Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Hosea 6 -- The Lord is coming as sure as the Sun will rise

1 “Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.

I would hope by now every Christian could see the error in supporting Biden. Hopefully the collapse of Kabul was the final straw. However, inflation and the imminent war in the Ukraine should help wake others up as well as the Truckers protests worldwide over the mandates. We have 14 Democrats publicly saying they don’t trust him to be the sole person in charge of the nuclear codes. He wants the US taxpayers to pay for abortions not just in this country but around the world. He portrayed Trump’s shutting down traffic to China as being Xenophobic and then denied he said that. Trump was vilified for saying that HCQ could treat Covid19, Fauci said it was ineffective and dangerous, yet scientists have studied it and determined it is an effective treatment. Biden said there was no vaccine when he took office despite the fact he was given the vaccine a month prior to that and over 20 million Americans were vaccinated when he took office. They said Cuomo was the “gold standard” in how to deal with Covid and now we learned he is probably responsible for well over 4,000 additional deaths in NY by forcing nursing homes to take patients with Covid. Biden and Harris both guaranteed that they would not ban fracking and then banned it the first week in office. He claims to be lunch pale Joe and yet he has killed jobs and thrown the border wide open which will insure lots of people continue to work for minimum wage. For four years Trump did not start any wars and only got us out of wars. In his first month Biden starts up a conflict with Syria that could get us back into a war botched Afghanistan and we are now on the precipice of WWIII. Feminists now realize that everything they accomplished in putting women’s sports on an equal footing with men’s sports has just been undone with this Equality Act. If you don’t realize it now the Equality act will destroy churches and Christian schools. If you don’t abide by this law they will shut you down with lawsuits, if you do you will have no credibility with any genuine believer. We haven’t even discussed the corruption of Hunter Biden that Big Tech and the mainstream media censored prior to the election. Kerry said that those people who lost their jobs when Biden banned fracking and shut down the pipeline and stopped construction of the border wall could work making solar panels. 95% of those panels are made in China. The shut down simply took American jobs and sent them to China. After four years with Trump we were energy independent and after one month with Biden we aren’t any longer. Already gas prices have risen 50%. Biden promised to give every American $2,000 checks if they voted for the two senators in Georgia, but within a couple of weeks had reneged on that promise as well. This didn’t stop them from sending hundreds of billions of dollars to pay off campaign debts in their $1.9 trillion dollar “relief” bill. This bill is the biggest pork barrel spending bill in US history except that they just passed a second, $3.5 trillion bill. It set a record for the most pork in the first month of any presidency and the greatest increase in US debt ever. One Catholic priest called Joe Biden the most aggressively anti catholic president in US history.

2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.

I have to think that this is a reference to the end of the age. With one day being equal to a thousand years we are now in the “third day”.

3 Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Again more references to the Lord’s second coming. The Lord’s coming is as sure as the Sun rising. These terms that are translated as “winter rains” and “spring rains” are thought to represent rains that took place in October right before harvest and in the middle of March right after the seeds were sown. It is interesting to note that there are two raptures, one at the beginning of the tribulation and one in the middle. The second rapture is approximately 42 months after the first which would mean they are about six months apart on the calendar just like March and October.

4 “What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. 5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth— then my judgments go forth like the sun. 6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

There are Christian organizations, Christian denominations and Christian ministries that are run like businesses. It is all about the money, the sacrifices, the burnt offerings. False prophets like Balaam and Judas are all about the money, that is their focus. The Lord desires mercy, he wants us to treat others with mercy and then he too will treat us with mercy.

7 As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.

If you read Genesis 5 it appears that Adam was the name of the first town.

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood. 9 As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.

Reminds me of January 6th and the riot at the capital. This wasn’t carried out by a bunch of marauders only. Pelosi helped by making sure there wouldn’t be any security.

10 I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.

Anyone paying attention these last few months has seen a wicked thing. The election was stolen, those who bring forth evidence to support that have been censored, black listed, cancelled, doxed, and accused of insurrection. The pandemic was part of their wicked scheme. Abortions for all are part of their wicked scheme. Putting RFID chips in everyone is part of their wicked scheme. Rewarding big tech by making them immune to liability and leveraging them to censor their enemies is part of their wicked scheme. Bankrupting the middle class to destroy democracy in this country is part of their wicked scheme.

11 “Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,

The end of the age is likened to a harvest. The tares will be gathered and tossed into the fire. But at that time there will also be a harvest of the wheat into the barn and then the fortunes of the Lord’s people will be restored, just as He led Israel out of slavery and into the good land.
 

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Hebrews 13:1-10 -- Keep on loving one another

1 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.


There has been a concerted effort for the last few years to divide Americans. They teach that people who support one candidate are “deplorable”, “irredeemable”, “chumps”, “racists”, “fascists”, etc. The basic strategy is to “divide and conquer”. The Lord’s strategy is to “keep on loving one another”.

2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.

I was in Washington DC Jan 6th. The mayor has been inhospitable. Prior to the rallies the mayor shut down the city with all kinds of threats and concerns about the pandemic. Much of this is an illogical response. There have been numerous studies that show that viral load is critical in determining how sick people get. The reason people get sick and get the flu in the winter is because they go indoors. When you are indoors it is much easier to get a higher viral load. The Bikers whose event was called a super spreader event was traced back to a bar. Those bikers caught it while sitting in a bar. We have had rallies and protests for months and months and none of them have been super spreader events. These events are human based experiments and support this theory that viral load is much less outside than inside. If people feel they are in a category of most susceptible to the pandemic they aren’t going to come to DC. The rallies take place outside. If these rallies were super spreader events as they pretend then tens of thousands of Trump supporters would be in the hospital as he had massive rallies all over the country prior to the election. If you are outside and there is even a small breeze the virus gets dispersed in a huge volume of air. Yes, you can still be exposed to the virus but being exposed with a very small viral load does not make you sick, it makes you immune. It is the exact same concept as why we give people a vaccine. I was at the first rally in Washington DC with over a hundred thousand people. I was at Atlanta, I was at Harrisburg, and I was at the second rally in Washington DC. Almost everyone at these rallies has been to several rallies. Yes it is anecdotal evidence, but anecdotal evidence for hundreds of thousands of people. That is the same thing as experimental evidence.

The mayor has also been pushing privately to have the national guard arrest the protesters for “unlawful assembly”. The national guard has refused. I was stunned at all the boarded up businesses here clearly trying to protect themselves from BLM (they put up signs on the boards saying they support BLM). I learned that homicides skyrocketed by 40% her first year as mayor and I also learned that Blacks have been hurt more by covid in Washington DC than any other city in the US due to her missteps. Still others complain that the schools are a mess with cronyism and elitism allowing preferential treatment for the rich and well connected. On the flip side she is a black woman. This is known as “identity politics” rather than looking at a person’s resume. When I was at the rally one speaker asked who was there from someplace other than DC and it seemed that all the hands shot up. There will be a million or more visitors who will come to this city this week and see her incompetence.

3 Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

The way they have treated people who were whistle blowers concerning the election fraud is horrendous. They dox them, they threaten them, they attack them and yes, they even imprison them. The US has not yet become Communist China, we are not treated as bad as people in China, at least not yet. However, the politicians that sold us out, sold us out to China, the Great Red Dragon.

4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.

The US has become Sodom and Gomorrah. Epstein’s pedophile island has revealed how extensive and widespread this is among the elites, the rich and the powerful. This is one way that they are able to “own” these politicians and judges. One way is simply buy them off, the other way is to have compromising information about them. Suppose a judge went to pedophile island, if that information became public they would be ruined. Therefore they don’t dare go against those that blackmail them with that.

5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have,because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” 6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”

There are many who choose to do the right thing and have had their careers destroyed as a result. There are news outlets that were on Youtube but Youtube censored and banned them. They have gone to Parler and Rumble at financial loss. There is a price to pay to take this path and the Lord has promised to never leave us or forsake us. Just pray, the Lord is my helper. I left NYC because of the vaccine mandates. My wife and I both left our jobs and moved to South Dakota. We are looking to buy a much better house at about 70% of the cost of our house. I have already gotten a job with the school system, my son has already gotten a job at a restaurant, and my wife interviews tomorrow. The Lord is our helper, trust Him.

7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

The Black Robed Regiment is just one example. It is wonderful to study the “biblical history” of the US. By that I mean the words of faith that impacted the course of this nation. Martin Luther King Jr., is a leader you can consider, Nelson Mandela is another, the apostle Paul, Peter, John and James are others. They suffered injustice, they were imprisoned unrighteously, they were slandered, stoned and many were martyred but despite all that they never turned to violence.

8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.


Look at the context of this verse. The things we are going through today are the same as they were a few years ago, a few decades ago, a few centuries ago, and even a few millennia ago. Likewise those who were one with Jesus in these trials were also the same.

9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.


Strange teachings would definitely be teachings that are not in the Bible.

It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so.

The teaching that the bread and wine that we eat during the Lord’s table is magically transformed into the body and blood of Jesus is a strange teaching. Grace will strengthen your hearts, faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. It is faith that strengthens your heart. Courage is the expression of faith, love and hope.

10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

Remember our altar, the Lord’s table, who gave his body and blood for us. He has made a covenant with us and that gives us a right to eat from that table.
 

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Many will say that no one flood or landslide or earthquake or fire is evidence of the Lord's coming. But go to his channel he has had events posted daily for a year on what is happening.
 

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He goes into the Lord's word that His coming would be as the days of Noah


Think of the Nephilim as a computer virus. If humans are "God's software code" then the Nephilim were a computer virus that has infected this code.
 

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Hebrews 13:11-24 Let us go outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. 13 Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. 14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

If you are following the Lord, if you are bearing your cross and following Him, then surely you will have to go outside the camp and bear the disgrace He bore. This is not about the city we have but rather we are looking for the city to come. Our testimony is that this world is satanic, evil and corrupt. Why would you be surprised that they in turn attack and insult you? This is the point of the mask mandate, vaccine mandate, they are going to "other you", turn you into a leper. So then, let us go to Him, outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.

15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.

This is a great test, can you openly profess His name and give a sacrifice of praise? If you are involved in doing something shameful you can’t, if you are doing something that the Lord prohibits you can’t.

16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Regardless of the situation you can always do good. While being crucified the Lord told one of the thieves that he would be with Him that day in paradise. He saw His mother and told the disciple “behold your mother”, even while dying He is taking care of others and doing good.

17 Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

Every leader has authority. Your boss at work has authority over you. They don’t have authority over your worship but they do have authority over the work you do in that job. The same is true of government leaders, they have authority over the city, state and federal government. They have the right to issue laws for your good. They don’t have the right to violate the laws of God. Ever since Noah human government has had a covenant with God to deal with murderers and provide a safe environment for us to live in. Rosa Parks refused to submit to a law that violated God’s law, Mahatma Gandhi also refused to submit to laws that violated God’s law. So then, if the law is according to the covenant that God made with Noah you need to submit, if the law violates God’s covenant then you can imitate the people of faith who have gone before us.

18 Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

The apostles were slandered and lied about, but the testimony is that they had a clear conscience and desired to live honorably in every way. We should imitate them and we should also pray for those on the front lines, they are taking the brunt of Satan’s attack.

19 I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.


This is why I think this was Paul. This appears to be written primarily by one person but because the major revelation in this book appears to be something that both Paul and James discovered he may not have felt comfortable attributing this book as from him. There may have actually been many saints who saw bits and pieces that Paul has compiled here.

20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

This is our prayer, that the Lord’s will would be done. We have been fully equipped, by saying “we” I am referring to the Body of Christ.

22 Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly. 23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

Again, this appears to be referring to both Paul and Timothy and it also seems they were both imprisoned.

24 Greet all your leaders and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy send you their greetings. 25 Grace be with you all.
 

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Joshua 6:1-20 -- Riding forth conquering and to conquer

1 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

Right now the world is terrified of the church, the gospel, and the Lord. They see everything that is coming true before their eyes and they know that means the day of judgement is near. Trudeau hiding in the basement when he sees the truckers is just one example, cancel culture getting smashed in their attempt to cancel Joe Rogan is another, the Olympics having horrendous is a third.

2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

Yes, we can now see that they have been delivered into our hand as Durham reveals that he has evidence that Clinton was spying on Trump even after he became president. This is a fantastic plan. Try and visualize a city that has a wall all the way around it. The wall is essentially a circle. It is supported on the inside so if you try to knock it down it will stand. The design is very sturdy at repelling those who are outside trying to get in, but it is very poor at stopping those on the inside from getting out. Now imagine you are in this city, locked tight and up on the ramparts of this wall you have soldiers watching what is going on. Everyone in the city wants to know “what are they doing?” They say “nothing, just walking around”. You think “no way, they are doing something, you are missing it, if I was up there I would see”. This goes on day after day after day. Finally on the seventh day they blast the trumpets, everyone inside knows that they are definitely doing something now and all around the city the inhabitants rush up the ladders to see what is going on and oops, there is nothing to prevent the wall from falling down flat. The world is shut up in this city being told to lock down and they know the people telling them what to do are lying to them. Even Bill Maher the atheist knows they are being lied to. Fauci and the others are the ones on top of the wall telling everyone in the city to continue being in a lockdown indefinitely, they know it is a lie. Outside this wall there are those marching around the city proclaiming liberty, blowing the trumpet, and lifting up the Lord Jesus. What do you think is going to happen when for 2,000 years the world has been told about the Lord’s return, the rapture, and the judgement and then they see the rapture?

6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.” 7 And he ordered the army, “Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

Now to do this properly you have to carry the ark, and to carry that ark you must be a priest who is sanctified. There is a proper way to bear the testimony of the Lord.

8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant followed them. 9 The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding. 10 But Joshua had commanded the army, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!” 11 So he had the ark of the Lord carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.

To give a shout is to give a Teruah. These trumpets and this shout both point us to the feast of trumpets. We are proclaiming the coming of the king, we are proclaiming that the Bridegroom cometh, and we are proclaiming that it is the Day of the Lord. "All this time the trumpets were sounding". This is the last two years, this is what we have been doing, the trumpets have been sounding. Election fraud, FISA warrants, Spygate, Hunter Biden's laptop, Afghanistan, Swalwell, the border crisis, the trucker protest, Fauci, the Wuhan bioweapons lab, etc.

12 Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets kept sounding. 14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days. 15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city! 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. 18 But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.”

This is quite significant because at the Lord’s return He will call His servants to make account and they will need to bring forth the talents He gave them and show what they have done with them. Nothing will be lost. Everything belongs to the Lord. If you were to steal one of the devoted things you would be stealing from God. Also note that Rahab the prostitute represents someone on the inside who helped spy out the city. Right now we have people on the inside telling us about the corruption, the sins and the crimes of the Democrats, of the Biden crime family, and of many in the deep state.

20 When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.

One translation is “they went straight up”. This is a picture of the rapture. It will be a glorious victory for the gospel. It will be our entry into the good land. It will mark the year of Jubilee where everything that was taken from us will be returned (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived in the good land before going down to Egypt and becoming enslaved). It will also come like a thief in the night. When the saints are raptured Satan’s kingdom will be robbed.
 

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3 1/2 years ago Obama said you don't need a messiah
 

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What they don't know is the gospel of grace

Luke 4:33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, 34 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Just because the Demon recognizes Jesus Christ does not mean it isn't a Demon. There are two things that separate demons from believers, first "what have we do to with you". A believer would never have this attitude. Second, "did you come to destroy us?" Paul told us that if anyone comes to us with a different gospel let them be anathema. Demons know about the Lord's coming, they can recognize Him and they know about their judgement that is to be executed shortly. What they don't know is the gospel of grace.

Luke 8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him, and with a loud voice said, “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me!”

This is a second example, "I beg You, do not torment me". They have no clue about the gospel of grace. What they do know about is wrath, and torment and judgement.

Acts 16:16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” 18 And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour. 19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

This is my point, it is called "predictive programming". This is where people (maybe even believers) pick out prophetic words from Hollywood movies and demonic music videos. We saw recently in the lawsuit involving Britney Spears that she is a "slave girl" who is bringing her masters much profit. Do not be surprised if these demon possessed slaves working for the movie industry and music industry have a prophetic word. Demons know about the coming judgement, they know about Jesus Christ, they know about torment and fire and fallen angels. You can see all of that in these things that come from this spirit of divination, what you can't see is the gospel of grace. What you can't see is the way of salvation. The Lord will not allow these foul creatures to speak His name or preach His gospel or witness to His grace.

2Peter 1:19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

I have heard a number of prophecies from many different sources. Some of these words have been confirmed. But the words and prophecies of the Bible are a light that shines in a dark place. It is a sure word, a word of life and grace. It is a word of salvation. Compare that with these dark sayings of judgement, torment, destruction and hell fire.
 

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What happened in Kabul is a warning of the imminent tribulation

1. When they say peace and security, then sudden destruction comes upon them and they will not escape.

2. The picture of people in the plane looking like people in "the ark" is a beautiful picture of the Lord rescuing us with the rapture.

3. The people clinging to the outside of the plane, like those at Noah's time trying to get into the ark when it was too late. Another picture of the coming destruction.

4. They released 5,000 ISIS prisoners. The common phrase is "when we go up they go down". At the time of the rapture the fallen angels will be poured out onto the earth.
 

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Hosea 7:1-7 The sins are exposed, the crimes are revealed

Gill summarizes this chapter: They are charged with ingratitude to God, sinning in a daring manner against mercy, and with falsehood, thefts, and robberies, Hosea 7:1; with want of consideration of the omniscience of God, and his notice of their sins, which surrounded them, Hosea 7:2; with flattery to their king and princes, Hosea 7:3; with adultery, which lust raged in them like a heated oven, Hosea 7:4; with drunkenness, aggravated by drawing their king into it, Hosea 7:5; with raging lusts, which devoured their judges, made their kings to fall, and brought on such a general corruption, that there were none that called upon the Lord, Hosea 7:6; with mixing themselves with the nations of the earth, and so learning their ways, and bringing their superstition and idolatry into the worship of God, so that they were nothing in religion, like a half baked cake, Hosea 7:8; with stupidity and insensibility of their declining state, Hosea 7:9; with pride, impenitence, and stubbornness, Hosea 7:10; with folly, in seeking to Egypt and Assyria for help, and not to the Lord; for which they would be taken as birds in a net, and sorely chastised, Hosea 7:11; with ingratitude, hypocrisy, and deceitfulness; for all which they are threatened with destruction, Hosea 7:13.

1 whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed.

For example, we saw with Trump’s presidency an attempt to “drain the swamp”, to heal the political corruption, and at that time it was revealed. The FBI, the FISA warrant scandal, the Russia hoax, the two bogus impeachments. Now Durham's investigation has uncovered incredible depth to the sins, spying on the president, and all of them colluding together.

They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets;

They used a pandemic and BLM protests, riots and looting to try and get Trump out of office. Zuckerberg spent $400 million to get election officials to commit fraud and steal the election. Everyone was practicing deceit from the tech oligarchs, the politicians, election officials, mainstream media, the lawyers, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Biden, etc.

2 but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds.

Trump set up the “Space Force” which is a funny name for a wing of the military that monitors all telecommunications traveling through satellites. They know exactly what evil deeds were done. When he says that the election was stolen this is not conjecture or speculation. A great example recently was Biden's speech after the Kabul failure in which he blamed the failed attempt at nation building saying the US is not good at nation building. Wow, so much for the Marshall plan and what we did with Japan. OK, except almost 20 years ago Biden was one of the biggest and most vocal proponents of nation building when we were first in Afghanistan. Today every lie is remembered, on videotape, to be replayed again fully exposing their shame.

Their sins engulf them; they are always before me. If the Lord knows their sins why not judge them, why allow them to continue? 3 “They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies. 4 They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises.

When you cook you will first preheat the oven. What we are seeing right now is the oven get preheated while the dough continues to rise. Everything that has happened in the first months of Biden’s administration has convinced more and more people that he is a liar and that those who facilitated this fraud are liars. After the election people learned that the Hunter Biden scandal was not fabricated but real. 6% of those who voted for Biden said they wouldn’t have voted for him had they known that. Biden’s move to destroy women’s sports has convinced many more. Biden’s lies concerning not banning fracking or getting people $2,000 checks is convincing still more. Even the Democrats are now saying that Biden is not fit to be the one solely responsible to hold the nuclear football. The exposure of Cuomo’s lies is also revealing their lies about who really managed the Covid crisis well and who didn’t. With every scandal, with every revelation it is like bread rising. The second impeachment was all about the January 6th riot and ultimately what did Trump do once it was taking place. They wanted to blame him for not sending in the troops and not doing more to keep it secure. The problem with that argument is that Nancy Pelosi is responsible for keeping it safe and she turned down troops offered to her from the President. They claimed election fraud was a lie and censored any reference to it. However the Peter Navarro report and the Mike Lindell movie obliterate that argument. They can try to censor those but tens of millions have already seen the movie from start to finish and the same thing with the Peter Navarro report. The evidence has travelled around the world. Now with the collapse in Kabul his support has imploded. 70% of the country wants him gone, even the mainstream media is no longer covering for him.

5 On the day of the festival of our king the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers. 6 Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. 7 All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.

This is what the FISA scandal has revealed as well as the Steel Dossier, the FBI works as a kingmaker and also to bring down those that don’t join hands with them.
 

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The same hands that carried your husband out will carry you out too.
 

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The Jewish year can be viewed as a trial

When Jesus began His ministry John said "behold the lamb of God". That told us exactly how and when He would be put to death. The Passover was instituted by God to display the sins and crimes of Egypt. They had killed those little babies, which are likened to lambs. Jesus death on the cross displayed the sins and crimes of the Romans and Jews. It was the "videotape" evidence of their guilt. Maybe many of the other trials and convictions would have been harder to prove they were guilty. For example we have videotape evidence of a cop shooting a thirteen year old kid, but the kid was holding a gun which he had fired, the kid was out at 2am with another man who was a convict. So as terrible as that video is it isn't perfect evidence of a crime the way Jesus' crucifixion was.

That said, Jesus said that we were His witnesses. During the Passover you don't just have the lamb, you also have the witnesses. These are the ones who have put the blood on the doorpost. Our mouth is our "door" to our heart. The eyes and ears may be windows, but the mouth is the door. The witnesses must put the blood of the lamb on the lintel above the door.

Deuteronomy 6:9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

How do you write the law of God on the doorposts? The law of God is a portrait of God, the blood of the lamb is also a portrait of God, an expression of God manifested in the flesh. The witnesses need to have Jesus, the incarnated word of God, the Lamb of God who died for us, on their mouth.

The age of grace is two thousand years which to God is like two days.

Hosea 6:2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.

This age is like a trial where the evidence is presented that this age is corrupt, the rulers are evil, and they need to be judged. We are the witnesses in this trial.

Revelation 6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.

This is the conclusion of the prosecution. Once the prosecution rests the defendants still have an opportunity to present a defense. Therefore after they give their testimony they still need to wait a little longer until the trial is concluded and there is a judgement. However, when a guilty party has no defense they will often do something desperate like "kill more servants just as the others had been killed".

The Jewish year begins with the Passover lamb being slain, the crime is committed and the witnesses are there. To be a witness is to eat the bread of affliction during the feast of unleavened bread. After that you present the law enumerating the charges and offenses, the feast of Pentecost celebrates the Israelites coming to Mount Sinai where the Law was given after the Passover feast. Then when the trial is concluded you have a deliberation of the Jury. This is called "the days of awe" or "Jacob's trouble". It is the ten days from the Festival of Trumpets to the day of Atonement which is when the judge announces the verdict. The Jewish year can be viewed as a trial.

So then let's return to our role in this trial, we are not the lamb of God but there have been many martyrs and their blood is also part of the evidence against this evil age. If you have an evil ruler on trial for murder it is very relevant if there are multiple offenses of this crime that are similar. If you had a serial killer it would be very important to present evidence not only of Jesus crucifixion but also of all the other crimes and sins they have committed. Therefore the Jewish year does not just have "the Passover" but there is also a second Passover for those who missed the first one. That to me is what the fifth seal being opened is all about.

Revelation 6:12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

This is the point in the trial when the criminal knows he is doomed. I suspect that this is immediately after the first rapture. But we are given a very interesting clue, "the whole moon turned blood red". That will not happen 50 days after the Passover because the Passover is always on a full moon. You will not get a full moon 50 days later. Nor will it happen on the Festival of Trumpets because that is always on a new moon unless it is a jubilee year in which case it will be ten days later, still not a full a moon. Nor will it be on the feast of atonement because that is always ten days after the New moon. There are only two festivals that occur during a full moon, Passover and Tabernacles. (Of course 2nd Passover is also during the full moon).

Revelation 6:7 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: 3 “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

Look at this! Passover refers to God standing over the house to prevent it from being broken into by the avenging angel. Here we see the exact same thing. Also we are told that the Lord's return will be like a thief in the night for those who are not paying attention. The only Jewish festival with a "thief in the night" is Passover, the avenging angel went through all the houses of the Egyptians and stole the firstborn of man and beast.

Another interesting point about Passover, they celebrate the meal the evening before the full moon, then they leave Egypt immediately after and that night you have your full moon, the first night in the desert. Likewise we see the fifth seal with the blood of the martyrs seemingly the night before the sixth seal when we see the blood moon.
 

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Hosea 8:1-7 Sow to the wind reap the whirlwind

1 “Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the Lord because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.

Every believer needs to sound the warning. Why do you think Germany attacked the Jews viciously during WWII? Because of hyperinflation the entire economy was in a shambles. The Germans didn’t know what happened or why but they did know that bankers and those in charge of that industry had to see what was happening and did nothing. You don’t warn the world of the coming judgement during the Day of the Lord then of course they will blame you when it comes.

2 Israel cries out to me, ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’ 3 But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.

Let’s be honest, today they are rejecting all sorts of things that are good. One of the BLM founders has bought four homes worth $3 million and yet not a penny of that donated to them has helped the real victims of crimes. They are simply a shake down racket. Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, and Malcolm X have all been rejected by Antifa, who thinks violence, rioting and looting is the way. Now they are turning on themselves. BLM is turning on Biden, and Antifa is turning on both BLM and Biden.

4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.

Election fraud is very real. According to the constitution God has given His consent to majority rule, but not to election fraud.

5 Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity? 6 They are from Israel! This calf—a metalworker has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.

The calf was an idol for the agricultural economy. Cows were the engine that transformed the landscape as well as providing milk, cheese and meat. Recently the US dollar was the “petro dollar”, oil was the engine that transformed the cities as well as providing the basic ingredients in fertilizer. But they want to change that to a digital dollar. Biden’s unconstrained spending spree will break the petro dollar into pieces.

7 “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.

Accusing Trump of not listening to the science is sowing to the wind. Politics today is all about lawyers spinning lies into "gold". But now even liberals like Bill Maher know that they have lied to the people and the states like Texas and Florida which were supposedly run by idiot science deniers are actually the states doing the best. They are realizing the Cuomo and Whitmer intentionally spiked the deaths by sending infected people into nursing homes. They are going to reap the whirlwind. This trucker protest will destroy them. If our truckers do not deliver goods all the cities will starve. If you arrest the truckers, fine the truckers, take the trucks from the truckers then all the cities will starve. The truckers are essential. Now consider what happens if all the corporate lawyers, all the talking heads on TV, and all the political strategists were to protest. Would anyone care? Of course not, they fantasize how important they are when in reality we are better off without them. They were hoping to have the pandemic end now that Trump is out of office but it is too late, too many millions have had it, now we have new and different strains. The economy is set up to receive a knockout blow. They encouraged BLM riots and looting as a way to make it look like Trump was the cause of chaos, they sowed to the wind but now they are going to reap the whirlwind as Antifa and BLM realize they have been played. They are on record accusing Trump of being a fascist in the way he treats people on the border yet the border is three times worse now. Their hypocrisy is on display for all to see. They are ignoring the science, packing people like sardines into the border, they are insulting americans paying millions and millions of dollars to house illegal aliens in hotels while leaving American veterans on the streets homeless. All of their words will come back to haunt them as a whirlwind. We are going to have a nationwide trucker protest, this will lead to the cities having empty shelves and all those thugs they have released into the streets will be part of the whirlwind that they inherit.
 

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This should be common sense

If you have this life saving cure that will not only save you but your whole family and the whole world you shouldn't have to threaten to fire people, take their bank accounts away and lock them up if they don't get it. Anyone looking at that scenario should be able to smell a rat.

Also if you have this life saving cure that will protect you from this disease then the people who have received this cure should not be afraid of those who haven't, again, the more they attack the unvaxxed the more everyone should smell a rat.

Also, no one, absolutely no one should trust big Pharma. They have a very long history of lying to the public, killing the public, and experimenting on the public. I don't blame those that the Nazi's experimented on or those that the Japanese experimented on. I don't blame those who were part of the Tuskegee experiments. But anyone who says this is all paranoid conspiracy theories after the long sordid history of the sorceries of Big Pharma, they are without excuse.