Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Provides better scientific observations of this object as well as verse references from Haggai that point to 9/24 as the say that God shakes the heaven and the Earth.
 

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Provides better scientific observations of this object as well as verse references from Haggai that point to 9/24 as the say that God shakes the heaven and the Earth.
I am not a fan of using predictive programming, however, it does reveal something very important that is in the word.

Imagine you worked for one of these shows and had become aware of the coming meteor shower. You weren't allowed to tell people, that would create a panic, hysteria, and as Nicholas Cage says "who am I to stop the end of the world". Still you would feel obligated to speak a warning.

So then the predictive warning does two things, it is a very weak attempt to respond to your conscience for some, and for the rest it reveals that those who are there to "serve and protect" are not at all interested in doing that. Rather they use the money we have given them to "cloak" this impending doom (great deception) and they intentionally keep people in the dark while at the same time looking to profit from it. The depth of the wickedness is so disgusting I won't even touch it. The Lord will judge.

In short the predictive programming demonstrates how utterly evil and despicable they are. Instead of using the information to warn people to save them alive they are using it to make themselves rich while at the same time trying to maintain credibility after the event. They are not using this information to serve and protect, they use it to enrich themselves, but hey, they don't want to lose their job after this is done. So instead they are creating a system where they can track every single person on the planet so they can stamp out any dissent, and also to prevent anyone from bartering so that they still have complete power over the world.
 

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They saw a natural disaster coming that would wipe out millions of people and be catastrophic to the world's economy. Do they pull in the best astronomers and mathematicians to calculate exactly where the collisions will be and then evacuate those areas? Nope, instead they create a pandemic where they would then force everyone to take this vaccine so they can have complete control over everyone and they anticipate dissent when people realize how they have been treated. Diabolical, evil, wicked, what word would you use? May the Lord judge.
 

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This also explains much of the politics we have seen. Why move manufacturing out of the US? If you realize the US will be destroyed in 2021 then the world needs that manufacturing to be moved. They don't care about moving people but they do care about moving the manufacturing. Tells you where their heart is.

You also see this in Revelation when the Great Babylon is destroyed they don't mourn because "who will make the stuff we sell" no, they mourn because "who will buy the stuff we sell". The US is the world's biggest consumer, but not its biggest manufacturer.

You can also understand why Biden would shut down the pipeline and open the border wide open to immigrants. Why build a pipeline that will be destroyed in this meteor shower, and why not use the meteor shower to kill two birds with one stone, so hey, lets fill the country with immigrants before it hits.
 

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This gives a much better understanding and view of what he is talking about.
 

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This blog is a collection of verse references concerning the day of the Lord and concerning the redemption of our body. I chose to focus on the rapture and to focus even more on the first rapture knowing that this is a controversial topic. The Lord says that “as you see the day approaching” and so one of my goals was to understand from the Bible what we would see that would tell us the day is approaching. I use the gospel of Luke, chapter 21 as my outline for this abstract because Luke is focused on this first rapture (Mark is on the mid tribulation rapture and Matthew on the rapture of Israel). You will see that some of the things mentioned in Mark and Matthew are not here because you will not see them prior to the rapture.

The Widow’s Offering

21 As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 3 “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

There is a beautiful symmetry here. The chapter ends with us praying that we would be able to escape the coming destruction and to stand before the Son of Man. The chapter begins with this little window into that. Jesus sees everything. He sees how dedicated you are and His math is different from the world. In the world a man who gives $1,000 gave more than a woman who gave $20. But if you are simply skimming off the top you are giving a much smaller percent of your wealth whereas someone who is giving everything they have is giving a much bigger percent. Are you giving all your living or are you giving whatever is extra? What is the point of studying the rapture if you are not going to escape and are not worthy to stand before the Son of Man? Jesus gave everything He had, He gave His life, how can you stand before Him if you have not also given all you have, given all your living?


The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times

5 Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, 6 “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down.”

In Corinthians we are told by Paul that we are building the church with gold, silver and precious stones and that our building work will be tested by fire. If it stands the test you receive a reward, if it burns up in the fire you suffer a loss but you will still be saved, yet so as through fire. So there is a judgement going on, the rapture is this judgement. Those who are taken in the first rapture are receiving this reward, those who are left behind will suffer loss just like having a fire burn up everything you have worked for, but they themselves will still be saved. This refers to the two raptures. This temple that the disciples were admiring was about to suffer loss, they built according to their own opinion. They should have recognized that Jesus Christ had come and yet they didn’t. There were very many prophecies including Daniel which told them the exact year He would be crucified and even though they considered themselves Bible scholars they didn’t recognize Him. There was the star of Bethlehem, yet they missed that. There were two thousand kids who were murdered, also a fulfillment of prophecy and yet they missed that. John the Baptist paved the way for Him and yet they missed that. The blind received their sight, the lame walked, the dead were raised and yet they still insisted on not recognizing Him. So the Temple appeared to be made with stones and beautiful gifts, but in God’s eyes it was wood, hay and stubble and would be burned. What happened in 70 AD to the temple and what happened to the Jews is an example of what Paul meant when he said that “we would suffer loss”. We can also see that the Lord is not referring to physical stones, physical gold, or physical silver. These great cathedrals that have been built with their great artwork will also be burned up. No, the gold, silver and precious stones refers to God’s divine nature, Jesus’ redemption, and the Spirit’s transforming work. The Triune God needs to be worked into our being, that is how you build the church. The word of God is fine gold, it is the finest silver, and it is precious stones. We live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Are you constituted with the word of God, is it mingled with your daily living? We need works that express our faith. Abraham offering up Isaac was an example of a work that expressed his faith in God. Wood, hay and stubble refers to works that come from our natural opinion, ideas, and concepts. When you read George Mueller’s biography you will see that his entire work of setting up orphanages rested on a single word that God spoke to him from the Bible. It was a work of faith. His faith was not dead because it had a living expression.

When will these things happen and what will be the sign that they are about to take place?

7 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”

This would be the perfect place for the Lord to respond “no one knows the day or the hour” but He doesn’t. Let that sink deep inside, everything He says is an answer to this question. We will see there are definitely signs that tell us when these things are about to happen. The Magi got a sign and a few months later they see the baby Jesus. The ministry of John the Baptist was a sign. Mary, the mother of Jesus, kept all the different signs in her heart.
 

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What out for false prophets

8 He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.

On the one hand there are signs that tell us when these things are about to happen, on the other hand Satan will disguise himself as an angel of light and try to deceive us. The last two thousand years of the church age is filled with false prophets and false Christs (cult leaders) who want people to follow them. The lesson to be learned is not that Christians need to avoid this topic or this chapter, but rather we need to know the Lord. We are His sheep and we know His voice. Second lesson is we should not be ignorant of Satan’s devices. If it is possible to deceive the elect he will do so. The extent of his deceptions and the lengths that he will go to in order to deceive us is incredible. The cult leaders like Jim Jones is the first and most obvious example. In warfare it is critical to keep your balance. An attack may cause you to fall (as with those who were deceived and followed the false christ) but it may also cause you to overreact, over compensate. Either way you are not balanced. The Lord said “I will build my house and the gates of hades will not prevail against it”. If you are standing with the Lord building the house then you should be experiencing the attacks of the gates of hell. Being someplace where there is no attack is a sign that you are not with the Lord building His house. When I played football I was told to “fight the pressure”. If the lineman is trying to push you one way that is where you don’t want to go. On the one hand we have Jim Jones telling us the time is near and we need to follow him. That is grape kool aid. On the other hand you have these denominational preachers saying “no one knows the day or the hour” and that we should not touch this topic, that is the cherry Kool aid. Either way you are being deceived. Every word of God is good for teaching, for reproof, for instruction in righteousness. Anyone who removes words from the Bible or says you should skip this chapter, that chapter and the book of Revelation will be accursed. So then how do we identify these false prophets. They come in the Lord’s name, they will be in the appearance of a believer, they are wolves in sheeps clothing. Only they are not satisfied being one of the many sheep, no they are a special sheep, they are “he”. This is so obvious you have to be very naive to fall for it. They have a special anointing, a special gift, they are “the apostle”, or who knows, they may claim to be Christ! One technique is to deny that they say that and yet everything they do say would lead you to believe that “wow, this is Christ!” That is the big tell. A second big component of their ministry is “the time is near”. This is very distinctive, they are saying that at the end of the age, the time is near, the messiah has returned secretly to lead people out of this evil world, and only those in this cult out of 7.5 billion people on earth know. Once again you have to be extremely naive. The gospel goes out to the whole world and then the end comes. We are not a “secret society”, those are of Satan. We are not of the world but the Lord has sent us out into the world to preach the gospel and to be His witness until He comes. There is no special pre rapture period where we then leave the world and are no longer responsible to be witnesses. But the ultimate tell is that you need to follow them? Why? We have the fellowship of the Apostles, this is our covenant, our contract with God. Jesus is living in our heart. Where in our contract does it ever say that we also will need to follow some man at the end of the age. Rather it doesn’t say that, it says that is a deception from the enemy. Now many will think, thank God I’m not in a cult like Jim Jones. OK, but do you follow a man? Can you read the Bible for yourself or do you need some Bible teacher to tell you what it says? How did the Lord put it, oh yea, “depart from me workers of iniquity, I never knew you”. Do you know the Lord, do you know His word, can you recognize His voice, or do you need someone else to tell you what God is saying? If you don’t have that relationship everything else is not important, you will never deceive the Lord at His coming and the door will be shut in your face.
 

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If you say that you are a Methodist then you are "following them". If you are an Episcopalian then "you are following them". The Pope sets himself up in the seat of Christ and even puts his words above the Lords. Jim Jones was a tiny false prophet, there are much bigger ones who have deceived far more people than him. Remember Balaam who spoke only the words God gave him was a false prophet. Anyone who tells you that you need to go to them to hear God's speaking or God's up to date speaking, or the complete gospel or any other nonsense is deceiving you and the Lord has warned you about them.
 

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When you compare Luke 21 with similar chapters: Matthew 24 and Mark 13 the first striking difference is that only Luke has this story of the widow casting in her whole living. That is the prerequisite to make the first rapture.

Whenever I see this story of the poor widow casting in two mites I am reminded of my uncle. He lived in Jackson, Mississippi during the 60s. He was there when the KKK was bombing black churches and he set up a charity called "operation shoestring" to help these churches rebuild. It always reminded me of the poor widow casting in two mites (he was definitely not well off). Anyway the KKK then bombed his house. He was married and had two children who were in the house at the time. As a result the whole family then moved to an efficiency (basically one large living room, a kitchen and a bathroom). We went down to visit them and together we had 9 people all sleeping on this floor (no furniture). I was a young kid so this was a great adventure for me. But it was too much for his wife so his stance for the Lord cost him his marriage and he suffered a lot of criticism from his family who felt his actions had made them a target in Jackson.

You have Christians who are "absolute" but to the rest of the world appear like kooks. If you think you have given your whole living then fine, you will probably be taken in the first rapture.
 

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Wars and uprisings


9 When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”

Here is another distinction between Luke, and Matthew and Mark. In Luke it is “wars and tumults” and in the other two gospels it is wars and rumors of war. We now have “police actions” where we don’t consider that it rises to the level of a war. Panama Canal was not a war, it was a tumult. Falkland Islands was not a war, it was a tumult. The Gulf war is a war, and police actions are tumults. This will be the situation prior to the tribulation and the first rapture.

10 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.


World War I, World War II, and the two Gulf wars are examples. But if we consider the whole church age you can include many other wars: Vietnam, Korea, Napoleonic, etc.

Earthquakes, Famines and Pestilences


11 There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places,

Krakatoa, Japan’s Tsunami, Indonesia Tsunami, and various pestilences like Black plague and Spanish flu.

Fearful Events

and fearful events

The terrorist attacks are fearful events. Munich Olympics and taking the Israeli team hostage was a fearful event. 9/11 was a fearful event. This bombing in Afghanistan was a fearful event. The mortgage meltdown was a fearful event. Chernobyl was a fearful event.

Great signs from heaven


and great signs from heaven.

The Revelation 12 sign on September 23, 2017 was a great sign from heaven. There have been a whole host of lunar eclipses and solar eclipses which are very prophetic, within this blog you can see links to videos that go into great detail on the significance of each one. The lord describes these things as though there would be lots of them, kind of like a bowl of M and M’s, but then at the very end you will have great signs from heaven. The sense I get is don’t get all bent out of shape over a war or a famine or a pestilence or an earthquake, or even from a fearful event. All of these things will happen, there will be many of them, and they don’t really tell you that the day of the Lord is at hand. However, at the very end you will get great signs from heaven, that is the key sign. The Revelation sign is a great sign, the last time something similar to this happened was six thousand years ago depicting that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent’s head. This sign will not appear again for several thousand years. It is a great sign. You have the woman (Virgo) crowned with 12 stars, clothed with the sun and the moon is at her feet. In her belly you have Jupiter for 9 months and then comes out the birth canal. This sign occurred at the feast of trumpets in 2017.

The feasts are prophetic, Paul in Colossians said that the feasts were a shadow of things to come. Passover was fulfilled when Jesus was crucified. The feast of firstfruits was fulfilled at His resurrection. The feast of unleavened bread was fulfilled indicating the church age. The feast of Shavuot was fulfilled at His ascension. The feast of Pentecost (feast of new wine) was fulfilled in Acts depicting the new testament ministry as the new wine, the church as the new wine skins and everyone hearing the great things of God in their own tongue as the gospel that is preached to the whole world. The next major feast is the feast of Trumpets which announces the coming of the King. It is ten days before the feast of Atonement where we are all judged to see whose name is written in the book of life. These ten days signify ten years known as “Jacob’s trouble”. This September 23rd, in the evening, is the fourth anniversary of the Revelation 12 sign and many believe this will be when the tribulation begins.

So then it is very important to know what these heavenly signs are that have been prophesied and to dive deeper into a fuller understanding of what these mean. Most of the intense watchmen posting on the internet concerning the day of the Lord approaching began with this Revelation 12 sign. It is the nail on which many of these prophecies of the Lord’s coming hang.
 

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If you look at all these events: wars, uprisings, earthquakes, famines, pestilences, fearful events and great signs from heaven it seems every time we had one we had some false Christ claiming the day was near and to follow him into some cult. Think about Haley's comet, or Krakatoa.

James Nichols Thom claimed to be Christ in an uprising against paying taxes. The Black death was interpreted by many to be a sign of the end of the world. Likewise with the Bubonic plague and the great fire of London.

So if you look at this it seems the Lord is warning against using these events to predict the end of the age and to avoid the false prophets who claim to be Christ and that you should follow them.

If you think about it all these kooks are the reason no one wants to touch this topic. So there are two different approaches Satan can take, first he can ridicule, mock and slander those who explore these prophecies. If that doesn't work he can push those who are pursuing them to go off the deep end. We are supposed to thread the eye of the needle, being a doomsday cult sitting on your rooftop is unbalanced, but so is taking the attitude that "no one knows the day or the hour" so don't even touch these verses.
 

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But, Before all this -- The Church Age -- The Times of the Gentiles

12 “But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. 13 And so you will bear testimony to me. 14 But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. 15 For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. 16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. 17 Everyone will hate you because of me. 18 But not a hair of your head will perish. 19 Stand firm, and you will win life.

The Lord’s response is divided into three sections. The first section talks about how we need to be careful we are not deceived. We are now coming to the second section which is referring to the apostles and everything we saw happen in the Acts of the Apostles. The rapture is divided into two groups, the first to rise are the dead in Christ. So the Lord is now giving us a vision of the “dead in Christ”. They were persecuted, especially by religious leaders, put in prison, and in their trials they will give testimony, they will be the Lord’s witnesses. Everyone will hate them because of the Lord.

20 “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22 For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. 23 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

We might be tempted to think this is talking about the Day of the Lord but the section ends with “until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled”. But there is a very nice symmetry here, what we saw at the beginning of the age we will see again at the end of the age. This also tells us that the book of Acts is not simply historical but also prophetic. What has been will be.
 

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Signs in the Sun, moon and Stars


25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars.

This is where the third section begins, this is about the end of the age and the signs. These signs begin with signs in the sun, moon and stars. He is not referring to Haley’s comet, or a supernova, simply signs. When you drive down the road you see signs that tell you how far away your destination is. This is what we are seeing. In this blog I provide links to those who go through all the lunar eclipses, solar eclipses and signs in the stars pointing to the Day of the Lord. It seems similar to the “great signs in the heavens” used by false Christs to get followers. The difference between the two is that these signs are prophesied of in both the Old and New Testament. Haley’s comet and the supernova that were both used by these false Christs were also prophesied of in this chapter that they would be used by false Christs. Is it confusing? Not really, the simple solution is to read the word of God, a more sure word of prophesy, that has been confirmed, and that is a light to our path.

Climate Change

On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.

What a great prophecy. If you were going to boil down Climate Change to the heart of the issue what do you get? You would think it would be about polar bears, or melting ice. But let’s be real, the nations are not in perplexity about melting ice or polar bears. This term perplexity indicates this big debate we have had for several decades over the science of Climate change and more importantly what if anything we should do about it. The one thing that is spurring us to action is the roaring and tossing of the sea. Increased hurricane activity, bigger hurricanes, more powerful hurricanes and more frequent hurricanes. Not only so but we have been repeatedly told that sea level is rising and how catastrophic that will be. It is strange that some of the biggest proponents of climate change own beach front property. Barack Obama has a $40 million dollar mansion on Martha’s Vineyard. It is almost as though they use the threat of Climate change to drive down the price of the property they want to buy. Still it is undeniable that the nations are in anguish and perplexity over Climate change. This is a sign that the Day of the Lord is upon us.

The Heavenly Bodies will be shaken


26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.

There are two ways to look at this word, you can see it as referring to a meteor shower, or a supernova, or some other astronomical sign. In which case it would be a repeat of signs in the sun, moon and stars. Or you can see it as a repeat of great signs in the heavens. Another way to look at this verse is that every nation has angels, the shaking of the heavenly power structure is reflected and expressed on earth when you see the shaking of the earthly governments. Both of these are Biblically valid interpretations. For example, what happened in Afghanistan is the shaking of the power structure of the various nations. Cuomo resigning and Newsom being recalled is a shaking of the heavens. Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell have also caused the heavenly bodies to be shaken. The audit is causing the heavenly bodies to be shaken. All of these events are a fulfillment of this word and the Old Testament prophets go into great detail about these as well as other words from the Lord and the apostles. Many people are “fainting from terror” and are extremely apprehensive about what is taking place and what is coming. On the other hand I believe that what is coming is a meteor shower that will truly shake the heavenly bodies. Satan and the fallen angels will be cast to earth, literally. When that happens the Great Babylon will be burned with fire, stripped naked and devoured by the Beast, the united nations. I give links to about two hours of messages that show from the Bible that the “Great Babylon” refers to the US. There are other links that show that this meteor shower is approaching the earth and that all the leaders of the world know about it. The reason they are acting so weird is that they are fainting from terror and apprehensive about what is coming on the Earth.

Look Up! Your Redemption draws near

27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

At that time refers to the end of the tribulation. The entire seven year period is referred to as “the day of the Lord” and it concludes with the whole world seeing the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. However, when these things “begin to take place” believers should “stand up”. We need to take a stand, we need to stand up and proclaim that the Day of the Lord is at hand. We also need to lift up your heads. For two thousand years Christians did not look at the stars, we were warned about astrology, a form of divination. Astrology is witchcraft, it is sinful, and it is rebellion against God. We have a sure word of prophecy in the Bible, to go to others to divine the future is an insult to the Lord. However, at the end of the age there are signs in the heavens given to us by God. The prophecies mention them and we need to lift up our heads. Our redemption is drawing near both figuratively and literally. Right now I have posted links to bizarre sightings in the heavens of “two suns”. These sightings have taken place all over the world: they showed up on China’s news, Russia, India, the Middle East and the US. We have special satellites that view the sun and they have picked up very clear images of these objects. They are approaching the earth and “our redemption”, the redemption of our bodies, what we call the rapture, will take place at the same time a meteor shower from the tail of this object will be cast to earth. As best we can tell it will be at exactly the four year anniversary of the Revelation 12 sign (evening of September 23, 2021). Yes, it is coming “with great power” and there is nothing that the world can do about it. This object is so great in size that we are completely powerless to do anything about it. However, NASA and perhaps other nations have been working to “cloak” it in clouds and with other technology so that it does not send the earth into a panic and hysteria. We know that they know because of “predictive programming” things that have been encoded into the movies and TV. We know that they are in terror because of the panic they are expressing with this vaccine mandate. They are terrified that this event could knock us back to the stone age, not so bad for farmers, but terrifying to politicians.
 

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Fig Tree Parable

29 He told them this parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.

Many people ignore the “all the trees” portion of this prophecy. Israel was not the only nation that was reformed after WWI. All of those nations are depicted by national trees whether we are talking about Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. This parable is all about the Middle East and of course Israel in 1948 being reformed as a nation.

30 When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. 31 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

This prophecy is quite amazing, when you see this happen you know that the Day of the Lord is near, but in the analogy He calls it “summer”. Two big dates in Israel’s history, May 14, 1948 when the UN in an hour made them a new nation, these dry bones can live, it is considered one of the most amazing prophecies ever. The second big date is when Israel retook Jerusalem in the six day war. The prophecies in Daniel are all about Jerusalem. However, if we look at this chapter the age of the Gentiles begins when the temple is destroyed and they are able to trample it. The age will end when the Temple is rebuilt.

32 “Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Some argue that “this generation” refers to the generation that was listening to Him at the time, others argue that “this generation” refers to the generation when Israel was reformed which puts a 70-80 year time frame on the completion of all things. I am going to argue that it is both. In this chapter the Lord spoke a word to those who were there that the Temple would be destroyed, that they would be arrested and give testimony before kings, etc. All of that was fulfilled. He also gave a prophecy concerning Israel being reformed (and all the trees) and that also has been fulfilled along with all these other prophecies about wars, climate change, the powers of heaven being shaken, and the approach of our redemption being something we can see if we look up.

Pray that you may be able to escape and to stand before the Son of Man

34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

This is the key point. You don’t need to pray that you will know all the eschatology or that you will know all the prophecies or even that you will see the day approaching. What you need to pray for is that you may be able to escape and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man. Those are the two most important things. Will He say “well done thou good and faithful servant”?
 

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Are you still saying the end of this month for the rapture (three days left) or are you
going with before the end of summer? That would give us just over three weeks...

I avoid saying anything concerning when the rapture is. However, I have noted that the prophecy in Jeremiah that "the summer is past and we are not saved" and the Fig Tree prophecy both suggest that once the summer is over if you have not been raptured you missed it. I have just posted an extensive discourse in my blog on Luke 21 (which I view as an abstract on the entire discussion of the rapture).

So instead of the rapture let's talk about when Revelation 12:4 And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: Is fulfilled.

I know this will come as a shock to a lot of people but the Lord told you that when you saw the day approaching you should look up and you will see your redemption drawing near. I have posted a number of videos from around the world (Russia, China, India, Middle East and the US) as well as satellite images of the Sun that show a very large object (planet? Dwarf sun?) approaching the earth and it is dragging a tail of debris. This debris will hit the earth the evening of September 23/24 which coincidentally (for those of you who would prefer to believe in coincidences rather than prophecies) is the four year anniversary of the Revelation sign that appeared September 23, 2017.

This will cause a catastrophic meteor shower that will hit the US. I have also posted an excellent Bible study on the US being the Great Babylon, this woman goes through the verses in a 3 part series that is over 2 hours long. The judgement of the Great Babylon will come in an hour, she will be burned with fire, stripped naked and devoured by the beast (UN). The world leaders have known about this for about 20 years. This is why they have moved manufacturing out of the US. This is why all of the nations around the world are in such a panic and are united behind this vaccine mandate. They know the US dollar will be worthless on September 24th and to avoid a Mad Max scenario (which is especially bad for politicians) they will enforce a new "Mark of the Beast" system. Interestingly September 22nd is the official last day of Summer, so September 23rd is when summer is officially over.
 

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One thing has bothered me about this prophecy which are many, many rapture dreams that don't only see the meteor shower, they also see nuclear bombs coming from Russia. Now that is according to the prophecy on the destruction of the Great Babylon, but why? I can't imagine Russia firing nuclear missiles at the US prior to the meteor shower because we would retaliate. But why would they fire them after the meteor shower? I think I finally figured it out. After the collapse of the USSR we were most worried about the Russian nukes falling into the hands of terrorists. I suspect Russia decided to forget that whole nightmare, as soon as the US is destroyed by the meteors they fire Nuke's at all our missile silos to make sure they never fall into the hands of terrorists.
 

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Ezekiel 21:16-24 US democracy is the antithesis of the rule by the Antichrist

16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

There are a number of ways this can be resolved. I think they erroneously thought that if they could just get to December 14th they could win. The state legislatures can decide to not certify the votes and appoint different electors and even then the Congress can also bypass the election and vote by state. But what we have seen is a slow motion move towards full discovery, and as we move in this direction the lies and sins of the corrupt government and oligarchs are being exposed. CNN’s ratings are down 40%, only 35% of Americans feel they can trust CNN. This is huge, you can’t expose this sin if no one believes it, you have to wake people up first.

17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.


But what did they choose? To create a false flag event, shoot Ashli dead, blame grandmothers and grandfathers for murder, throw people into prison without a trial for trespassing, and on and on. So the Lord says that He also will respond in kind. The Lord’s fury will strike like a fist and the enemy will be knocked out cold.

18 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

There are two main lines in these legal proceedings. Giuliani is very specific with the Presidential election in the US and having that outcome reversed. That is the path to Judah in Jerusalem the defensed. Sydney Powell is focused on a much bigger corruption of China and Venezuela being involved in robbing elections worldwide, we see this with Mike Lindell and his cyber symposium. The outcome of her case will have widespread implications and effects on many elected officials. Everyone understands that Giuliani’s approach must be first and foremost because the clock is running on that one. We are seeing this in Arizona and Georgia will follow after that with forensic audits.

21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

OK, great picture, probably impossible to understand were it not being played out in front of our eyes. The mainstream media is claiming that all allegations of election fraud are false and misleading. Every single post that you see on Youtube includes a little message from Youtube that Reuters has already called the election for Biden. For the mainstream media this is a “false divination”. I was at the rally in Harrisburg on Saturday and a few people came by to yell that the election was over. They have “sworn oaths”. It is very funny, they think that since CNN and Reuters have called it that that is it. However, if they are wrong and we just ignore them then CNN and Reuters have destroyed their credibility. These legal cases are like battering rams. The day before thanksgiving there was a hearing in Gettysburg that smashed down the door and convinced many that there is evidence of voter fraud. Sydney Powell and Lin Wood have cast a mound and built a fort in Georgia. About 150 million people have watched Mike Lindell’s movie “Absolute Proof” from start to finish. This is not over. The audit in Maricopa county has already submitted their final report, when that is made public it could smash the gate wide open.

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

Every contact leaves a trace. When you steal an election there are a lot of people involved, a lot of witnesses. Ballots are evidence. Phony and illegal laws are evidence. Computers and servers are evidence. Statistical anomalies are evidence. They have made their iniquity to be remembered, we have discovered their transgressions. We have discovered dead people voting and people using PO boxes as home addresses. We have discovered ballot harvesting, people fixing ballots and people running through ballots multiple times. We have discovered missing USB drives and votes for Trump that were never counted.

People ask why is the US election so important? This is democracy versus tyranny, it is rule by men's conscience or by a tyrant, that is what this is all about. What happened in Afghanistan is a consequence of this election. Iran and Israel starting to fight again is a consequence of this election. If the US falls, Taiwan falls and so does democracy in Asia. Israel will also be attacked and with it democracy in the Middle East. Canada already appears to have fallen. Perhaps Australia and New Zealand can continue in some kind of irrelevant way. We know that the end of the Age sees a worldwide tryannical leader called "the AntiChrist" that name indicates the photographic negative of the Lord. The US constitution and democracy is the antithesis of the rule by the Antichrist. We saw this battle played out earlier in history and is commemorated with the festival of Hannukah, the feast of rededication. The New Testament ministry is likened to this same battle and this feast which is "8 days of light".