Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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This is a new teaching based on a couple of verses in the Books of Moses. Basically he says that when you harvest your field the firstfruits go to God, the main harvest to the farmer and the gleanings (the corners of the field) to the poor. He likens the poor to Satan which is the biggest surprise of this interpretation but surely it would not refer to either God or the Lord. His point is that at the appointed time Satan has a right to take those who have rejected the Lord.

However, because Satan has tried to steal these people before the time by deceit and lies (the vaccine) then he will be caught as a thief and will have to pay it back 7 fold. This is how God will be able to restore the whole creation to Himself. In this video he references the video where he lays out this entire teaching, but the big discovery in this video is that the Book of Enoch references this very thing.

 

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This blog has tried to focus on painting a picture of the entire Biblical account concerning the rapture, specifically the Pre-tribulation rapture. There are many teachers who lay out the entire time line of the tribulation and what is going to happen when and yet they don't know this one thing. So we have no way to know if they are right or wrong. I have felt uneasy with how confident and even dogmatic they are about these things when they don't even know the first thing.

However, here is a short, brief discourse on one timeline by a very well respected Bible teacher whose focus has been the book of Revelation.


Notice he says that the harpazo (Biblical term) takes place before the tribulation "but we don't know how much before". I think we have gone a very long way to resolving that question.

Jesus said "when you see all these things taking place look up for your redemption draweth nigh". I think that is what we see with the Dragon approaching. We can also surmise that the rapture precedes the tail of the dragon being cast to the Earth and since we know when that takes place we can narrow down our window for the rapture from this moment until September 24th, 1:17am. This would correspond with both the verse that says it will happen at an hour you don't know (totally true at the time Jesus said it) and with the verse in Revelation 3 that if you don't watch He will come at an hour you don't know suggesting that if you do watch that won't happen.

What I think is more fruitful still is to determine when the Great tribulation begins. I think the most recent video from Gevte does a great job of making a case that it begins on the Feast of Trumpets which is October 8th. The only point I disagree with him on is lumping the pre-tribulation rapture with the start of the Great tribulation as though they both occur the same day.
 

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Let's point out a few other things. The rapture, the "harpazo" is supposed to be the Lord snatching us away right before sudden destruction like being pulled out from in front of an oncoming train.

Well today we know that in NYC they are mandating the vaccine for the 27th. There are a lot of Christians who need their jobs to support their families and if they had an option they would leave but feel they can't. One woman told me that she would not get the vaccine, another said they would have to do it by force and a third person, a man also said he couldn't afford to leave his job but feels completely threatened by this situation. Today Biden announced that all Federal employees will be mandated, so the noose is tightening around us.

The second thing I would point out is that in Mark it says that the believers will have power over snakes and won't be harmed. I think this can be referring to those who did get the shot, they can still be healed from it. That is not the same thing as getting sealed with the mark of the beast. If you agree to that you are agreeing to putting Satan's name on you that he owns you. The Lord does all things in order and lawfully. Right now getting the vaccine is not the same as agreeing to have Satan put his name on you that he owns you. So, regardless of whether or not you got the vaccine you can be healed.
 
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KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x G726
The KJV translates Strong's G726 in the following manner: catch up (4x), take by force (3x), catch away (2x), pluck (2x), catch (1x), pull (1x).
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
  1. to seize, carry off by force
  2. to seize on, claim for one's self eagerly
  3. to snatch out or away
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἁρπάζω harpázō, har-pad'-zo; from a derivative of G138; to seize (in various applications):—catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).
 

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September 23, 2021 = The 17th Day of Elul

I have been looking to see what happened on the 17th day of ELUL that might be prophetic. I just learned that this took place.

Numbers 14:35 I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

A fitting day for a plague that wipes out all those in the evil congregation that caused the people of God to murmur against Him.

Could this typify the rapture of the Firstfruits?

Numbers 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
 

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September 23, 2021 = 17th Day of Elul part 2

In 1935, Nazi Germany passed the Nuremberg laws, a set of racist policies directed primarily against Jews. The Nazis blamed the Jews for poverty, unemployment, and the loss of World War I. Jews were banned from any professional jobs and Jewish stores were boycotted. Anyone with even one Jewish grandparent was stripped of German citizenship, with no basic rights. Within 10 years, the Nazi genocidal machine had swept through eastern Europe, leaving 6 million Jews murdered.

You insulted God now he allows you to be insulted.

Numbers 14:35 I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
 

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September 23, 2021 = 17th Day of Elul part 3

A week after releasing the raven, (see 10 Elul), Noach opened the window of the teivah / ark and dispatched the dove to see if the great Mabul / Flood that covered the earth had abated. "But the dove found no resting place for the sole of its foot" and returned to the teivah. Noach waited seven days before making another attempt. (date according to Rab' Eliezer).

Today is a Yom Tov cited in Megillat Taanit, commemorating the removal of the Romans who instituted burdensome taxes on the Jews.
 
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September 23, 2021 = 17th Day of Elul part 3

A week after releasing the raven, (see 10 Elul), Noach opened the window of the teivah / ark and dispatched the dove to see if the great Mabul / Flood that covered the earth had abated. "But the dove found no resting place for the sole of its foot" and returned to the teivah. Noach waited seven days before making another attempt. (date according to Rab' Eliezer).

Today is a Yom Tov cited in Megillat Taanit, commemorating the removal of the Romans who instituted burdensome taxes on the Jews.
ZNP do u even know what tov means?...:cautious:
 

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Elul 17 is a good day for the faithful and a day of judgement for the evil congregation.

We will see the judgement on those who murmured against God and gave an evil report, but for Joshua and Caleb they will live. Noah released the dove which could represent a rapture. A good day. Nazi Germany passed the racist Nuremberg laws, a severe judgement on those who slandered the good land with an evil report. Once again, a day of judgement on those who made the people of the congregation murmur against the Lord. But it is also a day of removal of the Satanic worldly system. It would be a good day for the rapture and a good day for the Great Babylon to be judged with fire.
 

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Wow! It is here! It is incredible! I see three large bodies.
 

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Zephaniah 3:6-20 I will undo all that afflict thee

6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

Just look at history. French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Roman Empire, there is a long list of those He cut off.

7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

All these corrupt and wicked politicians think that because they “worked hard” they deserve to be where they are. Yes they rose early, and they also corrupted all their doings. The purpose of the Twin Towers being brought down is that we would be humbled and fear God. The purpose of the humiliating defeat in Afghanistan is that we would be humbled and fear God.

8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.


He is talking about Armageddon. You want to see some scary youtube videos, watch the videos of both the Russians and Chinese military reviews. They are going to pour people into Armageddon just as the Bible said. Our withdrawal from Afghanistan has made them one of the best equipped militaries in the world. If they make an alliance with Russia, Pakistan, and Turkey they would have the manpower and military might to be the power in the region. This is why Saudi Arabia just made a treaty with Russia.

9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.


This is the problem and it dates all the way back to the tower of Babel. When you worship idols it creates a language barrier, because of uncleanness. Why do people speak in “forked tongues”? Uncleanness, deceit, cunning craftiness all designed to hide evil intentions. One language doesn’t mean English or Chinese, we have technological solutions for that. No the issue is some speak with a forked tongue and some speak truth. Some call on the name of the Lord and some worship idols. They call a humiliating defeat a success, one month they say there will be no vaccine mandates, the next month the President is declaring vaccine mandates for all federal employees.

10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.


This is the purpose of the great tribulation, to remove these proud and haughty people.

12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Simple really, the judgement is due to people doing iniquity, speaking lies and having a deceitful tongue. The ones who survive are those who trust in the name of the Lord.

14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.


This is why all these debates about climate change are stupid. You can’t deal with any of these problems until you first remove the enemy. The more they discussed protecting the Amazon rainforest the faster it was burned. The more they talked about protecting the fish in the sea the faster they were harvested. If you really are concerned with the environment then the first step is to remove the enemy, those who commit iniquity, those who lie and speak with a deceitful tongue.

16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

If we have one pure language then we can all come together with joy and singing. The world is so corrupt, they want to control, package, and sell to you “joy and singing”.

18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

What is this entire movement about respecting everyone, no judgement, etc? What they are actually doing is judging and reproaching Christians and their solemn assembly. They reproached us for speaking of Jesus as a savior and one who delivers from sin. Everyone has a right to believe as they wish without judgement really means everyone but Christians.

19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

The cancel culture is all about “driving out” and “putting to shame” anyone who speaks for the Lord or from the Bible. The tribulation will be a time of gathering them together with a great revival.

20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.

Just like the Gospels, they will realize that if they don't kill the believers the whole world will follow the Lord.
 

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I would just add a little clarification. September 9, 2017 was the 18th day of Elul, so that would be the same as September 24, 2021 (there is some dispute about the calendar, so if you subscribe to the Torah calendar you will have this as being Tishrei).
 

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Jeremiah 6:1-12 -- I will turn away from you and make your land desolate so no one can live in it.”

“Flee for safety, people of Benjamin! Flee from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the north, even terrible destruction.

What a picture. The Southern kingdom was composed of Judah and Benjamin. Here we see that this kingdom is split in two just like what we are seeing today between the “Leftists” and the “Conservatives”. These two locations are the southern border of Judah with Benjamin. Again, if this were the US then Jerusalem would be Washington DC. To flee from Washington DC would then have a double meaning. Yes, the capital is surrounded by troops and fences, but it is also the “heart of the corruption”, some are now calling it “the district of corruption”.

2 I will destroy Daughter Zion, so beautiful and delicate.

I prefer the translation that describes the daughter of Zion as a beautiful pasture. For the last century the world has looked at the US as a great place to do business, but that will be destroyed.

3 Shepherds with their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents around her, each tending his own portion.”

Again, I prefer the translation that describes them each with their hand out. Why is the US being destroyed as a place to do business? It is because of the government mandated shutdown as well as the schools being shut down. What is keeping them from lifting the mandate? Not the science (as a rule kids are at a very low risk). Not the hospitals, the cases have dropped significantly. We now have treatments that work and three different vaccines. No, what is keeping them from reopening is the teachers unions. “Offspring of vipers” they have learned to “never let a crisis go to waste” and have their hand out demanding all kinds of money from the federal government.

4 “Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long. 5 So arise, let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses!”

Wow, how appropriate. The pandemic was designed to destroy the positive economic news and help get Biden elected. The idea was to reopen after the election but now it is dragging on and on. This was designed to unseat the Republicans but now it will destroy the fortresses of the Democrats. Cuomo, Whitmer and Newsom are now coming under intense pressure to either be recalled, impeached or resign. Fauci is being mocked as a liar and a joke. The CDC and the WHO are losing credibility.

6 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Cut down the trees and build siege ramps against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; it is filled with oppression.

Fair enough, lay siege to the Capital. Every day the news is being proclaimed, Biden is causing jobs to be lost, he is damaging our industries, he is being controlled by radical leftists. The censorship is being exposed. People are building alternative platforms from which to proclaim the facts. Already Biden’s strong support is down to the thirty percentile range, this is after only 7 months in office. For someone who is supposed to have had the most massive turnout in election history this is the most epic drop in support ever. Meanwhile the evidence of voter fraud continues to press the case. People are being arrested, States are passing legislation, courts are upholding subpoenas. And it is filled with oppression, Biden mandating the vaccine for everyone and talking about sending the military into the states to enforce it.

7 As a well pours out its water, so she pours out her wickedness. Violence and destruction resound in her; her sickness and wounds are ever before me.

We are now seeing the violence and destruction of Antifa and even the January 6 riot in a new light. The evidence and facts are changing the publics opinion. Over 70% of Americans view Antifa as domestic terrorists while the evidence that any Trump supporters committed any acts of violence on January 6 is becoming thinner and thinner. The lies and falsehood were poured out as water. AOC crying about how she felt threatened, FBI claiming a policeman was bludgeoned to death, Antifa is not committing acts of terrorism because they loot at night.

8 Take warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you and make your land desolate so no one can live in it.”

Could anyone have believed this a year ago? March 3,2020 there was no pandemic, no shutdown, no Stop the Steal rallies, and very little in the way of rioting and looting by Antifa.

9 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Let them glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine; pass your hand over the branches again, like one gathering grapes.”

This is what we are hearing out of the left. They have thrown open our border, they want to keep the schools closed, and the government is gleaning the US, they want to pass another 3.5 trillion dollar stimulus plan after having just passed a previous one of 1.9 trillion. The yields on our bonds have spiked up and now they are doubling the amount of bonds they are trying to sell. For those who don’t understand if the yield on the bonds goes up the US debt will skyrocket and when that happens you will see inflation, perhaps even runaway inflation. Saudi Arabia may have already made a covenant with Russia for security, replacing the dollar with the Ruble.

10 To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

Just like today. It is like two completely different worlds, those that listen to CNN cannot listen to warnings from people like Tucker Carlson or Steve Bannon.

11 But I am full of the wrath of the Lord, and I cannot hold it in. “Pour it out on the children in the street and on the young men gathered together; both husband and wife will be caught in it, and the old, those weighed down with years. 12 Their houses will be turned over to others, together with their fields and their wives, when I stretch out my hand against those who live in the land,” declares the Lord.

This is what we are seeing, small businesses are getting hit very hard, the bankruptcies will sweep across the country. Especially small landlords who have not been able to collect rent for more than a year. Restaurants that were forced to close. Cuomo and four other governors mandated that people sick with Covid had to return to the nursing homes guaranteeing that many elderly would get sick and die. Mental health issues among kids who have had to study remotely for the last year have increased 100%. Young people cannot find jobs.
 

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Jeremiah 6:13-30 The Lord has rejected them

13 “From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. 14 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.

The hypocrisy and lies are repulsive. All the courts refusing to listen to evidence of election fraud. This is not helping the situation. They are trying to say that there is nothing to see here and yet the lies and hypocrisy are overflowing, no one believes a word they say. All of these mainstream media outlets and tech giant platforms and politicians and pundits practice deceit. The most vocal advocates of the “#MeToo” movement when one woman brought a charge against Kavanaugh from 20 years previously, a charge that could not be substantiated, these same people are refusing to listen to multiple women bring charges against Biden and Cuomo. Joy Behar and Kamala Harris are two prime examples of the most deceitful and hypocritical women.

15 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the Lord. 16 This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Right now there is a fork in the road, some will find the path that leads to life, but only a few, the rest will take the broad way that leads to destruction. Not only so but when they heard people preaching and warning and telling them to take the path that leads to life they were obstinate “we will not walk in it”.

17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But you said, ‘We will not listen.’

There are Christians everywhere on the internet sounding the alarm and their response is “we will not listen”.

18 Therefore hear, you nations; you who are witnesses, observe what will happen to them.

The whole world is watching what is happening in the US. God punishes the US and the rest of the world is warned.

19 Hear, you earth: I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to my word and have rejected my law.

The disaster is self inflicted. Just like the blackouts in Texas, or the people dying in nursing homes, or the laws being passed concerning the tech giants and censorship.

20 What do I care about incense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.”

Do you think that God cares if Joe Biden shows up at Mass? Do you think that he tells a few “hail mary’s” and then it will be all fine?

21 Therefore this is what the Lord says: “I will put obstacles before this people. Parents and children alike will stumble over them; neighbors and friends will perish.”

Deceit like the SAT scandal, election fraud, drugs, etc. The schools are closed, Antifa continues to riot in the street, now that the borders have been thrown open we’ll see drugs flooding back into the cities. Mental health issues with kids.

22 This is what the Lord says: “Look, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is being stirred up from the ends of the earth.

They refused to listen to the warning, but more than a year ago Steve Bannon started a daily broadcast called “War Room Pandemic” because he saw that the virus in Wuhan had the potential to become a pandemic. They mocked and ridiculed him as a tin foil hat conspiracy. But he was right. We now have the evidence that this came from the Wuhan Bio weapons lab and that the CCP has done many things to obstruct a thorough investigation. The only reasonable attitude at this point is that we view this pandemic as an attack with a bioweapon from the CCP until we can get the evidence to prove otherwise. Then we also have evidence that the CCP was involved in stealing the US election. This has been published in Mike Lindell’s movies exposing the fraud. That should also be viewed as China’s being complicit in a coup in the US. These are acts of war. The nation being stirred up is Russia. After the meteor shower we will see Russia arise.

23 They are armed with bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses; they come like men in battle formation to attack you, Daughter Zion.”

Wake up! Anyone who would attack with a bioweapon that destroys the world’s economy is not going to show any mercy.

24 We have heard reports about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Nice, I wonder if this is a reference to the birth pains of the woman who is bringing forth the Man Child. In the gospel of Luke the Lord said that when we see Jerusalem compassed about with troops that this is the last sign prior to the rapture at the beginning of the tribulation. Now here in Jeremiah there appears to be a confirmation of that.

25 Do not go out to the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword, and there is terror on every side.

After the rapture there will be a dramatic collapse in law and order. Imagine what the US would be like if you don’t remove any of the Antifa or people who are rioting and looting but you do remove a third of all the cops, a third of teachers, and all the people standing with the Lord for righteousness.

26 Put on sackcloth, my people, and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

When they say “peace and security” then there is sudden destruction. The claims of “peace, peace” were fake news. This is the problem with deceit, people don’t see the destroyer that is coming.

27 “I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.

This is a test, we are being tested, will you stand for the Lord, are you truly walking by faith or by sight?

28 They are all hardened rebels, going about to slander. They are bronze and iron; they all act corruptly. 29 The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out. 30 They are called rejected silver, because the Lord has rejected them.”

“They are called rejected silver” -- can’t get any clearer than that. He is talking about those who are left behind after the rapture. He accused them of going about to slander, that is what he accused the ten spies who brought an evil report of doing. God was greatly offended at them slandering trees and rocks, you can imagine what He will do to those who are slandering His believers, His church, and those who are trying to walk the narrow way.