath. If He wants the church to celebrate the day of resurrection, then that is up to Him. However, if you do keep the Sabbath at the very least keep the real sabbath, it is the 7th day, the first day of each month is when you see the first sliver of the new moon. The sabbath is not "Saturday", it is based on the new moon being the first of each month.

That said, what I am interested in is that today we have an equally untouchable topic: the rapture. We have a long history of false prophets claiming they knew the day and making those that follow them look like fools. As a result “you don’t know the day nor the hour” has become enshrined in our doctrine so that many wonderful saints who love the Lord interpret that word to mean “we don’t know the day nor the hour, so it isn’t important to look at any of the prophecies, as long as you are right with the Lord it doesn’t matter.”

9 And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue: 10 and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him. 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12 How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day. 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

So we have two examples here. We have the disciples that are plucking grains and eating them, and the Bible is filled with little morsels that tell us about the rapture. We also have those who have bought into this doctrine that Jesus’ word means we can’t know so don’t talk about it. They have a withered hand. In this chapter you need to stretch it out.

15 And Jesus perceiving it withdrew from thence: and many followed him; and he healed them all, 16 and charged them that they should not make him known: 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 18 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.

Hold it a second, Jesus violated the Jewish laws concerning the Sabbath twice in this chapter so doesn’t that give me license to do the same? No. Jesus is Lord. He didn’t violate the laws because He is Lord of the Sabbath. However, I am not. It will be the Lord who has the Last word on this, the “last trumpet”. I am simply attempting to give the 99 trumpets that proceed the last trumpet. I am sharing with you the grains I have collected during this very long Sabbath rest of the lockdown.

22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons. 25 And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26 and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

So not only will we be discussing the rapture, but also the casting out of demons and the fall of Satan’s kingdom. Right now this present scandal with Biden has split this country and is causing the collapse as all the demons are cast out of the government. Just this week I have seen hundreds of pedophiles in Florida and Texas arrested. The demons are being cast out.

29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

Russia declared certain portions of Ukraine to belong to Russia. China has made very clear threats of war against Taiwan, and Iran has made very clear threats of war against Israel. With the humiliating defeat and exit from Afghanistan there has never been a more dangerous time for the US. What most Americans are too naive or blind to see that for China to take Taiwan the US is the strong man that needs to be bound, likewise for Iran to take Israel and Russia to take the Ukraine. What unites these three countries is that they all see the US as the strong man which needs to be bound.

30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Apply this rule to Russia, China, and Iran. They realize that anyone who is not with them is against them, ie the US.

31 Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

Right now you can repent and seek forgiveness of any sin and it will be forgiven you but there is one thing that you could do that could really stumble you, blasphemy against the Spirit. This is spoken in context of Jesus breaking their rules about the Sabbath. He says you can reject that He is Lord of the Sabbath, you can speak against the Son of Man and you can still be forgiven. You can disagree with the things that I am about to share and that is not a big deal. But if you reject the word of God, if you reject the Holy Bible, if you Blaspheme against that, well that is a different matter. You can say “what about this verse” or “what about that verse” or “I’m not so sure about this” or “I want to hear what some elders that I trust have to say about this”. That is fine, but if you deny the Bible that is a very different matter. It’s like Ben Shapiro says, we can debate the interpretation of the facts, but the facts are the facts. The Bible is the Bible.
 

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Ridiculous. They told you that you are not welcome, shake off the dust as a testimony against them and leave. You don't have to wait till you are fired so you can then sue. Forget that. If all these sixty will leave with James and start anew they would be funded immediately and they would have over 250,000 subscribers immediately and you know that Bannon and Tucker will highlight the new arrangement.

Mark 6:7 And he calleth unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits; 8 and he charged them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse; 9 but to go shod with sandals: and, said he, put not on two coats. 10 And he said unto them, Wheresoever ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart thence. 11 And whatsoever place shall not receive you, and they hear you not, as ye go forth thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony unto them. 12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
 

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He makes a fascinating point about the 2nd Passover.

My thinking about the rapture is that it will be followed by 3 days of darkness as the fallen angels are kicked out of heaven and for the tribulation saints it will kick off the 40 days fasting in the wilderness. It seems that like Lazarus being raised from the grave it will be a week before Palm Sunday which would put it right at the end of this month prior to Nisan 1. So then this 40 days fasting would take us to the tenth day of the second month, just in time for the tribulation saints to prepare for the 2nd Passover seeing they missed the first one because of the dead body (the apostate church) which caused them to miss the rapture.
 

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Matthew 12:33-50 The Men of Nineveh will stand up in judgement with this generation

33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

OK, so the atheists will deny God, they will blaspheme the word of God, etc. If you do that you can’t be saved because to be saved you have to first believe that God is, and that God is the savior of those who turn to Him. So what those that fear God but have really not been good and faithful servants of the Lord will do is to mock, trivialize, or try to silence this word. They are riding the fence. The Lord says make a choice, either make your tree good full of good fruit or make it corrupt full of the corrupt fruit you see on TV and in Hollywood. Changing the subject to something less controversial is not a wise strategy because you will have to give account for every idle word you have spoken. You want to be justified at the Lord’s appearing, well it will be based on the words you have spoken.

38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet: 40 for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

If you stumble with this sign then you will not be able to see anything more. Let’s face it, if you don’t believe Jesus rose from the dead you don’t believe the church will be raptured. Jesus was the first fruit, the church is the harvest. Passover takes place at the beginning of the season, and Jesus was resurrected at the time of the earliest harvest, the Barley harvest. The church is resurrected (raptured) at the end of the age, when the last harvest is brought in. Even if there are multiple raptures just as there are multiple harvests, it will take place at the end of the age.

41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Jonah he was marching down the streets of Nineveh protesting their abuses of holding the Jews as slaves. There were also protests about animal rights at the same time (the Lord in trying to explain to Jonah why He isn’t going to just wipe out the city argues that not only would it kill the people but a lot of animals too). Also, it isn’t just the people who needed to repent, again read Jonah, it says the cows had to repent as well. Why? Cow farts were causing climate change. Did your head just explode, read the book, Jonah is sitting near the city watching for it to be destroyed and a hot wind comes up killing the plant that is giving him shade. He makes it very clear he cares more about the plant than the people, the essence of the climate change protests. Not only so but God looks down and sees that all the people repented from the least to the greatest, even the evil king in his house. Do you remember the signs they painted on the streets saying “Black Lives Matter”. So when God looks down He can see we have repented. They painted that outside the Whitehouse and even in front of Trump’s Tower in Manhattan. Right now we have a greater than Jesus here, you don’t like what I am about to share, that is going to be tough at the judgement seat when the people of Nineveh come out and condemn you.

42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

There is a prophecy in the Bible that says He told us “the end from the beginning”. The very first word in the Bible is “beginning” though in english we say “in the beginning”. This word in Hebrew is Beresheet, it is composed of six Hebrew letters. Look up the Beresheet prophecy on Youtube, it is quite amazing. The entire story of the Lord's salvation is there, in that word. I cannot do justice to the message. But these prophecies are the same thing. He told us the end from the beginning.

43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

Right now the world is in good order. The electricity is working, the internet is working, my computer is working, the streets are relatively safe. After the rapture all bets are off. The demons being kicked out right now, being exposed, being shamed will find many empty houses, and those who stand against them for the most part have never taken a stand for righteousness. It will be rough, I guess that is why they call it the Great Tribulation.

46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. 47 And one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking to speak to thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

This should encourage all of us. Who will be raptured? Who will be rescued? Whoever does the will of the Father, my Father who is in heaven.