Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Profound Dreams Ramp Up in September During the Final Stretch to the Rapture!

I also had a very strange dream, still trying to decipher it.

Some of the elements:

Two felonies

Weird behavior from two people perhaps demonic trying to provoke a response.

Donald Trump sitting with his team which I chose not to be part of, it was similar to the Lord sitting in the upper room with the disciples eating the passover, only this was sitting in the basement surrounded by what appeared to be jailers.

A reference to "My favorite house" that was only 1 block away from my home (when I knew it was more like 10 blocks away -- this was an interesting play on words with references to a hospitality house, a church, and my home)

And then a bus ride that I didn't want to take that was taking me away from everything.
 

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Praying for Spiritual gifts

1Corinthians 13:1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

The context is spiritual gifts. What should you pray for? Pray for Love.

2 And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Lord I pray for love that is beyond what we could ask or think, I pray for love that lifts burdens.

3 And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

Lord I pray for love for the poor and love that sacrifices itself for others.

4 Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Lord I pray for love that suffers long, love that doesn't envy others, love that doesn't boast about itself and is not proud.

5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

Lord I pray for love that doesn't behave in an ugly way, that isn't self centered, that doesn't get provoked and that doesn't keep a record of all the evil done to me.

6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;

Lord I pray that I would have a love that would rejoice in the truth.

7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Lord I pray for such a love.

8 Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; 10 but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

Lord I pray for an eternal love.

11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known. 13 But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Lord I pray for a mature love that reflects you truly.
 

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It is not for you to know the times and seasons

Many people quote this verse without looking at the context.

6 So when they had come together, they asked Him repeatedly, “Lord, are You at this time reestablishing the kingdom and restoring it to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority.

No verse is of its own interpretation. Jesus charges us to watch for his coming, and we were told repeatedly to watch for the leaven of the pharisees. Jesus gave us extensive message on the signs of His coming and the OT tells us that God does nothing without telling His prophets.

So the idea that this is a blanket statement for all believers over the entire church age contradicts at least ten other Bible verses. The context of this verse is "Lord are you reestablishing the kingdom at this time". The Lord is telling them that is not their job, the apostles had a very specific job, to complete the word of God, to establish the churches, to evangelize the known world and to be witnesses of the Lord.

It makes much more sense to my understanding given all the other verses in the Bible about the Lord's coming that the Lord's word "it is not for you to know" could be understood as "that is not your job". In other words, the apostles have their assignment, and every believer throughout the two thousand year church age has their assignment. It doesn't mean that "it is not for anyone to know". "The epochs which the Father has fixed" -- the apostolic age was one of those epochs, the end of the age was another epoch. When you build a house it begins with legal documents designating that you own the land and the city gives you a building permit, often the people who do that are quite different from the people who then come in with surveying team to mark the property, and after then the architect will draw you up the building plans and then the foundation guys will dig and pour the concrete for the foundation, and then you fix up the plumbing and electrical and put up the walls and roof and close in the building. Then the finish crew comes in and paints and lays carpet and tile and all the necessary things to complete the house. Only then do you have your real estate broker have an open house and show people the house. The apostles were the first crew, the ones like Paul that laid a foundation.

Perhaps they didn't see everything that would happen from that day to today. But we can see it, so for us it is to know the "epochs that the Father has fixed". Hindsight is 20/20. They did not know about the seven churches we do.

I was once working on a very large construction site for 18 months. There was a whole lot I didn't know, I didn't need to know. I was simply told what I needed to know and the guys in the office worried about the timetable. And there were several times when it came down to the wire. Several times we had to pour concrete through the night. The night before opening night when we were having a large international conference in this building we were up laying big stones in front of the front door.

So again, I understand the interpretation that this means no one knows the seasons that God has fixed, but I need to see two other verses that support that because it seems to contradict at least ten other verses and there is another very plausible and simple interpretation which is it wasn't for those apostles to know the epochs that God has fixed, at least not yet. Paul was not there with them and this was before John had the Revelation.
 

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A memorial of blowing of trumpets

Leviticus 23:24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

A convocation is a dress rehearsal. This is the only holy convocation, the only dress rehearsal in Leviticus called "a memorial". So what does this mean for us in the church?

Matthew 5:23 So if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and while there you remember that your brother has something [such as a grievance or legitimate complaint] against you,

These trumpets remind us of grievances our brothers and sisters may have with us.

Matthew 26:75 And Peter remembered the [prophetic] words of Jesus, when He had said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly [in repentance].

These trumpets (like a rooster crowing) remind us of sins we have committed.

Matthew 27:63 and said, “Sir, we have remembered that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise [from the dead].’

These trumpets remind the unbelievers of the word of God.

Luke 17:32 Remember [what happened to] Lot’s wife [when she looked back]!

These trumpets are a warning to us.

John 16:4 I have told you these things [now], so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

These trumpets tell us now is the time to remember the Lord's word.

Revelation 2:5 So remember the heights from which you have fallen, and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will] and do the works you did at first [when you first knew Me]; otherwise, I will visit you and remove your lampstand (the church, its impact) from its place—unless you repent.

Remember your first love and when you rejoiced to be saved.

Revelation 3:3 So remember and take to heart the lessons you have received and heard. Keep and obey them, and repent [change your sinful way of thinking, and demonstrate your repentance with new behavior that proves a conscious decision to turn away from sin]. So then, if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

Remember how you first received the word of God and studied and heard and kept and obeyed them.

The Lord comes as a thief to those who do not remember, to those who are not wakened by the trumpets.

Revelation 22:7 “And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is the one who heeds and takes to heart and remembers the words of the prophecy [that is, the predictions, consolations, and warnings] contained in this book (scroll).”

Those who do remember are blessed.
 

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Will you remember?

Leviticus 23:2 “Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The appointed times (established feasts) of the Lord which you shall proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these:

The Feast of Trumpets is the Lord Jesus Christ's appointed time to wake people up. Is He including waking them up from death with this? If the dead in Christ rose at the last trumpet of the Feast of Trumpets, would that cause the whole world to remember the word of God? Would it cause unbelievers to remember? Would it cause backslidden believers to remember?
 

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I expect a heads up before the rapture

1. Noah was given a heads up, entering the ark 7 days before the flood and being shut in by God.

2. The death of Methuselah was a Biblical prophesy that was fulfilled telling you the flood was coming.

3. Abraham was given a heads up before Sodom was destroyed.

4. Lot was given a warning.

5. Jesus told us it would be as the days of Noah and as the days of Lot.

6. Jesus told Sardis 3 So remember and take to heart the lessons you have received and heard. Keep and obey them, and repent [change your sinful way of thinking, and demonstrate your repentance with new behavior that proves a conscious decision to turn away from sin]. So then, if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you which tells me that for those who do wake up they will know at what hour the Lord will come.

7. Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God does nothing Without revealing His secret plan [of the judgment to come] To His servants the prophets.

Now I also expect that this will be established by the mouth of two or three witnesses. So although I have spoken a lot, and Dr. Barry Awe and Aaron at God a minute and Patrick at Hourly Watch, still I want to include numerous witnesses to this fact. So I share the next few videos.


1:54 The Creation Prophecy
18:10 The Sabbath Prophecy
21:10 The Four of Seven Prophecy
24:20 The Fourth Commandment Prophecy
24:54 The Hosea Prophecy
25:29 The Jubilee Principle
26:52 The Genesis 6 Prophecy
28:54 The Death of Moses Prophecy
29:50 The Jubilee Prophecy
33:25 The Exodus Prophecy
35:18 The 2,000 Cubits Prophecy
36:24 The Lazarus Prophecy
40:59 The Woman at the Well Prophecy
44:25 The Official’s Son Prophecy
46:40 The Good Samaritan Prophecy
47:53 The Fasting Prophecy
49:05 The Mount Sinai Prophecy
50:56 The Healing on the Sabbath Prophecy
52:10 Ascending the Mountain Prophecy
53:57 The Ascension Prophecy
54:54 The Transfiguration Prophecy
57:01 The Job Prophecy
57:49 The Temple Prophecy
1:06:29 The Servant Prophecy
1:08:11 The Land Rest Prophecy
1:08:49 The Appearing on the Seventh Day Prophecy
1:09:35 The David and Goliath Prophecy
1:12:10 The Wedding Day Prophecy
1:13:43 The Jonah Prophecy
1:18:45 The Jericho Prophecy
1:20:04 The Feeding of the Four Thousand Prophecy
1:23:04 The Esther Prophecy
1:25:06 The Three Measures of Leaven Prophecy
1:26:47 The Enoch Prophecy
1:27:50 The Birth Pang Prophecy
1:29:31 The Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Messiah in 30 C.E.
1:38:41 The Fig Tree Prophecy
1:42:07 The Eighth Day
1:42:36 The Circumcision Prophecy
1:47:13 The Sukkot Prophecy
1:58:31 The Menorah Prophecy
 

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Russia & North Korea Destroy America 09/04/2023

 

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How much longer?

When I played football you did not look at the clock. The coach might, but as a player you were focused on the play and as long as they could snap the ball they could run the play. However, a coach is certainly going to take the clock into consideration when calling the plays and the defense. So with that in mind I think when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the church that was the start of the 4th quarter of the church age -- 1517.

When the Brethren first started we were about seven minutes into the 4th quarter.

When the divisions in the Brethren took place in the 1880s we were more than 10 minutes into the 4th quarter. The Welsh revival was about 4 minutes left in the game. 1950 when Israel had the law of return we had the two minute warning. The mortgage meltdown in 2008 put us about 30 seconds from the end of the game. The Pandemic in 2020 put us about 15 seconds from the end of the game.

What happens as the time runs out is the losing team becomes more and more desperate. We are seeing that with all the indictments of Trump, and all the evidence coming out on the corrupt Biden regime. We are seeing that with the daily threats of nuclear war between the US, Russia, N. Korea, China, and Iran. We saw that with the left meltdown over Roe v. Wade being overturned. We see that with Ukraine wanting to draft people who are physically not able to fight. We see this with the destruction of Maui.

If there were another 20 years before the end they would not do what they did in Maui because the lawsuits will uncover the truth and they will be bankrupt. Likewise with Pfizer and Fauci and this plandemic. You know you can do pretty much anything for three or four years before the truth catches up with you. They mandated the vaccine in 2021, already countries across the world are realizing there is liability in that move, one more year and the class action lawsuits will begin to be filed.

So in every area we can see that the evil rulers of this age have run out of time. They made a fortune off of the US reserve currency and robbing Social Security, but that also has begun to dry up like the Euphrates. Think of BRICS as a a big giant dam on the river that will cause the US dollar to dry up and already it is becoming very difficult to find anyone stupid enough to buy US debt.

They are treating the US the same way the mafia treated that restaurant they bought in Goodfellows. First, they didn't pay their bills until the restaurant was totally broke. Then they burned it down to collect the insurance. The US is in the process of being burned down by the very same people who own it. 120+ food processing plants sabotaged, over 2 million illegals have entered the country that are considered "got aways", they are the ones who are here for nefarious purposes. Maui is an example of them selling off assets at the bankruptcy hearing.

We understand that prior to the rapture and the start of the tribulation they will be eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage. It will be one big great party right up to the point of sudden destruction. So the famine is about to start, the collapse of the US dollar is about to start, nuclear war is about to start. Can they hold off for another 12 months? In my opinion they can't. Also in my opinion the Feast of Trumpets is when you get the official announcement of the start of the seventieth week, the coming of the king.

So then, we play one play at a time and we realize we might only have two weeks left before the start of the tribulation.
 

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Feast of Trumpet Rapture of the Bride of Christ


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1Corinthians 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at [the sound of] the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [who believed in Christ] will be raised imperishable, and we will be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed].

The Feast of Trumpets is a two day event with the sighting of the new moon possibly taking place on the second day and so the last trumpet would be at the end of the 2nd day. At the end of the third day the priests are changed into white linen robes and taken to the temple chamber to prepare for the Day of Atonment.

It is very possible that the dead in Christ will be raised for a day before the rapture.
 

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Joseph's dream

When Joseph shared his dream with his family it caused a lot of jealousy and indignation. When you read the story it seems everyone in the family knew that the twelve stars referred to Jacob's children and the Sun and Moon referred to Jacob and Rachel. So my point is surely Joseph, who was skilled in interpreting dreams knew what it meant too. He very likely didn't want to share the dream with his family knowing it would cause resentment, and God also knew this. Yet he was obligated to share the word, which became the word of God and became the vehicle that brought him to Egypt. By the time Joseph's brothers come to Egypt Joseph understood this, that the Lord specifically gave him that dream to share, knowing it would provoke them to sell him as a slave and from Egypt God would raise him from the tomb in a figure.

My point is that often we don't want to share a word because we know it will cause trouble, but if the Lord gave you the word to share then you have to share it because that trouble is part of God's plan.
 

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If I Do Not Wash You, You Have No Part With Me | Rapture 2023
 

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The Tabernacle of God is with men! - Exploring the Mysteries of the Feast of Tabernacles
 

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1Corinthians 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at [the sound of] the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [who believed in Christ] will be raised imperishable, and we will be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed].

The Feast of Trumpets is a two day event with the sighting of the new moon possibly taking place on the second day and so the last trumpet would be at the end of the 2nd day. At the end of the third day the priests are changed into white linen robes and taken to the temple chamber to prepare for the Day of Atonment.

It is very possible that the dead in Christ will be raised for a day before the rapture.
What is very interesting about this is that Lot got a 1 day warning to flee the city, these dead in Christ who are raised from the grave would be a fantastic 24 hour warning to flee.
 

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What is very interesting about this is that Lot got a 1 day warning to flee the city, these dead in Christ who are raised from the grave would be a fantastic 24 hour warning to flee.
Another point is that two angels, two messengers went to Lot and at the start of the tribulation we expect to see the two witnesses, the two messengers begin their ministry. Perhaps the start of their ministry will be to warn of the immediate judgement of God about to fall.

We are told by the Lord that there was no greater prophet than John the Baptist, one brother taught that this was because of his proximity to the Lord. So although we have had many prophets and dreams and visions of what is about to happen, these two are given a one day warning making them the closest to the event and therefore the "greatest"
 

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Revelation 20:14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

This takes place at the Day of Atonement.
 

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YOM KIPPUR teaching by JONATHAN CAHN


A lot of interesting points I hadn't considered.
 

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YOM KIPPUR teaching by JONATHAN CAHN


A lot of interesting points I hadn't considered.
Paints a great picture of Jesus as our High priest fulfilling the day of Atonement to put an end to sin. However, Hebrews then goes on to say:

Hebrews 10:
A New and Living Way
19 Therefore, believers, since we have confidence and full freedom to enter the Holy Place [the place where God dwells] by [means of] the blood of Jesus, 20 by this new and living way which He initiated and opened for us through the veil [as in the Holy of Holies], that is, through His flesh, 21 and since we have a great and wonderful Priest [Who rules] over the house of God, 22 let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful [to His word]; 24 and let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds, 25 not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ’s return] approaching.

In the old testament only the High Priest could enter the Holy of Holies and only once a year to offer up for the sins of the people. But Jesus put an end to sin so in Christ we can enter the Holy of Holies too.


Then a contrast is given between those who return to fellowship with God in the Holy of Holies and those who return to sin being judged at the great day of the Lord.

So now the rapture and the 7 years of the tribulation make sense. We have all those who are one with the High Priest Jesus, who have dwelt in the Holy of Holies changing into the linen garments and being caught up to be with Him just like the High Priest going to stay in a temple chamber for the final seven days leading up to the day of Atonement. You have the fearful judgement on those who trampled under foot the blood of Christ, and you have a chance for those who are remaining to confess and repent and turn to Jesus.