Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Turkey will be part of the Magog alliance that attacks Israel. You can see that Afghanistan, Algeria, Turkey and Russia are all suffering terrible disasters that could make them desperate to seize the oil from the mideast.

 

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I hesitate to post videos from this person because he is very much focused on predictive programming, what I consider to be the prophetic speaking from the demon possessed (Hollywood, CIA, Freemasons, etc). However, this one very short movie called I Pet Goat has been proven to be on point time and again. Here he points to what just happened in Afghanistan delivering the US weapons to the Taliban so they could attack Israel (Magog attacking Israel at the start of the tribulation or immediately before the tribulation). This ties in very well with the video I linked in on the prophecies in Ezekiel concerning this war and concerning Afghanistan. So I have posted this because it supports the Biblical exposition of Ezekiel and the current events.
 

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I hesitate to post videos from this person because he is very much focused on predictive programming, what I consider to be the prophetic speaking from the demon possessed (Hollywood, CIA, Freemasons, etc). However, this one very short movie called I Pet Goat has been proven to be on point time and again. Here he points to what just happened in Afghanistan delivering the US weapons to the Taliban so they could attack Israel (Magog attacking Israel at the start of the tribulation or immediately before the tribulation). This ties in very well with the video I linked in on the prophecies in Ezekiel concerning this war and concerning Afghanistan. So I have posted this because it supports the Biblical exposition of Ezekiel and the current events.
Let's lay out the conspiracy theory.

First you would have to believe that the pandemic would be a man made virus, a theory that was completely discredited 18 months ago, but has since been proven to be true. So, OK, I guess we can proceed.

Second, you would have to believe that the US would work together with China and other world leaders to create this virus. A theory which was completely debunked by Fauci in his testimony before the Senate hearing committee before the evidence was released that proved this was in fact true. So, OK, I guess we can continue to proceed.

Third, the whole world would use this man made virus as an excuse to shut down the world's economy. Now of course we saw that the world did in fact shut down the world's economy, and yes there is a lot of evidence that the numbers killed and harmed by this virus were inflated purposefully to justify the lockdown. Now why would the most powerful people, the elites, the "city of Davos" want to shut down the economy? That is actually a little misleading, some industries were crushed, particularly small businesses, whereas other businesses had a banner year (Amazon, Zoom, etc). So why try to crush the middle class other than the fact that the middle class is the backbone of democracy. I mean if that were in fact what they were doing we would see evidence of totalitarian dictates. A dictator is completely contradictory to the US constitution, they would have to ignore the US constitution and begin dictating to Americans what they can and cannot do, where they can and cannot go, censor political speech, create black lists, get people fired, banned, etc. So, OK, I guess we have seen that so we can continue to proceed with this really bizarre conspiracy theory.

Fourth, so the idea is that these elites, the 1%, the people who profited from the mortgage meltdown and weren't prosecuted. You would have to believe that they don't care about you and only care about their own lives. Only then could you actually believe they would carry out the published strategic plans for world domination by the FreeMasons. The strategy is simple, since they are 1% they don't fight, instead they instigate 45% of the people to fight the other 45% of the people. For example they might instigate a race war between whites and all others in the US. They might empty jails and pay felons to cause chaos in the inner cities. They might promote defunding the police to help with this chaos. Another great war is to promote Muslims to fight Jews (backed by the US). Let them kill each other. Obviously you need to give the Muslims some help, leave billions of dollars of weaponry for them, give them a great victory to boost their ego, you know, things like that. OK, so we have seen all that play out as well, especially with what took place in Afghanistan. The beauty of this is they can blame it all on a president with dementia!

Fifth, now in this crazy plan you have the "vaccine", the crown jewel. You make the vaccine with something that can be stimulated by 5g radiation to absorb oxygen, and have this accumulate in your organs. You mandate that the US military all get vaccinated, and then you can easily defeat the US military leaving them only one option left (nuclear option). The US and China wipe each other out, Muslims and Jews wipe each other out, and now you have an open door for "the man of lawlessness" to become head of a reformed Roman empire and once again rule the world. True, you had to kill billions to achieve this, but hey, you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs as Stalin once said.
 

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Warning: Not for Everyone

 

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1John 2:18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.

This verse suddenly hit me, "even now many antichrists have come". We are so focused on "the" antichrist we have missed the fact that there are an army of antichrists. You can't perpetrate this election fraud, and perpetrate this plandemic, and create a killer vaccine without many antichrists.
 

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Very hard to deny that these prophecies have been fulfilled or are about to be.
 

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Mark 13:14-25 Take heed I have told you all things beforehand

14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: 15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: 16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.

Daniel 11 “31 “His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation. 32 With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.”

So the antichrist will come in, desecrate the temple, set up an abomination in the temple which will cause desolation, he will corrupt many with flattery, and those that know God will resist him. Right now we don’t even have a temple, so then this could not be fulfilled today. But by referring to Daniel Jesus is referring to the 70 weeks as well. This chapter began with the temple being utterly destroyed, not one stone upon another. Now, he says antichrist will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up an abomination that causes desolation. Therefore the temple needs to be rebuilt.

Daniel 9: 24 “Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place. 25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”

So here you can see in the middle of the last 7 years the same guy who struck a deal with Israel for peace breaks the deal and in the temple sets up an abomination that causes desolation. This peace treaty that Trump is negotiating with Israel and the 22 nations of the Arab league allows the Jews to have authority over Jerusalem and to rebuild the temple. It is a major sign. The book of Daniel is a major prophecy concerning the end of the age. This does not mean that Trump is the antichrist. The antichrist is not revealed until He who restrains steps aside. Since He who restrains has not yet been removed (raptured?) it would mean that the antichrist has not yet been revealed and therefore he could not be Trump since Trump has already been revealed. Instead Trump may be a man sent by God in much the same way that Samson was. There is a lot about Samson that you can find fault with, just as there is with Trump.

17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. 19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

It is not called the “great tribulation” for nothing. If you are familiar with the holocaust, or slavery in the South, or many of the other horrific events in history you have a scale for what the “worst affliction has been in human history”. This will be off that scale. But to save time, we don’t need to discuss that here.

20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. 21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: 22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

This is the second time He has told us this. Things are going to get crazy. You need to get a very good foundation in the Lord’s word before those things happen. Satan will do everything in His power to make things completely crazy at that time. Who could have thought that all the churches in the US could have their doors shut? If you had asked me one year ago if that were possible I would have said no. Who would have thought you would be mandated to take an experimental vaccine or else would not be allowed to work, or to go to a variety of businesses, or go to school.

23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

This is the problem with those who ignore these words because “it will all work itself out in the end”. He tells us to take heed to these words. He tells us He is warning us and foretelling what is going to happen. The best coaches can foretell what the other team is going to do, what to look for, how to react. That is what the Lord is doing, it is a deceit to tell believers they don’t need to heed to this word. We need to respond with courage, and courage comes from faith, and faith comes from hearing, and hearing comes from this word from the Lord.

24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

I have seen some Christian messages concerning the signs in the heavens and these signs have already appeared. God made the stars for a sign. I have also seen how these forest fires cause the sun to be darkened during the day.

Psalm 19 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3 They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. 4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

Revelation 12 goes into specific detail about what the sign of the Son of Man is, this sign has appeared twice in the heavens, once in 3915 BC and once in September 23, 2017. It is the woman crowned with 12 stars, clothed with the sun, and the moon is under her feet. She is in travail to give birth. The idea is that this sign is the basis for the first prophecy concerning Jesus, the seed of the woman shall crush the serpent's head (crushing the serpent’s head can be seen shortly after the birth). This would align with John saying Jesus is the “alpha and omega, the first and the last”.
 

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Mark 13:26-37 The Lord is at the doors

26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

This refers to the rapture. I subscribe to the theory that Luke is speaking to those who are raptured prior to the tribulation and Mark is written to those who are raptured in the middle of the tribulation about 42 months after the first rapture.

28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

OK a lot is here, let’s unpack it. The fig tree signifies Israel. In 1948 Israel as a nation was reformed, that was the fig tree putting forth leaves. You knew this was a major fulfillment of prophecy. This term “it is at the doors” is also very significant. One day Noah entered the ark, the door was shut, and from that point no one could enter in, the flood began. This is given to us as an example of the rapture. A door in heaven is opened, once we enter in, the door is closed. The foolish virgins went and bought oil at the last minute, then they came knocking on the door for the Lord to let them in, but it was too late. Right now we know that “it is at the doors” but at some point in the future those doors will be opened and the rapture will take place.

30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

A generation is 70 to 80 years. 80 years from 1948 is 2028, that means that all these things would have to be completed before that point. The tribulation is 7 years long, so that means it must start by 2021 to fall within this parameter. In 2017 we had the Revelation 12 sign during the Feast of Trumpets to let us know that Jesus was at the door. There is a story about a fig tree that hadn't born fruit after 3 years and the farmer decided to dung it for a 4th year. This year on the Jewish calendar is the "dung year". It is also the fourth year since the Revelation 12 sign. Now is the time to find the fruit of righteousness on this tree.

31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Again, a lot here that we need to unpack. Most of us understand “turkey day” to refer to the fourth Thursday in November, it is an idiom we all understand. This phrase “no one knows the day nor the hour” is a Jewish idiom for the Festival of Trumpets. A typical day for the Jews begins at sunset. However, this festival begins at a new moon. They need two witnesses to testify they saw the new moon, then they blow the trumpets to signify the day has begun. So when Jesus said this the disciples understood He was talking about the festival of Trumpets. Paul said that these festivals are a shadow of things to come. The age began with Jesus being sacrificed as our Passover on Passover. That was the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, which became our Lord’s table. He was raised on the feast of firstfruits. The church was born on Pentecost. Those are the first four festivals of the Jewish year, they were each very significant in the move of God in this age. The fifth feast is the festival of Trumpets. Jesus referred to it here, and not only so He said “neither the Son, but the Father”. This is a very significant expression. When a man got married he would first have an engagement contract with his bride (the New Testament), he would pay the price for her (Jesus sacrificing Himself for us) then he would go and prepare a house for them to live in (Jesus said I go to prepare a place for you). Once the house was ready He would then go and get His bride. However, the Father had to tell Him when it was ready, hence no man knoweth but the Father. The festival of Trumpets is also the time when the Messiah marries His bride. Once again, Jesus referred to this when He said “you will not see me again until you say ‘blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord’”. This also is a reference to the wedding. When a Jewish man was going to get married the rabbi would “call him up” to the front to read from the Torah. When he approached the congregation would say “blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord”. However, to say "of that day no one knoweth" suggests this day is quite special. So whereas September 23, 2017 has to be viewed as a fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets, a day that everyone could see and hear the Trumpet warning (there is much more about that day that I do not have time to go into here). There is another day on the Jewish calendar that no one knows of and that is Tu B'AV, the day Israel should have entered into their inheritance. Now look at

Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

After this refers to the discussion of the seven churches, it is after the church age. The church age ends when Israel signs the peace treaty with the many for “peace and security”. The door in heaven is standing open at the festival of trumpets. A voice like a trumpet spoke to him. The rapture takes place at the trumpet of God. Come up here foreshadows our rapture. After this is after the church in Philadelphia is kept from the hour of tribulation, and after those in the synagogue of Satan confess that God was with them, and after the rebuke to the lukewarm church in Laodicea. All of that happens prior to chapter 4.

And it is a reference to the rabbi calling the groom to “come up here”. So this also refers to the wedding of the Lamb. I will show you what must take place shortly after this, everything else that happens in Revelation, the tribulation, the wrath of God, that happens “after this”. Some refer to this as the “pre tribulation rapture” but I think that is a mistake. The great sign in heaven appeared in September 23, 2017, that was three years ago. How do you explain that? After the festival of Trumpets there are ten days of awe, these are known as “Jacob’s trouble” and is a reference to the tribulation. So although the 70th week refers to a seven day period (seven year period), Jacob’s trouble is a ten day period. During this time the books are opened and the Lord judges His people and puts them into three categories. You have the good and faithful servants, you have the wicked who are given to Satan, and you have those in a gray area where it isn’t clear. We know that at the mid point of the tribulation when the Antichrist sets himself up on the temple there is a rapture of the believers who remain. We know at the end of this seven year period there is the Great White Throne where many unbelievers will be cast into the lake of fire. Suppose at the beginning of this 7 year period the good and faithful servants are raptured, those to whom the Lord says to “enter into the joy of your Lord”.

33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Many Christians will say that since we don’t know the day and the hour there is no reason to watch. This is a misunderstanding. On the festival of trumpets you have to watch for the new moon precisely because you don’t know the day and the hour. You don't know the day, you don't know the hour, but the witnesses do know what to watch for, what signs will signal the beginning of this day.

34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Every one of us has been assigned a job to do by the Lord. You want to be doing that job faithfully when He returns.

35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

This is a reference to the High Priest. He would walk around the temple at night and if he found those who were supposed to be watching sleeping he would set their clothes on fire. They would wake up, throw off the cloak and run naked in shame. The same thing the Lord warned the lukewarm church in Laodicea of.

37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Three times we are told to watch. Think of the audacity of believers who teach we don’t need to watch. They say “if you are ready at the Lord’s return that is all that matters”. Time and time again we are told that honoring God’s word, keeping His word, meditating on it, is to honor God. When the Lord tells us to watch and take heed repeatedly to this word, you have a lot of chutzpah to tell saints they don’t need to watch and don’t need to take heed to this word.
 
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Video Title The false prophet, is he here? Amazing to see the quotes of Pope Francis and everything he has done since being Pope
put his own name instead of vicar of Christ, said the cross was God's failure, another thing not in the video he made it illegal for
priests to say mass in latin anymore (ex clergy, forgot his name, said mass in latin was a form of exorcism expelling evil spirits and demons) that is amazing to hear because my mom was delivered from possession many years ago by watching Pope John Paul II say mass in latin, well no more. This pope has done and said so much that is flying under the radar, watch this video to see his true colors.
You shall know them by their fruit.
 
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Wow, this is really an amazing look at recent events in light of Bible prophecy.

I had to respond after only watching a few minutes. First the AC is not Obama, the AC will be revealed in the beginning of the tribulation as the rider on the white horse the first of the 4 horsemen, he will go forth and conquer, he will not regard the desire of women (he will not be married or have children) He will have 10 kings that give him their kingdoms, he will rise (the little horn) out of the revived Roman Empire, he will have the second beast or false prophet head a global religion (lamb with 2 horns) that eventually points worship to him. He will confirm a covenant with Israel and the middle east for 7 years that includes the rebuilding of the temple ie;the Holy place. He will halfway through at the 3.5 yr point stop the daily sacrifice stand in the Holy place (the temple) and DECLARE himself to be God (Obama did NOT do that) he will cause all to worship his image set up by the false prophet which will talk and move and the world will marvel, The Jews will initially accept him as their messiah (they never accepted Obama), after hearing him declare himself to be God they will flee to the wilderness and God will sustain them for 3.5 years. The tribulation has 144,000 Jewish believers who evangelize the world, where are they? What about the 2 witnesses Elijah and Enoch who come down from heaven and oversee the rebuilding of the temple and witnessing to to the world? Calling fire down from heaven and breathing fire out of their mouths against anyone who tries to stop them, they will cause a worldwide drought during their whole time here on earth for 3.5 years. That certainly hasn't happened, just look at the worldwide torrential rains, we are NOT in the tribulation, these are the birthpains. The tribulation will have massive wars and death by the sword and pestilences, famines, seas roaring meaning tsunamis, massive eathquakes, 75 lb hail stones, outrageous natural disasters like volcano eruptions, and tornadoes etc. all before the last half which will kill 1/3 and 1/4 of the earth's population there will be no drinkable water, the meteor Wormwood will hit the earth the moon will be struck the sun will be so hot it will burn people! Midway through the trib.the AC will kill the 2 witnesses and their bodies will lay in the street for 3 days people will exchange gifts they are so happy, then they are called up to heaven in the sight of everyone. The AC will do great signs and wonders even calling down fire from heaven, he will be wounded in the head fataly and miraculously healed, when did that happen to Obama? He won't be an American president, America isn't even IN bible prophecy. He will divide God's land, again Obama didn't do that, he will make war against the saints, hasn't happened yet. Just because he went to Jerusalem in a limo provided by the Israeli govt. does not make him the antichrist. Sorry you wasted 8 years looking to FIT bible prophecy into the American presidency. Just because Obama was awarded a nobel peace prize that is NOT a peace treaty with Israel and her enemies for a 7 year period. The AC will rule the whole world and cause everyone young, old rich & poor, free and slave to receive his mark on their right hand or forehead that pledges their allegence and worship of the AC with his name or the number of his name 666. I'm not trying to defend Obama as he was not a good president, but he's a far cry from the antichrist who the whole globe will marvel after and say, "who is like him and who can make war with him?" I could go on but I hope you got the message! Now if you are a true believer, an overcomer and abide in Christ, trust in Him you will be raptured before you will ever see the antichrist so stop looking for someone who is NOT going to come on the scene until after the true church is gone. I do however agree on one point in that we are definitely in the last hour of the birth pains and I do believe the rapture will be this year, along with the destruction of Damascus (Isaiah 17) and the Gog Magog war (EZ 38 & 39) THEN the AC will come along with the peace treaty for Israel and her neighbors which will be the sign of the start of the 7 year tribulation. I've been studying bible prophecy ever since I got saved 17 years ago and sometimes you really have to learn from the bible scholars and I have listened to MANY and I have the gift of discernment and know in my spirit the above to be true. You can't say "he stood in the Holy place where he doesn't belong" What Holy place? there is no temple yet! AND he NEVER declared himself to be God which is the very next line in the bible. see has the tribulation begun? here: By Amir Tsarfati https://youtu.be/cuaOwY1aFoI
 

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I had to respond after only watching a few minutes. First the AC is not Obama, the AC will be revealed in the beginning of the tribulation as the rider on the white horse the first of the 4 horsemen, he will go forth and conquer, he will not regard the desire of women (he will not be married or have children) He will have 10 kings that give him their kingdoms, he will rise (the little horn) out of the revived Roman Empire, he will have the second beast or false prophet head a global religion (lamb with 2 horns) that eventually points worship to him. He will confirm a covenant with Israel and the middle east for 7 years that includes the rebuilding of the temple ie;the Holy place. He will halfway through at the 3.5 yr point stop the daily sacrifice stand in the Holy place (the temple) and DECLARE himself to be God (Obama did NOT do that) he will cause all to worship his image set up by the false prophet which will talk and move and the world will marvel, The Jews will initially accept him as their messiah (they never accepted Obama), after hearing him declare himself to be God they will flee to the wilderness and God will sustain them for 3.5 years. The tribulation has 144,000 Jewish believers who evangelize the world, where are they? What about the 2 witnesses Elijah and Enoch who come down from heaven and oversee the rebuilding of the temple and witnessing to to the world? Calling fire down from heaven and breathing fire out of their mouths against anyone who tries to stop them, they will cause a worldwide drought during their whole time here on earth for 3.5 years. That certainly hasn't happened, just look at the worldwide torrential rains, we are NOT in the tribulation, these are the birthpains. The tribulation will have massive wars and death by the sword and pestilences, famines, seas roaring meaning tsunamis, massive eathquakes, 75 lb hail stones, outrageous natural disasters like volcano eruptions, and tornadoes etc. all before the last half which will kill 1/3 and 1/4 of the earth's population there will be no drinkable water, the meteor Wormwood will hit the earth the moon will be struck the sun will be so hot it will burn people! Midway through the trib.the AC will kill the 2 witnesses and their bodies will lay in the street for 3 days people will exchange gifts they are so happy, then they are called up to heaven in the sight of everyone. The AC will do great signs and wonders even calling down fire from heaven, he will be wounded in the head fataly and miraculously healed, when did that happen to Obama? He won't be an American president, America isn't even IN bible prophecy. He will divide God's land, again Obama didn't do that, he will make war against the saints, hasn't happened yet. Just because he went to Jerusalem in a limo provided by the Israeli govt. does not make him the antichrist. Sorry you wasted 8 years looking to FIT bible prophecy into the American presidency. Just because Obama was awarded a nobel peace prize that is NOT a peace treaty with Israel and her enemies for a 7 year period. The AC will rule the whole world and cause everyone young, old rich & poor, free and slave to receive his mark on their right hand or forehead that pledges their allegence and worship of the AC with his name or the number of his name 666. I'm not trying to defend Obama as he was not a good president, but he's a far cry from the antichrist who the whole globe will marvel after and say, "who is like him and who can make war with him?" I could go on but I hope you got the message! Now if you are a true believer, an overcomer and abide in Christ, trust in Him you will be raptured before you will ever see the antichrist so stop looking for someone who is NOT going to come on the scene until after the true church is gone. I do however agree on one point in that we are definitely in the last hour of the birth pains and I do believe the rapture will be this year, along with the destruction of Damascus (Isaiah 17) and the Gog Magog war (EZ 38 & 39) THEN the AC will come along with the peace treaty for Israel and her neighbors which will be the sign of the start of the 7 year tribulation. I've been studying bible prophecy ever since I got saved 17 years ago and sometimes you really have to learn from the bible scholars and I have listened to MANY and I have the gift of discernment and know in my spirit the above to be true. You can't say "he stood in the Holy place where he doesn't belong" What Holy place? there is no temple yet! AND he NEVER declared himself to be God which is the very next line in the bible. see has the tribulation begun? here: By Amir Tsarfati https://youtu.be/cuaOwY1aFoI
The only thing I found fascinating with that video was the way in which they tied recent events in with scripture.

If you refuse to listen to people because they have a different end times interpretation you will be severely limited.

As for Obama, that is a very common theory running around the world right now. I think it is foolish to say anything more than "the antichrist will be revealed after the rapture". I don't think it helps people to speculate. However, the process of speculating includes looking at all the verses in the context of human events. So, that process can help you become familiar with the verses and to also examine these people.

Obama is certainly a person that many people have a very high regard for and you certainly wouldn't want that to become unhealthy or blind you.

Finally, most of the people speaking on the end times seem unstable to me. They will begin by making a very compelling biblical case, say that the Magog war with Israel takes place prior to the tribulation beginning, or that it is an alliance of the following countries. But then they go off on how to survive during the tribulation by living in a tent.

My focus and my goal in this blog is to make it to the 1st rapture. That is the burden the Lord has given me and it is my sense He desires that all would be in that rapture. I feel that if you give it your full focus and still come up short that at that time the best thing for you to do will be to "follow the Lord". That might involve being beheaded, but if that is how the Lord leads that is certainly the path to take. Those who would save their life will lose it and those who would lose their life for Jesus' sake will save it.
 

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We need to remember that there is a lot that we don't know. I like Thomas Edison's attitude, we haven't figured this eschatology out, instead we have figured out 99 theories that are not right.

Is the Pope a significant figure? Yes. Is he a false prophet? Yes. Is he "The" false prophet? We don't know. Same thing with Obama, he is a significant figure, beyond that we don't know. How could you possibly be sure? Has he made a secret pact with Israel? Has he set himself up in the Temple proclaiming that he is god? The same thing with Trump. Is he significant? Yes. Is he the antichrist? Is he Jehu? We don't know.

Here is what we do know

There are a number of prophecies which point to 2021 as "the dung" year. Based on the Fig tree prophecy we believe that everything must be fulfilled by 2028 on the day of Atonement. Once you pass that red line many different prophecies and their interpretations collapse. If everything must be fulfilled by Atonement 2028, then we also believe the 70th week must begin in the Fall of 2021, most likely on Rosh Hashanah, however there is a dispute over when that is, I believe it is in October, but the Torah calendar has it in September.

Now the Ezekiel prophecy concerning the Magog war against Israel should take place before the tribulation starts. This is an interpretation, it could be wrong, but I posted the link to the message on this and to my understanding it is far and away the best interpretation. You could definitely understand how the aftermath of that war would be a peace treaty with Europe and "to the victors go the spoils" you could see how they would be willing to agree with Israel building their temple.

But, how could Russia have an alliance with all these Magog nations to attack Israel if the US and China are still superpowers? Again, this is why I posted the three videos laying out the evidence that the US is the Great Babylon. I have been completely convinced of this from the Bible. If you believe this then you also believe that the US will be judged by the beast (the globalists, the UN), she will be burned with fire, stripped naked and devoured by the beast. You also believe her judgement comes in 1 hour. That is stunning. I can only envision this happening with a nuclear attack or an EMP attack.

If the US were attacked in this way I expect Taiwan to take preemptive action against China by blowing up their dams with the 3 Gorges dam being first and foremost. Based on Revelation 12 I feel this happens after the rapture.

So to reiterate, the day of the rapture can change because the Lord said we don't know the day. That does not impact the prophecies.

However, The rapture, the judgement of the Great Babylon, the flood in Revelation 12, and Magog attacking Israel, all of that needs to take place prior to October 8th in order for the peace treaty to occur then at the start of the Jewish year of affliction. Now that could be off by a few days, but once we pass October you will have difficulty with a very long list of prophecies from the Revelation 12 sign, the fig tree prophecy, the story about dunging the tree in the fourth year, Jeremiah's prophecy that the rapture is in the summer, Song of Song's prophecy about the season in which this first rapture takes place, most of Daniel's prophecies, the Magog war, etc.
 

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Proverbs 24 -- Rare and beautiful treasures fill the house

Saying 20

24 Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company; 2 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.

Maxine Waters is a good example of someone who plots violence and her lips talk about making trouble. So the warning here is don’t desire their company, they seem to have an organization and influence, stay away from them, don’t envy what they have built up, don’t desire to get involved with them because they will ultimately all be judged for their crimes.


Saying 21

3 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; 4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.

We need to appreciate the wisdom that the Lord has displayed in building His house. He has filled the church with rare and beautiful treasures. Recently I was considering all the incitement to violence and hate and the attempt to divide us with a race war. What is the best innoculation to this virus? Then it hit me: love one another as Jesus has loved you. If you lived this life it is hard to believe people could fall for this transparent attempt to divide us.

Saying 22


5 The wise prevail through great power, and those who have knowledge muster their strength. 6 Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers.

A great example of this is given to us in the movie “MoneyBall”. The story is about a General Manager of a small market baseball team trying to compete in a league where some teams had budgets two or three times greater than him. He ultimately teams up with a guy just out of college without any experience in baseball. They use statistical analysis to find players who are undervalued, guys they can get at a big discount. He is incredibly successful setting a new record for consecutive victories in a single season. We have challenges they are not insurmountable, rather we need guidance and the Lord has already filled His house with these rare and beautiful treasures that can provide that guidance.
 

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Wisdom is too high for fools

Saying 23

7 Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.

Why do you think they want to censor you? They are unable to debate openly, they get exposed as fools.

Saying 24

8 Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer. 9 The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker.

This was Trump’s error: he was a mocker. He thought it was his skill, talking about “sleepy Joe” or “little Rubio” or how thirsty someone was. People detest a mocker. If Trump had refrained from mocking others he would have been more popular and far less “unpopular”. The problem was that many people detested him to the point they were willing to scheme to get him out of power.

Saying 25

10 If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength! 11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. 12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?


I have been very impressed with those who have not faltered in time of trouble. Mike Lindell, Rudy Giuliani, Steve Bannon, etc. They have been working every day to hold back those staggering toward slaughter. There are clearly people who think the best thing to do right now is to keep your head down, don’t make waves, and hope everything passes. That is foolish. The only reason Cancel culture, censoring, and all the other heinous things that are being done even can happen is because of the “silent majority”. If 50 or 60% of this country would raise their voices in opposition to all these things then this would be over immediately. The best way to deal with a bully is to punch him in the nose.