Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

I was in a very animated discussion with someone claiming that since the watchmen had been "wrong" the correct thing to do would be to quit.

I am a scientist and I used the scientific method in my teaching. Every year I would hypothesize (educated guess) on two or three things I could do to improve my teaching and the results on the year end exam. I would then measure how well those changes worked, Generally one or two out of three would work and so the next year I would implement those changes widely and try two or three more changes. I never considered that I had been "wrong" when one of my changes had not been an improvement. Instead, I saw incremental improvement from one year to the next. My first year at the school they scored in the bottom 25% of NYC public schools. Year by year we improved and by the last year they had scored in the top 6% of NYC schools.

This is how you do something when no one knows the answer. This is what the watchmen are doing, they are hypothesizing and when they are "wrong" (the rapture doesn't take place) we can reassess. What is "wrong" is the interpretation of the Bible. However, in this process our understanding of the relevant scriptures has improved dramatically. We are diving deep into the scriptures into areas the typical sermons never touched on. This latest message from Dr. Barry Awe is a prime example of how our understanding has increased dramatically.

For example, let's discuss some of the discoveries that were in that message.

1. He was able to walk us through all the feasts that Jesus fulfilled in his ministry.

2. He was able to tie Paul's word about "telling us a mystery" with "hidden feasts" that the OT didn't discuss but were there all the same.

3. We are able to see through the traditional teaching on the "ascension" day, and tie that to "no one knows the day or the hour".

4. We now have a feast, Pentecost, that everyone can see is a NT feast, and is an ideal figure of the rapture. I have shown 20-21 correlations with the scripture and this day. It ties in so many verses that are hard to explain. We can see both that the Lord comes quickly when we are not expecting Him and also He delays His coming. We can see that this is a day that no one knows.

So I want to encourage the believers, what we are doing is interpreting scripture. We are not making stuff up, nor are we predicting the future nor are we claiming to be prophets of God, nor are we trying to sell books or make merchandise of the saints, nor are we cult leaders.

We have several reasons to believe that the Lord will know the rapture date and He will tell us. Noah got into the boat seven days before the flood and Lot was warned to flee the city hours before the fire fell.

John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

If the Lord knows He will tell us. The Lord said that no one knows the day or the hour except His Father, but that was two thousand years ago and that was before He ascended to the throne to sit at the right hand of the Father. It is perfectly reasonable to believe that the Lord will know prior to the rapture and that He will tell us.

Image of Beast about to Arrive? 06/06/2023

Matthew 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.



3 Days of Darkness Prophecy 2023 and The Istanbul Black Cloud

I include this because he does go through a few verses from the Bible that seem to support this.

An interesting portion to study

Samson's Riddle & The Soon Rapture


I realize that this is not yet "cooked" fully, but if anyone is interested in exploring this I thought it would be a good idea to let you know about it.

The Terminal generation

Psalm 48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

The word translated "following" is only translated "following" once in the bible.

The KJV translates Strong's H314 in the following manner: last (20x), after(ward)(s) (15x), latter (6x), end (2x), utmost (2x), following (1x), hinder (1x), hindermost (1x), hindmost (1x), rereward (1x), uttermost (1x).

I think "terminal generation" is a better term.

Psalms is the 19th book and this is the 48th chapter, some have tied this psalm to a prophecy concerning Israel returning to the good land in 1948.

As a result many have equated the "terminal generation" with the Fig tree generation

32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

A generation is 70-80 years. So then 80 years from May 1948 is 2028. However, the 80th year lasts for an entire year so 2029 is when it would turn 81. However, others say that this talks about the fig tree putting forth leaves and in 1948 Israel was "planted" they did not have their first government till early 1949 (January 25th, 1949). So that could mean December of 2029. Then of course when Jesus says "all these things be fulfilled" the list of things does not include Armageddon. The last thing mentioned in Matthew 24 is Jesus returning in glory;

Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Then some have claimed that the Lord returns one year before the conclusion of the 7 year tribulation. Regardless of how long it is we can expect it takes a little time at least. Therefore it is thought that 2030 is the last year of the seven year tribulation. We are now seeing a lot of references to this time period being 2023-2030 and the 70 years was up in 2020 (Moses said that a generation is 70-80 years long). Therefore be aware of where this time frame is coming from, what Bible verses it is based on. No one is basing the theory on types and shadows and Samson's riddle. It is based on the black and white prophetic word of the Lord and the fulfillment of one the biggest prophecies in the Bible, the restoration of the nation of Israel.

Hypothetical example

Many think that the pre tribulation rapture takes place 6 months before the 7 year tribulation because David reigned in Hebron for 7 1/2 years.

For example, Israel's Knesset first met on January 25th, 1949, if you used Jan 25th 2024 as the hypothetical starting date for the seven years, then you would have the rapture on July 25th, 2023. However if you do a day count it is more like July 26th.

To shew unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass

Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

The KJV translates Strong's G1096 in the following manner: be (255x), come to pass (82x), be made (69x), be done (63x), come (52x), become (47x), God forbid (with G3361) (15x), arise (13x), have (5x), be fulfilled (3x), be married to (3x), be preferred (3x), not translated (14x), miscellaneous (4x), variations of 'done' (2x).

"Shortly come to pass" does not mean these things are about to happen but rather when they do happen they will happen quickly.

When WWI began it took some places on earth months before they learned about it. When the bombs first started falling in Iraq during the first Iraq war CNN broadcast it live in the US. Today, when we have a disaster like Fukushima the whole world will see it the same day on the news, if they have a smart phone they will get an instant notice. The events of the end of the age are coming like a MLB fastball. You have to prepare, you have to train, you have to thoroughly be up on the Bible to even have a chance to hit these fast balls.

On one hand you see the Mark of the Beast, you see the rise of the beast, you see the coronation of the Antichrist, you see the rider on the White horse, and the rider on the red horse, and the rider on the black horse and the rider on the pale green horse. This is coming fast and furious. Turn on the news and you will see train wrecks, natural disasters, droughts, food shortages, etc. You see an escalation between Russia and NATO. You see BRICS replacing the US dollar. You see the US border wide open. It is stunning how much takes place in a single day. The speed with which things are happening today are so much faster than when I was a kid.

In the book of Revelation it mentions 7 churches, however there are reasons to believe the first three refer to churches at the beginning of the church age and the last four to the churches at the end of the church age. With that in mind it would look like one third of those who are dead in Christ would rise at the first rapture, and one fourth of those who are alive at the rapture would be taken.

However, in other places I calculate it is more like 1/6th of the believers are taken and only half of those involved in ministry. So let's look at this closer, if we consider the four churches to be Catholic (Thyatira), Protestant (Sardis), Evangelical (Philadelphia) and Apostate (Laodicea) then it is easy to see that they are not all the same in number. The Lord refers to Philadelphia as having "a little strength". They have few people and few dollars. When people ask me about how to find a good church I recommend look at the ones that have little strength. Avoid the ones with the Mega churches, pastor drives a Mercedes, or Lexus, they have a billion dollar trust fund, they have a huge online presence with ten thousand members coming to any of the Sunday services.

I went to a church service and the pastor talked about loving to get the coupons in the paper each Tuesday to see what is on sale. Even if she didn't want to eat something she could buy it for the church pantry. That is the kind of thing that tells me "they have little strength". You would never hear someone preaching the prosperity gospel talking about cutting out coupons from the newspaper to buy groceries.

So even though there may be four broad categories of churches at the end of the age, it still may be one sixth of the believers who are raptured and only half of those in ministry.

An Official Proclamation of the Flying Scroll Judgment 6-6-23@9:36pm

Electrical Grid Sabotage 06/07/2023

Telling someone to check their go bag is like telling them to pack before a trip. Vicky Go Forth Parnell's dream indicated that the church doors are going to be shut. I don't want to put a date on that but it suggested to me, at least in my hearing, that would be this coming Lord's day. Obviously I may have misheard that. However, Stan's dream was this last weekend, so telling a pastor a week ahead of time to check your go bag, especially since his "go bag" is all about helping those in the tribulation, does suggest this is very imminent. However, to be fair, Dr. Barry Awe's teaching would be that we have until July 26. Suffice it to say we have three different witnesses based on three completely different messages all sounding alarms that catastrophe is very, very imminent.

This might be why the Lord said they wouldn't be able to open the doors anymore and why Vicky was told the message had to be out before 5:30am. In other words it might be a warning that this is about to happen to the whole apostasy but the warning was this particular church going up in flames.

A word of warning

Both Vicky and Stan have received a word implying an event to take place very soon. Vicky was told to get the word out before 5:30am this morning and Stan was told to check his go back again.

When thinking on this I thought about when I have had trips, trying to get my family packed and in the car. I am always up, and ready to go quite a while before everyone else. Now imagine that same scenario with Jesus driving the car and his family consisting of millions of believers that He is telling to pack their bags, put them in the car, get ready, and get in.

Is the Lord's coming very soon? Yes. Is there a lot to get ready and pack? Yes. Are there going to be some people that need more time than others that the Lord will be merciful on? Most likely.

I think the urgency is that this could certainly take place this weekend, and that should be our attitude. We don't want to be complacent.

Judgment begins with the House of God, part 1

Couple of observations.

1. It seems she is saying that a countdown to Antichrist reign has begun and will not be delayed. So like Hezekiah which got an extra 15 years, if we go back 15 years it was 2008 when we had the mortgage meltdown. That was a warning to the world's economy. It came close to bringing down the world's economy, but didn't, so perhaps we were given an extra 15 years as well.

2. She talks about the judgment hand of the lamb having already fallen. "Judgment's hand of the risen lamb has fallen hard". Perhaps this is referring to the three banks that have already gone bankrupt and the formation of BRICS and this recent announcement of Saudi Arabia about cutting back oil production and keeping the price of oil at or above $80. These are things that have already taken place and may reflect the Lord's judgment on the current "petro dollar" economy.

3. This judgment comes to a world that has failed to repent. This is evident. Biden's DOJ is guilty of campaign fraud yet remains impudent and is moving forward with indicting Trump. The video on the Jan 6th event has been released demonstrating how evil those hearings were and how evil the imprisonment and judgment on those people was. Russia claims that they have evidence of US criminal involvement with bioweapons labs in Ukraine and gain of function research with Covid viruses, demonstrating that the US may be behind the greatest mass murders in human history. 6 million illegals have crossed the US border since Biden was president and this may be an invasion setting the stage for an attack on the US. I could go on but it is very clear that they have failed to repent time and time again.

4. This proclamation must be given before sunup of your tomorrow morning (June 7th, 2023). Righteousness would require that the judgment be proclaimed before it is carried out. He says "you have been called to warn" so this can be viewed as a final warning. Although the judgment cannot be delayed individuals can still repent. This demand that she give the warning before sunup reminds me of the angels warning Lot. It seems to me that the way to understand this is although it is a warning and you can repent before the Lord, it also indicates that a process begins at that point that righteousness demands people are given a warning about first.

5. This warning is specifically given to "her fallen nation of Babylon" referring to the US. Therefore this judgment is specific to the US. She accepts her obligation to "warn your world and nation". So although the judgment is specific to the US it will impact the entire world.

6. He blows the horn three short blasts and she says she thinks this activates something in both the physical and spiritual realm.

7. This scroll has a green tint, and that reminds me of the pale green horse of the apocalypse.

Judgement begins with the House of God, part 2

8. Hear ye o wicked world and wicked nation of Babylon, the hand of your mighty God and risen Lamb Jesus has fully fallen upon you, the judgements of the flying scroll of heaven is officially upon your world.

Gill: This judgment of God upon the wicked Jews for their sins and impieties, the measure of which was filled up, and of the execution of them, which are represented in two visions: the first is of a flying roll, which signifies the curse of God, and is described by its measure, the length being twenty cubits, and the breadth ten; and by the extent of it, it reaching to the whole earth, and particularly to thieves and false swearers, who shall be cut off by it; and by the certainty of its coming into the houses of such, and the utter desolation it should there make, Zechariah 5:1

What seest thou? and I answered, I see a flying roll, the length whereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits; so that it was a very large one, a volume of a very uncommon size, especially it may so seem to us; but in other nations they have very long rolls or volumes, even longer than this: the Russians write their acts, protests, and other court matters, on long rolls of paper, some twenty ells, some thirty, and some sixty, and more (x): and this being the length and breadth of the porch before the temple, 1 Kings 6:3 hence the Jewish writers conclude that this flying roll came from thence [Russia]: it may design either the roll or book in which the sins of men are written; which is very large, and will quickly be brought into judgment, when it will be opened, and men will be judged according to it; which shows the notice God takes of the sins of men; the exact knowledge he has of them; his strict remembrance of them; and the certain account men must give of them another day: or, the book of God's judgments upon sinners, such as was Ezekiel's roll, Ezekiel 2:9 which are many and great; are rolled up, and not at present to be searched into; but are flying, coming on, and will be speedily executed: or rather the book of the law, called a roll or volume, Psalm 40:7 and which will be a swift witness against the breakers of it, as more fully appears from the explanation of it in the next verse Zechariah 5:3. It is a mere fancy and conceit of some that the Talmud is meant by this roll, the body of the Jewish traditions, which make void the commands of God, take away the blessing, and leave a curse in the land, as they did in the land of Judea.

This is why you need to repent because your sins will be on this roll.

Then said he unto me, This is the curse,.... So the law of Moses is called, because it has curses written in it, Deuteronomy 27:15 which curse is not causeless, but is according to law and justice; it is from the Lord, and is no other than the wrath of the Almighty; and, wherever it lights, it will remain and continue for ever. Vitringa, on Isaiah 24:6 says, this is the curse which Isaiah there prophesies of, which had its accomplishment in the times of Antiochus; but there the prophet is speaking, not of the land of Judea, but of the antichristian states.
That goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: over the whole land of Judea, and the inhabitants of it, for their breach of the law, contempt of the Gospel, and the rejection of the Messiah; and which had its accomplishment when wrath came upon them to the uttermost, in the destruction of their nation, city, and temple; and is the curse God threatened to smite their land with, Malachi 4:6 and this curse also reaches to the whole world, and the inhabitants of it, who lie in wickedness; and to all sorts of sinners, particularly those next mentioned:

for everyone that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side, according to it; as it is written and declared on one side of the roll:

and everyone that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it; as is written and declared on the other side of the roll; which two sins of theft and false swearing, the one being against the second, and the other the first table of the law, show that the curse of the law reaches to all sorts of sins and sinners; to all who do not keep it in every respect: and, indeed, to all but those who are redeemed from it by the blood of Christ; and that it is proportioned according to a man's sins: and those two are particularly mentioned, because they are sins which prevailed among the Jews at the time Christ was on earth. Theft did, both in a literal and figurative sense, Matthew 23:14 and so did vain swearing, Matthew 5:33.

Stealing and false witness, these are the two things that are on this scroll that you must repent of now.

I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts,.... The roll was come forth, and was flying abroad; but the curse and wrath of God, signified by it, is what God would bring forth out of his treasures, according to his purposes and declarations, and execute upon sinners; which shows the certainty of it, and that there is no escaping it:
and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof; when wrath is gone forth from the Lord, there is no stopping it; and where it takes place it will remain, there is no getting rid of it; it makes an utter desolation of goods and estates, and entirely destroys both body and soul in hell: there seems to be an allusion to the plague of the leprosy, Leviticus 14:45. So the son of Sirach says,

We are talking about a "housing collapse" or as we commonly say "the house of cards will collapse". All the lies and thefts make up a house of cards and that is going to collapse.

9. That which was judged righteously and found guilty will now receive their official punishment.

Do you think the US government is guilty? Do you think the US dollar will be part of the punishment? How about with wars, do you think we have misled and lied about various wars as a way to steal what belongs to others? Are we about to receive our punishment for that?

10. Jesus the Christ and the risen lamb has judged His own house first and they have been found wanting when weighed in the balance for most who call Him savior. Your time of pardon and mercy is over. It's time you paid the price for your seeds of discord, ill gotten gains and leading many astray. The doors of your church will be closed on the earth because if you are not going to speak the risen lambs truth no more will you speak in His name from this time forth. You shall no longer be known as the light of the world for most blend so well into the world that no one can tell the difference among one another. You have blood on your hands, you have been found guilty of the sin of pride, unforgiveness, the love of money, sexual immorality and so much more. With most of these things happening in the buildings called "my house of worship". You are worshipping Satan and not the risen Lamb He declares. He has judged the contents of your hearts and minds, most are guilty as charged.

This sounds precisely like those of the synagogue of Satan mentioned in the letter to Philadelphia in Revelation.

This housing collapse begins with those that call themselves the "house of worship" but are really the synagogue of Satan.