Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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You may want to agree with Barnabas

Acts 15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. 38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

This is why I think that Mark was given the ministry to the left behind saints with the gospel of Mark that is also called the gospel of Peter.

39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; 40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

You might agree with Barnabas on this one, but this is the last we hear of him. When he left Paul he also left the New Testament ministry. Mark returns, and later Paul says that Mark is useful to him. The Bible is filled with passages concerning tough love. You make a mistake, you need to repent. If you repent you can be welcomed back in.

I would also point out that it says "Paul thought not good". It doesn't say the Holy Spirit appeared to Paul, or an angel visited him, or "thus saith the Lord". Yet Paul's thinking here was fully aligned with the Lord. Paul was immersed in the word, one with the word and even his thoughts became the word of God.

You hear some speak in such a strange way "the Lord told me not to say this" "the Lord is telling me to tell them this". Paul simply said "I don't think so". Was he being led by the Spirit? Yes. Does it add more weight to say that this isn't just my thought but the Lord's also? No.
 

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Why did God put Job through all those trials?

7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Don't you hate that? Some guy loses the championship game and instead of admitting defeat he is whining about how it wasn't fair. That is what I appreciated about Michael Jordan, never once does he go to a 7th game in the championships. Don't run the risk of a bad call, or an injury or some lame excuse.

9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

I remember Joe Namath confidently guaranteeing victory in the Superbowl. At that time the AFL was considered inferior to the NFL, they were proud and Namath was putting them in their place. Or I remember Joe Montana after Too Tall Jones had said he had no respect for him, he throws the game winning pass over Too Tall and then gets in his face and says "respect that big man". This happened after a terrible call by the officials taking away an interception that would have won the game for the 49ers. He doesn't complain about the bad call, instead he drives the length of the field to win the game in the final seconds.

12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.


I am reminded of Larry Bird. Everyone said he was a slow white guy who couldn't jump. In response he became one of the all time great trash talkers in the history of the NBA. He walks into the locker room before the 3 point shooting contest and says 'I'm looking around to see which one of you all is going to come in second' and then backs it up by winning. He said "if they didn't have the names on the back of the jersey's I wouldn't know half these guys". He would tell people exactly what he was about to do to them and then do it. He announced to the press one day that he would play the next game left handed and then did it.

14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

God is not putting Job through the ringer for no reason, He is transforming him so that He is in the image and likeness of God. The God we worship tells us the end from the beginning. He is the king of the jungle. At His name every knee will bow and every tongue confess. Demons flee, and rulers shudder.
 

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God is the one

Job 41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

These monsters that people think are so scary, they were created by God. Open your eyes, God is the one you need to respect.
 

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What is about to happen is Jesus is about to flip the tables of the money changers and drive a whole bunch of thieves out with a whip. Following that He will tell us that His return will be just like the 9th of Av (July 26th) when there is not one stone left upon another (the living stones are raptured) and the apostate stones are cast down. Following this you will have the rapture which is where the Lord will drink the cup of wine with us new (the feast of new wine, Pentecost, 8th of Av -- also July 26th -- Jewish day begins at sundown). After that the tribulation comes like a thief in the night (Judas is the thief and he will come to arrest and crucify all the apostate church leaders).

However, if this is correct we can expect a triumphant palm Sunday parade after Jesus resurrects Lazarus (Trump?), hence "the last Trump".

The warnings have been given, at this point you should all be in the ark, ready to go.
 

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Dominion Theology, The Big Lie 7-9-23. S4C Global Community Church ,Soldiers For Christ live!

 

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3 Types of people going to hell

19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.


3 Types of people going to heaven

23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Only one kind of soil produces the harvest that the farmer intended.
 

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Dominion Theology, The Big Lie 7-9-23. S4C Global Community Church ,Soldiers For Christ live!

The whole world lies in the evil one, he is ruler of this age and will give power to any who will worship him. Dominion theology is stupid because there is no sanctification, no separation from the world. It is some greedy pastor who thinks the way he can climb to the top of the heap is as a pastor getting lots and lots of tithes because of the tax exempt status of the church. We were saved out of the world, why would you return to the world and the rat race and this unholy attempt to be king of the dunghill?
 

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What is an appointed day?

Consider Passover, we see the celebration in Exodus when Moses brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, but that was only a shadow of the real thing. The real passover lamb was Jesus and the real Passover was when Jesus was crucified. That is the reality, but the shadow of that reality reached all the way back to ancient Egypt.

So don't think that the reality of Passover was seen in Exodus, that was the shadow of the reality. It looked a whole lot like the reality, just like a shadow does, but it was not the reality.

I say this because we are now examining the 9th of Av to be the appointed day for the rapture (actually the 8th of Av the rapture and the 9th of Av the judgement on those left behind). This means the reality would be the rapture and the shadow of that event reaches all the way back to the spies giving an evil report. Imagine that the rapture of the church leaves a shadow that goes all the way back to Joshua, Caleb and the ten spies who gave an evil report. I say this because I want to focus on the significance of the rapture taking place on the 9th of Av to the Jews rather than to the apostate church.

Most Christians do not have any concept of "the 9th of Av", it is a very big day for Jews but nothing for Christians. However, every person on earth just about knows that Christians believe they will "go to heaven" and quite a few people have heard about "the rapture". This is something unique to the Christian faith. There are 365 days in a year and if the rapture were to take place on any other day the Jews could believe it was an alien abduction or some other bizarre phenomenon. But, if it happens on this day for many it will hit like an arrow to the heart. They won't repent at that moment, but from that moment on they will have this nagging feeling that God is talking to them.

'Ephesians 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Jesus is the cornerstone that joins the Jews with the Gentiles. We understand that in the church, but after this event the Jews can also begin to understand this. Grief unites us all. We can all share in the fellowship of His sufferings. Imagine the rapture takes place, many will grieve, and many won't. The ones who are grieving are genuine believers, they are grieving over their failure. The ones who aren't grieving are not believers, they never knew the blessed hope of the rapture and therefore they didn't lose anything. All ministry comes out of loss.

2Corinthians 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.

So by having the rapture coincide with the 9th of Av it will help both Christian and Jew to see the Lord, to repent, and to step forward and minister to others.


Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

And so we see that the rapture is setting the stage for the tribulation to be the biggest revival in human history, for a great number of people to be saved and turn to the Lord and ultimately for the Jews to turn and be saved as well.

Hebrews 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
 

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Pay attention to the warnings

Matthew 2:13Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. 14And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt; 15and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son. 16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men. 17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 18A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted, because they are not. 19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 20Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child’s life. 21And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

What is fascinating is that this account is only in Matthew. Once again let's consider the theory that Matthew is written to the Jews. They did not recognize Jesus when He came the first time and as a result they were scattered to the four corners of the earth. It wasn't until 1948 that God called them "out of Egypt", after WWII, after the Nuremberg trial where all those who sought to kill the Jews had died.

In the gospels this is the only major atrocity recorded. The beheading of John is horrific and the crucifixion of Jesus is criminal and heinous. But, the killing of these male children is a very clear atrocity. This is when the gospel begins for the Jews.

So let's examine it a little closer, Herod was "mocked of the wise men" because they realized it would be foolish to go back and tell him. Here is what I don't understand, you live in Bethlehem, Jesus was born more than a year earlier when the shepherds saw all the angels. Then you have wise men come from afar to offer this family gifts. Bethlehem was not a big city, how is all this not really big news? How do you not recognize that Jesus, king of the Jews has been given to you? Now imagine you have a small child about the same age as Jesus, why would you not want your child to play with Him? What a blessing. Can you imagine your child grows up as best friends with Jesus? Now if you had done that I have to believe you would see Joseph and Mary packing up and fleeing to Egypt. If you were already close with them they would have explained that an angel warned them of Herod. How do you ignore that? Prophets in the Old Testament were told to flee as though they were fleeing from an invading army by tossing out everything they couldn't take as a warning to their neighbors. Why do people ignore these warnings/

So to me there is a contrast here between the wise men who "mocked Herod" and all these parents of small boys in the surrounding area to Bethlehem. Those parents were not wise. They were clueless just like the Jews who didn't realize the day of their visitation at the time of Jesus crucifixion. To those who have much will be required. We have the word of God, the Gentiles didn't have it. This account is not in Mark of Luke, but it is in Matthew. The Jews had the word of God that is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing for those who receive this word and dive into it and a curse to those who ignore it.
 

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Only in Matthew and Luke

Luke 3:7He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 9And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

This is fascinating, both Matthew and Luke have the same account and Mark doesn't have any mention of this. Think about that! Suppose Luke is written to those who are raptured prior to the tribulation. That rapture will be when the axe is put to the root of all these lying prophets who told you to ignore this word and they are cast into the fire. It isn't necessary to give this word in Mark because this event has already taken place.

Then in Matthew the Jews come to the realization that Jesus is the Messiah, they see the one whom they pierced and now we have the same situation with the Jewish religious leaders and rabbis. For 2,000 years they held to this thought that they had Abraham as a father.
 

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Job 42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

This is what will spark the great revival during the tribulation.
 

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PROPHECY--GREAT FAITH


Matthew 8:5-13, 23-27 5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel. 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou has believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

My son, IN THE DAYS AHEAD, GREAT FAITH WILL BE REQUIRED OF MY BODY. Many who THINK they have GREAT FAITH - DO NOT. They walk around deceived and believe every lie force-fed to them by false shepherds. Many who once were in the body have fallen away because they knew not the TRUTH about FAITH. They have been taught a SHALLOW, WORLDLY form of FAITH - to name it and claim it. Some have been taught to declare and decree something - usually some worldly or fleshly desire - and when the decree or claim does not happen - they blame Me - NOT the false teacher who taught them in error.

My son, many in My body do not even have LITTLE FAITH. Some even doubt I exist. Most believe I do not speak to My children or believe that I use My REMNANT to warn or bless others. My body has a VERY LOW FAITH level, like My disciples who PANICKED in the boat while I slept. The gentile centurion had GREAT FAITH. He knew all I had to do was to say the word. The woman with the issue of blood also had GREAT FAITH. She knew and believed all she had to do was to touch the hem of My garment. WHEN will My body really believe like that??

My son, I have said GREATER works will My body do than I did. Does this come by GREAT FAITH - or - by LITTLE FAITH? I said if you have FAITH the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain - Go! - and it will. To walk in GREAT FAITH, you must remove the mountains of DOUBT in your life. REPENT NOW and turn from any wickedness. Seek Me with all your heart. READ MY WORD - SEE HOW IMPORTANT FAITH IS TO ME!

My son, IN THE DAYS AHEAD, GREAT FAITH WILL BE REQUIRED BY MY BODY. Much PERSECUTION is coming, and those lacking even a little FAITH will not survive. But My REMNANT will be MIGHTY in those days - ALL walking in GREAT FAITH with miracles, signs, and wonders. The body will drawn to My REMNANT like moths around a flame! When the judgments commence in full, many in My body will seek Me, and they will LEARN to have GREAT FAITH! REPENT NOW and start trusting Me as much as the centurion did, and you will begin to walk in GREAT FAITH. I love you all very much, BUT FAITH IS REQUIRED TO PLEASE ME. I AM GOING TO SHAKE THIS WORLD - AND - THE FAITH OF MY BODY. WILL YOU STAND - WITH GREAT FAITH??

Amen. Lord Jesus
 

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Daniel 9:27 "The Covenant With Many"

 

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Daniel 9:27 "The Covenant With Many"

He says you cannot know who the Antichrist is until after the rapture


He says this about 34 minutes into the video and it is based on these verses in

2Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

There are two interpretations of this word translated here as "falling away". It can refer to the apostasy of the church and others say it refers to the departure of the believers, the rapture.

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

This is a reference to prophesies in Daniel and Revelation and takes place during the tribulation, several years after the rapture.

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

Now we know the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is withholding evil.

7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

Prior to being revealed it is "the mystery of iniquity". The fact that it is a mystery is not referring to it being a mystery to the Holy Spirit but rather to the people in darkness. You need revelation to see that the whole world lies in the evil one, or that this is a heap of collapse. His interpretation based on these verses is that the Antichrist cannot be revealed until after the rapture.

I agree that the antichrist is revealed and made known after the rapture, but that is referring to those left behind. These are the same ones who say "no one knows the day or the hour and therefore we shouldn't talk about the rapture". The fact that they are asleep and don't know is not in any way proof of what can be known by those who are awake and are watching.

I used to subscribe to this teaching and only recently have begun to question it.

1. It started with the idea that the sixth seal is talking about the rapture. A brother shared that whenever the graves are opened it is associated with an earthquake. Hence the idea was that the sixth seal being opened is a reference to the rapture. If you read about the sixth seal in Revelation it sure sounds like the rapture.

Revelation 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

All of these things would seem to coincide with the rapture. A big earthquake is not going to cause everyone to say "the great day of the Lamb's wrath has come". But, the rapture would. The dead in Christ rising would.

So what I did was say, if the sixth seal is the rapture then you have to explain the first five seals being opened. According to John it was "the lamb as having just been slain" that opened the seals. That doesn't sound like two thousand years after the crucifixion, it sounds like right after the resurrection. But what about the lampstand, signifying the church, being in heaven? Paul tells us in Ephesians that the church is seated together with Christ in the heavenlies.

OK, but how do you explain the opening of the first five seals?

1. The first seal reveals the false Christs, false prophets and counterfeits that pretend to be "the anointed". They got exposed at the cross of Christ when Jesus was crucified, dead, buried and then resurrected. Paul in Galatians reveals them to us, James in his epistle reveals them to us, Jude reveals them, Peter reveals them and John tells us there are many antichrists. We are told that Nero was a type, Hitler was a type. All these things reveal the counterfeits. If the first seal has not been opened then how come we know the number of His name? Wouldn't that be something that was sealed up in the first seal?

2. According to 2Thessalonians 2 the restrainer is restraining the mystery of iniquity. I understand this to be a reference to the Holy Spirit and He is restraining iniquity by operating through His spirit filled believers. How do you restrain iniquity if it hasn't been revealed to you? Are we restraining the invisible man? If it were not for the spirit filled believers the world would allow the LGBTQ+ community to groom and castrate their kids unopposed. They would ignore the abortion of 60 million babies and the Satanic rituals and worship being expressed in the Superbowl, Commonwealth games and the Grammies. Movies like the Sound of Freedom would never be made. They would embrace Agenda 2030 if it were not for these ones restraining evil. If 2030 is the 7 year covenant then wouldn't it be significant to know who the architect of that covenant is? Especially since they made a 10 cubit high winged idol of him called "savior of the world" that they intend to put into the temple when it is rebuilt? 2Thessalonians 2 does not say that the Holy Spirit does not know who the Antichrist is, instead it says the Holy Spirit is restraining him and He is doing that through the believers who are filled with Him. If it were not for them the world would allow themselves to be jabbed innumerable times with whatever they were told to be jabbed with. They would allow a digital mark to be placed on them that would decided who can buy or sell.

3. If we are to decide what can and cannot be known based on what those who are left behind know, then that also means we should shut up about the rapture because according to them no one knows about that.