Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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Ground to powder
Exodus 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
This is the first mention of powder in the Bible and it refers to Moses grinding into powder the idol that Aaron made and 3,000 people worshipped at the base of the mountain when Moses broke the ten commandments.
2 Kings 23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
This is the second event of grinding to powder the idols of Israel at the time of Jeroboam.
I mention these two events in the Old Testament because there are also two mentions of being ground to powder in the New Testament. Now these verses are not the same even though some think they are, so instead of putting them in order with Matthew first and Luke second I'll switch it around to make it easier to see the difference.
Luke 20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Matthew 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
As you can see there is no "and" in Luke. I believe Luke is a reference to the pre-tribulation rapture which will then be followed by the apostate church and pastors being ground to powder. After that Matthew refers to the salvation of the Jews and once the two witnesses are killed and then raised you will see some Jews will turn to the Lord but the rest will be ground to powder by the Lord.
Exodus 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
This is the first mention of powder in the Bible and it refers to Moses grinding into powder the idol that Aaron made and 3,000 people worshipped at the base of the mountain when Moses broke the ten commandments.
2 Kings 23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
This is the second event of grinding to powder the idols of Israel at the time of Jeroboam.
I mention these two events in the Old Testament because there are also two mentions of being ground to powder in the New Testament. Now these verses are not the same even though some think they are, so instead of putting them in order with Matthew first and Luke second I'll switch it around to make it easier to see the difference.
Luke 20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Matthew 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
As you can see there is no "and" in Luke. I believe Luke is a reference to the pre-tribulation rapture which will then be followed by the apostate church and pastors being ground to powder. After that Matthew refers to the salvation of the Jews and once the two witnesses are killed and then raised you will see some Jews will turn to the Lord but the rest will be ground to powder by the Lord.
Help thou my unbelief
Mark 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So reading the Bible will help your faith. Reading spiritual books and biographies of spiritual men will help your faith. Singing Psalms and hymns to the Lord will help your faith. Fellowshipping with other believers will help your faith. Praying and having your prayers answered will help your faith. Listening to messages on the Bible will help your faith. Reading this blog will help your faith.
Mark 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So reading the Bible will help your faith. Reading spiritual books and biographies of spiritual men will help your faith. Singing Psalms and hymns to the Lord will help your faith. Fellowshipping with other believers will help your faith. Praying and having your prayers answered will help your faith. Listening to messages on the Bible will help your faith. Reading this blog will help your faith.
Jonah 3:6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
The often-overlooked fact is that God uses trouble to motivate His people to seek Him. Here are a few examples of how trouble preceded the great spiritual awakenings, when multitudes came to Christ, in American history:
So, the Coronavirus (truly a “pestilence” as in 2 Chron. 7:13) is here to teach us. But if all it teaches spiritual leaders is how to use technology to preach to empty sanctuaries while saints sit at home and watch on their computers, the Church will have wasted a crisis that God is allowing to test the planet. While we practice social distancing to avoid catching a physical virus, perhaps we should consider whether the Coronavirus exists to reveal a deeper disease we are carrying. Maybe, as Hosea wrote in is time, we should “consider our ways” – lest this trouble goes to waste.
https://blessingpoint.org/2020/03/the-trouble-with-revival/
The problem is no one in the US repented after 911, they became obstinate, and proud -- we'll build back better. So then we had the mortgage meltdown. Did they repent then? No, the big banks that were responsible for this crisis were not held accountable. Then we had the Pandemic and now it is a worldwide calamity. Is there a confession of sin? We know that Fauci and drug companies have lied, obfuscated, and acted criminally. Is anyone confessing and repenting? No, instead they want WW3. If they can burn down the world then the evidence of their crimes will also go up in flames.
The often-overlooked fact is that God uses trouble to motivate His people to seek Him. Here are a few examples of how trouble preceded the great spiritual awakenings, when multitudes came to Christ, in American history:
- Prior to the First Great Awakening, a major earthquake struck New England in 1727. It motivated the children of Puritan settlers to return passionately to the faith of their fathers and seek a revival. Movements such as Methodism, and great preachers such as Jonathan Edwards arose out of this revival but few remember the fearful event that preceded it.
- In the grim post war years following the founding of the United States the nation was bankrupt. Crops were plagued by “canker worms” (probably something like the gypsy moth) and smallpox was rampant. A fear of terrorism on the frontier and at sea, and two national financial crises kept God’s people on their knees, very aware of their need of Him. It led to an era known as the Second Great Awakening and millions came to Christ.
- In the early 1900’s the nation reeled under the strains of urbanization, the industrial revolution, the proliferation of alcohol, and many families were shattered by those stressors. In April of 1906, the Great San Francisco Earthquake decimated northern California. And, in the same month, a humble band of believers, on a street named Azusa in southern California, experienced a revival, the effects of which linger until today.
- In the mid 1900’s the nation struggled to maintain its equilibrium. Assassinations, civil rights conflicts, the Vietnam War and anti-war riots, Watergate, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War, the Sexual Revolution and increasing poverty set the stage for the Jesus Movement, out of which many of us were converted – the last significant spiritual awakening this country has seen.
So, the Coronavirus (truly a “pestilence” as in 2 Chron. 7:13) is here to teach us. But if all it teaches spiritual leaders is how to use technology to preach to empty sanctuaries while saints sit at home and watch on their computers, the Church will have wasted a crisis that God is allowing to test the planet. While we practice social distancing to avoid catching a physical virus, perhaps we should consider whether the Coronavirus exists to reveal a deeper disease we are carrying. Maybe, as Hosea wrote in is time, we should “consider our ways” – lest this trouble goes to waste.
https://blessingpoint.org/2020/03/the-trouble-with-revival/
The problem is no one in the US repented after 911, they became obstinate, and proud -- we'll build back better. So then we had the mortgage meltdown. Did they repent then? No, the big banks that were responsible for this crisis were not held accountable. Then we had the Pandemic and now it is a worldwide calamity. Is there a confession of sin? We know that Fauci and drug companies have lied, obfuscated, and acted criminally. Is anyone confessing and repenting? No, instead they want WW3. If they can burn down the world then the evidence of their crimes will also go up in flames.
Winter
Matthew 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Mark 13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
Notice that this verse which appears in both Matthew and Mark is not in Luke. I believe that Luke is spoken to those who are raptured at the start of the tribulation whereas Matthew's flight refers to the jews fleeing from Jerusalem when Antichrist sets himself up in the holy place. The word "flight" means fleeing, escape.
In Mark I believe this refers to the tribulation saints who will be hunted and forced to take the mark of the beast. That does not happen immediately after the rapture.
As best as I can tell after the rapture there will be three days of darkness, and then they will have the great delusion followed by the revelation of the Antichrist. He will begin by proclaiming himself as a savior who will rescue the world after a catastrophic event (destruction of the US). Part of that plan will be the mark of the beast, but I suspect at first it will be your choice. However, you can't work, get paid or buy food without it, so many, many people will take it. Only once all the volunteers are exhausted will they then make it mandatory and hunt down the Christians. The entire process could easily take 4 months.
John 10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
This is Hanukkah. In the Bible they dedicate the altar, they dedicate the house, and there is also a reference to a dedication for the image of Nebuchadnezzar. Interestingly, the dedication as a feast is not mentioned in the Old Testament, but only here in the New Testament. It is not mentioned in the epistles, so this is not a reference to the church or the Torah but rather a reference to the Jewish religion at the time of Jesus. It became a feast after the victory of the Maccabees. This celebrates the rededication of temple. I believe it is a direct reference to the left behind saints.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
Certainly seems to me that the rapture will tell them plainly that Jesus is the Christ.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
Imagine this is now at the end of the first part of the tribulation. I told you, being a reference to the rapture that already took place. They are not my sheep being a reference to them being Jews and not Christians. This could be six months before they kill the two witnesses.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Any man could be a reference to the Antichrist, and to pluck is the word harpazo which we understand as the rapture. During the tribulation the Antichrist tries to pluck the saints out of the Lord's hand and is unable to do that, so this does sound like something that would be said at the end of the first half of the tribulation.
The first time this word "Harpazo" is used in the Bible is in Matthew, the violent "take it by force" is the word Harpazo.
Matthew 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Mark 13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
Notice that this verse which appears in both Matthew and Mark is not in Luke. I believe that Luke is spoken to those who are raptured at the start of the tribulation whereas Matthew's flight refers to the jews fleeing from Jerusalem when Antichrist sets himself up in the holy place. The word "flight" means fleeing, escape.
In Mark I believe this refers to the tribulation saints who will be hunted and forced to take the mark of the beast. That does not happen immediately after the rapture.
As best as I can tell after the rapture there will be three days of darkness, and then they will have the great delusion followed by the revelation of the Antichrist. He will begin by proclaiming himself as a savior who will rescue the world after a catastrophic event (destruction of the US). Part of that plan will be the mark of the beast, but I suspect at first it will be your choice. However, you can't work, get paid or buy food without it, so many, many people will take it. Only once all the volunteers are exhausted will they then make it mandatory and hunt down the Christians. The entire process could easily take 4 months.
John 10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
This is Hanukkah. In the Bible they dedicate the altar, they dedicate the house, and there is also a reference to a dedication for the image of Nebuchadnezzar. Interestingly, the dedication as a feast is not mentioned in the Old Testament, but only here in the New Testament. It is not mentioned in the epistles, so this is not a reference to the church or the Torah but rather a reference to the Jewish religion at the time of Jesus. It became a feast after the victory of the Maccabees. This celebrates the rededication of temple. I believe it is a direct reference to the left behind saints.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
Certainly seems to me that the rapture will tell them plainly that Jesus is the Christ.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
Imagine this is now at the end of the first part of the tribulation. I told you, being a reference to the rapture that already took place. They are not my sheep being a reference to them being Jews and not Christians. This could be six months before they kill the two witnesses.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Any man could be a reference to the Antichrist, and to pluck is the word harpazo which we understand as the rapture. During the tribulation the Antichrist tries to pluck the saints out of the Lord's hand and is unable to do that, so this does sound like something that would be said at the end of the first half of the tribulation.
The first time this word "Harpazo" is used in the Bible is in Matthew, the violent "take it by force" is the word Harpazo.
Why hast thou forsaken me?
Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
This will be the cry of those left behind, so let's examine why someone is left behind.
1. Because you have forsaken the Lord due to the wickedness of your doing.
Deuteronomy 28:20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
2. Because you have not forsaken all to follow the Lord
Matthew 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
3. Because you forsook the Lord having loved the present world
2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
4. Because you loved the wages of unrighteousness
2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
These are four possibilities, so examine yourself.
Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
This will be the cry of those left behind, so let's examine why someone is left behind.
1. Because you have forsaken the Lord due to the wickedness of your doing.
Deuteronomy 28:20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
2. Because you have not forsaken all to follow the Lord
Matthew 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
3. Because you forsook the Lord having loved the present world
2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
4. Because you loved the wages of unrighteousness
2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
These are four possibilities, so examine yourself.
Let's talk about the timing of the rapture.
1. Summer is over and we are not saved
Jeremiah 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
So at the end of summer we have a harvest festival. Halloween was an ancient Celtic harvest festival and Thanksgiving is a more modern American harvest festival. But after those festivals the summer is "ended". I understand this verse in Jeremiah to be a reference to the rapture from those who are left behind. This is why I believe that the first rapture is during the early winter. If we were in January or February I don't think you would be saying "the harvest is past" or "the summer is ended". You are already in the dead of winter. I think this gives us the sense that summer, the harvest, and everything related to that is completed and finished. Crops are harvested and in the barn, and the festivals are over.
2. I will turn all your songs into lamentation
Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs H7892 into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
This is the last occurrence of songs in the Old Testament. I believe this term "your songs" that go with "your feasts" and the reference to "an only son", all three of these things point to Christmas songs. We know that from Thanksgiving to Christmas the radios play Christmas songs. Because of that I believe this is a reference to this time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The word for "end" is used to refer to the Last days.
Now we have a lot of reasons to think that the rapture takes place in 2024, the best reason (in my opinion) is the writing on the wall sign in the heavens. This is truly a very great and awesome sign and is fulfillment of what we saw in Daniel with the writing on the wall sign to Babylon. The interpretation is that Babylon has been weighed in the balances and found wanting, that is judgment. According to the prophecy they were overthrown the same night.
Daniel 5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain
The sign we saw stretched from 2017 to 2024 and therefore I believe the same night in our case means the same year. This sign concluded in April of 2024 and so the same year in my opinion is 2024. Generally I would be open to either the Jewish calendar or Gregorian calendar, but because of points 1 and 2 I believe we must be talking about the Gregorian calendar. Especially since we are talking about Babylon (and in our case the US). If we were standing on the North pole one day = one year. The sun rises on the Spring equinox (March 21), reaches the highest point on the summer solstice (June 21) and then sets at the Fall equinox (September 21). So in this analogy twilight would begin at the end of September. Midnight would be the winter solstice (December 21). So then from today till December 21 is the night on this day.
Can we get any more precise than this? Well I think that December 25th is the ideal day for the Antichrist to be revealed and for the ministry of the two witnesses to begin. Prior to that there will be at least 3 days of darkness. We are told about the "midnight cry" and using the analogy of the North Pole where one day = one year, midnight would be December 21.
Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
However, according to Ken Peters dream the rapture took place about two weeks before the Antichrist was revealed. That would be around December 11th. Also this verse is in Matthew which I think applies to the rescue of the Jews as a nation, and is not in Luke which I think applies to the first rapture. Personally I think that the Lord's table is our Holy convocation for the rapture, a dress rehearsal. That would mean December 1, 8, or 15th would be our very interesting times. Of those December 15th is a full moon, which is "the appointed time" that Proverbs mentions.
Proverbs 7:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
1. Summer is over and we are not saved
Jeremiah 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
So at the end of summer we have a harvest festival. Halloween was an ancient Celtic harvest festival and Thanksgiving is a more modern American harvest festival. But after those festivals the summer is "ended". I understand this verse in Jeremiah to be a reference to the rapture from those who are left behind. This is why I believe that the first rapture is during the early winter. If we were in January or February I don't think you would be saying "the harvest is past" or "the summer is ended". You are already in the dead of winter. I think this gives us the sense that summer, the harvest, and everything related to that is completed and finished. Crops are harvested and in the barn, and the festivals are over.
2. I will turn all your songs into lamentation
Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs H7892 into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
This is the last occurrence of songs in the Old Testament. I believe this term "your songs" that go with "your feasts" and the reference to "an only son", all three of these things point to Christmas songs. We know that from Thanksgiving to Christmas the radios play Christmas songs. Because of that I believe this is a reference to this time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The word for "end" is used to refer to the Last days.
Now we have a lot of reasons to think that the rapture takes place in 2024, the best reason (in my opinion) is the writing on the wall sign in the heavens. This is truly a very great and awesome sign and is fulfillment of what we saw in Daniel with the writing on the wall sign to Babylon. The interpretation is that Babylon has been weighed in the balances and found wanting, that is judgment. According to the prophecy they were overthrown the same night.
Daniel 5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain
The sign we saw stretched from 2017 to 2024 and therefore I believe the same night in our case means the same year. This sign concluded in April of 2024 and so the same year in my opinion is 2024. Generally I would be open to either the Jewish calendar or Gregorian calendar, but because of points 1 and 2 I believe we must be talking about the Gregorian calendar. Especially since we are talking about Babylon (and in our case the US). If we were standing on the North pole one day = one year. The sun rises on the Spring equinox (March 21), reaches the highest point on the summer solstice (June 21) and then sets at the Fall equinox (September 21). So in this analogy twilight would begin at the end of September. Midnight would be the winter solstice (December 21). So then from today till December 21 is the night on this day.
Can we get any more precise than this? Well I think that December 25th is the ideal day for the Antichrist to be revealed and for the ministry of the two witnesses to begin. Prior to that there will be at least 3 days of darkness. We are told about the "midnight cry" and using the analogy of the North Pole where one day = one year, midnight would be December 21.
Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
However, according to Ken Peters dream the rapture took place about two weeks before the Antichrist was revealed. That would be around December 11th. Also this verse is in Matthew which I think applies to the rescue of the Jews as a nation, and is not in Luke which I think applies to the first rapture. Personally I think that the Lord's table is our Holy convocation for the rapture, a dress rehearsal. That would mean December 1, 8, or 15th would be our very interesting times. Of those December 15th is a full moon, which is "the appointed time" that Proverbs mentions.
Proverbs 7:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
They were sharing testimonies and how they got into their ministry so I would like to share the same.
I was in NYC, teaching HS science, and I got Covid at precisely the same time they shut down the school. So I never even used a sick day. I was very sick in bed for two weeks, could hardly even walk ten steps to the bathroom without being exhausted and having to catch my breath. The first week they shut down the school completely and had Zoom calls on how to teach remotely. I was already fully set up to do that so I did not need to sit through those meetings. The next week school opened remotely, I had been in bed for ten days but could now get to the dining room table to run the class and since all the lessons were online and all the kids knew about it and how to do them this was 0 work for me. Also, our classes only met every other day and only for half a day. So I was able to handle that without losing a day of class. But this got me out of bed and after two weeks I realized as a science teacher I need to study what is going on so I could help any kids with any questions they had. So I was carefully listening to everyone talking about this, particularly Fauci. They were putting rules in place that were contrary to everything we had taught in school. Nothing seemed to make sense so that caused me to pay even more attention, wondering why this virus was different from everything we had ever taught. Also since I was working from home I saved 90 minutes a day of commuting and I spent that time diving into the word.
In 1972 the Lord told me I would see Him when He returned. Of course I was very excited and soon He had to tell me to calm down, focus on graduating from college and simply dive into being a Christian. But 48 years later in 2020 I realized this was significant and so dove into the word concerning the rapture. I started a blog on a Christian forum but soon had to leave that forum because of the attacks from the atheists and came to this forum. I was also driven off of Facebook because of my posts about the Bible.
By the summer of 2021 I had come to realize that Fauci was lying to us and also that the Pandemic was prophesied about in Joel and that this meant the day of the Lord was at hand. So, when DeBlasio mandated the vaccine to all teachers and city workers I was immediately clear that was not something I would get and that they would force me to retire. So within 24 hours I was investigating what I needed to do to retire. However, the union would not hold any seminars on how to retire until the deadline for the vaccine was up. That was even more evidence to me how deceitful they were so I talked to friends who had retired and went through the process on my own. My wife held out to the deadline but she also resigned rather than get the vaccine and my son who had been accepted to college but. they required he get the shot decided to withdraw. We all sold the house and moved to the midwest to a state that would not mandate the vaccine.
The first problem I had with the blog was the calendar. There is the calendar in the Torah, the calendar that the Jews use officially, the Enoch calendar, the Gregorian calendar and the Julian Calendar. Which one do you use? How do you calculate this stuff? So I threw my hands in the air and told the Lord I need help. That night I had a dream. I was in a living room with three men who were giving me an assignment. I recognized the room, it was the living room of an elder of a church I had been in many years before, we used to have home meetings there. These three were giving me an assignment to do and I felt I would be able to do it but from their expressions they clearly had their doubts. So I leave the house and go to my car and it has a big dent in the rear quarter panel. I am looking at it wondering who did this when I realize, "this isn't my car, it's a Nisan and I have a Honda Accord". Then I see my car and the lid to the trunk has been disassembled and is sticking out of the now open trunk! I am in shock, who did this? Then I see this guy who reminded me of a TV character who is a clown. He tells me "I had to take it apart"! My jaw is hanging open but I ask "do you have all the parts?" He says yes. I say let's go home and put it back together there. He was like a chauffeur. It was a bizarre dream but then the next day I see a comment in a video mentioning Dr. Barry Awe, I go to his site and watch a video. I would have clicked away in the first five minutes if it hadn't been for my dream, as soon as I saw him I was "that's the guy in my dream!" (the one who took apart the lid to the trunk). My understanding is that the three men who gave me the assignment were the triune God.
Later I saw a bunch of rapture dreams and asked the Lord why I hadn't had any. That night I dreamed I was in the Garden of Gethsemane (I just knew that was where I was). A brother came up to me that I did not recognize but knew he was in a church I used to be in that had a whole lot of issues with their ministry being scandalized. He asked me if I could come and help them clean up from a storm, it was yard work. I told him I already had a job but thanked him. He asked why I was thanking him and I said I was thanking him for remembering me. Immediately after that dream I received an email from a brother in that church but who I had never personally met but knew of. He had seen a letter I had written challenging the ministry that went through the scandal and asked if I could help him. I fellowshipped with him a little but let him know I was very focused on the work I was doing and really had nothing more to add. I felt the Lord was telling me that I was operating in the resurrection life, and that dream had become a touchstone, reminding me that the one Holy Convocation that we have in the New Testament is the Lord's table on the Lord's day. That is our dress rehearsal for the rapture.
Months later I had another dream, I don't remember any prayer that preceded this dream. In this dream I was outside of this big Christian convention center that I helped build in Irving, Texas. I had been a volunteer and had spent 18 months working on this. I was showing it to my wife. The parking lot was empty so it appeared that no one was there. But then I had to use the bathroom so I went inside and it was packed, over a thousand people and the halls were packed with mothers and children. I was looking for the bathroom and had to walk from one side of the meeting hall to the other side. I was keeping my face down and somewhat hidden because I knew I would be recognized and didn't want to have to stop and talk at the moment. I get into the bathroom and for the first time I realize I have on a rain coat (it was lime green). I think, "wow this must be a really good rain coat that I didn't even know I had it on". Then it occurs to me, I had this on because there was a storm outside and I didn't even realize I had been in a storm and so I thought "Wow, this must really be a good rain coat". I believe the people in that meeting were getting ready for the Lord's return and all the people there had been helped in some way by my ministry which is why everyone knew me. The reason it was that meeting hall was a nod to the fact that I had labored to the Lord and this was the fruit. The fact that there were no cars in the parking lot to me meant you often don't see what is going on on the inside of people. Outside it may seem nothing there, but inside they may be praying and turning to the Lord.
I was in NYC, teaching HS science, and I got Covid at precisely the same time they shut down the school. So I never even used a sick day. I was very sick in bed for two weeks, could hardly even walk ten steps to the bathroom without being exhausted and having to catch my breath. The first week they shut down the school completely and had Zoom calls on how to teach remotely. I was already fully set up to do that so I did not need to sit through those meetings. The next week school opened remotely, I had been in bed for ten days but could now get to the dining room table to run the class and since all the lessons were online and all the kids knew about it and how to do them this was 0 work for me. Also, our classes only met every other day and only for half a day. So I was able to handle that without losing a day of class. But this got me out of bed and after two weeks I realized as a science teacher I need to study what is going on so I could help any kids with any questions they had. So I was carefully listening to everyone talking about this, particularly Fauci. They were putting rules in place that were contrary to everything we had taught in school. Nothing seemed to make sense so that caused me to pay even more attention, wondering why this virus was different from everything we had ever taught. Also since I was working from home I saved 90 minutes a day of commuting and I spent that time diving into the word.
In 1972 the Lord told me I would see Him when He returned. Of course I was very excited and soon He had to tell me to calm down, focus on graduating from college and simply dive into being a Christian. But 48 years later in 2020 I realized this was significant and so dove into the word concerning the rapture. I started a blog on a Christian forum but soon had to leave that forum because of the attacks from the atheists and came to this forum. I was also driven off of Facebook because of my posts about the Bible.
By the summer of 2021 I had come to realize that Fauci was lying to us and also that the Pandemic was prophesied about in Joel and that this meant the day of the Lord was at hand. So, when DeBlasio mandated the vaccine to all teachers and city workers I was immediately clear that was not something I would get and that they would force me to retire. So within 24 hours I was investigating what I needed to do to retire. However, the union would not hold any seminars on how to retire until the deadline for the vaccine was up. That was even more evidence to me how deceitful they were so I talked to friends who had retired and went through the process on my own. My wife held out to the deadline but she also resigned rather than get the vaccine and my son who had been accepted to college but. they required he get the shot decided to withdraw. We all sold the house and moved to the midwest to a state that would not mandate the vaccine.
The first problem I had with the blog was the calendar. There is the calendar in the Torah, the calendar that the Jews use officially, the Enoch calendar, the Gregorian calendar and the Julian Calendar. Which one do you use? How do you calculate this stuff? So I threw my hands in the air and told the Lord I need help. That night I had a dream. I was in a living room with three men who were giving me an assignment. I recognized the room, it was the living room of an elder of a church I had been in many years before, we used to have home meetings there. These three were giving me an assignment to do and I felt I would be able to do it but from their expressions they clearly had their doubts. So I leave the house and go to my car and it has a big dent in the rear quarter panel. I am looking at it wondering who did this when I realize, "this isn't my car, it's a Nisan and I have a Honda Accord". Then I see my car and the lid to the trunk has been disassembled and is sticking out of the now open trunk! I am in shock, who did this? Then I see this guy who reminded me of a TV character who is a clown. He tells me "I had to take it apart"! My jaw is hanging open but I ask "do you have all the parts?" He says yes. I say let's go home and put it back together there. He was like a chauffeur. It was a bizarre dream but then the next day I see a comment in a video mentioning Dr. Barry Awe, I go to his site and watch a video. I would have clicked away in the first five minutes if it hadn't been for my dream, as soon as I saw him I was "that's the guy in my dream!" (the one who took apart the lid to the trunk). My understanding is that the three men who gave me the assignment were the triune God.
Later I saw a bunch of rapture dreams and asked the Lord why I hadn't had any. That night I dreamed I was in the Garden of Gethsemane (I just knew that was where I was). A brother came up to me that I did not recognize but knew he was in a church I used to be in that had a whole lot of issues with their ministry being scandalized. He asked me if I could come and help them clean up from a storm, it was yard work. I told him I already had a job but thanked him. He asked why I was thanking him and I said I was thanking him for remembering me. Immediately after that dream I received an email from a brother in that church but who I had never personally met but knew of. He had seen a letter I had written challenging the ministry that went through the scandal and asked if I could help him. I fellowshipped with him a little but let him know I was very focused on the work I was doing and really had nothing more to add. I felt the Lord was telling me that I was operating in the resurrection life, and that dream had become a touchstone, reminding me that the one Holy Convocation that we have in the New Testament is the Lord's table on the Lord's day. That is our dress rehearsal for the rapture.
Months later I had another dream, I don't remember any prayer that preceded this dream. In this dream I was outside of this big Christian convention center that I helped build in Irving, Texas. I had been a volunteer and had spent 18 months working on this. I was showing it to my wife. The parking lot was empty so it appeared that no one was there. But then I had to use the bathroom so I went inside and it was packed, over a thousand people and the halls were packed with mothers and children. I was looking for the bathroom and had to walk from one side of the meeting hall to the other side. I was keeping my face down and somewhat hidden because I knew I would be recognized and didn't want to have to stop and talk at the moment. I get into the bathroom and for the first time I realize I have on a rain coat (it was lime green). I think, "wow this must be a really good rain coat that I didn't even know I had it on". Then it occurs to me, I had this on because there was a storm outside and I didn't even realize I had been in a storm and so I thought "Wow, this must really be a good rain coat". I believe the people in that meeting were getting ready for the Lord's return and all the people there had been helped in some way by my ministry which is why everyone knew me. The reason it was that meeting hall was a nod to the fact that I had labored to the Lord and this was the fruit. The fact that there were no cars in the parking lot to me meant you often don't see what is going on on the inside of people. Outside it may seem nothing there, but inside they may be praying and turning to the Lord.
Destroy this temple
John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
John 2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
Mark 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
Matthew 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
I find it interesting that this is not in the book of Luke. So the Lord is saying they will destroy this temple, a reference to His body, meaning they will crucify His body. They flip that around and use it as an accusation to justify crucifying Him. So this prophecy describes the persecution that is coming on the Body of Christ. They will lie, misquote you and twist your words, and use that to crucify you. But that doesn't happen in Luke. The book of Luke is written to those who are raptured prior to the tribulation.
So then, why are they not destroyed?
Luke 4:34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
The spirit filled saints are the ones restraining evil and destroying the kingdom of darkness.
Luke 6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
Their ministry is to save life, not to destroy it.
Luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
They bring the gospel of salvation.
Luke 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
The gospel of salvation includes warning about the coming judgment.
Luke 17:29
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
The coming judgement will come like a flood and will fall like fire from heaven.
Luke 19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
Those that are raptured are teaching daily and Satan is seeking how to destroy them. It is a spiritual warfare daily.
Luke 20:16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
They will be the Lord's army that comes with Him when He brings judgment on this earth.
John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
John 2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
Mark 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
Matthew 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
I find it interesting that this is not in the book of Luke. So the Lord is saying they will destroy this temple, a reference to His body, meaning they will crucify His body. They flip that around and use it as an accusation to justify crucifying Him. So this prophecy describes the persecution that is coming on the Body of Christ. They will lie, misquote you and twist your words, and use that to crucify you. But that doesn't happen in Luke. The book of Luke is written to those who are raptured prior to the tribulation.
So then, why are they not destroyed?
Luke 4:34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
The spirit filled saints are the ones restraining evil and destroying the kingdom of darkness.
Luke 6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
Their ministry is to save life, not to destroy it.
Luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
They bring the gospel of salvation.
Luke 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
The gospel of salvation includes warning about the coming judgment.
Luke 17:29
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
The coming judgement will come like a flood and will fall like fire from heaven.
Luke 19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
Those that are raptured are teaching daily and Satan is seeking how to destroy them. It is a spiritual warfare daily.
Luke 20:16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
They will be the Lord's army that comes with Him when He brings judgment on this earth.
Spiritual Warfare
I have seen some of the watchmen are going through withering attacks. People actually have channels up dedicated to calling them false prophets and yet I have hardly had a scrape. Why is that?
I learned that two thirds of the training you get in combat is about protecting yourself. It is all about footwork. Never over extend yourself, always be balanced and always protect yourself. The way that I apply that is to always be putting up the scripture like a shield that I am standing behind. That word regulates me, so even though I am tempted to say more than what the word says I have that word right in front of me and cannot say more than it says. I might theorize, hypothesize, but because that word is there it is always clear that I am simply making a guess.
Too many are thinking about offense and don't spend enough time thinking about defense. Isn't it amazing how no one (almost) even challenges these posts. Why is that? It is because the word is right there, are they going to challenge the word of God?
Then I am always ready for cheap shots. I figure you can't have a ministry without stepping on toes, so when you post you are always thinking there are those out there who are looking for anything they can find to attack you and so that makes you more circumspect about your speaking. That doesn't mean I don't go on offense. I do, but I have laid down a whole lot of suppressing fire first. My thought is if I ever have to go to court and they quote anything from this blog that will allow me to quote everything from this blog. That is to intimidate them. Could they take some quote somewhere and try to make an issue of it? Of course, but they know I will respond with both barrels and will quote everything from this blog and they don't want that. Because of that I never let something go. Anytime I am under attack they need to know if you take a shot at this blog I'll respond with both barrels and there will be so much coming from the blog that the enemy does not want repeated. So I take every attack as an opportunity to speak the word. Satan and his minions don't mind you speaking your opinions, but they cannot stand when you speak the word. They want to cause you pain, make sure they understand that whatever they send your way will come back to them twofold.
I am not very good at attacking others. The people that do attack me are far better at it than me. So I will often simply take the word they have sent my way and simply redirect the same word back towards them. If they think their word is going to cause me pain then that tells me it will be very effective being returned to sender.
I have seen some of the watchmen are going through withering attacks. People actually have channels up dedicated to calling them false prophets and yet I have hardly had a scrape. Why is that?
I learned that two thirds of the training you get in combat is about protecting yourself. It is all about footwork. Never over extend yourself, always be balanced and always protect yourself. The way that I apply that is to always be putting up the scripture like a shield that I am standing behind. That word regulates me, so even though I am tempted to say more than what the word says I have that word right in front of me and cannot say more than it says. I might theorize, hypothesize, but because that word is there it is always clear that I am simply making a guess.
Too many are thinking about offense and don't spend enough time thinking about defense. Isn't it amazing how no one (almost) even challenges these posts. Why is that? It is because the word is right there, are they going to challenge the word of God?
Then I am always ready for cheap shots. I figure you can't have a ministry without stepping on toes, so when you post you are always thinking there are those out there who are looking for anything they can find to attack you and so that makes you more circumspect about your speaking. That doesn't mean I don't go on offense. I do, but I have laid down a whole lot of suppressing fire first. My thought is if I ever have to go to court and they quote anything from this blog that will allow me to quote everything from this blog. That is to intimidate them. Could they take some quote somewhere and try to make an issue of it? Of course, but they know I will respond with both barrels and will quote everything from this blog and they don't want that. Because of that I never let something go. Anytime I am under attack they need to know if you take a shot at this blog I'll respond with both barrels and there will be so much coming from the blog that the enemy does not want repeated. So I take every attack as an opportunity to speak the word. Satan and his minions don't mind you speaking your opinions, but they cannot stand when you speak the word. They want to cause you pain, make sure they understand that whatever they send your way will come back to them twofold.
I am not very good at attacking others. The people that do attack me are far better at it than me. So I will often simply take the word they have sent my way and simply redirect the same word back towards them. If they think their word is going to cause me pain then that tells me it will be very effective being returned to sender.
Mark 9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. 22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
Jesus healed a whole bunch of people without asking them how long they had been in their condition. But I am glad he asked this father. The kid is demon possessed. We might think it started when he was a teenager, perhaps got some bad friends, watched some bad movies, etc. But this started when he was a young child. The father was probably parking him in front of a TV (or whatever the equivalent vehicle of Satan getting to damage the minds of children was back then). People think we don't have idol temples today. Really, if the TV is not an idol temple what is it? Clearly this story lets us know that Satan can damage children from a very young age if you give him the chance.
I like how this is the father that brings the child. The father is often the one at work who has no idea what is going on with the raising of small children. If your wife is involved in witchcraft then you have a problem. Perhaps she appears to be a Christian but is very "superstitious". That is a red flag. Who is the child's teacher or nanny? Most people can't afford nannies, so instead the TV is used instead, they don't call it "programming" for nothing.
The propaganda in communists countries is transparent and obvious. But the propaganda in the US is of the highest level. The best children's show was Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. But it was mocked and ridiculed at the time. It was public TV and it had the lowest budget of any of these children's shows. If you look at children's programming with a critical eye you will see how corrupt and evil it is. If they were simply misguided and thought that would be the most profitable then they would have gotten Mr. Roger's Neighborhood for their station. But they didn't do that, instead they had horrible children's programming and then to make things worse they mocked and ridiculed Mr. Roger's. That tells me they knew what they were doing and they understood that his show would counteract the negative impact of their shows.
Jesus healed a whole bunch of people without asking them how long they had been in their condition. But I am glad he asked this father. The kid is demon possessed. We might think it started when he was a teenager, perhaps got some bad friends, watched some bad movies, etc. But this started when he was a young child. The father was probably parking him in front of a TV (or whatever the equivalent vehicle of Satan getting to damage the minds of children was back then). People think we don't have idol temples today. Really, if the TV is not an idol temple what is it? Clearly this story lets us know that Satan can damage children from a very young age if you give him the chance.
I like how this is the father that brings the child. The father is often the one at work who has no idea what is going on with the raising of small children. If your wife is involved in witchcraft then you have a problem. Perhaps she appears to be a Christian but is very "superstitious". That is a red flag. Who is the child's teacher or nanny? Most people can't afford nannies, so instead the TV is used instead, they don't call it "programming" for nothing.
The propaganda in communists countries is transparent and obvious. But the propaganda in the US is of the highest level. The best children's show was Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. But it was mocked and ridiculed at the time. It was public TV and it had the lowest budget of any of these children's shows. If you look at children's programming with a critical eye you will see how corrupt and evil it is. If they were simply misguided and thought that would be the most profitable then they would have gotten Mr. Roger's Neighborhood for their station. But they didn't do that, instead they had horrible children's programming and then to make things worse they mocked and ridiculed Mr. Roger's. That tells me they knew what they were doing and they understood that his show would counteract the negative impact of their shows.
Clear Sign from God: Pope Francis is the False Prophet
There are many things taught in Christianity that are not Biblical.
1. Some apply "no one knows the day or the hour" to the start of the seven year tribulation. There is absolutely no scriptural basis on which to do this.
2. Some apply "no one knows the day or the hour" to the first rapture. It is not clear that this is accurate. Yes, one of the times this is used clearly refers to the new heaven and new earth. But in both Matthew and Mark it does appear to be a reference to their deliverance during the seven year tribulation. Fair enough. The problem for me is that a very strong case can be made for Luke being the book written to those that are raptured prior to the tribulation and this verse is not in Luke.
3. Others teach that you cannot know the Antichrist until after the restrainer is removed. This is based on one verse that says the Antichrist will be revealed after the restrainer is removed. OK, but we understand the restrainer to mean the Holy Spirit and those that are filled with the Holy Spirit and one with Him. So they are restraining the Antichrist but don't know who he is? At the very least all the verse in Thessalonians says is that the Antichrist will be revealed to those left behind after the rapture.
4. But now are you also going to say that no one can know who the false prophet is? There is no Biblical basis at all to say that.
5. For example, I consider that Elon Musk is the forerunner of the Antichrist. (That is not the false prophet, with Jesus we had John the Baptist as the forerunner and Judas as the false prophet).
Let's look at this from the Lord's perspective
Mark 12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
There are a lot of people speculating about when the rapture will be. But instead of asking when the rapture will be perhaps we should be asking when the Lord will receive the fruit from His vineyard?
Each one of the believers in Christ are servants of the Lord, witnesses, and those who like Paul and Apollos are planting and watering. So then, where is the fruit from your labor?
There are a hundred ways and ministries you could participate in. Gideons are a local evangelism ministry that has been handing out 2.6 billion bibles in the last hundred years and also preaching the gospel. There are soup kitchens, and other ministries for the poor and homeless. There are ministries for felons to help them return to society. There are prison ministries. There are evangelism trips abroad. Of course, you can contribute money to any and all of them and according to the Bible that makes you a participant in their ministry.
Of course there are also "fake" ministries. Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light. Claiming to be a Christian ministry can be a way to avoid taxes. For every genuine ministry there are scandalous ones as well. This is why I think it is better to participate in the ministry rather than simply give money to it. This is also why God refers to "helps" as a gift. In my opinion giving to a ministry is like investing in the stock market, you have to do your homework. I gave a significant gift (for me) to the Red Cross before discovering they were a FreeMason organization. This is how FreeMasons and Satanists work, just like Judas, they want to hold and control the bag of money. That is what gives them power and influence. Likewise with the Catholic church, imagine all those good Catholics when they discovered what was going on with the Pedophile priests. When you give money to an organization you are "laying hands" on them and you participate in all that they do. However, if you were serving in a halfway house for single mothers run by a Catholic charity, you are not laying hands on what the Bishop or Pope does, you are simply responsible for your service.
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
This is the problem with simply contributing money to a ministry. You will claim "have not we", but it isn't "have not I". There will be many people who will think because they put money into the offering each week or each year that somehow they have bought a ticket to heaven. Maybe they contributed money to the shelter, and to the soup kitchen, and to the church, and to some evangelistic ministry. So you will say "have not we" but will the Lord respond "I don't know you"? Did He ever see you take part in anything? There is no "gift of money", the closest is "gift of helps". So, did you ever help?
Mark 12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
There are a lot of people speculating about when the rapture will be. But instead of asking when the rapture will be perhaps we should be asking when the Lord will receive the fruit from His vineyard?
Each one of the believers in Christ are servants of the Lord, witnesses, and those who like Paul and Apollos are planting and watering. So then, where is the fruit from your labor?
There are a hundred ways and ministries you could participate in. Gideons are a local evangelism ministry that has been handing out 2.6 billion bibles in the last hundred years and also preaching the gospel. There are soup kitchens, and other ministries for the poor and homeless. There are ministries for felons to help them return to society. There are prison ministries. There are evangelism trips abroad. Of course, you can contribute money to any and all of them and according to the Bible that makes you a participant in their ministry.
Of course there are also "fake" ministries. Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light. Claiming to be a Christian ministry can be a way to avoid taxes. For every genuine ministry there are scandalous ones as well. This is why I think it is better to participate in the ministry rather than simply give money to it. This is also why God refers to "helps" as a gift. In my opinion giving to a ministry is like investing in the stock market, you have to do your homework. I gave a significant gift (for me) to the Red Cross before discovering they were a FreeMason organization. This is how FreeMasons and Satanists work, just like Judas, they want to hold and control the bag of money. That is what gives them power and influence. Likewise with the Catholic church, imagine all those good Catholics when they discovered what was going on with the Pedophile priests. When you give money to an organization you are "laying hands" on them and you participate in all that they do. However, if you were serving in a halfway house for single mothers run by a Catholic charity, you are not laying hands on what the Bishop or Pope does, you are simply responsible for your service.
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
This is the problem with simply contributing money to a ministry. You will claim "have not we", but it isn't "have not I". There will be many people who will think because they put money into the offering each week or each year that somehow they have bought a ticket to heaven. Maybe they contributed money to the shelter, and to the soup kitchen, and to the church, and to some evangelistic ministry. So you will say "have not we" but will the Lord respond "I don't know you"? Did He ever see you take part in anything? There is no "gift of money", the closest is "gift of helps". So, did you ever help?
If you listen to her 4 chains dream you see that the nuclear bomb in Kyiv is attached to the suitcase nukes in the US. I have already listed the ten locations. Now if you listen to this dream it seems the suitcase nukes go off 2 hours after the nuclear bomb in Kyiv. So then if you are in one of these locations like NYC and Washington DC, LA , San Francisco, etc. I would suggest that if you see the nuke go off in Kyiv you leave immediately. You could easily get 60 miles away before the suitcase nukes go off. However, if you wait you may not even be able to get out of the city and who knows how much chaos and bedlam this could cause. Second, if you get 50 miles outside of the city I'd make sure your gas tank is full and hopefully you are able to book a hotel. Once the nukes go off the power may go out and communications may go down and so if you are not already booked you might not be able to book.
Also "her time" is EST, so she said 7 and 9, don't know if that is AM or PM.
Also "her time" is EST, so she said 7 and 9, don't know if that is AM or PM.
Romans 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
I was asked about what I shared concerning George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and FDR. These three presidents each declared a national day of Thanksgiving prior to it becoming a federal holiday. Washington was thankful for the war being over and wanted to thank God. Lincoln thought this might unite the country and help him politically, it didn't. FDR wanted a holiday to encourage people to go out shopping for Christmas and stimulate the economy.
So one of these days was genuinely a day to give God thanks, while the other two were said with ulterior motives. This reminded me of Barnabas, Ananias and Saphira. I also noted the
"coincidence" that Lincoln and FDR both died in office like Ananias and Saphira.
Well this offended someone. It never occurred to me that this would be offensive. Yes, many think of Lincoln and FDR as being "good" presidents. But how do you know if Ananias and Saphira weren't good as well? We don't know anything about them other than they gave a thanksgiving offering to God with ulterior motives and without it actually being for God.
I was asked about what I shared concerning George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and FDR. These three presidents each declared a national day of Thanksgiving prior to it becoming a federal holiday. Washington was thankful for the war being over and wanted to thank God. Lincoln thought this might unite the country and help him politically, it didn't. FDR wanted a holiday to encourage people to go out shopping for Christmas and stimulate the economy.
So one of these days was genuinely a day to give God thanks, while the other two were said with ulterior motives. This reminded me of Barnabas, Ananias and Saphira. I also noted the
"coincidence" that Lincoln and FDR both died in office like Ananias and Saphira.
Well this offended someone. It never occurred to me that this would be offensive. Yes, many think of Lincoln and FDR as being "good" presidents. But how do you know if Ananias and Saphira weren't good as well? We don't know anything about them other than they gave a thanksgiving offering to God with ulterior motives and without it actually being for God.
2 Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
How do you reconcile this verse with the doctrine "Once Saved Always Saved"? I am reminded of this verse.
Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better G4851 for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
and this verse
James 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
How do you reconcile this verse with the doctrine "Once Saved Always Saved"? I am reminded of this verse.
Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better G4851 for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
and this verse
James 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.