Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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Who is the Great Babylon (part 6)
Revelation 17:5 And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”
If I look at this verse alone, without all the previous verses I would think of either the Vatican or England. You can say that the US is the daughter of England, and you can say that the Catholic church is the mother of all the protestant denominations. But the verse is not spoken in isolation and we are told specifically that no verse is of its own interpretation. This verse must align with all the other verses I have looked at so far, and all of those point to the United States being Babylon the Great. Yes, some of them can also refer to Israel and some can also refer to the Vatican. But so far only the US can be seen in every verse.
Therefore I would have to say the Mother of prostitutes refers to multinational corporations like Coca Cola, McDonalds, etc. It refers to the Stock exchange. And the earth's abominations would refer to the things that the US has made. Bioweapons are an abomination. Nuclear bombs are an abomination. AI, robots, and the Beast system will be an abomination. The mark of the beast is an abomination. Hollywood movies and the music industries records are abominations.
Jeremiah 20:5 Moreover, I will give all the wealth of the city, all its gains, all its prized belongings, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them and seize them and carry them to Babylon.
What are the prized possessions of the Jews? Surely it is the Bible, it is the stories. They have all been taken by Hollywood. Think of the movies "The Ten Commandments" and "It's a Beautiful Life". Those are close to the story, then you have corruptions like the Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter movies. In the Lord of the Rings they describe "the return of the king". You have Messiah like figures and Satan like figures. The Harry Potter movies are about "the boy who lived". So Hollywood moves from a movie like the Ten Commandments clearly a Biblical story, to It's a Beautiful Life, clearly with Biblical references mixed with superstition, to fantasy with hobbits, goblins, dragons, all seeing eye, rings of power, and the return of the king. From there they mix in witchcraft to now make the Messiah, the boy who lived is also the one who is to come, they make him a witch. Iran did not do this, Israel did not do this, Iraq did not do this. No, this was Hollywood. They have plundered the Bible and all the stories. Think of the Lion King, or CS Lewis movies, or any of a long list.
Revelation 17:5 And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”
If I look at this verse alone, without all the previous verses I would think of either the Vatican or England. You can say that the US is the daughter of England, and you can say that the Catholic church is the mother of all the protestant denominations. But the verse is not spoken in isolation and we are told specifically that no verse is of its own interpretation. This verse must align with all the other verses I have looked at so far, and all of those point to the United States being Babylon the Great. Yes, some of them can also refer to Israel and some can also refer to the Vatican. But so far only the US can be seen in every verse.
Therefore I would have to say the Mother of prostitutes refers to multinational corporations like Coca Cola, McDonalds, etc. It refers to the Stock exchange. And the earth's abominations would refer to the things that the US has made. Bioweapons are an abomination. Nuclear bombs are an abomination. AI, robots, and the Beast system will be an abomination. The mark of the beast is an abomination. Hollywood movies and the music industries records are abominations.
Jeremiah 20:5 Moreover, I will give all the wealth of the city, all its gains, all its prized belongings, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them and seize them and carry them to Babylon.
What are the prized possessions of the Jews? Surely it is the Bible, it is the stories. They have all been taken by Hollywood. Think of the movies "The Ten Commandments" and "It's a Beautiful Life". Those are close to the story, then you have corruptions like the Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter movies. In the Lord of the Rings they describe "the return of the king". You have Messiah like figures and Satan like figures. The Harry Potter movies are about "the boy who lived". So Hollywood moves from a movie like the Ten Commandments clearly a Biblical story, to It's a Beautiful Life, clearly with Biblical references mixed with superstition, to fantasy with hobbits, goblins, dragons, all seeing eye, rings of power, and the return of the king. From there they mix in witchcraft to now make the Messiah, the boy who lived is also the one who is to come, they make him a witch. Iran did not do this, Israel did not do this, Iraq did not do this. No, this was Hollywood. They have plundered the Bible and all the stories. Think of the Lion King, or CS Lewis movies, or any of a long list.
Nonsense. Read what the bible says not what so called prophets say. The peacemaker will appear and fool Israel and then take control. The middle east is where everything has happened since the book of Genesis. Yes the entire world will face the wrath of God but the epicenter will be in the middle east. Specifically Israel.
Yes, that is true, but the Great Babylon gets judged prior to that and is not mentioned anymore. If everything is happening where Israel is why is the US not mentioned anymore?
So far we have been given ten pieces of information describing the Great Babylon at the end of the age:
1. Is the place where the believers moved to. That could be the US or Israel.
2. They were the country that God considered His people that practiced abortion (could be US or Israel) and
3. also celebrated the star of Replan (can only refer to the US as that is the star on the top of a Christmas tree)
4. It is also the country where the evangelists to the whole world sent out the message (can’t refer to Israel, could refer to the US or the UK)
5. It is the nation that made all the nations of the earth drink the wind of the passion of her sexual immorality (can only refer to the US)
6. They are the glory of Kingdoms (can only refer to the US)
7. It is where the most elite military is (Can refer to the US and Israel)
8. They have become like Sodom and Gomorrah (Can refer to both the US and Israel)
9. It is clear in Revelation 16 that Jerusalem is not the Great Babylon and neither are the cities of the nations. Given the context of when the book of Revelation was written this could only refer to the US.
10. We are told that the Great Babylon will be thoroughly and utterly cut off and sure enough in the book of Revelation we see absolutely nothing concerning the US. The fact that the last seven years center on the Middle East and Israel is proof positive that they are not the Great Babylon that is judged at the start of the tribulation.
Every jot and tittle will be fulfilled, if an interpretation does not fit with every jot and tittle it must be adjusted so that it does.
So far we have been given ten pieces of information describing the Great Babylon at the end of the age:
1. Is the place where the believers moved to. That could be the US or Israel.
2. They were the country that God considered His people that practiced abortion (could be US or Israel) and
3. also celebrated the star of Replan (can only refer to the US as that is the star on the top of a Christmas tree)
4. It is also the country where the evangelists to the whole world sent out the message (can’t refer to Israel, could refer to the US or the UK)
5. It is the nation that made all the nations of the earth drink the wind of the passion of her sexual immorality (can only refer to the US)
6. They are the glory of Kingdoms (can only refer to the US)
7. It is where the most elite military is (Can refer to the US and Israel)
8. They have become like Sodom and Gomorrah (Can refer to both the US and Israel)
9. It is clear in Revelation 16 that Jerusalem is not the Great Babylon and neither are the cities of the nations. Given the context of when the book of Revelation was written this could only refer to the US.
10. We are told that the Great Babylon will be thoroughly and utterly cut off and sure enough in the book of Revelation we see absolutely nothing concerning the US. The fact that the last seven years center on the Middle East and Israel is proof positive that they are not the Great Babylon that is judged at the start of the tribulation.
Every jot and tittle will be fulfilled, if an interpretation does not fit with every jot and tittle it must be adjusted so that it does.
Who is the Great Babylon (part 7)
Now we come to Revelation 18, an entire chapter describing the Great Babylon. I was raised on the teachings of J.N. Darby and Watchman Nee. They taught based on this chapter that the whore of Babylon was the Vatican. This is so easy to debunk today that we might be tempted to question if these brothers were truly scholars of the Bible. However, we need to remember they both taught this prior to World War 2. At their time the US was not any of the things described. They didn't have multinational corporations, they didn't have movies, or TV, they were not a superpower. As a result the only two plausible candidates that they could see were the Vatican and England.
18 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory. 2 And he called out with a mighty voice,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
She has become a dwelling place for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
It was perfectly reasonable at the time of Darby or Watchman Nee to interpret this as either the Vatican or England. However, recently we have seen the most graphic demonic displays at award shows for TV, for Movies, and for the Music industry. We have seen them at the Superbowl and at rock concerts. We saw them in the Biden administration and even at the Whitehouse. Today there is absolutely no doubt this can refer to the US as well. Yes, the coronation of King Charles revealed they too were a dwelling place for demons and the Vatican can also be pointed to for a number of reasons to say they are a dwelling place for demons.
3 For all nations have drunk
the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”
This was true in the past of England, but no more. This also is not a reference to the Vatican. Say what you want about the Catholic church, it is not known for luxurious living. Yes, the Vatican might, but the merchants of the earth have not grown rich by selling things to the Vatican. The United States is the single biggest consumer nation in the world. The merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the luxurious living of the Americans. Also, the Americans have the highest standard of living on earth. True, there are billionaires and rich people in Europe, China and the Middle East. But the vast majority of people in those countries are not rich and do not have luxurious living. In the 1970s I went to England. Prior to that I never understood why they said American cars were big. Once I got to England I was like "oh! Now I get it". In 1987 I went to Taiwan. When I got there everyone in the country was riding bicycles. Within two or three years no one was, they were now all riding scooters and motorcycles. They got rich by selling to their number one customer, the US.
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
“Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities.
This description describes a country where God's people are dwelling. I am a Gideon, we are present in 200 countries and we have brothers and sisters from those countries come and speak to us all the time. Last year a brother from Croatia, a country I would think of as Greek Orthodox in religion, revealed that less than 1% of the country is Evangelical Christian. I have travelled to a number of other countries outside of the US. Prior to my travels I couldn't understand why people call the US "a Christian nation" when I got to the other countries, then I understood. I have been to first world countries, not talking about third world or developing countries, first world countries where Bribery and Prostitution are both considered a normal part of the governments function. I'm not making this up, there are 1st world countries where the brothel's are government run, and bribery is called "a hidden tax" and justified because by not revealing how much businesses must pay to set up shop they encourage more foreigners to invest. What we consider corruption they consider normal. Not only so, but I could never understand why so many Chinese would want to send their kids to the US to school when international tests showed the US was far behind them. When I got there I learned. Comparing US schools to Taiwan schools is apples to oranges, we don't know that but they do.
6 Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,
and repay her double for her deeds;
mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.
Can every nation on earth say that Taiwan has paid them back? No. How about Israel? No. England was an imperial power and so I suppose you could say this about England back in the day, but whatever England did, it pales compared to the US and the CIA. For example, Covid19 was made in a bioweapons lab that was funded by the Americans. It was released from that lab and has caused far more death in China than any other country, and now China is blamed for the pandemic. However, the only ones to profit from it were American pharmaceutical companies. I suspect that the pandemic was really a bioweapon, it was the start of WW3, and the blame for it will ultimately be on the US. The US has been a puppet master for years and the list of atrocities they have committed against other countries is so long it would be impossible to list.
7 As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’
There is no way that is referring to either Russia or China. The horrors those two countries have experienced are so fresh that many people in those countries lived through them. Any prosperity they are experiencing now is very new to them. The US is the only country that could claim no attacks on their soil from foreign armies since 1812. Of course that was until 911. This cannot possibly refer to England which has been totally humbled since WW2. This cannot possibly refer to Israel. Can you imagine anyone in Israel being so arrogant as to say "mourning I shall never see"? That is absurd.
8 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day,
death and mourning and famine,
and she will be burned up with fire;
for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”
Many of the Jews in Israel experienced the fires of the Holocaust and WW2. China experienced horrific famine, Russia has seen incredible mourning. There is no other superpower that can claim to be the glory of Earth's kingdoms other than the US that this word can apply to.
9 And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning. 10 They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
“Alas! Alas! You great city,
you mighty city, Babylon!
For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
This is not saying every king, only those that committed sexual immorality with the US. No one would say this about China or Russia or even England. They certainly would not say this about Israel. Look, the UN is virtually unanimous in condemning Israel for fighting back against Hamas who brutally murdered them, took hostages, did horrific acts and shoots mortars into Israel all the time.
Now we come to Revelation 18, an entire chapter describing the Great Babylon. I was raised on the teachings of J.N. Darby and Watchman Nee. They taught based on this chapter that the whore of Babylon was the Vatican. This is so easy to debunk today that we might be tempted to question if these brothers were truly scholars of the Bible. However, we need to remember they both taught this prior to World War 2. At their time the US was not any of the things described. They didn't have multinational corporations, they didn't have movies, or TV, they were not a superpower. As a result the only two plausible candidates that they could see were the Vatican and England.
18 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory. 2 And he called out with a mighty voice,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
She has become a dwelling place for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
It was perfectly reasonable at the time of Darby or Watchman Nee to interpret this as either the Vatican or England. However, recently we have seen the most graphic demonic displays at award shows for TV, for Movies, and for the Music industry. We have seen them at the Superbowl and at rock concerts. We saw them in the Biden administration and even at the Whitehouse. Today there is absolutely no doubt this can refer to the US as well. Yes, the coronation of King Charles revealed they too were a dwelling place for demons and the Vatican can also be pointed to for a number of reasons to say they are a dwelling place for demons.
3 For all nations have drunk
the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”
This was true in the past of England, but no more. This also is not a reference to the Vatican. Say what you want about the Catholic church, it is not known for luxurious living. Yes, the Vatican might, but the merchants of the earth have not grown rich by selling things to the Vatican. The United States is the single biggest consumer nation in the world. The merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the luxurious living of the Americans. Also, the Americans have the highest standard of living on earth. True, there are billionaires and rich people in Europe, China and the Middle East. But the vast majority of people in those countries are not rich and do not have luxurious living. In the 1970s I went to England. Prior to that I never understood why they said American cars were big. Once I got to England I was like "oh! Now I get it". In 1987 I went to Taiwan. When I got there everyone in the country was riding bicycles. Within two or three years no one was, they were now all riding scooters and motorcycles. They got rich by selling to their number one customer, the US.
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
“Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities.
This description describes a country where God's people are dwelling. I am a Gideon, we are present in 200 countries and we have brothers and sisters from those countries come and speak to us all the time. Last year a brother from Croatia, a country I would think of as Greek Orthodox in religion, revealed that less than 1% of the country is Evangelical Christian. I have travelled to a number of other countries outside of the US. Prior to my travels I couldn't understand why people call the US "a Christian nation" when I got to the other countries, then I understood. I have been to first world countries, not talking about third world or developing countries, first world countries where Bribery and Prostitution are both considered a normal part of the governments function. I'm not making this up, there are 1st world countries where the brothel's are government run, and bribery is called "a hidden tax" and justified because by not revealing how much businesses must pay to set up shop they encourage more foreigners to invest. What we consider corruption they consider normal. Not only so, but I could never understand why so many Chinese would want to send their kids to the US to school when international tests showed the US was far behind them. When I got there I learned. Comparing US schools to Taiwan schools is apples to oranges, we don't know that but they do.
6 Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,
and repay her double for her deeds;
mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.
Can every nation on earth say that Taiwan has paid them back? No. How about Israel? No. England was an imperial power and so I suppose you could say this about England back in the day, but whatever England did, it pales compared to the US and the CIA. For example, Covid19 was made in a bioweapons lab that was funded by the Americans. It was released from that lab and has caused far more death in China than any other country, and now China is blamed for the pandemic. However, the only ones to profit from it were American pharmaceutical companies. I suspect that the pandemic was really a bioweapon, it was the start of WW3, and the blame for it will ultimately be on the US. The US has been a puppet master for years and the list of atrocities they have committed against other countries is so long it would be impossible to list.
7 As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’
There is no way that is referring to either Russia or China. The horrors those two countries have experienced are so fresh that many people in those countries lived through them. Any prosperity they are experiencing now is very new to them. The US is the only country that could claim no attacks on their soil from foreign armies since 1812. Of course that was until 911. This cannot possibly refer to England which has been totally humbled since WW2. This cannot possibly refer to Israel. Can you imagine anyone in Israel being so arrogant as to say "mourning I shall never see"? That is absurd.
8 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day,
death and mourning and famine,
and she will be burned up with fire;
for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”
Many of the Jews in Israel experienced the fires of the Holocaust and WW2. China experienced horrific famine, Russia has seen incredible mourning. There is no other superpower that can claim to be the glory of Earth's kingdoms other than the US that this word can apply to.
9 And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning. 10 They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
“Alas! Alas! You great city,
you mighty city, Babylon!
For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
This is not saying every king, only those that committed sexual immorality with the US. No one would say this about China or Russia or even England. They certainly would not say this about Israel. Look, the UN is virtually unanimous in condemning Israel for fighting back against Hamas who brutally murdered them, took hostages, did horrific acts and shoots mortars into Israel all the time.
Who is the Great Babylon (part 8)
Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.
The US is the biggest consumer on the planet. England, Israel, and the Vatican are virtually insignificant by comparison.
14 “The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
are lost to you,
never to be found again!”
15 The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,
You can stand afar off from the US because of the oceans surrounding us. You can't stand afar off from Israel, or the Vatican or England. Yes, England is surrounded by water, but people have swum across the English channel. They have a tunnel under it that connect London to Paris. In this day and age no one considers that to be "afar off".
16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
that was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!
This is one of the verses that those who think this is the Vatican use. The Pope's and Cardinals are dressed in purple and scarlet. But they aren't adorned with gold, jewels and pearls. In the US we have religious leaders of several denominations as well as the Catholic church that are dressed in purple and scarlet. But we also have 49% of the world's Jews whose priests dress in fine linen (by law they cannot wear wool or have the linen be a blend). There are no Jews in the Vatican. In the US we have prosperity preachers who are adorned with gold, jewels and pearls. This verse does not in any way describe the Vatican or Israel. Yes, it does describe the royal family in England and yes it does describe the religions in the US.
17 For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste.”
And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning,
All the shipmasters? The US is on the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic ocean and Gulf of Mexico. All the shipmasters from East, West, North and South come here. The Vatican and Israel are in the Mediterranean, that would never be "all the shipmasters".
“What city was like the great city?”
This proves it is not Jerusalem. They are talking about it in the past tense and we know Jerusalem is there at the end of the tribulation. This is not God calling it the great city, it is the merchants. This must be a reference to Washington DC (the US dollar) and NY City which is frequently called "the great city".
19 And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, for the great city
where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For in a single hour she has been laid waste.
Again, this could be the US, but no one else.
Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.
The US is the biggest consumer on the planet. England, Israel, and the Vatican are virtually insignificant by comparison.
14 “The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
are lost to you,
never to be found again!”
15 The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,
You can stand afar off from the US because of the oceans surrounding us. You can't stand afar off from Israel, or the Vatican or England. Yes, England is surrounded by water, but people have swum across the English channel. They have a tunnel under it that connect London to Paris. In this day and age no one considers that to be "afar off".
16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
that was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!
This is one of the verses that those who think this is the Vatican use. The Pope's and Cardinals are dressed in purple and scarlet. But they aren't adorned with gold, jewels and pearls. In the US we have religious leaders of several denominations as well as the Catholic church that are dressed in purple and scarlet. But we also have 49% of the world's Jews whose priests dress in fine linen (by law they cannot wear wool or have the linen be a blend). There are no Jews in the Vatican. In the US we have prosperity preachers who are adorned with gold, jewels and pearls. This verse does not in any way describe the Vatican or Israel. Yes, it does describe the royal family in England and yes it does describe the religions in the US.
17 For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste.”
And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning,
All the shipmasters? The US is on the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic ocean and Gulf of Mexico. All the shipmasters from East, West, North and South come here. The Vatican and Israel are in the Mediterranean, that would never be "all the shipmasters".
“What city was like the great city?”
This proves it is not Jerusalem. They are talking about it in the past tense and we know Jerusalem is there at the end of the tribulation. This is not God calling it the great city, it is the merchants. This must be a reference to Washington DC (the US dollar) and NY City which is frequently called "the great city".
19 And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, for the great city
where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For in a single hour she has been laid waste.
Again, this could be the US, but no one else.
Well Jerusalem is and therefore it cannot be the Great Babylon because according to the Prophesies the Great Babylon is utterly and completely destroyed at the start of the tribulation that follows the rapture.
However, Revelation does mention the great eagle. Everyone agrees that the bear refers to Russia, the goat to Greece, the ram to Medo persia. So what superpower would be seen as the great eagle. Yes, Germany and Mexico also use the Eagle as a symbol, but today only the US would be called "the great eagle".
However, Revelation does mention the great eagle. Everyone agrees that the bear refers to Russia, the goat to Greece, the ram to Medo persia. So what superpower would be seen as the great eagle. Yes, Germany and Mexico also use the Eagle as a symbol, but today only the US would be called "the great eagle".
Who is the Great Babylon (part 9)
20 Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and apostles and prophets,
for God has given judgment for you against her!”
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
22 and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
will be found in you no more,
and the sound of the mill
will be heard in you no more,
23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.
The millstone being tossed into the sea is mentioned in Matthew 18 concerning those who abuse children and then again by the Lord when He cursed the fig tree and said that if we had faith as a grain of mustard seed we would say to this mountain to be taken up and cast into the sea. At that time the fig tree would have represented Israel, and the mountain would have represented the Roman Empire.
So what nation abuses kids and would be the equivalent to what the Roman Empire was at the time of Jesus? Only the US would qualify, no one else. The light of the lamp refers to churches that were set on a hill. Babylon is judged at the same time that the church is raptured. The Lord takes away the light of a lamp at the same time He pours out His fury. Sorcery is the greek word for Pharmacy, so "all nations were deceived by her sorcery"? That could only refer to the US and the vaccine.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
and of all who have been slain on earth.”
However, all the blood of the prophets and saints that have been slain on earth. Are we talking all the way back to Abel? Whatever time frame you use it would have to predate the US becoming a nation. When sin came in the world was formed, it was like a seed that was watered with that blood of Abel. By the time we see Babel it has sprouted. It grows into the Great Babylon, the golden head of the image of human empires. It culminates in the US. But the spirit that animates this evil empire has been around since the fall of man.
20 Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and apostles and prophets,
for God has given judgment for you against her!”
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
22 and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
will be found in you no more,
and the sound of the mill
will be heard in you no more,
23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.
The millstone being tossed into the sea is mentioned in Matthew 18 concerning those who abuse children and then again by the Lord when He cursed the fig tree and said that if we had faith as a grain of mustard seed we would say to this mountain to be taken up and cast into the sea. At that time the fig tree would have represented Israel, and the mountain would have represented the Roman Empire.
So what nation abuses kids and would be the equivalent to what the Roman Empire was at the time of Jesus? Only the US would qualify, no one else. The light of the lamp refers to churches that were set on a hill. Babylon is judged at the same time that the church is raptured. The Lord takes away the light of a lamp at the same time He pours out His fury. Sorcery is the greek word for Pharmacy, so "all nations were deceived by her sorcery"? That could only refer to the US and the vaccine.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
and of all who have been slain on earth.”
However, all the blood of the prophets and saints that have been slain on earth. Are we talking all the way back to Abel? Whatever time frame you use it would have to predate the US becoming a nation. When sin came in the world was formed, it was like a seed that was watered with that blood of Abel. By the time we see Babel it has sprouted. It grows into the Great Babylon, the golden head of the image of human empires. It culminates in the US. But the spirit that animates this evil empire has been around since the fall of man.
Who is the Great Babylon (10)
Micah 4:In that day, declares the Lord,
I will assemble the lame
and gather those who have been driven away
and those whom I have afflicted;
7 and the lame I will make the remnant,
and those who were cast off, a strong nation;
and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion
from this time forth and forevermore.
There are two prevailing interpretations. Both agree that this is talking about the end of the age during the 70th week. One says this is only about Israel being saved, the other says that this is about both Israel and the church. Their argument is that Christians are also son's of Abraham, the church is the Jerusalem that is above, and so prophecies concerning Israel also apply to the church. I have no interest in debating this because it doesn't matter, whichever interpretation you hold to proves that Babylon refers to the US.
8 And you, O tower of the flock,
hill of the daughter of Zion,
to you shall it come,
the former dominion shall come,
kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.
9 Now why do you cry aloud?
Is there no king in you?
Has your counselor perished,
that pain seized you like a woman in labor?
So prior to the tribulation starting "they" start to cry. This applies equally well to both Christians and Jews and the question "is there no king in you?" Also applies equally well to both to look to Jesus Christ, the Messiah. The woman in labor can refer to both as well. In Revelation 12 the woman brings forth a manchild which is caught up to heaven and the woman flees into the wilderness to be nourished for 3 1/2 years. That indicates the woman is Israel, the three and a half years is the second half of the tribulation, and the manchild refers to all believers, both pre trib rapture and tribulation saints who are martyred.
10 Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.
Hold on, what? That is right, that which has been done is that which shall be done. The church age began with Jerusalem being besieged, the temple destroyed and the Jews scattered to the four winds. It will end with them being rescued from Babylon. 49% of the world's Jews live in the US, 49% live in Israel. If the Jews are rescued from Babylon during the tribulation and go to Israel then they must be coming from the US. However, when you read this it seems they will also be rescued from Babylon, that is where you get redeemed from the hand of your enemies. This certainly applies to the US. Think about our history, how many people fled religious persecution to go to the US and in the US got redeemed by the blood of the lamb? But how does this refer to the first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation? During that time there will be a great revival and you will also have the ministry of the two witnesses. The whole world, including the Jews will be wondering what happened during the rapture. This ministry will be powerful, showing the Jews from scripture that Jesus is the Messiah. The reason they live stream the two witnesses lying dead in the street is because they know that if they were right about Jesus they will be resurrected and caught up. Once that happens Satan goes ballistic realizing he can no longer deceive anyone and must kill them instead. The Jews flee Jerusalem and call out "blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord". They get redeemed in the US, they got rescued by the US after the Holocaust, and they will be saved as a nation in Israel. To be redeemed means you believe Jesus was the Messiah and that His blood cleanses you from sin. To be saved as a nation means you are delivered from Antichrist's armies at Armageddon.
Micah 4:In that day, declares the Lord,
I will assemble the lame
and gather those who have been driven away
and those whom I have afflicted;
7 and the lame I will make the remnant,
and those who were cast off, a strong nation;
and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion
from this time forth and forevermore.
There are two prevailing interpretations. Both agree that this is talking about the end of the age during the 70th week. One says this is only about Israel being saved, the other says that this is about both Israel and the church. Their argument is that Christians are also son's of Abraham, the church is the Jerusalem that is above, and so prophecies concerning Israel also apply to the church. I have no interest in debating this because it doesn't matter, whichever interpretation you hold to proves that Babylon refers to the US.
8 And you, O tower of the flock,
hill of the daughter of Zion,
to you shall it come,
the former dominion shall come,
kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.
9 Now why do you cry aloud?
Is there no king in you?
Has your counselor perished,
that pain seized you like a woman in labor?
So prior to the tribulation starting "they" start to cry. This applies equally well to both Christians and Jews and the question "is there no king in you?" Also applies equally well to both to look to Jesus Christ, the Messiah. The woman in labor can refer to both as well. In Revelation 12 the woman brings forth a manchild which is caught up to heaven and the woman flees into the wilderness to be nourished for 3 1/2 years. That indicates the woman is Israel, the three and a half years is the second half of the tribulation, and the manchild refers to all believers, both pre trib rapture and tribulation saints who are martyred.
10 Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.
Hold on, what? That is right, that which has been done is that which shall be done. The church age began with Jerusalem being besieged, the temple destroyed and the Jews scattered to the four winds. It will end with them being rescued from Babylon. 49% of the world's Jews live in the US, 49% live in Israel. If the Jews are rescued from Babylon during the tribulation and go to Israel then they must be coming from the US. However, when you read this it seems they will also be rescued from Babylon, that is where you get redeemed from the hand of your enemies. This certainly applies to the US. Think about our history, how many people fled religious persecution to go to the US and in the US got redeemed by the blood of the lamb? But how does this refer to the first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation? During that time there will be a great revival and you will also have the ministry of the two witnesses. The whole world, including the Jews will be wondering what happened during the rapture. This ministry will be powerful, showing the Jews from scripture that Jesus is the Messiah. The reason they live stream the two witnesses lying dead in the street is because they know that if they were right about Jesus they will be resurrected and caught up. Once that happens Satan goes ballistic realizing he can no longer deceive anyone and must kill them instead. The Jews flee Jerusalem and call out "blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord". They get redeemed in the US, they got rescued by the US after the Holocaust, and they will be saved as a nation in Israel. To be redeemed means you believe Jesus was the Messiah and that His blood cleanses you from sin. To be saved as a nation means you are delivered from Antichrist's armies at Armageddon.
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Who is the Great Babylon
This Pdf goes through every verse in the New Testament and many in the Old referring to Babylon. I see which of the various interpretations fit. The main three are: Israel, Vatican and the US, though I also see if England fits any. I used to subscribe to the teaching of Darby and Watchman Nee on this, however, everyone should know that when they taught the US was not a superpower, Hollywood and Multinational corporations did not exist (true for Darby, Watchman Nee was around at the time of silent movies). The pandemic had not taken place and the apostasy in the US had not taken place. You could not compare the US to Sodom and Gomorrah at the time of Darby or Watchman Nee.
Everyone should realize that the internet is about to go down, full censorship will be imposed when it comes back up. Therefore I have been putting my blog onto Pdf files. They are free to download. Go to Post #13,510 to get all the Pdfs.
Who is the Great Babylon
This Pdf goes through every verse in the New Testament and many in the Old referring to Babylon. I see which of the various interpretations fit. The main three are: Israel, Vatican and the US, though I also see if England fits any. I used to subscribe to the teaching of Darby and Watchman Nee on this, however, everyone should know that when they taught the US was not a superpower, Hollywood and Multinational corporations did not exist (true for Darby, Watchman Nee was around at the time of silent movies). The pandemic had not taken place and the apostasy in the US had not taken place. You could not compare the US to Sodom and Gomorrah at the time of Darby or Watchman Nee.
Everyone should realize that the internet is about to go down, full censorship will be imposed when it comes back up. Therefore I have been putting my blog onto Pdf files. They are free to download. Go to Post #13,510 to get all the Pdfs.
Is Joshua crossing the Jordan a picture of the rapture?
Joshua 1:1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.
This is the changing of the guard from Moses to Jesus. It takes place on Nisan 10 which was Palm Sunday. What you are seeing here is the triumphant entry into the good land when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. The key question is do "all the people" get raptured before the tribulation and the answer is no. It is crystal clear in this blog that there are many believers who are saved out of the tribulation and then there are the Jews as a nation saved at the end of the tribulation. Leah and Rachel are a type of Jesus marrying a Gentile bride and then seven days (years) later marrying a Jewish bride. So no, "all the people" do not cross over at the rapture that precedes the 70th week.
3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.
For two thousand years during the church age the sole of our feet has tread all over the good land (Jesus Christ). These experiences precede our inheritance. So this is talking about something that precedes the church age, which would be Palm Sunday. Since the thing that has been is the thing that will be there will also be a triumphant entry into the Millennial kingdom, but that will be at the end of the tribulation. The rapture is depicted by neither of those events. Lazarus being raised from the grave is a picture of the rapture and it is very clear this must have taken place prior to Palm Sunday and not just one day before. John 11 is very clear that Jesus does not immediately eat with Mary, Martha and Lazarus after he is raised. We also know that the three days of darkness begins prior to Nisan 1 and that it coincides with the rapture. It is possible that the rapture would be as late as Nisan 2, but what is more likely is that it is Adar 30 or even sooner than that.
10 And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, 11 “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.’”
This would be on Nisan 7, probably the time that Jesus left the town he was in and headed back to Bethany.
I do not see the rapture that precedes the seventieth week foreshadowed in these verses. On the contrary, the people crossing over the Jordan are the children of those who had died in the wilderness. No doubt this could refer to Christians but must certainly refer to the Jews as well.
Joshua 1:1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.
This is the changing of the guard from Moses to Jesus. It takes place on Nisan 10 which was Palm Sunday. What you are seeing here is the triumphant entry into the good land when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. The key question is do "all the people" get raptured before the tribulation and the answer is no. It is crystal clear in this blog that there are many believers who are saved out of the tribulation and then there are the Jews as a nation saved at the end of the tribulation. Leah and Rachel are a type of Jesus marrying a Gentile bride and then seven days (years) later marrying a Jewish bride. So no, "all the people" do not cross over at the rapture that precedes the 70th week.
3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.
For two thousand years during the church age the sole of our feet has tread all over the good land (Jesus Christ). These experiences precede our inheritance. So this is talking about something that precedes the church age, which would be Palm Sunday. Since the thing that has been is the thing that will be there will also be a triumphant entry into the Millennial kingdom, but that will be at the end of the tribulation. The rapture is depicted by neither of those events. Lazarus being raised from the grave is a picture of the rapture and it is very clear this must have taken place prior to Palm Sunday and not just one day before. John 11 is very clear that Jesus does not immediately eat with Mary, Martha and Lazarus after he is raised. We also know that the three days of darkness begins prior to Nisan 1 and that it coincides with the rapture. It is possible that the rapture would be as late as Nisan 2, but what is more likely is that it is Adar 30 or even sooner than that.
10 And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, 11 “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.’”
This would be on Nisan 7, probably the time that Jesus left the town he was in and headed back to Bethany.
I do not see the rapture that precedes the seventieth week foreshadowed in these verses. On the contrary, the people crossing over the Jordan are the children of those who had died in the wilderness. No doubt this could refer to Christians but must certainly refer to the Jews as well.
There is no excuse for not knowing the time of your visitation
Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
I had an interesting dream last night
I was given a speech from President Trump to type, but unlike all other speeches, this only had two words. I cannot remember the two words but the meaning was to keep on, to continue with what we have been doing. I was shocked at how brief it was and I knew that Trump had not given me this by accident, so I asked someone sitting nearby, can we get someone who he will talk to to get us the points? President Trump heard me when I asked that and laughed. So then this morning I looked for bible verses on continuing.
Acts 13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue G1961 in the grace of God.
Continue and grace?
Romans 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue G1961 in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Continue and goodness?
Colossians 1:23 If ye continue G1961 in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Continue and faith?
My interpretation is that the Lord has been giving me things to say for years and I have been typing them up and putting them into this blog. Now we are getting a very simple message from Him:
1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue G1961 in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
The blog is a doctrine and the charge is to continue in them.
I was given a speech from President Trump to type, but unlike all other speeches, this only had two words. I cannot remember the two words but the meaning was to keep on, to continue with what we have been doing. I was shocked at how brief it was and I knew that Trump had not given me this by accident, so I asked someone sitting nearby, can we get someone who he will talk to to get us the points? President Trump heard me when I asked that and laughed. So then this morning I looked for bible verses on continuing.
Acts 13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue G1961 in the grace of God.
Continue and grace?
Romans 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue G1961 in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Continue and goodness?
Colossians 1:23 If ye continue G1961 in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Continue and faith?
My interpretation is that the Lord has been giving me things to say for years and I have been typing them up and putting them into this blog. Now we are getting a very simple message from Him:
1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue G1961 in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
The blog is a doctrine and the charge is to continue in them.
The word of Truth: The gospel of your salvation
Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
So then, what is the gospel of our salvation? I understand that it is the word of truth. That word includes the word about Jesus paying the price for us with His blood. But that is not all. It includes the word about the genealogy of Jesus. His genealogy becomes my genealogy, His history becomes my history. It includes the word about being born again to Nicodemus. It includes all the Lord's instructions to His disciples. It includes the entire fellowship of the apostles. It includes the word that we overcome by the blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony.
I have heard brothers teach that this word applies to Jews, and this word applies to this group and this word applies to that group, etc. I don't buy that. The entire New Testament refers to my inheritance that I received when I was born again. The warnings also apply. Yes, the warning about Reuben exchanging his birthright and Edom exchanging his birthright are also part of the word of truth, the gospel of my salvation. You cannot just hold to "I have been born again". Reuben was the firstborn of Israel and Edom was the firstborn of Isaac. They both should have gotten the birthright but forfeited it. Not exactly good news for Reuben and Edom but it is good news for Jacob and Judah.
I know some people like to point to a verse or two and say "this is the gospel". That is true. But I point to the entire New Testament and say "this is the gospel of my salvation, the word of truth" and that also is true.
Many people point to these verses in 1 Corinthians 15 and say that is the gospel.
1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
This verse refers to the entire book of Romans
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
These verses refer to the four gospels, and to the books of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians.
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
This refers to the first half of the book of Acts and also to the two epistles of Peter. The twelve refer to all the books written by John, and Jude.
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
This refers to the epistle of James
8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
This refers to the books of Paul. It also refers to the book of Hebrews because even though there is no one person who claims to be the author the conclusion of that book makes it seem like Paul had to have taken part, and I suspect James did too.
So they tell you that these four or five verses are the gospel, but these verses are saying that the entire New Testament is the gospel.
Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
So then, what is the gospel of our salvation? I understand that it is the word of truth. That word includes the word about Jesus paying the price for us with His blood. But that is not all. It includes the word about the genealogy of Jesus. His genealogy becomes my genealogy, His history becomes my history. It includes the word about being born again to Nicodemus. It includes all the Lord's instructions to His disciples. It includes the entire fellowship of the apostles. It includes the word that we overcome by the blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony.
I have heard brothers teach that this word applies to Jews, and this word applies to this group and this word applies to that group, etc. I don't buy that. The entire New Testament refers to my inheritance that I received when I was born again. The warnings also apply. Yes, the warning about Reuben exchanging his birthright and Edom exchanging his birthright are also part of the word of truth, the gospel of my salvation. You cannot just hold to "I have been born again". Reuben was the firstborn of Israel and Edom was the firstborn of Isaac. They both should have gotten the birthright but forfeited it. Not exactly good news for Reuben and Edom but it is good news for Jacob and Judah.
I know some people like to point to a verse or two and say "this is the gospel". That is true. But I point to the entire New Testament and say "this is the gospel of my salvation, the word of truth" and that also is true.
Many people point to these verses in 1 Corinthians 15 and say that is the gospel.
1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
This verse refers to the entire book of Romans
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
These verses refer to the four gospels, and to the books of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians.
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
This refers to the first half of the book of Acts and also to the two epistles of Peter. The twelve refer to all the books written by John, and Jude.
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
This refers to the epistle of James
8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
This refers to the books of Paul. It also refers to the book of Hebrews because even though there is no one person who claims to be the author the conclusion of that book makes it seem like Paul had to have taken part, and I suspect James did too.
So they tell you that these four or five verses are the gospel, but these verses are saying that the entire New Testament is the gospel.
Are you happy with this gospel?
Suppose you are the heir of a billionaire. Yes, this is a poor analogy to God, but hopefully it will make it easier for people to understand.
So you go to the reading of the will. On page 1 (this is a long document, as long as the New Testament, explaining in detail what you are to inherit), any way on page 1 it says that first and foremost all your debts are to be paid off! Whoo Hoo! That includes my mortgage, my car payment, and my credit card bills. All told it comes to 400k.
There you go, that is the gospel that most of Christianity teaches. Let's just forget about the other 300 pages of the last will and Testament of the God of universe, He is going to pay off the 400k I owe. Is that false? No. Jesus' blood has redeemed you and that means He has paid off all debts you may have owed. My issue is not that this is not true, my issue is that they are ignoring the other 299 pages of your inheritance.
Yes, it is big to have your debts paid off and yes you couldn't do it on your own. But if the Billionaire has $4 billion in assets the 400k is 0.01%, you are ignoring 99.99% of what is in that will.
Suppose you are the heir of a billionaire. Yes, this is a poor analogy to God, but hopefully it will make it easier for people to understand.
So you go to the reading of the will. On page 1 (this is a long document, as long as the New Testament, explaining in detail what you are to inherit), any way on page 1 it says that first and foremost all your debts are to be paid off! Whoo Hoo! That includes my mortgage, my car payment, and my credit card bills. All told it comes to 400k.
There you go, that is the gospel that most of Christianity teaches. Let's just forget about the other 300 pages of the last will and Testament of the God of universe, He is going to pay off the 400k I owe. Is that false? No. Jesus' blood has redeemed you and that means He has paid off all debts you may have owed. My issue is not that this is not true, my issue is that they are ignoring the other 299 pages of your inheritance.
Yes, it is big to have your debts paid off and yes you couldn't do it on your own. But if the Billionaire has $4 billion in assets the 400k is 0.01%, you are ignoring 99.99% of what is in that will.
Colossians 1:3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven.
The hope laid up for you in heaven is your inheritance.
Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,
This is what the gospel is about, if you haven't been told about this then ask why not?
6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant.[b] He is a faithful minister of Christ on your[c] behalf 8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Pray to God, standing on the blood of Jesus Christ, and ask Him that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understaning.
10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; 12 giving thanks[d] to the Father, who has qualified you[e] to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
The gospel is that you have a share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Yes, we have forgiveness of sins and yes we have redemption, but all that was to transfer us to the kingdom of the His beloved Son.
The Preeminence of Christ
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
The firstborn of all creation means He is the "GOAT", the Greatest of All Time, for all creation. He is Gretzky, Jordan, and Brady all wrapped up into one.
16 For by[f] him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Every single thing that you could ever come across has been created by Him, through Him and for Him. That means everything on this earth works out for His purpose. If you are one with the Lord they will all work out for you as long as you are in Christ.
17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Just pray over this for the Lord to reveal it to you.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
In everything He might be preeminent. That means He is the preeminent coach, He is the preeminent teacher, He is the best trainer out there. He is glorified in you when you walk according to the Spirit and are one with Him.
19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
We were not simply redeemed. We were reconciled. We used to be rebellious following our own opinions, and that was because you were given a false impression of who Jesus was. But when you get a real vision of Him being the preeminent one, it changes your entire perspective. Then you can be at peace, He is the one you always hoped to find.
21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation[g] under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
If you indeed continue in the faith. That was the word I was given in the dream. You need to keep on keeping on.
The hope laid up for you in heaven is your inheritance.
Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,
This is what the gospel is about, if you haven't been told about this then ask why not?
6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant.[b] He is a faithful minister of Christ on your[c] behalf 8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Pray to God, standing on the blood of Jesus Christ, and ask Him that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understaning.
10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; 12 giving thanks[d] to the Father, who has qualified you[e] to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
The gospel is that you have a share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Yes, we have forgiveness of sins and yes we have redemption, but all that was to transfer us to the kingdom of the His beloved Son.
The Preeminence of Christ
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
The firstborn of all creation means He is the "GOAT", the Greatest of All Time, for all creation. He is Gretzky, Jordan, and Brady all wrapped up into one.
16 For by[f] him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Every single thing that you could ever come across has been created by Him, through Him and for Him. That means everything on this earth works out for His purpose. If you are one with the Lord they will all work out for you as long as you are in Christ.
17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Just pray over this for the Lord to reveal it to you.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
In everything He might be preeminent. That means He is the preeminent coach, He is the preeminent teacher, He is the best trainer out there. He is glorified in you when you walk according to the Spirit and are one with Him.
19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
We were not simply redeemed. We were reconciled. We used to be rebellious following our own opinions, and that was because you were given a false impression of who Jesus was. But when you get a real vision of Him being the preeminent one, it changes your entire perspective. Then you can be at peace, He is the one you always hoped to find.
21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation[g] under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
If you indeed continue in the faith. That was the word I was given in the dream. You need to keep on keeping on.
Hebrews 12:10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
Amos 3:10 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
Acts 2:17 “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
John 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Job 33:14 For God speaks in one way,
and in two, though man does not perceive it.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
while they slumber on their beds,
16 then he opens the ears of men
and terrifies[c] them with warnings,
17 that he may turn man aside from his deed
and conceal pride from a man;
18 he keeps back his soul from the pit,
his life from perishing by the sword.
Numbers 12:6 6 And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
Matthew 2:13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.
Hebrews 1:1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[d]
Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes,
in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.
Her dream explains my dream. She is the one we could send to the Lord to get the points from. Two words for me were two days from her. The two words are "opening day" which is 3 pm on Thursday, EST, for the Yankees. The point is, in my interpretation, this is when the suitcase nuke for NYC will hit.
Amos 3:10 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
Acts 2:17 “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
John 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Job 33:14 For God speaks in one way,
and in two, though man does not perceive it.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
while they slumber on their beds,
16 then he opens the ears of men
and terrifies[c] them with warnings,
17 that he may turn man aside from his deed
and conceal pride from a man;
18 he keeps back his soul from the pit,
his life from perishing by the sword.
Numbers 12:6 6 And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
Matthew 2:13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.
Hebrews 1:1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[d]
Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes,
in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.
Her dream explains my dream. She is the one we could send to the Lord to get the points from. Two words for me were two days from her. The two words are "opening day" which is 3 pm on Thursday, EST, for the Yankees. The point is, in my interpretation, this is when the suitcase nuke for NYC will hit.