Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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More on the birth of Jesus, part 4

39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”

What an amazing story because someone recorded this so that Luke could get this story decades later. Was it Elizabeth or Mary? I'm starting to think Mary kept a diary (for the younger generation a diary is like a blog that you keep on paper instead of the internet). It seems to me that Mary began to record everything that took place from the time Gabriel visited her from then on.

Everyone should see this picture. They are all distracted with some fool atheist questioning whether or not Jesus was God, here is someone thirty years before the crucifixion who knows the Messiah is coming. It isn't the Pharisees in Jerusalem despite them being officially warned and notified by the wise men and by Daniel, and by numerous prophecies.

This is who these raptured saints are, they have known about the Messiah coming thirty years before any of the "experts" or "scholars" had any idea.

Also where is the real blessing? "Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her". That word applies to every single believer. You don't have to be the mother mary to believe that the Lord will fulfill His promises to you.

 

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Also where is the real blessing? "Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her". That word applies to every single believer. You don't have to be the mother mary to believe that the Lord will fulfill His promises to you.

Jesus is coming soon!

Christmas bells, are you listening?

 

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The Ecumenical movement denies the redemptive work of Christ.

According to the Bible we are all one in the Blood. If we receive the redeeming work of Christ we are one. So the ecumenical movement is trying to climb in some other way like a thief. (See 31:30)

 

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The Ecumenical movement denies the redemptive work of Christ.

According to the Bible we are all one in the Blood. If we receive the redeeming work of Christ we are one. So the ecumenical movement is trying to climb in some other way like a thief. (See 31:30)

At 33:50 he gets into how deceitful this movement is and itemizes their heresies.

They deny the Bible, they deny the virgin birth, their is a disbelief in the word of God, they deny the resurrection of Christ,

This liberalism and existential teaching was brought in during the 20th century.

 

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Christmas is a Pagan holiday!

There are a lot of Christians very disturbed about the mention of Christmas because it is a pagan holiday, clearly involves worldly worship, and Santa is an anagram with Satan. Half of the Christmas songs and stories are based on lies and when kids realize they were being naive to believe in Santa it makes them twice shy about believing in Jesus much less the rapture.

I agree with all of that.

However, I also believe that Jesus is Lord and it is under his sovereignty that Christians all over the world celebrate His birth at this time even though we know for a fact He wasn't born at this time.

Amos 5:21 “I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me.

What religious festivals do Christians have? None are given in the NT other than the Lord's table. But this is talking about Christians because prior to this Amos said this:

Amos 8: 9 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. 10 I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.

That day refers to the 7 year tribulation which begins after the rapture. So at the time of the rapture He turns their religious festivals into mourning. Festivals is plural, only at Christmas do we have Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa at the same time. These are happy joyous celebrations that will be turned to mourning, what kind of mourning, like mourning for losing your only son. If we are talking about Christians who are left behind then this is certainly talking about Christmas. God hates this festival, it is a joyous festival full of happy songs, and it is about a baby being born. If you were left behind you would be mourning.

What better time to have the rapture of the Believers if you wish to highlight the apostasy at the same time?

 

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Questions about Christmas

It seems to me that Paul is very clear that although these festivals are a shadow of things to come we are not to be judged concerning them. Now all Christians are charged to watch, you even shared that if you don’t obey a direct command from the Lord that is sin, so surely if watching for the Lord meant that we needed to keep these festivals we could be judged. So although I find your teaching and Dr. Barry Awe’s teaching informative I think the NT is what we should be focused on.

Second, these festivals in the OT were part of the Covenant that God made with Israel. You have pointed out that the church is the Gentile bride (Leah) while Israel is (Rachel). My limited experience would tell me that you would never let a special day for one wife be the special day for the other wife. The idea that the rapture would be on one of these set feasts seems outrageous.

Third, you have recently focused on Noah and yes, that is NT. But to be “as the days of Noah” doesn’t mean we should look to be raptured on one of those days. I get the logic but the Lord said that you put new wine into new wine skins. You don’t put them into old wine skins. Now when you put the new wine into new wine skins it is just as the days when you put the old wine into the old wine skins. The process will be very similar and very instructive, but those days are old wineskins. We don’t want to share our special rapture day with Noah.

So then It seems to me that we should be focused on the New Testament holy days. The Lord only appointed one day for us, the Lord’s table and sure enough it is a rehearsal for the wedding day and the rapture. And yet if we look at Amos 5:21 God says “I hate, I despise your religious festivals”. Surely that cannot refer to the Lord’s table so what religious festival do the Christians have that God hates, that He despises? There are only two that stand out to me: Easter and Christmas. Now look at what Amos 8:9 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. 10 I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day. So then, we have a solar eclipse at the time of this religious festival that God hates and He will turn this festival into mourning (so that would indicate it is a joyous festival, not the passion of the Christ, that wouldn’t make sense). Also all your singing to weeping. What religious festival do Christians have that God hates, that God despises, where there is a lot of joyous singing? This sounds like Christmas to me.

Then you shared on Revelation 12 about how the man child being caught up to heaven can refer to both Jesus birth and the rapture of the first fruits. That got me thinking, if that can refer to both maybe the accounts of Jesus birth in the gospels can also refer to both. Which was stunning, because Matthew doesn’t really have an account of Jesus birth, only an account of the angel telling Joseph (Jews) that this is of God and to not be afraid to take Mary (the Christians). It also talks about Rachel weeping for her children, an atrocity that takes place a couple of years into the tribulation. Mark doesn’t have an account of the birth, and this gospel seems to be for Christians who are left behind. This gospel begins with John the Baptist who is Elijah who is to come telling them to repent. Sounds like the message to those left behind. It is only Luke that talks about Mary, and Elizabeth, and Zechariah, and Anna, and Simeon. These seem like those saints who are watching for the Lord’s return, they are faithful.

That in turn got me thinking, why do we celebrate the Lord’s birth at Christmas when all Christians know He wasn’t born then? I know the history of this holiday but my point is that Jesus is Lord, He is sovereign, this didn’t happen by mistake. What is the Lord telling us? If this was not His birthdate could it have been done as a rehearsal for the man child’s birth?

So then let’s consider this celebration which is very bizarre. On Christmas eve we celebrate the Mary and Joseph, we have a candlelight service, we have a manger scene, we talk about wise men seeing His star, we sing beautiful hymns like Hark the “Herald Angels Sing”. It is a worship and remembrance of the Lord.

The next day it is a pagan holiday with Santa (Satan) who came down in the middle of the night like a thief, pushing his lies as a mockery of Jesus and the rapture. How does he visit every house in one night? Sounds like the rapture in the twinkling of the eye. God is some guy you ask to give you gifts (you have to make that list and mail it to him), he has magical creatures called elves. This is designed so that when you realize it was all one big lie it will be harder to believe in Jesus, angels, and the rapture. The holiday is all about worship of material things. Now we know after the rapture the saints who are left behind will have been caught up in the things of the world and in the apostasy. What better way to rebuke them but for them to wake up on Christmas morning to the rapture having taken place.

If God is the same today and yesterday, and yesterday He was very precise in having festivals to rehearse for these major events like the crucifixion, why wouldn’t we have a festival to rehearse for the rapture and also all that happens in that day?

 

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We have had 12 meteorites sighted today! 29 were sighted yesterday!

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The song of the raptured

Luke 1: 46 And Mary said,

My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid:
For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;
And holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is unto generations and generations
On them that fear him.
51 He hath showed strength with his arm;
He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.
52 He hath put down princes from their thrones,
And hath exalted them of low degree.
53 The hungry he hath filled with good things;
And the rich he hath sent empty away.
54 He hath given help to Israel his servant,
That he might remember mercy
55 (As he spake unto our fathers)
Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.
56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.

imagine any raptured person at the end of this age. This is the song, this is the testimony.

 

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Luke 18:1-8 -- Becoming men of faith who don't faint

1 And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

When you look at these historical figures like Paul, or Gandhi, or Nelson Mandela that is what stands out. They didn’t faint. Their faith and perseverance is a glorious testimony. It isn’t just the destination that is important but the journey. This journey is how God refines and purifies his people. This is how we become a people of faith.

2 saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:

It doesn’t say the name of the city, I wonder if He was referring to Belarus? Maybe Hong Kong? Beirut? Portland? Kenosha? This is what people are protesting, judges who don’t fear God and don’t regard man. Probably He was talking about Washington DC.

3 and there was a widow in that city;

This should be the face of the protestors, not a teenager with a mask. A widow, a woman who has been bereaved. She isn’t going to terrify people in a restaurant, she isn’t going to torch some business. This is a powerful face that unrighteous judges fear. You can meet a group of teenagers with masks with cops in riot gear and tear gas. But do that to a widow coming to ask you to do your job and the optics are terrible. There is no way to win that battle. It is like two big old cops arresting Rosa Parks for sitting on a bus. The unrighteous judge can not win that fight. This woman might have lost her husband in a war over phony WMD’s, maybe she lost her house in the mortgage meltdown. Maybe her child was killed due to gang violence in the inner city. Who was the first woman that was convicted of a crime for Jan 6th, a grandmother who confessed to trespassing in the nation's capital.

and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

That is his job! She isn’t calling for him to be fired. She isn’t calling to defund the judiciary. She is just asking him to “do your job”. Many are now mocking the NBA telling them to “just do your job”. Flip the script, go to these responsible to deliver justice and tell them “just do your job”. Also, come often. Why has Washington DC set up barbed wire and 25,000 troops. Is this to keep this widow from coming to them? Right now we have a major case concerning abortion coming before the Supreme court. This was an unrighteous judgement. Sonya Sotameyer said she was concerned that if they overthrew this case the stench of the Supreme court would damage their credibility. She has just admitted she is an unrighteous judge. Justice is supposed to be blind. The Supreme court is given lifetime appointments so they don't need to be concerned with politics. Playing politics is how this abominable decision was made in the first place.

4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.

This is a marathon, it isn’t a sprint. This battle has been going on for 2,000 years. We have gotten rid of Caesars whose idea of a fire sale was to burn down the city and keep the fire department from helping put out the fire. They fed their enemies to lions or simply impaled them on stakes and listened to their moans as they died. For centuries kings could throw people in jail without even admitting they were there. We got “habeas corpus” passed so that if you want to do that you must make it public. We got rid of slavery, got rid of apartheid, got rid of Jim Crow, and passed a whole list of laws. This was because of persistent prayer, faith, and perseverance.

6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? 8 I say unto you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

The unrighteous judge is the “universal weight machine” where you can build your faith. We know we need to go to the gym three times a week just to keep healthy, well spiritually we need the unrighteous judge to build a healthy life of faith. Also, please note, when the Lord comes this situation will be taking place and He is asking, will I find the Bride of Christ, who lost their husband due to injustice and a monkey trial, appealing for justice? Will she be coming oft? Will she be praying and not fainting?

 

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A lot of questions about the Mark of the Beast

The term the "Mark of the Beast" is very controversial because according to Revelation it is implemented by the AntiChrist during the Tribulation, if you don't get it you get decapitated, and you are warned very clearly that getting it will cause you to lose your salvation.

So no, the covid vaccination is not it.

That said in order to have the mark we need all the various technologies, not just QR code but also Big Data, AI, RFID readers, digital currency, etc. We did not have the capability 20 years ago for this but now we do. In addition we know the excuse they will use for everyone getting this is this vaccine passport. Not only so but they are talking about forced vaccination, not being able to buy or sell, firing people who are not vaccinated, fining people who are not vaccinated and they have set up quarantine camps. So even if the Tribulation has not started yet, the army is at the gate.

 

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More on the birth of Jesus, part 5

57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, 60 but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”

61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”

62 Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. 63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.” 64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. 65 All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. 66 Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

Yes, there is an apostasy going on and yes there is compromise with sin, there is false doctrine, there is an ecumenical movement that denies the Lord's redemption and that Jesus is the only way, but at the same time there are these believers who in the midst of this are experiencing the Lord's move in their midst.

Zechariah’s Song
67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71 salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

This word is in direct contrast to the apostasy. Go to these council meetings involved in the Ecumenical movement and read this to them.

76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

John the Baptist had this mission from birth, to give God's people the knowledge of salvation. What happened? They had been led astray. The religious leaders and the political leaders were all together working to run the country, they had completely been compromised by the Romans and it was not in their interest to see that the Messiah had come. We call that the deep state. The problem with the deep state is that it only takes one John the Baptist to overcome 1,000 in the deep state.

 

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Luke 18:9- self exalting wokeism

9 And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:

Wow, what a beautiful juxtaposition comparing the widow appealing to the unrighteous judge with those who trusted that they were righteous. When you hear the debate about racism it is so clear that those on either side of the debate “trust in themselves that they are righteous”. It is clear that they are “setting all others at nought.”

10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get. 13 But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.

What is a “pharisee” and what is a “publican”. Forget that, let's use terms we can understand. A BLM protestor went up to the temple and prayed “God I thank you that I am not as the rest of men, slave holders, redliners, abusive police, or even this right winger with a MAGA hat on. I protest twice a week, I tweet everyday”. Or, a talk show pundit went up to the temple and prayed “God I thank you that I am not as the rest of men, millionaire athletes pretending to be activists, people who should just shut up and dribble, I post two shows a week, I tweet everyday.”

14 I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

The message here is that every single one of us needs to humble ourselves. Stop boasting that your ancestors were slaves. There are a lot of people who have descended from slaves. Stop boasting in how hard you worked to get where you are. You were fortunate to be born in this country, you were fortunate in so many ways, give thanks to the Lord, humble yourself.

 

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Luke 18:15-17 What is holding you back?

15 And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them unto him, saying, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God. 17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.

I think it is great that these kids are getting “woke”. You don’t need to wait until you won’t make a mistake before coming to the Lord. This is how we grow and learn. So what if you stumble, all those who have gone before you have also stumbled and yet the kingdom of God belongs to them. Let me illustrate what the Lord is saying here. Suppose you were in a church meeting with two hundred people. You have every age, even young children with their parents are sitting in the meeting. Then unexpectedly the worship leader asks those who don’t know how to play the piano to stand up. To those who are standing “who wants to come up here and learn how to play the piano?” The seven year old shoots their hand up. That is what "to such belongeth the kingdom of God" means, you have to receive the kingdom like a little child, otherwise you will never enter in.

What happened to everyone else, do you really think they never wanted to learn the piano? So what was stopping them?

 

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Luke 18:18-43 Blind beggars

18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, even God.

Big trap. When you go to learn karate everyone wants to learn how to punch but the first thing you learn is how to protect yourself from getting punched. You are not standing on your goodness, the minute you do that you open yourself up to attack. I was touched by something Michael Jordan said. He said if he had known in the beginning what he knows now he would never have allowed himself to be set up as an example in the “Be like Mike” campaign. They attacked him for going to Atlantic city. He didn’t break any laws. He didn’t violate his team's curfew. His gambling was legal and he paid his debts. What was the basis to attack him? Because he had set himself up as an example to young kids and some parents didn’t like his gambling. You will never succeed in gaining the kingdom based on your goodness. Don’t let anyone call you good. There is none good, only God. I am but a worm and an unprofitable servant. The best I can do is what I am supposed to do.

20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother. 21 And he said, All these things have I observed from my youth up. 22 And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 23 But when he heard these things, he became exceeding sorrowful; for he was very rich.

Many people are worried, how can I have the assurance of salvation. You need a revelation that Jesus is your righteousness. As long as we are depending on our own righteousness we’ll fall short. "Sell what you have" that is what Paul talked about in Philippians where he said he counted everything as dung. All your achievements, all your accolades, all the nice things people say about you is dung. Because if you think that means something then when they attack you, insult you and vilify you that will also have to mean something. I saw Jimmy Kimmel try to mock Mike lindell and it failed because he had already counted everything as dung.

24 And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

How is it that Christians lose all common sense. You sit in a meeting listening to a gang member who committed adultery, stole, killed and lied but who has since repented and been forgiven. He has given up all his money and is following the Lord as a faithful servant called to minister. He isn’t trusting in his righteousness. He has humbled himself, confessed his sins, doesn’t pretend to be good, and the Lord’s grace pours through him. Wake up. As long as you think you are “rich” or “righteous” you will fall short. The difference between you and him is that he is fully aware that he is not entering the kingdom based on his righteousness.

25 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Much of the kingdom is a matter of threading the needle. To walk the narrow road that few find is to thread that needle. To stand for righteousness but not in your own strength, to return again and again to an unrighteous judge asking him to “do his job” despite his insults is to thread the needle. To be the little seven year old with their hand up, I want to do it even though you make mistake after mistake.

26 And they that heard it said, Then who can be saved? 27 But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

The point is you can never win this battle unless you are one with God. Rioting and looting is not one with God. To not worry about what men say but to just follow the Lord by faith, that is what it means to be one with God.

28 And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee. 29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, 30 who shall not receive manifold more in this time, and in the world to come eternal life.

Our life is a time of sowing, we reap in the next age. This is the fundamental issue with the prosperity gospel, they base their “faith” in what they have reaped in this age. That is foolish. The apostles are our examples, they were beaten, imprisoned, stoned, excommunicated and killed.

31 And he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets shall be accomplished unto the Son of man. 32 For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon: 33 and they shall scourge and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, and they perceived not the things that were said.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, Jesus is the author of our faith. He was mocked, shamefully treated, spit upon, scourged and killed. Anyone who wants to follow Him needs to also take up their cross. Did you all notice the Lord said "we go up to Jerusalem"? I was always taught that the work the Lord did on the cross was accomplished by Him alone, we had no part in it, and yet here He says "we go up to Jerusalem". I believe that the Lord went to the cross 2,000 years ago and accomplished redemption for us, and that at the end of the age you will see His people as one follow Him and complete that work.

35 And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: 36 and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant. 37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. 39 And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. 40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, 41 What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. 42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath made thee whole. 43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

Jericho was a cursed city. If these protestors would humble themselves to be one with this blind man then the Lord could heal them so that they could receive their sight. You want to be made whole, well the healing is right here in the word of God. BLM protestors asking for reparations, they are blind beggars.

 

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More on the birth of Jesus, part 6

Luke 2:1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

Once again the reason I am returning to these verses is the idea that the birth of Jesus recorded in the gospels correlates with the rapture of the Man child in Revelation 12. In other words looking at Jesus birth will give us insight into the rapture. Here we see it takes place when there is a nationwide decree for this census, everyone must be registered. Yesterday the US passed a bill that authorizes the government to do a registry of everyone who is vaccinated. I think everyone has come to realize that this vaccine is laying the groundwork for the Mark of the Beast..

4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

As these deadlines for the mandates approach perhaps it will be time for the rapture to take place.

 

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Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

They are trying to suppress the truth concerning the vaccine, not wanting to release the reports for over 50 years. They are trying to suppress the truth concerning January 6th not wanting the thousands of hours of video to be released. They are trying to suppress the truth concerning abortion, that lies have played a major role in influencing the previous Supreme court decision.

The wrath of God is being revealed against all godlessness and wickedness of people.

More detail on the coming collapse. You can't say God didn't warn us.

 

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Luke 19:12-27 Three groups of believers

12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.

This story is cut short, in the other gospels it describes beating and killing the servants. The idea is that Luke is written to those that are raptured at the beginning of the age. You will see the beginning of this hatred, but not the full bloom. Mark is written to those who are raptured in the middle of the tribulation and there you will see the more extreme version of this story. Consider this quote for a little more context on “the citizens hating Him”. From George Orwell’s 1984: “Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the Party. On the contrary, they adored the Party and everything connected with it… All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the enemies of the State, against foreigners, traitors, saboteurs, thought-criminals. It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children.” We aren’t there yet, but we do hear about “The enemies of the state”, and “traitors, saboteurs, and thought criminals”. Recently Biden and Facebook have both encouraged people to turn in their neighbors and family members. It is not hard for us to imagine them becoming ferocious. Again there is a progression from fearing to speak for the Lord lest they put you out of the synagogue to the time will come when whoever kills you will think they are offering service to God.

15 And it came to pass, when he was come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, unto whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading. 16 And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more. 17 And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant: because thou wast found faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 18 And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds. 19 And he said unto him also, Be thou also over five cities.

I think it is easy enough to understand that the ten pounds represents the gifts that the Lord has given. Some are more gifted than others. The one with 10 talents or 5 talents used those gifts for the glory of God. When the Lord returns at the end of the age they will have a powerful testimony of God’s grace and power. However, they were trading on the Lord’s gifts at a time when other citizens were in full rebellion against Him. This account is quite different than Matthew. In Matthew the distribution of the gifts is according to their ability whereas here everyone gets the same gift. The emphasis here is that we have all received the same like precious faith. In 2 Corinthians 10 we learn that as our faith grows Paul is able to glory in that since it was his labor in the word that reached to us. So if I get help from Gill God will reward him, likewise with Chuck Missler, Pastor Sandy, and all the rest. We gain by trading. This is a key process. I pick up something that one brother or sister shared, this causes me to get more light in the word and to then see something else.

20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin: 21 for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.

This man is not a thief, he didn’t try to steal the talent. He also is not a liar, doesn’t pretend that someone stole it or give some story to explain why there is no interest. On the other hand he doesn’t want to be put out of the synagogue. He is “humpty dumpty”, he is attempting to hedge his bets. We have Christians who are "Jesus freaks" preaching the gospel (like Noah), we have others who are nominal Christians but in reality are in the apostasy (like the Concision), and then we have a third group which are the passive, let's not make waves, Christians (like Lot).

22 He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow; 23 then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

If you are going to invest you have three options. You can start your own business like Bill Gates did, or you can invest in the stock market like Warren Buffet did, or you can simply put the money in the bank. All three are valid options. If you are a ten talented person I think the best option is to start your own business. If you are a five talented person I think the best option is to invest in businesses that others start. If you are a one talented person the best option may be to put the money in the bank. But, if you are the Lord Jesus, your best option is to invest in everything. During this age the Lord has invested in all of us, when He returns that is when He will settle accounts. During an outbreak of “cancel culture” being silent is equivalent to being wicked. He claims to fear the Lord and yet acted in a way that showed He didn’t fear the Lord. There are things that are happening today that you have no option to be silent. When I saw that DeBlasio was going to mandate the vaccine I publicly resigned and in my resignation letter I made it very clear that this was the strongest stance I could take against vaccine mandates. You cannot sit by quietly while they inject this poison into the kids.

24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten pounds. 25 And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds. 26 I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.

This is the secret. Do you think Jobs and Wozniack knew how big Apple would become when they started in the garage? What they knew was that they had something. They invested in what they had and it continued to grow bigger. Do you know why Microsoft became a giant? They bought an operating system from a company that didn’t know what they had and then promised to sell an operating system to IBM based on what they bought. It is a prime example of someone thinking they didn’t have anything and selling what they did have. When you think your little experience or little word or little vision is too small and insignificant you aren’t being humble, you are being wicked. You are insulting the Lord who gave that to you. When you see some little garage operation grow into Google, or Amazon.com or Apple you are seeing the glory and power of God.

27 But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

Right now on the internet there is this huge debate about premillennial rapture, post millennial rapture, etc. Look, the Lord here is dividing the believers into three groups. Those that start ministries, those that invest in ministries, and those that hide what they have been given. If you are actively involved in ministry whether as the minister or someone contributing to that ministry you have a very good chance to get a “well done” at the Lord’s return. If you have been hiding what the Lord has given you will likely get a rebuke as a wicked servant. You aren’t an enemy, you aren’t going to be slain, but there will be no reward for you when the Lord returns. Since we have these three groups why would they all be raptured together? I would compare the pre millennial rapture to Gideon’s army which only had 300. They go up to heaven and kick Satan out. Throughout the Bible we see that God’s people are not all lumped into the same category and do not all receive the same judgement.