Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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1 Jn 5 -- You have been warned

1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.

Wow, I just love reading the apostle’s fellowship, it is so obvious why they are overcomers. Please notice, John doesn’t say “this is how we know that others love”. He is giving you a way to discern if you love the children of God, not a way to impose self righteous judgement on others. It is so simple, keeping God’s commands is an exercise of love towards others. The world would have you believe that the Bible is misogynist and homophobic. The Bible condemns sins and justifies sinners. The world condemns sinners and justifies sin.

3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

Do you see how intricately tied keeping God’s laws are to overcoming the world? These laws lead us to Jesus Christ, they lead us to salvation. Satan is the ruler of the world and it is critical to Satan to lead us away from Jesus Christ, he does that with his laws. What do they argue? Keeping God’s laws are burdensome, they are out of date, they are homophobic, etc.

6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.


What hypocrites! If you claim the law of God is burdensome then you are claiming that Jesus Christ is burdensome. He is the incarnate word of God, He is the fulfillment of the law of God, He is the expression of the invisible God.

9 We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

The age of Grace is a trial. Satan the ruler of this world is on trial, God has testified against Him by raising Jesus from the dead. God’s testimony is that He has given us this great gift of eternal life and this gift is given to us by giving us Jesus Christ. We receive Jesus and with that gift we get eternal life. This is what it means to keep the laws of God.

Concluding Affirmations

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

This is so important. First and foremost you must have the assurance of salvation. The word salvation is very significant, if you can save yourself then it isn’t salvation. The word salvation means you can’t save yourself, it is only Jesus Christ that can save you. Knowing that you are a failure and a sinner is simply the prerequisite to calling on the Lord to be saved.

14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.


How do you ask according to God’s will? Simply ask according to the word of God, the word expresses His will. This doesn’t mean that you say to yourself I want this or I want that and then you go look for a Bible verse that seems to agree with that. This is what the entire prosperity gospel is built on. They want to be rich in the world, so equate being “rich” with being “blessed” and then you are off and running. Sadly, according to that equation the only apostle who was “blessed” was Judas when he had the silver after betraying the Lord.

15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.


Wow, that is just great. Step 1, pray according to the will of God, not according to your will, your lusts, your desires. Step 2 know that God hears you. Step 3, if God hears then know that you will have whatever you asked. For example “God I need to have the full assurance that I have eternal life.” I have prayed according to God’s will, I know He has heard me and now I know I have what I have prayed for, the assurance of salvation.

16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that.


We are not called to judge and condemn our brothers and sisters, but we are called to pray for them. Once again, step 1 pray according to the will of God, not my opinion, not my desire for vengeance or to spread gossip. Here it is, did you see someone commit a sin, then the will of God is that you pray that God will give them life. Often we pray that God would enlighten them, shine on them, expose them, cause them to repent, confess, etc. But God’s will is that you pray that God give them life, that is the power that enables us to overcome sin and the world. One analogy is of a fish swimming upstream while leaves and sticks are floating downstream. If the world is a stream flowing down to the ocean then the only way to stop floating downstream is if you have life. So then, what is this “sin that leads to death”? Look at Judas, in his heart he saw Jesus as an opportunity to boost his career and to get rich. It was the same sin we saw in Balaam and he was saved by a donkey. The angel told him that had it not been for the donkey he would have been killed. He was a prophet for hire willing to curse God’s people in exchange for money.

17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death. 18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.


Here is another verse indicating God’s will that you can pray. Are you worried about being safe where the evil one can’t harm you? Once again we receive Jesus Christ, we are born of God, and then we keep His word to us, we obey it, and it will keep us safe.

19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

If you weren’t clear on this last year hopefully you are now fully clear on this. When we say that people need to “wake up” we mean they need to see that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. When they see this it will cause a revival as people turn to the Lord for salvation and eternal life.

20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.


Once again, do you need understanding? Do you need to know Him who is true? Everything is so confusing, who do you believe? Here is another verse that you can pray over. God will hear and you will receive.

21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

There are two basic concepts in the world. Democracy is based on the rule of the people. For thousands of years everyone was told that the common man was too stupid to rule himself. This is why the founding fathers called it “an experiment” and knew that it would only be by the grace of God that we could keep this republic. The other basic concept is that government is by elites (Emperor, King, Caesar, General, Dictator, Oligarchs, etc). We all know this, now what John is telling you is that this second form of government is to be ruled by idols. You have been warned, do not choose to be ruled by idols.
 

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Gives a very good idea of what a relatively small meteorite can do.
 

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The Fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets

We have been careless with God's word. Let us go over this appointed feast again, carefully.

The Feast of Trumpets

1. It starts the time referred to as “Jacob’s trouble”. Therefore we think that the tribulation begins on this day. However, many saints assume the tribulation is seven years but according to the appointed time we have 10 days from Feast of Trumpets to Atonement.

2. It is the day of the awakening blast — certainly seems like that would be the rapture. However, who is blowing the trumpet? All of Israel is to blow the trumpet. This is not God who is blowing the trumpet, rather it is Israel. Yes, the two are certainly related but we need to cut the word finely here. The Lord comes on the "last trump" and yet all of these Israelites have been blowing the trumpet prior to that last blast, they are to blow it at least 99 times (if you consider the 100th time is the last blast) or they are to blow it 100 times, either way they are not the Trumpet of God, rather when we blow the shofar it reminds God to be merciful in judgement.

3. Day of judgement — opening of the books and opening of the gates. The gates are opened so that we can enter in and the Lord can come out. But this is a process, it is not "in the twinkling of an eye" that all this takes place.

4. The hidden day -- I am going to make the claim that the Revelation sign on September 23, 2017 was this "hidden day". It woke up many saints, not all, but quite a few all over the globe have been "blowing the trumpet" ever since.

5. The wedding of the Messiah -- Are you Pre-trib, Mid-Trib, Post-trib? If you think there will be a pre tribulation rapture then surely you must agree that it is absurd to think that on the same day the first fruits are raptured there is the wedding. That doesn't make sense.

6. The coronation of the Messiah -- This I can believe will take place with just the Pre-tribulation rapture. Think of the coronation of Solomon, it took place during a massive rebellion. Only the closest and most faithful were there.

Let them be for signs. — Signals

Genesis says the Sun, Moon and Stars are for signs, for signals. There is no bigger sign or signal than the Revelation 12 sign.

Let them be for seasons — moed — divine appointments. The Feast of Trumpets is a divine appointment. It tells us that we all will need to appear before God. According to Amos these ten days are a time for us to "prepare to meet thy God". That is the purpose of the "awakening blast". It is to wake the believers up to prepare to meet thy God. It is that trumpet that announces the bridegroom comes.

The concept of this day is to be remembered by God. We remember Him and He remembers us. So then what have we done since that Revelation 12 sign? We have been sharing the word, sharing our testimonies, sharing our gifts of praise, and worship, our dreams and visions. We are blowing the trumpet to let God know that we remember Him and to remind Him to be merciful to us. This is what it means that the virgins had oil in their lamps. We have a well of experiences and revelation and dispensation from the Holy Spirit to draw on to keep our lamps lit for the last four years.

This is the day that Isaac was bound by Abraham. When God hears the Shofar He is moved to go from a seat of judgement to a seat of mercy. The blowing of the horn is a reminder to show mercy and not judgement. There is a terrible judgement coming, a glittering sword has been drawn and ready to slay us. We are sounding the trumpet to remind God to be merciful, just like the Angel calling to Abraham not to slay his son, there is a ram over here, offer the ram instead.

It is a day of blowing. An acclamation of joy, a battle cry, an alarm, to rejoice and to shout. This is what we have been doing for the last four years, but really, it was from March 2020 when the Pandemic shut everything down that God gave us a Holy Sabbath to blow that trumpet. To God it is evening and morning, one day. We had sunset at the equinox of March 2020, at the equinox in September of 2021 we will have the sunrise of the next day.

We need a certain sound from the Trumpet to prepare for battle. This is what the testimonies, teachings, and ministry of the word have been. A sound to prepare us for battle.

God has gone up with a shout. For the Lord Himself will descend with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God. This is a response to us. We blew the trumpet, we called on God to remember us, to have mercy on us, then He will descend to rescue us from this judgement that is coming. And the Lord shall be seen over them and shall blow the Shofar.

Blessed are you if you know the sound of the shofar (sound of the rapture blast). Think about that! The sound of your testimony of the Lord is the sound of the shofar and it is also the sound of the Lord's rapture blast. What have we been charged to do? To partake of the body and blood of Jesus and in so doing we remember Him. That is the sound of our testimony, He then responds and He remembers us, that is the sound of our salvation, our rapture.

Jacob’s trouble will be as a woman who is in labor. That is what the Revelation 12 sign was, it was on the Feast of Trumpets and it was the sign that the woman is in labor. When the woman is in labor she is trying to bring forth a man child but there is always the risk that she will die, that the forces of evil will prevail. This is what we saw when Solomon was crowned king, and this is what we see today. The Lord is not concerned about all those who are in rebellion, He can deal with them, He is concerned about those who love and worship Him, whose vessels are filled with oil and who have been watching and waiting on Him.

So think about it, the whole process is like a wheel. We blow the trumpet, the Lord hears, He remembers, He comes to rescue us. Then when we get rescued what happens? Think about Lazarus, he was a type of the pre tribulation rapture. He was raptured before the Lord went to the cross. This caused a great revival among the Jews so that the leaders said that if they don't kill Him now the whole world will follow Him.

The rapture will spark believers around the globe to "blow the trumpet". They will shout, they will praise, they will wake up. It will be another "awakening blast".
 

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Ezekiel 35:10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there:

There is a Satanic plot against the US and Israel

11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

I am going to post this video from Jeffrey McGaha, he reveals the envy, the anger and the hatred the music industry has for the people of God. They know exactly what is going to happen, when it is going to happen, and they hide it in their songs. It is a way of making fun of the people of God that they are too ignorant to know. The reality is we paid our government the tax money for them to have NASA and so they could warn us. We were naive to trust them.

12 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. 13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.

This video I am posting is evidence the Lord has heard all their words. Jesus is the Savior and He is also the judge.

14 Thus saith the Lord God; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. 15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

What are these songs? They are boasting and rejoicing knowing the whole earth is about to be made desolate. As you have done it will be done unto you.


 
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both county r built on blood, really the whole world is,Cursed is any land built by blood.Yet gods kingdom is built by the blood of the lamb an is not cursed.If his kingdom was of this world he would have fought for it.2 nation 1 of god one of the devil.
 

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Here is an excellent video that gives you a whole lot of information and verse references however, there is a fundamental flaw, a blind spot that it seems everyone has.

They have the assumption that the pre tribulation rapture takes place during one of the appointed festivals. I have several issues with this.

First, Jesus said in Luke that it would take place at an hour that you don't think or don't know. The appointed days are days that everyone knows.

Second, some will use the verse "no one knows the day or the hour" and say that refers to the Feast of Trumpets which it probably does. They then assume the Lord was talking about the Pre-Tribulation rapture. That is definitely not a reasonable assumption. This term is not used in Luke which is on the first rapture. It is in Mark but would more reasonably be referring to the start of the Tribulation, and it is in Matthew but would more reasonably be referring to the new heaven and the new earth. In other words saying that "no one knows the day or the hour" is a reference to the Feast of Trumpets is fine, my issue is that it is not a reference to the pre-tribulation rapture.

Third, the pre-tribulation rapture is not for everyone. They are described as "the firstfruits". The Feast of Trumpets is for everyone.

Fourth, the best argument for the Feast of Trumpets being a reference to the rapture is that it is called "the awakening blast". One could clearly see a parallel. Couple of problems, I don't see that expression in the Bible. Second, the Israelites were supposed to sound these trumpets, not God. Third, the trumpets were blown for God's benefit, to remind Him of the people of Israel and to remind Him of mercy in judgement. God's response to the Feast of Trumpets, now that would be the rapture. That would be merciful, to remember us, and to save us from the judgement. Instead I would say that the trumpet blasts are the children of Israel remembering God, they are sharing their testimonies, ministering the word, giving a warning, an alarm. Yes, it is an awakening blast for the sleeping church. However, I don't see that happening at the rapture. Those who are raptured would be the ones rejoicing with a shout, not those left behind. Rather I would think there would be silence, awe, wonder, repentance. Since the Feast of Trumpets is supposed to celebrate repentance I can see the Rapture taking place before hand as a way to set the stage for all God's people who are left behind.

 

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Revelation 12:1-4 -- The Dragon

1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven;

This is a thorny issue for many Christians. We know that horoscopes and astrology is condemned in the Bible. However we also know that when God created the stars and put them into the heavens they are for signs. It is not just for seasons and times, but also for signs. A great example is during the Lord’s birth when the Magi said they saw His star. Apparently Daniel taught them what the star would be that would signify the Lord’s birth, and that may have been based on Balaam’s prophecy in Numbers 24. So the truth is God created the heavens. There are 12 zodiac signs that we pass through over the course of a year and these 12 from the first sign of the Virgin, or the woman, the daughter of Zion, the bride of Christ, or in this case “a woman clothed with the sun”. To the last sign, Leo, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. This is the alpha and omega of the year and they tell the redemption story. I think you can go off on the deep end reading the story in the stars and it will never be better than the word of God. But when it comes to the signs that are clearly referred to in the word of God like this one, then it is quite interesting.

a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

There is a website unsealed.org that goes into great detail about these signs, if you have an hour and half they have a very informative video that shows you the signs in the heaven when Jesus was born, what the Magi saw, what the star of David was, etc. I thought it was well worth my time, and the visual was very helpful, first time anyone explained to me what they are looking at. So it turns out on September



23rd, 2017 this sign appeared in the sky. There are 9 stars in the constellation Leo plus the three planets Mars, Mercury, and Venus (the ancients called them wandering stars) are in her crown. The Moon is under her feet. She is clothed with the Sun, the Sun goes where the clasp that holds the ancient clothes would have gone.

2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

Jupiter is the child that she bears. This is interesting because at the time of the Lord’s birth we saw something similar and Jupiter represented the Jesus in His earthly ministry as a king. If you look closely at Jupiter it has stripes like the crucified Christ had on His back and it has a big round wound where the spear was put in the side of Jesus. The only planet brighter than Jupiter is Venus which is called the morning star. The morning star signifies the resurrected Christ. But here the child she is delivering, the man child, is represented by Jupiter as well. These are the ones in the Church that are one with the Lord in His ministry, they are the ones who are bearing their cross and following Him.

3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.


So surrounding this woman are a number of constellations that depict the dragon, a serpent, a scorpion, and even Hercules fighting with a serpent. But this dragon “appeared”. We are talking about a wonder in the stars. This is what Jeffrey McGaha is discussing in his videos. What we learn in those videos is that the entire world that lies in the evil one knows about this wonder. Only Christians who have this superstitious fear of looking at the stars lest you be accused of astrology are ignorant.

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

This also occurred at that time. At the bottom of Hydra, the tail of the great serpent, on October 8th 2017 we had a large meteor shower from these cluster of dragon constellations. On that date you had about 200 meteors per hour, over the course of a day there were over 3,000 meteors. Since there are around 10,000 visible stars in the night sky with the human eye, this represents about a third. This sign in the heaven of the woman about to give birth was given on September 23, 2017. Four years later, to the day, we are expecting the Earth to collide with the tail of “the dragon” and cause a meteor shower that will be catastrophic to the Earth. On October 8th 2017 we get a further confirmation, a second warning, that we could see 3,000 meteors hit the Earth. Four years later, to the day, is the Feast of Trumpets. This dragon and this event has the potential to devour God’s people. Again, I would point you to Jeffrey McGaha whose videos prove the world that lies in the evil one knows about this, they know the day and the hour that this will happen and they are rejoicing thinking God’s people will be destroyed and their chains will be broken.
 

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Revelation 12:5-9 The Man Child

5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

The last time we have had a sign similar to this 3915 BC, and it looked very similar to the prophecy that the seed of the woman would bruise the serpent's head, but the serpent would bruise His heel. But we need to break this down because there are two phrases “she brought forth a man child” and “her child was caught up unto God”. I have always assumed these two events happen together, but they are separated with “and” so they are clearly presented as two distinct events. Being caught up to the heaven depicts the rapture which takes place after the birth of the man child. We are also told that this “man child” is destined to rule, hence to replace the existing rulers. In Luke we get a very distinct account of the mount of Transfiguration saying it was about eight days after the Lord said these words. The words it is referring to are the words sending them out into the world to proclaim the kingdom of God. That is the birth of the manchild. Eight days later you are to circumcise this child, offering him up to God. This is the rapture. If the rapture takes place on the 23rd of September, what happens on the fifteenth day of September? That would be six days from now and based on the news the most likely thing to happen would be the replacement of Biden’s regime as a result of the election audits. “The birth of a man child who was to rule all nations.”

6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

One of the problems we have with these signs is we try to get them to say too much. If you are on the road heading to the Lord’s return and you see a great sign on the side of the road you would never expect the sign to be at the destination, what would be the point? Also, what is the point of creating the stars for a sign, telling us about the sign, if God didn’t want us to see and pay attention to the sign? So this is a sign telling us that the church (the woman) is going to have a “man child” that will be caught up to heaven. That is the rapture. The Lord told us to watch, if you were watching this would have certainly been warned with this sign that we are almost there. The New Testament says that the man of lawlessness (the antichrist) is revealed when those that restrain are taken away. So the man-child were those who were restraining, once they are raptured “all hell breaks loose”. Today we see “those who restrain”. They ask difficult questions of the authorities that they cannot answer, like “is the vaccine safe”, and “is it effective against the virus” and “where did this virus come from” and “why did you lie about this before”. They have censored these people, blocked them from asking questions, and talking about violating all constitutional rights to shut them down. The battle is clearly on. Then we see a catastrophic meteor shower, perhaps 3,000 meteors hit the Earth causing massive damage at the same time that the man child is caught up to heaven. At this time God’s people flee into the wilderness. Perhaps this is because of the vaccine mandate? Perhaps they are fleeing from the one world government. We know that the dragon gives his power to this one world government and that this government is headed by the antichrist.

7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

There are two groups of Christians, the stronger group that will be raptured to the heavens and with the Lord kick Satan out, and the weaker ones who will be on Earth for the first half of the tribulation. The last six months have made it very clear that there is a “war in heaven”. The war is concerning abortion, race baiting, law and order, election fraud, the vaccine mandate, and censorship. Placing this verse after the first seven verses suggests that this war is “the tribulation”. On Earth we see this political struggle where Trump declares he will “drain the swamp” and yet the deep state seems to big and wide. In heaven it is the same, Jesus went to heaven two thousand years ago to drain the swamp in heaven of the dragon. The rapture is a major victory where the Lord is able to raise a faithful army despite the whole world lying in the evil one. We see this heavenly battle reflected on Earth as various servants of God placed throughout positions of authority are fighting against this deep state.

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

What do we learn about Satan? He deceiveth the whole world. This is what the war is over, we have learned that these media giants, tyrannical governments and tech giants are deceiving the whole world. We are learning about their deception with false flag events, various assassinations including JFK and 911. We now know that all these terrorist attacks were a deception, the OK city bombing, the Madrid bombing, and on and on. They will be cast out of heaven which I think will include being cast out of the US government as well.

This is why it is called the tribulation. The world doesn’t realize that the people who are restraining evil are keeping the whole world from going to hell. But once those who are one with the Holy Spirit are removed, then there is nothing left to restrain the evil. I like the picture as well, as they go up the evil ones come down. The lawless one will be revealed, and things will get really bad. We are moving towards casting the bums out. The audit in Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania is definitely on a path that leads to throwing the bums out. The cyber symposium by Mike Lindell is on a path to reveal election fraud in all 50 states to cast the bums out. Rand Paul and others are on a path to cast Fauci and his ilk out. Revolver, the news agency is on a path to cast the deep state involved in January 6th out. According to the account here there is a war that is going on, not a single battle, but a war on many fronts. We are dealing with the Pandemic, and with the election fraud, and with pedophiles, and with collusion and corruption between politicians, the deep state, and the tech and media giants.
 

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The evacuation from Kabul began at the 50th anniversary of Nixon taking the US off the gold standard. At Nixon's time they cut a deal with Saudi Arabia that they would only sell their oil for US dollars, in return the US would provide security. This made the US dollar the world's currency and ushered in 50 years of fabulous wealth for the US where we could simply print money any time we wished. Venezuela, Libya and Saddam Hussein all at one time or another tried to sell their oil for something other than US dollars and, well let's just say it didn't turn out to well for them.

However, after seeing the pitiful display in Afghanistan Saudi Arabia made a new deal with Russia for their security. While the world is focused on people left behind, the alarm bells went off on August 15th that the US dollar as a world currency is finished. I suspect we will very shortly see run away inflation. Some are predicting by November, but I don't think they are aware of the catastrophe about to hit in two weeks. I suspect by the Feast of Trumpets, October 8, the US economy will have effectively collapsed.

The US will still have hundreds of millions of people. However, our dollar will be close to worthless, we will be unable to import anything especially oil, and it will take us some time to get back on our feet with our own oil industry. In the chaos we will be occupied by UN peace keepers and Russia will use this meteor shower as an opportunity to finish us off as a nuclear power (disarm us, strip us naked).
 

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there is an object that moves across the screen opposite to the direction the Sun is moving. You should be aware that the Sun, the Moon and all the stars will appear to move the same direction because of Earth's rotation. Therefore this object is not any of those things.
 

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Zephaniah 3:1-5 -- The unjust knoweth no shame

1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Let’s look at this recent case with Hunter Biden. They found pictures and emails on his computer implicating Hunter, Joe, and Hunter’s brother in a corruption scheme selling access to key policy makers. However a day later the response is that this is a Russian disinformation campaign. So then that claim proves someone is lying and it proves this is a very big story about corruption. If it is true Joe Biden’s campaign is lying about it because they realize it is evidence of him committing a felony and selling out the country. If Biden’s campaign is right in saying this is Russian disinformation that the NY Post is publishing that is equally concerning. Rudy Guiliani is the one pushing this story, they are accusing him of spreading lies. So it is confusing, but what is telling is what everyone agrees to be true. First, even the campaign agrees that the pictures that were found on his computer are true. They depict Hunter Biden as a profligate person and a drug addict. During the first debate Joe Biden defended his son saying that he had problems, he couldn’t deny he had been kicked out of the military due to his drug use. But, he was working through these problems (cue the Rocky theme music) and like many other Americans who had drug problems he was picking himself back up and rebuilding his life. These pictures prove that depiction was a lie because the multi million dollars he received for a job involving making introductions was given to him by both the Ukrainians and Chinese while he was a profligate and drug addict. Also, no one denies that he was making millions of dollars from both the Chinese and Ukrainians to make introductions when his father was Vice President. What is also stunning to me is that Joe Biden has said repeatedly that he didn’t ever talk to his son about his business. Really? I have a son and daughter who are both working and we often talk about their business and how that is going. This claim by Joe tells me he knew there was a horrible conflict of interest and appearance of evil. So much so that he has to even deny he knew anything about it. Also, no one denies that Joe Biden pressured the Ukrainian government to fire the man who was investigating his son’s business for corruption. So what exactly do they deny? The emails are from Hunter complaining that he has to give half of his money to his dad, that he gets no respect, and it describes him setting up a meeting with Joe Biden on a certain day. Joe’s campaign has a very specific denial, they say on the date in question that there was no meeting set up with this man “on the calendar”. Yes, there was a large gap in his schedule that is unaccounted for on this day and they don’t deny that he might have met with this man, only that “it wasn’t on the calendar”. This is how liars respond to accusations. Any honest person would have said “I never met this person”. Also when asked if he received money from Hunter he says “he never talked to his son about his business”. Again, trying to pass off an answer to a question not asked as an answer to the question that was. But this is only part of the scandal. The second part is that Facebook and Twitter both blocked every attempt to reference this article from the NY Post. The hypocrisy in this action was incredible. They tried to give various justifications that were absurd. They said it was their policy to not accept a story like this unless Hunter Biden approved! That is laughable. It is like saying we won’t accept stories of Trump’s tax return unless he first approves! So they were excoriated by a variety of news outlets around the world and have since rewritten their policy and completely been exposed for their deceit. But that too is only part of the story. Apparently the FBI also had this evidence and dismissed it as “Russian disinformation”. Think about that for a minute. There was a three year investigation of Trump due to the allegation made by Clinton’s camp of Trump working with the Russians. They spent millions on the investigation, had an impeachment hearing, and did everything in their power to find evidence that would indict the president. During this time I supported the investigation 100%. My thought was if he is guilty I want to know, if he is innocent I want to know. Many complained about the time and expense and my position was “it is well worth the cost to know the answer to this question”. Yet now you actually have real, physical evidence that proves, unequivocally that there was interference in our government at the highest level. Either you have Ukrainian and Chinese buying influence with the Vice President, or you have Russians spreading disinformation during a presidential election. You have clear evidence of the crime they spent three years investigating and they just dismiss it out of hand without opening an investigation? So then, in conclusion:

4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.


What they are accusing Biden of is the exact same thing they accused Clinton of. Let’s suppose for a minute that Clinton’s foundation was on the up and up. Foreign countries were not buying influence with her by contributing to her foundation. If that were true why did the contributions stop when she lost the election? Talk about no shame, Biden compares his drug addict son getting millions to “make introductions” to him as being similar to any other American trying to rebuild their life after suffering from drug addiction! Bill Clinton went to pedophile island and if Hillary had been president that would have been the front page news! Joe Biden’s “party” wants to pack the Supreme court with more than 9 Supreme court justices and he has the nerve to tell us that we should ignore that and instead focus on the President who nominated a Supreme court justice (his constitutional job) and the Senate who is confirming that nomination (their constitutional job)! He tells us he’ll let us know by election day how he stands on packing the Supreme court yet people are already voting now! There is no shame!
 

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1John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Be encouraged. Every single person who has been saved has sinned and has had to confess and repent of those sins. The blood that washed any other believer will also wash away your sins, you simply confess and repent. No one will be able to judge you. The accuser of the brethren is cast down, we overcome the accuser by the Blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony. Confess your sins and testify that Jesus is Lord and you shall be saved.
 

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Revelation 12:10-17 A Demonic invasion like a flood

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

January 6th is a great example of “the accuser of our brethren”. Videos are coming out exposing all the lies and nasty accusations. We can see the police waving people in, we can see people in the crowd running to the police to do something, we can see the people in the capitol acting like respectful tourists. The facts come out as well, we can see the false accusations of “insurrection” yet no one is charged with having a weapon. We see the false story about the officer being beaten to death changed to dying from Bear spray changed to dying from a stroke that was not related to the event. We can see Ashley Babbit being shot and killed and those in charge hiding the identity of the person who shot her.

There are two sides to this story. If you are raptured to the heavens it is a time of rejoicing. If you are left on the earth it is a time of woe. For many Christians it will be a time of weeping and gnashing of teeth. Once again, we see another reference to this “zombie apocalypse”. The inhabitants of the sea are the demons. There appears to be a number of bread crumbs concerning this. The most vile of people who are guilty of bloodguiltiness get expelled from the cemetery, so even though it is the dead in Christ that rise first, the damned also rise and fallen angels who have been kept in chains in gloomy bonds apparently go to and fro on the earth gathering these ones up. It is described as “three days of darkness” though I have yet to confirm that it is actually three days. But the damned being raised is Biblical, the angels being held in chains released to the Earth is Biblical, and the description of this being “gross darkness” is Biblical. Woe to those inhabiting the Earth and Sea is also Biblical and that is because the Devil is come down unto you.

13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

Already in many countries on earth the church is persecuted, but apparently it will become really horrific at this time. The dragon wanted to devour the child but was restrained, held back and unable to. But once the restrainer steps aside there seems to be nothing protecting the woman from persecution. However, this turns God’s people to trust in God and there is a great revival. They want to turn the saints into slaves, but failing to do that the only option left is to cut off their heads lest the whole world follow them in the revival.

14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.


My understanding is that “the great eagle” signifies the US. True, Mexico also has an eagle as their national symbol, but they would not be the “great” eagle. I understand this as being a flood of immigrants to the US across our border, even flying in from all over the world. Obviously before that could happen the laws concerning immigration would have to be loosened. But we already accept those fleeing persecution so there is already a solid basis for this. Also the Democrats have thrown the border wide open for political advantage, but once the bums are thrown out we’ll lose many believers but they will be replaced with all those fleeing persecution from Satan. A time, and times and half a time is understood as 3 ½ years which is also what the 1,260 days represents in the Jewish calendar. As a rule our tribulation is only for a short period of time compared to the eternal weight of glory. If I was left on the earth for the 1,260 days I would be counting each day, focused on preparing myself to be taken.

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

So here is another example, you have the man child, you have the woman and you have the remnant. The word remnant means “a small remaining quantity of something”. Some are taken, some will remain. Two are in the field, one is taken, one is left behind. This is a common thread whenever the rapture is discussed. This flood that they are referring to is quite unnerving, how many times does the Bible refer to a “flood”? How many times does the “earth open his mouth to swallow up a flood”. As bad as the floods are now in Europe and China I don’t believe this rises to what John is referring to, at least not yet.

However, I think that it is related to the meteor shower on September 23 and 24th. If 3,000 meteors hit the Earth you would expect 2,000 to hit the ocean. They would cause massive evaporation and steam. This would rise and when it is forced over the mountain ranges, particularly the Rockies and the Himalayas it will become rain. We will see floods that are truly Biblical, in fact it was a large asteroid hitting the ocean that caused Noah’s flood.