Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Joel 3:2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

The reason God gathers the nations to Armageddon is because they "parted" His land.
 
I just heard a respected preacher lie -- he said the Bible never talks about dates

That is a blatant lie. If you use the prophecy in Ezekiel for the judgement on Israel and the judgement on Judah and you combine it with the rules in the torah it gives you 1948 as the year that the Jews would be able to return to the land of Israel.

Daniel gives us 70 weeks and tells us that Jesus is cut off at the 69th week. If you use his prophecy it gives you the day that Jesus entered Jerusalem on Passover week, Palm sunday.

Jesus rebuked the Jews for not knowing the times of their visitation.

All of the Jewish feasts were called holy convocations, that means they were dress rehearsals, all prophetically telling us the events that were to take place in the future.

God tells us that the proof He is God is that He alone can tell us the end from the beginning.

When Elijah was taken up the prophets and Elisha all knew the day he was to be taken up.

Noah knew one week before the flood it was time to enter the ark.

Abraham knew one day for fire fell on Sodom.

Lot knew a few hours before fire fell on Sodom.

There is no excuse to say something so blatantly false as "the Bible never talks about dates"
 
ZNP said:
I just heard a respected preacher lie -- he said the Bible never talks about dates
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This comment was about Joshua. Now it is easy and also true that there have been many charlatans in the last 77 years claiming that the Lord is coming back on such and such a date only to be found false. But there is one difference between all those charlatans and Joshua, they all had a financial motive. They were selling books, they were promoting their radio show, or their church. All False prophets have the motive of making merchandise of you. That is the one difference between those who have come before and Joshua.

The second point is that the Lord told us this is what would happen when the time got near, so the fact that there have been a number of charlatans in the last 77 years is evidence that the time is near, it is a fulfillment of prophecy, and so it is a sign that the Lord return is imminent.

Third the people who are confirming this from the word of God have nothing to do with Joshua, or whatever church he attends or whatever ministry he is part of. They are those who have independently come to the same conclusion that the seventieth week will begin this year.
 

The signs of RAPTURE revealed at last| Our Time is Up, Wake up | Mr Joshua | Part3
 
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I would point out that Jacob (who became Israel) was 77 when he first got married. This is one reason why many have suspected that this will be the year of the rapture.

Also, there is sufficient evidence from both the Bible and from apocryphal books like Gad the Seer that the rapture will be on a Moedim (an appointed day). However, after looking carefully at the rest of the appointed days for this year the only one that makes sense is Feast of Trumpets. I say this because 42 months later when the two witnesses are killed it would be Passover. The following month would be 2nd Passover the most likely event marking the repentance of the Jews where they confess blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord and celebrate Jesus Christ as the Messiah according the pattern of King Hezekiah. That does not work for Hanukkah. Also seven years later would be the Day of Atonement, the day of Judgment. Also shortly before that you would have the 9th of Av the most likely day for Armageddon and the 15th of Av the most likely day for the curse to end for the Jews.
 
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He also points out something called "hyper grace" where people are using grace as a license to sin. This is something addressed by the Apostle Paul and thoroughly condemned. I have also addressed this with the "OSAS" doctrine. It may be that if you prayed 20 years ago to be saved that you are saved eternally. However, not all who are saved from hell will be raptured. You have been saved from the wrath of God, but the wrath of God is not poured out until the second half of the seven year tribulation. Instead you must hold your vessel in sanctification in order to be a vessel unto honor.

So then what does it mean to hold your vessel in sanctification?

1. It means to be separate unto God. Imagine you used to hang out with friends who were sinners, committing sins regularly. They lived in fornication, they might have used illegal drugs, might have been involved in pornography, prostitution, etc. You can't still hang out with these people, now that you are saved you must be separated unto God. Friday night they are doing drugs and other forms of lasciviousness and drunkenness while you are in a church meeting with believers. So at the most obvious level you are separated from your old sad life of sin, separated from fornication and idolatry and separated unto God.

2. But Jesus said we are sanctified in the word of God. So at a deeper level you mind is now set on the word of God. Perhaps you used to spend the weekend watching horror movies, or filthy movies, or all kinds of non sanctified entertainment. But now your mind is set on the word of God which is life and peace. You can do this by spending time in praise and worship. You can do this by spending time in prayer. You can do this by spending time in genuine fellowship. You can do this by studying the word. Reading biographies of men of God. You can do this by listening to sermons and fellowshipping over them, or by getting involved in Bible studies.

Now imagine you don't do any of this. You attend church Sunday morning, but other than that the weekend is watching movies and attending professional sports events. Perhaps instead of "fellowship" you spend three hours golfing with your golf buddies. You may seem to be a pillar of the community and a "pretty good person" but you are not sanctified. Do you read through the Bible each year? We are sanctified by the word of God, not by attending church once a week.

Someone once explained that to be sanctified is to have your entire being "reconstituted". When the Jews were in the wilderness eating Manna it reconstituted their body, their being. But in order for this to happen you have to eat manna solely. You can't stop in once a week for a brunch that has manna while the rest of the week you are eating the Egyptian food.
 
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He says something that may be hard to understand, that is you have a generally good person who does not lie, steal or hurt people. But they don't know Jesus and when they die they go to hell.

First we need to understand that hell has many different places, I liken this to a museum so that each person in there you see why they are there and what sin has done to them. It is easy for us to understand the serial killer, molestor of children, and other monsters in hell. But what about that person who didn't harm others, why are they there.

Hell has been described by some as the absence of God. Your whole life you lived in the presence of God and yet never desired to know Him, that was your choice, so you spend eternity in a place without God. That is hell. You don't need anymore torment than that.
 
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One issue that has been raised is why would God choose a nobody rather than to pick an established ministry that could reach millions.

1. The Podcast that features this brother with three showings is the biggest podcast in South Africa and has close to 500k subscribers. That is certainly large enough to get the message out.

2. Because it was not some big, famous ministry, this gave many brothers and sisters with smaller ministries but who have been active as watchmen to become involved.

3. Dr. Barry Awe has 56k subscribers, but virtually all watchmen will monitor his channel.

4. This blog has 700k different people who have accessed it.

What God is doing is allowing all of us to be involved.
 
We have had over 30,000 new visitors to this blog since the last time I shared this so I am reposting it.

Pdf's you can download.

After the rapture they will shut down the entire internet and when it comes back up everything will have changed, it will now be under their full control using quantum computers and AI to surveil what is being posted. Now is the time to download this to a Pdf and put it on a flash drive.

Left Behind letter

If you download these Pdfs to a flash drive it will be a powerful left behind letter. After the rapture there will probably be a three week blackout before the internet comes back up with a full censorship and control from the Antichrist. Think of all those people who are completely locked into their phones, TV and internet. If that goes down they will have three weeks and will want to know what is going on. Having this (and it includes a KJV Bible) will allow them to really dig into this for the three weeks. If you make a few copies and put them on flash drives Antichrist and his minions will not be able to track this. We should all have left behind letters and Bibles.

False Prophets

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PCZFiXRrSAeXy38akTNtpY6PmDLjv_uF/view?usp=sharing

It seems everyone is going to need to know this and to be able to discern false prophets during the tribulation. This Pdf is 32 pages on this subject. I kept it to false prophets and didn't get into discerning liars, I thought that would make it too long. This Pdf is the 15 posts on False prophets in this blog.

If you are new to this blog

These are Pdfs anyone can download of all my posts.

The Holy Bible -- King James Version

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ggLlInqsXzE3k2f_2XahguwjP-2ZMvbW/view?usp=sharing

251 Bible verses on that describe when the rapture is

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DD4uTLBu6cPeOQFYYQYmrocCzAWzRLiI/view?usp=sharing

We always hear that no one knows when the rapture will be. Of course the Lord never
said no one knows the year or the season, just the day and the hour. But suppose that
verse means “no one verse knows”. You see you can get one verse in Hosea that does
point to the year and you can get one verse in Amos that does point to the season and
one verse in Jeremiah that does point to the season. Now imagine each of these 108
Bible verses tell us something, none of them tell us “the day or the hour” but they each
narrow down the possible days and hours. In other words they could be a filter
removing days and hours that don’t fit.

The Bible never says no one knows the day or the hour

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12nIi9dF1OhtxKXxmFTxZu-55QtskI0Lc/view?usp=sharing

This is a Pdf that discusses how to discern a false prophet, it also discusses several key verses on the timing of the rapture as well as Ken Peters dream, the writing on the Wall sign and a few other relevant points about thanksgiving, and the Pact for the Future.

Writing on the Wall Sign

Here is a summary of what I posted on this blog concerning the Writing on the Wall sign along with what I have shared on Daniel.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vTKT7SKSow7Ihz83lcqErW50IG5Hod9w/view?usp=sharing

A Letter to those left behind after the rapture

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dM18beTF9Jka3w8XUk10ARkI-cYnltH5/view?usp=sharing

I based most of my letter on the Gospel according to Mark and the Book of Acts.

Index of Bible References volumes 1-5

I would have done this for all of them but ran out of time. However, it does help those who are interested in a particular verse to find the verse and what is said about it. One reason I did this was so I could look for verses that had not been referenced.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YK4mY8xfqh13sW00JjXqcusX3a4jqZPRBFvVXh12fVA/edit?usp=sharing

This is a reference of Bible verses in these four volumes.

Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 1)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JvGt0moH2kzWMqdxBiO73Gaj7UxxqvfD/view?usp=sharing

Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 2)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eAIgnWSGMkVw_Fawa_dbXyJTi1yOWwks/view?usp=sharing

Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 3)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dg9eD4It_H1V8XCMuAc7Im8G2UfuvEjV/view?usp=sharing

Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 4)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RwFhRsl7Ww5ZAn1C3ro7VrNCo5baWqPN/view?usp=sharing

Look up your redemption draws near (vol 5)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/160buxQxCAsHjuN7qfTVY7dOQft8VA4L_/view?usp=sharing

Look up your redemption draws near (vol 6)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ewv-l-yh4A2KRcPnQmOJB_51S1HQ095X/view?usp=sharing

Look up, your redemption draws nigh (vol. 7)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l7FBpjTk2NNVgYBAATm-3Th3rfeXEDhG/view?usp=sharing

Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (8)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OkRHsPs36DZ-gFO-UgGUj-mVa63TI1vR/view?usp=sharing

Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (9)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xECKmu-anfa0J_Sxn9ysUtpQSG2HVvtt/view?usp=sharing

Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (10)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L-3KMmo6qiJsAcP4hQGBbrNrT2Za0p3S/view?usp=sharing

Look Up, Your redemption draws near (Volume 11)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lc-CjfWlJPXc7D5H7ocz8WaF72zW3JqZ/view?usp=sharing

Look Up, Your Redemption draws Near (vol. 12)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1li_fbCxYOZrWF7No3d2DiN7k1H1rPmx0/view?usp=sharing

For those who love the Lord's appearing

This is only for those who love the Lord's appearing. It is quite similar to the recent Pdfs I have posted but I have added a few things so that it is now 94 pages.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJTvILxnEKuTJwly7GevmvogKQOkYSNq/view?usp=sharing

Anyway, do not read this if you are one of those servants that

say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

Finally, I have been locked out of this Gmail account where these are all posted. So I suspect very shortly these will be taken down as well. However, I have accessed them this morning so they are still up. But at the moment you can download them.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yQatkwB8A2Xi6og2WRxNvfw3CEV0n2_n/view?usp=sharing

Who is the Great Babylon

This Pdf goes through every verse in the New Testament and many in the Old referring to Babylon. I see which of the various interpretations fit. The main three are: Israel, Vatican and the US, though I also see if England fits any. I used to subscribe to the teaching of Darby and Watchman Nee on this, however, everyone should know that when they taught the US was not a superpower, Hollywood and Multinational corporations did not exist (true for Darby, Watchman Nee was around at the time of silent movies). The pandemic had not taken place and the apostasy in the US had not taken place. You could not compare the US to Sodom and Gomorrah at the time of Darby or Watchman Nee.
 

Here we go, Rapture 2025, Sunday Message, 9/7/2025 with Pastor Sandy Armstrong
 
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I have posted links to it on this blog twice. See Post #14,606
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On the video that I watched Ken is speaking at the prophecy club. And I'm pretty sure they are a post tribulation rapture group.
Well, that's kinda comical because his vision is a pre-tribulation rapture. And he sees graves opening up and the dead in Christ being resurrected from the dead prior to the tribulation when I watch the video?
The audience appeared to not catch it.
(That he was depicting a pre trib rapture in his dream.)
 
Psalm1 said:
On the video that I watched Ken is speaking at the prophecy club. And I'm pretty sure they are a post tribulation rapture group.
Well, that's kinda comical because his vision is a pre-tribulation rapture. And he sees graves opening up and the dead in Christ being resurrected from the dead prior to the tribulation when I watch the video?
The audience appeared to not catch it.
(That he was depicting a pre trib rapture in his dream.)
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Yes. However, he gives several hints that there is a pre tribulation rapture in his vision.

1. He meets the man who is depressed because he was a Christian but wasn't ready. Makes no sense unless there had been a rapture.

2. The whole world is acting like they just lost their mother. Makes no sense if graves were opened, but does make sense if Christians and young children were taken.
 
Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
 
Lord Jesus we lift up the assassination of Charlie Kirk to You, may this be used by You for good to those who are called by You, that they would see there is a spiritual warfare going on between the demonic realm and those who are standing for the truth. We pray that the contrast between love and hate would be crystal clear, that many would turn to You for salvation as a result of this horrific crime. Lord Jesus we pray that the demons would be silenced and unable to discuss Charlie Kirk, unable to spout lies about this event, we pray that you would rebuke Satan so that he is unable to open his mouth concerning Charlie Kirk and we pray that all those that Charlie had been trying to reach on the campuses would be able to consider what happened with a sober mind unaffected by Satan or demonic voices. We pray they could hear the gospel without fear and make up a their own minds without any satanic or demonic influence. Amen. All these many things we ask and pray in the name of Jesus Christ the king of kings and the one who does abundantly more than we ask or think. Amen.
 
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