Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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Psalm 81 -- Blow the trumpet in the concealed day
1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
This is a Psalm for the festival of trumpets.
4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
Remember that we were slaves in Egypt when God delivered us.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
Likewise, this pandemic has essentially caused a shut down, delivering our shoulders from the work.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Remember, that in the past we called and He delivered. It may seem like you will not be able to pay your bills, but that will not matter if the Lord comes in to deliver.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
There are a lot of strange Gods in the world today.
10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
But during this pandemic it has been an opportunity for us to open our mouths wide and share the word.
11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
We have many, many natural disasters that are essentially man made, if we had walked in the counsels of the Lord the world would not be in a shambles right now.
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
There are several groups of people here. Some will be weeping and gnashing their teeth because they did not listen to the Lord but walked in their own counsel. There are those who are worshipping strange gods and will bring a curse upon themselves. There are those who trust in the Lord and called unto Him in time of trouble and He delivered them, and first and foremost there are those who are making a joyful noise unto the Lord in the midst of this trouble. Hallelujah!
1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
This is a Psalm for the festival of trumpets.
4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
Remember that we were slaves in Egypt when God delivered us.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
Likewise, this pandemic has essentially caused a shut down, delivering our shoulders from the work.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Remember, that in the past we called and He delivered. It may seem like you will not be able to pay your bills, but that will not matter if the Lord comes in to deliver.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
There are a lot of strange Gods in the world today.
10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
But during this pandemic it has been an opportunity for us to open our mouths wide and share the word.
11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
We have many, many natural disasters that are essentially man made, if we had walked in the counsels of the Lord the world would not be in a shambles right now.
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
There are several groups of people here. Some will be weeping and gnashing their teeth because they did not listen to the Lord but walked in their own counsel. There are those who are worshipping strange gods and will bring a curse upon themselves. There are those who trust in the Lord and called unto Him in time of trouble and He delivered them, and first and foremost there are those who are making a joyful noise unto the Lord in the midst of this trouble. Hallelujah!
Suppose you were the elite of the elite. The richest 7.5 million people on earth, the 0.1%. You may feel there are too many people on the planet and getting rid of 7 billion would help in so many ways. You may think that like taking your cat to the vet to get fixed this would "fix" all the ills we are seeing. But how to do it?
There are policies you could enact which would cause population to go down but they would undoubtedly be unpopular, so one critical thing you must do is take over elections so that you don't have to worry about what the unwashed masses think. But if you do that there will be a whole lot of whiners who complain about stolen elections. First, have no mercy on these people, find some infraction, any infraction with which to charge them and then lock them up forever. Second, put a stop to the irresponsible speaking concerning stolen elections. You can not tolerate that for a second, deplatform them, ridicule and humiliate them, ban this discussion from any mainstream media.
Now some of the policies would involve a plague that you can easily protect the 0.1% from yet wipe out many of the useless eaters (elderly and infirm). War has also been a great way to reduce the population, so promote WWIII, and of course famine is also very effective. These three: war, plague and famine can go a very long way to reaching the goal of a much smaller population.
But what about all those people who will be nagging the government about these horrific policies that are bringing a plague of drugs into the country, or shutdowns that are causing more harm than good, or even those who see through the plague as a bioweapon, or the famine as man made, or WWIII as simply these 0.1% manipulating the other 99%? Ignore them, insult them, claim they threaten democracy, do whatever it takes.
But human history has taught us that we cannot ignore them forever, so what you will have to do to really get power is control what people can buy or sell. People will not be so strong to reject your plans to exterminate 90% of the world's population if speaking up causes them to starve along with their family. You need that control and you can only get it with a digital currency where every single transaction is trackable.
There are policies you could enact which would cause population to go down but they would undoubtedly be unpopular, so one critical thing you must do is take over elections so that you don't have to worry about what the unwashed masses think. But if you do that there will be a whole lot of whiners who complain about stolen elections. First, have no mercy on these people, find some infraction, any infraction with which to charge them and then lock them up forever. Second, put a stop to the irresponsible speaking concerning stolen elections. You can not tolerate that for a second, deplatform them, ridicule and humiliate them, ban this discussion from any mainstream media.
Now some of the policies would involve a plague that you can easily protect the 0.1% from yet wipe out many of the useless eaters (elderly and infirm). War has also been a great way to reduce the population, so promote WWIII, and of course famine is also very effective. These three: war, plague and famine can go a very long way to reaching the goal of a much smaller population.
But what about all those people who will be nagging the government about these horrific policies that are bringing a plague of drugs into the country, or shutdowns that are causing more harm than good, or even those who see through the plague as a bioweapon, or the famine as man made, or WWIII as simply these 0.1% manipulating the other 99%? Ignore them, insult them, claim they threaten democracy, do whatever it takes.
But human history has taught us that we cannot ignore them forever, so what you will have to do to really get power is control what people can buy or sell. People will not be so strong to reject your plans to exterminate 90% of the world's population if speaking up causes them to starve along with their family. You need that control and you can only get it with a digital currency where every single transaction is trackable.
Rapture --> Silence --> Blow the Trumpets to announce the coming of the King
Deuteronomy 27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel: This day thou art become the people of Jehovah thy God.
This is the day of atonement. We call that “judgement day” but if you are written in the book of life it is a wonderful day, a happy day. The rapture is a judgement day, not Atonement, not a day for all Israel to appear before the Lord, but a judgement nonetheless like a commencement ceremony. During commencement those who are graduating with honors sit in front. If this ceremony takes 7 years to complete atonement is at the end, the pre-tribulation rapture is simply giving out the awards to valedictorian, etc. But this is the point, you respond with silence because this is the day you become the people of Jehovah. That is true of the rapture. If we respond to the rapture with silence why would you think it is on the Feast of Trumpets?
1Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
The rapture is a two edged sword. It is the Lord rescuing His holy ones and it is also the putting to silence in darkness the wicked ones.
Ps 31:17 Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
The rapture is the answer to this prayer.
Ecclesiastes 3:7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
The feast of trumpets is a time to speak, immediately after the rapture is a time to keep silence. The two don’t mix. You keep silence for a significant period of time, maybe two weeks, then when you have permission to blow the trumpets you let loose.
Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
The feast of trumpets is when the people speak, it is calling the people to come near together to judgement. Prior to that you keep silent. The steps are obvious, rapture, silence, then let them speak to come near to judgement.
Jeremiah 8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Jeremiah is the prophet to those left behind. Everyone is in stunned silence. If you are left behind you are given the water of gall to drink and the reason you are left behind is because you have sinned against the Lord.
Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
This is another picture of those believers who are left behind.
Habakkuk 2:20 But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
For anyone who doubted, after the rapture they will doubt no more.
Zechariah 2:13 Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.
During the Feast of Trumpets we are blowing the trumpet for God to hear. The rapture is evidence that He has heard and He has woken up.
Luke 1:20 And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
The day that they will be able to speak is Feast of Trumpets. They are silenced at the rapture because they didn’t believe. They can speak at the Feast of Trumpets because then they see the fulfillment with the Antichrist making a peace treaty with Israel.
Deuteronomy 27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel: This day thou art become the people of Jehovah thy God.
This is the day of atonement. We call that “judgement day” but if you are written in the book of life it is a wonderful day, a happy day. The rapture is a judgement day, not Atonement, not a day for all Israel to appear before the Lord, but a judgement nonetheless like a commencement ceremony. During commencement those who are graduating with honors sit in front. If this ceremony takes 7 years to complete atonement is at the end, the pre-tribulation rapture is simply giving out the awards to valedictorian, etc. But this is the point, you respond with silence because this is the day you become the people of Jehovah. That is true of the rapture. If we respond to the rapture with silence why would you think it is on the Feast of Trumpets?
1Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
The rapture is a two edged sword. It is the Lord rescuing His holy ones and it is also the putting to silence in darkness the wicked ones.
Ps 31:17 Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
The rapture is the answer to this prayer.
Ecclesiastes 3:7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
The feast of trumpets is a time to speak, immediately after the rapture is a time to keep silence. The two don’t mix. You keep silence for a significant period of time, maybe two weeks, then when you have permission to blow the trumpets you let loose.
Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
The feast of trumpets is when the people speak, it is calling the people to come near together to judgement. Prior to that you keep silent. The steps are obvious, rapture, silence, then let them speak to come near to judgement.
Jeremiah 8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Jeremiah is the prophet to those left behind. Everyone is in stunned silence. If you are left behind you are given the water of gall to drink and the reason you are left behind is because you have sinned against the Lord.
Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
This is another picture of those believers who are left behind.
Habakkuk 2:20 But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
For anyone who doubted, after the rapture they will doubt no more.
Zechariah 2:13 Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.
During the Feast of Trumpets we are blowing the trumpet for God to hear. The rapture is evidence that He has heard and He has woken up.
Luke 1:20 And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
The day that they will be able to speak is Feast of Trumpets. They are silenced at the rapture because they didn’t believe. They can speak at the Feast of Trumpets because then they see the fulfillment with the Antichrist making a peace treaty with Israel.
EMP -- Can you prepare?
OK, let's suppose you put devices on your car and on a pump and on your house to protect you. So then, does that mean your devices won't be ruined? Nope.
Let's go through these three one by one
1. Your car -- where will you get gas from if the gas stations and trucks delivering gas are fried? Even if 10% aren't because they also put on devices it won't make a difference. The supply chain will be blown to bits, 90% of the vehicles will be fried and what gas station can then stay open. Even if there were a gas station that took the proper precautions and even if this station was really well connected so that any trucks still running delivered to this station it still won't matter. If the grid is fried how do you pump gas? When this emp goes off all the cars on the roads and highways will be fried and will stop running. The roads and highways will be littered with cars found on the road dead. How is a Truck supposed to fill up with gas and then drive cross country? How would you know where the few working gas stations were since all communications systems will be down? You will be driving through areas with roving gangs. How do you stop to fill up? How do you stop to use the bathroom? How do you stop to eat? No if you want your car to work you will have to take gas from the cars on the road that died when the emp went off. The same thing is true of repairs. If you want parts to fix your car you will have to take them from cars found dead on the road. So if you have a pickup truck one of the first things to do would be to go around and tow a couple of similar trucks to your property so that you have spare parts. You need to be a mechanic with your own shop, you need a truck that can tow others, you need to have a pump that is also prepared to survive this attack. Even if you have all that you won't be able to replace the electronics when they go. But even if you have all that, you still won't survive. Even a mechanic will need to eat, how do you go to the store during an episode of Mad Max or the Walking Dead or the night of the Purge and not get killed? Remember, this is every day, every meal? But maybe you are a mechanic/prepper who has stored up a years supply of food so that by the time you do need to venture out all the others have died. OK, how did you fight off those roving bands of pirates and gangs? So then you need to be a mechanic/prepper/Rambo with guns and thousands of rounds of ammo and a house built like a fortress. But even then at some point you have to sleep. Also, you can't expect to be doing all this without needing some medical attention from time to time, so add medic to your resume as well. Also remember the internet will not work and the electric grid won't work so don't think that you will just "google" how to do these things. Nope, either you know before the event or else you are done.
There is only one salvation and that is the name of Jesus.
OK, let's suppose you put devices on your car and on a pump and on your house to protect you. So then, does that mean your devices won't be ruined? Nope.
Let's go through these three one by one
1. Your car -- where will you get gas from if the gas stations and trucks delivering gas are fried? Even if 10% aren't because they also put on devices it won't make a difference. The supply chain will be blown to bits, 90% of the vehicles will be fried and what gas station can then stay open. Even if there were a gas station that took the proper precautions and even if this station was really well connected so that any trucks still running delivered to this station it still won't matter. If the grid is fried how do you pump gas? When this emp goes off all the cars on the roads and highways will be fried and will stop running. The roads and highways will be littered with cars found on the road dead. How is a Truck supposed to fill up with gas and then drive cross country? How would you know where the few working gas stations were since all communications systems will be down? You will be driving through areas with roving gangs. How do you stop to fill up? How do you stop to use the bathroom? How do you stop to eat? No if you want your car to work you will have to take gas from the cars on the road that died when the emp went off. The same thing is true of repairs. If you want parts to fix your car you will have to take them from cars found dead on the road. So if you have a pickup truck one of the first things to do would be to go around and tow a couple of similar trucks to your property so that you have spare parts. You need to be a mechanic with your own shop, you need a truck that can tow others, you need to have a pump that is also prepared to survive this attack. Even if you have all that you won't be able to replace the electronics when they go. But even if you have all that, you still won't survive. Even a mechanic will need to eat, how do you go to the store during an episode of Mad Max or the Walking Dead or the night of the Purge and not get killed? Remember, this is every day, every meal? But maybe you are a mechanic/prepper who has stored up a years supply of food so that by the time you do need to venture out all the others have died. OK, how did you fight off those roving bands of pirates and gangs? So then you need to be a mechanic/prepper/Rambo with guns and thousands of rounds of ammo and a house built like a fortress. But even then at some point you have to sleep. Also, you can't expect to be doing all this without needing some medical attention from time to time, so add medic to your resume as well. Also remember the internet will not work and the electric grid won't work so don't think that you will just "google" how to do these things. Nope, either you know before the event or else you are done.
There is only one salvation and that is the name of Jesus.
That said, if you were a member of a church like Stan then yes, you can prepare. He is preparing enough food to feed thousands, probably tens of thousands. Even if the grid is fried a couple of generators operating at a church could prepare the food. You would need someone to collect water, presumably from a well, that could be boiled. You would need a mechanic to keep things working. You would need people to help cook and serve. You would need others to watch the kids. If you have a few former cops and military you would need them to help with security. If you have someone with a ham radio you will need them as well to help connect you to other churches. In other words you would need the church to act as Noah's ark during the flood. What a gospel that will be! People will wake up and see for the first time how much they need Jesus and the Church!
John 18:1-18 -- The Don’t make waves strategy
1 When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. 4 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, “Who is it you want?” 5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “I am he,” Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.) 6 When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 Again he asked them, “Who is it you want?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they said. 8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, then let these men go.” 9 This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: “I have not lost one of those you gave me.”
Wow. Judas a traitor is leading soldiers to arrest Jesus for being a “traitor”. This is called “projection”. We are seeing this today, everything they accuse others of is what they themselves are guilty of. Think about January 6th. They were outraged at this “insurrection”. Trump was accused of “inciting a riot”. However, Trump began his speech about 30 minutes later than it was originally planned and as a result those who rioted started the riot a mile away about the same time Trump began to speak so it was obvious he hadn’t incited them. But worse, those that were so “outraged” at Trump had been inciting riots for the last year. You have Schumer inciting a riot outside the Supreme court, Maxine Waters inciting riots for the last twenty years, and on and on. Now we see BLM’s list of demands and it is abundantly clear that what they want is Trump. They want him prohibited from running for office, they want him charged with crimes, they want him silenced to never appear again.
10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) 11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”
Please pay attention! Peter, the same guy who denies the Lord three times cuts off the ear. Do not allow the traitors and evil workers to get you unbalanced. Regardless of what happens we stand on righteousness and see that all things that happen are under God’s sovereignty.
12 Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him 13 and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. 14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.
Why is the father in law the first one they bring him to? This is how elites work, you marry for position and power.
Peter’s First Denial
15 Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard, 16 but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in. 17 “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” she asked Peter. He replied, “I am not.”
Prepare yourself. Make the Lord your testimony to the point that you can no longer deny it. You have two choices as a Christian kind of like the two choices that a heavy weight fighter has when he enters the ring. First, throw so many punches that your opponent is overwhelmed. This is what the Lord did, speaking all the time, from every angle, to every person. Every time they turned around someone was being raised from the dead, or healed, or released from demon possession. He was coming at them fast and furious, they couldn’t respond quickly enough. The other option is to do what Peter does which is to say if I act real nice and don’t say anything to offend my opponent maybe he won’t punch me. It has to be the dumbest, stupidest strategy you can imagine and yet how many Christians opt for the “don’t make waves” strategy?
18 It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.
The “don’t make waves” strategy includes the tactics of trying to blend in and become a wall flower. If you choose this path you will loose all self respect. Will you be able to live with yourself?
1 When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. 4 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, “Who is it you want?” 5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “I am he,” Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.) 6 When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 Again he asked them, “Who is it you want?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they said. 8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, then let these men go.” 9 This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: “I have not lost one of those you gave me.”
Wow. Judas a traitor is leading soldiers to arrest Jesus for being a “traitor”. This is called “projection”. We are seeing this today, everything they accuse others of is what they themselves are guilty of. Think about January 6th. They were outraged at this “insurrection”. Trump was accused of “inciting a riot”. However, Trump began his speech about 30 minutes later than it was originally planned and as a result those who rioted started the riot a mile away about the same time Trump began to speak so it was obvious he hadn’t incited them. But worse, those that were so “outraged” at Trump had been inciting riots for the last year. You have Schumer inciting a riot outside the Supreme court, Maxine Waters inciting riots for the last twenty years, and on and on. Now we see BLM’s list of demands and it is abundantly clear that what they want is Trump. They want him prohibited from running for office, they want him charged with crimes, they want him silenced to never appear again.
10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) 11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”
Please pay attention! Peter, the same guy who denies the Lord three times cuts off the ear. Do not allow the traitors and evil workers to get you unbalanced. Regardless of what happens we stand on righteousness and see that all things that happen are under God’s sovereignty.
12 Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him 13 and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. 14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.
Why is the father in law the first one they bring him to? This is how elites work, you marry for position and power.
Peter’s First Denial
15 Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard, 16 but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in. 17 “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” she asked Peter. He replied, “I am not.”
Prepare yourself. Make the Lord your testimony to the point that you can no longer deny it. You have two choices as a Christian kind of like the two choices that a heavy weight fighter has when he enters the ring. First, throw so many punches that your opponent is overwhelmed. This is what the Lord did, speaking all the time, from every angle, to every person. Every time they turned around someone was being raised from the dead, or healed, or released from demon possession. He was coming at them fast and furious, they couldn’t respond quickly enough. The other option is to do what Peter does which is to say if I act real nice and don’t say anything to offend my opponent maybe he won’t punch me. It has to be the dumbest, stupidest strategy you can imagine and yet how many Christians opt for the “don’t make waves” strategy?
18 It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.
The “don’t make waves” strategy includes the tactics of trying to blend in and become a wall flower. If you choose this path you will loose all self respect. Will you be able to live with yourself?
Five women that express the first fruits
There are five women referenced in the genealogy of Jesus given by Matthew. I think these five are very interesting because the fifth is Mary and according to Luke Mary is a type of first fruits, those who are raptured first.
I think it is hard to fully appreciate Mary without the stories of these other four.
Tamar -- she is the antithesis of Esau. Whereas Esau despised his birthright, which is likened to selling his birthright for a bowl of beans, Tamar coveted the birthright. According to the New Testament fornicators and profane people are likened to Esau who sold his birthright for a meal. However, Tamar took on the appearance of a profane fornicator but rather than despising her birthright she coveted it. She knew God's law and that according to the Law Judah should have given her to his son, but he didn't. She also knew that in the broadest sense God's law would include her being given to Judah. Even though she could have been put to death she stood on God's word trusting that word. I think we can appreciate that this is what Mary did when she trusted in God's word.
Rahab -- she was a prostitute but she feared God more than the people she lived with. She knew that God was with Israel and would judge the evil people she was with. Once again, consider Mary, it is all a question of what do you fear. Do you fear reproach and shame or do you fear the Lord? Today the entire world knows her as "the virgin Mary". It must have taken tremendous faith for her to believe that this would be the case.
Ruth -- she was a Moabitess and according to the law they are not allowed into Israel till the tenth generation, yet she left her people to be faithful to her mother in law. She would have been the lowest of the low in the society and she chose to do that out of faithfulness. Through her we learn that God does not judge according to the outward but He judges men according to their heart. In her heart she said that "your God will be my God and your people will be my people". Once again, think about Mary, she was faithful to God without any hesitancy. Peter denied the Lord and tried to fit in with the world, no way Mary is going to "fit in" when she is six months pregnant.
Uriah's wife -- This is the one that is hardest to understand unless you are considering Mary. What was Bathsheba's crime? To be fair to her it was David's sin, not hers. She wasn't flirting with David. The king called for her, what is she going to do, say no? And yet her name (Bathsheba) is synonymous with lust. She is tarred with David's sin. Think about Mary, she was pledged to Joseph when the Lord decided to tell her she would have the Baby Jesus. It makes sense, the Lord needed Joseph to take care of her once Jesus is born, but it was really unfair to Mary and Joseph. I use the word "unfair" not unrighteous. If they were both fully given to the Lord to serve Him and help bring in His kingdom there was nothing unrighteous, still it was unfair. I suspect that many women gave Bathsheba the cold shoulder, what David did to her was also "unfair". David sinned against Uriah but Bathsheba was also a victim in that sin and had to live with that sin for her whole life.
I see a pattern here, these women were willing to despise the shame to follow the Lord, to obey the Lord, to be faithful to the Lord and to fear the Lord.
There are five women referenced in the genealogy of Jesus given by Matthew. I think these five are very interesting because the fifth is Mary and according to Luke Mary is a type of first fruits, those who are raptured first.
I think it is hard to fully appreciate Mary without the stories of these other four.
Tamar -- she is the antithesis of Esau. Whereas Esau despised his birthright, which is likened to selling his birthright for a bowl of beans, Tamar coveted the birthright. According to the New Testament fornicators and profane people are likened to Esau who sold his birthright for a meal. However, Tamar took on the appearance of a profane fornicator but rather than despising her birthright she coveted it. She knew God's law and that according to the Law Judah should have given her to his son, but he didn't. She also knew that in the broadest sense God's law would include her being given to Judah. Even though she could have been put to death she stood on God's word trusting that word. I think we can appreciate that this is what Mary did when she trusted in God's word.
Rahab -- she was a prostitute but she feared God more than the people she lived with. She knew that God was with Israel and would judge the evil people she was with. Once again, consider Mary, it is all a question of what do you fear. Do you fear reproach and shame or do you fear the Lord? Today the entire world knows her as "the virgin Mary". It must have taken tremendous faith for her to believe that this would be the case.
Ruth -- she was a Moabitess and according to the law they are not allowed into Israel till the tenth generation, yet she left her people to be faithful to her mother in law. She would have been the lowest of the low in the society and she chose to do that out of faithfulness. Through her we learn that God does not judge according to the outward but He judges men according to their heart. In her heart she said that "your God will be my God and your people will be my people". Once again, think about Mary, she was faithful to God without any hesitancy. Peter denied the Lord and tried to fit in with the world, no way Mary is going to "fit in" when she is six months pregnant.
Uriah's wife -- This is the one that is hardest to understand unless you are considering Mary. What was Bathsheba's crime? To be fair to her it was David's sin, not hers. She wasn't flirting with David. The king called for her, what is she going to do, say no? And yet her name (Bathsheba) is synonymous with lust. She is tarred with David's sin. Think about Mary, she was pledged to Joseph when the Lord decided to tell her she would have the Baby Jesus. It makes sense, the Lord needed Joseph to take care of her once Jesus is born, but it was really unfair to Mary and Joseph. I use the word "unfair" not unrighteous. If they were both fully given to the Lord to serve Him and help bring in His kingdom there was nothing unrighteous, still it was unfair. I suspect that many women gave Bathsheba the cold shoulder, what David did to her was also "unfair". David sinned against Uriah but Bathsheba was also a victim in that sin and had to live with that sin for her whole life.
I see a pattern here, these women were willing to despise the shame to follow the Lord, to obey the Lord, to be faithful to the Lord and to fear the Lord.
Psalm 50 To whom the Lord will show the salvation of God
1 The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
1 The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
One of my goals was to look at all the verses around the Lord's coming and the rapture to get a sense of what it is like rather than trying to figure out when. We have gathered so many prophecies of what is happening at the time, what the Lord told us, what it would be like, and as we put all the pieces together what do we see? The Lord told us the end from beginning. We have seen there is none like our God who can prophesy what is going to happen beforehand. As you dive into this day after day your faith grows and you see that the Lord is in complete control. The Lord is not worried about Satan, or the Antichrist, or the beast, they are a joke. The Lord wants to find faith on the earth and this testimony from this brother shows how playful the Lord is joking with us and making this a game.