Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Why the Rapture & Tribulation Must Happen on the Same Day

Tom Horn's calculation was based on the asteroid Apophis coming close to the Earth on April 13, 2029. The thought is that this is the start of the Great tribulation. However, the seven year period is 2,520 days, we are told this in the Bible and that is 84 months of 30 days each. These are then divided into two sections. The ministry of the two witnesses is 1,260 days and after the Jews see the two witnesses rise from the dead and the Antichrist set up the abomination of desolation they flee into the wilderness for the great tribulation for 1,260 days. Therefore if we subtract 1,260 days from April 13, 2029 (Friday the 13th) we fall on October 31, 2025. This is a harvest festival for the pagans. It is followed by Nov. 1 which is All Saints day for the Catholics. That in turn is followed by "the day of the dead" which is November 2, 2025. I have always seen these three days as excellent candidates for the three days of darkness when our streets are filled with demons and ghouls.

October 31, 2025 falls on a Friday, just as Jesus was crucified on a Friday and then took a three day tour of hell, this would be like three days of darkness.

Based on the Enoch calendar it would be the start of the Feast of Tabernacles. Also a little more than 40 days after this is Hanukah.
 

The November-December Dream 11-2-24@12:01AM

She is looking at a calendar, it doesn't say the year, but it begins with November and the voice says "It all begins now" and the 3rd of November is circled. Of course we know that Trump was elected, since then we have seen some raging fires and some protests and then the Sun is turned off as with a dimmer switch with the voice (God) saying "I told you daughter it all begins now".

So if you have a year that begins on Nov 3rd (that was a Lord's day) and that year concludes with 3 days of darkness that would indicate that the three days of Darkness are October 31, Nov 1, and Nov 2.
 
Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

"Where are we at in Jesus timeline?"

This was the answer that she got

Zelensky and Putin -- Nuclear device fired on Ukraine. Zelensky is crying out on TV but there is very little time to respond because then the suitcase nukes in the US begin going off. It was an inside job by the council of 13. The immediate response of all the nations will be to stop sending aid to Ukraine and instead focus on protecting their own borders.

Excellent, I have wanted to know what will immediately precede the rapture. I wasn't sure if this all happened at the same time, but apparently you will have nuclear explosions in Ukraine that tell you the US will be hit immediately. I suspect the US will be hit at Halloween, so this attack in Ukraine may be a day earlier or thereabouts. In fact, it may be the nuclear attack on Ukraine that is the signal the sleeper cells are waiting for.
 
Bible references concerning the Halloween rapture theory (Part 1)

1. It comes as a thief in the night. (1 Thess 5:2, 2 Peter 3:10, Rev 3:3, 16:15) -- Mischief night

2. The rapture is before the hour of trial (Rev 3:10)-- That is it is before Mischief night, on the first day that Jesus instituted the Lord's table.

3. Halloween is a dress rehearsal for when the fallen angels are cast to the earth and walk the streets. (Rev 12:9)

4. Nov. 1, All Saints day, is the day that Jesus makes the Catholics to come and worship at the feet of the raptured saints. (Rev 3:9)

5. Nov. 2, Day of the dead, is when the Catholic church celebrates the dead in Christ who rose as well. (Rev 3:9)

6. Nov. 8, 2025 is Saturday. It is also Chesvan 17, that is the day the flood came. (Gen 7:11)

7. During the next seven complete sabbaths God will turn all the "Christmas songs" to a dirge and mourning for an only son. (Amos 8:10).

8. October 31 is a Harvest festival -- this aligns with Jeremiah who says “The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.” It also aligns with Ruth being married during a harvest festival.

9. This also aligns with Samson pushing out the two pillars (the rapture) during a great sacrifice to Dagon (Halloween). (Judges 16:23)

10. This also aligns with the demons knowing when they are to be judged, hence they have had this dress rehearsal for many years. (Matt 8:29)

11. October 31 is the day that Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg church, this aligns with Moses in the Old Testament breaking the ten commandments and calling the Levites out from the midst of those involved in a pagan feast to Moloch (Halloween). (Exo 32:19)

12. This also aligns with Paul saying you cannot partake of the table of demons and the table of the Lord. (1 Cor 10:21)

13. Then December 25th is the birthday of a Babylonian god who depicts the Antichrist. That is the ideal day for the wicked one to be revealed after the restrainer has left. (John 10:24 – Antichrist is a counterfeit Christ, this is the day for him to tell us plainly)

14. December 25, 2024 is also the first day of Hanukkah (the feast of Dedication), the ideal day for the two witnesses to stand up just like the Maccabees to lead those left behind into the wilderness. (John 10:27-28 – the sheep hear his voice, follow Him and no one can snatch them out of His hand)

15. Hanukah is a little more than 40 days after this, which aligns with Jesus fasting in the wilderness for forty days and then being tempted by the devil. This could be when the church takes a stand for the Lord, as depicted in the story of Hanukah.
 
Bible references concerning the Halloween rapture theory (Part 2)

Based on this theory October 2, 2024 was Daniel’s covenant with the many. October 9th, 2025 is when this treaty was confirmed with the many.

  1. The covenant with the many makes the UN the governing body of the world in the event they declare any kind of international emergency. (Dan. 9:27)
  2. The covenant with the many takes place immediately before the rapture. (Luke 12:36, 2 Samuel 15:10, 1 Kings 1:9)
Based on this the Fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets announcing the coming of the Lord Jesus was in 2020-2022 (the longest day).

  1. The worldwide shutdown of the economy due to the pandemic on the Feast of Trumpets in 2020 was God declaring a worldwide sabbath to fast and pray because the day of the Lord was at hand. (Joel 1:14)
  2. The world mandating an experimental vaccine illegally was the official start of Jacob’s trouble, which begins ten years before the Day of Judgment. (Joel 2:15). Hence 2032 will be the fulfillment of the Day of Atonement.
  3. People being fired from their job because they refuse to take the vaccine was the fulfillment of the prophecy of the Dragon’s tail casting a third of the stars to the earth (Rev 12:4 – this prophecy cannot refer to the fallen angels because when the Dragon is cast down in verse 9 it says his angels were cast down with him).
  4. The pandemic was a virus that was created in a bioweapons lab, a frankenstein monster made from a number of other viruses. This was prophesied in (Joel 1:4).
  5. The 2017 eclipse and Revelation 12 sign was an eight year warning that the fig tree would be cut down. (Luke 13:6)
Bible verses that prove the rapture is not on one of the Feasts of the Lord in the Old testament

  1. Exodus 32:32 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
When Moses broke the ten commandments it wasn’t during a Feast of the Lord in the Torah, it was a Feast that Aaron made when he made the people gods. But this was a shadow of the rapture when Moses called up the Levites.

  1. Judges 16:23 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
Samson pushing out the pillars was on a great sacrifice to Dagon, it wasn't a feast day of the Lord but this event was a type of the church, the pillars of the truth, being removed at the rapture.

  1. Luke 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
No one would be getting married on a feast day of the Lord. Can you imagine scheduling your wedding for Passover or Day of Atonement? No one would do that. But the Lord describes the rapture as this day.

  1. Luke 17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
No one is buying, selling, planting or building during a feast day of the Lord and yet it is used to describe the day of the rapture.

  1. Luke 17:35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”
No women would be grinding at the mill during a feast day of the Lord and yet the Lord is describing the rapture as this day. It is not a sabbath day much less a feast day.

  1. Matthew 24:40: “Two men will be in the field; and one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.” The rapture is necessary because believers are not appointed to God's wrath.
Jesus is talking to Jewish believers. They would not be in the field on a Feast day of the Lord.

  1. Phil 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
The rapture is when the contrast between the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of heaven is the greatest. Satan and the demons are cast to earth while the saints are caught up to heaven. We can see a similar contrast on Passover when those saved are in the house while those condemned are outside the house at night. However, Passover was when Jesus went into the ground as a grain of wheat, rapture is when the harvest is brought into the barn. So the rapture is not going to be at Passover.
  1. 1 Corinthians 15:52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
The twinkling of the eye is at sundown. The only feast that is held at sundown (this is when the feast of unleavened bread begins) is Passover which then became the Lord’s table or the Lord’s supper. Once again, our appointed feast is aligned with Passover, but since it isn’t Passover there are no other feasts of the Lord that take place at this time. In the same way Halloween begins at the twinkling of the eye. We have other pagan holidays like Christmas and Easter but they both begin in the morning.

And of course, our favorite verse "no one knows the day or the hour". Everyone knows the day and hour of each of the Feasts of the Lord in the Old Testament.
 
Wake up and make sure your vessel is full of oil

25 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

I just heard a very interesting interpretation of this which makes great sense. First, the number ten is not a complete number, the complete number is 12. So imagine out of all the believers on earth 10/12ths of them have been asleep, not realizing the Lord is about to return, but then they wake up. Maybe for some it was the 2017 Revelation12 sign. For some it was the 2020 global pandemic. For some it was the 2023 Psalm 83 war in Israel. Maybe for some it was Joshua with his September 23rd dream. In each case they wake up. For me it was the 2020 pandemic. I woke up, realized the day of the Lord was at hand, and so I started this blog because I wanted to buy up the oil and fill my vessel concerning God's word concerning the rapture.

But not everyone had the same response. Some of the believers were foolish, they thought if they just know the day of the rapture then that is good enough. They spend a few hours on September 23rd watching for the Lord's return, he doesn't come on that day and so they get offended. The 2017 Revelation12 sign was a bonafide sign in the heavens fulfilling the Biblical prophecy that the day of the Lord was at hand. Just because the Lord doesn't come back on the day you predicted didn't change that yet some got offended and quit. The same thing with the pandemic and it is very clear in Joel, this is the event that takes place right before the Day of the Lord. That has not changed, but again, some got offended when things didn't happen as quickly as they expected and so they quit. These events are all like a midnight cry waking people up and Joshua was just the latest and most urgent.

September 23rd was the Feast of Trumpets. Those of us who have been studying the rapture since 2020 or 2017 know that Feast of Trumpets announces that the king is coming and the day of judgment is at hand. However, it doesn't have any types or shadows of the rapture. The holidays with the biggest types and shadows of a rapture are Passover and Pentecost. Those two were filled with pictures of rescue, deliverance, resurrection, and judgement.

But here is the thing, we all thought the fall Feasts would be fulfilled at the end of the age. Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles. But Feast of Trumpets does not look like a shadow of the rapture, it looks like a shadow of the midnight cry that the bridegroom comes. The day of Atonement also does not look like a shadow of the rapture, it looks like the day of judgement, the conclusion of the tribulation and Feast of Tabernacles looks like the wedding of the lamb after the day of judgment.

Do you realize all the signs, all the prophecies, everything we have shared in this blog is a wake up call to repentance. Repent from what? Repent from not having a vessel filled with oil. These virgins are not being accused of being wicked servants who are beating the other servants and eating and drinking with the drunken. They are simply being accused of being foolish. They were given warning after warning to get ready and didn't. They were told there would be a midnight cry and there was. They were told they would need a vessel full of oil, so why didn't they take care of that?

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

God is able to discern the hearts. The word of God can divide soul from spirit. Every single person will be judged by the words of their own mouth. In the Feast of trumpets they blow the horn 100 times and the 100th blast is the biggest and longest. Joshua got online and did a online podcast for the entire day. It was a trumpet blast, it was the biggest and longest trumpet blast of the last two years. I can understand any believer who said "the Lord is not returning yet" prior to 2023. However, once we saw the Psalm 83 war and once we saw the UN pass a 7 year covenant concerning Israel on the Feast of Trumpets in 2024 no one had any excuse or justification to ignore the signs any longer. Three months before Joshua's September 23rd announcement Israel burned a certified red heifer to ashes according to the law of Moses and gathered the ashes to sanctify the holy place and holy of holies. It does not get any clearer than that, in order to do this according to the law of Moses they had to have raised the tabernacle of David. At this point anyone denying the signs is simply someone that does not know the Lord.

13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

If the Lord was going to come on the Feast of Trumpets you can't say "no one knows the day", it is a well known holy day in the Bible that is explained in the law of Moses. So when Jesus says "no one knows the day" my understanding is that it is not that day. However, that day is specifically to "announce the coming of the Lord Jesus" and Joshua did that loud and clear.
 
That God would count you worthy of this calling

Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Paul talks about some being "counted worthy of this calling". This is an example of the kind of persecution and suffering that those who are counted worthy go through.

2 Thessalonians 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

Think of the persecution on you as Satan admitting you are worthy of this calling which is why they are attacking you. That is the story of Job, Satan didn't just attack anyone, he attacked the one that God said was worthy.

1Thessalonians 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

I know that many churches teach "Once Saved Always Saved", do they also teach to pray that you would walk worthy of God?

1Timothy 5:18 For the scripture saith, thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

I know that the OSAS doctrine explicitly teaches that we are not saved by works. But do they make it clear that reward is a result of your works?

Hebrews 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Do the OSAS churches teach that if anyone, even those who claim to be saved, do these things that they will be worthy of a much sorer punishment than many of those who suffered grievously in the Old Testament?

Salvation is a gift of God, you didn't earn it, you didn't work for it, you were not worthy of it. God was merciful. However, after you have been saved you have been given a calling. The question is will God count you worthy of that calling. If so then expect all manner of evil to be spoken against you falsely. Have you suffered persecution and yet continued to labor?

Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Have you lost your saltiness? Or despite the persecution have you remained every bit the salt of the earth?

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

Christians speaking the word of God are the light of the world. Today you can get a website or a youtube channel or a blog for free. But there is a temptation to get the likes, to get the revenue, and so some will kow tow to the rules of youtube or Facebook or some other organization. Those rules may be perfectly fine with the Lord. Don't attack others, don't use foul language. That is fine. But sometimes those rules go further, don't offend others with certain truths from the Bible, don't offend others by using the name of Jesus Christ and proclaiming that He is king of kings. If you submit to those rules then you are putting your light under a bushel.
 
whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment

Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

This is the doctrine of many, that the New Testament destroys the law, or that it destroys the prophets. That is an erroneous doctrine. The New Testament fulfills the law and the prophets. What does that mean?

18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

It means that every single word, every jot and every tittle will be fulfilled. There are blessings to those that heed the words of the Bible, those blessings will be fulfilled, there are curses on those that rebel against the word of God, those curses will be fulfilled.

19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

This is one of those commandments. If you teach people that Jesus came to destroy the law, you are breaking one of these commandments. If you teach that the prophecies of the Bible do not apply to us today, then you are breaking one of these commandments. We can debate the application, some will attempt to put a round peg into a square hole, but we cannot debate the principle that every jot and every tittle will be fulfilled.

20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

We cannot debate this either. Yes, Jesus Christ is our righteousness, His blood washes us clean. But do you really think that someone who is living in sin can make the claim that Jesus Christ is his righteousness? Let's consider that under a microscope:

21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

You claim you aren't a murderer, but have you been angry with your brother without cause? Sometimes we do have cause to be angry, in those cases Ephesians says "be angry and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your wrath". You can get angry briefly. Maybe you are driving and another driver does something that could have caused an accident. You are angry because you almost got into an accident because of their driving. That is not what Jesus is talking about. In that case you can be angry, but don't sin. Don't curse them out. Don't call them a fool. No, this is about being angry at a brother without a cause. Many people will not admit to themselves that they are angry without a cause. So here is the test, tell your brother why you are angry with them. That is the requirement in Matthew 18. Go ahead, as you think about what you are going to say does it sound like something that anyone would reasonably understand as causing you to be angry? Or does it sound absurd? If your reason makes you sound like a "Karen" then this verse is about you. (The term Karen was first used in a story about a woman calling the cops on someone who was petting her dog in the park. She was portrayed as being racist because the man was black and she was white. However, that was his version of the story. Her version of the story was he was threatening her that he was going to poison her dog.)
 
That God would count you worthy of His Calling cont.

27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

Jesus said that our righteousness had to exceed that of the Pharisees. We know that Jesus Christ is our righteousness, it is His blood that washes us white as snow. The point of this chapter is not that we must meet these criteria before being saved. You can't, you are a sinner and you need to confess that, repent, and receive the Lord's blood as the price for your sins. But then you need to repent, you don't continue to live in those sins saying "I'm just a poor sinner, can't help myself". That is like being a beggar who can't walk. We are told to walk worthily of God's calling but this beggar just sits at the gate begging every day for forgiveness. The first example the Lord went through was being angry at someone without a cause. Now we are coming to adultery.

28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

We claim that Jesus Christ is our righteousness, but if you are looking at pornography can you really make that claim?

29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

When I first got saved and baptized I moved into a brothers house, that was a protection. It cut off my living with people who were living in sin. In the brothers house we did not have a TV and did not watch TV. As a result I did not see the news everyday. Everyone knows that the TV is filled with filth, but they justify the need because you "need to see the news". Since I did not see the news I did not know about the 3 mile island incident and when a professor at my university learned this they were shocked. This was a very important story, I had to know about it. So I asked them, "OK, what is it that I should do as a result of learning about this?" 3 mile island was in New York, my university was in Texas. The answer was nothing. There was no direct impact of that news story on me. You might think well you need to be educated about the dangers of nuclear power, but the reality is that the news was filled with disinformation. They hyped the threat of nuclear power which as it turns out is a much smaller threat than the threat from coal fired plants. Yet because of the hysteria the US stopped building nuclear plants and instead powered our electricity with coal causing far more deaths and asthma and cancer than nuclear power would have. Watching that news didn't help people think critically, not only so but they watched some movie about a nuclear meltdown that I didn't see either which made them even more terrified.

Meanwhile instead of spending hours every day wasting my time watching TV I was using my free time for fellowship, for meetings of the church, for prayer, for worship. These things all helped me grow in the Lord.

The point is simple, if you have a problem with pornography throw away the TV. If you use your computer, throw away your computer. Throw away your magazines, throw away whatever it is that you are using to access the pornography. When I first got saved I had a large collection of music albums. I realized those albums were demonic so I went to the elders and asked them if they would help me to burn them. They let me go into the back of the church, we filled a garbage can with the albums, poured in gasoline and burned them. They asked me if I could simply throw them out? I said if I put these in a dumpster someone else will take them, so they agreed with me that they had to be burned. I could have sold them, but you can't sell something that is demonic. In the book of Acts they burned their books on magic and the occult. It is the same principle. Anyone who is stuck in sin has got to get serious. Cut off any and all possible doorways that allow sin into your life.

30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

I like the story of Ronnie Lott, he was a hall of fame safety who played for the San Francisco 49ers. One year he mangled his pinky during a game. They were going to put it into a cast and it would be a few weeks before he could play again. However, that meant he would miss the playoff games. He asked the doctor "what if we cut it off, can I play?" The doctor was confused but agreed that if they cut the pinky off he wouldn't have to miss any of the playoff games. He said "cut it off". That is the mindset we need here. We need to be serious about our calling and cut off anything that would make us unworthy of our calling.

31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Think about this, how many Christians claiming that Christ is their righteousness have done this?

32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

The Lord gives an exception which is fornication. If your wife is committing adultery that can be an exception. You should try and reconcile, but at the same time with diseases like AIDS out there fornication could cause your children to become orphans. Also, if a child grows up in a house where the marriage is a complete sham with their mother living in adultery that would be very harmful to the children. You do not need to live like that. Also, Paul makes in clear that if the unbelieving spouse wants to leave you are not in bondage. So then don't judge your brother or sister who has been divorced, there are valid reasons why someone would be divorced. This word is not for us to judge others, but to judge ourselves and to confess our sins and repent.
 
That God would count you worthy of His calling, cont...

Matthew 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

It seems to me there is a very nice progression here as the Lord is working deeper and deeper. Someone who gets angry at people without a cause and wants to kill them? That sounds like the victim of domestic abuse. This is probably typical of someone who is first saved. I was not abused as a kid, but I grew up in a town where it seemed every marriage was a sham. I looked around me and had determined I did not want to get married under any circumstances. But then when I got saved and came into the church I saw marriages that were not a sham, and for the first time I thought that marriage might not be so bad after all. So being angry without a cause could be the very first thing someone coming out of the kingdom of darkness would need to deal with. Then you have adultery, I saw this as well. The world is an evil and adulterous age and anyone who can't see that is blind. Jesus Christ is the savior so even if you get saved when you are married and your marriage is suffering from a spouse addicted to pornography or caught up in adultery it can be saved. But salvation is a choice, God does not violate your free will. If your spouse chooses to divorce instead of reconcile then you are free, you are not in bondage in such a case. But the impact of this is far more pervasive. Some people were abused as children, but only a minority, this is not something that everyone has been subjected to. But the lasciviousness and lusts of the world are far too pervasive for anyone to have escaped. We were like fish swimming in an ocean that was polluted with this.

But now we come to swearing an oath. This is ego, pride, and arrogance. Satan uses these to bind us with an oath and cause us to sin when we break that oath. Don't be foolish. There are curses put on families for breaking an oath. Jesus became a curse for us when He was crucified on the cross so that we would be free of the curse of the law. You can break all the generational curses, all the family curses with the blood of Jesus. But you also need to pray daily not to be led into temptation. Once you sign that contract, once you make that oath, you are bound by it legally and if you break that it gives Satan the legal right to attack you.

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

First, pray for humility to see that you are powerless, you are nothing, stop thinking you can do this or that.

37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Second pray for discernment so that you would be alerted when the enemy is trying to deceive you.

38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

The idea of vengeance is pervasive in the world. Batman is a glorified vigilante. Don't fall for this temptation, vengeance belongs to the Lord, He will take care of it. The merciful are blessed because they themselves will find mercy.

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

This has been somewhat misunderstood. To slap someone on the cheek with a backhanded slap was an insult from a superior to someone of lower stature. For example, the Pharisees said Jesus was not the Messiah, He was casting out demons by Beelzebub, the prince of demons. That was a backhanded slap, an insult. Jesus did not back down, he said if Satan is fighting against Satan his house shall not stand. Whose house did not stand? It was the Pharisees, they were the ones that saw the temple cast down without a single stone remaining atop another stone. Jesus is turning the other cheek, meaning if you hit me on one cheek with the backhand slap you will have to hit me on this cheek with a real slap. That is to fight me like an equal. The proof of who is casting out demons by Beelzebub will be whose house falls. He was building the church, the house of God and it has stood for two thousand years. Their house was the temple of God and it fell in forty years. After he said that they demanded a sign and he told them the only sign they would get was the sign of Jonah. Like Jonah He was in the belly of the earth for three days and three nights and like Jonah they preached for the Jews to repent for forty years before the temple was cast down.

40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

A lawsuit says you have caused harm to another person even if you didn't break the law. For example, someone complained about my posts on Facebook. I had been posting about the Bible and about Jesus Christ. Facebook did not accuse me of violating any of their rules but they suspended my account all the same for a month. So I responded by closing my account the same day. I gave them the whole account. Why would I want to remain on Facebook if they will suspend me for speaking the word of God?

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

On these forums you get challenged, attacked, questioned, etc. Often you look at this and realize it is going to be long and tedious to respond. The Lord is telling you to respond. I was in sales long enough to know that people who ask questions are indicating they are interested even if it appears they are attacking you. We walk in the light. We should not fear any question or inquiry. I have had this happen several times where you wind up having to spend 30 minutes to respond to someone when you had really hoped to be doing something else. This is like walking two miles with them.
 
That God would count you worthy of your calling, cont...

Matthew 5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

The further the Lord goes the deeper He goes in his dealing with us. It is not sinful to not give to those that ask thee. It is not sinful that a bank would decline to loan you money. We are no longer dealing with sin. This is an incredible command, so we have to examine this. So we have seen a transition in this chapter. Once you get to turning the other cheek you are no longer talking about sin, you are talking about someone speaking the word of God and standing strong in the face of opposition. You don't back down because they sue you. You don't refuse to walk a mile to carry someones burden. These are all prerequisites before the Lord speaks this word. These are the things involved in having a ministry.

For example, consider the apostle Peter. He is going up at that time of prayer to worship the Lord and a beggar asks him for money. He doesn't have money but he is required by the Lord to give to him that asketh thee. So he tells the beggar "look at me" and says I don't have money to give you but what I do have I will give you, in the name of Jesus Christ rise and walk. Every person who asks you for something was allowed by God to ask you because God wants to reveal more of His glory. The fact that you don't have the ability to fulfill that request yourself is the point, you have a ministry, you are working together with God, He has the ability to meet their request.

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

The best way to bring down Satan's kingdom is not to curse Saul of Tarsus, it is to pray for his salvation, that his eyes would be opened and that he would see the Lord of all and that he would be a servant of Jesus Christ. Saul of Tarsus was clearly an enemy, someone loved him, someone blessed him, someone prayed for him even though he was persecuting the church.

46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

There is no testimony of Jesus if you do that.

47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

This is natural. Nothing wrong with saluting your brethren, but we need to learn to be obedient when the Lord tells us to go to Saul of Tarsus and pray for him to see.

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

What does it mean for God to county you worthy of the calling? This chapter explains that in detail.
 
The secret life of a rapture ready saint

Matthew 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Consider 2 John 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. To do alms would refer to an act of mercy, an act of charity.

2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

They name buildings on University campuses after these ones, they name wings to hospitals after these ones. That is their reward.

3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

It has to be a work of faith, you mix your "charity" with faith in God. There are christians who want to be seen of men to be Christians. If they go to serve in the soup kitchen they make sure the press is there to cover it.

5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

We have a progression here. In the ministry we give to those who ask because we believe that it is really God that is the one asking. When the beggar asked Peter for alms it was really God who wanted to reward Peter for his hidden alms. You need a hidden prayer life.

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

When the enemy attacks you are prepared. This is what it means to build your house on the rock. There are certain players in football who excelled when the pressure was greatest. Joe Montana was a great example. They don't crumple in the fourth quarter when the chips are down, but then there are others who do. One built their house on the rock, the other built it on sand. If you have this secret life of prayer then God will know when you are about to be attacked and He will prepare you, He will warn you, and despite the storm that comes, your house will stand.

7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

So often you go to a prayer meeting and everyone wants to know what you want them to pray for. What do you need. The father knows what I need. Also the Catholics use a rosary, they go to the priest, he tells them they need to say "ten hail Mary's" that is a vain repetition. They use those beads to keep count. The Lord is telling us not to do any of this.

9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Think about Joe Montana again, when he would pull victory out of the jaws of defeat people would ask him where did he learn to play like that? He said his father taught him. Our prayer is that the things we do on earth would cause people to hallow the name of our Father in heaven. Think about David, when he killed Goliath King Saul wanted to know who his father was. People misunderstand that, King Saul already knew who David's father was, he had hired David from him in the chapter before he killed Goliath. The question meant "who trained you to fight like that?" King Saul knew who David's father was but couldn't believe he was the one that trained him. Remember when Samuel anointed David as king, he saw all of David's brothers and thought each one looked like a king. This is how a father is hallowed, that his sons appear to be kings to others.

10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Every family has a mission. To some their mission revolves around playing video games and going to amusement parks. To some their mission is the white picket fence, a pool and to be members of the country club. The mission of the family of God is that God's heavenly kingdom would come to earth. This word "thy will be done" it is like we are arm wrestling with the Prince of darkness to impose the will of God on the earth. It is not your will. All Christians will be tempted to be self righteous vigilantes. That is not the will of God. The will of God is the word of God. But what we are prone to do is to be ruthless in our understanding. If you are ruthless you see that Ruth is a moabitess and the law says she cannot enter the congregation to the tenth generation. But if you are not ruthless you see that Ruth is the widow of an Israelite and you are required to raise up seed to your brother. The key as to whether she is a moabitess or a widow was given in chapter one when she said "your people will be my people and your God will be my God".

This verse reveals that prayer is like a legal court proceeding. You have to know the law and you have to know the will of God. We know that God desires to save all men and we know the law condemns all men as sinners. So it is our job in our prayer to find a basis for mercy to be extended. When we do alms we get a first hand experience on how to extend mercy to others. Then when we pray we must become a witness for the defense, bringing our case before the Lord for salvation. Now it may be that bringing judgment on Pharaoh will work out to salvation for God's people. But God will choose to execute the judgement in a way that manifests His power, His glory and can cause people to repent and turn to Him and be saved.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

Look how simple that is. Short, sweet and to the point. The point of this prayer is not to lay out all the various things you want like a letter to Santa. The point is I am your son, praying that your name would be hallowed. No one is going to hallow God's name when they see the believers can't even afford food. The point is I am a servant of God for the kingdom, since I am serving God in His kingdom work He will certainly take care of my needs. Also the point is God will take care of needs, not wants.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Why is it that bad things happen to us? If we are truly fully given to the Lord and fully focused on serving the Lord, then why would anyone sin against us? Think of this as a mercy from God. He wants to extend you mercy, He wants to forgive you of your trespasses and failures. So he allows these things to happen so that you can extend mercy to those who sin against you. In our ministry we want to minister grace to others. We want them to be blessed, to experience the knowledge surpassing love of God and the peace that passes all understanding. But often to do that we must first extend mercy. Ruth was blessed, but first she needed the mercy of Boaz.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Don't forget this. If you are praying, bring a legal case to defeat Satan the accuser of the brethren, he will want to destroy your ministry. The best way to do that is for you to fall for his temptation. We saw in the last chapter we need to cut off anything that would open the door for Satan to tempt us. That includes money. Maybe it is God's mercy that you didn't get that promotion, maybe it is God's mercy that you can't be a member of the country club. Many pastors begin their life with a desire to serve the Lord. But then the first temptation is to go to seminary. Is that the Lord's leading, or was that a temptation that you were led into? After graduating they then get a job with a church. Some will have big congregations, well funded church. Is the Lord leading you there or is that a temptation? A well funded church gets its money from the board of directors. The money collected from the offerings of the congregation might not even come close to covering all the expenses. But that money comes with strings attached. Think of the money as bait on a hook and if you take that money you are now hooked. This is how FreeMasons are able to get into churches and control what is taught. Paul worked as a tent maker, so there was no one controlling what he taught.
 
What does it mean to love the Lord?

Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Have you ever met a Christian who is so condemned by their sins they feel they can't be forgiven? Just share this verse with them. If your sins are really so terrible, then go find others with the same sins and extend mercy to them. I have seen gang members who were murders take on a prison ministry for other felons and murderers. On the one hand this verse is an encouragement to those who are condemned, the Lord is telling them the ministry they are to go into should be a ministry that extends mercy to sinners you are familiar with. On the other hand this word is a warning to the set and settled self righteous Christians who instead of extending mercy are sitting in judgment.

16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

The average screen time for a teenage is 7-9 hours a day. If they were to cut that in half, they would have four hours a day they could give to the Lord. No doubt, some of that screen time is necessary for school. Fasting doesn't simply mean cutting out food, and it definitely is not some form of asceticism. The purpose of fasting is to give time to the Lord. To give alms, perhaps to serve at the soup kitchen, takes time. To pray takes time. To go to meetings, fellowship, worship and serve in a ministry all take time. Therefore something has to give. If you say you love the Lord but have no time for Him, you are lying to yourself. To love something you give it the top priority, but the fact that you "have no time" indicates you have given it the lowest priority.

17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

For years I hated Tom Brady, I thought he was lucky. But then after he retires the stories come out that in fact he worked harder, put in more hours and prepared better than anyone else. To me he appeared lucky, but in secret God knew he was fasting, and so he was rewarded openly with his ten super bowl appearances. There is this story about Larry Bird that I love, it was the off season and he was working out and practicing in his personal basketball court. He told his girl friend that he was not to be disturbed unless it was real important. She later comes in and disturbs him, there is a phone call from Sport's Illustrated, they want to do a cover story on him. He rebukes her, he reiterates that he doesn't want to be disturbed unless it is real important. This shows how if your priority is right you will have time to spend with the Lord.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Here is a great example that applies to all of us. Often you will find someone who is working two jobs because "they need the money". Do they really need it or do they simply want it? If you are not careful you will wind up on a hamster wheel, running hard day after day, while not realizing you are being robbed blind. The thieves have already broken into Social Security and that has been cleaned out. They have also broken into everyone's bank account and that is being robbed with "inflation". If you were to discover that all the money in your bank accounts were gone (retirement account, etc), would you be freaking out or would you be like Larry Bird saying "I told you not to disturb me unless it was really important"?

22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Why is it that some cannot see anything when they read the Bible? To them the Bible is like a book written in some unknown language, "it is all Greek to them". Their eye is not single.

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Still, to not see anything in the Bible is not as bad as if your eye be evil. Satanists also have a kind of "black light". They operate in the darkness, like a snake. Their darkness can be very great, they know how to deceive, how to manipulate, how to steal, how to lie, how to cheat, and how to murder. I used to teach forensics to kids in the inner city. I would ask them what is the very first thing any criminal should figure out before committing a crime? No one ever got that question right. The answer is simple, they need to know who will be investigating this crime. That is what FreeMasons do. The sheriff or police chief will be a free mason. Maybe they know the judge. This is what criminal cartels do, they buy off the people who investigate the crimes. Even if you get caught with the evidence, dead to rights. Having a cop who is bought can derail the case. The chain of evidence can be damaged. The evidence can be lost. This is why the FBI is having so much success this year catching the criminals. They are using the military which up until now was not bought buy these criminal enterprises.
 
You cannot serve God and Mammon

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

I think every Christian at one point or another wishes they could serve both. Perhaps that is an exaggeration, but suffice it to say this is a very common temptation. We prayed that the Lord would not lead us into temptation, and now here He is laying it out for us. Let's take the pastor thinking of working for a church where the board of directors have FreeMasons. The church is very well funded, has a great facility. He will reason that with that facility he can reach more people. They have a great sound system, great system for streaming the sermons. The word will get out to more people. We have a lot of money for charitable purposes, we'll be leaders in the community. There are a lot of great reasons you can use to justify taking the job. But why the debate? Because if he does take that job they control what he says. They don't prepare his sermon for him, they are not treating him like a parrot. But they have a very clear mission to "bring in the numbers". Focus on things that will fill the church and stay away from anything that might offend some. The Lord is very clear here, you can't serve two masters. If they can tell you what your mission is and what not to say, then they are your master. I started this blog on another forum in 2020. At that time I felt that at most there might be ten other people interested in this topic. Also, I made the title to be the opposite of click bait. I didn't want anyone to accidentally click on this blog when this is not what they were interested in. I was never concerned about numbers nor was I ever concerned about "not offending anyone". I have no financial interest in this blog, doesn't matter how many people read it or don't. I did this because I was interested, I wanted to study this topic, I wanted to journal it and I made it public in case there was someone else who was also interested. When I started I didn't even know what a blog was. I got suspended from the other site, even though they claimed they were "Christian" it was really overrun with atheists. They suspended me because they were unable to refute me. That was when I moved to this location. This was actually the fourth place for me (I had been pushed off of two Christian platforms and off of Facebook prior to coming here). I felt like Isaac trying to dig a well and having to keep on moving. But I was also clear, you can't have two masters and I wasn't going to let any of those other platforms become the master. I followed their rules of decorum, I was never suspended for violating any of those rules, only for speaking the word of God and having someone on the forum not like it.
 
What not to pray for and what we should focus on

Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

When I and my wife resigned our jobs rather than take the vaccine we were not ready for retirement. This was ten years earlier than I had planned on. But I didn't take any thought about that. Without our jobs we had no choice but to sell the house and we got an offer in the first week which we took. Again, didn't take any thought about that. Here we are four years later and the Lord has supplied all of our needs, we do not worry about anything. Even though around us we see so many people struggling financially, I feel like we are in a bubble and none of that is touching us. If we had taken thought it would have been a catastrophe.

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

This is what the whole point of the "new year's resolution" is. To add one cubit to your stature. I never bothered with that. If you are fully consecrated to the Lord then there is no need for those resolutions.

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Think of these athletes concerned with their social media posts. Did Michael Jordan worry about his social media posts? How about Larry Bird or Tom Brady? There is nothing better than to be clothed with God's glory.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Yes, He will.

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

The lesson on prayer is still going on, He has been explaining to us why we shouldn't pray the way the world does. "Is there anything you need?" God knows what you need. "Pray for me to get this second job" -- really, how about praying that the Lord not lead you into temptation? How about praying that Jesus Christ would be your number one priority? "Pray that I get this promotion", really, how about pray that your treasure would be in heaven?

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

We have everything backwards. We think if we get this good job and can afford to buy this nice house then we'll have more time to serve the Lord and God will be hallowed because of how successful we are. Baloney, if Jesus is your number one priority and you are serving Him with all your heart and your ministry is ministering grace and mercy to those around you, then God will add anything you need to help this ministry grow and be blessed.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Do you know what my prayer was last night before going to sleep? I thanked the Lord for the word He gave me yesterday and told Him I was trusting in Him to provide a word today.
 
A further word concerning Joshua

I keep seeing people who are distraught over Joshua, and they keep referring to him as "a false prophet". So I think it is necessary to say more on this subject because I would caution anyone against calling him a false prophet.

1. It became clear to me during the last few years as I studied this topic that God should give us a warning prior to the rapture. Jesus said it would be as the days of Noah and Noah was given a seven day warning, he entered the ark seven days before the flood began. He said it would be as the days of Lot and Lot was given a heads up the night before the fire fell on Sodom. Abraham was given a few days warning before the fire fell.

2. In the prophets it says God does nothing without telling His prophets so I expected God to tell His prophets and give us a heads up.

Based on the context of these first two points there is a community of "watchmen" who have been looking at what the Bible says, interpreting the scriptures and theorizing about where we are on the timeline and how close we are to the seven year tribulation. In the past the thought was "it could be this year". There is a little grey area because we are not 100% certain as to the year of the crucifixion, 30 AD, 31 AD, 32 AD, or 33 AD. I think the consensus is that it was 32AD, but we are not certain of that. As a result up until now it has been more of eliminating possible times rather than pointing to a time. However, prior to Joshua the consensus was falling on the crucifixion being 32 AD and that pointing to the return of Jesus in 2032 and the seven years beginning in 2025. We can interpret every single Biblical prophecy with those dates and it will fit. But if you go to 2026 and 2033 then they don't. Even though Jesus said "no one knows the day or the hour" He never said no one knows the year. It is very clear in the New Testament that the Jews were supposed to know the year that the Messiah would be crucified because it was clearly prophesied in the Old Testament. Likewise there are several very clear prophecies concerning the year of His return. I say this because this is the reason that people actually paid attention to Joshua and his interview went viral, it confirmed what we had concluded from the word of God.

3. At the start of the church age God fulfilled the first four feasts of the Lord. It is a common understanding that at the end of the age He will fulfill the last three feasts. The first of those three is the Feast of Trumpets which fell on September 23, 2025. So when Joshua pointed to that date without seeming to know it was the Feast of Trumpets that was very significant to those of us watching full time. However, the Feast of Trumpets announces that the King is coming, not that He has arrived. It can be compared to the midnight cry that the bridegroom cometh. On this day the Jews blow the trumpets 100 times with the 100th blast being the biggest and longest. Joshua went online to do a live broadcast for the whole day on the 23rd. To me that was the 100th blast. So that also was what I would consider to be a fulfillment of the prophetic pattern.

Then, 13 days after September 23rd some claimed that Joshua never said what calendar to use, today on the earth there are several calendars being used, we use the Gregorian but others use the Julian, so it is very arrogant and foolish to assume the prophecy was a reference to the Gregorian calendar. Then shortly after that fell through others said "what about the Enoch Calendar". Again, this is not something that should be scoffed at, Enoch was the seventh from Adam, he typifies both the raptured saints being the first one who was raptured and he is also a shadow of the church being the seventh from Adam. So this Trumpet blast echoed through two more calendars. That also is an elegant fulfillment of the shadow of them blowing the shofar.

Many Christians are not interested in knowing about the Jewish feasts even though they are part of the Bible. If you don't know about them in detail then you can't appreciate fully when they are fulfilled.

4. In the gospels Jesus talked about a blessing to those who are found watching when He returns and He talks about the first watch, the second watch and the third watch. To me having three different watches is not unlike having three different calendars. But here is the thing, the fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets will be them announcing that Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the anointed King, is coming. That is precisely what did happen with Joshua. For five years I have seen how people will discover something from the word, assume it means that will be the rapture, they were wrong, but the discovery was still true. I believed that the fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets would have the 100th, trumpet blast. It would be similar to all the things that we discovered which made up the previous 99 blasts, but this would be longer and louder than all the rest. So while everyone else is disappointed I am checking off one more thing on my bucket list.

The warning is given that the Bridegroom comes in order to wake up the sleeping virgins. It says there are ten that fell asleep, that is not a complete number, the complete number should be twelve. This tells me that two were awake. This is like the twelve spies, two gave a good report and ten gave an evil report. Caleb representing the Gentile church and Joshua were the two that gave a good report.

But Jesus didn't return and rapture the church on September 23rd on either the Julian or Gregorian calendar. So doesn't that make him a a false prophet? No, it is laughable how people throw around the term without even knowing what it means. God never said that if a prophet prophecies something and it doesn't come to pass then they are a false prophet. Do you realize how idiotic that would be? The Bible is filled with prophecies that did not come to pass at the time they were given and for many of them still have not come to pass.

No, the definition of a false prophet is spelled out very clearly, anyone who leads you away from worshipping the one true God and/or anyone who leads you to worshipping a false god. That is the definition of a false prophet. Joshua did not do either. The bible also tells us that if someone gives a prophecy that does come to pass and then tries to get you to worship a false god that is a false prophet. Not only is a prophecy not coming to pass evidence of a false prophet but even more, a prophecy that does come to pass is not proof of a real prophet. Once again, God said His people were destroyed for a lack of knowledge, this is just another example.

The Peace plan that Trump signed with the many is a powerful sign that the seven year tribulation is about to begin. Do not misinterpret what I said, I am not saying that Trump is the Antichrist and I am also not saying that the tribulation began on the day they signed it. Charlie Kirk's assassination is also a sign of the Lord's coming, and yes what happened with Joshua is also a sign of the Lord's coming. However, I don't base my understanding on dreams and visions that people have had, rather I am basing it on the more sure word of Prophecy, the Bible.
 
The rapture -- God gathers His saints together

Psalm 50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

So then who are the saints? Are they the ones who made a covenant by being justified? When you make a covenant with someone it is made by a sacrifice. If I buy a car, then the car company gives me a car, that is their sacrifice, and I give them money, that is my sacrifice. The contract that gives me the title to the car is the covenant.

Jesus gave his life, He poured out His blood, that is His sacrifice. What is your sacrifice? Paul says we are to present our bodies as a living sacrifice. When you received Jesus blood that was the first half of you making a covenant with God.

Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

You were justified, you were redeemed. But you hadn't made a covenant until you offered up your body as a living sacrifice. That is the meaning of being baptized. You are choosing to be immersed into the triune God and to leave the world behind.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
 
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