Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Rapture Gap theory

1. Luke 21:24 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.

This verse is not in Matthew or Mark. It can be an extensive study but in this blog I have repeatedly hit all the points that distinguish one gospel from the other and the conclusion is that Luke is written to those who are raptured prior to the tribulation, Mark is written to those who are raptured during the tribulation and Matthew to those at the end of the tribulation. This verse only being in Luke tells me that the times of the Gentiles will be fulfilled at the rapture. This would coincide with the beginning of the gospel of Mark where those left behind go out into the wilderness to see the two witnesses and repent. Interestingly the times of the Gentiles being fulfilled is directly linked to a covenant with Jerusalem so that it is no longer trodden down of the Gentiles.

2. 1Thessalonians 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.


So if we look to the OT for the "sudden destruction" it would be like Samson pushing out the two pillars signifying the rapture of the church. Now Samson killed more in his death than he did in his life. By contrast Jesus will save more in the rapture than He did in His earthly ministry. This signified the collapse of the worldly financial temple, just like Jesus flipping the tables of the money changers. It also signifies the cursing of the mountain telling it to be taken up and cast into the sea. Both of these things take place prior to the Passover.

It will also be like the death of the firstborn. The firstborn of Egypt were killed because they had killed all the martyrs going back to the blood of Abel. You put the blood of the lamb on your door to signify that this family already lost a lamb. But immediately after the Passover Israel is thrust out of Egypt just as the left behind will be thrust out of the Antichrist run world. That would indicate the sudden destruction takes place the same night as the rapture.

3. 1Corinthians 15:32 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

However, the dead in Christ rising first would be typified by Lazarus being raised from the grave prior to Jesus triumphant entry into Jerusalem. This almost certainly took place a week or more before Palm Sunday.

4. Was Pentecost the birth of the church or the conception of the church? I would think the conception of the church took place when Jesus breathed into the disciples and said receive the Spirit right after the resurrection. Pentecost was not the Lord breathing into them, it was the Spirit being poured out on the earth. 3,000 being saved was the works of power being manifested.

5. The 70th week refers to a Shemitah, a seven week period. I would think a Shemitah would always start on the first day of the year, either the Nisan 1 or Tishrei 1. Concerning the rapture we are told that no one knows the day or the hour, so it would seem the Lord is telling us the rapture does not take place the same day the Shemitah starts. It isn't conclusive, but if you knew the year, and there is no reason to think you wouldn't, then if the Shemitah starts the same day of times of the Gentiles is fulfilled then you would know the day.

6. After the rapture the Antichrist confirms or strengthens the covenant with the many for one week. It seems absurd to think that the rapture takes place and the very next day the UN meets to confirm this covenant at the same time that the world's financial system collapses, and the US is destroyed. The rapture will be a much bigger event than Hiroshima or Pearl Harbor or 911.

7. The rapture event will be a judgement on those left behind (Revelation 3:10). However, the term "hour" does not correspond to a week. An hour is sixty minutes, a week is seven days.

8. To be cast out into outer darkness with the weeping and gnashing of teeth indicates that along with the rapture you then get the three days of gross darkness as the fallen angels are cast to the earth. If the rapture coincides with Passover, then we are seeing these ten plagues go in reverse after the rapture. These ten plagues destroyed Egypt's economy, in the same way the rapture is like pulling the jenga piece out which causes the collapse and you get to watch the slow motion collapse as we replay these ten plagues.

9. After the rapture you have the formation of the ten kings, this is an emergency act like triage to a patient in the emergency room. Generally this might take months or years to put together but in this case they won't have that much time. They'll have to act immediately. The US collapses, the US dollar is worthless, they'll immediately jump to a CBDC and use the BRICS gold backed security.

10. Ezekiel 38 battle of Gog and Magog. I read the Bible literally. When it says Israel and land of unwalled villages and being rich in cattle I read that literally and that definitely does not refer to Israel today or anytime in the foreseeable future. However, I also read prophecy as patterns that continue to grow and expand. So that description of Israel definitely applies to the US today. We are the land of unwalled villages, we are rich in cattle, and I believe we could have a gog/magog war that takes out the US, the Great Babylon, in a single hour as all these nations come to plunder the US. I believe we will see that at the start of the tribulation and then at the end of the millennial kingdom we'll see it again with Israel. Do we need time to move that massive army? Yes. But already 10 million illegals have crossed our southern border. Iran, Russia, and N. Korea have their missiles aimed. China may also join this battle.
 

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There is an interesting question about the temple, does it need to be built during the tribulation? I am not aware of any prophecy that says it is rebuilt while there is a prophecy that the tabernacle of David will be raised again. Israel could raise the tabernacle of David and that is where the Holy of Holies could be and where the Antichrist enters and takes his seat. Some argue that the temple is a prefabricated building and could be built rapidly, especially with tens of thousands of workers. But the only verse that points to the temple doesn't say it is rebuilt, merely says that the sacrifice and oblation have resumed and that the Antichrist enters the Holy of Holies. That could be a reference to the tabernacle of David.
 

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This will last for about a month -- till May 30.
 

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There were prophecies shared by the Prophecy club that Russia would have 3 ribs in his mouth (this is in the OT), this appears to be the fulfillment of that prophecy.

Daniel 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
 

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Consider Idolatry

1Corinthians 10:1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

Every Christian has the word of God, all of them get baptized, they all have the same Spirit of God and yet if these things are an example to us not all of them entered the good land.

6 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. 9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.

The difference is that those who fell set their hearts on evil things. It is interesting how it defines idolatry. Everyone says they are not committing idolatry, so he doesn't even bother with that, instead you can tell when someone is being idolatrous by the way they behave. Parties, revelry, getting drunk, fornication, these are all examples of the behavior of idolaters.

11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. 12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! 13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Someone on this thread said that no one keeps Saturnalia anymore! Really? Saturnalia is a 7 day feast and revelry. We don't do that for "Easter" or any other holiday, but to have non stop Christmas parties for work and friends, that is common. This doesn't mean that eating at a friends house has to be "idolatry" and anyone who would try to twist this to that clearly has an agenda. No, what it means is that many (not all) use this season as an excuse to get drunk, go to parties, and even get involved in fornication.

Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper

14 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.

Therefore flee idolatry because you could lose your birthright! You could be discarded in the wilderness.

18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? 19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons. 22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

When we partake of the Lord's table we are not simply doing some meaningless ritual, it means that we are partaking of all that it entails to be a believer in Christ. Jesus said that we must take up our cross and follow Him. This is included in our partaking of the body and blood. In the same way there is an assumption that if you partake in the table of demons that you are partaking of all that this entails. He is comparing this to a woman who is engaged to one man going out for a night out with another man. Nowhere is this more plain to see than with Christmas. You spend half of the holiday with the babe of Bethlehem and the other half with "Santa baby".
 

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Jonathan Cahn sermon 2024 - The Pope Francis End Time Apostasy
 

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Luke 22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

Being reckoned among the transgressors is part of "taking up your cross and follow me"

Please note that all those who have been reckoned as transgressors these last few years are those who are restraining evil.
 

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Tesla is predicting the AI and robotics market to be a $10 trillion market by 2030. Since the US labor force has a combined total payroll of $10 trillion and since AI will be a substantial discount, perhaps 50% of the cost of human labor I suspect that $10 trillion represents the majority of all employees salaries for the entire developed world.

John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus making his path straight and the road level. Likewise I think Elon Musk will be like John the Baptist to the Antichrist and the Beast system.

We are told in Revelation that the Beast system is "rising" out of the sea during the tribulation. By 2030 I believe it will have risen out of the sea.

This gives us an idea of how quickly things are moving in this direction.
 

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Big Sign: Antichrist Soon to Arrive 05/01/2024

 

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As you have done it will be done unto you — comparing the crucifixion with the day of the Lord (part 1)

I have collected all the verses that say "Day of the Lord". Now there were many verses saying "in that day" or "day of judgement", "day of wrath", "day of vengeance", "day of slaughter" and it is very likely that many of these verses are referring to the day of the Lord. However, I felt that these verses will give us a complete overview.

Obadiah 1:15 For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

This is my point in this post, that as they have done to Jesus when they crucified Him that is what will be done to them, therefore we can look at the crucifixion to get an idea of what is coming.

Isaiah 2:12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

I began with Proverbs, so this may not be the first reference in the OT but it is the first reference in the prophets. The people who crucified Jesus were proud and lofty. They were the ones who thought that if they killed the heir the inheritance would be theirs. They were the ones who sat in Moses seat and loved to be greeted in the market place, and placed grievous burdens on people that were hard to bear. This is the first thing we need to deal with, our pride and snootiness.

Isaiah 13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

What is going to be destroyed? Not the word of God. Not the redemption of Jesus. Not the transformation of the Holy Spirit. No, this is referring to those who have built on sand with wood, hay and stubble. It will all collapse and go up in flames. After we deal with our pride and arrogance remember that all is vanity except for what is God.

Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

When they crucified Jesus they thought if we just get rid of Him then we can keep on going as we have been going. Instead, getting rid of Him sealed their fate. At the end of the age it will be the same idea, to rid the land of all the sinners. This will be righteous judgement, "as you have done it will be done to you". So repent now while you can.

Jeremiah 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Just look at the crucifixion. They bloodied Jesus up with the scourging, they nailed him to the cross so that blood dripped down for hours and then they pierced his side with a sword. Satan was drunk with the Lord's blood and all those who were one with Satan were as well. You can be sure that in the day of vengeance it will be the same for all those who are one with Satan.

Lamentations 2:22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

There are many who see this day coming, they are called "conspiracy theorists", "unstable", "paranoid" and of course "preppers". This is why billionaires have been building bunkers. But know this, none shall escape. None shall remain. You saw it coming but did not turn to the Lord. You saw the day of vengeance, of wrath, of slaughter was coming but didn't realize it was the day of the Lord.

Ezekiel 13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.

When you prepare for battle are you preparing for a play fight or so that you can stand in the day of the Lord? Peter was not able to stand in the day of the Lord. The disciples were sleeping when Jesus asked them to watch. Jesus was telling them that He was to be crucified and they did not understand. Do not treat the word of God superficially.

Ezekiel 30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

A cloudy day? This word is associated with the rainbow that was seen in the clouds at the time of Noah. Jesus returns in the clouds. As terrible as this day is it is also known as "good Friday" because it is the day of the sacrifice of God's covenant with man. When you make a covenant there is a sacrifice. God paid the price for this covenant and at the end of the age man will also pay the price for this covenant.

Joel 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

God made a covenant with man because He wants something, He wants those that will walk by faith and give everything as a burnt offering to be one with the Lord. A price is going to be paid for this, the idea that man and God would be joined without a price being paid is ridiculous. The book of Joel, unlike all other books in the Bible, warns us when the Day of the Lord is at hand.

Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

The book of Joel is a signal to the watchmen to blow the trumpet and to sound the alarm, that the day of the Lord is at hand. When the pandemic took place and there was a worldwide shutdown of the economy that was God declaring a sabbath fast so that people could prepare for the Day of the Lord.

Joel 2:11 And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

We have discovered there are people around this globe all uttering this word. They have been mocked, ridiculed, and attacked, much as Jesus was at the monkey trial before the crucifixion, but they have not backed down.

Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

This also happened at the crucifixion of Jesus. There are signs in the heavens that were warning the people.

Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Right now we are in the valley of decision. Everyone is faced with this decision, do you stand with the Lord or acquiesce to the evil one. All of these 501 C3 churches are in this dilemma. Do they submit to the LGBTQ+ rules or do you stand with the word of God. Do you hide your eyes from the Moloch worship of abortion or do you take a stand?

Amos 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

If you have not been crucified with Jesus so that it is no longer you that live but Christ that lives in you then this will be a day of darkness and not light for you. If you have been crucified with Jesus then you know what is coming and your desire is that as many as possible will turn and repent before that day.

Amos 5:20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Amen. Just look at the crucifixion of Jesus and you will see. There will be two thieves crucified with him, be the one that repents, not the one that mocks.
 

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As you have done it will be done unto you — comparing the crucifixion with the day of the Lord (part 2)

Zephaniah 1:14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

Yes, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth for those who are left behind.

Zechariah 14:1 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Yes, we saw this when Jesus was crucified as well. He was stripped. The world is about to be stripped bare, both those that rejected Jesus and those that played at worshipping Him.

Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

There will be prophets speaking to you prior to this day and you will be judged for how you respond to their words.

Acts 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

There are six New Testament verses, this is the first one. There will be signs that warn us, if you are watching as the Lord commanded you will see them and be warned, if you are sleeping and not watching you will be caught by surprise.

1Corinthians 1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

How do Christians not realize that this is what we are praying for. There is no guarantee that just because you have believed in Jesus you will be blameless in the day of the Lord. You need to be filled with the Spirit just as the five wise virgins had vessels filled with oil.

1Corinthians 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

The "such a one" that is referred to here is a person who had believed in Jesus but was living in sin and rebellion. Paul delivered him up to Satan in this life so that he could repent and be saved in the day of the Lord. If you are a believer who is living in sin and rebellion you must repent in this age to be saved in the day of the Lord.

2Corinthians 1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Some Christians, like Paul, will receive a reward in the day of the Lord. Why? Because they will be like the ones who invested their talent and bring their fruit to the Lord at His coming.

1Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

You have to be blind to not see that the Antichrist and the beast system and the Central Bank Digital currency and WW3 are all coming upon us as a thief in the night. The Lord uses all these things to try and test the faith of His believers.

2Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
 

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One way to interpret 2nd Passover -- It is a second chance for all those left behind because of dead Christianity


Rapture On Second Passover? Let's Talk About It!

I have heard some say strongly that 2nd Passover "is not anything". That is absurd, every jot and tittle of the word of God will be fulfilled.

To my understanding, the way I look at it, we were charged to take up our cross and follow the Lord. Believers are supposed to be dead with Christ. We are supposed to be living in the reality of the death and burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If you are then you will be raptured. If not you will be left behind.

But if you are left behind is it really your fault? What if you were raised in dead Christianity and because you touched a dead thing you were unclean and therefore left behind?

To me that is the meaning of Jesus raising Lazarus before the Passover. The rapture takes place before the Passover, but not before the first one, it is before the 2nd one. So I see 2nd Passover as a second chance for those that miss the first rapture. Now notice, it is not just for those who were defiled by a dead body but also for those who were on a long trip. Jesus is the one who was on the long trip, He doesn't want to miss out either. He'll be with all of us who are left behind. To know the fellowship of His sufferings is very sweet, no believer will want to miss out on that.

So then You have Lazarus being raised from the dead (rapture). Then those who are left behind must be purified from touching a dead body, that takes a week. Then they eat with Jesus. That is when the Antichrist and his kingdom decided that they must also kill the Christians left behind. Then you have the triumphant entry on Palm Sunday, the flipping of the money changers table (collapse of global currency), cursing of the fig tree or in this case the mountain of the world government being taken up and cast into the sea, the testing of Jesus, the crucifixion of all those who are one with Him in refusing the mark of the beast.
 

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Dream: Something Huge Had Happened In An INSTANT ! It Came With No WARNING
 

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I just heard this song where this brother says he is thankful for the scars and woudn't trade them for anything and it hit me, that is how everyone who goes through the tribulation will feel. It will be an amazing experience of the Lord that for all eternity you will never trade for anything. Yes, you may be martyred, you may find yourself going through all kinds of trials and tribulations, but you will not trade them for anything because you will have the fellowship of the Lord's sufferings.
 

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There are so many interpretations of Bible prophecies

This is true, for example in 1980 we saw that no one would be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast. It seemed impossible at that time to imagine how that could possibly happen everywhere around the earth so we thought this might have just been referring to Europe.

But today everyone can see that this is indeed going to be possible and so no one would interpret this to mean just Europe.

Also in the 1980s we saw the word about "this generation shall not pass away until all these things are fulfilled". We wondered how long a generation is? 120 years? 80 years? 40 years? Well no one would interpret it to be 40 years anymore.

My point is it is like bringing a camera into focus. Yes there are many interpretations, but they have all but been eliminated as the picture gets more and more into focus.
 

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He will return from the marriage feast, the apostasy, be ready and watching

Luke 12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

I completely disagree with the vast majority of Bible teachings on this verse. Many say this refers to the marriage of the Lord. It doesn't make sense on multiple levels. First, if the master of the house were getting married the wedding feast would be in His father's house and His servants would be hosting the feast. Second, suppose this really is referring to the Lord's wedding feast, he is there till midnight or some later hour, He comes back with His bride and if the servants open up immediately to Him He will abandon His bride, gird Himself and serve dinner to the servants?

So instead this reminds me of three other portions of the Bible.

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.


At the end of the age at the time of the Lord's return we will see the church in Laodicea. The Lord will be knocking on the door and many in this church will not open up to Him, they will not be watching, they will think they are rich and don't know they are blind, naked and poor. I find this very similar because in both cases it is the Lord's house (the church), we are His servants who are to be watching for His coming, and if we do open up to Him immediately then He will gird Himself and sup with us. But if that is the case, what is the feast, or the marriage feast that He is coming from?

Exodus 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

This is a reference to a feast that the Lord was at and He does return from this feast. We do see that Moses calls on the faithful servants who rise up immediately in response to Moses and as a result they become the Levitical priesthood because they were faithful and responded immediately. However, here it looks like they are worshipping idols and in Luke the Lord is returning from a wedding feast. Both of these are feasts, but would we really refer to Exodus 32 as a wedding feast? This in turn reminds me of

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

Put this all together and it makes sense. Paul told us the apostasy must come first. We realize that Shavuot is the feast that appears most similar to the account of the rapture, yet prior to the rapture what has to happen first is this falling away, this apostasy, likened to idol worship and a wanton feast, they are like Demas who loved the world and forsook the ministry, and in Luke we are told the Lord left that feast but rewarded those servants who were watching for Him, not partaking in that idolatrous worship, opened the door to Him immediately (as with those in Laodicea).

In Luke we are told before the rapture you will have "the shaking of the powers of heaven" and in 2Thessalonians you are told before the rapture you must first have the apostasy where some in the church, like Demas, will fall away from the Lord because they love the world, and here in Luke the Lord calls it a wedding feast. Remember after the rapture those of the synagogue of Satan come to Philadelphia to worship before them. The were married to Satan. Why do you think Moses delayed his coming down from the mountain, he exposed these ones.

What has happened to the apostate church? They are 501 c3, that means they must have a board of directors and if they sell the assets they can only to to another 501 c3. The reason pastors are afraid to speak about prophecy, current events, or the antichrist is because the board of directors tells them not to. These churches are often worth tens of millions of dollars and the pastor is a hired hand. If they do anything to threaten the tax exempt status they will be fired. You have a choice, be a faithful servant of the Lord or be a faithful servant of the Board of Directors. Often the money for these churches comes from FreeMasons. Wolves in sheep's clothing.
 

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1Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

I had a dream and in it realized that AI is the thief in the night. It was as though people woke up one day and all the jobs had been stolen.