Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
I was reminded of an experience I had in high school. I was rock climbing in England, I was a beginner and was being taken up an intermediate trail. I got stuck where I have to a split to get across, other people were stuck behind me and they decided they couldn't wait any longer so they pushed me off the rock face. As a result I swung around to another path up the rock face, but this was like going from intermediate to expert. I had a guy top roping me, but even with that this was brutal. All the way up I'm thinking "as soon as I get out of here I'm telling him that is it, I'll top rope him, but no more am I climbing with him". I keep putting this through my mind, I decided this would be the very first thing I say to him when I finally get to the top. He is sitting on the top pulling in the ropes, I walk up to him, sit down and for the first time I look out over the mountain range and the sense of accomplishment just flooded over me, and all those tears and pain were gone.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
I was reminded of an experience I had in high school. I was rock climbing in England, I was a beginner and was being taken up an intermediate trail. I got stuck where I have to a split to get across, other people were stuck behind me and they decided they couldn't wait any longer so they pushed me off the rock face. As a result I swung around to another path up the rock face, but this was like going from intermediate to expert. I had a guy top roping me, but even with that this was brutal. All the way up I'm thinking "as soon as I get out of here I'm telling him that is it, I'll top rope him, but no more am I climbing with him". I keep putting this through my mind, I decided this would be the very first thing I say to him when I finally get to the top. He is sitting on the top pulling in the ropes, I walk up to him, sit down and for the first time I look out over the mountain range and the sense of accomplishment just flooded over me, and all those tears and pain were gone.
Revelation 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
What about OSAS? Jesus says that if you want to have right to the tree of life and if you want to enter in through the gates of the city you must "do His commandments".
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
There are a lot of people who love and make a lie. This is what they sell, they are snake oil salesmen. For example telling people that if they made an altar call 20 years ago they don't have to do His commandments and it doesn't matter that you lie and are an idolater, murderer, whoremonger.
What about OSAS? Jesus says that if you want to have right to the tree of life and if you want to enter in through the gates of the city you must "do His commandments".
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
There are a lot of people who love and make a lie. This is what they sell, they are snake oil salesmen. For example telling people that if they made an altar call 20 years ago they don't have to do His commandments and it doesn't matter that you lie and are an idolater, murderer, whoremonger.
What is the difference between God and the Government?
I am a geologist and on June 22nd I told this woman that from this day forward the days would get shorter and shorter with less sunlight until December 21st. She was horrified, saying "I hate that" and "can't the government do something".
So that illustrates the difference between God and the Government. The government can have "daylight savings time" where they play around with the clocks. They can call midnight 3 am if they want, it won't change the fact that it is still in the middle of the night, but they can play around with the language and the terms.
But God is the one who sets the planets and stars in motion. He is the one who decides how long the days will be, how long the year will be and everything else. So if you are worried about how powerful the government is, just remember this, compared to God they are a joke.
I am a geologist and on June 22nd I told this woman that from this day forward the days would get shorter and shorter with less sunlight until December 21st. She was horrified, saying "I hate that" and "can't the government do something".
So that illustrates the difference between God and the Government. The government can have "daylight savings time" where they play around with the clocks. They can call midnight 3 am if they want, it won't change the fact that it is still in the middle of the night, but they can play around with the language and the terms.
But God is the one who sets the planets and stars in motion. He is the one who decides how long the days will be, how long the year will be and everything else. So if you are worried about how powerful the government is, just remember this, compared to God they are a joke.
Give us this day our daily bread
The Lord wants us to be dependent on Him for our daily bread. He doesn't want us to be "independent" with a years worth of bread or a months worth of bread. If you depend on Him then every day you are coming to Him. That is how I feel about this blog. I have no idea what if anything I'll have tomorrow. I share what the Lord gives me to day and don't even worry. My idea is pour it all out, hold nothing back, and if this is the last post treat it like this could be your last post. Yet if you look carefully you will see that the Lord gave me something every single day since this blog started and I average 10 posts per day. Many of those are links I share from others, but every day there is something the Lord gave me as well.
The Lord wants us to be dependent on Him for our daily bread. He doesn't want us to be "independent" with a years worth of bread or a months worth of bread. If you depend on Him then every day you are coming to Him. That is how I feel about this blog. I have no idea what if anything I'll have tomorrow. I share what the Lord gives me to day and don't even worry. My idea is pour it all out, hold nothing back, and if this is the last post treat it like this could be your last post. Yet if you look carefully you will see that the Lord gave me something every single day since this blog started and I average 10 posts per day. Many of those are links I share from others, but every day there is something the Lord gave me as well.
For Yours is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory forever and ever
When you pray for healing make it about the Lord's kingdom, power and glory. When you pray for a job or for bills to be paid make it about the Lord's kingdom, power and glory forever and ever.
Why would the Lord answer a prayer to give you a job if it is not advancing His kingdom, manifesting His power and rebounding to His glory?
Suppose you are praying for someone to be healed, make sure that healing is for His Kingdom, depends on His power and rebounds to His glory.
When you pray for healing make it about the Lord's kingdom, power and glory. When you pray for a job or for bills to be paid make it about the Lord's kingdom, power and glory forever and ever.
Why would the Lord answer a prayer to give you a job if it is not advancing His kingdom, manifesting His power and rebounding to His glory?
Suppose you are praying for someone to be healed, make sure that healing is for His Kingdom, depends on His power and rebounds to His glory.
Lord Jesus I pray that you would be speak to my brothers and sisters in their dreams just as you spoke to this sister, that you would use angels, visions, dreams to turn them to the Bible, to the truth, to your kingdom and to your Son, that they would do your will and that you would be glorified through this.
Amen. To you be the glory and the honor and the praise forever and ever, amen.
Amen. To you be the glory and the honor and the praise forever and ever, amen.
Key principles concerning the calendar
1. The cross of Christ was an inflection point. Paul called it "the fulness of time" and after the crucifixion and resurrection He said that we were "a new creation". so then the fourth day was over and the fifth day had started after those events.
2. Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world. When talking about Adam, Noah, and the world that is the day that starts the new year. I suspect it was the Rosh Hashanah that followed the crucifixion which was 4001 year.
3. Historians place the cross of Christ between 29AD to 33 AD. However, I feel it is 30 AD because exactly 40 years later in 70 AD Jerusalem is compassed about with Armies and is destroyed a few months later on the 9th of Av. Since Pentecost is on the 8th of Av it indicates that it was exactly 40 years after the word went out to repent concerning Jesus, the Messiah.
4. However, an equally plausible theory is that this was the 4,000th year, and the Rosh Hashanah that followed the crucifixion was the fifth day and the start of the New Creation.
5. Therefore I expect that 2,000 years later in 2030 we will also see many things worked out like Armageddon and the salvation of the Jews and we'll enter the millennial reign in the Fall of that year.
However, if that is true it means we began the last seven years prior to the millennial reign in the Fall of 2023. I don't like that, it seems to me the 70th week should begin with Israel beginning to have the sacrifices and oblations again. However, we did have Agenda 2030 during the Feast of Trumpets so it is certainly possible that this was the defining moment described in Daniel. The covenant is confirmed for seven years. But that creates a new problem because although the covenant was confirmed for seven years, the seven year covenant begins this week, starting on January 4th.
This creates a new problem, yes the OT has a calendar, and yes the world has a birthday, but Jesus is Lord and under His sovereignty the entire world has another calendar, the Gregorian calendar. We are familiar with this, there is a fiscal calendar, a school calendar, a liturgical calendar, and a Gregorian calendar. We have a tax year, a school year and a calendar year.
1. The cross of Christ was an inflection point. Paul called it "the fulness of time" and after the crucifixion and resurrection He said that we were "a new creation". so then the fourth day was over and the fifth day had started after those events.
2. Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world. When talking about Adam, Noah, and the world that is the day that starts the new year. I suspect it was the Rosh Hashanah that followed the crucifixion which was 4001 year.
3. Historians place the cross of Christ between 29AD to 33 AD. However, I feel it is 30 AD because exactly 40 years later in 70 AD Jerusalem is compassed about with Armies and is destroyed a few months later on the 9th of Av. Since Pentecost is on the 8th of Av it indicates that it was exactly 40 years after the word went out to repent concerning Jesus, the Messiah.
4. However, an equally plausible theory is that this was the 4,000th year, and the Rosh Hashanah that followed the crucifixion was the fifth day and the start of the New Creation.
5. Therefore I expect that 2,000 years later in 2030 we will also see many things worked out like Armageddon and the salvation of the Jews and we'll enter the millennial reign in the Fall of that year.
However, if that is true it means we began the last seven years prior to the millennial reign in the Fall of 2023. I don't like that, it seems to me the 70th week should begin with Israel beginning to have the sacrifices and oblations again. However, we did have Agenda 2030 during the Feast of Trumpets so it is certainly possible that this was the defining moment described in Daniel. The covenant is confirmed for seven years. But that creates a new problem because although the covenant was confirmed for seven years, the seven year covenant begins this week, starting on January 4th.
This creates a new problem, yes the OT has a calendar, and yes the world has a birthday, but Jesus is Lord and under His sovereignty the entire world has another calendar, the Gregorian calendar. We are familiar with this, there is a fiscal calendar, a school calendar, a liturgical calendar, and a Gregorian calendar. We have a tax year, a school year and a calendar year.
Malachi 2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
I had an experience of this verse. When I was young my mom decided she didn't want to kill trees for Christmas, so we would buy a live tree and then afterwards plant it in the town. The town would dig the hole for us and we would plant it. After a few years we had a number of trees around town that were ours. Then one year the priest at our church (Episcopalian church) came and blessed the tree when we planted it. That was the only tree that died and it died the same year we planted it.
I had an experience of this verse. When I was young my mom decided she didn't want to kill trees for Christmas, so we would buy a live tree and then afterwards plant it in the town. The town would dig the hole for us and we would plant it. After a few years we had a number of trees around town that were ours. Then one year the priest at our church (Episcopalian church) came and blessed the tree when we planted it. That was the only tree that died and it died the same year we planted it.
Jehoiakim was the cursed king of Judah that according to Jeremiah none of his children would sit on the throne of David
“O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah” (Jeremiah 22:29-30).
He did evil in the sight of the Lord and he imprisoned Jeremiah and was obstinate, but what I think was the final straw was that he took Jeremiah's prophecy and burned it in the fire. The arrogance that he thought he could erase God's judgements by burning the words, God told him 'you thought you could erase my judgments? No, you will be erased'.
This is a very good picture of the apostasy and of the church in Sardis. Remember the Lord told them that if they didn't repent He would blot out their names from the book of Life.
But Joseph was a descendant of Jeconiah. He was the one who was betrothed to Mary when she gave birth to Jesus. His name means "he will add" and the Lord is showing that even if you were guilty of apostasy you can still be added to the royal record by repentance. His repentance was of the arrogance and ego that Jehoiakim had, taking Mary as his wife when she was already with child is a very big blow to your ego, it required Joseph to humble himself and that was the repentance necessary to be reunited with the blessing of God.
Matthew 1:11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
Josias was the father of Jehoiakim, and Jechonias was the son of Jehoiakim. He has been erased from this genealogy. This should be a major warning to anyone thinking to erase one word from the Bible.
“O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah” (Jeremiah 22:29-30).
He did evil in the sight of the Lord and he imprisoned Jeremiah and was obstinate, but what I think was the final straw was that he took Jeremiah's prophecy and burned it in the fire. The arrogance that he thought he could erase God's judgements by burning the words, God told him 'you thought you could erase my judgments? No, you will be erased'.
This is a very good picture of the apostasy and of the church in Sardis. Remember the Lord told them that if they didn't repent He would blot out their names from the book of Life.
But Joseph was a descendant of Jeconiah. He was the one who was betrothed to Mary when she gave birth to Jesus. His name means "he will add" and the Lord is showing that even if you were guilty of apostasy you can still be added to the royal record by repentance. His repentance was of the arrogance and ego that Jehoiakim had, taking Mary as his wife when she was already with child is a very big blow to your ego, it required Joseph to humble himself and that was the repentance necessary to be reunited with the blessing of God.
Matthew 1:11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
Josias was the father of Jehoiakim, and Jechonias was the son of Jehoiakim. He has been erased from this genealogy. This should be a major warning to anyone thinking to erase one word from the Bible.
What makes the church special and gives it power
Matthew 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
There is milk in the word and there is meat. This is meat, you need to have your senses exercised to discern between good and evil and not only are these blind guides not exercising their senses, they are blind, they don't even have senses.
So first of all the "blind guides" who are they? You might think they are pastors and priests, but I don't think so, I don't think this is referring to sermons from the pulpit, this is referring to the board of directors of a church. They guide policies. The Lord calls them fools and blind guides. Now consider some of the policies by these large denominations. Some of these denominations have billion dollar trust funds. So when a pastor or priest comes to this congregation the board of directors will advise him that his number one priority is to not do anything that would negatively impact their trust fund. So when the government passes laws about what you can and cannot say if you don't want to lose your tax exempt status they in turn tell the pastor there are things he can and cannot say.
They are blind because they don't see that God is sitting on the throne and instead they are treating the worldly government that is in the kingdom of darkness as "god". They also don't see that gold that is not sanctified is going to be burned up. To be sanctified means to be separated unto God for His purpose. If you are walking according to the prince of darkness and following his commands then any gift to the church is not sanctified, it is not separated to God for His purpose. God can do more with a person who is sanctified than with a thousand who aren't.
So they have sound systems that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and they have cameras and media centers that broadcast their sermons on TV and they have big budgets, but the worship is not sanctified, the broadcasts are not sanctified, and therefore you lose all the blessings from God. They are on team Goliath rather than team David.
This is why many denominations have embraced the LGBTQ+ community because they give money. If they give money to the church then the church must do as they say. Think about that. God is the creator, the church is His house, and Jesus gave His life on the cross for the church, and yet they think some faggot comes along with a million dollars and so they have to do what he/she says? Are you that blind. 2,000 years ago the church was a few men hiding in an upper room and praying, today it is over a billion people worldwide. This isn't because some queer gave a million dollars, it is because Jesus gave His blood. That is what has sanctified the church and made it special.
Matthew 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
There is milk in the word and there is meat. This is meat, you need to have your senses exercised to discern between good and evil and not only are these blind guides not exercising their senses, they are blind, they don't even have senses.
So first of all the "blind guides" who are they? You might think they are pastors and priests, but I don't think so, I don't think this is referring to sermons from the pulpit, this is referring to the board of directors of a church. They guide policies. The Lord calls them fools and blind guides. Now consider some of the policies by these large denominations. Some of these denominations have billion dollar trust funds. So when a pastor or priest comes to this congregation the board of directors will advise him that his number one priority is to not do anything that would negatively impact their trust fund. So when the government passes laws about what you can and cannot say if you don't want to lose your tax exempt status they in turn tell the pastor there are things he can and cannot say.
They are blind because they don't see that God is sitting on the throne and instead they are treating the worldly government that is in the kingdom of darkness as "god". They also don't see that gold that is not sanctified is going to be burned up. To be sanctified means to be separated unto God for His purpose. If you are walking according to the prince of darkness and following his commands then any gift to the church is not sanctified, it is not separated to God for His purpose. God can do more with a person who is sanctified than with a thousand who aren't.
So they have sound systems that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and they have cameras and media centers that broadcast their sermons on TV and they have big budgets, but the worship is not sanctified, the broadcasts are not sanctified, and therefore you lose all the blessings from God. They are on team Goliath rather than team David.
This is why many denominations have embraced the LGBTQ+ community because they give money. If they give money to the church then the church must do as they say. Think about that. God is the creator, the church is His house, and Jesus gave His life on the cross for the church, and yet they think some faggot comes along with a million dollars and so they have to do what he/she says? Are you that blind. 2,000 years ago the church was a few men hiding in an upper room and praying, today it is over a billion people worldwide. This isn't because some queer gave a million dollars, it is because Jesus gave His blood. That is what has sanctified the church and made it special.
2023 in Strong's
My approach here is not some hocus pocus, but rather 4 words from the Bible, the word of God is living, and so these 4 words will be living to us today. Also, these numbers are not arbitrary, they refer to the order of appearance in the bible just as the years on the calendar are in order of appearance.
Hebrew -- the word is a reference to the place where Aaron died, he died when he was 123, ironic, and he died in the 40th year that Israel was in the desert, so his death immediately precedes Israel entering the good land.
Greek -- Abundant supply. This indicates that God has provided everything that we need for the "choragus". Think of the believers as a chorus singing God's praises, leading the world in worship, saying Amen to Him and speaking God's word. We have been given everything we need in this last year to do that.
2024 in Strong's
Greek -- supply, provision, equipment, support.
Hebrew -- Mountainous region that is uncertain.
The year 5994 would be the year that is seven years from the millennial reign. In Strong's Hebrew that would mean deep, hidden mystery.
My approach here is not some hocus pocus, but rather 4 words from the Bible, the word of God is living, and so these 4 words will be living to us today. Also, these numbers are not arbitrary, they refer to the order of appearance in the bible just as the years on the calendar are in order of appearance.
Hebrew -- the word is a reference to the place where Aaron died, he died when he was 123, ironic, and he died in the 40th year that Israel was in the desert, so his death immediately precedes Israel entering the good land.
Greek -- Abundant supply. This indicates that God has provided everything that we need for the "choragus". Think of the believers as a chorus singing God's praises, leading the world in worship, saying Amen to Him and speaking God's word. We have been given everything we need in this last year to do that.
2024 in Strong's
Greek -- supply, provision, equipment, support.
Hebrew -- Mountainous region that is uncertain.
The year 5994 would be the year that is seven years from the millennial reign. In Strong's Hebrew that would mean deep, hidden mystery.