Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
- Thread starter ZNP
- Start date
-
Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.
If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!
To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
Jude 14-25 The Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
I am really taken by this “the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones”. We are being trained into His army, He has raised up the church to be His army. We are not fighting for the Lord, we are fighting with the Lord. When you contend for the faith remember that, you are not alone, the Lord is with you.
This is a quote from the book of Enoch (Enoch 1). It is clear that Jude and John both quote from the book of Enoch, but I would extend that to Peter and Paul as well. There are passages in both of their writings that seem to be taken straight from Enoch 1 or based very much on what is written in Enoch 1. So I think it is fair to say the prophecies in the book of Enoch have been certified by the apostles. However, it is not part of the Old Testament, that doesn’t mean it isn’t of God. The Old Testament is His covenant with His people. It is a contract. It isn’t part of that contract, yet it is a prophecy of what is going to happen. Isaiah 45:3 I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
16 These people are grumblers and fault finders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
We are not ignorant of Satan’s devices or what is about to happen. We can see it unfold, worship God, but do not be dragged into the pit with them. They are a pathetic joke. AOC went public railing against Trump because her grandmother’s house was still damaged from Hurricane Maria. So a conservative talk show started a go fund me page to pay for repairs to her home and raised enough to fix up her entire neighborhood. But AOC shut it down saying they wouldn’t take the money. So it wasn’t about her grandmother’s house being fixed at all, rather it was about being a fault finder and a grumbler.
17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
Today you can see those who appear to have no purpose other than to divide people. Race baiting, many nasty attempts to divide people. They are scoffers, they are insulting, derisive, and mocking. You have to keep yourself in God’s love, you have to wait for mercy. They are shepherds that feed only themselves. Look at the BLM founder who bought $4 million in houses for her family and yet BLM took in billions and didn’t give one dime to the inner city to help minorities.
22 Be merciful to those who doubt;
there are others who legitimately doubt, be merciful to them. Some have been taken in by all the hate and vitriol and don’t yet realize they are being lied to.
23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
This is what it is to contend for the faith. “Snatching them out of the fire” that is what happened to Lot, that is a picture of the last rapture of believers during the tribulation.
24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
I am really taken by this “the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones”. We are being trained into His army, He has raised up the church to be His army. We are not fighting for the Lord, we are fighting with the Lord. When you contend for the faith remember that, you are not alone, the Lord is with you.
This is a quote from the book of Enoch (Enoch 1). It is clear that Jude and John both quote from the book of Enoch, but I would extend that to Peter and Paul as well. There are passages in both of their writings that seem to be taken straight from Enoch 1 or based very much on what is written in Enoch 1. So I think it is fair to say the prophecies in the book of Enoch have been certified by the apostles. However, it is not part of the Old Testament, that doesn’t mean it isn’t of God. The Old Testament is His covenant with His people. It is a contract. It isn’t part of that contract, yet it is a prophecy of what is going to happen. Isaiah 45:3 I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
16 These people are grumblers and fault finders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
We are not ignorant of Satan’s devices or what is about to happen. We can see it unfold, worship God, but do not be dragged into the pit with them. They are a pathetic joke. AOC went public railing against Trump because her grandmother’s house was still damaged from Hurricane Maria. So a conservative talk show started a go fund me page to pay for repairs to her home and raised enough to fix up her entire neighborhood. But AOC shut it down saying they wouldn’t take the money. So it wasn’t about her grandmother’s house being fixed at all, rather it was about being a fault finder and a grumbler.
17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
Today you can see those who appear to have no purpose other than to divide people. Race baiting, many nasty attempts to divide people. They are scoffers, they are insulting, derisive, and mocking. You have to keep yourself in God’s love, you have to wait for mercy. They are shepherds that feed only themselves. Look at the BLM founder who bought $4 million in houses for her family and yet BLM took in billions and didn’t give one dime to the inner city to help minorities.
22 Be merciful to those who doubt;
there are others who legitimately doubt, be merciful to them. Some have been taken in by all the hate and vitriol and don’t yet realize they are being lied to.
23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
This is what it is to contend for the faith. “Snatching them out of the fire” that is what happened to Lot, that is a picture of the last rapture of believers during the tribulation.
24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
Psalm 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
We know not what we should pray for as we ought
Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Romans 10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Saved is a big term, it encompasses many things, but remember, there is salvation in no other name than Jesus, Jehovah the Savior.
1Corinthians 11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
Our position, spiritually, is the Bride of Christ and in that position we should have our prayers covered. Pray the words of God.
2 Corinthians 13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil;
We are in a spiritual battle, the enemy will do evil to us hoping to provoke a similar response.
Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
He was not praying for their knowledge or their power, but their love. Not a love that was ignorant of Satan's devices or tolerant of sin but a love in all judgement. In all that, in knowing all those sins and devices of Satan the prayer is that our love would abound. Sin and Satan's devices steal, and kill and destroy, it is the perfect black background for God's love to be manifested.
Colossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
It takes spiritual discernment to realize the pandemic was God's will, that the vaccine mandate is God's will, and it takes all wisdom to know how to respond in these days.
Colossians 4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
He didn't say to "speak the word" there are a million people speaking the word. He didn't say to speak the gospel, too often those that speak the gospel present it as though it were not a mystery. Instead, speak the "mystery of Christ" that is what we need to see when you speak the word that is what we need to hear when you speak the gospel.
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Pray for the saints that they could stand, and not just stand but stand perfect, and not only perfect but complete in all the will of God. We can never be perfect on our own and we could never be complete on our own. The Body of Christ knit together in love is the will of God.
1Thessalonians 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
This was Paul's prayer! My prayer is that we might have some apostles, prophets and teachers who could perfect that which is lacking in our faith.
1Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Great prayer as we see the day of the Lord's coming approach.
2Thessalonians 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
Too much focus on when the Lord will appear and not enough on fulfilling the work of faith.
2Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
This is what the shut down was all about, this is what the vaccine mandate is all about. Free up the saints so that the word of God may have free course.
James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray
This is why we are afflicted, to turn us to prayer.
James 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
This is why saints get sick, it is an opportunity for the Lord to do the works of God through the church and be glorified in the church.
James 5:17-18 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
We can pray to shut the door of the heavens to turn the world from their idolatry and we can pray to open the door of blessing that they might see the Lord and glorify Him.
Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Romans 10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Saved is a big term, it encompasses many things, but remember, there is salvation in no other name than Jesus, Jehovah the Savior.
1Corinthians 11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
Our position, spiritually, is the Bride of Christ and in that position we should have our prayers covered. Pray the words of God.
2 Corinthians 13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil;
We are in a spiritual battle, the enemy will do evil to us hoping to provoke a similar response.
Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
He was not praying for their knowledge or their power, but their love. Not a love that was ignorant of Satan's devices or tolerant of sin but a love in all judgement. In all that, in knowing all those sins and devices of Satan the prayer is that our love would abound. Sin and Satan's devices steal, and kill and destroy, it is the perfect black background for God's love to be manifested.
Colossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
It takes spiritual discernment to realize the pandemic was God's will, that the vaccine mandate is God's will, and it takes all wisdom to know how to respond in these days.
Colossians 4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
He didn't say to "speak the word" there are a million people speaking the word. He didn't say to speak the gospel, too often those that speak the gospel present it as though it were not a mystery. Instead, speak the "mystery of Christ" that is what we need to see when you speak the word that is what we need to hear when you speak the gospel.
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Pray for the saints that they could stand, and not just stand but stand perfect, and not only perfect but complete in all the will of God. We can never be perfect on our own and we could never be complete on our own. The Body of Christ knit together in love is the will of God.
1Thessalonians 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
This was Paul's prayer! My prayer is that we might have some apostles, prophets and teachers who could perfect that which is lacking in our faith.
1Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Great prayer as we see the day of the Lord's coming approach.
2Thessalonians 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
Too much focus on when the Lord will appear and not enough on fulfilling the work of faith.
2Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
This is what the shut down was all about, this is what the vaccine mandate is all about. Free up the saints so that the word of God may have free course.
James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray
This is why we are afflicted, to turn us to prayer.
James 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
This is why saints get sick, it is an opportunity for the Lord to do the works of God through the church and be glorified in the church.
James 5:17-18 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
We can pray to shut the door of the heavens to turn the world from their idolatry and we can pray to open the door of blessing that they might see the Lord and glorify Him.
Coming in the clouds
Mark 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
I was seeing all these various volcanic eruptions around the world and then it hit me, they are all pumping ash clouds into the heavens. This will stay for months. Two thousand years ago the Lord said that His coming would be in the clouds. The entire world would see Him coming "in the clouds". It is extremely rare, perhaps never in human history that the entire world has been covered in clouds. That is an amazing prophecy.
However, there is more. He told us on Palm Sunday that if the people held their tongues the stones would cry out. La Palma right now is crying out and is filling the heavens with clouds as are many other volcanoes around the earth.
Mark 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
I was seeing all these various volcanic eruptions around the world and then it hit me, they are all pumping ash clouds into the heavens. This will stay for months. Two thousand years ago the Lord said that His coming would be in the clouds. The entire world would see Him coming "in the clouds". It is extremely rare, perhaps never in human history that the entire world has been covered in clouds. That is an amazing prophecy.
However, there is more. He told us on Palm Sunday that if the people held their tongues the stones would cry out. La Palma right now is crying out and is filling the heavens with clouds as are many other volcanoes around the earth.
This can explain the Lord saying to pray that our flight is not in the winter. After a volcanic eruption it is typical that the Earth's overall temperature drops (Mount Pinatubo's eruption caused a worldwide drop in temperature of 0.5 degrees C for several years). If the entire Earth is shrouded in clouds it will get very cold. Currently we have six very active eruptions. It is quite possible that we could get a cooling of several degrees centigrade for many years.
Hebrews 12:1-6 -- Why is the church being shut down?
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
It is wonderful to see that our country was founded by men of faith. They are a cloud of witnesses, our struggle is the same struggle that the Jews and Christians gassed in the gas chambers had, the same struggle that Israel had when they came out of Egypt. If you look at human history there is a great cloud of witnesses that have come before us, all of whom were looking for a better kingdom. This is what the gospel is all about. Think about Abraham leaving Babel, you have a man of faith in a tent versus this kingdom with the tower up to the heavens. That has been the struggle, we saw this in Egypt with Joseph and Moses. We saw this with Israel but they stumbled, they were carried off to Babylon and when the Lord came they were under the thumb of the Romans. To shame the Jews and make them jealous the Lord went to the offscouring of the world, raised up a kingdom that could stand against the Satanic system.
let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
I was with a small gathering to pray outside of Mike Pence’s house in January. While there people were driving by and screaming at us, “losers” and other things along those lines that I cannot repeat on this forum. One of the guys there got provoked by this, but it is a glory to experience the same things that these heroes of the faith experienced. Think about how far we have come in ten months. We have proven that there was election fraud, we have proven that China was involved in the steal, and we have proven that this is all about a struggle between one world government of the Antichrist or the Kingdom of the heavens.
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
I learned at that prayer meeting about the “Black Robed Regiment” during the revolutionary war. The church and the pastors were called the “Black Robed Regiment” by the British because they saw them as the instigators and provocateurs to those who fought in the Revolutionary war. The shot heard round the world was done on the front lawn of one of these churches. The word of God condemns the corruption, it condemns those that would trample on the children of God, and it is the same word that led the children of Israel out of bondage. This is why they must shut down the church before trying a coup. It is these same believers who have taken a stand in Arizona, that is why they consider the audit in Arizona to be the Concord of today. Yes, standing up for the right to worship the Lord Jesus can be a struggle that leads to the shedding of blood. The US was founded by two completely different groups. Plymouth rock represents the believers who were seeking a better kingdom and Jamestown represents those of the world seeking to pilfer and plunder. It was the puritans who stood their ground because they knew if we surrendered to the British we would lose our religious freedom.
5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
Think about that! How can these evil rulers get away with this? How is Pelosi worth $200 million? This is proof that God is not treating them as His children. They haven’t been chastened, they haven’t been disciplined, they haven’t been accepted as sons of God. They will get judged just like the tares, they will be bundled up and thrown into the fire.
So let’s appreciate the Lord’s discipline. Why are the churches shut down? Why would God do that? If you go back to the start of this country it was completely provoked by the preaching in the pulpit. The “Black robed regiment”. Study Valley Forge and you will know this country was born through faith in God. Any reasonable person would look at the situation at that time and say the continental army was dead. The freedom to worship is in the constitution, it is very clear that government has no authority to tell people of faith how to worship. Yet you let them tell you what you can and cannot speak in the church. We have been told clearly that you cannot speak anything that is “political” otherwise you lose your tax exempt status. Which of course is what really surprises me when I hear Jeremiah Wright preach (the guy who preached at Obama’s church) or this Warnock preach (running for Senator of Georgia). Their preaching is very political. It is hypocritical that you are not allowed to speak on certain topics decided on by the local government unless you also are espousing the platform of the party in power. If the government has no authority to tell you how to worship, how is it that they are telling you what you can and cannot say in the sanctuary? How can we say we don’t care about politics when politics is deciding what our children are taught, when they are deciding that there are multiple genders (I have lost count at this point but I know they are claiming more than 10). They are saying that elementary school age children have the right to declare they are a different gender and even support medical intervention to assist these elementary kids to make that transition. You don’t care who is elected even though one party is rabidly pro abortion?
From my reading of the Bible it is going to be very difficult for Christians to continue to gather as they used to. The whole idea that the lockdown of churches is temporary is a lie. The goal is to turn God’s people into beasts of burden to support the elite (any form of tyranny does this) where these people cannot think for themselves, cannot know God and cannot challenge the power structure. That was Pharaoh’s goal, Caesar’s goal, the emperor’s goal, and the goal of all empires. To accomplish that you must take charge of the education (which they have done). Require all the common people to be indoctrinated with your program (the elites can still send their kids to private schools). And you have to stamp out the church because the Bible is full of radical ideas like “the truth shall set you free” and “the light shined in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it”. China and Russia realized that they had to have complete control over the church otherwise it would shine in the darkness of their rule and overcome it. Sadly many Christians will not wake up until some saints get raptured.
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
It is wonderful to see that our country was founded by men of faith. They are a cloud of witnesses, our struggle is the same struggle that the Jews and Christians gassed in the gas chambers had, the same struggle that Israel had when they came out of Egypt. If you look at human history there is a great cloud of witnesses that have come before us, all of whom were looking for a better kingdom. This is what the gospel is all about. Think about Abraham leaving Babel, you have a man of faith in a tent versus this kingdom with the tower up to the heavens. That has been the struggle, we saw this in Egypt with Joseph and Moses. We saw this with Israel but they stumbled, they were carried off to Babylon and when the Lord came they were under the thumb of the Romans. To shame the Jews and make them jealous the Lord went to the offscouring of the world, raised up a kingdom that could stand against the Satanic system.
let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
I was with a small gathering to pray outside of Mike Pence’s house in January. While there people were driving by and screaming at us, “losers” and other things along those lines that I cannot repeat on this forum. One of the guys there got provoked by this, but it is a glory to experience the same things that these heroes of the faith experienced. Think about how far we have come in ten months. We have proven that there was election fraud, we have proven that China was involved in the steal, and we have proven that this is all about a struggle between one world government of the Antichrist or the Kingdom of the heavens.
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
I learned at that prayer meeting about the “Black Robed Regiment” during the revolutionary war. The church and the pastors were called the “Black Robed Regiment” by the British because they saw them as the instigators and provocateurs to those who fought in the Revolutionary war. The shot heard round the world was done on the front lawn of one of these churches. The word of God condemns the corruption, it condemns those that would trample on the children of God, and it is the same word that led the children of Israel out of bondage. This is why they must shut down the church before trying a coup. It is these same believers who have taken a stand in Arizona, that is why they consider the audit in Arizona to be the Concord of today. Yes, standing up for the right to worship the Lord Jesus can be a struggle that leads to the shedding of blood. The US was founded by two completely different groups. Plymouth rock represents the believers who were seeking a better kingdom and Jamestown represents those of the world seeking to pilfer and plunder. It was the puritans who stood their ground because they knew if we surrendered to the British we would lose our religious freedom.
5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
Think about that! How can these evil rulers get away with this? How is Pelosi worth $200 million? This is proof that God is not treating them as His children. They haven’t been chastened, they haven’t been disciplined, they haven’t been accepted as sons of God. They will get judged just like the tares, they will be bundled up and thrown into the fire.
So let’s appreciate the Lord’s discipline. Why are the churches shut down? Why would God do that? If you go back to the start of this country it was completely provoked by the preaching in the pulpit. The “Black robed regiment”. Study Valley Forge and you will know this country was born through faith in God. Any reasonable person would look at the situation at that time and say the continental army was dead. The freedom to worship is in the constitution, it is very clear that government has no authority to tell people of faith how to worship. Yet you let them tell you what you can and cannot speak in the church. We have been told clearly that you cannot speak anything that is “political” otherwise you lose your tax exempt status. Which of course is what really surprises me when I hear Jeremiah Wright preach (the guy who preached at Obama’s church) or this Warnock preach (running for Senator of Georgia). Their preaching is very political. It is hypocritical that you are not allowed to speak on certain topics decided on by the local government unless you also are espousing the platform of the party in power. If the government has no authority to tell you how to worship, how is it that they are telling you what you can and cannot say in the sanctuary? How can we say we don’t care about politics when politics is deciding what our children are taught, when they are deciding that there are multiple genders (I have lost count at this point but I know they are claiming more than 10). They are saying that elementary school age children have the right to declare they are a different gender and even support medical intervention to assist these elementary kids to make that transition. You don’t care who is elected even though one party is rabidly pro abortion?
From my reading of the Bible it is going to be very difficult for Christians to continue to gather as they used to. The whole idea that the lockdown of churches is temporary is a lie. The goal is to turn God’s people into beasts of burden to support the elite (any form of tyranny does this) where these people cannot think for themselves, cannot know God and cannot challenge the power structure. That was Pharaoh’s goal, Caesar’s goal, the emperor’s goal, and the goal of all empires. To accomplish that you must take charge of the education (which they have done). Require all the common people to be indoctrinated with your program (the elites can still send their kids to private schools). And you have to stamp out the church because the Bible is full of radical ideas like “the truth shall set you free” and “the light shined in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it”. China and Russia realized that they had to have complete control over the church otherwise it would shine in the darkness of their rule and overcome it. Sadly many Christians will not wake up until some saints get raptured.
Hebrews 12:7-17 Do not sell your inheritance
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
The Bible says that we should not forsake the gathering together of ourselves and so much the more as you see the day approaching. I see the day approaching and yet the churches are shut down? Well, I gathered together with 20 saints to pray for this country. I gathered with five the night before and I gathered with two in the afternoon. When you see the day approaching you need to gather together, it will be more difficult, so you need to figure out how to do it. Use the internet, use Zoom, use whatever means you have.
9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
There are churches who have not submitted to this. I think everyone needs to be fully persuaded in their own mind as to how the Lord is leading you. This verse does not say you have to submit to the authorities, but rather to the Father of spirits. The Lord is speaking, are you a hireling, or a son. When you appear before the Lord will you have to give account of the saints under your care or give account to your tax exempt status? Is your Christian life going to end with a whimper or a bang?
10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.
Whatever path you take make sure it is leading you to share in His holiness.
11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
The issue is not which is the easier path to take, the issue is which path produces a harvest of righteousness and peace. Which path will lead to you becoming a trained disciple of the Lord. The rapture refers to a harvest of righteousness and peace.
12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 “Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
How weak and feeble some Churches appear. Are they really in the image and likeness of the Lord of all?
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
We are not trying to be disruptive. Since when is prayer and worship disruptive. We do everything we can to live in peace with others. But I have been commanded to not forsake the assembling of myself together with the saints. I want to live in peace but I must be faithful to the Lord and His word.
15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.
I believe that many believers like this Warnock have sold their birthright for a single meal. Claiming to be a “pro abortion” pastor is godless. I perceive that Reverend Jeremiah Wright has allowed a root of bitterness to grow up and has become defiled by it.
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
The Bible says that we should not forsake the gathering together of ourselves and so much the more as you see the day approaching. I see the day approaching and yet the churches are shut down? Well, I gathered together with 20 saints to pray for this country. I gathered with five the night before and I gathered with two in the afternoon. When you see the day approaching you need to gather together, it will be more difficult, so you need to figure out how to do it. Use the internet, use Zoom, use whatever means you have.
9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
There are churches who have not submitted to this. I think everyone needs to be fully persuaded in their own mind as to how the Lord is leading you. This verse does not say you have to submit to the authorities, but rather to the Father of spirits. The Lord is speaking, are you a hireling, or a son. When you appear before the Lord will you have to give account of the saints under your care or give account to your tax exempt status? Is your Christian life going to end with a whimper or a bang?
10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.
Whatever path you take make sure it is leading you to share in His holiness.
11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
The issue is not which is the easier path to take, the issue is which path produces a harvest of righteousness and peace. Which path will lead to you becoming a trained disciple of the Lord. The rapture refers to a harvest of righteousness and peace.
12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 “Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
How weak and feeble some Churches appear. Are they really in the image and likeness of the Lord of all?
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
We are not trying to be disruptive. Since when is prayer and worship disruptive. We do everything we can to live in peace with others. But I have been commanded to not forsake the assembling of myself together with the saints. I want to live in peace but I must be faithful to the Lord and His word.
15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.
I believe that many believers like this Warnock have sold their birthright for a single meal. Claiming to be a “pro abortion” pastor is godless. I perceive that Reverend Jeremiah Wright has allowed a root of bitterness to grow up and has become defiled by it.
The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men
Luke 24:6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
The Lord could not have nailed the world, the flesh, and Satan to the cross had they not nailed Him to the cross. Jesus being crucified proved beyond any doubt the ruler of this world is evil and put it on full display for the whole world to see.
Luke 24:6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
The Lord could not have nailed the world, the flesh, and Satan to the cross had they not nailed Him to the cross. Jesus being crucified proved beyond any doubt the ruler of this world is evil and put it on full display for the whole world to see.
We trusted you!
21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel:
On the road to Emmaus the disciples seem to be implying they were deceived. They trusted that Jesus was the redeemer and yet He got crucified.
The real problem here is they didn't hear and what they did hear they didn't understand. The Lord told them He had to be crucified. That did not fit their concept so they simply ignored it.
21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel:
On the road to Emmaus the disciples seem to be implying they were deceived. They trusted that Jesus was the redeemer and yet He got crucified.
The real problem here is they didn't hear and what they did hear they didn't understand. The Lord told them He had to be crucified. That did not fit their concept so they simply ignored it.
Are they ashamed at their detestable conduct?
Proverbs 13:5 The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.
The election was false. We hate that, nothing shameful about that. Hunter Biden should be in prison, nothing shameful about saying that. Biden has brought shame on himself.
Proverbs 18:3 When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach.
The F Joe Biden and Let's go Brandon chants are the expression of contempt for Biden. He is wicked and the world is responding with contempt. It is our duty to speak the truth, to be salt and light and that means we need to reproach evil. With that reproach comes shame, not on us but on Biden.
Isaiah 50:7 Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.
It is a common thing for sinners and those of the flesh to try and stop the word of God and hold down the truth in unrighteousness. It will not work.
Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.
Joe Biden refuses to blush with shame and anyone who tries to make excuses for him is also like a prostitute.
Jeremiah 6:15 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.
Proverbs 13:5 The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.
The election was false. We hate that, nothing shameful about that. Hunter Biden should be in prison, nothing shameful about saying that. Biden has brought shame on himself.
Proverbs 18:3 When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach.
The F Joe Biden and Let's go Brandon chants are the expression of contempt for Biden. He is wicked and the world is responding with contempt. It is our duty to speak the truth, to be salt and light and that means we need to reproach evil. With that reproach comes shame, not on us but on Biden.
Isaiah 50:7 Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.
It is a common thing for sinners and those of the flesh to try and stop the word of God and hold down the truth in unrighteousness. It will not work.
Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.
Joe Biden refuses to blush with shame and anyone who tries to make excuses for him is also like a prostitute.
Jeremiah 6:15 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.
Do not shy away from rebuking sin
The Lord said we are salt and light and if the salt has lost its saltiness it is good for nothing but to be cast out into the dung hill.
The prophets all corrected mockers and brought abuse on themselves and got hurt. Jesus was crucified for correcting mockers. The lesson is not to "save yourself" but unless you take up your cross and follow Him you won't be saved.
Despise the shame. Look at Hebrews 11, those were the men of faith and many were treated abusively but chose rather to suffer with the people of God.
The Lord said we are salt and light and if the salt has lost its saltiness it is good for nothing but to be cast out into the dung hill.
The prophets all corrected mockers and brought abuse on themselves and got hurt. Jesus was crucified for correcting mockers. The lesson is not to "save yourself" but unless you take up your cross and follow Him you won't be saved.
Despise the shame. Look at Hebrews 11, those were the men of faith and many were treated abusively but chose rather to suffer with the people of God.
Who is really at fault?
Luke 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Many accuse God for being unrighteous because all this death and destruction comes upon the world. But who is really at fault here. God sent His Son, His Son told us everything we needed to know and provided a way of salvation. Now is God at fault if these ones rejected His salvation, rejected the word, and ignored God's warning?
Prior to Jesus birth there were probably many who were marveling at John the Baptist and even more that marveled at Jesus' birth. But the scribes and pharisees were not with them. They should have been but weren't. Because they weren't it brought death and destruction on Jerusalem because those entrusted to knowing the scriptures dropped the ball.
Very often when a baby is born we see the same thing during the nine months. You think the mother is going into labor but it is only a practice run. I would much rather err on the side of caution running to the hospital a few extra times than to ignore the signs that the baby is coming.
Luke 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Many accuse God for being unrighteous because all this death and destruction comes upon the world. But who is really at fault here. God sent His Son, His Son told us everything we needed to know and provided a way of salvation. Now is God at fault if these ones rejected His salvation, rejected the word, and ignored God's warning?
Prior to Jesus birth there were probably many who were marveling at John the Baptist and even more that marveled at Jesus' birth. But the scribes and pharisees were not with them. They should have been but weren't. Because they weren't it brought death and destruction on Jerusalem because those entrusted to knowing the scriptures dropped the ball.
Very often when a baby is born we see the same thing during the nine months. You think the mother is going into labor but it is only a practice run. I would much rather err on the side of caution running to the hospital a few extra times than to ignore the signs that the baby is coming.
You should know the day of visitation
From Joseph to Moses was 400 years
From Malachi to John the Baptist was 400 years
From the Mayflower Compaq to the Pandemic was 400 years
In Ezekiel it says when you see him humbled riding on a donkey this is a Messiah.
During the Pandemic we saw the "deplorables" riding into Washington DC, humbled.
All the people were crying out to Jesus saying this is the Messiah, Hosanna in the highest waving palm branches. Jesus said if they hold their tongue the stones will cry out and sure enough we see "La Palma" crying out right now. All over the earth the stones are crying out as earthquake activity and volcanic activity is about 100x normal.
At the time of His crucifixion the pharisees and scribes don't even know this is the Messiah despite all this stuff happening and yet it is the same today as they have a vaccine mandate which is crucifying the entire world and the religious leaders are going along with it.
Israel was reborn in 1948 in a single day, one of the most amazing prophecies in the entire Bible, they won back Jerusalem in 1967 in a miraculous six day war, in 2017 we had the sign of the woman clothed with the sun, crowned with the stars, the moon under her feet giving birth to the man child, a sign that will not appear again in a thousand years.
Noah's flood happened in the 120th year and in the same way we had a worldwide flood in 2020 which was also the 120th jubilee. On the 17th day of Chesvan, the same day the flood started with Noah, Trump was put out of Office. Then we had 40 days of rain just as 40 days later this election was certified, confirming that the entire world was covered with this flood.
From Joseph to Moses was 400 years
From Malachi to John the Baptist was 400 years
From the Mayflower Compaq to the Pandemic was 400 years
In Ezekiel it says when you see him humbled riding on a donkey this is a Messiah.
During the Pandemic we saw the "deplorables" riding into Washington DC, humbled.
All the people were crying out to Jesus saying this is the Messiah, Hosanna in the highest waving palm branches. Jesus said if they hold their tongue the stones will cry out and sure enough we see "La Palma" crying out right now. All over the earth the stones are crying out as earthquake activity and volcanic activity is about 100x normal.
At the time of His crucifixion the pharisees and scribes don't even know this is the Messiah despite all this stuff happening and yet it is the same today as they have a vaccine mandate which is crucifying the entire world and the religious leaders are going along with it.
Israel was reborn in 1948 in a single day, one of the most amazing prophecies in the entire Bible, they won back Jerusalem in 1967 in a miraculous six day war, in 2017 we had the sign of the woman clothed with the sun, crowned with the stars, the moon under her feet giving birth to the man child, a sign that will not appear again in a thousand years.
Noah's flood happened in the 120th year and in the same way we had a worldwide flood in 2020 which was also the 120th jubilee. On the 17th day of Chesvan, the same day the flood started with Noah, Trump was put out of Office. Then we had 40 days of rain just as 40 days later this election was certified, confirming that the entire world was covered with this flood.
Hebrews 12:18-28 Our God is a consuming fire
18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; 19 to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, 20 because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.” 21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.” 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
The tyrants are the ones who are threatening people. There are two systems here, one keeps everyone in line with fear, the other is joyful, full of the righteous who were made perfect. There are two covenants, the better one is mediated by Jesus. Abel's blood condemns this evil satanic system, Jesus’ blood is the way out of this system. Where exactly do Christians “come” where is our ministry and the age of grace leading us? We are being led to the rapture at the end of the age where we are caught up to the heavenly mount Zion. There is a contrast here between the Jews coming to Mount Sinai and the giving of the law and the Christians coming to Mount Zion and a better covenant.
25 See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
This is a word of warning. We are being disciplined because we did not stand strong by faith to worship God according to our conscience but rather allowed evil men to infiltrate the church and tell us what we can and cannot say. Their plan is to utterly destroy God’s people just as Haman tried to. It is not a coincidence that this chapter follows chapter 11. We live by faith, it may seem simple and marvelous, but if you don’t live by faith there is a very serious warning.
26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
If you still think the US government is unshakeable you need to pray about it. When God shakes the US government and removes those that cause offense the entire world will be shaken. We are about to see an awesome shaking. Prior to Hitler the Germans were walking around with wheelbarrows filled with money, that is hyper inflation. It will be worse when the US dollar collapses. Germany was a small model of the coming collapse. For the last two years China has been buying up all the grain they can, this is why corn has risen 50% in price this year. When the collapse comes there won’t be any food left to buy up. It will be instant, wars with China, Russia and the Middle East. Cyber attacks, blackouts, the media will go dark. These riots we have watched the last year will seem like the good old days as you will see a complete collapse of law and order. Think about the Gestapo with their summary executions on the street.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”
Our God is a consuming fire. At the end of the age God sends forth the angels to bundle up the weeds and cast them into the fire first. This is before He raptures the wheat to the heavenly barn. On January 6 the representatives took a stand and chose a side. Wheat on one side, tares on the other. They chose to hold down the truth in unrighteousness. Holding down the truth is like holding down styrofoam in a pool, you can do it, but it is hard, and it keeps popping up and shooting out of the water.
18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; 19 to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, 20 because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.” 21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.” 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
The tyrants are the ones who are threatening people. There are two systems here, one keeps everyone in line with fear, the other is joyful, full of the righteous who were made perfect. There are two covenants, the better one is mediated by Jesus. Abel's blood condemns this evil satanic system, Jesus’ blood is the way out of this system. Where exactly do Christians “come” where is our ministry and the age of grace leading us? We are being led to the rapture at the end of the age where we are caught up to the heavenly mount Zion. There is a contrast here between the Jews coming to Mount Sinai and the giving of the law and the Christians coming to Mount Zion and a better covenant.
25 See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
This is a word of warning. We are being disciplined because we did not stand strong by faith to worship God according to our conscience but rather allowed evil men to infiltrate the church and tell us what we can and cannot say. Their plan is to utterly destroy God’s people just as Haman tried to. It is not a coincidence that this chapter follows chapter 11. We live by faith, it may seem simple and marvelous, but if you don’t live by faith there is a very serious warning.
26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
If you still think the US government is unshakeable you need to pray about it. When God shakes the US government and removes those that cause offense the entire world will be shaken. We are about to see an awesome shaking. Prior to Hitler the Germans were walking around with wheelbarrows filled with money, that is hyper inflation. It will be worse when the US dollar collapses. Germany was a small model of the coming collapse. For the last two years China has been buying up all the grain they can, this is why corn has risen 50% in price this year. When the collapse comes there won’t be any food left to buy up. It will be instant, wars with China, Russia and the Middle East. Cyber attacks, blackouts, the media will go dark. These riots we have watched the last year will seem like the good old days as you will see a complete collapse of law and order. Think about the Gestapo with their summary executions on the street.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”
Our God is a consuming fire. At the end of the age God sends forth the angels to bundle up the weeds and cast them into the fire first. This is before He raptures the wheat to the heavenly barn. On January 6 the representatives took a stand and chose a side. Wheat on one side, tares on the other. They chose to hold down the truth in unrighteousness. Holding down the truth is like holding down styrofoam in a pool, you can do it, but it is hard, and it keeps popping up and shooting out of the water.