Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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For in those days, the wadded napkin meant, “I'm finished.” But if the master got up from the table, folded his napkin and laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table, because the folded napkin meant, “I'm coming back!”
ALL THIS Lands at the Same Time,, Folded Napkin- #18 (Sept 18?) 2023 Rapture watch
ALL THIS Lands at the Same Time,, Folded Napkin- #18 (Sept 18?) 2023 Rapture watch
Feast of Trumpets (updated)
I have a theory that the Feast of Trumpets begins 10 years before the Judgement day and three years before the rapture which is seven years before the judgement day. Some have theorized that judgment day is 2030, so I am looking at the Feast of Trumpets beginning 2020
Feast of Trumpets -- 2020 -- Global shutdown of the economy due to the Pandemic. God was declaring a sabbath fast.
Feast of Trumpets -- 2021 -- Illegal mandates of the vaccine revealing a tyrannical control of the world's governments.
Feast of Trumpets -- 2022 -- Nordstream pipeline is blown up revealing we are headed for Armageddon and the world will hate the whore of Babylon and rise up and devour her flesh and replace the US dollar with the ten kings (BRICS).
Feast of Trumpets -- 2023 -- They are proclaiming peace and security as a clarion call in celebration of internation Peace day on the 21st. They are brokering a peace deal for Israel that would allow them to rebuild their temple in exchange for land on the 18th and 19th and they are confirming Agenda 2030, the covenant signed in 2015, strengthening it by controlling what you can buy or sell to enforce compliance. The defendants in the Whitmer kidnapping plot were acquitted and the false flag of the FBI (the deep state was exposed). Ken Paxton the AG in Texas who was fighting for election integrity and a secure border wall was acquitted on all 16 charges, exposing the deep states attempt to take over the US.
I have a theory that the Feast of Trumpets begins 10 years before the Judgement day and three years before the rapture which is seven years before the judgement day. Some have theorized that judgment day is 2030, so I am looking at the Feast of Trumpets beginning 2020
Feast of Trumpets -- 2020 -- Global shutdown of the economy due to the Pandemic. God was declaring a sabbath fast.
Feast of Trumpets -- 2021 -- Illegal mandates of the vaccine revealing a tyrannical control of the world's governments.
Feast of Trumpets -- 2022 -- Nordstream pipeline is blown up revealing we are headed for Armageddon and the world will hate the whore of Babylon and rise up and devour her flesh and replace the US dollar with the ten kings (BRICS).
Feast of Trumpets -- 2023 -- They are proclaiming peace and security as a clarion call in celebration of internation Peace day on the 21st. They are brokering a peace deal for Israel that would allow them to rebuild their temple in exchange for land on the 18th and 19th and they are confirming Agenda 2030, the covenant signed in 2015, strengthening it by controlling what you can buy or sell to enforce compliance. The defendants in the Whitmer kidnapping plot were acquitted and the false flag of the FBI (the deep state was exposed). Ken Paxton the AG in Texas who was fighting for election integrity and a secure border wall was acquitted on all 16 charges, exposing the deep states attempt to take over the US.
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Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are wearisome and all words are frail; Man cannot express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
How many prophecies have we heard, how many signs have we seen and yet we still are not satisfied. Suppose you knew that at 12 noon today we would have the rapture, what would you do? Even if you told others you would either be laughed at or condemned for not telling them sooner. What we need to know is what we do know. The following things have happened, they match the prophecies in the word of God, and in every case those prophecies say that the day of the Lord is at hand. Therefore you need to prepare to meet your God. He commissioned you to be His witness to the ends of the earth. Have you been faithful in that? He told you to take up your cross and follow Him, have you been faithful in that? He commanded you to watch for His coming, have you been watching?
9 That which has been is that which will be [again], And that which has been done is that which will be done again. So there is nothing new under the sun.
This is why we can look at Samson pushing out the two pillars and see the rapture of the church at the same time the temple to Baal collapses. David reigned for 7 1/2 years in Hebron, this is why we see the pre tribulation rapture taking place 7 1/2 years before Jesus comes to Jerusalem. Enoch was caught up, we see that as a type of the rapture and the key reason was because he walked with God. Elijah was raptured and all the prophets knew he would be caught up that day, this is why we believe we will know the day of the rapture. Lot was given a one day warning and so we also believe we will have a one day warning. Abraham knew what was about to happen and was praying to soften the blow and so we have those who are also doing the same. Noah entered the ark seven days before the flood so we believe the rapture will take place seven years before Armageddon. There was the star of David to signify the birth of Jesus and so we also expect a sign in the heavens to signify the rapture.
10 Is there anything of which it can be said, “See this, it is new”? It has already existed for [the vast] ages [of time recorded or unrecorded] Which were before us.
God created man on the sixth day and on the seventh day He rested. This is now the very end of the 6,000 years since the creation and so we believe we are about to enter into a thousand year sabbath rest.
How many prophecies have we heard, how many signs have we seen and yet we still are not satisfied. Suppose you knew that at 12 noon today we would have the rapture, what would you do? Even if you told others you would either be laughed at or condemned for not telling them sooner. What we need to know is what we do know. The following things have happened, they match the prophecies in the word of God, and in every case those prophecies say that the day of the Lord is at hand. Therefore you need to prepare to meet your God. He commissioned you to be His witness to the ends of the earth. Have you been faithful in that? He told you to take up your cross and follow Him, have you been faithful in that? He commanded you to watch for His coming, have you been watching?
9 That which has been is that which will be [again], And that which has been done is that which will be done again. So there is nothing new under the sun.
This is why we can look at Samson pushing out the two pillars and see the rapture of the church at the same time the temple to Baal collapses. David reigned for 7 1/2 years in Hebron, this is why we see the pre tribulation rapture taking place 7 1/2 years before Jesus comes to Jerusalem. Enoch was caught up, we see that as a type of the rapture and the key reason was because he walked with God. Elijah was raptured and all the prophets knew he would be caught up that day, this is why we believe we will know the day of the rapture. Lot was given a one day warning and so we also believe we will have a one day warning. Abraham knew what was about to happen and was praying to soften the blow and so we have those who are also doing the same. Noah entered the ark seven days before the flood so we believe the rapture will take place seven years before Armageddon. There was the star of David to signify the birth of Jesus and so we also expect a sign in the heavens to signify the rapture.
10 Is there anything of which it can be said, “See this, it is new”? It has already existed for [the vast] ages [of time recorded or unrecorded] Which were before us.
God created man on the sixth day and on the seventh day He rested. This is now the very end of the 6,000 years since the creation and so we believe we are about to enter into a thousand year sabbath rest.
13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by [man’s] wisdom all [human activity] that has been done under heaven. It is a miserable business and a burdensome task which God has given the sons of men with which to be busy and distressed.
Let me share my own experience. I was a stock broker working on Wall Street. People in my office made anywhere from $200,000 to $360,000 a month. Now they gave half to the firm, but still they would walk away with checks from $100,000 to $180,000 a month. It sounds great which is why they had an army of people making minimum wage, chump change, to try and get that brass ring. You could start making calls at 8am and you would have to stop at 8pm, but 8pm in California is 11pm in NY. So you would actually have people, myself included calling 15 hours a day. And this is a miserable business, you make up to about 1,000 phone calls a day, you say the exact same thing, and you get rejected about 990 times out of 1,000. You are simply looking for those 10 people a day that will listen to you. If you are successful at that then you must pass the various exams that certify you and only then, after passing, can you start to make money. But the way you make money is by lying to them. You don't discover this until they have you hooked. The entire business is built on a lie, the lie is that they only make money if you make money. Because it is all a lie it is also all illegal. Because it is all illegal that money they paid those guys, the lawyers will take it back from them when they get sued.
However, once you understand that everything is built on a lie you can legally take advantage of that. People who make money by investing say they are "looking for a good investment" or a "undervalued" stock. Theoretically that is not supposed to happen, so what you are really looking for is liars. They will lie to get the stock price low so they can buy it for themselves by telling everyone else it is bad, or they lie about a stock being a buy because they are selling and want to get the best price possible.
But suppose you do the right thing and you look for liars and you find them. The movie "the Big Short" describes a guy who read through these investments filled with mortgages, thousands of them, and he read through them, something no one else will do. The lie was that house prices never go down. But it was a miserable job having to read through all that, then get mocked and ridiculed and then have all your investors sue you. The most miserable thing is to learn that everyone is greedy, and covetous and a liar. But this is the job that God has given us, to plumb the depths of sinful man.
Their whole life they are busy over what, the most boring job in the world. They are distressed, over what a bunch of pennies and funny money. Then they die and all that doesn't make any difference. They did not do anything of lasting value, a hundred years from now no one will remember them. The Bible is fascinating, the only interesting thing on this planet and it yields peaceable fruit, you don't need to be distressed, and a thousand years from now we will be with the Lord Jesus, worshipping Him and rejoicing that we spent time in the Bible.
Let me share my own experience. I was a stock broker working on Wall Street. People in my office made anywhere from $200,000 to $360,000 a month. Now they gave half to the firm, but still they would walk away with checks from $100,000 to $180,000 a month. It sounds great which is why they had an army of people making minimum wage, chump change, to try and get that brass ring. You could start making calls at 8am and you would have to stop at 8pm, but 8pm in California is 11pm in NY. So you would actually have people, myself included calling 15 hours a day. And this is a miserable business, you make up to about 1,000 phone calls a day, you say the exact same thing, and you get rejected about 990 times out of 1,000. You are simply looking for those 10 people a day that will listen to you. If you are successful at that then you must pass the various exams that certify you and only then, after passing, can you start to make money. But the way you make money is by lying to them. You don't discover this until they have you hooked. The entire business is built on a lie, the lie is that they only make money if you make money. Because it is all a lie it is also all illegal. Because it is all illegal that money they paid those guys, the lawyers will take it back from them when they get sued.
However, once you understand that everything is built on a lie you can legally take advantage of that. People who make money by investing say they are "looking for a good investment" or a "undervalued" stock. Theoretically that is not supposed to happen, so what you are really looking for is liars. They will lie to get the stock price low so they can buy it for themselves by telling everyone else it is bad, or they lie about a stock being a buy because they are selling and want to get the best price possible.
But suppose you do the right thing and you look for liars and you find them. The movie "the Big Short" describes a guy who read through these investments filled with mortgages, thousands of them, and he read through them, something no one else will do. The lie was that house prices never go down. But it was a miserable job having to read through all that, then get mocked and ridiculed and then have all your investors sue you. The most miserable thing is to learn that everyone is greedy, and covetous and a liar. But this is the job that God has given us, to plumb the depths of sinful man.
Their whole life they are busy over what, the most boring job in the world. They are distressed, over what a bunch of pennies and funny money. Then they die and all that doesn't make any difference. They did not do anything of lasting value, a hundred years from now no one will remember them. The Bible is fascinating, the only interesting thing on this planet and it yields peaceable fruit, you don't need to be distressed, and a thousand years from now we will be with the Lord Jesus, worshipping Him and rejoicing that we spent time in the Bible.
God has been giving us warnings
9/11 2001 when the planes hit the World Trade Center was Elul 25 on the Hebrew Calendar.
This is the reading that they read from the Torah on that day. They began at sunrise which is when the hijackers were first getting on the airplanes and they blew trumpets for four hours stopping when the second tower collapsed.
Deuteronomy 32:1“Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
God is speaking to us, are you listening?
2 “Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the light rain upon the tender grass,
And as the spring showers upon the herb. 3 “For I proclaim the name [and presence] of the Lord; Ascribe greatness and honor to our God!
Are you allowed to do that in the US? I was a HS teacher, if I did that I'd be fired.
4 “The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice), Just and upright is He.
Everyone is so concerned about the rapture they miss everything else. We moved out of NY in January of 2022. We left by giving away much of what we had and piling up a giant pile of garbage in front of our house. It looked like these pictures you see in Ukraine as people fled their homes. We left NY as a sign to those in NY, just as Jeremiah was told to do in the OT. We closed on our house in March. Immediately after that the interest rates began to rise. Had we waited just a little while we would have lost $100k or more. When we put our house up for sale we got an offer within fifteen minutes of it first being shown. Had we waited it might have taken months.
5 “They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him. They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.
This is what we were being told on 9/11, the US has become a perverse and crooked generation. They do not respect God, they do not respect Jesus and they insult the word of God.
6 “Do you thus repay the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]? He has made you and established you [as a nation].
This is what 9/11 was telling us. God established us a nation and this is how we repayed Him. With insults, mockery and all kinds of laws outlawing the name of Jesus.
7 “Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you, Your elders, and they will tell you. 8 “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel.
That was before, but no longer. We have an open border, people are flooding in by the millions and they plan on taking over, you are blind if you don't see it.
9 “For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people; Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance. 10 “He found him in a desert land, In the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He kept circling him, He took care of him, He protected him as the apple of His eye.
This is why they don't want you to study history. It is amazing that we survived Valley Forge. How foolish to think that the only tribulation believers go through is this last seven years.
11 “As an eagle that protects its nest, That flutters over its young, He spread out His wings and took them, He carried them on His pinions.
Look at all the believers that fled to this country. This is our history, not some fictional story.
12 “So the Lord alone led him; There was no foreign god with him.
Yet the US is now turning to foreign gods. Abortion is part of their worship and God's judgement is coming, you were warned.
9/11 2001 when the planes hit the World Trade Center was Elul 25 on the Hebrew Calendar.
This is the reading that they read from the Torah on that day. They began at sunrise which is when the hijackers were first getting on the airplanes and they blew trumpets for four hours stopping when the second tower collapsed.
Deuteronomy 32:1“Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
God is speaking to us, are you listening?
2 “Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the light rain upon the tender grass,
And as the spring showers upon the herb. 3 “For I proclaim the name [and presence] of the Lord; Ascribe greatness and honor to our God!
Are you allowed to do that in the US? I was a HS teacher, if I did that I'd be fired.
4 “The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice), Just and upright is He.
Everyone is so concerned about the rapture they miss everything else. We moved out of NY in January of 2022. We left by giving away much of what we had and piling up a giant pile of garbage in front of our house. It looked like these pictures you see in Ukraine as people fled their homes. We left NY as a sign to those in NY, just as Jeremiah was told to do in the OT. We closed on our house in March. Immediately after that the interest rates began to rise. Had we waited just a little while we would have lost $100k or more. When we put our house up for sale we got an offer within fifteen minutes of it first being shown. Had we waited it might have taken months.
5 “They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him. They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.
This is what we were being told on 9/11, the US has become a perverse and crooked generation. They do not respect God, they do not respect Jesus and they insult the word of God.
6 “Do you thus repay the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]? He has made you and established you [as a nation].
This is what 9/11 was telling us. God established us a nation and this is how we repayed Him. With insults, mockery and all kinds of laws outlawing the name of Jesus.
7 “Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you, Your elders, and they will tell you. 8 “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel.
That was before, but no longer. We have an open border, people are flooding in by the millions and they plan on taking over, you are blind if you don't see it.
9 “For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people; Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance. 10 “He found him in a desert land, In the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He kept circling him, He took care of him, He protected him as the apple of His eye.
This is why they don't want you to study history. It is amazing that we survived Valley Forge. How foolish to think that the only tribulation believers go through is this last seven years.
11 “As an eagle that protects its nest, That flutters over its young, He spread out His wings and took them, He carried them on His pinions.
Look at all the believers that fled to this country. This is our history, not some fictional story.
12 “So the Lord alone led him; There was no foreign god with him.
Yet the US is now turning to foreign gods. Abortion is part of their worship and God's judgement is coming, you were warned.
The book of Revelation is the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
One revelation we see about Jesus is that He is the one that searches the hearts and minds.
Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children (followers) with pestilence [thoroughly annihilating them], and all the churches will know [without any doubt] that I am He who searches the minds and hearts [the innermost thoughts, purposes]; and I will give to each one of you [a reward or punishment] according to your deeds.
When push comes to shove will you put your trust in Jesus or will you take the mark of the beast? When fiery trials and ordeals come will you call on the Lord Jesus or will you curse Him?
Satan can't do this, which is why he will hurl curses, insults, and slander at you. He is throwing mud at the side of the wall and seeing what will stick. I have learned that every person has a secret, Satan assumes that secret is sin, but it could be that you have received a word from the Lord and hidden it in your heart. Assuming the sin must be the secret says more about Satan than it does about you. Is Jesus Christ hidden in your heart? Is that your secret? Jesus will search and He will give to each one according to their deeds.
One revelation we see about Jesus is that He is the one that searches the hearts and minds.
Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children (followers) with pestilence [thoroughly annihilating them], and all the churches will know [without any doubt] that I am He who searches the minds and hearts [the innermost thoughts, purposes]; and I will give to each one of you [a reward or punishment] according to your deeds.
When push comes to shove will you put your trust in Jesus or will you take the mark of the beast? When fiery trials and ordeals come will you call on the Lord Jesus or will you curse Him?
Satan can't do this, which is why he will hurl curses, insults, and slander at you. He is throwing mud at the side of the wall and seeing what will stick. I have learned that every person has a secret, Satan assumes that secret is sin, but it could be that you have received a word from the Lord and hidden it in your heart. Assuming the sin must be the secret says more about Satan than it does about you. Is Jesus Christ hidden in your heart? Is that your secret? Jesus will search and He will give to each one according to their deeds.
The Years of Punishment Prophecy (part 1)
This prophecy clearly points to the Lord’s second return in 2030.
House of Israel -- 10 tribes to the North
House of Judah -- Judah and Benjamin
Jeremiah 3:6 Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute? 7 I thought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her treacherous (faithless) sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw [that even though Judah knew] that for all the acts of adultery (idolatry) of faithless Israel, I [the Lord] had sent her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid; but she went and was a prostitute also [following after idols]. 9 Because of the thoughtlessness of Israel’s prostitution [her immorality mattered little to her], she desecrated the land and committed adultery with [idols of] stones and trees. 10 Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but rather in [blatant] deception [she merely pretended obedience to King Josiah’s reforms],” declares the Lord.
Israel was divorced and scattered among the Gentiles where they remain to this day. This is why Jesus said:
Matthew 15:24 He answered, “I was commissioned by God and sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
The House of Judah did return to Israel after having been in Babylon, Israel didn’t. However, Judah did not repent with her whole heart.
Ezekiel 37 tells us that both Judah and Israel will be restored and return to the Lord together as one nation.
15 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 16 “And you, son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’ 17 Then join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand. 18 When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join the stick of Judah with it and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’ 20 The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. 21 Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
This takes place right after God raises them from their graves and brings them to Israel.
Ezekiel 37:12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will open your graves and make you come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you [back home] to the land of Israel. 13 Then you will know [with confidence] that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and made you come up out of your graves, My people. 14 I will put My Spirit in you and you will come to life, and I will place you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and fulfilled it,” says the Lord.’”
This ushers in the millennial kingdom of Jesus Christ.
24 “My servant David will be king over them, and they all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them. 25 They will live in the land where your fathers lived, [the land] that I gave to My servant Jacob, and they will live there, they and their children and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David will be their leader forever.
Most of the Jews are not walking in the ordinances and statutes and Jesus is not their leader. Before this can take place the punishment period needs to expire. They enter in on Jubilee year 120. So the question is if the year 2030 is the year the Bible says the punishment period will end and the same year as the 120th jubilee year.
This prophecy clearly points to the Lord’s second return in 2030.
House of Israel -- 10 tribes to the North
House of Judah -- Judah and Benjamin
Jeremiah 3:6 Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute? 7 I thought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her treacherous (faithless) sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw [that even though Judah knew] that for all the acts of adultery (idolatry) of faithless Israel, I [the Lord] had sent her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid; but she went and was a prostitute also [following after idols]. 9 Because of the thoughtlessness of Israel’s prostitution [her immorality mattered little to her], she desecrated the land and committed adultery with [idols of] stones and trees. 10 Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but rather in [blatant] deception [she merely pretended obedience to King Josiah’s reforms],” declares the Lord.
Israel was divorced and scattered among the Gentiles where they remain to this day. This is why Jesus said:
Matthew 15:24 He answered, “I was commissioned by God and sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
The House of Judah did return to Israel after having been in Babylon, Israel didn’t. However, Judah did not repent with her whole heart.
Ezekiel 37 tells us that both Judah and Israel will be restored and return to the Lord together as one nation.
15 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 16 “And you, son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’ 17 Then join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand. 18 When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join the stick of Judah with it and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’ 20 The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. 21 Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
This takes place right after God raises them from their graves and brings them to Israel.
Ezekiel 37:12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will open your graves and make you come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you [back home] to the land of Israel. 13 Then you will know [with confidence] that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and made you come up out of your graves, My people. 14 I will put My Spirit in you and you will come to life, and I will place you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and fulfilled it,” says the Lord.’”
This ushers in the millennial kingdom of Jesus Christ.
24 “My servant David will be king over them, and they all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them. 25 They will live in the land where your fathers lived, [the land] that I gave to My servant Jacob, and they will live there, they and their children and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David will be their leader forever.
Most of the Jews are not walking in the ordinances and statutes and Jesus is not their leader. Before this can take place the punishment period needs to expire. They enter in on Jubilee year 120. So the question is if the year 2030 is the year the Bible says the punishment period will end and the same year as the 120th jubilee year.
The Years of Punishment Prophecy (part 2)
Ezekiel 4 tells us when the punishment years begin and when they will end.
Ezekiel 4:4 “Then lie down on your left side (toward the north) to bear [symbolically] the wickedness and punishment of the house of Israel. You shall bear their wickedness and punishment for the number of days that you lie on your side. 5 For I have assigned you the years of their wickedness and punishment, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days [representing three hundred and ninety years]; in this way you shall bear [symbolically] the wickedness and punishment of the house of Israel. 6 When you have completed these [days for Israel], lie down again, but on your right side (toward the south), and you shall bear the wickedness and punishment of the house of Judah forty days. I have assigned you one day for each year. 7 Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it. 8 Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
9 “But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make them into bread for yourself. You shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days. 10 The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time. 11 You shall drink water by measure also, the sixth part of a hin; you shall drink daily at a set time.
390 days for the house of Israel representing 390 years.
40 days for the house of Judah representing 40 years.
Both punishments are related to a siege of Jerusalem. The 390 years of punishment began at the first siege of Jerusalem and the 40 years of punishment leads to the last siege of Jerusalem.
Leviticus 26:18 And I will kill her children (followers) with pestilence [thoroughly annihilating them], and all the churches will know [without any doubt] that I am He who searches the minds and hearts [the innermost thoughts, purposes]; and I will give to each one of you [a reward or punishment] according to your deeds.
The punishment was for 390 years but Israel still did not listen so it was increased sevenfold. The same is with Judah, they also did not listen and so their punishment was also increased sevenfold.
Ezekiel is told to turn his face towards the siege of Jerusalem, so the siege of Jerusalem is the starting point for each time of punishment. The punishment period begins when we see the punishment begin.
Ezekiel 4:1 “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem. 2 Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise a ramp against it; set up [enemy] camps and place battering rams all around it. 3 Further, take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel represents the siege, the brick is Jerusalem, and between the two there is an iron wall. This means this first siege does not break through the wall. They limit food and water, but the first siege is not successful. The punishment of Israel began at the first siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians in 701 BCE. This was the first siege of Jerusalem and it was unsuccessful. This was the beginning of the punishment period for Israel. 311 BCE is 390 years after 701 BCE. Did Israel repent? No.
390 x 7 = 2730 years. 2730 + 701 BCE = 2030 AD (there is no 0 year).
2030 is the next available opportunity for Israel to repent, return to the Lord and be joined to Judah to enter into the reign of Jesus the Messiah according to Ezekiel 37.
Now let’s look at the punishment for the house of Judah.
Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 38 Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]! 39 For I say to you, you will not see Me again [ministering to you publicly] until you say, ‘Blessed [to be celebrated with praise] is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
Their punishment began in 30 AD when Jesus was crucified. According to the record they were punished for 40 years prior to the destruction of Jerusalem. The curtain separating the holy of holies was torn asunder. Every year for forty years the temple doors would not stay shut, the Menorah would not stay lit for forty years, the lot for the Lord always came up in the left hand for forty years and the Yom Kippur scarlet thread would not turn white for forty years.
They failed to repent and so the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD and the destruction of Jerusalem began their 7 fold punishment period.
40x7=280, 280+70 = 350 AD.
Did they repent in 350 AD?
So then 280 x 7 = 1960 years. They have already served the first 280 year period.
1960 + 70 = 2030
2030 is the first and last time that Judah and Israel can repent, and be joined together as one stick. After this their punishment periods will not end at the same time. Both punishment periods would be multiplied by 7 and they will never mathematically sync up again.
While Ezekiel is laying on his side he is to only eat 20 shekels weight of food and ⅙ hin of water.
20 x 6 = 120. Pointing us to 120 jubilees.
120 x 50 = 6,000. Pointing us to the 6,000 years that to God is 6 days in which He creates a man.
Finally, the punishment period of the House of Israel is represented by his laying on his left side and the punishment period for the house of Judah is depicted by laying on his right side.
If we have a timeline the right side would begin after the siege of Israel, and the left side would begin before the siege of Israel, but that is because in the west we read from left to right. In Hebrew it is the opposite, they read from right to left. So then for the Jews this is the opposite, the punishment for Israel begins with the siege of Jerusalem, whereas the punishment for Judah begins 40 years before the siege of Jerusalem when they crucified Jesus.
Ezekiel 4 tells us when the punishment years begin and when they will end.
Ezekiel 4:4 “Then lie down on your left side (toward the north) to bear [symbolically] the wickedness and punishment of the house of Israel. You shall bear their wickedness and punishment for the number of days that you lie on your side. 5 For I have assigned you the years of their wickedness and punishment, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days [representing three hundred and ninety years]; in this way you shall bear [symbolically] the wickedness and punishment of the house of Israel. 6 When you have completed these [days for Israel], lie down again, but on your right side (toward the south), and you shall bear the wickedness and punishment of the house of Judah forty days. I have assigned you one day for each year. 7 Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it. 8 Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
9 “But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make them into bread for yourself. You shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days. 10 The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time. 11 You shall drink water by measure also, the sixth part of a hin; you shall drink daily at a set time.
390 days for the house of Israel representing 390 years.
40 days for the house of Judah representing 40 years.
Both punishments are related to a siege of Jerusalem. The 390 years of punishment began at the first siege of Jerusalem and the 40 years of punishment leads to the last siege of Jerusalem.
Leviticus 26:18 And I will kill her children (followers) with pestilence [thoroughly annihilating them], and all the churches will know [without any doubt] that I am He who searches the minds and hearts [the innermost thoughts, purposes]; and I will give to each one of you [a reward or punishment] according to your deeds.
The punishment was for 390 years but Israel still did not listen so it was increased sevenfold. The same is with Judah, they also did not listen and so their punishment was also increased sevenfold.
Ezekiel is told to turn his face towards the siege of Jerusalem, so the siege of Jerusalem is the starting point for each time of punishment. The punishment period begins when we see the punishment begin.
Ezekiel 4:1 “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem. 2 Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise a ramp against it; set up [enemy] camps and place battering rams all around it. 3 Further, take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel represents the siege, the brick is Jerusalem, and between the two there is an iron wall. This means this first siege does not break through the wall. They limit food and water, but the first siege is not successful. The punishment of Israel began at the first siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians in 701 BCE. This was the first siege of Jerusalem and it was unsuccessful. This was the beginning of the punishment period for Israel. 311 BCE is 390 years after 701 BCE. Did Israel repent? No.
390 x 7 = 2730 years. 2730 + 701 BCE = 2030 AD (there is no 0 year).
2030 is the next available opportunity for Israel to repent, return to the Lord and be joined to Judah to enter into the reign of Jesus the Messiah according to Ezekiel 37.
Now let’s look at the punishment for the house of Judah.
Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 38 Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]! 39 For I say to you, you will not see Me again [ministering to you publicly] until you say, ‘Blessed [to be celebrated with praise] is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
Their punishment began in 30 AD when Jesus was crucified. According to the record they were punished for 40 years prior to the destruction of Jerusalem. The curtain separating the holy of holies was torn asunder. Every year for forty years the temple doors would not stay shut, the Menorah would not stay lit for forty years, the lot for the Lord always came up in the left hand for forty years and the Yom Kippur scarlet thread would not turn white for forty years.
They failed to repent and so the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD and the destruction of Jerusalem began their 7 fold punishment period.
40x7=280, 280+70 = 350 AD.
Did they repent in 350 AD?
So then 280 x 7 = 1960 years. They have already served the first 280 year period.
1960 + 70 = 2030
2030 is the first and last time that Judah and Israel can repent, and be joined together as one stick. After this their punishment periods will not end at the same time. Both punishment periods would be multiplied by 7 and they will never mathematically sync up again.
While Ezekiel is laying on his side he is to only eat 20 shekels weight of food and ⅙ hin of water.
20 x 6 = 120. Pointing us to 120 jubilees.
120 x 50 = 6,000. Pointing us to the 6,000 years that to God is 6 days in which He creates a man.
Finally, the punishment period of the House of Israel is represented by his laying on his left side and the punishment period for the house of Judah is depicted by laying on his right side.
If we have a timeline the right side would begin after the siege of Israel, and the left side would begin before the siege of Israel, but that is because in the west we read from left to right. In Hebrew it is the opposite, they read from right to left. So then for the Jews this is the opposite, the punishment for Israel begins with the siege of Jerusalem, whereas the punishment for Judah begins 40 years before the siege of Jerusalem when they crucified Jesus.
PROPHECY -- THE INFILTRATORS
THE INFILTRATORS
Revelation 3:14-17 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Vision: During prayer, I had a vision where I was very high looking down at the North American continent. I could see all of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. My attention was brought to the northern and southern of the United States, and due to the high distance that I was at, I saw what looked to me like millions of tiny specks from Canada and Mexico pouring across the borders into America. They just kept pouring in and looked as if there was no end to these specks crossing the borders. Then after they crossed over, they spread out all over the United States. The vision ended. I then asked the Lord what are these specks? And He said, "Evil men with evil intents to disrupt all areas of this nation. So it is with My body - INFILTRATORS coming into the body to cause chaos and doubt."
My son, I HAVE ALLOWED THE INFILTRATORS TO COME INTO MYSTERY BABYLON FOR THE UNREPENTED SIN OF THE CHURCH. These INFILTRATORS have been allowed to come into this nation TO BRING JUDGMENT on a wicked and corrupt generation. They have come through the open, unwalled cities to bring chaos and destruction to a blind people. The people of Mystery Babylon have been deceived into believing they are doing a righteous work - but instead they have allowed the enemy into the camp.
My son, the INFILTRATORS have come into My house under various names, but the worse attacks come from those who call themselves by My name. They have seduced My children into believing a lie and focus all their praise to being wealthy in this life. They are called by many names, but you know them as New Apostolic Reformation. They twist My word and cause many to fall by the wayside, believing the lies spoken by lying spirits. They have infiltrated and polluted My body to keep them lukewarm. REPENT NOW AND COME OUT OF HER.
My son, the INFILTRATORS have taken over the government of this nation. They are anti-Christ and will bring about the judgments I have proclaimed for many years through many voices. They have INFILTRATED the education system, corrupting the minds of the children. They have expelled Me out and allowed the demonic in. They have INFILTRATED the commerce of this nation and allowed all sorts of evil to pollute the airwaves with all forms of wickedness. They have taken My promise and twisted it to represent their lifestyle.
My son, ONLY THOSE who have come out of the great whore will be wise and seek Me through My Word and prayer. They have built strong walls to keep the INFILTRATORS out. I say now, REPENT and SEEK ONLY ME in spirit and truth. Do not fall victim to the INFILTRATORS who come in looking like lambs - but really are wolves. They mock Me and My power by dancing, laughing, and acting foolish on stage - then say it is I causing this. REPENT NOW, you wicked and evil men. I say - allow Me to INFILTRATE your heart and allow My Holy Spirit to teach you in truth. Seek Me daily in prayer, and I will guide your path.
Amen Lord Jesus
THE INFILTRATORS
Revelation 3:14-17 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Vision: During prayer, I had a vision where I was very high looking down at the North American continent. I could see all of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. My attention was brought to the northern and southern of the United States, and due to the high distance that I was at, I saw what looked to me like millions of tiny specks from Canada and Mexico pouring across the borders into America. They just kept pouring in and looked as if there was no end to these specks crossing the borders. Then after they crossed over, they spread out all over the United States. The vision ended. I then asked the Lord what are these specks? And He said, "Evil men with evil intents to disrupt all areas of this nation. So it is with My body - INFILTRATORS coming into the body to cause chaos and doubt."
My son, I HAVE ALLOWED THE INFILTRATORS TO COME INTO MYSTERY BABYLON FOR THE UNREPENTED SIN OF THE CHURCH. These INFILTRATORS have been allowed to come into this nation TO BRING JUDGMENT on a wicked and corrupt generation. They have come through the open, unwalled cities to bring chaos and destruction to a blind people. The people of Mystery Babylon have been deceived into believing they are doing a righteous work - but instead they have allowed the enemy into the camp.
My son, the INFILTRATORS have come into My house under various names, but the worse attacks come from those who call themselves by My name. They have seduced My children into believing a lie and focus all their praise to being wealthy in this life. They are called by many names, but you know them as New Apostolic Reformation. They twist My word and cause many to fall by the wayside, believing the lies spoken by lying spirits. They have infiltrated and polluted My body to keep them lukewarm. REPENT NOW AND COME OUT OF HER.
My son, the INFILTRATORS have taken over the government of this nation. They are anti-Christ and will bring about the judgments I have proclaimed for many years through many voices. They have INFILTRATED the education system, corrupting the minds of the children. They have expelled Me out and allowed the demonic in. They have INFILTRATED the commerce of this nation and allowed all sorts of evil to pollute the airwaves with all forms of wickedness. They have taken My promise and twisted it to represent their lifestyle.
My son, ONLY THOSE who have come out of the great whore will be wise and seek Me through My Word and prayer. They have built strong walls to keep the INFILTRATORS out. I say now, REPENT and SEEK ONLY ME in spirit and truth. Do not fall victim to the INFILTRATORS who come in looking like lambs - but really are wolves. They mock Me and My power by dancing, laughing, and acting foolish on stage - then say it is I causing this. REPENT NOW, you wicked and evil men. I say - allow Me to INFILTRATE your heart and allow My Holy Spirit to teach you in truth. Seek Me daily in prayer, and I will guide your path.
Amen Lord Jesus
2Corinthians 10:6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.
The tribulation will be the Lord avenging all disobedience. But He will do this after the obedience of the faithful followers is made full.
If you want to be raptured before the Lord avenges all disobedience then make sure that your obedience is made full. How can we do that?
1. Repent of all disobedience, confess it and wash away the sin with the blood of Jesus.
2. Pray to be cleansed from all disobedience.
3. Spend time in the word every day to get washed by the water in the word.
The tribulation will be the Lord avenging all disobedience. But He will do this after the obedience of the faithful followers is made full.
If you want to be raptured before the Lord avenges all disobedience then make sure that your obedience is made full. How can we do that?
1. Repent of all disobedience, confess it and wash away the sin with the blood of Jesus.
2. Pray to be cleansed from all disobedience.
3. Spend time in the word every day to get washed by the water in the word.
At the Proper time
Matthew 24:36 “But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son [in His humanity], but the Father alone.
This verse is present tense, it is not future tense. If we read the context of this verse, prior to it the Lord is speaking in the future tense and after it He is speaking in the future tense. So the fact that here He switches to the present tense is quite meaningful. Therefore, let us look at the wider context.
34 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [the people living when these signs and events begin] will not pass away until all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
This immediately precedes the verse. Here we have a prophecy of the future. Many argue that this was fulfilled in 70 AD because you can clearly see the prediction of the destruction of the Temple in Matthew 24 and the persecution that the apostles would go through. Others argue that this is a reference to the end of the age because there is a very clear parallel between the Lord's prophecies in this chapter with the book of Revelation and the end of the age. I believe that this word is referring to both and that the destruction of Jerusalem is instructive to us as a prototype of the end of the age. But it is clear, Jesus tells us what will take place and then He switches gears and tells us what we know right now, today.
37 For the coming of the Son of Man (the Messiah) will be just like the days of Noah. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be [unexpected judgment].
These verses come after this verse about not knowing the day or the hour and the word "for" beginning this explains what Jesus means. He was not referring to Noah, or to his family or to Methuselah or even to Enoch who named Methuselah and gave us this prophecy. When He says "no one knows" he means no one in the world. They didn't know. Obviously Noah knew the flood was coming, built a boat, preached the gospel and then entered the ark seven days before the flood began.
40 At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left.
Once again a clear prophecy concerning the future. One will be taken, that word means "as a close companion, associate or friend". The other will be left, that word means "divorced". This further clarifies what He meant by no one knows (present tense). At that time who was a close companion and friend of the resurrected Christ? These are both "Christians" at least in name. If you divorce a woman she had your name until the point where she is divorced. They are in the gospel field and they are grinding up the word of God to feed the saints. The church age will see many called but few will be chosen.
John 15:15 I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you [My] friends, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father.
If you are a friend, a close personal associate of the Lord, then He reveals everything that He has heard from His father. If you put the verses together it is very clear, right now no one knows, but if you are a close personal friend, then He will tell you.
Matthew 24:42 “So be alert [give strict attention, be cautious and active in faith], for you do not know which day [whether near or far] your Lord is coming.
This is the conclusion. This attitude is very telling. Those who are going to be divorced are not friends, they are not close personal companions, rather they are like those in the world eating, and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage and they are clueless. They are clueless because it reveals their heart, they don't really care about the Lord's coming. Meanwhile there are those who are alert and watching carefully for the Lord's return because they are His friends, they are building the ark, they are preaching righteousness.
43 But understand this: If the head of the house had known what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore, you [who follow Me] must also be ready; because the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.
He just switched to past tense! The leaders of the Jews were the head of the household. They should have known when He was coming based on Daniel, but they didn't. As a result He came as a thief, robbing the Jewish religion and creating the Christian religion which has far surpassed the Jews. He is telling us to learn from their mistake. They did not want to hand over everything to the Lord when He came, and so they suffered loss. You need to be ready, how? By giving everything to the Lord, that is what a burnt offering is. You need to be a burnt offering to the Lord.
45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others [in the house] their food and supplies at the proper time?
Do you see this! He was talking in future tense, jumped to present tense, then back to future and then to past tense. Now He tells us we have to give the food to the house "at the proper time". Everything about this section is focused on the proper time. There is a proper time for the apostles, there is a proper time for "justification by faith" to be taught, a proper time to teach about "new life", a proper time to teach about "the oneness of the body of Christ". And there is a proper time to teach about the rapture and the Lord's coming. Have you noticed that many pastors and churches will not talk about this topic? There is no warfare concerning justification by faith, or new life or even the oneness of the Body. But speak about the rapture and you are likely to get beaten by Christians who are eating and drinking with the drunken. How do you know when the proper time is? You must be a close companion and friend of the Lord Jesus.
46 Blessed is that [faithful] servant when his master returns and finds him doing so. 47 I assure you and most solemnly say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But if that servant is evil and says in his heart, ‘My master is taking his time [he will not return for a long while],’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards; 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware, 51 and will cut him in two and put him with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].
The Lord is the one that knows the hearts and reveals the thoughts and intents of the heart. How you respond at the end of the age to His coming will reveal your heart.
Matthew 24:36 “But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son [in His humanity], but the Father alone.
This verse is present tense, it is not future tense. If we read the context of this verse, prior to it the Lord is speaking in the future tense and after it He is speaking in the future tense. So the fact that here He switches to the present tense is quite meaningful. Therefore, let us look at the wider context.
34 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [the people living when these signs and events begin] will not pass away until all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
This immediately precedes the verse. Here we have a prophecy of the future. Many argue that this was fulfilled in 70 AD because you can clearly see the prediction of the destruction of the Temple in Matthew 24 and the persecution that the apostles would go through. Others argue that this is a reference to the end of the age because there is a very clear parallel between the Lord's prophecies in this chapter with the book of Revelation and the end of the age. I believe that this word is referring to both and that the destruction of Jerusalem is instructive to us as a prototype of the end of the age. But it is clear, Jesus tells us what will take place and then He switches gears and tells us what we know right now, today.
37 For the coming of the Son of Man (the Messiah) will be just like the days of Noah. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be [unexpected judgment].
These verses come after this verse about not knowing the day or the hour and the word "for" beginning this explains what Jesus means. He was not referring to Noah, or to his family or to Methuselah or even to Enoch who named Methuselah and gave us this prophecy. When He says "no one knows" he means no one in the world. They didn't know. Obviously Noah knew the flood was coming, built a boat, preached the gospel and then entered the ark seven days before the flood began.
40 At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left.
Once again a clear prophecy concerning the future. One will be taken, that word means "as a close companion, associate or friend". The other will be left, that word means "divorced". This further clarifies what He meant by no one knows (present tense). At that time who was a close companion and friend of the resurrected Christ? These are both "Christians" at least in name. If you divorce a woman she had your name until the point where she is divorced. They are in the gospel field and they are grinding up the word of God to feed the saints. The church age will see many called but few will be chosen.
John 15:15 I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you [My] friends, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father.
If you are a friend, a close personal associate of the Lord, then He reveals everything that He has heard from His father. If you put the verses together it is very clear, right now no one knows, but if you are a close personal friend, then He will tell you.
Matthew 24:42 “So be alert [give strict attention, be cautious and active in faith], for you do not know which day [whether near or far] your Lord is coming.
This is the conclusion. This attitude is very telling. Those who are going to be divorced are not friends, they are not close personal companions, rather they are like those in the world eating, and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage and they are clueless. They are clueless because it reveals their heart, they don't really care about the Lord's coming. Meanwhile there are those who are alert and watching carefully for the Lord's return because they are His friends, they are building the ark, they are preaching righteousness.
43 But understand this: If the head of the house had known what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore, you [who follow Me] must also be ready; because the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.
He just switched to past tense! The leaders of the Jews were the head of the household. They should have known when He was coming based on Daniel, but they didn't. As a result He came as a thief, robbing the Jewish religion and creating the Christian religion which has far surpassed the Jews. He is telling us to learn from their mistake. They did not want to hand over everything to the Lord when He came, and so they suffered loss. You need to be ready, how? By giving everything to the Lord, that is what a burnt offering is. You need to be a burnt offering to the Lord.
45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others [in the house] their food and supplies at the proper time?
Do you see this! He was talking in future tense, jumped to present tense, then back to future and then to past tense. Now He tells us we have to give the food to the house "at the proper time". Everything about this section is focused on the proper time. There is a proper time for the apostles, there is a proper time for "justification by faith" to be taught, a proper time to teach about "new life", a proper time to teach about "the oneness of the body of Christ". And there is a proper time to teach about the rapture and the Lord's coming. Have you noticed that many pastors and churches will not talk about this topic? There is no warfare concerning justification by faith, or new life or even the oneness of the Body. But speak about the rapture and you are likely to get beaten by Christians who are eating and drinking with the drunken. How do you know when the proper time is? You must be a close companion and friend of the Lord Jesus.
46 Blessed is that [faithful] servant when his master returns and finds him doing so. 47 I assure you and most solemnly say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But if that servant is evil and says in his heart, ‘My master is taking his time [he will not return for a long while],’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards; 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware, 51 and will cut him in two and put him with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].
The Lord is the one that knows the hearts and reveals the thoughts and intents of the heart. How you respond at the end of the age to His coming will reveal your heart.