Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

Wake up, you are in a dark forest surrounded by wolves

The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet is Tav. Numeric value is 400. The picture is of a mark or seal. This is the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Jesus said He is the first and the last, the alpha and the Tav. 400 can be 40x10 which would be the full manifestation of testing. Michael Jordan winning the NBA championship would be the full manifestation of his testing, the US olympic hockey team winning the gold medal in Lake Placid would be the full manifestation of their testing. 40 is also 5 x 8, or the grace of God mingled with the resurrection life. This is what testing is, it tests the grace of God in our life and the resurrection life in us. When that hockey team won they called it a miracle, it was like the resurrection life. 400 can also be 8x50. 50 is the number of the jubilee when the prisoners are set free and 8 is a new birth, a new life. We should look at the Hebrew alphabet like this. It is the grace of God and the resurrection life being worked into us letter by letter, it is working to give us a new birth and a release from slavery. The word reveals the full manifestation of testing. We don't like it when we are going through testing, but consider this, aren't you glad that Jesus resurrection life has been fully tested? Aren't you glad that the the apostle's ministry has been fully tested? Israel was enslaved in Egypt for 400 years. Do you think that is a coincidence? You may think they didn't have the full gospel, but they did have the full alphabet. The word for Tav means a mark. In Ezekiel those who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed were given a mark on their forehead and God said to not touch any man on whom is the mark. The Jews were commanded to put the word of God in a little box on their forehead, ultimately this word becomes a mark on us that marks us out as belonging to God. A mark can also be a seal, a pledge, a promise. The Hebrew word for seal is a play on words, sin is finished, fear is finished, now blameless, innocent.

Psalm 119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.

The story of the miracle on ice is very interesting. The coach had picked out his players before the tryouts, according to some of the advisors he didn't even pick the best players, but his response was he didn't want the best, he wanted the right ones? Then it seemed he was sadistic in his training to get these kids into some kind of super shape, it was so over the top that even his assistant coaches didn't understand. Finally he was teaching them a whole new way to play the game that was completely confusing to them. This all starts with a cry, a desire to do the impossible. The idea that the US team could beat the Russians seemed like an absurd fantasy. He told them right up front, he couldn't guarantee they would beat the Russians, but he could guarantee they would be the most fit team on the ice. He knew that one advantage the Russians had over the other teams was that they were in better shape. He was going to take that away from them. Second, they would shock the Russians by playing their game, something no one else dared to do.

170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

This was bold, this was daring, and you see him putting his entire faith in God based on the revelation in God's word. You see this with everyone who walks by faith.

171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

The same thing with Michael Jordan, he came into the NBA as a superstar. He became the rookie of the year. However, he still had a lot to learn. He realized he would never get to the championship level if he didn't also become a great defender, and soon he was the defensive player of the year for seven years as well as scoring champion. But even so they still couldn't get past the Detroit Pistons. Finally he realized they needed to be stronger than the pistons, not just him but the whole team. He became a leader. Finally, he realized he would have to pass the ball and he learned to play with the "triangle" offense.

172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

The word helps you whoever you are. You can see the same thing in the story of the "Big Short". These investors learned to tune out the lies and misdirection, trust what they had learned in the word, and then when the market refused to do what they expected and had begun to act crooked they held onto what they believed despite maximum pressure to get them to relent.

173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

I had this experience when I was in high school. I was following the Lord's precepts when I vowed that everything I did in school the teachers would see. However, there were a couple of times when I desperately needed His help. The first time I had an exam I realized I needed to be able to study for exams but did not have any time that I could give the Lord to do that. I thought it was impossible, but He gave me a way to do that. A second time I was completely desperate, I knew I would not get a paper done on time, I had no way to get it done on time and this would be the first time I would be late with an assignment. However, a teacher was absent and sent us all to the library and so I was able to finish the assignment on time. I considered that to be divine intervention. If we are doing what the Lord says and following His leading it is not unreasonable to ask Him to let His hand help us.

174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.

This is what Ezekiel talks about concerning those who have the mark on their heard. They longed for salvation and the word of God is their delight.

175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

Many people pray "Lord if you save me in this I'll follow you". That is not what he is saying. He is praising the Lord, if the Lord will let him live he will continue to praise the Lord. He is not asking for a handout, he is saying that the word of God is his guide and based on that word He needs God to step in with His judgements. I had this experience. I sent a letter to the leading elders of the churches in Texas with a very strong rebuke. I knew when they got this they would excommunicate me. However, I also knew that this was the Lord's judgement and that if I were to be faithful to Him I had to send that letter. The day they received that letter they also learned that the leading elder, the one most responsible for the rebuke was diagnosed with terminal cancer. That was God's judgement and as a result they were unable to excommunicate me and so the Lord "let my soul live".

176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Can you imagine that this is the last, concluding verse? It is so true. Over my life I can think of several times I have gone astray like a lost sheep. When you go astray like a lost sheep it is like waking up in a very dark forest and realizing there are wolves in this forest and you are about to become dinner. In every case I didn't forget the words God had already spoken to me and I got saved. I was reminded of that verse There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (1Corinthians 10:13). This chapter ends with a promise of "escape" to those who do not forget the commandments. What a fitting conclusion to the church age, the escape of the church as we wake up in a dark forest realizing we are surrounded by wolves.

Ms. Oetman is explaining the historicist view of eschatology. The secret rapture theory which is presently ptomoted by many Christian churches was developed to counteract the effects on the Catholic Church as part of the counter-reformation.
The Jesuit priest Francisco Ribera (1537–1591) is credited with developing a detailed futurist interpretation in his commentary on the Book of Revelation.

Francisco Ribera, a Spanish Jesuit priest born in 1537, played a significant role in the development of Futurism, an eschatological viewpoint that interprets the prophecies of the Book of Revelation as events that will occur in the future. Ribera’s work was particularly influential during the Counter-Reformation, a period of Catholic revival that sought to respond to the Protestant Reformation.

In his 500-page commentary on the Book of Revelation, titled “In Sacrum Beati Ioannis Apostoli, & Evangelistiae Apocalypsin Commentarii,” Ribera proposed that the first few chapters of Revelation applied to ancient pagan Rome, while the rest referred to a future period of 3½ literal years immediately preceding the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This was a strategic move to shift the Protestant belief that identified the Papacy with the Antichrist. By placing the fulfillment of these prophecies in the distant future, Ribera aimed to deflect the Protestant accusations that the Catholic Church was the Antichrist.

Ribera’s interpretation suggested that during this future period, a single individual, the Antichrist, would:

• Persecute and blaspheme the saints of God
• Rebuild the temple in Jerusalem
• Abolish the Christian religion
• Deny Jesus Christ
• Destroy Rome
• Be received by the Jews
• Pretend to be God
• Kill the two witnesses of God
• Conquer the world

His views were later popularized by Cardinal Robert Bellarmine and became widely accepted within Roman Catholicism. However, Ribera’s Futurism was contested by Protestant scholars, who continued to advocate for a historicist interpretation of Revelation, viewing the Papacy as the Antichrist.

For more detailed information on Ribera’s work and its impact on Protestant beliefs, you can refer to the following resources:

• The Origin of Dispensational Futurism and its Entrance into Protestant Christianity
• Francisco Ribera - Wikipedia
• The Origins of Dispensational-Futurist Theology – the Jesuit Connection
• The Rapid Rise of Futurism – and Dispensationalism based

My criteria for this blog is simple:

1. Is it about the rapture

2. Is it based on the Bible and provide insight into the word of God

3. Is it unique (by that I mean there is a whole lot that is repetitive that I don't simply post because it fits 1 &2.

Whether or not I subscribe to the theory or interpretation is not a criteria. I have said repeatedly I am not the arbiter of truth.

Based on my criteria there is nothing in this post that I am interested in. I don't care about eschalogical schools of thought, nor do I care about the catholic church one way or the other.

The 1st Trumpet Judgment Dream 3-5-24@ 4:45AM & 7:56 Am Shared 4-27-24

• It is my belief that prophecy is history in advance.
• the Bible is written in symbols which allow us to interpret prophecy accurately.
• the secret rapture is not Biblical but was rather developed in response to the accurate conclusion by the Protestant reformers that the Catholic church is and since its inception has been the anti-christ.
• Jesus is coming again, and we must be prepared to see him.
• there is no second chance to repent, today is the day of salvation.

[Mat 24:30 KJV] 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
[Mar 13:26 KJV] 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
[1Th 4:17 KJV] 17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
[Rev 1:7 KJV] 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Forgiveness

First, when things happen to you as a child of God I believe they all have happened to you because Jesus Christ, Lord of all, and God the Father has allowed it to happen. They are the ultimate authority, so go to them and find out why. These things are an opportunity for you to have fellowship with the triune God. If you fixate on the person who "wronged" you then you are missing the point and even worse you are insulting the God of all grace. All things work together for good to those that love God. Not only so but we are to "give thanks for all things".

Second, we have been forgiven by the blood of Jesus. Surely you can forgive the trivial things that happen to you in your life. Once you realize God was speaking to you through the events you can easily forgive the person who did them.

Third, the Bible says "vengeance is mine, I will repay". If you are walking as a child of God in obedience to the Lord fulfilling your calling then it is as though you are wearing a uniform in the spirit. The reason criminals don't want to hurt cops is they know if you hurt a cop it is no longer just about that one person but it is about that uniform. The entire police force will be there to bring that person to justice because they did not respect the authority of that uniform. The same is true with demons and fallen angels. If you are wearing the uniform of one who is in Jesus Christ's army they need to fear, if they touch you then the Lord will take vengeance and it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of God.

Technically speaking the watchmen are not watching for "the rapture", they are watching for a thief in the night. That is why we have night watchmen.

The judgement is because you didn't see the thief and stop him, the punishment is not knowing the hour the Lord was going to come.

The apostasy is an example of the thief coming in the night to steal the things of God, the corruption in our US government is another example of thieves coming in the night to steal the things of God.

If you are not one with the Holy Spirit in restraining evil then you are not ready for the Lord's return and you are not prepared to see Him.

As for when the deadline is to repent, that I don't know. I believe missing the rapture will cause many to repent.

A song of victory, part 1

2Samuel 22:1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 2 And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

There is a reason for what we have seen recently. The Pandemic, the vaccine mandate, election fraud, money laundering through FTX and Ukraine, threats of nuclear war, etc. We need to have the experience of the Lord being our rock, our fortress, and our deliverer. We will never have those experiences if we don't stand strong for the Lord against this kind of corruption and evil we see taking place.

4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; 7 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

Ungodly men are not the same as sinful men. David was a sinful man, but he was also a godly man. That means he repented of his sins, he confessed his sins, and God disciplined him for his sins. Ungodly men are warned but don't confess of sins, when their sins are exposed they are not ashamed neither do they repent. They do not call to the Lord for salvation, rather they cry out for death and vengeance. David and ungodly men are both sinners, but David turns to God for salvation after repenting of his sins. That is the difference.

8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

These tornadoes are the earth shaking and trembling. These earthquakes are the earth shaking and trembling. God knows that we are sinners, but when we are warned that is the time to confess. When the earth starts to shake you need to repent immediately.

9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

The Lord Jesus Christ is a loving God who paid the price for us, He is full of mercy and grace, He is the foremost expert when it comes to blessing people. He is also the foremost expert when it comes to disciplining, punishing, and cursing. I get it that we need some people to foolishly challenge Him so that we would see the awesome might of His on display, but why be that fool? Let someone else do that job.

15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

I like this word "discomfited" them. That is what has happened the last few years. The Deep State has been discomfited. They don't like being exposed and their foundations of their corruption have been discovered. These public hearings where they get exposed and rebuked, that is not comfortable for them, they don't like it, and that is what has happened first and as a result the whole corrupt mess has been exposed.

17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Satan and his henchman are cowards. They don't fight against those that are evenly matched, they look for those that are weak. They are like Amalek, picking off the old, the infirm and the small children. So then the Lord will rescue them and draw them up, a picture of the rapture.

19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

This is how they operate. When DeBlasio mandated the vaccine to teachers half the teachers in the union were not vaccinated. If we had taken a vote we would have rejected the mandate. But the union was in the pocket of Deblasio, so they prevented us from having a vote. They dragged it out until many teachers felt they had no choice but get the shot. However, this was an opportunity to put your trust in the Lord as the union was exposed as a serpent.

20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Without faith it is impossible to delight the Lord.

21 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

This situation exposed many who did not have clean hands, many who were not righteous. But at the same time you did see those who were righteous recompensed.

22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

The Lord is not a fool. He knows what the real situation is. He knows who loves Him, who follows Him, and who has departed from Him wickedly. We were told about the apostasy, the wicked departing. They knew the gospel, they had a chance and they have rejected the Lord and His word. They have departed from God, everyone should depart from them.

23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

That is what the apostasy is, departing from his statutes and His judgments.

A song of victory, part 2

24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

The most glaring characteristic of the apostasy is that they have no backbone. They don't stand upright, they lie down and cower. We all have iniquity, we have been called to separate ourselves from sin, from our iniquity, to be sanctified. But the apostasy does not keep itself from their iniquity, they are not sanctified. You have male strippers at big "gospel" events.

25 Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

There is a war going on, some choose to be faithful to the Lord, faithful to the word of God, and stand strong for Jesus. So of course He recompenses you. That is what the rapture is.

26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

Hiring incompetent people is not "mercy". Bowing to the woke mob is not upright. If I were poor and living in the inner city I don't want you to teach me to cheat, lie and steal. That is not mercy, that is not upright. I want you to teach me to war with the best of them so that I have a fair chance when I enter the field of battle.

27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

The froward are what we call the "litigious". The ones who use lawfare like Fanni Willis, Laticia James, and the rest. With these ones God is "unsavoury". He exposes their affairs, their sins, their corruption and their lies. They lose their jobs, they get sued, they end up broke and a byword.

28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

Haughty is a word we use for someone running for Attorney General with a platform of "get Trump". It is when they make up phony crimes in order to take $450 million dollars from them. The Lord has his eyes on them to bring them down.

29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.

We didn't see all the swamp creatures, but the Lord does and He plans on draining the swamp. To do that we must first shine a light on them. Put them in the spotlight.

30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.

Do you want to be a superhero? Do you want to do great exploits. If so then you must be one with the Lord as He leads you through this very dark and scary swamp.

31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

The Lord is greatly to be feared, all the demons and fallen angels tremble at His name.

32 For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God? 33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. 34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places. 35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

This is the gospel, the Lord delights to do this and transform you. When Mohammed Ali was champion we were taught it was because he was tall and had a very long reach with his arms. As a result he could hit the opponent with his jab and they could not hit him. But then Mike Tyson came along and was the complete opposite. We learned that when he got inside having long arms was a disadvantage. In tight quarters Mike had the advantage. The Lord can take anyone and turn your seeming disadvantage into an advantage.

37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

Wow! Talk about flipping the script. This is when the hunters become the hunted. They pursued Trump trying to destroy him but now the script has been flipped and it looks like all those who were trying to destroy him are now about to be destroyed.

39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. 40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

Which Christian do you want to be, the apostate without a backbone cowering before the woke mob, or do you want to be like David, consuming them, with them fallen under your feet, subduing them and destroying them.

42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

You can be sure this will be the result of the seven year tribulation.

44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

This also will be the outcome. For a thousand years there will be nations serving the Lord in the millennial kingdom.

45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

Again, the only way Satan and his host will fight is if they think they have every advantage. Bring them into the light, out of their holes in the ground, separate them and they are all subservient cowards.

47 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

This is how you give praise and worship to the Lord. You don't cower before the woke mob and then pretend to worship, that is repugnant. You stand strong by faith in the Lord, you win the victory, and then you can praise and worship in reality.

48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me. 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. 51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

This is clearly a reference to AD 70

Luke 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Notice, Jesus does not say here that this will be great tribulation as the world has never seen. But notice, this marks the start of the "times of the gentiles". This prophecy is remarkably similar to the end of the age when Jerusalem will again be compassed by armies and Antichrist will set himself up in the temple. These two events are like bookends.

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

This is a direct reference to the end of the times of Gentiles.

26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

A lot of hear attacks, a lot of people suffering from PTSD, being stressed out, and a whole lot of fear mongering with threats of terrorism, school shootings, and nuclear war.

27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

This takes place right before Armageddon when the Jews finally get saved.

28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

These things have "begun to come to pass". The pandemic was one of these things, the war in Ukraine and the Mideast is one of these things. The threats on Taiwan is one of these things. 10 million illegals in the country and the $34.5 trillion debt is another one of these things. BRICS forming their own currency, RFID, Quantum computers and Starlink making the mark of the beast practical is another one of these things. Look up, look at the three solar eclipses writing Alpha and Omega over the US, that is our redemption drawing near.

29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

The fig tree refers to the tree where Adam and Eve took fig leaves to cover their nakedness. AI is a fig leaf. The mark of the beast will be sold as a fig leaf, it will help reduce "crime", but in reality will make the criminal syndicate in power all powerful. In 1950 Israel and all the other MidEast nations were shooting forth and sprouting. Since then we have had the computer age, the internet and now AI. We are seeing corruption like we have never seen it before. This is the fruit of the fig tree. 1950 was the spring time, today we are at the harvest time.

Beware, you have been warned.

33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Beware, you have been warned.

RAPTURE DREAMS / The World Was CRUMBLING ! Chaos Was Everywhere

Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Look at the letters to the seven churches in Revelation, Thyatira has the deep things of Satan and yet they also have those who don't know anything of the deep things. Pergamum has faithful ones like Antipas, but they also have the false prophet Balaam who is teaching them to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication. Sardis has a bunch of unfinished works that have not been established, yet they also have a few that are dressed in white and will walk with the Lord. The only churches to not get a rebuke are Smyrna and Philadelphia. Philadelphia has not denied the Lord's name (which indicates other churches had otherwise it would not be much of a commendation) and they have kept the Lord's word (again indicating that other churches have not kept the Lord's word). Laodicea is the worst with the Lord saying they are going to make Him vomit and He isn't even in their midst (which indicates they aren't even meeting in the name of the Lord). The only word to them is to get out of that church.

What we are seeing in these letters to Ephesus, Thyatira, Pergamum, and Sardis is the wheat and tares growing together. What we are seeing is the apostasy and the genuine believers mixed together like Antipas and Balaam, or the synagogue of Satan and the church of Philadelphia. But the wheat and the tares are separated when we get to Philadelphia and Laodicea. By the time we get to Philadelphia we have both this church and we have "the synagogue of Satan". Recently there was a big "Christian" meeting that opened with a male stripper. When someone objected they were the one that was expelled. This is obviously "the synagogue of Satan". With Laodicea Jesus is not even inside the meeting, indicating they are not meeting in the name of Jesus, and His message to those in it is to get out.

What separates them is the ten days of trial that we see with Smyrna.

The tares begin their growth by "leaving their first love" in Ephesus. By the time you get to Laodicea this separation is complete and they have fully left Jesus.

Ephesus began by not being able to bear those that are evil but by Laodicea they have become fully tolerant of those that are evil. Initially they tried those that said they were apostles and weren't but with Laodicea all those who claim to be apostles aren't. Initially the church was very good at pulling up the weeds but they had one mistake, they left their first love. That was the merciful savior that saved them when they were sinners. The Lord's promise was that if they overcome they will get to eat of the tree of life, that means they weren't eating of the tree of life they were eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

This progresses and with Smyrna we see the church being put to death, sown into the ground.

Then with Pergamos the first tender shoots of the tares is idol worship taught by Balaam, the false prophet. They eat things sacrificed to idols. The wheat grows up from the martyrs like Antipas who hold fast the Lord's name and do not deny the faith. Christmas and Easter are two prominent examples of how the false prophet taught church to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit fornication. This is also where we see the tares holding the doctrine of the nicolaitans, to have a clergy laity system.

When you get to Thyatira the tares have grown and now have Jezebel, a woman calling herself a prophetess that doesn't simply teach but also seduces the Lord's people to commit fornication. Now the pageantry in the church grows and becomes seductive. Not only so but there are those that commit adultery with her, she claims to be the bride of Christ while she is also cutting deals with kings and governors. This is the deep things of Satan and this is how the deep state comes into being.

By the time we get to Sardis we realize that eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil results in death. The church tries to imitate all the saints and all the men of God, it dresses up with names that are alive while the church itself is dead. We see the church drying up and dying as people leave. As a result you have two different churches that come out of this dead church. One turns whole heartedly to the Lord in Philadelphia. They are poor, but rich in Spirit. The other is well funded, they have TV ministry, Online ministry, big campuses, and push the "prosperity gospel" claiming to be rich and yet are poor, blind, and naked. They will do anything to attract members and as a result the sin begins to stink and smell up the place.

COMATOSE

Matthew 26:40-41 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

My son, I SPEAK NOW TO MY BODY. YOU ARE WEAK. YOU ARE SICK. AND YOU KNOW NOT THE VOICE OF HIM WHO DIED FOR YOU. YOU ARE COMATOSE!! YOU ARE IN A DEEP SLEEP AND WILL NOT AWAKEN UNTIL I COME AND SHAKE YOU AWAKE!! Now is the time when you should be WIDE AWAKE and on your knees in prayer - BUT YOU ARE ASLEEP - and the enemy has crept into the midst of you. WHILE YOU SLEEP, the enemy has sown seeds of discord and false doctrines among you. You have been given a FEEDING TUBE of milky sermonettes that has only kept you ASLEEP AND FAT. The DAY IS NOW HERE when you should be READY FOR BATTLE - but you took off your armor and put your sword away! ONLY THOSE OF MY REMNANT HAVE STAYED AWAKE AND KNOW WHAT IS NIGH YOU! They have given up the cares of this world and watch and pray for the salvation of sinful man. REPENT NOW - MY COMATOSE BODY - AND PICK UP YOUR ARMOR AND READY YOURSELF FOR BATTLE!! PERSECUTION IS COMING TO AMERICA - AND YOU ARE NOT READY!!

My son, many will fall away from the faith because they have been in a COMATOSE STATE - not receiving the meat of My Word, but only milk. These fat babies WILL FALL FAST because they lack the faith to stand. They have been force fed lies for so long that they do not know what to believe. They think PERSECUTION is not being able to do what they want. I TELL YOU NOW - MANY WILL DENY THAT I AM - JUST AS PETER DID THREE TIMES. Many in My body will DENY ME and TAKE THE MARK for food or work. Many will TURN IN MY REMNANT, thinking they are doing right to rid the world of THE HATERS. Could you not WATCH AND PRAY for one hour out of your busy day???

My son, NO MATTER HOW LOUD YOU SHOUT WAKE UP - MY BODY WILL SLEEP ON. Only when I SHAKE their world will they WAKE UP! Then it will be TOO LATE. Many will perish - not knowing the fullness of their journey on Earth. Many will give account - only to find their wood and stubble burned up. REPENT NOW AND COME TO ME, AND I WILL WAKE YOU AND REFRESH YOU. I LOVE YOU ALL - AND MY COMATOSE BODY WILL SOON BE SHAKEN AWAKE!!

Amen. Lord Jesus

PROPHECY-- AMERICA'S IRON YOKE

Jeremiah 28:12-14 12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

My son, as America continues to slide into the abyss - I WILL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THE IRON YOKE THAT I HAVE PLACED UPON HER NECK. America has now fallen and worships every foul idol that stands against Me. I will continue to allow the people of this nation to fall into UTTER DARKNESS. The intent of the peoples' hearts are continually evil, and they REFUSE TO REPENT of their evil ways. I will turn them all over to a DEBASED MIND and allow My righteous judgments to OVERTAKE them.

My son, even those of My body have ALLOWED every foul spirit into their midst. Therefore, I will even TIGHTEN THE YOKE OF IRON on the necks of an unrepentant body. They will feel the judgments that I AM PLACING upon a rebellious people. I WILL BEGIN TO TEAR DOWN THEIR BUILDINGS AND SCATTER THEM. THEY WILL CRY OUT TO ME TO REMOVE THE YOKE - BUT I WILL NOT HEAR THEM - FOR THEY REFUSE TO REPENT AND TURN THEIR HEARTS TOWARDS ME. THEY CONTINUE TO TRUST IN A MAN AND SYSTEMS THEY HAVE CREATED.

My son, the BURDEN of this judgment falls on the SHEPHERDS who have led My children far from Me. AMERICA - THE YOKE OF IRON IS NOW BEING TIGHTENED as My body has REFUSED TO STAND for the statutes that I have set forth in My Word. As My army of warriors have laid down their swords and refuse to fight, I WILL ALLOW the reprobates to become more VILE and begin the PERSECUTION that My children so FEAR. The BLESSED HOPE that My children claim is to TAKE THEM AWAY will only be found on BLOODY KNEES.

My son, I know My servants are wearied from SHOUTING REPENT to a deaf body - but very soon I WILL START THE SHAKING - and the DEAD WILL WAKE and realize they have been DECEIVED. MY DEAD BODY WILL SLOWLY COME TO LIFE IN AMERICA - AFTER MUCH PERSECUTION. Many will die during this time and come home early - while MY REMNANT continue to fight on their knees. REPENT NOW, you lukewarm children and turn from your sins and follow Me! I WILL NOT BREAK THE YOKE OF IRON UNTIL I RETURN. I AM COMING SOON.

Amen. Lord Jesus

Once again, Vicky Goforth Parnell told us we'd see these a few months ago.

Apocalyptic Sign or Natural Occurrence? What is HAPPENING in the Sky Above Australia?

Rescue from what?

One question I have been working on. The rapture is a rescue and is likened to pulling someone out of the way of a speeding train. The charge from the Lord to watch because His coming will be like a thief in the night is similar to Judas, the thief, coming to Jesus in the night to betray Him.

On the flip side the description of many people eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up until they are destroyed indicates that this is a big surprise but it is also a worldwide event.

I don't think this is referring to nuclear war, though this will probably coincide with a Pearl Harbor/ 911 type attack on the US that brings the entire country into an economic collapse.

But this may be what it is, it could be that the world switches to a CBDC run by the globalists and since they know the US will not go along they are going to plan B which is to get rid of the US.

Exhortation to the Church!