Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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ZNP

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What a perfect time to have the rapture and expose these phony baloney prophets.

1 Kings 18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

This is also a picture of the rapture where fire falls from heaven and then the false prophets are all gathered together at the same time and then killed. This is another picture of this great sacrifice to Dagon, but here in 1 Kings 18 we see it isn't a pagan holiday or a Catholic holiday, it is God calling them to this feast. That is what happens when God calls someone home, He is the one in charge of when their funeral will be. This is the big sign. I thought that Valentine's day aligned with a number of the prophecies and it did, but not this one. The prophets of Baal indicate the leaders of the Catholic church and the prophets of the grove that eat at Jezebel's table, those are the leaders of denominational churches that have been infiltrated by FreeMasons on the board of directors. Elijah slays the prophets of Baal and we know that the Beast will hate the prostitute that rides the beast and slay her. Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

This is what bothered me about the rapture, it needs to be done in such a way that it is crystal clear to all who the false prophets are. We are told in the Bible that Matthew 24:24 there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. We also know that the followers of the Lord are likened to sheep, not exactly the smartest animals on the planet. So then, Jesus as the Good Shepherd needs to do something so the sheep are very clear who is trying to deceive them. This is what Elijah is doing in 1 Kings 18. He knows the prophets of Baal have been deceiving them so God tells him to do this sacrifice so all will know who is true and who is false. I thought maybe the Lord will rapture us during a church service and then you will see some church parking lots are full of cars afterwards and some aren't. That would be like a testimony of who got raptured and who didn't. But, you can't do this during a church service because at any given moment there are 24 hours on earth, so it wouldn't be universally obvious to everyone on Earth.

But, if you gather all the prophets of Baal and prophets of the grove together in one place and live stream it right at the time of the rapture, well then, we would have a video record showing none of them were raptured and they lied to us. If they are all caught not being raptured what are they going to say? They will have no choice but to claim only "evil" people were raptured and since infants will also be taken everyone will know that is false and the liars will be exposed. Also, this would explain why the Beast would hate the prostitute (why would the new world order hate Catholics since they are working together?). That is not why the Beast hates her, he hates her because she has been exposed as a liar and if he doesn't kill her he will go down with her. Why do mafiosos kill each other? Why does Michael Corleone kill Fredo? Often it is your closest friend that kills you. Why? If someone makes a mistake that threatens the whole operation they kill them, simple.

So if we look at Samson pushing out the pillars it is at a great sacrifice to Dagon. If we look at fire falling from the heavens we see that at this great sacrifice you have all the prophets assembled of both Baal and the prophets of the grove, the ones who eat at Jezebel's table. Initially I thought if it is a sacrifice to Dagon then it is a pagan Holiday. But you would never have all the phony religious prophets assembled at one place on Christmas or Easter because they have their own services to take care of. We also learn that it is God that calls this gathering together, not Dagon or some other pagan god. Then it hit me, if you have the death of a Pope, at the funeral all the religious leaders from around the globe will be invited and the funeral will be held in St. Peter's Square and it will be live streamed for the whole world to see! What a perfect time to have the rapture and expose these phony baloney prophets.

Isn't that what we see on Purim, the phony Haman and his sons impaled for all to see?
 

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1 Corinthians 15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

We have learned that you never know what testimony or what verse or what message will be the one that causes someone to turn to the Lord. There is no such thing as "the perfect testimony". I would avoid any effort to have a canned gospel message despite many doing that. But that is just me, there are others who basically speak the same thing a hundred times over and bring many to the Lord. It could be any verse, it can be any testimony, the basic principle is that it is by the testimony of two or three witnesses that a matter is established.

12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

You can't take part of the witnesses testimony and argue that the other part is not real. Either a witness is telling the truth or not. In a courtroom if you feel part of the testimony was not true you would disregard all of their testimony. Yet, the witness of those that brought you to the Lord and me to the Lord have all said the same thing, Jesus rose from the dead.

13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

Everything hinges on Jesus rising from the dead. If you want to boil it all down you can say that is the gospel, Jesus rose from the dead. But obviously we have a lot more questions. Was he a man? Was He God? Is He now sitting on the throne? Does He hear our prayers? What would cause Him to not hear our prayers? Every word in the New Testament is relevant to us only because Jesus rose from the dead. If He didn't rise from the dead He is simply a Jewish person who was unjustly killed two thousand years ago. But if He rose from the dead that was God declaring this is His Son, that is powerful. This is God declaring that this is a man who is worthy to open the document with seven seals, the title deed to the Earth.

15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

Not only is the Bible no longer relevant if Jesus did not rise from the dead but all the writers of the New Testament are liars, false witnesses. This would make the New Testament the greatest scam in all of human history. Not only so but the most bizarre scam in all of human history. In other scams the flim flam men do it for money. But here the apostles were treated horribly, they were stoned, excommunicated, imprisoned, beaten and killed. I can understand one mentally unstable person doing that, but hundreds? At this point you have millions all with the same witness.

16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

Also if all that is a lie then so is the fact that Jesus blood cleanses us from all sin and the fact that Jesus paid the price for our sins that we could be redeemed. Preaching that the dead will be raised in the rapture is not a small, strange teaching. Without this doctrine the entire Christian faith sinks like a shipwreck.

18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

But it gets worse, Christians are of all men the most miserable. There is nothing more miserable than believing a lie, being deceived and losing everything. So ask yourself, are Christians of all men most miserable? Are gangsters and drug dealers and serial killers the ones who are filled with joy? If the New Testament is a lie then you would think those that reject the New Testament would be the happiest.

20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

The peace you feel when Jesus has forgiven your sins, the joy you are filled with when worshipping Jesus, these are proofs that Christ is risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that have died.