Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Another major point is that Peter says "judgement must begin with the house of God". The last seven years of this age is clearly, without any doubt judgement on everyone. It has to begin with the house of God. The rapture is a judgement and the destruction of the apostate church known as the Great Babylon is also judgement. However, there is only one appointed day that is a shadow of this judgement and that is the day of Atonement and the ten days leading to it called "Jacob's trouble". You do not see this judgement on Passover, or Firstfruits, or unleavened bread or Shavuot. You see a little on Pentecost, But only on the Day of Atonement will everyone be judged.

Some point out that Rosh Hashanah is not the first day of the year for the Jews. That is true, but it is the first day of the year for the world. The church is composed of both Jews and Gentiles, but by far the majority of members are the Gentiles. When we talk about 6 days to create man (6 thousand years) that would begin and end on Rosh Hashanah.
 

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Revelation 2:10a Fear nothing that you are about to suffer.
 

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Terrible things are already happening: Natural disasters in the world are intensifying
 

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The way I see things we need to have an open mind.

For example:

1. Is the tribulation 7 years long? Bible never says that. It seems everyone says that and yet no one ever provides a verse that says that. Obviously the 70th week is 7 years, but where is the Bible verse that says the tribulation is 7 years. Yes, it talks about a 42 month ministry of the two witnesses. But the idea that the only tribulation in the church age is this seven year period is absurd. It is important because many interpret the verse that says we must go through tribulation as meaning we must go through this seven year period.

2. When was / is the first seal opened? Many teach it is opened at the start of the 7 year 70th week, but Revelation doesn't say that. On the contrary it says that Jesus appears to have just be slain when He opens it. Anyone who holds to that theory has to explain what mystery Paul is referring to in Ephesians that was hidden from the ages and generations but now has been revealed to the apostles and prophets. The same is true of war, famine, plague and martyring the saints. Are we supposed to simply ignore 2,000 years of church history and pretend we didn't see all those things again and again? Ignore the holocaust? Ignore the atomic bomb?

3. Does the Antichrist get revealed before or after the restrainer steps aside? The knee jerk response is after, but if that is so who is the restrainer restraining? How can I be one with the Holy Spirit to restrain the man of lawlessness if I can't see him? It seems to me that the Antichrist is being restrained by the Holy Spirit operating in His saints and when they are raptured then He is free to be manifested to those who are not one with the Holy Spirit.

4. How could we know that the number of the name of the Antichrist is 666 if the first seal revealing the Antichrist has not been opened yet? Wouldn't that be something that was sealed?

5. Paul in Colossians says that the feasts are a shadow of things to come? Which feast shows the saints being raptured to the heavens to be kept safely prior to the last seven years known as the 70th week?

6. Many have taught that the covenant confirmed by the Antichrist is a peace treaty because of the verse "when they say peace and security then sudden destruction". But Daniel doesn't say that, nor does it makes sense to confirm a "seven year peace treaty". That sounds more like a delayed declaration of war.

7. Revelation is the conclusion to the Bible. You don't introduce something new in a conclusion, rather you tie everything together. The seven seals need to be something that the Bible has already referred to and if you don't think it is what Paul is referring to in Ephesians point us to the Bible verses it is referring to.
 

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The Beast rising out of the sea

We understand the Beast system as referring to the world's economy. It has already been noted that corporations fit the profile of a psychopath as they are only interested in profit.

However, what struck me is that if you understand the history this system "rose out of the sea". Ships traveling on the ocean run a great risk and so they needed to be insured. As a result the insurance industry rose up at the same time that Britain had a world empire. Also, in order to navigate accurately ships need a very precise and reliable clock. Hence Britain is famous for both Lloyds of London and Rolex. When the US became the superpower they also became the center of world finance. Banking, bonds and Stock markets all grow out of the insurance industry. The insurance industry needs a place to invest the money people pay them for insurance. Also the investments need to be liquid. Before this you would buy land and it would be in your family for generations. Any business that grew up on that land was part of the land. If you needed cash you rented the land. The three major financial capitals of the world: NYC, London and Hong Kong, all cities on the ocean, all major ports.
 

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If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

Luke 18:32 For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon: 33 and they shall scourge and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Imagine if the things that are happening today were prefigured in what happened 2,000 years ago. The Lord would have been mocked, nasty little comedians doing despicable mocking on TV, and He would have been shamefully treated. They would create dossier's full of lies, they would have had the NSA spying on Him, and they would have spit on Him. Finally they would have punished him by scourging which is supposed to "cleanse" you. We rip out the flesh from your back with little fish hooks and you will be cleansed of any thought of draining the swamp.

Luke 23:27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck. 30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. 31 For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

There are consequences to crucifying the Lord Jesus. As you have done it will be done to you. This is merciful, it gives you an opportunity to confess your sins and repent.
 

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This is what Biblical prophecy is

Proverbs 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel,
And would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh in the day of your calamity;
I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as a storm,
And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind;
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge,
And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,
30 They would none of my counsel,
They despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,
And be filled with their own devices.
32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them,
And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely,
And shall be quiet without fear of evil.


Could this refer to the Tribulation? Of course. Could it refer to being left behind after the rapture? Yes. But it could refer to all kinds of things that have happened over the last four thousand years. It reveals key principles in how God deals with us and how the fear of the Lord should be a controlling vision for us. In this case the "backsliding of the simple" is they want to "know the date", which no one knows for sure, then when someone is foolish enough to give them a possible date they assume that this person's guess being wrong indicates everything they said is not true. Every word of God is true, and God is watching over His word to make sure that not one word falls to the ground. God's prophecies are designed to bring us back to Him and to repent of our sins and unbelief.
 

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I think we can all agree this has not happened yet:

The Sixth Seal—Terror
12 I looked when He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth [made] of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree shedding its late [summer] figs when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The sky was split [separated from the land] and rolled up like a scroll, and every mountain and island were dislodged and moved out of their places. 15 Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the military commanders and the wealthy and the strong and everyone, [whether] slave or free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16 and they called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne, and from the [righteous] wrath and indignation of the Lamb; 17 for the great day of their wrath and vengeance and retribution has come, and who is able to [face God and] stand [before the wrath of the Lamb]?”

We have catastrophic events happen every day. Even a "great earthquake" or meteors hitting the earth would not cause all these different unbelievers to say "hide us from the indignation of the lamb". All religions and all prophets, even the Simpsons and Hollywood have apocalyptic prophecies. I think this must refer to the rapture, that is the one unique doctrine that the whole world would associate with Jesus. According to that doctrine the dead in Christ rise first and then those who are alive and in Christ are caught up together with them to the Lord in the air. If the world sees this there is no doubt as to what is about to take place.

Now then, if we see this as the "pre tribulation" rapture, a phrase that is not in the Bible but is understood by many to refer to a rapture that takes place prior to the apocalyptic vision of things that will happen during this seven year period. The stars falling to heaven reminds me of what Revelation 12 says about the manchild being caught up and the dragon and fallen angels being cast down as stars to the earth.

But all these great men hiding from the face of God and saying who can stand, this reminds me of Revelation 18 where all the merchants of the earth stand afar off and cry at the burning of the Great Babylon. And the destruction of the Great Babylon reminds me of what Revelation 18 says about her destruction coming in an hour and being like a great millstone thrown into the sea. The sun becomes black and the moon becomes blood reminds me of what they say about the smoke of the burning of the Great Babylon rising to the heavens.

Also, all these people hiding and saying who can save us seems like the perfect entrance for the Antichrist to come with a message of peace and security, all you need to do is accept our digital currency so we can make sure no one buys or sells without it. This will prevent our economy from collapsing due to bartering, and the black market. This will justify draconian rules against anyone refusing to take the mark of the beast.

I say this because you can see how a catastrophic event in the US like a giant earthquake could be the event that starts the seven years of tribulation known as "the seventieth week". Also, an event like that might not have that big an impact on Israel. They are on the other side of the earth, and they have a very good agricultural production. I also heard they just recently have discovered great fossil fuel reservoirs. But for China and all those whose economy depends on exports to the US it would be catastrophic. For all those who depend on food exports from the US it would be catastrophic. For all those holding US debt totalling $35 trillion it would be catastrophic.

You cannot argue that we have not seen antichrists (1st seal), you cannot argue that we have not seen war, or famine, or plague, or Christians being martyred. The first five seals appear to be opened, but regardless of which side of the debate you are on I think we can all agree the sixth seal has not been opened yet.

Now think about that, many think the rapture is before the first seal is opened! Why? They think this is when the Antichrist is revealed, yet he is revealed after the rapture. Where is the big rapture event? No mention. If the fifth seal is opened during these last seven years what about all those Christians who have been martyred already?
 

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Super Blue Moon At The Eve of World War 3

This is a sign pointing to the start of WW3 and the rise of the Antichrist, the abomination of desolation.

Super Blue Moons occur about 1 in 10 years. A Super Blue moon with an 11 number date is even more rare, about 1 in 100 times, or in this case once every thousand years.

This year we have an eclipse connection to Hitler. He came to power when there was a solar eclipse in Aquarius, this super blue moon is in aquarius, and we had a solar eclipse in 2023 on Hitler's birthday. So there is a direct connection between 2023 and Hitler and a celestial sign in the heavens in Aquarius and Hitler. The full moon would only occur once a year in Aquarius. So this raises our odds to 1 in 10,000 years.

Hitler is tied to Haman, if you are familiar with Esther, the book prophesies of Hitler's henchmen being hung on Purim, just as Haman's were.

Amos 5:26 -- "the star of your god" (reference to Saturn). Moloch is tied to the worship of Saturn and is tied to the abomination of desolation. A full moon being near Saturn or in conjunction with it would only occur once a year, so this raises the odds of the super blue moon with a 11 number date in Aquarius and in conjunction with Saturn to 1 in 100,000 years.

The odds are this is the first time in the Biblical human history that we have had a super blue moon in Aquarius in conjunction with Saturn.

Being rare is what makes this a significant sign.

Translation: This is a sign pointing to the start of WW3 and the rise of the Antichrist, the abomination of desolation.
 

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Romans 8:31-39 A festival of Gifts

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

This is another aspect of this holiday. “Santa knows who's been naughty and nice”. There is a judgement on this holiday. There are those who get “coal in stocking” signifying the fires of hell. But for others God “gives them all things”. The best gift is Jesus but with Jesus we also get a lot of other gifts. Ken Peters had a dream of the tribulation and in it he saw a revival to end all revivals, all the saints in the Lord acting in the gifts, he described it as people all over the world doing the miracles of Jesus at this time.

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

This is a holiday that is all about the love of God. But it is also about conquering through Him who loved us. Conquering what? A major story is “the Christmas Carol” that talks about scrooge getting a new heart. This was then turned into a cartoon with “How the Grinch stole Christmas” by Dr. Seuss. This is a holiday where we conquer selfishness and greed and it speaks to the New Covenant where God gives us a new heart, a heart of flesh. We often look at how horrifying the tribulation will be but "in all these things we are more than conquerors". In that same dream by Ken Peters he saw his wife being beheaded because she wouldn't take the mark of the beast and he also was beheaded. But after that he was able to see that the executioner repented.
 

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If you want to know about spiritual gifts, lets begin by not being ignorant

1Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

Ignorance is the first big problem, it is why so many are led away to dumb idols, they look great, they look exciting, but it is all a horrible lie.

2 Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led.

We cannot understand the rest of this without going back to our own history of how we were led away by dumb idols. In my own case I played football as a young kid, it was a lot of fun, I was very successful, and they trained me very well. As a result I also became a fan of the NFL and very soon realized I would have no future playing football. I would not have the size of the NFL linebackers and linemen (the position I was playing in peewee and HS football). So I was led away from something I enjoyed and was good at to become a spectator. The same is true of money. Many worship money, it is an idol, but in the end 90% of those who are worshipping money will wind up simply being a spectator and that is if you are the 1 in 20 who are born in the US. For the rest of the world it is more like 95-99% will become spectators. But it is worse, around 80% of NFL football players wind up broke within three years of retirement. The average career in the NFL is 3.3 years. So even if you are the one in a thousand that does make it to the NFL, within six years you are broke, having been led away to that dumb idol. So imagine you are the 20% who are not broke, maybe a Troy Aikman or Tom Brady. You probably have 30-40 close friends that you played with, that had a big support to you that are broke. Even worse, they have diagnosed CTE (Chronic Traumatic encephalopathy) in 90% of NFL players. So maybe I am a retired NFL kicker, played for 15 years, had 100 teammates, I am not broke and I don't have CTE. But 90 of my teammates have CTE and 80 of my former teammates are broke. How do you keep quiet about that? It is as though behind those big giant stadiums with all those exciting games is a big giant junkyard where they discard all those broken warriors. You know about it, you see it, but you are silent. My point is that for the 90% who get CTE football was a horrible tragedy. For the 80% who end up broke it is a deceptive lie. But even for the 5 or 6% who can avoid either fate, it is still a horrible lie. You go around, show off your Superbowl ring, talk about how great it was, and never once tell people the truth. Your whole life has become a lie and for you to tell the truth would be the same as admitting as much. The truth is that following these dumb idols is not wonderful, it is anathema. Their glory is turned to shame.

3 Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.

Now compare that with following the Lord. I have never been bankrupt. There were times I could not afford a cup of coffee, but I had a job, I payed my rent, I was not hungry and I had no debts. There were years when I calculated my income to the last dollar to go from one month to the next, but again, never bankrupt, never hungry, never homeless.

Also, with every passing year I feel I become more vocal. Every year I see more and more that Jesus is Lord and that a life of following after dumb idols is anathema.

I have had many adventures, many miracles, many answered prayers, and many glorious experiences. They were not on "national TV" but I am convinced the Lord and the heavenly host all saw them.

So then, if you want to know about spiritual gifts let's start there, Jesus is Lord, following after these dumb idols is horrible, following Jesus is glorious, and the glory the worldly idols have will be turned to shame.
 

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The gifts can be very different, the result is the same

4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

Again, consider the NFL, the guy who plays offensive Tackle has very different gifts from the wide receiver, or field goal kicker, or quarterback. I look at a dumb idol as a dead, two dimensional depiction of God. In other words a "shadow". The NFL is a shadow of the spiritual realm, the NBA, and the NHL, and all of these various careers you might be interested in are simply a shadow. So just as you can have a guy who is five foot seven, 175 pounds be a star football player in the NFL (Garo Yepremian, field goal kicker) you can also have one who is six foot three, 245 pounds (Dick Butkus, middle linebacker). These two had very different gifts but it was still football.

5 And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord.

Trying to score is a very different ministration than the guys trying to keep you from scoring. Coaching is very different from playing and both are very different from the front office.

6 And there are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all.

Lawrence Taylor is considered the greatest defensive player ever in the NFL, but you would never want him playing offense. He was a lunatic. Jerry Rice is considered the best receiver in NFL history. These are two people very different from each other, extremely different. Jerry Rice was meticulous to the point of being anal. Lawrence Taylor did drugs. Jerry Rice was like a fine tuned, polished machine and Lawrence Taylor was like a wild junk yard dog that might be a little rabid.

7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal.

Just look at the records that those two players have. In the same way we have some very different believers that are gifted and each have the manifestation of the Spirit to profit the church, not themselves.

8 For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit: 9 to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit; 10 and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.

You may be used to the word of wisdom or the word of knowledge, but when you see someone who has the gift of prophecy or the working of miracles you might think that is too strange and bizarre for you. But it is like football. Is each gift helping the church score points or helping to prevent Satan's kingdom of darkness from scoring points? If the answer is yes, well there you go. Does each one openly confess that Jesus is Lord? Satan and the demons cannot do that. Does each preach the name of Jesus as the savior of the world? The demons can't do that.

Be careful, Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light and he can lie, cheat and steal. Judas and Balaam were two examples of those who could prophecy, could pretend to be disciples of the Lord and yet they worshipped money and went after dumb idols.
 

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