Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

This always confused me

1 Corinthians 14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. 6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

My understanding is that 1 Corinthians is a book to the typical church with all the typical problems that any church has. I don't say "normal" as we would not consider sickness to be "normal". But in a hospital sick people are typical.

So I read this and it is confusing, Paul makes it sound like everyone in the church meetings is speaking in tongues and he wants them instead to speak a word that everyone can understand, could be a revelation, or knowledge or prophesying or doctrine. But I have visited churches in Europe, Asia, Central and North America. I have seen a wide variety of churches in all kinds of states and conditions. However, I have never seen a church where everyone was speaking in tongues. In the few churches I have been to where people would speak in tongues there was an interpreter. However, it is true that if I only consider members of the congregation who stand and speak in the middle of a meeting then you it is probably 50/50. In Christianity it is almost unheard of for someone to stand up and give a revelation, word of knowledge, prophesy or doctrine. That is for the Pastor or whoever is preaching the sermon. However, I did visit one church where people standing up to do this was a practice, if I compare them to all those churches with people speaking in tongues 50/50 is a fair estimation. But the vast majority of people in the congregations I have seen are silent. Paul already covered this talking about dumb idols. So you can't look at this verse in isolation. In chapter 12 Paul talks about spiritual gifts and says that a word of wisdom and a word of knowledge are spiritual gifts. He contrasts desiring spiritual gifts with those who are carried away with dumb idols. The spiritual gifts are speaking gifts.

So then

1. First, desire spiritual gifts means you must desire to speak for the Lord. If you remain silent you are no different than those who are carried away to dumb idols.

2. Then the next point is to realize that our speaking must be an expression of love. Debates that devolve into arguments are childish. Our speaking is to minister faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love.

3. Then chapter 14 goes one step further concerning those who are speaking for the Lord saying it is better to speak five words that people can understand in the church than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. He is not talking about using Hebrew and Greek to teach the Bible, those are not "unknown tongues" rather that would be considered a word of knowledge.

OK, a little clarification

6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

In the Spring the equilux is two days before the equinox, we are assuming this is why Jesus waited two more days. The Equinox is the changing of the season.

7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

So then, this would be on the equinox. We assume that when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick that he had not yet died, but died while He waited those two days.

8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

This indicates it will be during perilous times.

9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

I think there was a misunderstanding is ascribing this verse to the equilux rather than the equinox. When you look at Jerusalem then yes, 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night takes place two days before the equinox. But when you look at the earth as a whole it would be the equinox, not the equilux.

10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

On the Equinox the sun is rising in the Northern hemisphere and setting in the Southern hemisphere.

11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. 14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

We know this takes place shortly before the Passover, so this is the Spring time. Therefore there can be no doubt that the day that Jesus said Lazarus was dead was on the equinox. If he dies on the Equinox then we would think he raises him four days after the equinox. The equinox is Mar 20, 2025. So March 22-24 would be our high watch date. Still, I am expecting a major death four days prior to this, again my best guess is the Pope and Damascus and/or a surprise attack on the US.

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An Example of how Christianity pushes false narratives

1 Samuel 16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.

I have seen many portrayals of David vs. Goliath, both as plays in a church and on TV. However, you never see David portrayed as a mighty valiant man, and a man of war. Instead he is a child compared to Goliath.

A much more appropriate analogy would be to Wayne Gretzky. By 13 he was famous across Canada and by the time he was old enough for the NHL he was their leading scorer. Yes, physically speaking he seemed smaller, weaker and slower than many in the NHL, but in terms of hockey he was clearly a mighty valiant man, a man of war.

So why do they push this false narrative? They want you to believe that he stepped onto the ice in the NHL for the first time as a complete novice. That is baloney, he was playing organized hockey since he was six years old. He had eleven years of training at the highest levels possible prior to stepping on that ice.

An Example of how Christianity pushes false narratives (part 2)

When I was growing up the most dominant player in all of the NBA was Wilt Chamberlain, no contest. He dominated more than Michael Jordan did. However, he would lose in the Championship game. He lost four championships! Yes, he also won two, but if Michael Jordan had been 2-4 in Championships no one would consider him the best. I would compare Wilt to Goliath. To me it was a great lesson, it is easy to see that this team has one great superstar and ignore the other seven players. In my opinion Wilt's great failing was in not building up his teammates. Imagine becoming an NBA player, you must be very good at basketball. But then you play in a game where Wilt scores 100 points. What are you just a spectator? It was easy for Wilt to score over 30 points a game and get over 20 rebounds in the same game. And yet he never got 20 assists? The first guy to do that was Jokic. This is what we see with Goliath it is all about their one champion.

45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.

Was David saying this to intimidate Goliath or the Philistines? I doubt it, they probably were laughing. No, he was saying this to dispense faith to his army. No doubt it was people in the Israel army that recounted what David said to the writer of this book. From the beginning David is thinking of the army whereas Goliath is thinking of himself.

48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

Please note, the Israel army did not jump up at this instant with a shout. They were probably still terrified that Goliath would get back up and this time be even angrier. I remember when the US olympic team beat the Russians at hockey in Lake Placid. It wasn't until there were ten seconds left in the game and the Americans had the puck that the announcer said "do you believe in miracles!"

51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

I am not familiar with soldiers in the Old Testament cutting off heads and holding them up. David knew that his army would need to "see" that Goliath was dead. Falling down flat on his face was not enough, they needed to see the head cut off and lifted up. That was enough to cause the Philistines to flee and only then did the Israel army also rise up.

52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

When was the last time you saw a play about David and Goliath that didn't end with Goliath being killed but rather with the army pursuing the Philistines? David understood the war is won with the whole army, not one man. Goliath and Wilt didn't understand this. Michael Jordan did understand this which is why he was 6-0 in championships.

If you are not raptured the day of the rapture does not turn out well for you.

Therefore if you are going to look for a shadow of the rapture in the feasts which feasts have some people being saved and others being killed?

1. Passover? Yes. In this feast those with the blood on the door are "passed over" while the angel of death kills the firstborn of all the Egyptians. However, being "passed over" is not a picture of the rapture.

2. Feast of unleavened bread. No.

3. First Feast of First fruits? No.

4. Feast of Weeks? No.

5. Feast of Trumpets? No, it is a warning, but other than that, no.

6. Day of Atonement? Yes. It is the day of judgment. But everyone is judged and the "pre tribulation" rapture is kind of like a 5 minute warning, you still have a chance at salvation, so it is not the "final judgment".

7. Feast of Tabernacles? No.

8. Feast of Rededication? Yes, there is a picture of the battle between God's children and the Antichrist, but the concept of rededication indicates this is during the tribulation, not the pretrib rapture.

9. Purim? Yes. We see Queen Esther being married to the Lion King and we see Haman and his ten sons depicting Antichrist and the ten kings being killed. We see the reversal. So yes, this is the perfect depiction of the rapture and for those left behind it does not work out all that good, but also not all that bad. If you are associated with Haman, the Antichrist figure, then sure, it is bad. But if you are the Jews left behind now it is time for you to take a stand and fight.

We also see this in the shadow of Samson pushing out the pillars. The pillars are raptured and everyone else in that temple is killed. Meanwhile the Jews left behind must fend for themselves without Samson.

We also see this in the shadow of Elijah calling down fire. Hundreds of false prophets are killed, the Israelites who are not taken, who were stuck between the two prophets fall on their face worshipping God, and those who are raptured like Elijah in the whirlwind go up.

What about Ruth? She is looking more and more like the tribulation saints, left to glean during the tribulation.

Further proof Christianity pushes a false narrative

1 Samuel 18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

Do you really think Saul made a young boy the captain over his men of war? Again, the best example is Gretzky. Was he captain on the NHL team? Yes. Was he the youngest to win the Hart trophy? Yes. But he was still a man and was old enough to play in the NHL and had been playing organized hockey since he was six years old.

This is not trivial, it is not harmless. Yes, David walked by faith, but that does not mean he was a fool. He was trained by his father and he said as much. When they asked him who his father was they knew who David was, and they knew who his father was. The question was "who trained you to fight like that". This is what happened with Gretzky. His father put an ice rink in his backyard and when he was six he wanted to play hockey, but the teams were for kids 6-10. So he was playing with bigger kids, stronger and faster. His father taught him not to pass it to where the kids were but to where they would be. So from the very beginning he knew his job was to facilitate the puck, get it to the bigger, faster, stronger players. He also learned how to avoid getting hit. By the time he was ten he had a very good reputation and by the time he was 13 he was nationally known. When he was old enough for the NHL he took them by storm. This is the analogy to David. But it wasn't some kid who was new to warfare, it was a kid who had been trained for 11 years.

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More on OSAS

2 Corinthians 5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Only those who are saved will appear before the judgment seat of Christ. The Great White Throne judgment is for unbelievers. So yes, you are not saved by anything that you have done, it is all of Jesus Christ, His blood, that redeems us from sin and death.

However, you will be judged and receive from the Lord according to the things you have done, whether good or bad. This doesn't mean you will go to hell, that is no longer an option. It doesn't mean that you will be judged for any sins that you repented of and were cleansed from, God does not remember them anymore. But it does mean you will have to give account for yourself, how have you invested the talent that the Lord gave you or have you buried it in the backyard.

Every believer should do this

14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

You should consecrate yourself to the Lord. Not in a general way, but in a very specific, and comprehensive way. Not lightly, but in a serious, this is a solemn oath, a solemn contract with the Lord that you have written down and signed.

Take a pad of paper and write down in detail everything you are giving to the Lord. Consecrate to Him your life and your work. Consecrate your time, your talents, possessions, and your entire being to Jesus Christ, to His service and His purpose.

Consider Job

9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

12 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

Do you want God to put a hedge about you? Then give yourself to the Lord Jesus Christ. How about your house? If it is your house then Satan can touch it, so give it to the Lord, same with the work of your hands, give that to the Lord, and all your substance, give that to the Lord. All that you have can be within Satan's power, but he cannot touch anything that the Lord Jesus has.

Job 42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

Every book in the Bible has words unique to that book, those words reveal the unique agenda or burden of that book. These three names of these three daughters are unique to the book of Job. They are the conclusion of this book and so they reveal the unique conclusion of the book of Job. Jemima means day by day. That is our walk with the Lord, it isn't once for all. That is what I hate about the OSAS doctrine, it makes it seem like the Christian life is once for all. You pray, you get saved, that is it. That is not it. The Christian life is a fellowship with the Lord, day by day. The second name Kezia means fragrance. There is a fragrance, a sweet savor among those who are saved and walking with the Lord day by day. If you have not taken a shower, then you also have a fragrance but it isn't sweet. When we spend time in the word we get washed. But there are many Christians who have a root of bitterness growing, if you don't deal with that then you will not have a sweet savor it will be bitter. To be joyful and forgiving is a sweet savor. Finally, the last name, Kerenhappuch, means horn of antimony or horn of paint. The horn of an animal is its power and authority. Predators do not have horns, only animals that are prey. The book of Job describes Job as prey and Satan as the predator. What he was missing was the horn. Paint is what seals the wood and protects it from decay. Yes, when we received the Lord we were saved, we were sealed with the Holy Spirit. But at that point you had no "horn of sealing". When I was first saved I was afraid to share my testimony because I did not know the word of God and I was like a new born in the jungle. I knew I could be devoured and destroyed by those who did know more than me. But if you spend each day with the Lord in fellowship, dealing with offences and sins you will grow and mature and with that sweet fragrance you will also get a horn from the sealing that will be able to defend the herd from the wolves and roaring lions seeking to devour us the way Satan devoured Job.

What is a ministry?

We are witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ, of His incarnation, death, resurrection, and ascension. But what does that mean?

3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

We are not judges, we are witnesses. The minute you are judging you will offend and the ministry will be blamed.

4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Do you know what is really impressive, not miracles, but patience. People who stick to it and don't give up regardless of the afflictions. You preach Jesus and as a result you are mocked, ridiculed, and shunned. But that doesn't stop you. Regardless of the necessities. You could have a very comfortable job, nice house, nice car, etc. But instead you choose to be a witness of the Lord despite that costing you everything. Regardless of the distresses. There are Christians who are fired or let go because they are Christians. There are those who are charged with crimes simply for speaking the word of God from the Bible.

5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

We don't see this in the US, but you do see it in other countries. In many countries in the world Christians are beaten, imprisoned, and churches burned. It is a joyful thing to suffer on behalf of the name of Jesus Christ. In all this what is also really impressive is the labours. The word studies that have been done, the commentaries, the translations, the labours from evangelists, shepherds, teachers, and those involved in healing. These ministries require constant vigilance, that is "watchings" and constant prayer, that is "fastings".

6 By pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

There will always be a temptation. A standard temptation is to monetize a ministry, but there are other temptations as well, all those that are common to man. To remain pure can only be a work of the Holy Spirit conquering the law of sin and death in our flesh. This is why so many people assume that Christian ministries are a scam because so many do fall for the temptations. Only then can people be persuaded by knowledge, by your long suffering, by your kindness and only then will the Holy Spirit have His way in your ministry because the love is unfeigned.

7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Christians want their ministry to be "the word of truth" and full of the "power of God". Great, but you can't skip verses 3-6. This is why I am offended by Christianities portrayal of David, it pretends he skipped verses 3-6 and instead was miraculously endued with the power of God and the armor of righteousness. It doesn't work that way. That demons and fallen angels can see if you have gone through verses 3-6, if not they will devour you. If you have then you will have the word of truth, the power of God and the armor of righteousness and there will be nothing they can do about it.

8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

Do not be surprised if you are slandered. The expression is "over the target". If you are flying a bomber and about to drop some bombs on the enemies stronghold you would expect him to send up a lot of flack. Jesus said "the gates of hades will not prevail against the builded church". If you are built up in the first four verses then you are bringing the word of truth, Satan will do whatever he can to shoot you down. That is dishonor, evil report, trying to paint you as a deceiver. But do not worry, if you are right with the Lord there will be a trail of good reports, honor and testimonies that you are true. This is an army, not a one man show. None of us can survive on our own. If you have had your brothers and sisters backs, then they will have your backs when you need it.

9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

You will not be on the cover of any magazine, nor will sixty minutes or any other show do a special on you. However, in the spiritual realm you will be well known and people will actually be able to see that. You will appear to be "dying" repeatedly and yet you keep popping back up like a piece of styrofoam you just can't keep pushed down under the water. The Lord will be in your ministry, He will chasten you. He is like the master teaching your hands to war and every chastening makes you a little better.

10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

What a contrast. Things that would put others into depression and yet you are inwardly joyful. The whole world seeks to be rich, you walked away from that, and yet you can make others rich! You have nothing and amazingly it is as though all things belong to you! Think about Paul on that ship that was shipwrecked. Everyone on the boat was given to him, and then the people on the island paid to fit a ship for them because of Paul.

The conclusion

This is the conclusion to chapter six, a chapter about giving no offense in anything that the ministry be not blamed.

2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

This is Satan's strategy against the ministry, to make you unequally yoked. I was on a Christian forum when I started this blog. They suspended me, not because I broke any rule of the forum but because they wanted to control what I spoke. There are two possible reasons why they would do this. One is that the Lord is chastising me, the other is they want to control me. If I allowed that I would be "unequally yoked". So I shook off the dust and moved to a second forum. It is not easy to move but I did it, and again the same thing happened in the second forum. My general rule is if you think there is something wrong with the boss and you go to a second job and then a third and everywhere you go something is wrong with the boss, well maybe something is wrong with you. So the second time I examined myself more carefully. I had not violated any rule nor did they say I had. However, I had been debating atheists and the atheists had no response. So again I concluded they were trying to control what I spoke, if I allowed that I would be unequally yoked and so moved to a third platform, this one, and have been here for about three years. The same thing happened to me with Facebook so I left Facebook. Why would a Christian ministry allow a company like Facebook control what you can and cannot say? I see it all the time on Youtube videos, people who censor their speech to fit in with the rules of the platform. Now some will say you have to go to their website to get the uncensored version. That is an interesting approach. So I will leave that to the Lord and each man's conscience as to how they should proceed. However, the major issue I have is with churches that have FreeMasons on the board of directors. These people are brought on because they bring money. They pay for bigger buildings, better sound systems, and promote the church to use TV and radio. As a result these churches will be bigger, well funded, and have a well known ministry. The issue is they push pastors to focus on increase and with that goal in mind discourage them from speaking on certain topics. They don't tell the Pastors what they can say, only what they can't. You can't talk about prophecy, definitely cannot talk about the Antichrist or the mark of the beast, you should avoid any mention of sin or hell. These churches always emphasize once saved always saved and many of them are preaching "the prosperity gospel". However, that is the most brazenly fleshly group of churches that are having communion with darkness.

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

Don't do it. They will tell you how to advertise, how to promote the ministry, and the next thing you know you will need a whole team of infidels to help you minister the word of God! Don't do it. No one tells me what I can and cannot say. If you go through all my posts you will find things that would offend one group or another sprinkled all the way through. Why would you allow Satan to have a say in the ministry of the word?

16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Why? Idols, that is why. For some increase is an idol. Nowhere in the New Testament are we told that we will be judged by how many people subscribe to our ministry. Paul said that everyone had forsaken him. At the end of Jesus' ministry He had 500. For others money is an idol. Some want fame, others are looking to stroke their ego. We should have one goal, that Jesus would say to us "well done, thou good and faithful servant". Do you know who was a "faithful servant"? Antipas, the name means "against all". He was not popular, rather they killed him. If a ministry is well funded, popular and selling best selling books on the NY Times best seller list that should be seen as a red flag, not a seal of approval. It is not proof that the person is not giving you the pure word of God, but it certainly is not a "good housekeeping seal of approval". Read Hebrews 11, the hero's of faith were all shunned.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

The ministries that are compromised all justify it. They will all claim that this is the best way to reach young people, or sinners or some other group. Yes, Paul became all things to all people, but he also was separate and did not touch the unclean thing. We know his ministry was not compromised because when Mark left that was a power play and Paul refused to let Barnabas and Mark sway the ministry. You never hear from Barnabas again, and Mark later repents and gives us the gospel to those left behind. It is often considered the gospel according to Peter who typifies those who deny the Lord, get left behind but are then the tribulation saints.

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

That's right. You want to be a son and daughter of God the Father, then learn from Him and obey Him.

How close are we to the rapture?

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

Mark is the gospel to those left behind. I could take two hours to go through the three synoptic gospels comparing them and it would be very clear that Luke and Mark have different agendas written to two different groups. Luke is like the gospel to those who are raptured and like Enoch the book ends with the believers walking with God and they are not. No mention of the rapture. In John Lazarus being raised from the dead typifies the rapture. In Luke Lazarus dies but no mention of him being raised because the rapture is where this book ends. But Mark is to those left behind and for them the gospel begins almost at the rapture. In this book the baptism of Jesus and then being thrust out into the wilderness is their experience of the rapture. So let's look at what happens in the eight verses that precede this.

2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

You will see many people as messengers sent before the Lord. You could say this is the entire church age. Or you could point out that the missionary journeys really took off with the British Empire after the King James Bible was published. Or you could point out that it was WW1 when the Gideon's gave out Bibles to all the US servicemen who then went out into the world that shifted worldwide evangelism into second gear. Or you could look at TV, radio and the Gideon's in the last hundred years which have sent out 2.6 billion Bibles worldwide as well as the gospel that shifted this into third gear. But in reality it has been Youtube and the internet that has shifted the message being sent out into fourth gear. This message is preparing the way of the Lord.

3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

This is a great analogy. It like the US building the transcontinental railway, or the Panama Canal, or the US highway system. You go through the wilderness, cut down trees, blast out the rock, and make a straight path for the gospel message to go worldwide. This blog is simply one tiny example. Close to 500,000 people have read this. I have shared Pdfs of this blog which anyone can download for free, and in turn share with others. Imagine if ten thousand Christians would do the same, that would be 5 billion people being reached. It is not unreasonable to think there are 10,000 Christians who right now are very serious about sharing the word of God, and that all of them have access to the internet. This means we can preach the gospel to the entire world and Satan can't stop us. This tells us he has no choice but to seize control of the internet and impose global censorship, the Antichrist empire.

4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

This is what the churches teach. Confess your sins, repent, receive the blood of Jesus to wash away your sins, believe and then be baptized into the triune God. Be immersed, separate from the world, a witness testifying of the incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ the Lord of all.

5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

The church is the Jerusalem which is above. The church has gone from a few people two thousand years ago to a worldwide phenomenon, causing people of every nation and tribe to be saved and come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

The success of the ministry is not due to having money, or the best image, or the best financing, or the best of anything the world has to offer. Many missionaries are outcasts. Many are "wild men", former felons, former satanists, former sinners.

7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

They also preach the coming of the Lord in glory. This is particularly the case in the last seven years.

8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

This baptism is a reference to the rapture. Yes, the church and evangelists baptize with water, but we also preach that the day is coming when all those who believe will be raised from the dead and caught up to heaven.

9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

The baptism of Jesus here depicts the rapture.

10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:

This was the beginning of the church age, at the end the dove will ascend with the raptured saints.

11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

That is what the rapture is, those who are indwelt with the Son of God, expressing Jesus, those with whom the Lord is well pleased. Those are the ones who are caught up.

12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

And yes, the believers who are left behind are also indwelt with the Son of God, expressing Him, and those whom God loves. During the tribulation immediately following the rapture they will be driven out into the wilderness.

13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

This is a picture of the start of the tribulation for the left behind saints. Now is the time to fast and pray and get into the word that you heard but only considered superficially.

I watched a docmentatry the other night, cant recall the name but it drew comparisons to Christs words at the last supper and Galation weddings at that time. It was quite good. It was on Tubi and if I see it on their list I will post its title here. Nobody knew when the future groom could collect the future bride except the grooms father. The groom would go out and trumpet when his father told him to go collect his bride. It makes many comparisons from the prposal to the groom going to collect his bride in the night.

If you look at the chart of gold you will see that it took off in July of 2024. Yes, it was rising prior to that but something apparently happened in July of 2024 to cause people to really buy gold. I can only think of two things:

1. An assassination attempt on Donald Trump

or

2. The fact that the assassination attempt failed.

We will never know who financed the attempts on Trumps life.

Yes, that is sort of true. However, the contract stated that he had to collect his bride within two years of being betrothed. So as you get closer and closer to that deadline the range of uncertainty shrinks. There is a solid Biblical basis to say that the two years for the Galileans would be 2,000 years for God. The betrothal of the church took place on the day of Pentecost the same year that Jesus was crucified. There has been vigorous debate over this year though all agree it must fall between 30 AD and 33 AD. However, recent studies are powerfully pointing to 32 AD as the year based on earthquakes, eclipses, and the Julian calendar which is the only year that has the right days for Jesus crucifixion. That would mean 32 AD would have to be the year of the wedding and that the seven years preceding that would begin in 2025.

Secondly, the bride is betrothed to her fiancee for those two years as he builds an addition to the family house where they are to live. Nothing says she could not go and visit him, bringing him lemonade and sandwiches. Now unless she is a complete airhead she can probably figure out how close He is to completing their room. So she would see the day approaching if she were actually in constant fellowship with Him.

Also, if you look at what the Lord said concerning the rapture the only limit He gave is that "no one knows the day or hour". Anything more than that was not a reference to the rapture. This is because Joel tells us very clearly in chapter 2 that the latter rain, the revival that takes place after the rapture, is in the first month, the month of Nisan (the same month as Passover and Easter). So then even in the days of Jesus they knew the month of the rapture, it is the month immediately preceding Nisan.

My point is that was the point at which people began heading to the lifeboats.

The world's economy is based on the US dollar and it became clear at that point that the debate between nationalists and globalists would get bloody.

The price of gold has been inflated for years. I sold mine before I should have but still did well. I collected some gold coins at $30 an ounce in the '80s. Fear drives the gold market like it does the idea that climate change can be controlled. The more peple buy gold the more it goes up in price. Those crying about stock prices are ready to buy. They will make bank. Buy low sell high.