Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

Prophecy concerning the Lord's coming

Zechariah 12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

A cup of trembling refers to a cup of drunkenness, that someone keeps on drinking even though they are drunk out of their mind, they are so befuddled they don't even know there is a siege going on against them. The focus is on Jerusalem. Now the way I read "Jerusalem" is that it depends on where we are in the timeline. As long as we are talking about the church age and the age of grace I think we have to consider the US to be "Judah". It is a country that is based on law, built on the constitution. And Jerusalem, the "city of Peace" would be Washington DC. Now after the rapture of the church Jerusalem would refer to the Jerusalem in Israel and the US becomes "the wilderness".

So then how would we, the Christians who are not drunk, who are not asleep, who are not befuddled, going to know when the Lord's return is upon us? We will see those in Washington DC and all the people round about (the mainstream media broadcasting out of NYC, Atlanta, and LA) will be befuddled. They will be drinking from a cup of drunkenness and continue drinking from it not having any clue about what is going on.

For example, you might see the other super powers like China threatening Taiwan and even laying the ground work for an invasion by first attacking with a bioweapon, followed up by stealing the election and installing their puppet, and then we would see a rapid increase in cyber attacks. I doubt we would see Russia befuddled so they would probably make a move on the Ukraine. Likewise Iran might see this as an opportunity as well. If you were going to attack the US you would want "shock and awe". You want to be lightening fast on multiple fronts. Taiwan is absolutely critical to Asia, the Pacific and to micro chips. Without a supply of microchips US industry and defense would be crippled. The Ukraine is critical to the peace and security of Europe and Israel is essential to the peace and security of the Middle East. Cutting off the oil from the Middle East would cripple our allies, particularly Europe, and seizing the Ukraine would threaten Europe as well.

I don't think that China or Russia thinks they could conquer the US in two weeks, but they could cause Europe to effectively capitulate. That would dramatically tip the scales in their favor. First you hit the US with a massive cyber attack to cause chaos, confusion, and disrupt communications for about two weeks. Meanwhile you attempt to seize Taiwan or at the very least cut it off from the west. During these two weeks you roll into the Ukraine full speed and also try to control shipping lanes from the Middle East to Europe. If Europe has to get their oil from Russia and China they will fold, especially with Russia in the Ukraine. If the US is under attack they will have to focus on the Pacific, the Atlantic and particularly Taiwan. They will be spread too thin to deal with oil to Europe.

Anyway that is all hypothetical and could be weeks away from happening for all we know. Instead what we will be able to see prior to that is Washington drinking from this cup of trembling. Perhaps we see the Chinese in all of our universities and influencing our scientists and politicians with joint projects and grants. Perhaps you will see politicians trying to distract from the threat of China and focus on some trivial threat like "white supremacists" or some other ridiculous boogey man. You can be sure that some of our key politicians will have multi million dollar dealings with the Chinese like Hunter Biden does, or Kerry and Clinton do. You will also discover that some politicians have been involved with Chinese spies, probably the pretty honey trap ones like Swalwell, and yet it doesn't hurt their career, if anything it helped. Then others like Pelosi and Feinstein will be invested in stealing elections using voting machines. This isn't a conspiracy theory, it may be a conspiracy, but there is no theory here, all of this has already been put out in the open. These drunks are so befuddled they don't realize the whole world sees their shame.

Anyway, when you see these things happen know that the day of the Lord is here, the Jerusalem "count down clock" is about to hit 0.

Globalism vs the US

Zechariah 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

We can see that the entire earth would be gathered against Jerusalem in the Middle East because of the oil in the Middle East.

But why would the whole Earth be gathered against the US? Even if China, Russia, Iran, and a few other Islamic nations are against the US that isn't the whole earth. Of course most nations are for globalism. It is pretty much the US that is the lone holdout and primarily because of Evangelical Christians who see this as the coming kingdom of the AntiChrist.

Recently we have seen astounding hypocrisy of "woke" corporations. For example the NBA protesting racism in the US while working closely with the Chinese who are involved in the genocide of the Uyghurs right now. Or Coca Cola and MLB boycott Atlanta and move the All Star game to Denver because Georgia will require voter ID and yet Denver already requires voter ID.

It looks like hypocrisy but it isn't. These corporations worship the dollar. There are 7 billion people on this planet that are not in the US, that means market share and growth for global corporations is outside the US. They obviously don't care about racism, or slavery or even genocide whether past or present, what they care about is money and they are more than willing to lie about it. They have to lie to the US because of the evangelical Christians and that is becoming a very heavy stone for them. Those that pretend to be "woke" and are virtue signalling will be cut in pieces, their ratings will plummet, they will be broken up in antitrust legislation, or through lawsuits, and they will be taken over.

But know this the whole earth is moving towards favoring one world government. The final straw will be the US printing money like a bank robber. They will want one world currency that no one can control the printing press for. Therefore the whole earth will be against the US. Biden's drunken spending spree of $7 trillion and counting is the final straw. In the US we see inflation, but all the countries who invested in our bonds to them this is a bank robber stealing their investment.

Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

This verse is obviously talking about the Israelites in Jerusalem and this is why everyone interprets this chapter as being about Israel. Obviously all the believers are already looking on the one who was pierced. But, are they looking on the one that they pierced? Do they think this is the one that the Jews pierced, or that the Romans pierced, and don't realize this is the one that they pierced?

I believe that every single person who gets saved becomes born again. Just like the process of being born is quite similar for everyone the process of being born again is also similar for everyone. I also believe that all of us must eat the body and blood of the Lord, once again, even though people prepare food differently the process of eating is quite similar all over the world. Likewise we all harvest crops and that process is very similar as well. So whether it is the rapture of the Jews or the rapture of the first fruits, the rapture of Enoch, or Ruth or Noah, I think there are a number of things that are similar and no doubt "looking on the one that they have pierced" is one of those things.

Think about what the Lord told Philadelphia, those of the synagogue of Satan would come and bow down and confess that the Lord was really in their midst. It sounds to me that these are believers who all of a sudden see that those Christians they were mocking, ridiculing, and thought were an embarrassment to them were in fact one with the Lord. They were the body of Christ and they realized that they had "pierced" them.

So yes, we can still apply this verse and this prophecy to ourselves. Immediately before and immediately after the rapture of the firstfruits there will be a great awakening among those Christians who are left behind. They will look on "me whom they have pierced" just like Paul looked on the Lord who he was persecuting.

Surprise, the inhabitants of Jerusalem will be your strength

Zechariah 12:4 In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

The context of verse 4 is verse 3 about the entire Earth is against us. So I take these as the horses of war. In that case the dominion machines involved in stealing the election were horses, as well as the riders were all the election official involved in the theft. They have been struck with astonishment. They had no idea that anyone would care much less do anything. The audits have caught them by surprise. They were completely blind that they were rushing headlong into a trap.

5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God.

We are starting to see politicians with a backbone because they realize that their are millions of Americans coming forth to back them up. The audit in Arizona is only the tip of the iceberg. There are over 10 states that are planning to also do audits.

6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

There are election integrity laws being passed in multiple states, Liz Cheney has been voted out of power, there are recall votes in the works for Newsom and probably Whitmer and Cuomo will follow suit. The government officials are standing up to the Biden administration because they know the inhabitants of Jerusalem (also known as the MAGA movement will be their strength). It is like a fire sweeping through the states and burning up the chaff and corrupt officials.

Zechariah 12:7 The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.

8 In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

Look at who gets saved first, the deplorables, the feeble. Not the mighty, or powerful, or rich, but the lowly.

Think about this, the "feeble" will be as David. How, it doesn't make sense. Well, today I can read something that someone else wrote, something that would be likened to a stone from an expert at slinging stones that his headed straight for the forehead of some giant, and I can simply share it myself. I can share it on this blog, or on Facebook, or on some other platform. All of a sudden one expert slinger of stones becomes a hundred or a thousand.

What we are seeing is a populist movement. This is the problem with the deplorables, saying they are deplorable doesn't work, they have been insulted their whole life. All of their friends are deplorable. Those kinds of insults only work on those desperate to be popular with "the beautiful people".

I had an interesting dream that was an answer to my prayer concerning Shavuot which led me to conclude that the way in which Shavuot is described is similar to the way we would celebrate a High school or College graduation. There is no specific date for graduation, rather you have to complete your course work and pass your exams. Once you have done that then you can graduate. Anyway that dream seems very similar to this dream, suggesting a Shavuot rapture.

Jude 1-8 -- This is what it is to contend for the Faith

1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. 3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.

I recently heard Dana Coverstone share another dream of his and I think it was directly related to this. They were urging people to contend for the faith and instead they just watched. Also they were urged to cross the silver line which I understand to indicate salvation. Instead they were slaughtered by dark forces. Recently it has become very obvious to me that there are many Christians that hope they will not have to “contend for the faith”. They think that if there is friction between the world and the church that we should be “meek” and “mild”, “longsuffering” and “patient”. Preaching the gospel and more to the point, preaching righteousness is provocative and “as much as is possible we should be at peace with all people”.

That all sounds very spiritual and even Biblical. The problem is that it is not possible to compromise with the faith or with sin. Not only so but if we see sin and say nothing then we will be held accountable. We are not talking about gossip, backbiting, murmuring, or slander. The context is the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. So then, if we are talking about your cousin, or your neighbor do not apply this fellowship to that situation. On the other hand if we are indeed talking about the faith that was once for all entrusted to us, then this chapter is urging us to contend for it. The violent take the kingdom by force. We will not be threatened or intimidated to give up one inch of this faith, we will not compromise with the the Faith.

4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you.

This has been a recurring theme in his dreams with dark ninja-like warriors slipping in among those who were spectators and in other dreams described them as wolves with red eyes. It is time to wake up. They have slipped in among our churches, among our teachers, among our politicians, among those that make the movies or present the news.

They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

Christians have been condemned repeatedly for being sexist and for being judgmental towards homosexuals. Ridiculed for questioning the theory of evolution, and pressured to open up to all religions as all worshipping the same God. “A license for immorality”. In the schools the law is being changed so that a boy can use a girl’s bathroom and if a teacher or supervisor were to complain they will be fired. Everyone in the inner city knows that we must patrol the stairwells and make sure no classroom is left unlocked because teenagers are looking for an opening for immorality. This new law is the license they have sought. Boys can now go into the girls bathroom and have sex and if a teacher objects they will be fired.

5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.

One of God’s goals in that deliverance was that the Egyptians would know that He is God. Likewise at the end of this age everyone will know that Jesus is Lord and savior. Jude’s point here is not so much about the deliverance as it is about those who did not believe being destroyed. These ones secretly creep in because the worst thing for them is to shine the light on them and expose them. We are called not merely to preach the gospel of salvation but also to contend for the faith. In a nutshell the faith is that Jesus is Lord, every knee will bow, and you need to do what He says. We do not bow the knee to ungodly people who creep in are condemned, and try to pervert the grace of God.

6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.

The book of Enoch goes into great detail on what happened when they fell, were judged, and were bound. This is what we will see if we are being attentive, they did not keep their position of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling. For example, the Attorney General is threatening legal action against the audit in Arizona. He has no authority over the audit in Arizona. The US constitution is very clear that elections are under local jurisdiction, not federal. The AG’s “proper dwelling” is the constitution but he is abandoning that.

7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

We are given several historical examples for our admonition concerning the end of this age. One example of course is Noah, when they entered the ark and closed the door then the rain came and destroyed the then known world. A second example is Egypt, one plague after another, each becoming more and more severe, until Pharaoh thrust the Israelites out of Egypt. Once again the crossing of the Red Sea while Pharaoh’s armies were destroyed is quite symbolic. Another example is Sodom and Gomorrah, the day Lot left God rained fire down on the cities. It is very easy to see that there are many in the US who have given themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. The Music awards show should have been X rated. It was on prime time TV and yet a major act in the presentation of the awards was a lesbian sex scene. Fornication is confusion and that is what we have today. Who knows how many “genders” they have now. What started out as people condemning hate crimes and human rights abuses against people who were LGTBQ to the US embassy flying the Gay Pride flag! What happened, as Christians we condemn abusive behavior towards anyone, that doesn’t mean we want to fly a Gay Pride flag over our house or over our country.

8 In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.

The ungodly people are acting in the very same way as the angels that fell. If they heap abuse on you as you share the gospel know that this has all been prophesied. For some the gospel is a sweet fragrance of life unto life. For others it is the smell of judgement unto condemnation. Every time we turn around someone is heaping abuse on someone else. I watch a video of a teacher heaping abuse on a small boy around 5 years old because she made cupcakes that were only for those who identified as gay and he identified as straight. We are watching protests all over the country where they reject authority.

Jude 9-13 These people slander whatever they do not understand

9 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

We need to be careful. It is possible to overreact to their rejection of authority with our own insubordination. Jesus is Lord, not us. We are not in a position to judge, only to preach the saving grace that still operates. You do not need to compromise with someone who is ungodly and yet in authority. Learn from Michael, they are not the Lord, Jesus is Lord. I read today that every Republican that voted to impeach Trump is now being primaried. They were shocked, they had no idea they would be held accountable. But the fact is they are our elected “representatives” and if they do not represent us then they will be removed, just like Liz Cheney was.

10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.

Slanderers, not only so, but ignorant of what it is they are slandering. They are acting irrationally in a way that is very destructive not only to others but to themselves as well. They tear down statues of Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. Lincoln said that if he could have avoided the Civil War he would have let the South continue with slavery. You can’t take that quote out of the context of history, he campaigned on no slavery in the free states and no more slave states added. It had become apparent to the South that slavery could not compete with the industrialized North. The South knew that they had to have the North work with them on slavery or else their economy would collapse. Lincoln knew it too. His point was not that there was any possibility that he would have had slavery but rather that it was not his fault they had a civil war. His point was that the South was fully to blame and was guilty for the blood shed during that war. Then their issue with Teddy Roosevelt is even more irrational. There is a statue out front of the Museum of Natural History that shows Roosevelt on a horse with a Native American and an African man standing next to him. These two figures are personifying the continents of North America and Africa because the museum houses a vast array of animals from these two continents. Teddy Roosevelt is there because he was a world famous naturalist and the one most responsible for collecting the Museum’s specimens. This has nothing to do with racism or any abusive practices, it has to do with the natural history of these two continents.

11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.

It is as though all the negative examples throughout history are all on display today. Cain killed his brother out of jealousy. For what? Because his business selling sheep and wool was outperforming Cain’s business selling vegetables and fruit? Greed, envy, jealousy, hatred all expressed by Cain. Balaam is more subtle. A professional prophet, a prophet for hire. Like the “fake news” agencies. We don’t have to shoot you, slander your business and we can kill you that way. We can’t be obvious, we hire someone known to be faithful to tell us God’s word and let him show us how to do it. The cigarette companies hired a PR firm that pushed the idea that “we don’t know” that cigarettes are addictive. It was a lie and when it got exposed they all went down the tubes. The NFL hired the same firm to teach them to say we don’t know that football causes brain injuries. And now we see those caught up in Korah’s rebellion, trying to rebel against God’s law, against His word, against the church His representative on the earth. Today the churches are the embassies of the kingdom of the heavens. But in country after country they violate the sovereignty of that embassy. It will provoke sudden destruction from the Lord.

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

You don’t just see them as leaders of corporations, PR firms, and governments. They have also infected the church. Shepherds who only feed themselves with their “prosperity gospel”. Clouds without rain, that is a politician who gets elected on a platform of lies. Biden promised to forgive college loans, that was an empty promise. Harris promised to do away with the human rights abuses at the border, an empty promise. They are blown by the wind, whatever the radical left wants they do. It seems nothing is too radical for them. Biden looks like an autumn tree, a tree who has lost all its leaves. What are his “roots”? He doesn’t have any, there is nothing that he stands for, nothing that you can say that is what he cares about. Omar going on and on about how the US is a terrorist nation, she is wild waves of the sea foaming out her shame.

Jude 14-25 The Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

I am really taken by this “the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones”. We are being trained into His army, He has raised up the church to be His army. We are not fighting for the Lord, we are fighting with the Lord. When you contend for the faith remember that, you are not alone, the Lord is with you.

This is a quote from the book of Enoch (Enoch 1). It is clear that Jude and John both quote from the book of Enoch, but I would extend that to Peter and Paul as well. There are passages in both of their writings that seem to be taken straight from Enoch 1 or based very much on what is written in Enoch 1. So I think it is fair to say the prophecies in the book of Enoch have been certified by the apostles. However, it is not part of the Old Testament, that doesn’t mean it isn’t of God. The Old Testament is His covenant with His people. It is a contract. It isn’t part of that contract, yet it is a prophecy of what is going to happen. Isaiah 45:3 I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.

16 These people are grumblers and fault finders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

We are not ignorant of Satan’s devices or what is about to happen. We can see it unfold, worship God, but do not be dragged into the pit with them. They are a pathetic joke. AOC went public railing against Trump because her grandmother’s house was still damaged from Hurricane Maria. So a conservative talk show started a go fund me page to pay for repairs to her home and raised enough to fix up her entire neighborhood. But AOC shut it down saying they wouldn’t take the money. So it wasn’t about her grandmother’s house being fixed at all, rather it was about being a fault finder and a grumbler.

17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

Today you can see those who appear to have no purpose other than to divide people. Race baiting, many nasty attempts to divide people. They are scoffers, they are insulting, derisive, and mocking. You have to keep yourself in God’s love, you have to wait for mercy. They are shepherds that feed only themselves. Look at the BLM founder who bought $4 million in houses for her family and yet BLM took in billions and didn’t give one dime to the inner city to help minorities.

22 Be merciful to those who doubt;

there are others who legitimately doubt, be merciful to them. Some have been taken in by all the hate and vitriol and don’t yet realize they are being lied to.

23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

This is what it is to contend for the faith. “Snatching them out of the fire” that is what happened to Lot, that is a picture of the last rapture of believers during the tribulation.

24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

In this blog I have tried to focus on the pre-tribulation rapture. I wouldn't say I have done that exclusively, you can't really do that, but I have very much deemphasized everything else. I focus on Isaiah not Jeremiah so much and have almost completely excluded Ezekiel. I have only skimmed Daniel and with Revelation I have focused on the first 5 chapters.

My thought is this, focus on the game at hand, and in this case it is the first rapture. If we make it through this one and are raptured we will really be able to dig into the word in heaven surrounded by all the first fruits.

Hebrews 12:1-6 -- Why is the church being shut down?


1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,


It is wonderful to see that our country was founded by men of faith. They are a cloud of witnesses, our struggle is the same struggle that the Jews and Christians gassed in the gas chambers had, the same struggle that Israel had when they came out of Egypt. If you look at human history there is a great cloud of witnesses that have come before us, all of whom were looking for a better kingdom. This is what the gospel is all about. Think about Abraham leaving Babel, you have a man of faith in a tent versus this kingdom with the tower up to the heavens. That has been the struggle, we saw this in Egypt with Joseph and Moses. We saw this with Israel but they stumbled, they were carried off to Babylon and when the Lord came they were under the thumb of the Romans. To shame the Jews and make them jealous the Lord went to the offscouring of the world, raised up a kingdom that could stand against the Satanic system.


let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.


I was with a small gathering to pray outside of Mike Pence’s house tonight. While there people were driving by and screaming at us, “losers” and other things along those lines that I cannot repeat on this forum. One of the guys there got provoked by this, but it is a glory to experience the same things that these heroes of the faith experienced. Think about how far we have come in six months. We have proven that there was election fraud, we have proven that China was involved in the steal, and we have proven that this is all about a struggle between one world government of the Antichrist or the Kingdom of the heavens.

4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

I learned tonight about the “Black Robed Regiment” during the revolutionary war. The church and the pastors were called the “Black Robed Regiment” by the British because they saw them as the instigators and provocateurs to those who fought in the Revolutionary war. The shot heard round the world was done on the front lawn of one of these churches. The word of God condemns the corruption, it condemns those that would trample on the children of God, and it is the same word that led the children of Israel out of bondage. This is why they must shut down the church before trying a coup. It is these same believers who have taken a stand in Arizona, that is why they consider the audit in Arizona to be the Concord of today. Yes, standing up for the right to worship the Lord Jesus can be a struggle that leads to the shedding of blood. The US was founded by two completely different groups. Plymouth rock represents the believers who were seeking a better kingdom and Jamestown represents those of the world seeking to pilfer and plunder. It was the puritans who stood their ground because they knew if we surrendered to the British we would lose our religious freedom.

5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”

Think about that! How can these evil rulers get away with this? How is Pelosi worth $200 million? This is proof that God is not treating them as His children. They haven’t been chastened, they haven’t been disciplined, they haven’t been accepted as sons of God. They will get judged just like the tares, they will be bundled up and thrown into the fire.

So let’s appreciate the Lord’s discipline. Why are the churches shut down? Why would God do that? If you go back to the start of this country it was completely provoked by the preaching in the pulpit. The “Black robed regiment”. Study Valley Forge and you will know this country was born through faith in God. Any reasonable person would look at the situation at that time and say the continental army was dead. The freedom to worship is in the constitution, it is very clear that government has no authority to tell people of faith how to worship. Yet you let them tell you what you can and cannot speak in the church. We have been told clearly that you cannot speak anything that is “political” otherwise you lose your tax exempt status. Which of course is what really surprises me when I hear Jeremiah Wright preach (the guy who preached at Obama’s church) or this Warnock preach (running for Senator of Georgia). Their preaching is very political. It is hypocritical that you are not allowed to speak on certain topics decided on by the local government unless you also are espousing the platform of the party in power. If the government has no authority to tell you how to worship, how is it that they are telling you what you can and cannot say in the sanctuary? How can we say we don’t care about politics when politics is deciding what our children are taught, when they are deciding that there are multiple genders (I have lost count at this point but I know they are claiming more than 10). They are saying that elementary school age children have the right to declare they are a different gender and even support medical intervention to assist these elementary kids to make that transition. You don’t care who is elected even though one party is rabidly pro abortion?

From my reading of the Bible it is going to be very difficult for Christians to continue to gather as they used to. The whole idea that the lockdown of churches is temporary is a lie. The goal is to turn God’s people into beasts of burden to support the elite (any form of tyranny does this) where these people cannot think for themselves, cannot know God and cannot challenge the power structure. That was Pharaoh’s goal, Caesar’s goal, the emperor’s goal, and the goal of all empires. To accomplish that you must take charge of the education (which they have done). Require all the common people to be indoctrinated with your program (the elites can still send their kids to private schools). And you have to stamp out the church because the Bible is full of radical ideas like “the truth shall set you free” and “the light shined in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it”. China and Russia realized that they had to have complete control over the church otherwise it would shine in the darkness of their rule and overcome it. Sadly many Christians will not wake up until some saints get raptured.

Hebrews 12:7-17 Do not sell your inheritance

7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.

The Bible says that we should not forsake the gathering together of ourselves and so much the more as you see the day approaching. I see the day approaching and yet the churches are shut down? Well, I gathered together with 20 saints this evening to pray for this country. I gathered with five yesterday evening and I gathered with two others this afternoon. When you see the day approaching you need to gather together, it will be more difficult, so you need to figure out how to do it. Use the internet, use Zoom, use whatever means you have.

9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!

There are churches who have not submitted to this. I think everyone needs to be fully persuaded in their own mind as to how the Lord is leading you. This verse does not say you have to submit to the authorities, but rather to the Father of spirits. The Lord is speaking, are you a hireling, or a son. When you appear before the Lord will you have to give account of the saints under your care or give account to your tax exempt status? Is your Christian life going to end with a whimper or a bang?

10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.

Whatever path you take make sure it is leading you to share in His holiness.

11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

The issue is not which is the easier path to take, the issue is which path produces a harvest of righteousness and peace. Which path will lead to you becoming a trained disciple of the Lord. The rapture refers to a harvest of righteousness and peace.

12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 “Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

How weak and feeble some Churches appear. Are they really in the image and likeness of the Lord of all?

14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

We are not trying to be disruptive. Since when is prayer and worship disruptive. We do everything we can to live in peace with others. But I have been commanded to not forsake the assembling of myself together with the saints. I want to live in peace but I must be faithful to the Lord and His word.

15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.

I believe that many believers like this Warnock have sold their birthright for a single meal. Claiming to be a “pro abortion” pastor is godless. I perceive that Reverend Jeremiah Wright has allowed a root of bitterness to grow up and has become defiled by it.

Hebrews 12:18-28 Our God is a consuming fire

18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; 19 to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, 20 because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.” 21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.” 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

The tyrants are the ones who are threatening people. There are two systems here, one keeps everyone in line with fear, the other is joyful, full of the righteous who were made perfect. There are two covenants, the better one is mediated by Jesus. Abel's blood condemns this evil satanic system, Jesus’ blood is the way out of this system. Where exactly do Christians “come” where is our ministry and the age of grace leading us? We are being led to the rapture at the end of the age where we are caught up to the heavenly mount Zion. There is a contrast here between the Jews coming to Mount Sinai and the giving of the law and the Christians coming to Mount Zion and a better covenant.

25 See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

This is a word of warning. We are being disciplined because we did not stand strong by faith to worship God according to our conscience but rather allowed evil men to infiltrate the church and tell us what we can and cannot say. Their plan is to utterly destroy God’s people just as Haman tried to. It is not a coincidence that this chapter follows chapter 11. We live by faith, it may seem simple and marvelous, but if you don’t live by faith there is a very serious warning.

26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

If you still think the US government is unshakeable you need to pray about it. When God shakes the US government and removes those that cause offense the entire world will be shaken. We are about to see an awesome shaking. Prior to Hitler the Germans were walking around with wheelbarrows filled with money, that is hyper inflation. It will be worse when the US dollar collapses. Germany was a small model of the coming collapse. For the last two years China has been buying up all the grain they can, this is why corn has risen 50% in price this year. When the collapse comes there won’t be any food left to buy up. It will be instant, wars with China, Russia and the Middle East. Cyber attacks, blackouts, the media will go dark. These riots we have watched the last year will seem like the good old days as you will see a complete collapse of law and order. Think about the Gestapo with their summary executions on the street.

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”

Our God is a consuming fire. At the end of the age God sends forth the angels to bundle up the weeds and cast them into the fire first. This is before He raptures the wheat to the heavenly barn. On January 6 the representatives must make a stand and choose a side. Wheat on one side, tares on the other. Embrace the truth on one side, hold down the truth in unrighteousness on the other. Holding down the truth is like holding down styrofoam in a pool, you can do it, but it is hard, and it keeps popping up and shooting out of the water.

Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

This chapter provides us a little time line of the rapture. Immediately prior to the Rapture the dragon is in the center of the picture wanting to devour the man child as it is born. That is interesting when you consider that it is only recently that China has taken center stage on the world scene. However, what I want to focus on is what happens after the rapture and it seems it is pretty much immediately after the rapture (days and weeks rather than months and years). The dragon and all his angels are cast to the earth, the woman who brought forth the man child flees to the wilderness on the wings of the great eagle, "and the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman". I think this must be referring to great floods in China, though it might not be limited to China. What is interesting to me is that there is a flood season for the Yangtze which begins in early June and runs for more than two months. No doubt this flood is far more extreme than a typical seasonal flood, still a massive flood that causes dams to collapse could be apocalyptic in the Yangtze river valley were over 500 million people live and where a very significant portion of the world's manufacturing takes place. There is a very interesting similarity between the geography of the three gorges dam and the womb for a woman, the term rapture also refers to when the water breaks for a pregnant woman. If the three gorges dam were to burst it would be apocalyptic. Not only so but there are a number of hints in the Bible of a spring time rapture: "first fruits", verses in Song of Songs describing spring time when the Lord wants her to come away, the story of Ruth, the similarity between the Shavuot where the Law was given and the rapture, etc. This could be one more hint.

The spirit of Antichrist is the Spirit of Caesar Nero. What is that? Nero wanted to buy up land in Rome, the people wouldn't sell at a price he wanted to pay so he had his goons set fire to the properties and then he held back the fire department which he controlled. As a result "Rome burned". After the fire he was able to buy the property at a great bargain. Watch this video, this is what they are doing in San Francisco. They control the police, hold them back while looting runs wild. Small business go bankrupt, many people flee the city, and then the real estate will be much cheaper.


Consider Jezebel who used her position to slander people, have them charged and executed before they could say boo and then seize their property. This is the same thing they did on June 6th. 450 people arrested and put into solitary confinement over a staged insurrection by the FBI.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...-infiltrate-oath-keepers-jan-6-riot-recorded/

"A master" whipping the wolves into a frenzy and told "go to the cities". Who is stirring them up -- seems like a good analogy to what we are seeing today.

100s of pastors preaching the gospel -- as they preach some are bored, but some are a "core" at the front of every church emphatically listening, preaching, and supporting.

In the midst of all the preaching the howling of wolves and scratching at the door. The wolves began to come in and sniff the people. All the wolves had red eyes like an LED light.

"shut up", "stop saying that" while the wolves are growling. Then he saw courtrooms, judges saying you can no longer preach this kind of message, pastors in chains. You cannot say that Jesus is the only way, You cannot say abortion is a sin, you cannot say these things violate the scripture.

Then churches surrounded by mobs of people. Harassing them.

This dream was shared a year ago.

https://www.revolver.news/2021/06/f...d-co-conspirators-raise-disturbing-questions/

Rats in the Sewer dream --


Blood was burning through the floor -- into the granite below -- into big tunnel

Walkways filled with rats. They are being drowned by the blood and in a panic to get out.

Blood is coming out of manholes and the rats are tracking blood everywhere. Reporters following them, taking pictures as rats whither and die.

The last part of the dream definitely suggests the collapse of the dollar or exchange value of many currencies.

The Spirit of Nero = The Spirit of the Antichrist

The defining moment for Nero was the great fire of Rome. At this point in time it is not possible to conclusively blame Nero for the fire and I am inclined to believe it was a "happy accident". He says afterward that he will build bigger and better and he does. This is the concept of the "great reset". In typical sociopathic fashion you trivialize the death and destruction and instead spin this as a great step forward. The problem is that to take credit for this you have to claim to be a visionary genius. This is what Daniel says, the antichrist takes credit for the things God does. That is truly the spirit of Antichrist. Sure enough Nero builds a huge statue of himself on the ruins and rubble from this fire. That in turn causes a great backlash and his popularity goes into the tubes. This is a guy whose father was murdered because the emperor thought he could rival him for the throne, he murdered his first wife who was his cousin and murdered his mother and of course saw Caligula murdered when he had been emperor. Making a blunder of the magnitude of his statue was not a small thing, it could mean his death. So he comes up with a solution which he deserves full credit for and which is where he truly earns his reputation of being an evil genius. He realizes if he blames some small Jewish sect, a group that neither the pagans or the orthodox Jews care for he could manipulate the populace. So, he turns on the Christians and is savage and cruel in his torture and murder. He turns the murder into a spectator sport. He was raised up and taught by actors and actresses as a child and so he is way ahead of his contemporaries in understanding how to use theater to his advantage. Just as today a politician must be able to use the internet and social media and in Nixon's time they needed to know how to use TV, Nero knew how to use theater.

So what is the spirit of Nero.

1. Never let a crisis go to waste. Do not look at the city burning down and the people dying and suffering loss as a crisis, but rather an opportunity to build your kingdom. Even if he wasn't the evil genius who planned this, all that followed learned from him. Hitler and the Reichstag fire, Cheney and 9/11, the Pandemic and Biden. You use a crisis to manipulate people and get what you want.

2. Put a positive spin on it. Don't call it the great fire of Rome, call it "the great reset".

3. Take credit for everything that happens as though you were God.

4. When you are caught in your lies and hypocrisies get that off the front page of the news by giving the people a much more graphic and entertaining story. Our emperor is an egotistical narcissist is old news, replace that with blood, guts, people screaming in the streets, and some paranoid conspiracy theory. Far more entertaining, your story will be buried.

This is the earthly wisdom that is evil that the writers of the New Testament warn us of.

1. They are not going to let this pandemic go to waste. A vaccine Passport increases the governments ability to control and monitor the population. Think about it, you don't have to go to court and have lawyers and facts and press reporting on it, you have a political opponent just give them a bad social score and you get rid of them.

2. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris promised the moon. Human rights abuses at the border would end as soon as they were elected, your college loans would be forgiven, only the rich will pay taxes, only people making over $400,000 will have to pay more in taxes, oops only families making more than $400,000 will have to pay more in taxes, oops only families making $60,000 or more a year will pay an extra $2,000 a year in taxes.

3. The flip side of taking credit for everything is to blame others for everything you don't want to take credit for. Impeach Trump after he is no longer president, accuse 75 million who voted for Trump of being racists insurrectionists, etc.

4. They are now caught in lies. They are caught in election fraud, they are caught in fabricating the whole Jan 6th insurrection, they are caught in selling influence. So we can definitely expect them to try and get that off the front page with something much worse.