Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Some good information, especially concerning Ezekiel 38-39

This does bring up the interesting question about what does "the great babylon" refer to.

Obviously, historically Babel and Babylon were in Iraq, that is no mystery.

But they don't dwell on seven hills like the Vatican does, they don't wear the colors that the Catholic cardinals and Pope does, and there would be no reason to refer to them as "mystery". Likewise, if something were to happen to Iraq today you would not see all the world mourning over losing them as a customer. Nor does Iraq sit on many waters. The US is the biggest consumer nation in the world, they do sit on many waters and they do have bases on all seven continents.

The Great Babylon is the golden head of the world's government and economy. That could only refer to the US at this moment in time. They are described as a huge consumer nation, and that could also only refer to the US at this time. Babylon is the nation that has the great city of Babel, today there are several great cities on this earth, economic, political, and spiritual centers, all with giant obelisk: NYC, Washington DC, London and the Vatican. Iraq does not even register on any scale.
 

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Something Terrifying is Coming from the Middle East in 2023
 

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Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

It doesn't say you are in danger of judgment if you are angry with your brother with a cause, it is if you are angry without a cause. Things happen that cause us to be angry, becoming angry does not put us in danger of judgment. Paul even said "Be angry and sin not". Why would you be angry without a cause? Are you jealous? Is this like Cain who was angry with Abel because he offered a more excellent offering to God? But being angry without a cause, say you are jealous, doesn't mean you have sinned. This could be something within, but out pops this little word "Raca" (a term of reproach, perhaps it means "air head", or "vain fellow" or "senseless" or "worthless"). Consider what Hillary Clinton said, those who were voting for Trump were "deplorable and irredeemable". That is even stronger than saying they are "worthless bozos". The stronger term is "thou fool". In the Bible the fool does not believe in God and does not fear God. So you are calling them "impious" and "unholy". It is akin to calling them "irredeemable".

Now notice, the Lord is very specific, "whosoever shall say to his brother". Thinking this is not enough, that is simply being angry. But when you think this there is a danger, how many times did Hillary Clinton think that these people were "irredeemable bozos" before it finally blurted out of her mouth? When you are angry without a cause and are thinking these things it is like the fuel gauge on your car letting you know your engine is about to explode. You are in danger of burning up your car. Stop, let it cool down, figure out what is wrong with your car, not with your brother.

Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.


I always visualize a meat cleaver. Whack! Just cut it off, just like that! Let's say you click on a Youtube link, it seems like it will be funny and entertaining, but the language is offensive. Bam! I don't just turn it off, I also tell Youtube "don't recommend this channel to me again". Just cut it off. Satan is subtle, he will pretend that it was an accident. I don't put up with that, you try to sneak something in, slide it in, make it seem like it is a joke, no. Bam! Just cut it off.
 

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Laying up treasure in heaven


Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
 

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PROPHECY-- I WILL BRING DOWN


I WILL BRING DOWN

Jeremiah 3:24-25 24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

My son, HEAR NOW MY VOICE AND WRITE THESE WORDS TO MY STIFF-NECKED CHILDREN. SAY TO THEM - I WILL BRING DOWN ALL THAT YOU FIND COMFORTABLE. My children, you have strayed away from Me, and now I MUST BRING IT ALL DOWN so you will seek Me and not seek man. I AM BRINGING MY HAND DOWN upon the spoiled children who no longer believe I AM HOLY. Many do not even believe I AM REAL. They say I AM just an idea, a myth, and a fairy tale. They do not fear Me, nor do they think My judgments are real. Everything to them is either a conspiracy theory or climate change. My son - HEAR NOW CLEARLY AND WRITE. I AM ABOUT TO SHAKE THE WORLD, AND THOSE WHO ARE READY WILL KNOW IT IS I THAT IS DOING THE SHAKING. THOSE WHO ARE NOT READY WILL COLLAPSE IN FEAR AND TREMBLING. I WILL SHAKE AMERICA THE HARDEST - FOR SHE HAS TURNED HER BACK TO ME AND WALKED - NO! - RUN INTO SIN AND ABOMINATION. I WILL NOT RELENT THE SHAKING, NOR WILL I REPENT. I WILL BRING DOWN ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE ME. My son, the enemy armies are now inside your borders. I WILL BRING DOWN the government and all who have allowed the PRIDE to run amok. I WILL BRING DOWN ALL those who have corrupted My little ones. A millstone will be a merciful death compared to My hand upon you. I WILL BRING DOWN ALL the false pastors who have led My sheep astray, and ALL the false pastors who have led My children to believe the lies of man. My son, HEAR NOW AND WRITE THESE WORDS TO SHOUT TO MY CHILDREN - REPENT NOW!!! Turn from your IGNORANT BLISS and read My Word! Follow My Word - NOT man's word who have twisted and contorted My Word to fit their vanity. REPENT NOW! - FOR I AM NOW UNLEASHING MY VENGEANCE UPON THIS WORLD. DO NOT HIDE AND COWER - BUT STAND WITH MY ARMOR ON - READY TO DO BATTLE! THIS IS A BATTLE THAT ONLY THOSE STRONG IN ME WILL WIN! I LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH - BUT I WILL BRING DOWN THIS WORLD! AS I COME DOWN - YOU GO UP. BE READY. REPENT DAILY. SEEK ME IN ALL THINGS. Amen. Lord Jesus
 

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The Boldness of Peter and John

Acts 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

This message is the tip of the spear, it is what has all the world's religions rising up and uniting against Evangelicals. It is the reason the ecumenical movement has rejected Evangelicals. They consider this message to be hate speech. It is the reason that Christians will be beheaded during the tribulation.
 

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They tossed the bread on the floor

John 4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

This woman responds that Jesus told her all things ever she did. It is the story about the girl marrying the prince and then living happily ever after, only in this story she gets divorced and remarried five times and then when she has become completely cynical she stops trying and just lives with a man out of wedlock.

John 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

Think of the lie that is being perpetrated saying that if someone is sick or born blind or has some other problem that it is because they are a sinner. This frees up the believers from having any sense that they need to minister and do the works of God. But Jesus is dealing with this teaching. Problems are on the earth as an opportunity for us to work the works of God, they are an opportunity for you to join with God in ministry of life to the lost. What is this blindness? It is like they have covered your eyes with mud, spiritual mud, all the lies and erroneous teachings. You don't even realize it. So the Lord puts real mud on the eyes and tells you to go wash it off in the pool called "sent". When you respond to the Lord's call to be sent you don't simply minister to others the mud on your own eyes gets washed away and you get cleansed.

Matthew 15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

I am going to argue that based on all the accounts of the Lord healing people that Jesus, like the woman of Samaria, is telling this woman all things ever she did. He is causing her to repent, He is washing away the mud on her eyes, and He is healing her daughter according to righteousness "as you have done it will be done unto you".

The chapter begins with Jesus saying that they use their traditional teaching to nullify the commandments of God, in that way they reject God's word. So when talking to this woman the Lord presents the picture, He is the bread of God come down for the children of God on God's "table land". This woman isn't one of the children of Israel and she does not eat (dwell) on the table land. She is like a pet dog. This word is highly offensive to many, many people, but apparently not to her. Pride, wanting to believe you are someone real important, these are the things that are the root of so much evil. In order to cast out the demons from this woman's daughter we have to understand how the door was opened to them in the first place. Nothing humbles people more than their children. I was watching a woman interviewed who was leaving San Francisco. She was the president of a Levi Strauss company there and she said when she first came it was the richest and most welcoming place in the US and now it is a wasteland. Today San Francisco is demon possessed. Imagine a "leftist", "pro choice", "anti Evangelical Christians" person coming to Jesus and begging Him to cast these demons out of San Francisco. First He ignores her, then He says He was only sent to the Lost sheep of Israel. How about this woman, first she ignored the gospel, then she outright rejected it. Finally Jesus says it isn't right to cast the children's bread to the pet dogs. What are the leftists and pro choice people saying of the Evangelicals? Calling them racists, bigots, and every kind of insult. What is the cancel culture all about? They say it isn't right to give their "bread" to conservative Christian organizations.

The proper response is not to get offended, it is to own it. Yes, I have done all of this, yes I am a "pet dog", but you know what, even pet dogs have the right to eat. All of these Christian organizations, they worship you with their lips but their heart is far from you, they tossed the bread on the floor.
 

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"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church"

This is a quote from an early historian concerning the church.

1Corinthians 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

I think there is a double entendre here. Apollos is the greek god that depicts the Antichrist. At the end of the age the Antichrist will slaughter and behead Christians. That blood will water the church and cause the revival to grow even more.
 

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4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
 

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Why 2023 Is the Highest Rapture Watch Ever T.W. Tramm – (06/17/23)

JUNE 26 will mark eight years since I began this calendar-focused ministry called “Season of Return.”

Each year, biblical timelines and math have added up in a way that confirms we are in the season of the Rapture. However, no year has seen a calendar-convergence like the current one.

The following are 10 reasons I believe the most anticipated event in history—the catching up into the clouds of countless followers of Jesus Christ—could happen in 2023.

1. SABBATICAL CYCLE According to scholars, 2023 marks the start of a Sabbatical week. Validating this reckoning is a pattern of signs at a seven-year interval (see notes) and the fact that the corresponding Jewish and Gregorian years (5782/2023) are both divisible by seven. This coincidence does not occur with the standard rabbinic reckoning, which has 5782 corresponding to 2022. That 2023 begins a new Sabbatical week is significant because the Bible’s “bridal week” custom implies that the ultimate Bride, the Church, will be spirited away to the home of the Bridegroom around the start of a week (Gen. 29:26–28; John 14:3; Isa. 26:19–21).

2. JUBILEE Because 2023 is the first year of a Sabbatical week, it is also a potential Jubilee, or “year of redemption” (Lev. 25). This is significant because Scripture associates the year of redemption with the resurrection– rapture of the Church: • Paul, the Apostle to the Gentile Church, speaks of the “redemption” of our bodies at the Lord’s appearing (Rom. 8:19–23). • Jesus says when we see the signs of His coming, our “redemption” is drawing near (Luke 21:28). • Christians are sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of “redemption” (Eph. 4:30).

3. ISRAEL’S 75 th BIRTHDAY 2023 marks Israel’s 75th birthday. This is noteworthy because the father of Israel, Abraham, was 75 years old when he and his family entered the Promised Land in the year 2023 AM (Gen. 12:1–4). If the pattern repeats, Israel’s 75th birthday in 2023 AD could see the “sons of Abraham” by faith, believing Jews and Gentiles, enter the heavenly Promised Land (Gal. 3:7).

4. 1335 TIMELINE 2023 marks 1,335 years since the Islamic Dome of the Rock was set up on the Temple Mount in 688 AD. This is significant because in Daniel’s final vision of the end times, the setting up of an “abomination” in the Temple area commences a countdown of 1,335 (days or years) to an unspecified blessed event: “Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days” (Dan. 12:12). Since the “blessed hope” of believing Jews and Gentiles is Jesus’ appearing (Titus 2:13; Luke 12:37), it is conceivable that the unspecified “blessed” event after 1,335 (days or years) is the Rapture.

5. COW SIGNS 2023 marks nine years since two cows with “7s” on their heads appeared around the Feast of Trumpets in 2014. In prophecy circles, the cows with ‘7s’ were interpreted as a modern version of Pharaoh’s dream of seven healthy cows swallowed up by seven sickly cows, a divine warning about seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine (Gen. 41). According to the extrabiblical Book of Jasher, the seven years of plenty began two years after Pharaoh’s cow dream, and the seven years of famine began seven years after that (Jasher 50). Fast forward to the present: It is noteworthy that a period of economic abundance began two years after the 2014 cow signs, with the election of Donald Trump. If the omened time of plenty began in 2016, the period of famine should begin seven years later, in 2023.

6. SEVEN WEEKS UNTIL MESSIAH 2023 marks the completion of seven Sabbatical weeks since Jerusalem was restored to the Jews in 1967. This is significant because, according to Daniel’s Weeks Prophecy, Messiah will appear seven weeks, or one Jubilee period, after a restoration of Jerusalem: “From the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks” (Dan. 9:25). If our reading of Daniel is correct, not only is the post-Sabbatical year 2023 a potential Jubilee, it is a Jubilee.

7. 69 WEEKS UNTIL MESSIAH 2023 marks the completion of 69 Sabbatical weeks since Jerusalem’s wall was rebuilt by Islamic ruler Suleiman. This is significant because, according to another reading of Daniel’s Weeks Prophecy, Messiah will appear “seven weeks and sixty-two weeks” (69 weeks) after Jerusalem’s wall is rebuilt: “From the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; the street shall be built again, and the wall” (Dan. 9:25).

8. 10 WEEKS SINCE 1948 2023 marks the completion of 10 Sabbatical weeks since Israel became a nation in 1948. The number 10 denotes completeness, divine order, and judgment: There are 10 commandments; 10 generations of man lived on the earth before the flood waters came and swept them away; 10 days precede the Day of Atonement, or “judgment day.” Additionally, 10 weeks are equivalent to 70 years. The number 70 denotes completeness related to Israel: The Nation of Israel began with 70 Hebrews who migrated to Egypt; Moses appointed 70 elders to be the governing body of Israel; the Jews spent 70 years in Babylon; God’s plan of redemption for Israel is comprised of 70 weeks.

9. THE START OF THE 11th WEEK 2023 marks the start of the 11th Sabbatical week since Israel became a nation in 1948. The number 11 denotes chaos, disorder, and judgment in Scripture, themes associated with the Tribulation period. The next Sabbatical week, beginning in 2030, will be the 12th since Israel became a nation. The number 12 signifies God's authority and a perfect governmental foundation in Scripture, themes associated with the Millennial Kingdom.

10. 354 WEEKS SINCE DANIEL’S PROPHECY BEGAN 2023 marks the completion of 354 Sabbatical weeks since Daniel’s Weeks Prophecy began to be fulfilled upon the Jews’ return to Jerusalem in 457 BC (Ezra 7:9; Dan. 9:25). Because there are 354 days in a perfect 12-month lunar year, the number 354 symbolizes the fullness of time related to God’s celestial calendar. Moreover, since the Moon is symbolic of the Church, or Bride of Christ, it could be said that 354 denotes the fullness of time related to the Bride.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION With the above list in view, here are the key takeaways: • God reckons time according to His Sabbatical calendar. • Scholarly analysis, signs, and math suggest that 2023 begins a new Sabbatical week. • An unrepeatable convergence of timelines suggests that the week beginning in 2023 is the final one: the Tribulation week for Israel, and the bridal week for the Church. Will 2023 see the gathering of the Bride? Despite all our reckoning, there is no way to know. What can be said is that, based on the timelines, it is the highest Rapture watch ever.
 

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Many believe the RAPTURE at 9th of Av (7-26) Here's why!

This list is specific to the church, not to Israel
 

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Encore, Encore!

John 2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:


2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.

9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

We are looking at Pentecost, the feast of new wine, which would be the 8th of Av. We know that Jesus began his ministry around this same time and since this is the "beginning of miracles" this also probably began about this time. It couldn't have been the 9th of Av, no one would have a wedding or a wedding feast on the 9th of Av, and we think that He was baptized at that time and then began a 40 day fast in the wilderness prior to Feast of Trumpets.

There is the obvious connection between the feast of new wine, Pentecost, and this wedding where they also get new wine. But what struck me is this term "beginning of miracles". Think of the first half of the seven year tribulation as the mirror image of Jesus earthly ministry. It begins with this "beginning of miracles" turning the water into wine with the rapture. The last few years has seemed like a great big feast where we have had one revelation after another, one new vision after another, dreams, prophecies, and amazing things happening on the news. Now imagine that we have run out of wine, what a perfect time for the rapture. Think of the tribulation as the "encore" performance. Just when you thought the party was coming to an end then it really gets started with a bang and we go into the encore.
 

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According to WHO to effective date of the Global Digital Passport that Europe and 80 countries have adopted is June 7, 2023.


WOW! Sooner Than I Thought. Watch! Michelle Bachman says less than a year before it is enforced worldwide.
 

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Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Mark 13:32 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
 

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According to WHO to effective date of the Global Digital Passport that Europe and 80 countries have adopted is June 7, 2023.


WOW! Sooner Than I Thought. Watch! Michelle Bachman says less than a year before it is enforced worldwide.
They are already talking about shutting down any speech that talks about this, censorship is coming.
 

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