Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying,
I once heard that according to Jewish tradition the ten commandments mirror each other so that 1 goes with six, 2 with seven and 5 with ten.
2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
This is the first commandment and this
13 Thou shalt not kill.
Is its mirror. When you kill someone you make yourself out as God. You are the judge, you are the executioner. This is the ultimate example of having another god before God. Very often people justify murder by saying it is "for the greater good", again they have another god before God.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
This is the second commandment, and this is its mirror
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
God is our husband, you don't bow down and serve anyone else, that is spiritual adultery. Many people justify this saying "you don't know the ways of the world" etc. Yes, we know them, it is an evil and adulterous age. They cheat, and people advance their careers by bowing down to this. The ones who pay the price for this adultery are the next generations unto the fourth. This means the stain from adultery can last for a hundred years.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
This is the third and it doesn't mean to curse though that would certainly be one possible way.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
The Lord has given us His name, it is the most powerful name in the universe, how insulting and how embarrassing to then go out and steal. To do that is to treat His name like it is empty and powerless. Jesus Christ is the savior of the world, regardless how tough your situation is, take it to the Lord and follow His leading.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
This is the fourth, and its mirror is the ninth
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Many Christians hide the fact that they are Christians, they pretend they are like everyone else, they are "secret agent Christians" going to the game and going to the country club on the Lord's day. That is to bear false witness against thy neighbor. They need to see that you go to church. They need to see that you keep the things of the Lord Holy.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
This is the fifth and now consider what the mirror is of this
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
When I was growing up you would hear that this kid is going to Europe for the summer, or this kid was going skiing in Colorado, this kid has a swimming pool, etc. It is easy to be jealous and wish you had different parents, that is what it means to covet and you are dishonoring your parents. My upbringing was exactly what I needed for the calling the Lord had for me. My dad and my mother were exactly what I needed. From my Dad I learned there is no shame in losing a fight, the shame is in not fighting and being a coward. My mother is in her 90s and from her I learned it is a long life, we are running a marathon, not a sprint.
Exodus 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying,
I once heard that according to Jewish tradition the ten commandments mirror each other so that 1 goes with six, 2 with seven and 5 with ten.
2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
This is the first commandment and this
13 Thou shalt not kill.
Is its mirror. When you kill someone you make yourself out as God. You are the judge, you are the executioner. This is the ultimate example of having another god before God. Very often people justify murder by saying it is "for the greater good", again they have another god before God.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
This is the second commandment, and this is its mirror
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
God is our husband, you don't bow down and serve anyone else, that is spiritual adultery. Many people justify this saying "you don't know the ways of the world" etc. Yes, we know them, it is an evil and adulterous age. They cheat, and people advance their careers by bowing down to this. The ones who pay the price for this adultery are the next generations unto the fourth. This means the stain from adultery can last for a hundred years.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
This is the third and it doesn't mean to curse though that would certainly be one possible way.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
The Lord has given us His name, it is the most powerful name in the universe, how insulting and how embarrassing to then go out and steal. To do that is to treat His name like it is empty and powerless. Jesus Christ is the savior of the world, regardless how tough your situation is, take it to the Lord and follow His leading.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
This is the fourth, and its mirror is the ninth
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Many Christians hide the fact that they are Christians, they pretend they are like everyone else, they are "secret agent Christians" going to the game and going to the country club on the Lord's day. That is to bear false witness against thy neighbor. They need to see that you go to church. They need to see that you keep the things of the Lord Holy.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
This is the fifth and now consider what the mirror is of this
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
When I was growing up you would hear that this kid is going to Europe for the summer, or this kid was going skiing in Colorado, this kid has a swimming pool, etc. It is easy to be jealous and wish you had different parents, that is what it means to covet and you are dishonoring your parents. My upbringing was exactly what I needed for the calling the Lord had for me. My dad and my mother were exactly what I needed. From my Dad I learned there is no shame in losing a fight, the shame is in not fighting and being a coward. My mother is in her 90s and from her I learned it is a long life, we are running a marathon, not a sprint.
In this video she prophesies about two things.
1. She says that Brigitte Macron will be killed and that they'll claim she got sick and died. Then they will remove the male reproductive organ from Brigitte so that some who are brought to the funeral will claim that those who were saying she was a male will be accused of being liars and that Emmanuel Macron will be seen as having told the truth when he denied this.
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2. The second prophesy was about the time that Brigitte slapped Emmanuel. She learned that Barron Trump was going to be one of the ten kings, not Brigitte, and that he has Nephelim DNA.
How to deal with reproach
Isaiah 37:14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it:
On the internet and on social media there is a lot of reproach these days. If you are a Christian, and you are reproached for your stand for the Lord, how should you deal with that?
and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
This is step 1. You were standing for the Lord, in the Lord's name. Therefore if they reproach you, bring this to the Lord.
15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying, 16 O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Step 2 pray according to the word of God and remind the Lord of His person and work. This is a fundamental change in attitude, instead of taking the reproach as an insult you are taking it as coming from the Lord to remind you of the Lord's person and work.
17 Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
Step 3 remind the Lord that you are His servant, if you are being reproached as His servant then in reality they are reproaching Jesus.
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22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
So then in this case the Lord responded with His own message for those that reproached you saying that you have despised them and laughed them to scorn. Here is the joke, this guy thought he was going to beat up this little girl only to find out that the one he will in fact be fighting is the omnipotent God.
23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
This is the point. Sanctify yourself so that if someone does insult or attack you it is clear that the attack and reproach is really against the Holy one of Israel who you serve.
Isaiah 37:14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it:
On the internet and on social media there is a lot of reproach these days. If you are a Christian, and you are reproached for your stand for the Lord, how should you deal with that?
and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
This is step 1. You were standing for the Lord, in the Lord's name. Therefore if they reproach you, bring this to the Lord.
15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying, 16 O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Step 2 pray according to the word of God and remind the Lord of His person and work. This is a fundamental change in attitude, instead of taking the reproach as an insult you are taking it as coming from the Lord to remind you of the Lord's person and work.
17 Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
Step 3 remind the Lord that you are His servant, if you are being reproached as His servant then in reality they are reproaching Jesus.
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22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
So then in this case the Lord responded with His own message for those that reproached you saying that you have despised them and laughed them to scorn. Here is the joke, this guy thought he was going to beat up this little girl only to find out that the one he will in fact be fighting is the omnipotent God.
23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
This is the point. Sanctify yourself so that if someone does insult or attack you it is clear that the attack and reproach is really against the Holy one of Israel who you serve.
1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
A year or two ago the internet was filled with messages and discoveries about the Lord's soon coming, but where are all these ones now? It seems I have to scour the internet to find anyone speaking. People will give all kinds of excuses, but the reality is they simply got tired and quit. I am reminded of Rocky Marciano, many people talk about who the greatest heavyweight fighter was, but I think there is really no debate, it was Rocky. He wasn't as skilled as Ali or Tyson. But even Ali admitted of all the heavyweight fighters Rocky is the one that could beat him. The reason was that Rocky never stopped coming, his conditioning was legendary. He was coming every bit as hard in the 12th round as in the first. One thing really impressed me the other day, during the Patriots and Falcon's Superbowl it was halfway into the the third period and the Falcons were leading 28 to 3. Now in any other game against any other team if you are leading 28 to 3 in the middle of the third period your sideline is going to be relaxed, jovial, joking around. You are going to be very confident of winning. But the Falcons players were all miked up and they weren't joking, they weren't relaxed. They kept looking at the other sideline expressing their concern about Brady. They knew he wasn't going to quit, they knew the game wasn't over. Here is the problem they faced, under normal circumstances they would have changed the game plan to play it safe, using up the clock. But they knew that Brady could put up 21 points in no time flat and then they would be blamed for losing the game because they played it safe.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
We are running to obtain an incorruptible crown. The fourth quarter is not the time to disappear.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
A year or two ago the internet was filled with messages and discoveries about the Lord's soon coming, but where are all these ones now? It seems I have to scour the internet to find anyone speaking. People will give all kinds of excuses, but the reality is they simply got tired and quit. I am reminded of Rocky Marciano, many people talk about who the greatest heavyweight fighter was, but I think there is really no debate, it was Rocky. He wasn't as skilled as Ali or Tyson. But even Ali admitted of all the heavyweight fighters Rocky is the one that could beat him. The reason was that Rocky never stopped coming, his conditioning was legendary. He was coming every bit as hard in the 12th round as in the first. One thing really impressed me the other day, during the Patriots and Falcon's Superbowl it was halfway into the the third period and the Falcons were leading 28 to 3. Now in any other game against any other team if you are leading 28 to 3 in the middle of the third period your sideline is going to be relaxed, jovial, joking around. You are going to be very confident of winning. But the Falcons players were all miked up and they weren't joking, they weren't relaxed. They kept looking at the other sideline expressing their concern about Brady. They knew he wasn't going to quit, they knew the game wasn't over. Here is the problem they faced, under normal circumstances they would have changed the game plan to play it safe, using up the clock. But they knew that Brady could put up 21 points in no time flat and then they would be blamed for losing the game because they played it safe.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
We are running to obtain an incorruptible crown. The fourth quarter is not the time to disappear.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Leviticus 20:6 “ ‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.
Lord Jesus, we come to you in prayer, standing on your blood as our righteousness to bring our petitions and pleas before the throne. We pray according to your will, the word of God is your will. You said you would set your face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them. So we turn to You, it is Your job, not ours, to deal with these ones. You are omniscient, we are not. You are omnipotent, we are not. I ask you if there is anyone in my life who is following these mediums and spiritists that you would cut them off from the people and you would set your face against them.
27 “ ‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’ ”
Lord Jesus we say Amen to You, the incarnated word of God. You said wherever two or three agree in Your name that You would be in our midst. You have given us the ministry of reconciliation, so we preach to everyone to be reconciled to You. But for those who refuse, those who rebel against you and blaspheme your name and have prostituted themselves to follow after mediums and spiritists we hand them over to You to be dealt with as you see fit. The church in Corinth through the word of Paul handed a man over to Satan so that he would repent. We also lift anyone involved in the occult up to you, those in our church, in our community, even in our city.
Revelation 18:23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s important people. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
Lord Jesus our concern is for those who are leading the sheep of your pasture astray. Those who are shining a light in order to lead astray. We pray that light would be cut off now, in the name of Jesus Christ, the Lord of Lords and king of kings. We pray against AI, a light to lead astray so many, we pray that this light would be cut off. We pray their magic would be exposed for a fraud, and we pray that their great men would be brought low.
In the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior,
I bind all principalities, powers of the air, wickedness in high places, thrones, dominions, world rulers, and strong men exerting influence over my family, my church and my city, and I forbid them to operate against them, or against the one praying this prayer.
In the name of Jesus, I bind and break witchcraft, witchcraft control, mind-binding spirits, spirits that block and/or bind the will, mind control, destruction, lust, fantasy lust, perversion, intimidation, rebellion, rejection, schizophrenia, paranoia, anger, hatred, wrath and rage, resentment, bitterness, unforgiveness, slander, unteachableness, deception, doubt, unbelief, passivity, pride and false humility.
In the name of Jesus, I bind and break the spirits of Ahab and Jezebel, fear, hypnosis and hypnotic trance, rock music, greed, addiction, drugs, alcohol, and all compulsive behaviors.
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Dear Heavenly Father I ask you to forgive me of the sins I committed against you or anybody made in your image. In the name of Jesus and by His Spilled Blood on the cross I rebuke all witchcraft attacks in Jesus name against me, my children, my family, my church and my city. I bind every wicked work, every altar risen against me, my children, my family, my church and my city. I strike it into pieces by the rod of Yahshua Jesus Christ. I call Holy Spirit fire to burn it into ashes in Jesus name. I set ablaze every blood sacrifice against me, my children, my family or my church by Holy Spirit fire in Jesus name. I bind block and break every familiar spirit trying to come against me, my children, my family and my church in Jesus name. I put every familiar spirit in chains and fetters dipped in the blood of Jesus. I muzzle them with the blood of Jesus so they shall not speak against us in Jesus name. I pray you would issue an injuction to leave us alone in Jesus name. Please Holy Spirit bless us with your peace love and healing in Jesus name we pray. Bless us with your presence protection wisdom knowledge and favor guidance through the Holy Spirit in Jesus name amen. All these precious things we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings. Amen.
Lord Jesus, we come to you in prayer, standing on your blood as our righteousness to bring our petitions and pleas before the throne. We pray according to your will, the word of God is your will. You said you would set your face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them. So we turn to You, it is Your job, not ours, to deal with these ones. You are omniscient, we are not. You are omnipotent, we are not. I ask you if there is anyone in my life who is following these mediums and spiritists that you would cut them off from the people and you would set your face against them.
27 “ ‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’ ”
Lord Jesus we say Amen to You, the incarnated word of God. You said wherever two or three agree in Your name that You would be in our midst. You have given us the ministry of reconciliation, so we preach to everyone to be reconciled to You. But for those who refuse, those who rebel against you and blaspheme your name and have prostituted themselves to follow after mediums and spiritists we hand them over to You to be dealt with as you see fit. The church in Corinth through the word of Paul handed a man over to Satan so that he would repent. We also lift anyone involved in the occult up to you, those in our church, in our community, even in our city.
Revelation 18:23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s important people. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
Lord Jesus our concern is for those who are leading the sheep of your pasture astray. Those who are shining a light in order to lead astray. We pray that light would be cut off now, in the name of Jesus Christ, the Lord of Lords and king of kings. We pray against AI, a light to lead astray so many, we pray that this light would be cut off. We pray their magic would be exposed for a fraud, and we pray that their great men would be brought low.
In the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior,
I bind all principalities, powers of the air, wickedness in high places, thrones, dominions, world rulers, and strong men exerting influence over my family, my church and my city, and I forbid them to operate against them, or against the one praying this prayer.
In the name of Jesus, I bind and break witchcraft, witchcraft control, mind-binding spirits, spirits that block and/or bind the will, mind control, destruction, lust, fantasy lust, perversion, intimidation, rebellion, rejection, schizophrenia, paranoia, anger, hatred, wrath and rage, resentment, bitterness, unforgiveness, slander, unteachableness, deception, doubt, unbelief, passivity, pride and false humility.
In the name of Jesus, I bind and break the spirits of Ahab and Jezebel, fear, hypnosis and hypnotic trance, rock music, greed, addiction, drugs, alcohol, and all compulsive behaviors.
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Dear Heavenly Father I ask you to forgive me of the sins I committed against you or anybody made in your image. In the name of Jesus and by His Spilled Blood on the cross I rebuke all witchcraft attacks in Jesus name against me, my children, my family, my church and my city. I bind every wicked work, every altar risen against me, my children, my family, my church and my city. I strike it into pieces by the rod of Yahshua Jesus Christ. I call Holy Spirit fire to burn it into ashes in Jesus name. I set ablaze every blood sacrifice against me, my children, my family or my church by Holy Spirit fire in Jesus name. I bind block and break every familiar spirit trying to come against me, my children, my family and my church in Jesus name. I put every familiar spirit in chains and fetters dipped in the blood of Jesus. I muzzle them with the blood of Jesus so they shall not speak against us in Jesus name. I pray you would issue an injuction to leave us alone in Jesus name. Please Holy Spirit bless us with your peace love and healing in Jesus name we pray. Bless us with your presence protection wisdom knowledge and favor guidance through the Holy Spirit in Jesus name amen. All these precious things we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings. Amen.
Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Lord Jesus I desire to dwell in the secret place of the Most High, if I ever leave the protection of the shadow of your wing bring me back, remind me to return. Amen
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Amen, lord you are my refuge and my fortress. I pray that you would keep me from the snare of the fowler, from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Lord Jesus You are my shield and buckler. I see the arrows are flying by day and I have heard of the terror that is in the night, but my trust is in You in these perilous times.
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Amen Lord, Your will be done, Your kingdom come, may it be done on Earth as it is in Heaven, amen.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Thank you Lord for all the help You have given me.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Lord Jesus we love You and we love Your name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Thank you Lord for being with me in all my trouble and for delivering me.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Thank you Lord for revealing your salvation to me.
Lord Jesus I pray that if I have provoked any curse against me that you would let me know, that I could confess, repent and take your blood to wash away that sin. Likewise, any curse against me that is not provoked I pray would return to sender, in the name of Jesus Christ, the king whose kingdom is built on righteousness. Amen.
Lord Jesus I desire to dwell in the secret place of the Most High, if I ever leave the protection of the shadow of your wing bring me back, remind me to return. Amen
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Amen, lord you are my refuge and my fortress. I pray that you would keep me from the snare of the fowler, from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Lord Jesus You are my shield and buckler. I see the arrows are flying by day and I have heard of the terror that is in the night, but my trust is in You in these perilous times.
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Amen Lord, Your will be done, Your kingdom come, may it be done on Earth as it is in Heaven, amen.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Thank you Lord for all the help You have given me.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Lord Jesus we love You and we love Your name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Thank you Lord for being with me in all my trouble and for delivering me.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Thank you Lord for revealing your salvation to me.
Lord Jesus I pray that if I have provoked any curse against me that you would let me know, that I could confess, repent and take your blood to wash away that sin. Likewise, any curse against me that is not provoked I pray would return to sender, in the name of Jesus Christ, the king whose kingdom is built on righteousness. Amen.
How to resolve the Calendar issues
It is very difficult to resolve issues with the calendar, and the lunar cycle and whether or not to use the Hebrew calendar, or Julian or Gregorian.
So instead I think we should approach this from a different angle. We are taking Paul's word that the feast days are a shadow of things to come. Instead why not look at the things that did come, three big things, and align them with the feasts. For example the Bible tells us that seedtime and harvests are two constants, so despite the calendar being off, it cannot be off that much. Passover must be at the time time of first fruit for Barley, Shavuot must be at the time of First fruit for wheat and Day of Atonement must be at the time of first fruit for oil.
So then
May 14, 1948 -- this is the day that Israel returned to the land in triumph. It cannot be at the time of Passover, so the best estimate would be 2nd Passover. However if we look at the moon we it would be the sixth day of the month or the seventh depending on how you want to look at this. This tells me it was the start of the week for second Passover, similar to Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday but one month later because this is a second chance for the Jews. The sixth or seventh of Lyyar.
June 10, 1967 -- This is the end of the Six Day war and my best guess is that this war which ended on Shavuot. The sixth day of Sivan.
October 6, 1973 -- Yom Kippur war, this would begin on Yom Kippur and that would be Tishrei 10.
We have three dates that are popping up on the Jewish calendar in a way that makes a whole lot of sense, as a result it seems the estimate of August 2, 2025 as the 9th of Av this year is reasonable. Early in the morning of August 1 is when we get to the first quarter of the moon. August 1 would be the 8th of Av, which is my best calculation of Pentecost's true date.
It is very difficult to resolve issues with the calendar, and the lunar cycle and whether or not to use the Hebrew calendar, or Julian or Gregorian.
So instead I think we should approach this from a different angle. We are taking Paul's word that the feast days are a shadow of things to come. Instead why not look at the things that did come, three big things, and align them with the feasts. For example the Bible tells us that seedtime and harvests are two constants, so despite the calendar being off, it cannot be off that much. Passover must be at the time time of first fruit for Barley, Shavuot must be at the time of First fruit for wheat and Day of Atonement must be at the time of first fruit for oil.
So then
May 14, 1948 -- this is the day that Israel returned to the land in triumph. It cannot be at the time of Passover, so the best estimate would be 2nd Passover. However if we look at the moon we it would be the sixth day of the month or the seventh depending on how you want to look at this. This tells me it was the start of the week for second Passover, similar to Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday but one month later because this is a second chance for the Jews. The sixth or seventh of Lyyar.
June 10, 1967 -- This is the end of the Six Day war and my best guess is that this war which ended on Shavuot. The sixth day of Sivan.
October 6, 1973 -- Yom Kippur war, this would begin on Yom Kippur and that would be Tishrei 10.
We have three dates that are popping up on the Jewish calendar in a way that makes a whole lot of sense, as a result it seems the estimate of August 2, 2025 as the 9th of Av this year is reasonable. Early in the morning of August 1 is when we get to the first quarter of the moon. August 1 would be the 8th of Av, which is my best calculation of Pentecost's true date.
The thing that irks me about Christianity
1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
They focus on salvation and justification by faith to the exclusion of other truths like Sanctification. To be sanctified is to be separated unto God so that it changes you. Baptism separates us from the world, we are on one side of the sea, they are on the other. But that is only one level of separation. We eat the same spiritual meat and that separates us from the inside. In the world they are all watching the same TV, the same movies, and that is what their heart is filled with. In the church we eat the word of God, we attend the same meetings, we hear the same messages and that is what our heart is filled with. In the world you listened to worldly music, in the church you are supposed to be sanctified and listen to praise and worship music. We drink the same spiritual drink as well. To be filled with the Holy Spirit is similar to being filled with an intoxicating drink, only it doesn't make it easier for your flesh to be expressed the way alcohol or drugs does, rather it elevates you to a spiritual plane. The way I was taught, salvation was a two step process, you believe and you are baptized. This word baptized means to be immersed into the triune God. I never hear about being immersed into God in a way that separates you from the world. I have visited at least ten different churches these last 12 months and every time I attend I hear about being saved by the blood of Jesus. That is good, that is true. But you can lie by omission. This last year I never heard about being immersed into the triune God, I never heard about being sanctified in what we "eat" or what we "drink". I never heard one word about the damage of worldly music, worldly TV and worldly movies. Yes, I know there are videos on these topics on Youtube and no doubt people will say they do teach that. Which is why I don't use a stronger word than "irk". Yes, you have the doctrine, but you deemphasize it. When I read the New Testament I cannot find a single book of the New Testament that "deemphasizes" that. Not the gospels, not Acts, not any of the letters of any of the apostles, and not the book of Revelation.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Now this is what I really hate about the teachings in Christianity. We are told clearly that the fact that with many people in the Old Testament God was not well pleased is an example to us. That is a warning to us. How can they possibly teach that everyone in the church will be raptured before the seven year tribulation. That would mean that nothing in the Old Testament applies to us, none of it is a warning to us.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Look at the Apostasy, they don't even hide the fact that they are lusting after evil things. Do not be a fool. A fool hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. We have to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. I am not talking about salvation from sin, Jesus did that for us, we could not do that. In order to be saved from sin the price had to be paid and Jesus paid the full price. However, we can respond by being fully separated unto God, fully immersed into God, and fully transformed into the image and likeness of the Lord Jesus. The Holy Spirit will work in us, but it is up to us to be baptized, to eat the spiritual food and to drink the spiritual drink.
1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
They focus on salvation and justification by faith to the exclusion of other truths like Sanctification. To be sanctified is to be separated unto God so that it changes you. Baptism separates us from the world, we are on one side of the sea, they are on the other. But that is only one level of separation. We eat the same spiritual meat and that separates us from the inside. In the world they are all watching the same TV, the same movies, and that is what their heart is filled with. In the church we eat the word of God, we attend the same meetings, we hear the same messages and that is what our heart is filled with. In the world you listened to worldly music, in the church you are supposed to be sanctified and listen to praise and worship music. We drink the same spiritual drink as well. To be filled with the Holy Spirit is similar to being filled with an intoxicating drink, only it doesn't make it easier for your flesh to be expressed the way alcohol or drugs does, rather it elevates you to a spiritual plane. The way I was taught, salvation was a two step process, you believe and you are baptized. This word baptized means to be immersed into the triune God. I never hear about being immersed into God in a way that separates you from the world. I have visited at least ten different churches these last 12 months and every time I attend I hear about being saved by the blood of Jesus. That is good, that is true. But you can lie by omission. This last year I never heard about being immersed into the triune God, I never heard about being sanctified in what we "eat" or what we "drink". I never heard one word about the damage of worldly music, worldly TV and worldly movies. Yes, I know there are videos on these topics on Youtube and no doubt people will say they do teach that. Which is why I don't use a stronger word than "irk". Yes, you have the doctrine, but you deemphasize it. When I read the New Testament I cannot find a single book of the New Testament that "deemphasizes" that. Not the gospels, not Acts, not any of the letters of any of the apostles, and not the book of Revelation.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Now this is what I really hate about the teachings in Christianity. We are told clearly that the fact that with many people in the Old Testament God was not well pleased is an example to us. That is a warning to us. How can they possibly teach that everyone in the church will be raptured before the seven year tribulation. That would mean that nothing in the Old Testament applies to us, none of it is a warning to us.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Look at the Apostasy, they don't even hide the fact that they are lusting after evil things. Do not be a fool. A fool hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. We have to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. I am not talking about salvation from sin, Jesus did that for us, we could not do that. In order to be saved from sin the price had to be paid and Jesus paid the full price. However, we can respond by being fully separated unto God, fully immersed into God, and fully transformed into the image and likeness of the Lord Jesus. The Holy Spirit will work in us, but it is up to us to be baptized, to eat the spiritual food and to drink the spiritual drink.
All these things happened unto them and they were written for our admonition
1 Corinthians 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Many of the people who go to professional sports events and rock concerts are idolaters. It is possible to go to one of these events and not be an idolater, I understand that. But Paul's description here of the people tailgating in the parking lot and then entering into the stadium to worship their idols is what we see in many of these sporting events and rock concerts. They buy stuff like Tshirts and jersey's to identify with their idols.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Fornication is confusion. We have one husband, Jesus Christ. If you put aside your conscience to serve someone else as a boss even though you know in your heart that the Holy Spirit is grieved, that is spiritual fornication. We are to serve our boss at work as serving the Lord. Everything that you do at work should bring honor to the Lord Jesus and if you know for a fact that it isn't you should heed your spirit. I listened to a senate hearing in which they were reading work emails from people at Meta complaining that what they were doing was criminal and was piracy. In a situation like that you need to heed your spirit and refuse to continue with the piracy. If they fire you because of that then let the Lord lead you as to whether you should sue for wrongful termination.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
This is a reference to the Israelites speaking against God and Moses in the wilderness. You can understand the sin by the punishment because righteous judgment is "as you have done it will be done to you". If they were destroyed by serpents biting them then their words were like serpents biting others. A serpent has two barren teeth dripping poison, this is the kind of words we are seeing today on social media and from Christians attacking other Christians. If I speak about sanctification it will provoke all the serpents among us, and they will come out to attack. Pastors know this, this is why they avoid the topics which will provoke a serpentine attack. This is not the way Paul acted. We have power over serpents to tread them down. He starts off this chapter provoking a serpentine attack and then he follows it up by treading them down.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Think of the rebellion of Korah murmuring against Moses. This is rivalry, jealousy, envy. How often do we hear this on Social media and among members of the church. Some speak with their mouth dripping poison, others it is that murmuring about the leading of God and His chosen ones.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Remember this verse. All these things happened unto them and they were written for our admonition.
1 Corinthians 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Many of the people who go to professional sports events and rock concerts are idolaters. It is possible to go to one of these events and not be an idolater, I understand that. But Paul's description here of the people tailgating in the parking lot and then entering into the stadium to worship their idols is what we see in many of these sporting events and rock concerts. They buy stuff like Tshirts and jersey's to identify with their idols.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Fornication is confusion. We have one husband, Jesus Christ. If you put aside your conscience to serve someone else as a boss even though you know in your heart that the Holy Spirit is grieved, that is spiritual fornication. We are to serve our boss at work as serving the Lord. Everything that you do at work should bring honor to the Lord Jesus and if you know for a fact that it isn't you should heed your spirit. I listened to a senate hearing in which they were reading work emails from people at Meta complaining that what they were doing was criminal and was piracy. In a situation like that you need to heed your spirit and refuse to continue with the piracy. If they fire you because of that then let the Lord lead you as to whether you should sue for wrongful termination.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
This is a reference to the Israelites speaking against God and Moses in the wilderness. You can understand the sin by the punishment because righteous judgment is "as you have done it will be done to you". If they were destroyed by serpents biting them then their words were like serpents biting others. A serpent has two barren teeth dripping poison, this is the kind of words we are seeing today on social media and from Christians attacking other Christians. If I speak about sanctification it will provoke all the serpents among us, and they will come out to attack. Pastors know this, this is why they avoid the topics which will provoke a serpentine attack. This is not the way Paul acted. We have power over serpents to tread them down. He starts off this chapter provoking a serpentine attack and then he follows it up by treading them down.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Think of the rebellion of Korah murmuring against Moses. This is rivalry, jealousy, envy. How often do we hear this on Social media and among members of the church. Some speak with their mouth dripping poison, others it is that murmuring about the leading of God and His chosen ones.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Remember this verse. All these things happened unto them and they were written for our admonition.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
1Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Christianity is arrogant, everyone thinks they standeth. The beginning of wisdom is the Fear of the Lord. How many are actually working out their own salvation in fear and trembling like Paul said in Philippians?
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
This is a great promise, I can't even count how many times I have been delivered while holding onto this promise. The first time I escaped almost certain death, another time I escaped almost certain excommunication, but in addition to the big times there are many, many smaller examples.
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
If you are afraid of this bully or that bully and that is why you are ignoring your conscience, that is idolatry. You are putting that bully up as someone bigger and stronger than the Lord. You can't claim you are faithful to the Lord while at the same time submitting to a bully to violate your conscience. Don't flee from the bully, flee from the idolatry that pretends that bully is anything.
15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
This is the spiritual drink, this is the spiritual meat. Jesus went to the cross to pay the price. Now the principle is "you are what you eat". If you are truly drinking the Lord's blood and eating the bread how can you still be held in fear of death?
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Why would you be jealous or envious of your brother or sister. We are an army. If I am a tank commander I'm not jealous of the B2 Bomber, I'm thankful. I'm not jealous of the guy doing surveillance with the AWAK I'm thankful. Do you think Gronkowski was envious of Brady? No, he was thankful. Do you think when they were losing to the Falcons 28-3 they were grumbling against Brady? No, they were thankful, they knew he would not quit on them and they knew they still had a chance to win. Was Brady jealous about the strip sack that gave them the ball and a chance to win? How about the great catch? No, we are all one team, we need every member, be thankful for one another.
1Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Christianity is arrogant, everyone thinks they standeth. The beginning of wisdom is the Fear of the Lord. How many are actually working out their own salvation in fear and trembling like Paul said in Philippians?
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
This is a great promise, I can't even count how many times I have been delivered while holding onto this promise. The first time I escaped almost certain death, another time I escaped almost certain excommunication, but in addition to the big times there are many, many smaller examples.
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
If you are afraid of this bully or that bully and that is why you are ignoring your conscience, that is idolatry. You are putting that bully up as someone bigger and stronger than the Lord. You can't claim you are faithful to the Lord while at the same time submitting to a bully to violate your conscience. Don't flee from the bully, flee from the idolatry that pretends that bully is anything.
15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
This is the spiritual drink, this is the spiritual meat. Jesus went to the cross to pay the price. Now the principle is "you are what you eat". If you are truly drinking the Lord's blood and eating the bread how can you still be held in fear of death?
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Why would you be jealous or envious of your brother or sister. We are an army. If I am a tank commander I'm not jealous of the B2 Bomber, I'm thankful. I'm not jealous of the guy doing surveillance with the AWAK I'm thankful. Do you think Gronkowski was envious of Brady? No, he was thankful. Do you think when they were losing to the Falcons 28-3 they were grumbling against Brady? No, they were thankful, they knew he would not quit on them and they knew they still had a chance to win. Was Brady jealous about the strip sack that gave them the ball and a chance to win? How about the great catch? No, we are all one team, we need every member, be thankful for one another.
1 Corinthians 10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
Think of a football field as an altar, and in order to play or be a spectator you need to offer sacrifices. The athletes make sacrifices and fans do as well. Season tickets are expensive.
19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
No, they are nothing. I can talk about these sports and these athletes and use them to illustrate this without being an idolater.
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
The issue is this word sacrifice. Why is it that so few Christians go to church? I heard that on a weekly basis 5% of Christians (or 5% of Americans not sure which) go to church. Since 50% of Americans identify as Christian this is a very small percent (5-10%) of the people who claim to be Christians. The difference is sacrifice. If you want to have fellowship with the Lord you need to make a sacrifice. The Gentiles make sacrifices, they buy $100 tickets, and can spend as much as $500 to go to a game, and that is just for starters. If a family of four goes to a game it could easily cost them more than $1,000.
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
Do not misunderstand because in a few verses he also says to eat whatever they give you to eat. In order to drink the cup of the Lord there must be a profession of faith, there must be a confession of sins, there must be a response of repentance, it is an act of worship to the Lord for the price He paid. If I got to a Chinese restaurant and the owner is a Buddhist and has offered up his food and restaurant to the pagan gods it doesn't make me an idolater if I eat there. To drink the cup of devils indicates that you are sacrificing to them. For example, if you are a professional athlete that doesn't mean you are sacrificing to devils. But if you are taking illegal performance enhancing drugs in order to compete, then yes, you are sacrificing to devils, you are drinking the cup of devils.
22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
When I got saved I was playing on the Rugby team at my university. There was nothing about being saved that prohibited playing on that team. But between practice and the games you are talking about many, many hours and they were not expedient to my growth as a Christian. I went to the practice and I remember catching the ball and inside was the thought "what are you doing wasting your time here?" I had never had that thought before, I had always loved to play the game. But I realized this was not going to edify me and what I needed more than anything was to dive into the word and the Lord and get myself immersed. So I told them I couldn't play anymore. I didn't mean that the church was prohibiting it, I meant I couldn't play anymore. It had become a waste of time to me and that attitude would have been toxic.
24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
This is a brilliant approach. If you are wise you will see it. The enemy always assumes that we are going to be self seeking. If you are not self seeking but seeking another's wealth you will always catch the enemy off guard.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
This is also a brilliant attitude. Everything on earth has been created by the Lord, for the Lord and unto the Lord. I can use everything. That is why I can say that many people who go to these professional sports and rock concerts are idol worshippers and at the same time I use people like Brady, Tyson, and Michael Jordan as examples.
27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28 But if any man say unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
This is another great point. The reason someone would tell you this is because their conscience is bothered. This is not the time to tell them that all these things are for the Lord because what they are talking about is idol worship and they will misunderstand.
30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
Are you a partaker by grace or because you are involved in idolatry? This isn't some ridiculous question. If you can spend an hour talking about some sports team and it has nothing at all to do with grace, then it is more than likely it is due to idolatry.
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
We can't eat everything. Chuck Missler was an engineer and he had a lot of messages on topics I was not familiar with. My major was Geology and so I have shared a lot of messages that relate to Geology, for example I wrote a twenty page message on the twelve precious stones.
32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Be careful, we can be clueless about giving offense to others. We are seeking the profit of others, so of course we don't want to offend, that is like a negative that you didn't need to take. I'm not talking about being political. If I talk about sanctification I know it will offend some, it will trigger some, and they will not be pleased. But who is they? That is the fallen angels and the demons. Jesus will be pleased and all those who are His will be pleased. Besides, sanctification is profitable in all things.
Think of a football field as an altar, and in order to play or be a spectator you need to offer sacrifices. The athletes make sacrifices and fans do as well. Season tickets are expensive.
19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
No, they are nothing. I can talk about these sports and these athletes and use them to illustrate this without being an idolater.
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
The issue is this word sacrifice. Why is it that so few Christians go to church? I heard that on a weekly basis 5% of Christians (or 5% of Americans not sure which) go to church. Since 50% of Americans identify as Christian this is a very small percent (5-10%) of the people who claim to be Christians. The difference is sacrifice. If you want to have fellowship with the Lord you need to make a sacrifice. The Gentiles make sacrifices, they buy $100 tickets, and can spend as much as $500 to go to a game, and that is just for starters. If a family of four goes to a game it could easily cost them more than $1,000.
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
Do not misunderstand because in a few verses he also says to eat whatever they give you to eat. In order to drink the cup of the Lord there must be a profession of faith, there must be a confession of sins, there must be a response of repentance, it is an act of worship to the Lord for the price He paid. If I got to a Chinese restaurant and the owner is a Buddhist and has offered up his food and restaurant to the pagan gods it doesn't make me an idolater if I eat there. To drink the cup of devils indicates that you are sacrificing to them. For example, if you are a professional athlete that doesn't mean you are sacrificing to devils. But if you are taking illegal performance enhancing drugs in order to compete, then yes, you are sacrificing to devils, you are drinking the cup of devils.
22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
When I got saved I was playing on the Rugby team at my university. There was nothing about being saved that prohibited playing on that team. But between practice and the games you are talking about many, many hours and they were not expedient to my growth as a Christian. I went to the practice and I remember catching the ball and inside was the thought "what are you doing wasting your time here?" I had never had that thought before, I had always loved to play the game. But I realized this was not going to edify me and what I needed more than anything was to dive into the word and the Lord and get myself immersed. So I told them I couldn't play anymore. I didn't mean that the church was prohibiting it, I meant I couldn't play anymore. It had become a waste of time to me and that attitude would have been toxic.
24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
This is a brilliant approach. If you are wise you will see it. The enemy always assumes that we are going to be self seeking. If you are not self seeking but seeking another's wealth you will always catch the enemy off guard.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
This is also a brilliant attitude. Everything on earth has been created by the Lord, for the Lord and unto the Lord. I can use everything. That is why I can say that many people who go to these professional sports and rock concerts are idol worshippers and at the same time I use people like Brady, Tyson, and Michael Jordan as examples.
27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28 But if any man say unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
This is another great point. The reason someone would tell you this is because their conscience is bothered. This is not the time to tell them that all these things are for the Lord because what they are talking about is idol worship and they will misunderstand.
30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
Are you a partaker by grace or because you are involved in idolatry? This isn't some ridiculous question. If you can spend an hour talking about some sports team and it has nothing at all to do with grace, then it is more than likely it is due to idolatry.
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
We can't eat everything. Chuck Missler was an engineer and he had a lot of messages on topics I was not familiar with. My major was Geology and so I have shared a lot of messages that relate to Geology, for example I wrote a twenty page message on the twelve precious stones.
32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Be careful, we can be clueless about giving offense to others. We are seeking the profit of others, so of course we don't want to offend, that is like a negative that you didn't need to take. I'm not talking about being political. If I talk about sanctification I know it will offend some, it will trigger some, and they will not be pleased. But who is they? That is the fallen angels and the demons. Jesus will be pleased and all those who are His will be pleased. Besides, sanctification is profitable in all things.
The feasts are a shadow of things to come.
1. Feast of Trumpets appears to be a shadow of the beginning of the seven year period known as the 70th week.
2. Passover would be the mid point of the tribulation when the Jews finally say "blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord"
3. Second Passover will be when the Jews as a nation receive Jesus according to the Pattern we saw with Hezekiah.
4. Day of Atonement: that is the conclusion of the seventieth week, the end of the seven year period.
The Bible does give us a few numbers related to this time period.
So then,
Criteria 1 -- Passover dates should be 1290 days from Feast of Trumpets
Criteria 2 -- Day of atonement should be 2550 days from Feast of Trumpets
There are 3 years out of the next ten years that meet these criteria. 2025, 2027, 2030.
However, when you consider other time frames like "this generation shall not pass away until all these things take place" only 2025 fits that as well. In addition a few days after the midpoint of a 2025 start date is when they think Apophis (wormwood) will hit. There is also the Hosea window which gives us 2,000 years from when Jesus died, rose and ascended. Since the latest possible year for that is 33AD it would indicate that 2033 is a deadline and therefore 2026 is a deadline for a start date. So 2025 also fits in that window as well.
This year the Feast of Trumpets is September 23rd and the UN is meeting on that day for their 80th general assembly. That further supports the idea that this could be the start date and that all these things will take place before this generation passes away.
1. Feast of Trumpets appears to be a shadow of the beginning of the seven year period known as the 70th week.
2. Passover would be the mid point of the tribulation when the Jews finally say "blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord"
3. Second Passover will be when the Jews as a nation receive Jesus according to the Pattern we saw with Hezekiah.
4. Day of Atonement: that is the conclusion of the seventieth week, the end of the seven year period.
The Bible does give us a few numbers related to this time period.
So then,
Criteria 1 -- Passover dates should be 1290 days from Feast of Trumpets
Criteria 2 -- Day of atonement should be 2550 days from Feast of Trumpets
There are 3 years out of the next ten years that meet these criteria. 2025, 2027, 2030.
However, when you consider other time frames like "this generation shall not pass away until all these things take place" only 2025 fits that as well. In addition a few days after the midpoint of a 2025 start date is when they think Apophis (wormwood) will hit. There is also the Hosea window which gives us 2,000 years from when Jesus died, rose and ascended. Since the latest possible year for that is 33AD it would indicate that 2033 is a deadline and therefore 2026 is a deadline for a start date. So 2025 also fits in that window as well.
This year the Feast of Trumpets is September 23rd and the UN is meeting on that day for their 80th general assembly. That further supports the idea that this could be the start date and that all these things will take place before this generation passes away.
Here is a more complete document:
The Feasts are a shadow of things to Come
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The Feasts are a shadow of things to Come
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Head covering
11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
No verse is of its own interpretation, we have to understand each and every verse in light of all the verses. Yes, we are following Paul and the apostles because they went first, they cut the trail, we are not going to stray from the Fellowship of the apostles. However, the example each one of them gave us is that their faith was on Jesus Christ. Paul talks about going out into the wilderness for a number of years to get a revelation of Jesus Christ and that is what he built his ministry on. So if we are following Paul's example then we also should get a revelation of Jesus Christ that we will build our spiritual life on. Do not take a shortcut. Do not say "Oh that is hard, I'll just study what Paul said". No, what Paul said is that he was praying that the eyes of our heart would be enlightened that we also would see, we would have a vision, we would have a revelation. You need that to stand the toughest temptations.
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
There must be a good order in the Body of Christ. It all begins with the leader. If the man has set Christ as His head then it is easy for the woman to set the man as her head and the children to set their parents as their head.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
I remember when this temptation first came to me. They were putting incredible pressure on me to "conform". I was in a church with about 30,000 members worldwide and they had one brother who was recognized as the "leader". He was commonly referred to as "the apostle". He had been a close coworker to Watchman Nee and taught the Bible, the entire Bible, verse by verse, every book of the Bible. This is where I got my foundation in the word of God. However, there was tremendous pressure on everyone to be a parrot of his. They had a big printing ministry and in order to sell his books they wanted brothers and sisters to stand up after every message quoting something from him and talking about how great it was. They didn't actually tell you that, they were much more discreet. At the end of each message there was a short period (15 minutes to 30 minutes) reserved for testimonies. To give a testimony every week, much less two or three times a week is very hard. So they made it easy by encouraging people to simply read something from this brother as their testimony. But I never had any burden to become an expert in someone else's ministry. I wanted experiences of the Lord for myself and that is what I would share. Behind the scenes the pressure to get me to conform to the unspoken rule was intense. But if I did I would be sharing "my testimony" with my head covered, and I would be dishonoring Jesus Christ who is my head. It turned into an intense warfare to simply stand.
5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
Now the flip side is you must recognize the chain of command in a church. For example, something happened in a meeting when I had been there for three years that greatly offended me. I took it to the Lord and I prayed over it and I wanted this dealt with. But first I needed to go serve on a crew that was building a new meeting hall for a year and half (I was a volunteer, there was no requirement to volunteer, but this is an example of how you can get your own personal experiences of the Lord and that is what I was seeking). After a year and a half the Lord again reminded me of this burden concerning what had been said but then he sent me to a very small group in West Texas to help raise up a church. While there I sent letters back to the church from where I had come as a testimony of what was going on and those letters caught the attention of over ten thousand saints in the US. The light was shining very brightly on me at that time and that is when I stood up in front of a conference of about two thousand from all over the US and laid down the gauntlet. It was very clear to all who heard that my testimony indicated there was. a very big issue between me and the elders in Texas, however, it was a testimony of my prayer with the Lord and I was not calling anyone out by name. There was no actionable offense by which the elders could excommunicate me. But they did become alarmed and sent their chief enforcer out to the church I was at to bring me in line. The attacks, the slander, the innuendo, the accusations were vicious. This elder would speak for an hour and the entire message was attacking me with innuendo. But then I would stand up and give a two minute testimony. It was incredibly discordant. If they accused Jesus of casting out demons by the prince of the demons imagine what they can say about you and me. But at the same time everyone was wondering, if all these things are true why are they letting this brother continue to speak. They would come to me and say "who is he talking about?" And I would say "I don't know, ask him". He couldn't actually say my name directly because that would clearly be criminal slander. After a month he was exposed as a liar and then the outrage towards him was intense. He had thrown everything he had, it had not accomplished anything and now his credibility was completely blown. After a year of this the Lord made it clear, now is the time to let them know what the issue is. Now is the time for the knockout blow. All of my previous letters had been addressed to the church, this one was addressed to the elders. I knew when I put this in the mailbox they would get it Friday. The elders all came together Friday night after the meeting, they would see this letter, and they would decide to excommunicate me. I figured Saturday they would call the elders in the church I was at, inform them and they in turn would inform the church on the Lord's day morning in the meeting. Sure enough the elders called the brothers house to let them all know there was an emergency meeting prior to the regular church service on the Lord's day. I made sure I was sitting in the front row, I figured this would be my last meeting, my last chance to see everyone. They had two big announcements. The first was that the leading elder among all the Texas elders (he was actually in Oklahoma) had been diagnosed with Terminal cancer. This elder was the chief person orchestrating the attack on me that had failed. The second announcement confirmed the accusation I made in my letter which is that the elders in the church had created a caste system based on how long you had been in the church. It was based on you being sanctified because of believing parents. If your parents were in the church you were more sanctified and if your grandparents had been you were even more sanctified. I asked "who is this brother that his children are so much more important than God's?" It was a very pointed and detailed attack but I had followed the proper protocol. I had been one with the Lord and the Lord had stood with me. Because of those two things they couldn't excommunicate me. However, they made a huge mistake. When the letter came instead of them reading it first they simply posted it on the bulletin board for everyone else to read it. Apparently they had ignored the fact that this letter was addressed to the elders and not to the church. People shared that letter over the phone all over the US along with the two announcements they made. It created a huge uproar and was the beginning of the end for them.
11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
No verse is of its own interpretation, we have to understand each and every verse in light of all the verses. Yes, we are following Paul and the apostles because they went first, they cut the trail, we are not going to stray from the Fellowship of the apostles. However, the example each one of them gave us is that their faith was on Jesus Christ. Paul talks about going out into the wilderness for a number of years to get a revelation of Jesus Christ and that is what he built his ministry on. So if we are following Paul's example then we also should get a revelation of Jesus Christ that we will build our spiritual life on. Do not take a shortcut. Do not say "Oh that is hard, I'll just study what Paul said". No, what Paul said is that he was praying that the eyes of our heart would be enlightened that we also would see, we would have a vision, we would have a revelation. You need that to stand the toughest temptations.
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
There must be a good order in the Body of Christ. It all begins with the leader. If the man has set Christ as His head then it is easy for the woman to set the man as her head and the children to set their parents as their head.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
I remember when this temptation first came to me. They were putting incredible pressure on me to "conform". I was in a church with about 30,000 members worldwide and they had one brother who was recognized as the "leader". He was commonly referred to as "the apostle". He had been a close coworker to Watchman Nee and taught the Bible, the entire Bible, verse by verse, every book of the Bible. This is where I got my foundation in the word of God. However, there was tremendous pressure on everyone to be a parrot of his. They had a big printing ministry and in order to sell his books they wanted brothers and sisters to stand up after every message quoting something from him and talking about how great it was. They didn't actually tell you that, they were much more discreet. At the end of each message there was a short period (15 minutes to 30 minutes) reserved for testimonies. To give a testimony every week, much less two or three times a week is very hard. So they made it easy by encouraging people to simply read something from this brother as their testimony. But I never had any burden to become an expert in someone else's ministry. I wanted experiences of the Lord for myself and that is what I would share. Behind the scenes the pressure to get me to conform to the unspoken rule was intense. But if I did I would be sharing "my testimony" with my head covered, and I would be dishonoring Jesus Christ who is my head. It turned into an intense warfare to simply stand.
5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
Now the flip side is you must recognize the chain of command in a church. For example, something happened in a meeting when I had been there for three years that greatly offended me. I took it to the Lord and I prayed over it and I wanted this dealt with. But first I needed to go serve on a crew that was building a new meeting hall for a year and half (I was a volunteer, there was no requirement to volunteer, but this is an example of how you can get your own personal experiences of the Lord and that is what I was seeking). After a year and a half the Lord again reminded me of this burden concerning what had been said but then he sent me to a very small group in West Texas to help raise up a church. While there I sent letters back to the church from where I had come as a testimony of what was going on and those letters caught the attention of over ten thousand saints in the US. The light was shining very brightly on me at that time and that is when I stood up in front of a conference of about two thousand from all over the US and laid down the gauntlet. It was very clear to all who heard that my testimony indicated there was. a very big issue between me and the elders in Texas, however, it was a testimony of my prayer with the Lord and I was not calling anyone out by name. There was no actionable offense by which the elders could excommunicate me. But they did become alarmed and sent their chief enforcer out to the church I was at to bring me in line. The attacks, the slander, the innuendo, the accusations were vicious. This elder would speak for an hour and the entire message was attacking me with innuendo. But then I would stand up and give a two minute testimony. It was incredibly discordant. If they accused Jesus of casting out demons by the prince of the demons imagine what they can say about you and me. But at the same time everyone was wondering, if all these things are true why are they letting this brother continue to speak. They would come to me and say "who is he talking about?" And I would say "I don't know, ask him". He couldn't actually say my name directly because that would clearly be criminal slander. After a month he was exposed as a liar and then the outrage towards him was intense. He had thrown everything he had, it had not accomplished anything and now his credibility was completely blown. After a year of this the Lord made it clear, now is the time to let them know what the issue is. Now is the time for the knockout blow. All of my previous letters had been addressed to the church, this one was addressed to the elders. I knew when I put this in the mailbox they would get it Friday. The elders all came together Friday night after the meeting, they would see this letter, and they would decide to excommunicate me. I figured Saturday they would call the elders in the church I was at, inform them and they in turn would inform the church on the Lord's day morning in the meeting. Sure enough the elders called the brothers house to let them all know there was an emergency meeting prior to the regular church service on the Lord's day. I made sure I was sitting in the front row, I figured this would be my last meeting, my last chance to see everyone. They had two big announcements. The first was that the leading elder among all the Texas elders (he was actually in Oklahoma) had been diagnosed with Terminal cancer. This elder was the chief person orchestrating the attack on me that had failed. The second announcement confirmed the accusation I made in my letter which is that the elders in the church had created a caste system based on how long you had been in the church. It was based on you being sanctified because of believing parents. If your parents were in the church you were more sanctified and if your grandparents had been you were even more sanctified. I asked "who is this brother that his children are so much more important than God's?" It was a very pointed and detailed attack but I had followed the proper protocol. I had been one with the Lord and the Lord had stood with me. Because of those two things they couldn't excommunicate me. However, they made a huge mistake. When the letter came instead of them reading it first they simply posted it on the bulletin board for everyone else to read it. Apparently they had ignored the fact that this letter was addressed to the elders and not to the church. People shared that letter over the phone all over the US along with the two announcements they made. It created a huge uproar and was the beginning of the end for them.
ye do shew the Lord's death till he come
1 Corinthians 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
The experience I shared was an experience of being betrayed. In that church you were not to date the sisters. If you were interested in one you would tell the elders, they would talk to the sister and you would get chaperoned, counseled, etc. Prior to going to that small home meeting to raise up a church I had told the brothers I was interested in a sister. This sister was very beautiful and I had been told that a hundred brothers had expressed interest. The elder that came out and attacked me and slandered me was her father. The elder that got terminal cancer was the father of the man who married her and her engagement was the second big announcement at that emergency meeting. Like I said, only God could have arranged this as beautifully as He did. Often we think that because we must wait that this means God doesn't care. On the contrary I learned God cared very much, his anger burned like a hot knife. In that testimony I gave in the conference with over a thousand people (and the videos of these conferences were shared with all the churches in the US) I shared an experience in prayer with the Lord where I was telling the Lord I thought He had been too hard on certain ones (which according to the context would have referred to the mocking and scoffing at the previous two letters I had written. The saints at first didn't know what to make of them, then they realized they were love letters and the interest exploded) and the Lord responded "I will not let you go until I have utterly destroyed not only Pharaoh but all of Egypt". I then responded "O Lord, You know I have always been faithful to You" indicating that I understood what this would involve.
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
You are what you eat. This bread and this wine needs to become one with you, it needs to be your experience.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
This needs to be our experience, that we are following the apostles who were following Jesus to take up our cross. We need to have the testimony that "I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I that live but Christ that lives in me".
1 Corinthians 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
The experience I shared was an experience of being betrayed. In that church you were not to date the sisters. If you were interested in one you would tell the elders, they would talk to the sister and you would get chaperoned, counseled, etc. Prior to going to that small home meeting to raise up a church I had told the brothers I was interested in a sister. This sister was very beautiful and I had been told that a hundred brothers had expressed interest. The elder that came out and attacked me and slandered me was her father. The elder that got terminal cancer was the father of the man who married her and her engagement was the second big announcement at that emergency meeting. Like I said, only God could have arranged this as beautifully as He did. Often we think that because we must wait that this means God doesn't care. On the contrary I learned God cared very much, his anger burned like a hot knife. In that testimony I gave in the conference with over a thousand people (and the videos of these conferences were shared with all the churches in the US) I shared an experience in prayer with the Lord where I was telling the Lord I thought He had been too hard on certain ones (which according to the context would have referred to the mocking and scoffing at the previous two letters I had written. The saints at first didn't know what to make of them, then they realized they were love letters and the interest exploded) and the Lord responded "I will not let you go until I have utterly destroyed not only Pharaoh but all of Egypt". I then responded "O Lord, You know I have always been faithful to You" indicating that I understood what this would involve.
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
You are what you eat. This bread and this wine needs to become one with you, it needs to be your experience.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
This needs to be our experience, that we are following the apostles who were following Jesus to take up our cross. We need to have the testimony that "I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I that live but Christ that lives in me".
Jericho depicts the seven year tribulation
Joshua 6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
Blowing the trumpets depicts the Feast of Trumpets, the one great Trumpet blast indicates the Day of Atonement when the walls fall down flat.
Joshua 14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. 10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
Israel entered the good land when Caleb was 85 years old. Not only so but when Caleb was 40 he gave a good report. After Caleb gave a good report it was 38 years until they crossed the Jordan but 45 years until they got their inheritance. Not only so but we know this is the 8th and 9th of Av because he says “this day I was” and “this day God promised me”. Caleb, the Gentile, enters first and he gets Hebron, that is where David reigned for 7 ½ years before coming to Jerusalem. This account proves that Israel battled for seven years, in fact Israel celebrated Passover after crossing the Jordan and the 8th of Av would therefore be 7 years and five months after they crossed Jordan.
If you go 70 jubilees from this point, that is 70x49+1 from 1400 BC brings you to 2032 AD.
Ezekiel Prophecy
Ezekiel 4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. 3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. 4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. 5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
The metal pan between him and the model of Jerusalem indicates that they will be besieged but not destroyed. That happened in 701 BC. The punishment is 390 years, but if you don’t obey it will be 390 x 7. So the complete punishment is 2,730 years from 701 BC. That means 2031 AD will be the last year of this punishment and 2032 the punishment will be over and we can enter into the Millennial reign.
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
Here God says He would punish them for forty years, but again if they don’t obey He multiplies this punishment by seven and again if they haven’t repented He multiplies it again by seven. This is the law in the books of Moses. So 49x40 = 4 x 490. That is a very significant number. 490 is 70 x 7, that is the period of time for forgiveness that the Lord mentioned in the gospels. 4 refers to the four corners of the earth, so 4x490 is the 1,960 years of the Lord forgiving Israel for rejecting Him beginning in the 9th of Av 70 AD where the temple was destroyed. That means they can reject Jesus up through 2030 AD and still be forgiven, hence Jesus’ return in glory when He steps down, splits the mountain, and destroys the armies of Armageddon is 2031 and we enter the Millennial reign in 2032.
Joshua 6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
Blowing the trumpets depicts the Feast of Trumpets, the one great Trumpet blast indicates the Day of Atonement when the walls fall down flat.
Joshua 14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. 10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
Israel entered the good land when Caleb was 85 years old. Not only so but when Caleb was 40 he gave a good report. After Caleb gave a good report it was 38 years until they crossed the Jordan but 45 years until they got their inheritance. Not only so but we know this is the 8th and 9th of Av because he says “this day I was” and “this day God promised me”. Caleb, the Gentile, enters first and he gets Hebron, that is where David reigned for 7 ½ years before coming to Jerusalem. This account proves that Israel battled for seven years, in fact Israel celebrated Passover after crossing the Jordan and the 8th of Av would therefore be 7 years and five months after they crossed Jordan.
If you go 70 jubilees from this point, that is 70x49+1 from 1400 BC brings you to 2032 AD.
Ezekiel Prophecy
Ezekiel 4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. 3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. 4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. 5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
The metal pan between him and the model of Jerusalem indicates that they will be besieged but not destroyed. That happened in 701 BC. The punishment is 390 years, but if you don’t obey it will be 390 x 7. So the complete punishment is 2,730 years from 701 BC. That means 2031 AD will be the last year of this punishment and 2032 the punishment will be over and we can enter into the Millennial reign.
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
Here God says He would punish them for forty years, but again if they don’t obey He multiplies this punishment by seven and again if they haven’t repented He multiplies it again by seven. This is the law in the books of Moses. So 49x40 = 4 x 490. That is a very significant number. 490 is 70 x 7, that is the period of time for forgiveness that the Lord mentioned in the gospels. 4 refers to the four corners of the earth, so 4x490 is the 1,960 years of the Lord forgiving Israel for rejecting Him beginning in the 9th of Av 70 AD where the temple was destroyed. That means they can reject Jesus up through 2030 AD and still be forgiven, hence Jesus’ return in glory when He steps down, splits the mountain, and destroys the armies of Armageddon is 2031 and we enter the Millennial reign in 2032.