Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men
7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
We will all be judged and receive a judgement that will stand for eternity. How can you cast someone to hell without absolute proof of guilt? Hence, Jesus must be delivered into hands of sinful men, they will have no excuse.
7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
We will all be judged and receive a judgement that will stand for eternity. How can you cast someone to hell without absolute proof of guilt? Hence, Jesus must be delivered into hands of sinful men, they will have no excuse.
Luke 24:26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
Who do you want to be king? Someone that the elites picked to be ruler or a guy who was a shepherd, working alongside of you, who defeated giants, wrought victories over the enemy and can sympathize with the struggles that we each have?
Who do you want to be king? Someone that the elites picked to be ruler or a guy who was a shepherd, working alongside of you, who defeated giants, wrought victories over the enemy and can sympathize with the struggles that we each have?
Isaiah 26:1-11 -- Do you see what I see?
1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
This day refers to the Feast of Trumpets and is prophetic for the end of this age. I like this song, this coming cataclysmic event is evidence that there is no savior but our God and there is salvation in no other name.
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
This verse refers to the rapture of the saints.
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
The saints are raptured to a place of perfect peace during the tribulation.
5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
While the saints are kept in heaven the Lord will bring down the arrogant to the dust. These aren’t saints, so they must be unbelievers. Many believers have the mistaken understanding that we have nothing to do with what is happening on the world, or with the leaders of these countries. The bible weaves the story of what is happening to both together. One verse it is the rapture, the next verse is the judgement on the corrupt rulers.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
This is justice, as they have done it will be done to you. They tread down the poor and needy, so it is only right that they are tread upon by the poor and needy. We have been commanded to love others as the Lord loved us. He loved us when we were in sin, when we were dead in our sins and offenses. Then we are told to love in deed, not just words. So it is a commandment of the Lord that we stand in defense of unbelievers, sinners, and those who are in sins.
7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Those who are raptured are judged. You have the wise and foolish virgins who either did or did not prepare. You also have those who are taken in the field and in the bed, while others are left behind. You have those who are feeding God’s people when the Lord returns and you have those who are burying their talent and feasting with the world.
9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
This will begin the millennial kingdom of Christ where His judgements are in the earth and the world will learn righteousness. It begins with the world reaping what they have sown during the tribulation.
10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
Many do not understand why the Lord tarries in His judgement, but it is to prove this point. Shewing the wicked favor does not result in their repentance from evil. Likewise, they see a land of uprightness as a prime opportunity to run their scams since people are naturally trusting. Regardless of how much you might speak on the majesty of the Lord they will refuse to see it.
11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
And this is why the end of this age is a time of rejoicing for some and a time of woe for others. Do you see the Lord’s majesty? Do you see that His hand is lifted up? Deal with your envy, because when the Lord judges it is like a forest fire that devours up all the dried out trees.
1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
This day refers to the Feast of Trumpets and is prophetic for the end of this age. I like this song, this coming cataclysmic event is evidence that there is no savior but our God and there is salvation in no other name.
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
This verse refers to the rapture of the saints.
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
The saints are raptured to a place of perfect peace during the tribulation.
5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
While the saints are kept in heaven the Lord will bring down the arrogant to the dust. These aren’t saints, so they must be unbelievers. Many believers have the mistaken understanding that we have nothing to do with what is happening on the world, or with the leaders of these countries. The bible weaves the story of what is happening to both together. One verse it is the rapture, the next verse is the judgement on the corrupt rulers.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
This is justice, as they have done it will be done to you. They tread down the poor and needy, so it is only right that they are tread upon by the poor and needy. We have been commanded to love others as the Lord loved us. He loved us when we were in sin, when we were dead in our sins and offenses. Then we are told to love in deed, not just words. So it is a commandment of the Lord that we stand in defense of unbelievers, sinners, and those who are in sins.
7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Those who are raptured are judged. You have the wise and foolish virgins who either did or did not prepare. You also have those who are taken in the field and in the bed, while others are left behind. You have those who are feeding God’s people when the Lord returns and you have those who are burying their talent and feasting with the world.
9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
This will begin the millennial kingdom of Christ where His judgements are in the earth and the world will learn righteousness. It begins with the world reaping what they have sown during the tribulation.
10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
Many do not understand why the Lord tarries in His judgement, but it is to prove this point. Shewing the wicked favor does not result in their repentance from evil. Likewise, they see a land of uprightness as a prime opportunity to run their scams since people are naturally trusting. Regardless of how much you might speak on the majesty of the Lord they will refuse to see it.
11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
And this is why the end of this age is a time of rejoicing for some and a time of woe for others. Do you see the Lord’s majesty? Do you see that His hand is lifted up? Deal with your envy, because when the Lord judges it is like a forest fire that devours up all the dried out trees.
Isaiah 26:12-21 Open ye the gates
12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
The church is the Lord’s masterpiece, He has been building it for 2,000 years and the end of the age is a display of all the works He has wrought in us.
13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Human history also testifies to the greatness of our Lord. We discover every day that many, many societies that existed previously have all been visited, destroyed and their memory has perished. What is it that makes Israel special? It is the Bible.
15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. 16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. 17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
This is the great sign in heaven that we saw September 2017, and which John wrote about in Revelation 12. Our prayers are precious to God and God's answer to our prayers is precious to us. This is what makes our experiences special.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
At the time of the Lord’s coming the people of God will be in pain, like birth pains, crying out to Him. The world may be rejoicing, but once the baby is born and caught up to heaven (the first rapture) then the world’s rejoicing will turn to sorrow and God’s people will be the ones rejoicing.
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
The dead in Christ rise and then those of us who remain will also be with the Lord in the air. Hymns of praise and worship, that is what makes a celebration special. We have the word, we have answered prayers, we have songs of praise and we have testimonies of those who have been raised from the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
During the Tribulation those that are raptured are able to hide in these chambers till the Lord’s indignation is past. But what will the situation be like? The Lord will be indignant at the sins and abusive behavior of the corrupt leaders. Reading this chapter I was apprehensive, not another chapter about a zombie apocalypse, or gloomy dark demons released from their chains to go chase down the Lord's enemies on Earth. But we don't have to see that, we can hide in our chambers for a moment while the Lord's indignation is past.
21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
This is a picture of the end of this age. It begins with the festival of trumpets and this chapter in Isaiah is always read during this festival. After the rapture we have the four horsemen of the apocalypse followed by the fifth seal where the martyrs are revealed and their blood under the altar is disclosed. What are the horsemen? The Gospel and the false gospel (represented by the White horse), war, famine and plague. What we will learn is that there are many, many people responsible for these atrocities that the Lord will punish at this time. A lot of blood guiltiness will be revealed and punished.
12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
The church is the Lord’s masterpiece, He has been building it for 2,000 years and the end of the age is a display of all the works He has wrought in us.
13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Human history also testifies to the greatness of our Lord. We discover every day that many, many societies that existed previously have all been visited, destroyed and their memory has perished. What is it that makes Israel special? It is the Bible.
15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. 16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. 17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
This is the great sign in heaven that we saw September 2017, and which John wrote about in Revelation 12. Our prayers are precious to God and God's answer to our prayers is precious to us. This is what makes our experiences special.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
At the time of the Lord’s coming the people of God will be in pain, like birth pains, crying out to Him. The world may be rejoicing, but once the baby is born and caught up to heaven (the first rapture) then the world’s rejoicing will turn to sorrow and God’s people will be the ones rejoicing.
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
The dead in Christ rise and then those of us who remain will also be with the Lord in the air. Hymns of praise and worship, that is what makes a celebration special. We have the word, we have answered prayers, we have songs of praise and we have testimonies of those who have been raised from the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
During the Tribulation those that are raptured are able to hide in these chambers till the Lord’s indignation is past. But what will the situation be like? The Lord will be indignant at the sins and abusive behavior of the corrupt leaders. Reading this chapter I was apprehensive, not another chapter about a zombie apocalypse, or gloomy dark demons released from their chains to go chase down the Lord's enemies on Earth. But we don't have to see that, we can hide in our chambers for a moment while the Lord's indignation is past.
21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
This is a picture of the end of this age. It begins with the festival of trumpets and this chapter in Isaiah is always read during this festival. After the rapture we have the four horsemen of the apocalypse followed by the fifth seal where the martyrs are revealed and their blood under the altar is disclosed. What are the horsemen? The Gospel and the false gospel (represented by the White horse), war, famine and plague. What we will learn is that there are many, many people responsible for these atrocities that the Lord will punish at this time. A lot of blood guiltiness will be revealed and punished.
Are there any signs we would expect to see prior to the rapture?
One type of the Rapture is when Solomon is crowned king. Prior to his coronation Adonijah tries to become king with his own coronation. So we see a type of the Antichrist attempt to be crowned king over the world immediately beforehand. So it is possible that the crowning of King Charles is a very big sign.
In the type with Absalom he rebels against David, drives him from Jerusalem, humiliates his ten concubines in public and all that appears to be similar to this Biden administration with all the Executive orders he signed from Day 1. Everyone feels he is being run by some Deep State puppeteers and we have that in the Absalom story with Ahithophel. Also there was a double agent, and that would be similar to this story about Q. So everything we are seeing with Trump and Biden can be considered a very big sign.
In the type of Samson, when he pushes out the two pillars this is a picture of the church, the pillar and base of the truth, being taken out of the way and causing the entire worldly system to collapse. I would liken this to the January 6th prisoners, they were deceived by Feds just like Samson was deceived by Delilah. The house of congress is likened to a temple, and so this whole thing with the Jan 6 trial can be seen as a very big sign of the imminent return of the Lord.
In Joel we are told that a worldwide pandemic that shuts down the entire economy is God declaring a sabbath rest prior to the day of the Lord. So the worldwide pandemic in 2020 is a very big sign that the day of the Lord is at hand.
One type of the Rapture is when Solomon is crowned king. Prior to his coronation Adonijah tries to become king with his own coronation. So we see a type of the Antichrist attempt to be crowned king over the world immediately beforehand. So it is possible that the crowning of King Charles is a very big sign.
In the type with Absalom he rebels against David, drives him from Jerusalem, humiliates his ten concubines in public and all that appears to be similar to this Biden administration with all the Executive orders he signed from Day 1. Everyone feels he is being run by some Deep State puppeteers and we have that in the Absalom story with Ahithophel. Also there was a double agent, and that would be similar to this story about Q. So everything we are seeing with Trump and Biden can be considered a very big sign.
In the type of Samson, when he pushes out the two pillars this is a picture of the church, the pillar and base of the truth, being taken out of the way and causing the entire worldly system to collapse. I would liken this to the January 6th prisoners, they were deceived by Feds just like Samson was deceived by Delilah. The house of congress is likened to a temple, and so this whole thing with the Jan 6 trial can be seen as a very big sign of the imminent return of the Lord.
In Joel we are told that a worldwide pandemic that shuts down the entire economy is God declaring a sabbath rest prior to the day of the Lord. So the worldwide pandemic in 2020 is a very big sign that the day of the Lord is at hand.
Anointing the Man of Sin
https://www.whitecloudfarm.org/article-series/go-ye-out/the-pinnacle/anointing-the-man-of-sin
https://www.whitecloudfarm.org/article-series/go-ye-out/the-pinnacle/anointing-the-man-of-sin
So what is going on, Passover, 2nd Passover, Shavuot, and Pentecost?
1Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
We are running a race. You can say the race began when Jesus breathed into us on the day of resurrection to receive the Holy Spirit. However, that was not the day the church began. Jesus said that the church is a new wine skin to contain the new wine. The church began the race on the day of Pentecost.
Jesus ministry was a race and "it was finished" when He gave up the Spirit on the cross.
We also are running a race and that race ends with us being crucified with Christ. According to Philippians if we are in the likeness of the Lord's death then we will be raised in the likeness of His resurrection. Paul calls that the outstanding resurrection. That must be a reference to the rapture, there is no similar reference to the day of Pentecost. Rather the Lord says to wait there until the Spirit is poured out. That is the start of the race.
The race begins for the church at Pentecost and ends at the cross. However, we missed the first one, Jesus alone was crucified there because we were dead in our offenses and sins. Therefore we will need to keep the second passover with Him and that is where we will be "crucified with Christ".
But what about Pentecost? In the book of Acts the apostles were "left behind" as Jesus ascended to the heavens. They had a job to do, a ministry to fulfill, and they needed to wait on the Lord in prayer until the Spirit falls on them. I suspect that is what will happen during the tribulation.
When Adonijah tried to become king instead of Solomon several members of David's family came to him and asked why Adonijah was crowned king when David had promised it to Solomon. So Solomon's coronation comes after Adonijah was crowned. However, when David learns about this he has Solomon crowned immediately and all the guests at Adonijahs crowning were still there at the banquet. Today King Charles was crowned, tomorrow there is a banquet. In the story with Solomon there were trumpets, the city was in an uproar, Solomon is riding David's mule, a very stubborn animal, and no one at Adonijah's banquet knows what is going on. Imagine there is a rapture at the same time as the banquet and no one at the banquet is raptured. The city of London would be in an uproar but they would have no idea what is going on. Then they would go home in shame, the first will be last and the last first. The first being all the elites invited to Adonijah's banquet and the last being all those who were despised and rejected by the elites.
No one knows, that is obvious, but if every word in the Bible is about Jesus, you have to ask what is this word about 2nd passover about? Obviously Jesus was not defiled by a dead body, so then He is the one who was on a long journey? Since Jesus kept the first passover in His first coming and has been on a long journey since then I have to believe that He will keep 2nd Passover when He returns from this long journey and He will keep it with us who were defiled with a dead body and so did not keep the first passover.
Now I know many associate Pentecost with Shavuot, but I have found that to be extremely hard to believe. First, the Bible says Jesus appeared to the disciples 40 times before His ascension, it does not say those were 40 consecutive days, not only so but the Bible makes it very clear those were not 40 consecutive days. Read the account, the 2nd time that Jesus appeared to the disciples was a week after the first time. So it is absolutely not Biblical to think that Ascension day was 40 days after the resurrection. Second, Shavuot will never, ever be 50 days after resurrection day. That is a fact. You count 7 weeks and then the next day is Shavuot. However, two of those Sabbaths are "new moon sabbaths which can be 2-3 days". Third, the Bible never, ever refers to Shavuot as Pentecost. You count sabbaths, you do not count days. Fourth, every single critical event in Jesus life occurs on a feast day, His birth, His death, His burial, His resurrection. So how could His ascension occur on some non feast day? The picture of Moses going up the mountain, alone, on Shavuot is a picture of Jesus ascending to God. Then there is a feast day fifty days later which is the feast of new wine, it is not mentioned in Old Testament, but since it is fulfilled by the church that would make sense. Fifth, during the feast of Pentecost people joked that the disciples were drunk on new wine, that would make no sense fifty days before the new wine is made, but would make perfect sense on Pentecost. Sixth, Jesus said that you don't put new wine into old wine skins, the church is a new wine skin. Jesus sacrifice on the cross gave us that new wine skin and then He told the disciples to wait until they were filled with the Spirit as the new wine.
So then if you want to go with a "pentecost rapture" you are talking about late July, you are well into the height of the summer, not at the start of the summer.
1Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
We are running a race. You can say the race began when Jesus breathed into us on the day of resurrection to receive the Holy Spirit. However, that was not the day the church began. Jesus said that the church is a new wine skin to contain the new wine. The church began the race on the day of Pentecost.
Jesus ministry was a race and "it was finished" when He gave up the Spirit on the cross.
We also are running a race and that race ends with us being crucified with Christ. According to Philippians if we are in the likeness of the Lord's death then we will be raised in the likeness of His resurrection. Paul calls that the outstanding resurrection. That must be a reference to the rapture, there is no similar reference to the day of Pentecost. Rather the Lord says to wait there until the Spirit is poured out. That is the start of the race.
The race begins for the church at Pentecost and ends at the cross. However, we missed the first one, Jesus alone was crucified there because we were dead in our offenses and sins. Therefore we will need to keep the second passover with Him and that is where we will be "crucified with Christ".
But what about Pentecost? In the book of Acts the apostles were "left behind" as Jesus ascended to the heavens. They had a job to do, a ministry to fulfill, and they needed to wait on the Lord in prayer until the Spirit falls on them. I suspect that is what will happen during the tribulation.
When Adonijah tried to become king instead of Solomon several members of David's family came to him and asked why Adonijah was crowned king when David had promised it to Solomon. So Solomon's coronation comes after Adonijah was crowned. However, when David learns about this he has Solomon crowned immediately and all the guests at Adonijahs crowning were still there at the banquet. Today King Charles was crowned, tomorrow there is a banquet. In the story with Solomon there were trumpets, the city was in an uproar, Solomon is riding David's mule, a very stubborn animal, and no one at Adonijah's banquet knows what is going on. Imagine there is a rapture at the same time as the banquet and no one at the banquet is raptured. The city of London would be in an uproar but they would have no idea what is going on. Then they would go home in shame, the first will be last and the last first. The first being all the elites invited to Adonijah's banquet and the last being all those who were despised and rejected by the elites.
No one knows, that is obvious, but if every word in the Bible is about Jesus, you have to ask what is this word about 2nd passover about? Obviously Jesus was not defiled by a dead body, so then He is the one who was on a long journey? Since Jesus kept the first passover in His first coming and has been on a long journey since then I have to believe that He will keep 2nd Passover when He returns from this long journey and He will keep it with us who were defiled with a dead body and so did not keep the first passover.
Now I know many associate Pentecost with Shavuot, but I have found that to be extremely hard to believe. First, the Bible says Jesus appeared to the disciples 40 times before His ascension, it does not say those were 40 consecutive days, not only so but the Bible makes it very clear those were not 40 consecutive days. Read the account, the 2nd time that Jesus appeared to the disciples was a week after the first time. So it is absolutely not Biblical to think that Ascension day was 40 days after the resurrection. Second, Shavuot will never, ever be 50 days after resurrection day. That is a fact. You count 7 weeks and then the next day is Shavuot. However, two of those Sabbaths are "new moon sabbaths which can be 2-3 days". Third, the Bible never, ever refers to Shavuot as Pentecost. You count sabbaths, you do not count days. Fourth, every single critical event in Jesus life occurs on a feast day, His birth, His death, His burial, His resurrection. So how could His ascension occur on some non feast day? The picture of Moses going up the mountain, alone, on Shavuot is a picture of Jesus ascending to God. Then there is a feast day fifty days later which is the feast of new wine, it is not mentioned in Old Testament, but since it is fulfilled by the church that would make sense. Fifth, during the feast of Pentecost people joked that the disciples were drunk on new wine, that would make no sense fifty days before the new wine is made, but would make perfect sense on Pentecost. Sixth, Jesus said that you don't put new wine into old wine skins, the church is a new wine skin. Jesus sacrifice on the cross gave us that new wine skin and then He told the disciples to wait until they were filled with the Spirit as the new wine.
So then if you want to go with a "pentecost rapture" you are talking about late July, you are well into the height of the summer, not at the start of the summer.
Try reading this as though the Rapture just took place
Imagine all the words spoken to the disciples after His resurrection being spoken to the believers who are left behind after the rapture:
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
Jesus met them, saying, All hail. 10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Doesn't this sound like Jesus speaking a word to those who are left behind?
Consider the account in Mark:
14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
"Upbraided them with their unbelief" sounds like something that would be said after the rapture to those who are left behind. This is the evening of the day of resurrection, not Shavuot, not Pentecost.
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
During the tribulation we are going to see miracles like we saw during the time of the apostles, so this also looks like something that would be said to those left behind to go through the tribulation.
19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
That is ascension day, there is no indication at all that this would be the rapture. Why would you upbraid the disciples for their unbelief? It was because they did not believe the Lord's word about rising from the dead, not about ascending to the heavens.
Now read Luke as though the believers just got some new message about the rapture
17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? 18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Think of all the things we are seeing in the news indicating that the day of the Lord is here, and then the disappointment when Passover passed. Pandemic, Vaccine, Border invasion, Inflation, Recession, War in Ukraine, King Charles is crowned, etc.
19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: 20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. 21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. 22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; 23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
A vision of angels? We are seeing and hearing all kinds of dreams and visions from women, children and pastors.
24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. 25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
So much that we missed prior to rereading the scripture with the rapture in view.
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
This is what we have been seeing these last few years with all the various watchmen. Go through this blog and you will see exactly this, we began at Moses and all the prophets and have expounded from start to finish about the rapture.
28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. 29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
The watchmen talking about Pentecost, it is as though He would have gone further, another couple of months.
30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
Doesn't this look like 2nd Passover? The last time He broke bread and gave it to them was the first passover.
Imagine all the words spoken to the disciples after His resurrection being spoken to the believers who are left behind after the rapture:
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
Jesus met them, saying, All hail. 10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Doesn't this sound like Jesus speaking a word to those who are left behind?
Consider the account in Mark:
14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
"Upbraided them with their unbelief" sounds like something that would be said after the rapture to those who are left behind. This is the evening of the day of resurrection, not Shavuot, not Pentecost.
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
During the tribulation we are going to see miracles like we saw during the time of the apostles, so this also looks like something that would be said to those left behind to go through the tribulation.
19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
That is ascension day, there is no indication at all that this would be the rapture. Why would you upbraid the disciples for their unbelief? It was because they did not believe the Lord's word about rising from the dead, not about ascending to the heavens.
Now read Luke as though the believers just got some new message about the rapture
17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? 18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Think of all the things we are seeing in the news indicating that the day of the Lord is here, and then the disappointment when Passover passed. Pandemic, Vaccine, Border invasion, Inflation, Recession, War in Ukraine, King Charles is crowned, etc.
19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: 20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. 21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. 22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; 23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
A vision of angels? We are seeing and hearing all kinds of dreams and visions from women, children and pastors.
24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. 25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
So much that we missed prior to rereading the scripture with the rapture in view.
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
This is what we have been seeing these last few years with all the various watchmen. Go through this blog and you will see exactly this, we began at Moses and all the prophets and have expounded from start to finish about the rapture.
28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. 29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
The watchmen talking about Pentecost, it is as though He would have gone further, another couple of months.
30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
Doesn't this look like 2nd Passover? The last time He broke bread and gave it to them was the first passover.
All wisdom, all honor, all power belong to our God.
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
We have had rulers who became rulers because they killed others, they were born of blood. Others became leaders because a bunch of corrupt elites picked them and acted as puppeteers, they were born of the will of the flesh. Others became leaders because they were smart, they were wise, they were cunning, they were strategic, they were born of the will of man. But the believers have been born of God that all these others would be put to an open shame. All wisdom, all honor, all power belong to our God.
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
We have had rulers who became rulers because they killed others, they were born of blood. Others became leaders because a bunch of corrupt elites picked them and acted as puppeteers, they were born of the will of the flesh. Others became leaders because they were smart, they were wise, they were cunning, they were strategic, they were born of the will of man. But the believers have been born of God that all these others would be put to an open shame. All wisdom, all honor, all power belong to our God.
One way to identify false prophets
John 1:20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
The false prophets will claim they are "anointed" (the meaning of Christ). They might not claim outright to be "the Christ" but they leave that up for their followers to declare as though they have discovered some great secret. I avoid anyone who claims to have an anointing from God or a special anointing. The NT says we all have an anointing, so there is no reason to be making this claim. Also if the person doesn't actually make that claim, only his disciples, that also to me is a red flag saying to stay away.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
Some are too clever to make the claim of being "the Christ" but they will portray themselves as some great prophet. Once again, anyone who claims to be anything more than who he is, that to me is a red flag saying, stay away.
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
Some people think that if the authorities have a problem with a preacher then that is a red flag. I disagree. If you are speaking the word of God and bringing in the kingdom of the heavens then Satan's kingdom should be riled up. If they aren't then that is a red flag. If this preacher has pictures of himself with governors, and presidents and world leaders, then that to me is also a red flag.
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
What I expect to see is a "voice" that is "crying" and the goal of this ministry is to make straight the crooked paths.
John 1:20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
The false prophets will claim they are "anointed" (the meaning of Christ). They might not claim outright to be "the Christ" but they leave that up for their followers to declare as though they have discovered some great secret. I avoid anyone who claims to have an anointing from God or a special anointing. The NT says we all have an anointing, so there is no reason to be making this claim. Also if the person doesn't actually make that claim, only his disciples, that also to me is a red flag saying to stay away.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
Some are too clever to make the claim of being "the Christ" but they will portray themselves as some great prophet. Once again, anyone who claims to be anything more than who he is, that to me is a red flag saying, stay away.
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
Some people think that if the authorities have a problem with a preacher then that is a red flag. I disagree. If you are speaking the word of God and bringing in the kingdom of the heavens then Satan's kingdom should be riled up. If they aren't then that is a red flag. If this preacher has pictures of himself with governors, and presidents and world leaders, then that to me is also a red flag.
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
What I expect to see is a "voice" that is "crying" and the goal of this ministry is to make straight the crooked paths.
Pledging allegiance to King Charles
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vuTzr3NaqSg
For the first time everyone is being "asked" to pledge allegiance to King Charles including those of other faiths.
James 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
The number 1 warning sign of a cult leader is that they require you to pledge allegiance to them.
If I bow the knee to Jesus Christ and embrace all of His commandments to me then that includes submitting to the authorities that have been appointed by God. There is no need to ask me to pledge allegiance to you as long as you are being faithful to God who appointed you.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vuTzr3NaqSg
For the first time everyone is being "asked" to pledge allegiance to King Charles including those of other faiths.
James 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
The number 1 warning sign of a cult leader is that they require you to pledge allegiance to them.
If I bow the knee to Jesus Christ and embrace all of His commandments to me then that includes submitting to the authorities that have been appointed by God. There is no need to ask me to pledge allegiance to you as long as you are being faithful to God who appointed you.
I was taught a much simpler explanation of the laws concerning clean and unclean meat.
Split or cloven hoofs indicates that your walk has been dealt with by the cross of Christ. Chewing the cud is a reference to meditating on the word of God.
Apply this to a ministry:
Is this person walking in a way that his flesh has been crucified with Christ? Does this person meditate on the word of God? These would be two ways to realize that the ministry is safe to eat.
That said, I found this very helpful in understanding why God requires you to have fringe on your clothes. Also this picture of a men's room and women's room I think allows us to apply all of this to today's confusion over genders.
The Best Explanation of the Old Testament Purity Laws
Split or cloven hoofs indicates that your walk has been dealt with by the cross of Christ. Chewing the cud is a reference to meditating on the word of God.
Apply this to a ministry:
Is this person walking in a way that his flesh has been crucified with Christ? Does this person meditate on the word of God? These would be two ways to realize that the ministry is safe to eat.
That said, I found this very helpful in understanding why God requires you to have fringe on your clothes. Also this picture of a men's room and women's room I think allows us to apply all of this to today's confusion over genders.
The Best Explanation of the Old Testament Purity Laws