Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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1Jn 3:1-10 -- The Lord is manifested at the end of the age to destroy the works of the devil
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
This has been the focus of the gospel and the age of grace that we might behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us. At the end of this age this mystery will be revealed, it will be the Lord’s masterpiece, the whole universe will see the sons of God. The world doesn't know us, when we preach the gospel of Jesus Christ they don't know us, when we warn them of the coming judgement they are still clueless. This is why the Lord said His coming would be as a thief in the night. At that time they will know we had the truth, that we were the sons of God, that we had the word that would light the way, but then it will be too late, we'll be gone.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
At the end of the age when the Lord appears His people will also appear “like Him”. If you want to be like Him in His resurrection then you must also be like Him in His sufferings and death.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
This is our hope. It is not simply to “be raptured” but to be “like Him”. We will be examined, just as He was. The accuser of the brethren will be the prosecutor. We will overcome by the Blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
Jesus was manifested to take away our sin. We have the hope that we will be like Him, like our older brother, the many brothers, that we too will take away the sins of the world. We need to take a stand against unrighteousness, be one with the Holy Spirit in our spirit to stand up to the evil one.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
At the end of the age there will be two types of people. Those that abide in the Lord and are not sinning and those that are sinning and don’t know the Lord. You have people protesting unrighteousness, but they are rioting and looting. That is sin and is evidence that they don't know Him and are not abiding in Him. Then there are others who are jellyfish, just go along to get along. They are not standing up for righteousness, they are not bearing their cross, they are not in the fellowship of His suffering. So they also are not abiding in Him. They are not walking according to faith and anything that is not of faith is sin.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Isn’t it funny all the religious rules we have concerning who is a Christian, who is saved, who knows the Lord. These people who are stepping forward as witnesses of the sin despite the threats to themselves, their families and their career. They are doing righteousness and they are righteous even as the Lord is righteous. They are abiding in Him. They are heeding their conscience. They are called deplorables, by who? By the self righteous and by the wicked. Don't let them deceive you. He that doeth righteousness is righteous even as He is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Can we let this sink into our heart? The Lord was manifested so that He might destroy the works of the devil. The end of the age the Lord is manifested again, this time in His redeemed, transformed people, the army of God, to destroy the works of the devil. 911 was the work of the devil, the mortgage meltdown was the work of the devil, this bioweapon that killed many was the work of the devil. Turning the US into Sodom and Gomorrah is the work of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Those that are born of God will be manifested. They can’t sin, they can’t lie, they can’t go along with what is happening because they are born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
It’s not just about doing righteousness it is also about loving your brother. Those who are of the devil don’t mind the fact that some will suffer because of their actions, it is all about what is best for them. But the children of God, their conscience bothers them not just about righteousness but also about the effect that this fraud will have on others.
I have decided to retire because it is the strongest stance I can take against the vaccine mandate. For me to stay in my job I would be labeled as "non compliant", in other words not subject to the authorities. I am between a rock and a hard place. If I speak the word that the Lord has given me I would be in rebellion. The Lord says if they reject you in one city shake off the dust and go to the next. So, by retiring I will be shaking off the dust. However, it clings to you. The union has made it impossible to retire prior to DeBlasio's deadline if I listen to them. So I have had to consult with others who have retired. I tried to log into the system and for some reason it won't let me. They will cling to me but I will shake off the dust and do so prior to the first day I am to report back because on that day I'll be categorized as "non compliant".
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
This has been the focus of the gospel and the age of grace that we might behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us. At the end of this age this mystery will be revealed, it will be the Lord’s masterpiece, the whole universe will see the sons of God. The world doesn't know us, when we preach the gospel of Jesus Christ they don't know us, when we warn them of the coming judgement they are still clueless. This is why the Lord said His coming would be as a thief in the night. At that time they will know we had the truth, that we were the sons of God, that we had the word that would light the way, but then it will be too late, we'll be gone.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
At the end of the age when the Lord appears His people will also appear “like Him”. If you want to be like Him in His resurrection then you must also be like Him in His sufferings and death.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
This is our hope. It is not simply to “be raptured” but to be “like Him”. We will be examined, just as He was. The accuser of the brethren will be the prosecutor. We will overcome by the Blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
Jesus was manifested to take away our sin. We have the hope that we will be like Him, like our older brother, the many brothers, that we too will take away the sins of the world. We need to take a stand against unrighteousness, be one with the Holy Spirit in our spirit to stand up to the evil one.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
At the end of the age there will be two types of people. Those that abide in the Lord and are not sinning and those that are sinning and don’t know the Lord. You have people protesting unrighteousness, but they are rioting and looting. That is sin and is evidence that they don't know Him and are not abiding in Him. Then there are others who are jellyfish, just go along to get along. They are not standing up for righteousness, they are not bearing their cross, they are not in the fellowship of His suffering. So they also are not abiding in Him. They are not walking according to faith and anything that is not of faith is sin.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Isn’t it funny all the religious rules we have concerning who is a Christian, who is saved, who knows the Lord. These people who are stepping forward as witnesses of the sin despite the threats to themselves, their families and their career. They are doing righteousness and they are righteous even as the Lord is righteous. They are abiding in Him. They are heeding their conscience. They are called deplorables, by who? By the self righteous and by the wicked. Don't let them deceive you. He that doeth righteousness is righteous even as He is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Can we let this sink into our heart? The Lord was manifested so that He might destroy the works of the devil. The end of the age the Lord is manifested again, this time in His redeemed, transformed people, the army of God, to destroy the works of the devil. 911 was the work of the devil, the mortgage meltdown was the work of the devil, this bioweapon that killed many was the work of the devil. Turning the US into Sodom and Gomorrah is the work of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Those that are born of God will be manifested. They can’t sin, they can’t lie, they can’t go along with what is happening because they are born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
It’s not just about doing righteousness it is also about loving your brother. Those who are of the devil don’t mind the fact that some will suffer because of their actions, it is all about what is best for them. But the children of God, their conscience bothers them not just about righteousness but also about the effect that this fraud will have on others.
I have decided to retire because it is the strongest stance I can take against the vaccine mandate. For me to stay in my job I would be labeled as "non compliant", in other words not subject to the authorities. I am between a rock and a hard place. If I speak the word that the Lord has given me I would be in rebellion. The Lord says if they reject you in one city shake off the dust and go to the next. So, by retiring I will be shaking off the dust. However, it clings to you. The union has made it impossible to retire prior to DeBlasio's deadline if I listen to them. So I have had to consult with others who have retired. I tried to log into the system and for some reason it won't let me. They will cling to me but I will shake off the dust and do so prior to the first day I am to report back because on that day I'll be categorized as "non compliant".
One more reason to pray that you are able to escape
Luke 21:36 Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of distress, such as never was since there was a nation until that time. And at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that is found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.
3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars, for ever and ever.
John 5:
28 Wonder not at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
29 and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.
Luke 21:36 Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of distress, such as never was since there was a nation until that time. And at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that is found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.
3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars, for ever and ever.
John 5:
28 Wonder not at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
29 and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.
Ezekiel 38 What a great way to start the Great Tribulation off with a bang
1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him 3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. 5 Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, 6 also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
So it has been explained by those who study the archaeology and history that these countries refer to Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Ethiopia, Libia, Algeria, Iran and Russia. “To put hooks in the jaw and turn them around” to me that sounds like fishing. God is using Israel and the whole Middle East as the bait. There is no mention of the US and China so the only power left to deal with in the Middle East is Israel. Defeat Israel and the rest of these countries are naked without the US. Once again if you think of the previous prophecies, we have a meteor shower that will burn the US up destroying the US economy and eliminating it as a superpower. At about the same time China will have a massive flood, probably the collapse of the 3 Gorges dam, and that will eliminate China’s ability to project their power on the world stage. We have to realize the Lord Jesus, Lord of all, is settling accounts with these evil worldly system. This will leave Russia, Iran and an Islamic alliance as the biggest military alliance on the Earth. If they could plunder Israel and devour the entire Middle East they would solidify their position as the superpower. In a situation where we have had a cataclysmic meteor shower leading to the collapse of both the US and Chinese economies you would need oil to help your people survive. Not only so but Israel is an extremely fruitful country. If they are unscathed by the meteor shower there would be plenty of plunder to loot.
7 “‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. 8 After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. 9 You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.
This is a very accurate description of Israel. They have recovered from war. Their people have been gathered out from the nations, and today they do live in safety.
10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil scheme. 11 You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars. 12 I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.” 13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her villages will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?”’
Yep, that is the motivation. Hey, we can attack this people, no one will care, and we can plunder them, and once they are gone we can also carry off the silver and the gold from the entire Middle East. No need to attack Kuwait, or Saudi Arabia, or UAE, just have them pay tribute.
14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety, will you not take notice of it? 15 You will come from your place in the far north, you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army. 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.
Can we all read this word, pray over this word, and take it by faith. God likes to have a David versus Goliath battle, or Gideon’s army of 300, or even a battle where our praise and worship team lead the way. This is how the whole Earth will know that God is proved Holy before their eyes. The rapture will be confusing, most probably won’t even see it, they’ll just know the graves were opened and millions of people worldwide are gone. If you know someone who is raptured then you will know they were a preacher of righteousness. However, this battle will be front page news, it will be on 24 hours a day. No one will be betting on Israel, it will be the greatest underdog victory in history. It was amazing that Israel was reformed, it was amazing that they won the six day war in six days, the rapture was amazing, but at this point if you were still wondering you will know that God is God and there is no other. This should be a great encouragement to all of God’s people left behind.
17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 18 This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign Lord. 19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. 21 I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. 23 And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
Wow! It will be Biblical. Apocalyptic. What a great way to set the stage for the Great tribulation. With Russia and all the Islamic nations completely humbled and humiliated we can see the Antichrist making a peace treaty with Israel that they can rebuild the temple. We can see Israel trusting Europe since they did not participate in this war.
1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him 3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. 5 Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, 6 also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
So it has been explained by those who study the archaeology and history that these countries refer to Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Ethiopia, Libia, Algeria, Iran and Russia. “To put hooks in the jaw and turn them around” to me that sounds like fishing. God is using Israel and the whole Middle East as the bait. There is no mention of the US and China so the only power left to deal with in the Middle East is Israel. Defeat Israel and the rest of these countries are naked without the US. Once again if you think of the previous prophecies, we have a meteor shower that will burn the US up destroying the US economy and eliminating it as a superpower. At about the same time China will have a massive flood, probably the collapse of the 3 Gorges dam, and that will eliminate China’s ability to project their power on the world stage. We have to realize the Lord Jesus, Lord of all, is settling accounts with these evil worldly system. This will leave Russia, Iran and an Islamic alliance as the biggest military alliance on the Earth. If they could plunder Israel and devour the entire Middle East they would solidify their position as the superpower. In a situation where we have had a cataclysmic meteor shower leading to the collapse of both the US and Chinese economies you would need oil to help your people survive. Not only so but Israel is an extremely fruitful country. If they are unscathed by the meteor shower there would be plenty of plunder to loot.
7 “‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. 8 After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. 9 You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.
This is a very accurate description of Israel. They have recovered from war. Their people have been gathered out from the nations, and today they do live in safety.
10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil scheme. 11 You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars. 12 I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.” 13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her villages will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?”’
Yep, that is the motivation. Hey, we can attack this people, no one will care, and we can plunder them, and once they are gone we can also carry off the silver and the gold from the entire Middle East. No need to attack Kuwait, or Saudi Arabia, or UAE, just have them pay tribute.
14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety, will you not take notice of it? 15 You will come from your place in the far north, you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army. 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.
Can we all read this word, pray over this word, and take it by faith. God likes to have a David versus Goliath battle, or Gideon’s army of 300, or even a battle where our praise and worship team lead the way. This is how the whole Earth will know that God is proved Holy before their eyes. The rapture will be confusing, most probably won’t even see it, they’ll just know the graves were opened and millions of people worldwide are gone. If you know someone who is raptured then you will know they were a preacher of righteousness. However, this battle will be front page news, it will be on 24 hours a day. No one will be betting on Israel, it will be the greatest underdog victory in history. It was amazing that Israel was reformed, it was amazing that they won the six day war in six days, the rapture was amazing, but at this point if you were still wondering you will know that God is God and there is no other. This should be a great encouragement to all of God’s people left behind.
17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 18 This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign Lord. 19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. 21 I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. 23 And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
Wow! It will be Biblical. Apocalyptic. What a great way to set the stage for the Great tribulation. With Russia and all the Islamic nations completely humbled and humiliated we can see the Antichrist making a peace treaty with Israel that they can rebuild the temple. We can see Israel trusting Europe since they did not participate in this war.
1Jn 3:11-24 Marvel not if the world hate you
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
The Lord’s command is that we love one another. If you are born of God you can’t get around that, you can’t come up for excuses, you know that even if it costs you a lot, just as it cost the Lord alot, you must do the right thing because you must love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
When crooks get caught they lie, if that doesn’t work they have no other choice but to kill.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
An article in the Atlantic, a major periodical is titled “A large portion of the electorate chose the sociopath”. It is stunning, four years ago all you heard from some was the need to resist and challenge the election results. Now the same people speak hate towards anyone who would do that now. The hateful speech they spew out is truly amazing.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
There is no qualification as to political affiliation or pet issues. It doesn’t matter to me who you voted for, if you voted, or if you think there was fraud or not.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
There has been a lot of hate spewing out and that speech reveals the heart of a murderer. I think we all know instinctively that the level of hate speech we are hearing reveals murderers among us.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
In the same way we can perceive the love of God in those who risk all to speak the truth. A truck driver came forward as a witness that he drove over a hundred thousand ballots across the border from NY to Pa. That is illegal. When the feds came to question him it wasn’t about his testimony but rather it was to threaten him and his family. But he stood strong and recorded them. There was a woman that refused to certify the election because they violated the protocols. She was threatened but she also stood strong.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Zuckerberg gave $400 million to certain states to manipulate the election. He certainly has “the world’s goods” and he certainly sees the needs of many, but he has decided to go all in to get his way despite the prayers and pleas of millions of people. There is no love abiding there.
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
These witnesses are loving in deed and truth. We have seen a number of politicians give lip service to doing something while doing nothing. You have to love in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
You have to listen to your conscience. There are over 2,000 affidavits from people who have done that.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
We are asking that every legal vote be counted and every illegal vote not be counted. We are asking that the law and the constitution be honored, the contract we all agreed to.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
We have been commanded, believe on the name of Jesus Christ. He was raised from the dead. He was the light that shone in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it. That is where we have our faith. And we are commanded to love one another. Believing on the name of Jesus includes believing that He will move within His people. It includes trusting the army of God to hear His voice and to respond to Him.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
The Lord’s command is that we love one another. If you are born of God you can’t get around that, you can’t come up for excuses, you know that even if it costs you a lot, just as it cost the Lord alot, you must do the right thing because you must love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
When crooks get caught they lie, if that doesn’t work they have no other choice but to kill.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
An article in the Atlantic, a major periodical is titled “A large portion of the electorate chose the sociopath”. It is stunning, four years ago all you heard from some was the need to resist and challenge the election results. Now the same people speak hate towards anyone who would do that now. The hateful speech they spew out is truly amazing.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
There is no qualification as to political affiliation or pet issues. It doesn’t matter to me who you voted for, if you voted, or if you think there was fraud or not.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
There has been a lot of hate spewing out and that speech reveals the heart of a murderer. I think we all know instinctively that the level of hate speech we are hearing reveals murderers among us.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
In the same way we can perceive the love of God in those who risk all to speak the truth. A truck driver came forward as a witness that he drove over a hundred thousand ballots across the border from NY to Pa. That is illegal. When the feds came to question him it wasn’t about his testimony but rather it was to threaten him and his family. But he stood strong and recorded them. There was a woman that refused to certify the election because they violated the protocols. She was threatened but she also stood strong.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Zuckerberg gave $400 million to certain states to manipulate the election. He certainly has “the world’s goods” and he certainly sees the needs of many, but he has decided to go all in to get his way despite the prayers and pleas of millions of people. There is no love abiding there.
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
These witnesses are loving in deed and truth. We have seen a number of politicians give lip service to doing something while doing nothing. You have to love in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
You have to listen to your conscience. There are over 2,000 affidavits from people who have done that.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
We are asking that every legal vote be counted and every illegal vote not be counted. We are asking that the law and the constitution be honored, the contract we all agreed to.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
We have been commanded, believe on the name of Jesus Christ. He was raised from the dead. He was the light that shone in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it. That is where we have our faith. And we are commanded to love one another. Believing on the name of Jesus includes believing that He will move within His people. It includes trusting the army of God to hear His voice and to respond to Him.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Revelation 4 -- The rapture of the church
1 After this I looked,
It is crucial to know what “after this” is referring to. That last three chapters have been talking about Jesus walking in the midst of the seven golden lampstands, it has all been about the seven churches. So then “after this” is “after the church age”. In the first three chapters John refers to the church over 20 times but will not mention the church again until chapter 19 when they are coming out of heaven with the Lord. We are told repeatedly “behold I come quickly” and in this chapter John says “I looked”. Don’t blink or you will miss it.
and, behold, a door was opened in heaven:
This is a clear reference to Isaiah 26 “open ye the gate” and to Psalm 118 “open the gate of righteousness”. Isaiah 26 is read every year at the festival of trumpets and Jesus quoted Psalm 118 saying we wouldn’t see Him again until we said “blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord”. This opened door in heaven is a reference to those verses. I believe this door was opened in 2017 at the Feast of Trumpets, and started the ten years of awe, Jacob's trouble. I also believe that many believers have "looked" and they have beheld all kinds of prophecies and signs.
and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me;
Once again, a clear reference to the “trumpet of God” which the New Testament says is accompanied with the raising of the dead and the rapture of the saints.
Zechariah 9:14 Then the Lord will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south, 15 and the Lord Almighty will shield them. They will destroy and overcome with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be full like a bowl used for sprinkling the corners of the altar. 16 The Lord their God will save his people on that day as a shepherd saves his flock. They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown.
which said, Come up hither,
Another reference to the Lord’s quoting of Psalm 118. The week before a wedding a bride groom will be “called up here” in the synagogue to read the scripture and when that happens the congregation will all say “blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord”. But here it refers to be caught up in the rapture.
and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
So John is caught up to the heaven to see something that will happen in the future, it is a direct reference to the return of Jesus. It is also a clear reference to Jesus as the bride groom and the resurrection and rapture of the saints. Also, consider that the things that must be after this chapter are better seen from the heavens. We get raptured up before all the things happen in the rest of the book of Revelation.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
This is the coronation of Jesus.
3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
The rainbow is a direct reference to Noah, which of course is another reference to the first rapture.
4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
He has just spent three chapters talking to us about the golden lampstands, the seven churches, and now he sees the seven lamps of fire burning before the throne. The church has been raptured to the throne.
6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
This looks like the coronation of the Lord Jesus and He is there in heaven with His bride by Him.
9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
1 After this I looked,
It is crucial to know what “after this” is referring to. That last three chapters have been talking about Jesus walking in the midst of the seven golden lampstands, it has all been about the seven churches. So then “after this” is “after the church age”. In the first three chapters John refers to the church over 20 times but will not mention the church again until chapter 19 when they are coming out of heaven with the Lord. We are told repeatedly “behold I come quickly” and in this chapter John says “I looked”. Don’t blink or you will miss it.
and, behold, a door was opened in heaven:
This is a clear reference to Isaiah 26 “open ye the gate” and to Psalm 118 “open the gate of righteousness”. Isaiah 26 is read every year at the festival of trumpets and Jesus quoted Psalm 118 saying we wouldn’t see Him again until we said “blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord”. This opened door in heaven is a reference to those verses. I believe this door was opened in 2017 at the Feast of Trumpets, and started the ten years of awe, Jacob's trouble. I also believe that many believers have "looked" and they have beheld all kinds of prophecies and signs.
and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me;
Once again, a clear reference to the “trumpet of God” which the New Testament says is accompanied with the raising of the dead and the rapture of the saints.
Zechariah 9:14 Then the Lord will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south, 15 and the Lord Almighty will shield them. They will destroy and overcome with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be full like a bowl used for sprinkling the corners of the altar. 16 The Lord their God will save his people on that day as a shepherd saves his flock. They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown.
which said, Come up hither,
Another reference to the Lord’s quoting of Psalm 118. The week before a wedding a bride groom will be “called up here” in the synagogue to read the scripture and when that happens the congregation will all say “blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord”. But here it refers to be caught up in the rapture.
and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
So John is caught up to the heaven to see something that will happen in the future, it is a direct reference to the return of Jesus. It is also a clear reference to Jesus as the bride groom and the resurrection and rapture of the saints. Also, consider that the things that must be after this chapter are better seen from the heavens. We get raptured up before all the things happen in the rest of the book of Revelation.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
This is the coronation of Jesus.
3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
The rainbow is a direct reference to Noah, which of course is another reference to the first rapture.
4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
He has just spent three chapters talking to us about the golden lampstands, the seven churches, and now he sees the seven lamps of fire burning before the throne. The church has been raptured to the throne.
6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
This looks like the coronation of the Lord Jesus and He is there in heaven with His bride by Him.
9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Isaiah 14:1-27 Zombie apocalypse greets the Fallen angels
1 The Lord will have compassion on Jacob;
once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land.
Foreigners will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
2
Nations will take them
and bring them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations
and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives of their captors
and rule over their oppressors.
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, 4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has come to an end!
How his fury has ended!
5
The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked,
the scepter of the rulers,
6
which in anger struck down peoples
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued nations
with relentless aggression.
7
All the lands are at rest and at peace;
they break into singing.
8
Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon
gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
no one comes to cut us down.”
OK, there will be a lot of people happy that “the Great Babylon” has fallen. The Harlot sits on seven mountains, signifying the seven continents. Companies like Nike, Apple, and McDonalds have their factories in many of these lands and the people are oppressed or in the case of McDonalds they are burning down forests to create prairies for their cattle. People in these sweat shops will rejoice. This would even apply to China, the people in these factories are slaves but with the market for their goods collapsing there is no point in them working like slaves. To put an end to the obscene consumption of the US is something that will cause the people who have had to work under this rod of oppression to rejoice.
9
The realm of the dead below is all astir
to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you—
all those who were leaders in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
all those who were kings over the nations.
Wow! This is not talking about the dead in Christ who have risen first. This is referring to the zombies who rise after them to greet the fallen angels.
10
They will all respond,
they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
you have become like us.”
11
All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,
along with the noise of your harps;
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms cover you.
This is one scary scene from a horror movie, let’s call it “A royal welcome for the damned”.
12
How you have fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13
You said in your heart,
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
14
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”
15
But you are brought down to the realm of the dead,
to the depths of the pit.
Amazing how we can simply gloss over some of the verses in the Bible. In Revelation it says that when the Manchild is raptured to the heaven there is no longer place found for Satan and his angels and he is cast to the Earth. Well here we see all of these fallen angels on Earth, and those who died and are eternally damned are roused from the dead to greet them! Fallen angels and Zombies all in one chapter, what an incredible horror film.
16
Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:
“Is this the man who shook the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
17
the man who made the world a wilderness,
who overthrew its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”
18
All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.
19
But you are cast out of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,
with those pierced by the sword,
those who descend to the stones of the pit.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20
you will not join them in burial,
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
Let the offspring of the wicked
never be mentioned again.
Wow, what a cursed group. They aren’t even allowed to share the same cemetery with the rest of the dead. I suppose we’ll see Stalin and Hitler and of course Michael Jackson at the front leading them in dance.
21
Prepare a place to slaughter his children
for the sins of their ancestors;
they are not to rise to inherit the land
and cover the earth with their cities.
22
“I will rise up against them,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,”
declares the Lord.
23
“I will turn her into a place for owls
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,
“Surely, as I have planned, so it will be,
and as I have purposed, so it will happen.
This judgement will be intense. The rapture is a judgement of those who have fought the good fight and have kept the faith. This group has a different judgement. At the time of Hitler they wanted to separate out the Jews from the Nazis. Today they are separating out the vaccinated from the unvaccinated. Eventually the only ones who will refuse to get the mark of the beast under pain of death will be believers. This is Satan and his minions saying we don’t want a single believer in our midst. Well here we see that as you have judged it will be done unto you. Here we see the promise that God is going to sweep up everyone of these foul, loathsome, evil creatures whether fallen angel, demon, or man and send them to the pit of hell. This is the purpose of the Great tribulation, think of it as an industrial process designed to purify mankind of all the evil and wicked people who follow and attach themselves to Satan.
25
I will crush the Assyrian in my land;
on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke will be taken from my people,
and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
26
This is the plan determined for the whole world;
this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
27
For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
I definitely don’t believe that this judgement is for the majority of mankind. I believe it is for Satan, the fallen angels, and anyone throughout history that has “sold their soul to the devil”. I suspect it will be the 1%, the elites, the ones who rule the worldly system as kings and leaders.
1 The Lord will have compassion on Jacob;
once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land.
Foreigners will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
2
Nations will take them
and bring them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations
and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives of their captors
and rule over their oppressors.
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, 4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has come to an end!
How his fury has ended!
5
The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked,
the scepter of the rulers,
6
which in anger struck down peoples
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued nations
with relentless aggression.
7
All the lands are at rest and at peace;
they break into singing.
8
Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon
gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
no one comes to cut us down.”
OK, there will be a lot of people happy that “the Great Babylon” has fallen. The Harlot sits on seven mountains, signifying the seven continents. Companies like Nike, Apple, and McDonalds have their factories in many of these lands and the people are oppressed or in the case of McDonalds they are burning down forests to create prairies for their cattle. People in these sweat shops will rejoice. This would even apply to China, the people in these factories are slaves but with the market for their goods collapsing there is no point in them working like slaves. To put an end to the obscene consumption of the US is something that will cause the people who have had to work under this rod of oppression to rejoice.
9
The realm of the dead below is all astir
to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you—
all those who were leaders in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
all those who were kings over the nations.
Wow! This is not talking about the dead in Christ who have risen first. This is referring to the zombies who rise after them to greet the fallen angels.
10
They will all respond,
they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
you have become like us.”
11
All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,
along with the noise of your harps;
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms cover you.
This is one scary scene from a horror movie, let’s call it “A royal welcome for the damned”.
12
How you have fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13
You said in your heart,
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
14
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”
15
But you are brought down to the realm of the dead,
to the depths of the pit.
Amazing how we can simply gloss over some of the verses in the Bible. In Revelation it says that when the Manchild is raptured to the heaven there is no longer place found for Satan and his angels and he is cast to the Earth. Well here we see all of these fallen angels on Earth, and those who died and are eternally damned are roused from the dead to greet them! Fallen angels and Zombies all in one chapter, what an incredible horror film.
16
Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:
“Is this the man who shook the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
17
the man who made the world a wilderness,
who overthrew its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”
18
All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.
19
But you are cast out of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,
with those pierced by the sword,
those who descend to the stones of the pit.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20
you will not join them in burial,
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
Let the offspring of the wicked
never be mentioned again.
Wow, what a cursed group. They aren’t even allowed to share the same cemetery with the rest of the dead. I suppose we’ll see Stalin and Hitler and of course Michael Jackson at the front leading them in dance.
21
Prepare a place to slaughter his children
for the sins of their ancestors;
they are not to rise to inherit the land
and cover the earth with their cities.
22
“I will rise up against them,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,”
declares the Lord.
23
“I will turn her into a place for owls
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,
“Surely, as I have planned, so it will be,
and as I have purposed, so it will happen.
This judgement will be intense. The rapture is a judgement of those who have fought the good fight and have kept the faith. This group has a different judgement. At the time of Hitler they wanted to separate out the Jews from the Nazis. Today they are separating out the vaccinated from the unvaccinated. Eventually the only ones who will refuse to get the mark of the beast under pain of death will be believers. This is Satan and his minions saying we don’t want a single believer in our midst. Well here we see that as you have judged it will be done unto you. Here we see the promise that God is going to sweep up everyone of these foul, loathsome, evil creatures whether fallen angel, demon, or man and send them to the pit of hell. This is the purpose of the Great tribulation, think of it as an industrial process designed to purify mankind of all the evil and wicked people who follow and attach themselves to Satan.
25
I will crush the Assyrian in my land;
on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke will be taken from my people,
and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
26
This is the plan determined for the whole world;
this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
27
For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
I definitely don’t believe that this judgement is for the majority of mankind. I believe it is for Satan, the fallen angels, and anyone throughout history that has “sold their soul to the devil”. I suspect it will be the 1%, the elites, the ones who rule the worldly system as kings and leaders.
1John 4:1-18 -- How do we recognize the antichrist?
1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
If you acknowledge that Jesus was sent to us from God as the incarnated word, then you are acknowledging that the Bible is the word of God. On the other hand if you say that the Bible is out of date, it was written thousands of years ago and no longer applies, then you are not acknowledging that Jesus is from God who is the same yesterday, today and forever.
4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
There is a spirit in the world that speaks from themselves, they tell you that the Bible is not relevant, and you should listen to them. Many people listen to this. Those of us who are of God speak from the word of God, we acknowledge that Jesus is Lord and therefore we must obey everything He told us. Whoever knows God listens to that, whoever is not from God does not listen to that.
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
So then, what is it that Jesus tells us to do that they tell us you don’t need to listen to? First and foremost it is to love one another even as Jesus loved us. If someone lies, or cheats, or steals, or betrays others, or acts deceitfully that is not love. Do not be deceived by what they say, look at what they do. Why do they call 75 million Americans deplorable and irredeemable? Why does Biden call them “chumps”? If they loved one another they would care about the concerns of these 75 million, but if they are liars and cheats they can’t be concerned because they are going to expose them. Therefore they say we don’t need to listen to them, they call them racists, xenophobic, homophobic, any excuse in the book to not listen to them.
9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Many want to know how to recognize the antichrist. What seems much more important to me is how to recognize God, and more importantly how to recognize God being lived out in the believers. I may not know all prophecies or all mysteries, but I do know if someone loves me or doesn’t. If you appreciated that you would know that people who love you have your back, they are trying to protect you from harm. Ignore them at your peril.
13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
Here are three things. God’s word is living to us, it is a lamp to our path, that is we have His Spirit. The antichrist will be speaking gibberish, platitudes, cliches, anything but the living word of God. We have revelation, we have seen, and we have a testimony of God the Father sending His son to our savior and to be the savior of the world. Even if you think you haven’t had a revelation, there are many who are speaking the word of God who have seen and are testifying. These are three things that God has given to us so that we can know God and so that we can live in Him and that He also will be happy living in us.
15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.
Paul said that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. When you say that Jesus is Lord you acknowledge that Jesus is the son of God. The spirit of antichrist does not acknowledge that Jesus is Lord. They exalt their words and their commands over His. This is the most important revelation, Jesus is the Son of God. If you have seen that you do have a revelation and if you testify of that then you are living in God and He in you.
16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
You cannot skip the first fifteen verses and jump down to this one. You cannot claim that you are living in love while refusing to acknowledge that Jesus is Lord. You cannot truly have the revelation that God is love if you don’t have the Spirit shining on God’s word and if you don’t have a testimony of being saved by Jesus.
17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.
The world claims that “God is love” is contrary to the day of judgement. How foolish is this? When you say that you deny this word here in John and thus you deny that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Denying the coming judgement is not love, you are making yourself out to be a liar who just wants others to listen to their words, another “antichrist”.
18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
The day of judgement is like a big exam. If you have prepared for the exam there is no need to fear it, the only one who would fear the day of judgement is one who has not been made perfect in love. So the world’s claim that God being love means there is no day of judgement indicates they fear the day of judgement and thus their claim to be one with us in loving others is deceitful.
1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
If you acknowledge that Jesus was sent to us from God as the incarnated word, then you are acknowledging that the Bible is the word of God. On the other hand if you say that the Bible is out of date, it was written thousands of years ago and no longer applies, then you are not acknowledging that Jesus is from God who is the same yesterday, today and forever.
4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
There is a spirit in the world that speaks from themselves, they tell you that the Bible is not relevant, and you should listen to them. Many people listen to this. Those of us who are of God speak from the word of God, we acknowledge that Jesus is Lord and therefore we must obey everything He told us. Whoever knows God listens to that, whoever is not from God does not listen to that.
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
So then, what is it that Jesus tells us to do that they tell us you don’t need to listen to? First and foremost it is to love one another even as Jesus loved us. If someone lies, or cheats, or steals, or betrays others, or acts deceitfully that is not love. Do not be deceived by what they say, look at what they do. Why do they call 75 million Americans deplorable and irredeemable? Why does Biden call them “chumps”? If they loved one another they would care about the concerns of these 75 million, but if they are liars and cheats they can’t be concerned because they are going to expose them. Therefore they say we don’t need to listen to them, they call them racists, xenophobic, homophobic, any excuse in the book to not listen to them.
9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Many want to know how to recognize the antichrist. What seems much more important to me is how to recognize God, and more importantly how to recognize God being lived out in the believers. I may not know all prophecies or all mysteries, but I do know if someone loves me or doesn’t. If you appreciated that you would know that people who love you have your back, they are trying to protect you from harm. Ignore them at your peril.
13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
Here are three things. God’s word is living to us, it is a lamp to our path, that is we have His Spirit. The antichrist will be speaking gibberish, platitudes, cliches, anything but the living word of God. We have revelation, we have seen, and we have a testimony of God the Father sending His son to our savior and to be the savior of the world. Even if you think you haven’t had a revelation, there are many who are speaking the word of God who have seen and are testifying. These are three things that God has given to us so that we can know God and so that we can live in Him and that He also will be happy living in us.
15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.
Paul said that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. When you say that Jesus is Lord you acknowledge that Jesus is the son of God. The spirit of antichrist does not acknowledge that Jesus is Lord. They exalt their words and their commands over His. This is the most important revelation, Jesus is the Son of God. If you have seen that you do have a revelation and if you testify of that then you are living in God and He in you.
16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
You cannot skip the first fifteen verses and jump down to this one. You cannot claim that you are living in love while refusing to acknowledge that Jesus is Lord. You cannot truly have the revelation that God is love if you don’t have the Spirit shining on God’s word and if you don’t have a testimony of being saved by Jesus.
17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.
The world claims that “God is love” is contrary to the day of judgement. How foolish is this? When you say that you deny this word here in John and thus you deny that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Denying the coming judgement is not love, you are making yourself out to be a liar who just wants others to listen to their words, another “antichrist”.
18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
The day of judgement is like a big exam. If you have prepared for the exam there is no need to fear it, the only one who would fear the day of judgement is one who has not been made perfect in love. So the world’s claim that God being love means there is no day of judgement indicates they fear the day of judgement and thus their claim to be one with us in loving others is deceitful.
Isaiah 14:28-32 A Prophecy Against the Philistines (leftists)
28 This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died:
Uzziah was a tough king on the Philistines, and Hezekiah was also a tough king, but Ahaz was not. To better understand this prophecy let’s use Biden as a stand in for Ahaz and the leftists who are getting everything they want under Biden as the Philistines. That would make Trump equal to Uzziah and we have yet to see Hezekiah appear.
29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.
The leftists greatly rejoiced in Trump’s defeat. This is the first twist, this prophecy came in the year that Ahaz died, didn’t say it came after Ahaz died. The root of that snake, if you are talking about Trump, is of course the MAGA movement and the Deplorables.
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety.
So that movement is made up of the poorest of the poor. They are finding pastor, they are being led to take over precincts in the political process and to take over school boards.
But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.
What is the root of the leftists movement? Some say that George Soros is funding it, obviously the oligarchs like Zuckerberg have contributed hundreds of millions to swing (steal) the election. The Lord takes them down with a one - two punch. First he destroys these oligarchs with famine. What happened to Coca Cola and MLB when they moved the All Star game out of Atlanta? The ratings plummeted. What happened to the NFL and NBA when they got woke? They went broke. The ratings across the board are down 40%. Facebook and Twitter have both shot themselves in the foot, forcing people to move to other platforms like GETTR. That is the famine. Then they will destroy “your survivors”. We are talking about what happens after this catastrophic meteor shower, after Babylon is burned with fire, stripped naked and devoured. After the Zombies and fallen angels have their little get together. After all that the survivors who get to see the fruit of what they did, only then will they be slain.
31 Wail, you gate! Howl, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks.
There is a suggestion that we will see nuclear missiles coming to us from “the North” which would be over the North pole, hence Russia. “There is no straggler” suggests all these missiles hit at one instant. A cloud of smoke indicates an attempt to confuse us and prevent us from seeing and communicating. This would be an EMP explosion which would take out all of our telecommunications. It could be a two week communications blackout.
32 What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? “The Lord has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.”
When the UN peace keepers arrive in the US what will they find? A spiritual revival of Biblical proportions. So big that Isaiah was able to see it thousands of years ago.
28 This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died:
Uzziah was a tough king on the Philistines, and Hezekiah was also a tough king, but Ahaz was not. To better understand this prophecy let’s use Biden as a stand in for Ahaz and the leftists who are getting everything they want under Biden as the Philistines. That would make Trump equal to Uzziah and we have yet to see Hezekiah appear.
29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.
The leftists greatly rejoiced in Trump’s defeat. This is the first twist, this prophecy came in the year that Ahaz died, didn’t say it came after Ahaz died. The root of that snake, if you are talking about Trump, is of course the MAGA movement and the Deplorables.
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety.
So that movement is made up of the poorest of the poor. They are finding pastor, they are being led to take over precincts in the political process and to take over school boards.
But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.
What is the root of the leftists movement? Some say that George Soros is funding it, obviously the oligarchs like Zuckerberg have contributed hundreds of millions to swing (steal) the election. The Lord takes them down with a one - two punch. First he destroys these oligarchs with famine. What happened to Coca Cola and MLB when they moved the All Star game out of Atlanta? The ratings plummeted. What happened to the NFL and NBA when they got woke? They went broke. The ratings across the board are down 40%. Facebook and Twitter have both shot themselves in the foot, forcing people to move to other platforms like GETTR. That is the famine. Then they will destroy “your survivors”. We are talking about what happens after this catastrophic meteor shower, after Babylon is burned with fire, stripped naked and devoured. After the Zombies and fallen angels have their little get together. After all that the survivors who get to see the fruit of what they did, only then will they be slain.
31 Wail, you gate! Howl, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks.
There is a suggestion that we will see nuclear missiles coming to us from “the North” which would be over the North pole, hence Russia. “There is no straggler” suggests all these missiles hit at one instant. A cloud of smoke indicates an attempt to confuse us and prevent us from seeing and communicating. This would be an EMP explosion which would take out all of our telecommunications. It could be a two week communications blackout.
32 What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? “The Lord has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.”
When the UN peace keepers arrive in the US what will they find? A spiritual revival of Biblical proportions. So big that Isaiah was able to see it thousands of years ago.