Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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WOW, WHAT DID JESUS SAY THE WORLD LOOKS LIKE--WHEN HE RETURNS? JUST LIKE THE WORLD AROUND US TODAY!
He connects Matthew 24 with the book of revelation and the opening of the seven seals. It is very clear from this discourse that the first five seals are opened during the age of grace and that the sixth seal is the sign that signal the end of the age and the start of the tribulation. Further evidence that Revelation 4 does not begin with the rapture. Rather it begins with Jesus who has ascended and who now has the church sent into all the earth. It is a picture of Jesus at the start of the church age, perhaps after the temple has been destroyed and the Jews scattered. It is also further evidence that the sixth seal is when the rapture takes place. As a result it is foolish to accuse those who are saying the first five seals have already been opened of being false prophets. There is very strong Biblical support for this interpretation.

However, he also says that the tribulation begins with the opening of the seven seals. I think this may be where the confusion comes in. What we have seen happen over 2,000 years will happen again over 42 months. We'll see it all. The miracles of Jesus ministry, antichrist, war, famine, pestilence, and martyrs. But this proves all believers go through tribulation. The entire age of grace has been tribulation to believers.
 

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Why would we have all these seals? Why does war, famine, plague, martyrs, etc all seal up the document to see who has the title deed to the earth? Why do people in power have people killed, isn't it to keep them quiet, to hide their evil deeds? If you know the deep things that have gone on in the earth you discover how evil are those who use war to get what they want, plagues are man made. I don't mean that all plagues in the last six thousand years were made in a bioweapons lab, I mean that epidemics and plagues are the result of human practices that are unhealthy, one of which is this bioweapons research. Henry Fort, Bush's ancestors, King Edward and the Rothschilds all supported Hitler. That should wake people up about how evil the ruling class is. The same is true of famines, they also are man made. Do we have droughts and floods? Yes, of course. But a famine is not simply a bad harvest in one area. Mao created a famine in China due to his idiotic policies. If all famines are man made what about the famine at the time of Joseph in Egypt? You have seven years of plenty that precedes a famine. This is because it breeds excess and many other practices that result in the collapse of the agricultural society. For example, wealth in California led to fancy houses and golf courses. With their excess they paid for irrigation to have the most profitable crops but also the crops that used the most water. It was unsustainable and sure enough the forests became stressed due to lack of water, dried out, and then went up in flames. No doubt Egypt did the same using the Nile for irrigation and using more water than was sustainable, turning Egypt from a rich, fertile empire into a desert.

All of these seals being opened expose Satan as the illegitimate ruler of this age and reveal Jesus Christ as the true king of kings and Lord of lords.
 

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PROOF positive of New Wine PENTECOST 🍷


(Part 5 of the 3 part series that is sort of like part 6 :)

4 major misconceptions that Christians have

1. Jesus did not ascend on the day they claim is "ascension day". That was a "non appointed time". The case has been made from the Bible that He ascended on Shavuot and Moses ascending the Mountain was a type of that ascension. This was done that the scripture shall be fulfilled.

2. Jesus Christ is the firstfruit of the Wheat. You have to offer the firstfruit to God otherwise the harvest is not Holy. Jesus was the firstfruit of the Barley and of the wheat.

3. The day of Pentecost was 50 full days after Jesus ascended. It is the feast of wine. This means that the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Earth on another appointed time, the feast of wine when the Priests pour out the new wine on the earth as a first fruit offering to God.

4. Seven complete sabbaths brings you to the 8th of Av, and the 9th of Av is that notoriously bad day. On our calendar that would be July 26th.
 

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The Selfsame day I have brought you out

Exodus 12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

God told Abraham how long his descendants would be in Egypt then on the exact same day they went in they also came out, so he kept that promise to the day.

Therefore if pattern is prophesy and the church came into existence on the day of Pentecost then one could hypothesize that they will also go out on the day of Pentecost.

But, what about the verse "no one knows the day or the hour". That is only spoken in the gospels, prior to the church coming into existence. After that we might conclude that they did know the day. We also happen to know the hour that the spirit was poured out on Pentecost, it was at 9am Jerusalem time.
 

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PROPHECY/VISION-- FIREBRAND


Ezekiel 9: 2-5 2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar. 3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; 4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. 5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

My son, SHOUT REPENT TO THOSE WHO WILL HEAR - FOR I HAVE SENT MY ANGELS OUT TO ALL THE WORLD TO SET MY FIREBRAND UPON THEIR FOREHEADS. Just as farmers set their brand upon their stock, so too, do I set MY MARK upon those who are mine. This MARK is not a physical MARK, but a spiritual MARK DECLARING MY NAME. Do not think that because I have now MARKED you, that life will be easier. IT WILL NOT! For the enemy can see the MARK I have placed upon you, and the enemy will now see who to ATTACK IN EARNEST. Remember My Word - your battles are not carnal, but spiritual - and now PRAYER and FAITH will be your weapons.

My son, I have said in the coming days that those in My body will have BLOODY KNEES. The judgments are falling now, and soon the GREAT DIVIDE will take place. PRAYER, FASTING, and FAITH will be the normal - NOT the occasional. Much DISTRESS is now at the door - COMMOTION and CHAOS have gone through the door. Those of My REMNANT HAVE BEEN MARKED for a season already. Now I am placing My FIREBRAND on the BRIDE who have been faithful.

VISION: Suddenly, at this point while the Lord was speaking this word to me, He opened up a vision and showed me the FIREBRAND. A person's head came into view, but the only portion that was clear and in focus was the forehead. As I watched, I saw a round circular mark, about the size of a silver dollar appear on the forehead. The outer edge of the circle was thick, fiery gold in color, and it appeared to be moving and swirling and looked like liquid fire. Within the the thick outer circle of fiery gold, there appeared two symbols that to me resembled Hebrew letters. I then heard a voice speak, "They represent the Alpha and Omega - the beginning and the ending." These letters appeared larger, and I then noticed smaller letters below them still within the circle. The smaller letters also seemed to be Hebrew letters. As I looked at them, suddenly the letters changed, and I saw it spelled out the name of JESUS - all in fiery gold. The vision ended.

The Lord then continued to speak. My son, this is MY FIREBRAND for My children who have been bought by My blood. I will have My angels CONTINUE MARKING until the last one is MARKED - THEN THE END SHOUT REPENT NOW to the lost and SHOUT REPENT to My stiff-necked church! I am not the only one MARKING the people. The evil one also has HIS MARK - with his name and the number of his name - which he has also been MARKING those who FOLLOW HIM. REPENT NOW and turn from your wicked ways. I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH - I HAVE PLACED MY FIREBRAND UPON YOU!

Amen. Lord Jesus
 

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What is Jesus to do with America’s Sin? 06/27/2023

 

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The BRICS Summit Could Lead To The Rise Of The 10 Kings!!!

 

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The BRICS Summit Could Lead To The Rise Of The 10 Kings!!!

According to Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, Iran and Argentina have recently applied. In addition, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria and other oil-producing countries have also applied.

Think of that, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Nigeria have all applied as well as other oil producing states. They will easily become the "petro brick",
 

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Warning Dreams: Volcanic Activity Italy; Age of Grace End & Only ONE WAY OUT!
 

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Hosea 6 -- The Lord is coming as sure as the Sun will rise

1 “Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us
but he will bind up our wounds.

I would hope by now every Christian could see the error in supporting Biden. One would think the collapse of Kabul was the final straw, but the self inflicted inflation, the open border, the fact that we are looking at nuclear war with Russia, and now all the evidence of lies and corruption by the Biden family. We have 14 Democrats publicly saying they don’t trust him to be the sole person in charge of the nuclear codes. He wants the US taxpayers to pay for abortions not just in this country but around the world. He portrayed Trump’s shutting down traffic to China as being Xenophobic and then denied he said that. Trump was vilified for saying that HCQ could treat Covid19, Fauci said it was ineffective and dangerous, yet scientists have studied it and determined it is an effective treatment. Biden said there was no vaccine when he took office despite the fact he was given the vaccine a month prior to that and over 20 million Americans were vaccinated when he took office. They said Cuomo was the “gold standard” in how to deal with Covid and now we learned he is probably responsible for well over 4,000 additional deaths in NY by forcing nursing homes to take patients with Covid. Biden and Harris both guaranteed that they would not ban fracking and then banned it the first week in office. For four years Trump did not start any wars and only got us out of wars. In his first month Biden starts up a conflict with Syria that could get us back into a war botched Afghanistan and we are now on the precipice of WWIII with Russia. Feminists now realize that everything they accomplished in putting women’s sports on an equal footing with men’s sports has just been undone with the Equality Act. We haven’t even discussed the corruption of Hunter Biden that Big Tech and the mainstream media censored prior to the election. Kerry said that those people who lost their jobs when Biden banned fracking and shut down the pipeline and stopped construction of the border wall could work making solar panels. 95% of those panels are made in China. The shut down simply took American jobs and sent them to China. After four years with Trump we were energy independent and after one month with Biden we aren’t any longer. Gas prices rose 50%. Biden promised to give every American $2,000 checks if they voted for the two senators in Georgia, but within a couple of weeks had reneged on that promise. This didn’t stop them from sending hundreds of billions of dollars to pay off campaign debts in their $1.9 trillion dollar “relief” bill. That bill was the biggest pork barrel spending bill in US history until they passed a second, $3.5 trillion bill. It set a record for the most pork in the first month of any presidency and the greatest increase in US debt ever. One Catholic priest called Joe Biden the most aggressively anti catholic president in US history.

2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.

I have to think that this is a reference to the end of the age. With one day being equal to a thousand years we are now at the end of the second day.

3 Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Again more references to the Lord’s second coming. The Lord’s coming is as sure as the Sun rising. These terms that are translated as “winter rains” and “spring rains” are thought to represent rains that took place in October right before harvest and in the middle of March right after the seeds were sown.

4 “What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. 5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth— then my judgments go forth like the sun. 6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

There are Christian organizations, Christian denominations and Christian ministries that are run like businesses. It is all about the money, the sacrifices, the burnt offerings. False prophets like Balaam and Judas are all about the money, that is their focus. The Lord desires mercy, he wants us to treat others with mercy and then he too will treat us with mercy.

7 As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.

If you read Genesis 5 it appears that Adam was the name of the first town.

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers,
stained with footprints of blood. 9 As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.

Reminds me of January 6th and the riot at the capital. This wasn’t carried out by a bunch of marauders only. Pelosi helped by making sure there wouldn’t be any security. Now that the video has been released we are discovering Feds disguised as "MAGA" instigating the violence and manipulating the crowd.

10 I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.

Anyone paying attention these last few months has seen a wicked thing. The election was stolen, those who bring forth evidence to support that have been censored, black listed, cancelled, doxed, and accused of insurrection. The pandemic was part of their wicked scheme. Abortions for all are part of their wicked scheme. Putting RFID chips in everyone is part of their wicked scheme. Rewarding big tech by making them immune to liability and leveraging them to censor their enemies is part of their wicked scheme. Bankrupting the middle class to destroy democracy in this country is part of their wicked scheme.

11 “Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,

The end of the age is likened to a harvest. The tares will be gathered and tossed into the fire. But at that time there will also be a harvest of the wheat into the barn and then the fortunes of the Lord’s people will be restored, just as He led Israel out of slavery and into the good land.
 

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The first seal, Counterfeit Christ

If the Five seals are opened during the church age and the sixth seal is the rapture then we must be able to see the five seals discussed in the New testament. James was the first book written so I will be looking in this book to see what he says concerning the first five seals.

James 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

This is the basic principle of the antichrist, the counterfeit Christ, and how the deceiver operates. If you put to death the passions with the lusts the deceiver will have no power over you.

16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

This is how they deceive you. They give you perfect gifts, you say these gifts are definitely from God, so therefore the scam artist must also be from God. The cult leader will share something true and genuine from God. Balaam's prophecy was from God. This is like baiting a trap. The bait is real food, but then you fall into the trap. Just because someone is a "false prophet" doesn't mean they cannot speak the word of God. Just because a guy is a mafioso who sells drugs does not mean he can't make a good pot of spaghetti. Just remember, if there is a perfect gift it isn't from the cult leader, it is from God. The cult leader will try to take credit for that, hence he is a counterfeit.

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

All of the cult leaders, whether Manson, or Hitler, or Jim Jones, or David Koresh, eventually they all end up expressing the wrath of man. Their lies will paint them into a corner and the only way out for them is the wrath of man, and that is no working the righteousness of God. You should be able to see that.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

A very big deceit is to be a spectator christian. They think that going to church, listening to the message on Sunday is good enough. This is what you might consider the entry level drug. Whether you fall into a cult or whether you are sung to sleep to be a spectator Christian, either way you are being deceived by a counterfeit Christ.

27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

These are two excellent safeguards. Your religion is not simply to listen to messages but to visit the fatherless and widows. Help at a soup kitchen, tutor, get involved in some way to minister to the fatherless and widows. Second, keep yourself unspotted from the world. There are worldly NGO's, worldly charities where the people involved are not godly. For example, the Gideon ministry has distributed 2.5 billion Bibles. A full Bible costs them $5 and a New Testament is slightly less than $2. So the cost of those 2.5 billion bibles runs more than $5 billion and less than $12.5 billion. So it is a big ministry and yet there is no administrative costs to those who donate money. 100% of the money given to this ministry goes to the distribution of the Bibles. Yes, they do have administrative costs, but those are born by the members of this ministry. Now compare that with charities where 15% is standard and 50% is not unheard of. The Red Cross pays its CEO $625,000 a year. The president and CEO of United Way made $1.6 million in 2019. So if you keep these two principles, you are helping the fatherless and widows and you are unspotted from the world you will avoid many counterfeits. For example Kenneth Copeland has an estimated net worth of $300 million. Pat Robertson is worth $100 million. Joel Osteen is worth $80 million. There are many, many counterfeits.

Clearly this seal has been opened during the apostolic age. James is the first book written, and the first chapter is great insight into the false prophets, false Christs, and all the deceits.
 

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The third seal, the black horse, Famine

James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.


Faith without works will cause the church to be dead, to starve. Like Sardis you will have the name that you live but are dead.

19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?


There is a common thought in Christianity that all you need to do is pray a prayer to God and you are eternally saved. Yes, it is true that you cannot save yourself, it is the blood of Christ that washes you from your sins and without that you will never be saved. But it is also true that genuine faith is living, like a tree, and will bring forth fruit. We consider that fruit to be a "work of faith" not a work of the law, a work that issues out of your faith in the Lord. If the fruit trees are all barren without any fruit then you will starve.

The third horse of the apocalypse has a scale and it is not fair, it is biased.

James 2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?


How many churches have respect of persons? This is a biased scale. Instead of appreciating the brothers and sisters equally they are actually valuing money and they have the love of money. The church is supposed to be a mustard plant, but once they have the love of money they grow into a large tree that does not bear fruit, instead it lodges evil birds that eat up all the word of God.
 

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The fourth Seal -- The pale green horse of the apocalypse, the plague

James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.


Our tongue is like that of a serpent, full of deadly poison. No one can tame the tongue. Look at how they incite children in school and in college to set the world on fire. The tongue is an unruly evil. No one can control it. You can try, they try to censor people, they try to deal with slander and libel, but lies, hate, inciting people, it is everywhere and it spreads like a disease.

9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

This is man's tongue. The only cure is the cross of Christ. Our mouth is like bitter waters, you must add the cross of Christ before you can drink it. Think about the internet, or books, or magazines. Some bless God, others are a vile curse on man.

14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

This poison comes from your hearth. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. There is a poisonous wisdom, it is sensual, devilish. The symptoms of this wisdom are envying, strife, confusion and every evil work. Albert Pike shared this devilish wisdom, we see this wisdom in books like "The Little Prince".

I think it is abundantly evident that this horse has been running for the last two thousand years. The printing press published Bibles and it also published some very evil books and magazines. The radio did the same, the TV did the same and now the internet is running full speed ahead.
 

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The second seal -- the Red Horse of the apocalypse -- War

James 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

It can be hard to understand why Russia is fighting in Ukraine. But we know quite easily what triggers us. Someone insults you, even if it is a perceived slight, that is the pale green horse. Or it may be that you have a famine, the church is dead, there is no work of faith, no one is being cared for, so they wind up fending for themselves, like the children who were shipwrecked and described in the book "the Lord of the Flies". We have counterfeit Christs like Hitler, or Stalin, or Mao, they want to be God, they are a counterfeit, and so it leads to war.

2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

We have needs that must be met, God knows that. If we bring those needs to God He will take care of us. But people don't pray for a way to get to work, they pray for a new car. They don't pray for a place to live, they pray for a new house. Then if you have a house and a car they pray for a pool, and a second car, and a summer house, etc. They spend money on their lusts, playing golf, going to professional sports events, and soon you can't distinguish believers from those in the world.

4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Your experience is a very good lens to look through to understand the world. If your spouse is an adulterer it would push you to war. This is what friendship with the world is. There is no holiness or sanctification or righteousness in the world. They may pretend to have those things, they may act like they have those things, but there is only one that is good and that is God. It is the same in the world. The US has helped and supported Saudi Arabia for fifty years, but they are like an adulterous relationship. They have corrupted the US and they will betray the US without the slightest hesitation. Imagine you have a genuine believer, and yet this person never spends time with God. They go to one worldly event after another, hang out with worldly friends and so the Spirit dwelling within them is forced to sit in the corner silent while all this goes on. If you had a friend like this you would find new friends. The Spirit wants to spend time with you, speak to you, and be in a relationship with you. Treat them like that and they will leave.

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

We will be threatened by the devil, we may be fearful, sweating drops of blood, but stand strong, resist the devil and he will flee from you. The devil is terrified of Jesus, instead of being a little coward stand strong with Jesus by your side and the devil will flee. If you feel you are surrounded by wolves, caught in a dangerous situation, draw night to God and He will draw night to you, just like the Calvary coming to the rescue. If war does come to you, if divorce, or if you get fired, then cleanse your hands. Focus on your sins, repenting to the Lord, washing in His blood, purifying your heart, and be honest, you are double minded. No one wants to be married to someone who is double minded. Embrace the affliction, mourn, weep, because you are weeping for your sins, your shortcomings, your failures. Humble yourself before God and He will lift you back up. You have to first repent for the error of your ways, and then listen to the Lord as He leads you out of the pit. The reason you ended up in the pit is you ignored the Lord, the solution to get out of the pit is to listen to and obey the Lord.

11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

If you speak evil of others that is why many problems come your way. I was a high school teacher and I learned the hard way that teenagers will cut off their nose to spite their face. They have very sensitive egos, you think you said something that was funny and not hurtful, but they will remember it for an entire year and use it as the reason to fail your class. Once offended they will never be won back. You have to be exceedingly sensitive, this is even worse in a coed setting.

16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

Think about that. Some NBA star is asked who the "GOAT" is in the NBA, whatever they say will offend others. Lebron says he is the GOAT and MJ is offended, Bill Russell is offended, Kareem is offended, etc. It is the same with all boasting. The US thinks they are the lone superpower after the fall of the Berlin wall and Russia and China are offended.

This is where wars come from.
 

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The fifth seal -- the cry of the martyrs from under the altar

James 5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.


You don't have to chop off their head to kill them. How many people died in factories and sweat shops? Look at these people who die in fires because the boss chained the exits doors closed. We see this today, we have seen this throughout the industrial revolution, and before that we saw it with slaveholders. We have seen this going all the way back to ancient Egypt. You don't think they are crying "how long O Lord, faithful and true, till you avenge our blood"?

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

We may not have died, maybe we never worked in a sweat shop, or on a slave plantation, but we still suffer offenses. We still have grudges. We are not to let the sun set on our wrath. You have 24 hours at the most to deal with an offense. I remember once something happened where a brother in the brothers house offended me. I was angry and sought him out but he hid himself. This made me angry because I could see the sun was about to set. I knew the rule and he knew the rule, he didn't want to see me until the sun had set. I had no choice but to give it to the Lord and to this day I still can't remember what the whole thing was about. We all must be patient and we all must endure. We all need the Lord to have pity on us and we all need his tender mercy. Remember the royal law, God will be merciful to those who have shown mercy, God will have pity on those who have shown pity, and God will keep a grudge with those who kept their grudges.
 

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