Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Israel's Third Temple This Year? Israel's Immediate Solution Proof​

Daniel 9:27 — The Confirmed Covenant and the Pattern Already Set at Calvary

The covenant that is confirmed, restored, or strengthened for one week involves the sacrifices and oblations starting again. That means the Jews begin again to worship with sacrifices and oblations on the temple mount on the first day of the seventieth week, the Day of the Lord.

Daniel 9:27: "he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week... and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease." Israel's covenant of worship, transacted since Sinai through blood (Exodus 24:5-8; Leviticus 17:11). To strengthen that covenant is, by definition, to restore its content: sacrifice and oblation on the altar. The restart of sacrifices is the sign the seventieth week has begun.

But the same actor who confirms the covenant guts it mid-week. It is his signature throughout Daniel — rising "by flatteries" (11:21), working "deceitfully" after every league (11:23), destroying "by peace" (8:25). The confirmation was never sincere. It is a trap sprung on schedule.

Israel has walked this road before. When Judas struck his bargain with the Jewish leaders — "they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver" (Matthew 26:15) — this act of a deceitful betrayal is being repaid. And at the moment Israel's own leadership stood before their true King and true sacrifice, they did not renew their covenant with God — they usurped it: "We have no king but Caesar" (John 19:15). A covenant confirmed with a foreign power, therefore "as you have done it will be done unto you".

This is the pattern the seventieth week repeats, at national scale and at world-historical scale. Jesus said you need to forgive 70x7 times. A week is seven days. So you need to forgive 70 weeks. This is the sin that the Jews still need to deal with. In Matthew 18 you are to go to the person who sinned against you four times. First you go alone. Second you go with two or three others. Third you go with the elders and fourth you tell the church. 4x7x70 = 1,960. Jesus told the Pharisees if they reject him they will have committed the unforgivable sin because there is no forgiveness unless you accept the blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only way to the Father, no man comes to Him but by Him. The Jewish leaders asked for a sign to prove that Jesus was indeed the Messiah and that they had indeed committed the unforgivable sin. Jesus said He would give them the sign of Jonah and sure enough, for forty years beginning in 30 AD the temple records say that the atoning sacrifice was not accepted by God and the odds of that are 2^40 or 1 in a trillion.

After 40 years the Jewish leaders had refused to repent, the temple was destroyed and they were scattered to the four corners of the earth. At this point the process of forgiveness 7x70 times began, and it went through the same escalation process that we see in Matthew 18. 70AD + 1,960 years is 2030 AD. The Jews have little over 3 1/2 years left to repent, maybe as much as 4 full years from today.

Just as Israel's leaders once confirmed allegiance to Caesar in the very act of rejecting their true King, so Israel's current leaders will confirm allegiance to this final ruler in this deceitful act — knowingly or not — of rejecting the true sacrifice their restored altar can never replace. The sacrifices cease not because the confirmation was hollow from the start, a premeditated betrayal timed to the moment of greatest trust — as it was with the kiss in Gethsemane, so it will be with the covenant of the seventieth week.

 

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What is the church Age?

There are two ways to explain this gap from the Lord's crucifixion to the 70th week.

1. The Jewish leadership was punished 40 years for rejecting Jesus Christ as Messiah. When they still refused to hearken to God He punished them seven times more, and when they still refused to listen to Him He punished them seven times more. This is the covenant in Leviticus 28. Punished for 40 years, and then 7x more and 7x more again, or 49x40=1960 + 40 = 2,000 years counting from 30 AD when the temple records show God stopped accepting the atoning sacrifice. That is 2030, when the punishment ends.

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2. You forgive 70x7, or 490 times. In this case it is 490 years. Israel was given 40 years to repent and receive Jesus. From that point on the Lord treated this the way you treat sin in Matthew 18. There are four stages of escalation. 4x490 = 1960 beginning in 70 AD. Again, the age of "grace" for repentance ends in 2030 AD.

 

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2 Thessalonians 2:3a Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first,

Institutional Church Attendance Report: A Measure of Departure (1965–Present)

The Greek apostasia means "a standing away from" — a departure. Measured as weekly attendance at Mainline Protestant and Catholic churches, that departure is stark and sustained.

Catholic: Weekly Mass attendance stood at ~71% in 1965. It fell more than 20 points by the 1970s, then roughly four points per decade through the mid-1990s, stabilizing briefly mid-2000s (45% in 2005–2008). Decline resumed: 39% by 2014–2017. By CARA's stricter measure, weekly attendance was 24.4% pre-pandemic (2019) and remains near 24% today — a floor, not a recovery. Gallup's broader measure shows 45% weekly in the 2000s down to 33% now. Wikipedia + 5

Mainline Protestant: Membership (a proxy where attendance data is sparse) fell 2000–2020 across every major body: United Methodist -24%, ELCA -39%, Episcopal -32%, American Baptist -22%, UCC over -40%. Mainline share of all Protestants fell from 55% (1973) to 29% (2024). Only 45% raised Mainline still identify as adults — the weakest retention of any tradition. Substack + 2

Conclusion: Both bodies show the same shape — a mid-century peak, a first collapse (1965–1980s), a partial plateau, then renewed decline from the 2000s onward, with no institutional reversal comparable to the growth seen elsewhere. Whatever theological weight is assigned to "the falling away," the behavioral data — people literally standing away from the institutional gathering — has been continuous and structural for six decades, not a single event.

Apostasy as Rebellion: The Rejection of Biblical Inerrancy (1976–Present)

Apostasy also means rebellion — a doctrinal revolt, not just physical absence. Measured by belief in biblical inerrancy, that rebellion is documented and accelerating.

Individual belief (Gallup, tracked since 1976): From 1976–1984, an average of 38% of Americans called the Bible the literal, actual word of God (peaking at 40% in 1980 and 1984). By 2022, that figure had fallen to a record-low 20% — half its peak — while 29% now call the Bible mere human-authored "fables, legends, history and moral precepts," the first time in Gallup's near-50-year trend that skepticism has outnumbered literalism. The "inspired but not literal" middle view has stayed flat near 49% throughout — the collapse has moved literalists straight to outright rejection, not to a moderate middle. Gallup + 2

Institutional split: This is bimodal, not uniform. Mainline denominations (PCUSA, ELCA, UCC, Episcopal, Methodist) institutionally embrace higher criticism of scripture, formally treating the Bible as a fallible human product — the same bodies already shown collapsing in membership. The Southern Baptist Convention moved the opposite direction on purpose: its 2000 Baptist Faith and Message states Scripture has "God for its author... truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter," the fruit of a deliberate 1979–2000 internal takeover fought explicitly to reassert inerrancy against a moderating faction. SubstackGallup

Conclusion: The data shows two simultaneous, opposite responses to the same cultural pressure — one institutional wing formally abandoning inerrancy, one deliberately re-fortifying it — while the general population drifts steadily away from both toward outright rejection.

 

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The 2014 Convergence on Trumpets 2026, and a Twelve-year Gap​

On the Feast of Trumpets in 2014 a story was reported of two calves born with the number 7 on their foreheads. This reminded people of Pharaoh’s dream that Joseph interpreted. In that dream you have seven well favored and fat cows followed by seven ill favored and gaunt cows who eat up the well favored ones and are still looking gaunt. So the idea was we would have 7 good years. But when do they start? The dream describes mature cows, and a cow continues to fill out for four or five years. So you could reasonably consider this event to be a five year warning. After five years these cows would be full grown and so we could then see this cow for the next 7 years being well favored, and cows do live to 20 or 30 so it could live for another 7 years, a total of 19 years. That is not unreasonable. But, consider another story about a short delay that cost a girl her life.

This is a story about resurrection, and that correlates with the rapture. This is not the only way to interpret this story, but since it is directly about rising from the dead it can certainly be applied to the rapture.

Luke 8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.

In 2014 when this story hit about the two cows with the sevens it was received gladly by Christians.

41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: 42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

The girl is not dead, but she is dying, and this story is about how Jesus delay costs this girl her life. It is the same complaint that Martha gives to Jesus saying if He had been there sooner Lazarus wouldn’t have died. Jesus delay in healing Lazarus caused him to die and so instead of a healing it was a resurrection. We should view this story as the Luke equivalent to Jesus raising Lazarus. The difference is that Lazarus being raised in John refers to the saints that the gospel of Luke is referring to. That is why in Luke we see Lazarus in the grave but the story ends with the disciples in the temple worshipping God. That is the point right up until their rapture.

43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

This is a very big deal, this woman is “an untouchable”. If you touch her you are unclean. She would basically be ostracized from society. Interestingly, when these calves with the sevens were five years old it was 2019 and the Covid19 pandemic was first released. Soon those who refused to get the vaccine were ostracized from society. I was forced to resign my job, sell my house and move. That ostracism hasn’t ceased. My first granddaughter was born a few weeks ago but we are not permitted to visit because my wife and I are not vaccinated. In 2021 I had cancer and was scheduled to get an operation but because I was not vaccinated I was not allowed into the hospital.

45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

Many of us thought the Pandemic should signal the start of the tribulation, but instead it was a delay.

46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Virtue has gone out of the Lord? Why? When you take a stand for the Lord by faith, despite the cost being ostracism, and the cost is high, there is virtue in that faith.

48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.

This is my experience and the experience of my wife. We both agree that taking that stand was a tremendous blessing to us. Despite the fact that my cancer had been confirmed with a biopsy I was healed of the cancer without an operation. Our living situation is better, our financial situation is better and we have more of a church community around us where we now live than where we used to live.

49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.

This is why I share this story. It is a story about a 12 year period that is punctuated by this delay from the pandemic which in turn has caused many who were waiting for the Lord’s return to grow cold. When we saw those two cows in 2014 we were sure the tribulation might only be seven years away. But that makes no sense, the dream was of a full grown cow, that wasn’t until 2019/2020. That is also confirmed by the situation with both beef and corn. These seven years have been years of plenty.

50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. 51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. 52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

“Laughed to scorn”, I know what that is all about, I have a blog about the rapture that I began in 2020. From start to finish I have posted every single day but one. So yes, I am well aware of being laughed to scorn because I am saying there is a convergence pointing to the Feast of Trumpets in 2026 for all these signs and prophecies.

54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. 55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. 56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

So my point is why do we wait 12 years from the 2014 sign to the start of the tribulation if the dream was of 7 cows and 7 cows depicting 7 years and 7 years? The answer is that the dream was of full grown, mature cows, not calves. It takes 5 years for a calf to grow to full size, and since that point the next seven years have been years of plenty. Once the tribulation starts it will be the years of famine.

 

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The 2014 Convergence on Trumpets 2026, and a Twelve-year Gap​

On the Feast of Trumpets in 2014 a story was reported of two calves born with the number 7 on their foreheads. This reminded people of Pharaoh’s dream that Joseph interpreted. In that dream you have seven well favored and fat cows followed by seven ill favored and gaunt cows who eat up the well favored ones and are still looking gaunt. So the idea was we would have 7 good years. But when do they start? The dream describes mature cows, and a cow continues to fill out for four or five years. So you could reasonably consider this event to be a five year warning. After five years these cows would be full grown and so we could then see this cow for the next 7 years being well favored, and cows do live to 20 or 30 so it could live for another 7 years, a total of 19 years. That is not unreasonable. But, consider another story about a short delay that cost a girl her life.

This is a story about resurrection, and that correlates with the rapture. This is not the only way to interpret this story, but since it is directly about rising from the dead it can certainly be applied to the rapture.

Luke 8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.

In 2014 when this story hit about the two cows with the sevens it was received gladly by Christians.

41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: 42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.

The girl is not dead, but she is dying, and this story is about how Jesus delay costs this girl her life. It is the same complaint that Martha gives to Jesus saying if He had been there sooner Lazarus wouldn’t have died. Jesus delay in healing Lazarus caused him to die and so instead of a healing it was a resurrection. We should view this story as the Luke equivalent to Jesus raising Lazarus. The difference is that Lazarus being raised in John refers to the saints that the gospel of Luke is referring to. That is why in Luke we see Lazarus in the grave but the story ends with the disciples in the temple worshipping God. That is the point right up until their rapture.

43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

This is a very big deal, this woman is “an untouchable”. If you touch her you are unclean. She would basically be ostracized from society. Interestingly, when these calves with the sevens were five years old it was 2019 and the Covid19 pandemic was first released. Soon those who refused to get the vaccine were ostracized from society. I was forced to resign my job, sell my house and move. That ostracism hasn’t ceased. My first granddaughter was born a few weeks ago but we are not permitted to visit because my wife and I are not vaccinated. In 2021 I had cancer and was scheduled to get an operation but because I was not vaccinated I was not allowed into the hospital.

45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

Many of us thought the Pandemic should signal the start of the tribulation, but instead it was a delay.

46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Virtue has gone out of the Lord? Why? When you take a stand for the Lord by faith, despite the cost being ostracism, and the cost is high, there is virtue in that faith.

48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.

This is my experience and the experience of my wife. We both agree that taking that stand was a tremendous blessing to us. Despite the fact that my cancer had been confirmed with a biopsy I was healed of the cancer without an operation. Our living situation is better, our financial situation is better and we have more of a church community around us where we now live than where we used to live.

49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.

This is why I share this story. It is a story about a 12 year period that is punctuated by this delay from the pandemic which in turn has caused many who were waiting for the Lord’s return to grow cold. When we saw those two cows in 2014 we were sure the tribulation might only be seven years away. But that makes no sense, the dream was of a full grown cow, that wasn’t until 2019/2020. That is also confirmed by the situation with both beef and corn. These seven years have been years of plenty.

50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. 51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. 52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. 53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

“Laughed to scorn”, I know what that is all about, I have a blog about the rapture that I began in 2020. From start to finish I have posted every single day but one. So yes, I am well aware of being laughed to scorn because I am saying there is a convergence pointing to the Feast of Trumpets in 2026 for all these signs and prophecies.

54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. 55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. 56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

So my point is why do we wait 12 years from the 2014 sign to the start of the tribulation if the dream was of 7 cows and 7 cows depicting 7 years and 7 years? The answer is that the dream was of full grown, mature cows, not calves. It takes 5 years for a calf to grow to full size, and since that point the next seven years have been years of plenty. Once the tribulation starts it will be the years of famine.

The coming tribulation is going to be brutal. The group with whom I associate hold that some go on the exodus, and others do not.
Those who do not go are consigned to the wickedness, and many will perish. But for those who do go on the exodus, they must first survive the beginning phase, which is the famine. Then, on the exodus, the Lord provides.

The brutality will test the saint's testimony. Those who remain faithful enjoy the resurrection not too far in the future. So even though they die the physical death, they do not remain for very long but come forth. And you know all of this very well.

When covid hit, I was so happy. And my daughter, who was graduating HS, cried. I had failed to consider what she had going on in her life. The city placed large banners of the graduating students down the main street in compassion. And she got her banner. A photo of her and placed it on her bedroom door. It is approx 3 X 5 feet. No small banner. It is there to this day.

The class of graduating students did not finish out their school year. But, they graduated later in the year at the normal graduating site.

We are simply going through the warning plagues, and now they are almost over. The world has been warned and now the actions of the Savior to clam the earth away from Lucifer has arrived.

And I sent a text to my friend today that the Savior's Passion Week is a type of what is going on now. He turned over the money changer's tables, and likewise Israel is bringing down Babylon. I wonder when their Passion Week began. Perhaps it was 2014. Just guessing.

 

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The coming tribulation is going to be brutal. The group with whom I associate hold that some go on the exodus, and others do not.
Those who do not go are consigned to the wickedness, and many will perish. But for those who do go on the exodus, they must first survive the beginning phase, which is the famine. Then, on the exodus, the Lord provides.

The brutality will test the saint's testimony. Those who remain faithful enjoy the resurrection not too far in the future. So even though they die the physical death, they do not remain for very long but come forth. And you know all of this very well.

When covid hit, I was so happy. And my daughter, who was graduating HS, cried. I had failed to consider what she had going on in her life. The city placed large banners of the graduating students down the main street in compassion. And she got her banner. A photo of her and placed it on her bedroom door. It is approx 3 X 5 feet. No small banner. It is there to this day.

The class of graduating students did not finish out their school year. But, they graduated later in the year at the normal graduating site.

We are simply going through the warning plagues, and now they are almost over. The world has been warned and now the actions of the Savior to clam the earth away from Lucifer has arrived.

And I sent a text to my friend today that the Savior's Passion Week is a type of what is going on now. He turned over the money changer's tables, and likewise Israel is bringing down Babylon. I wonder when their Passion Week began. Perhaps it was 2014. Just guessing.

There was another big sign in 2017.

The Revelation 12 Sign

On the Feast of Trumpets in 2017 there was a great sign in the heavens. A woman, crowned with twelve stars, clothed with the sun and the moon at her feet had been pregnant with Jupiter in her womb for nine months (Jupiter was in retrograde). Jupiter entered the womb on Hanukkah, depicting the date she was impregnated. Hanukkah is the "rededication of the temple" and man is the temple of God. Jupiter is then born on the Feast of Trumpets, 8 days before the day of Atonement, so that when He is circumcised His blood is put on the altar. He then begins a circuit around the ecliptic which takes 9 years for Jupiter to enter the crown in 2026, the day prior to the Feast of Tabernacles, the wedding of the Lord. This sign has never happened before in the last six thousand years. This sign converges with two other signs onto September 11, 2026 as the day of the rapture and the start of the seventieth week, the day of the Lord.

The 2017 Convergence on Trumpets 2026, and an Eight-year Gap.

The “Manchild” that is caught up is born on the Feast of Trumpets in 2017, he then makes a complete circuit around the ecliptic and enters the crown when he is 9 years old. But it is more elegant than that. From the Feast of Trumpets in 2017 to 2026 is 9 years based on the Hebrew calendar. But by the Gregorian calendar it was September 20, 2017 to September 11, 2026. The Manchild born in 2017 is still 8 when he is caught up.

The Manchild caught up in Revelation 12 is depicted by the planet Jupiter, the king planet. At that time he is nine, a number for completeness. But on September 11th when he is caught up he is still 8. This means we need a king in the book of Kings that was 8 when he became king. King Josiah is 8 when he is made king. He was righteous, and you can liken his reign to the “restoration of all things” which takes place after the “Day of the Lord”. King Josiah is a type of the manchild.

Prior to entering the crown to rule and reign with Christ he is in cancer which is the chamber described in Isaiah 26 where the raptured saints wait while the Lord pours out His indignation. In the book the Gospel in the Stars cancer is considered the chamber where the raptured saints go. This fits Paul's word that he was about to be poured out and that henceforth a crown is laid up for him. The saints who die in Christ are kept safe in Cancer prior to receiving the crown. That is the picture we see with this sign and Jupiter depicting the Manchild.

Since we rule and reign with Christ that is a fitting picture. Josiah replaces an evil king just as Satan and the fallen angels are kicked out of heaven when the Manchild is caught up in Revelation 12. The raptured saints are not going to rule and reign with Christ until the wedding of the lamb, that is after the Day of the Lord. So the picture is of him being raptured before that event, and then at the end of the Day of the Lord he is crowned prior to entering the wedding feast with the Lord Jesus.

Eight is a number of new beginnings and it was the eighth day when Jesus was resurrected and male children were circumcised on the eighth day. For all those believers who are not raptured the event will be a “cutting off” of the flesh. Circumcision is a sign that we have a covenant with God, and that is what the rapture is, that is why the synagogue of Satan comes and confesses that God loved the church in Philadelphia, the rapture marks them out as the ones with a covenant with God. The term “the redemption of our body” is a reference to the rapture and according to the Rabbis the ceremony formally welcomes a Jewish boy into the community. Rapture formally welcomes the raptured saints into the community of the kingdom of the heavens.

 

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There was another big sign in 2017.

The Revelation 12 Sign

On the Feast of Trumpets in 2017 there was a great sign in the heavens. A woman, crowned with twelve stars, clothed with the sun and the moon at her feet had been pregnant with Jupiter in her womb for nine months (Jupiter was in retrograde). Jupiter entered the womb on Hanukkah, depicting the date she was impregnated. Hanukkah is the "rededication of the temple" and man is the temple of God. Jupiter is then born on the Feast of Trumpets, 8 days before the day of Atonement, so that when He is circumcised His blood is put on the altar. He then begins a circuit around the ecliptic which takes 9 years for Jupiter to enter the crown in 2026, the day prior to the Feast of Tabernacles, the wedding of the Lord. This sign has never happened before in the last six thousand years. This sign converges with two other signs onto September 11, 2026 as the day of the rapture and the start of the seventieth week, the day of the Lord.

The 2017 Convergence on Trumpets 2026, and an Eight-year Gap.

The “Manchild” that is caught up is born on the Feast of Trumpets in 2017, he then makes a complete circuit around the ecliptic and enters the crown when he is 9 years old. But it is more elegant than that. From the Feast of Trumpets in 2017 to 2026 is 9 years based on the Hebrew calendar. But by the Gregorian calendar it was September 20, 2017 to September 11, 2026. The Manchild born in 2017 is still 8 when he is caught up.

The Manchild caught up in Revelation 12 is depicted by the planet Jupiter, the king planet. At that time he is nine, a number for completeness. But on September 11th when he is caught up he is still 8. This means we need a king in the book of Kings that was 8 when he became king. King Josiah is 8 when he is made king. He was righteous, and you can liken his reign to the “restoration of all things” which takes place after the “Day of the Lord”. King Josiah is a type of the manchild.

Prior to entering the crown to rule and reign with Christ he is in cancer which is the chamber described in Isaiah 26 where the raptured saints wait while the Lord pours out His indignation. In the book the Gospel in the Stars cancer is considered the chamber where the raptured saints go. This fits Paul's word that he was about to be poured out and that henceforth a crown is laid up for him. The saints who die in Christ are kept safe in Cancer prior to receiving the crown. That is the picture we see with this sign and Jupiter depicting the Manchild.

Since we rule and reign with Christ that is a fitting picture. Josiah replaces an evil king just as Satan and the fallen angels are kicked out of heaven when the Manchild is caught up in Revelation 12. The raptured saints are not going to rule and reign with Christ until the wedding of the lamb, that is after the Day of the Lord. So the picture is of him being raptured before that event, and then at the end of the Day of the Lord he is crowned prior to entering the wedding feast with the Lord Jesus.

Eight is a number of new beginnings and it was the eighth day when Jesus was resurrected and male children were circumcised on the eighth day. For all those believers who are not raptured the event will be a “cutting off” of the flesh. Circumcision is a sign that we have a covenant with God, and that is what the rapture is, that is why the synagogue of Satan comes and confesses that God loved the church in Philadelphia, the rapture marks them out as the ones with a covenant with God. The term “the redemption of our body” is a reference to the rapture and according to the Rabbis the ceremony formally welcomes a Jewish boy into the community. Rapture formally welcomes the raptured saints into the community of the kingdom of the heavens.

I heard about the great sign about a year after it happened. I wondered where I had been to miss such an event. I suppose the comparison to the passion week of the Savior might be the bringing forth of Lazarus from the tomb.

Thus, Jesus came forth in the first day of the Passion Week to victory, and this might be similar to Lazarus coming forth from the tomb,. Thus, linking the great sign where the manchild is ready to come forth in Verses 12:1-2 as the beginning of the last days Passion Week for the church or Israel.

I had placed Lazrus coming forth in December. But perhaps it was September.

 

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I heard about the great sign about a year after it happened. I wondered where I had been to miss such an event. I suppose the comparison to the passion week of the Savior might be the bringing forth of Lazarus from the tomb.

Thus, Jesus came forth in the first day of the Passion Week to victory, and this might be similar to Lazarus coming forth from the tomb,. Thus, linking the great sign where the manchild is ready to come forth in Verses 12:1-2 as the beginning of the last days Passion Week for the church or Israel.

I had placed Lazrus coming forth in December. But perhaps it was September.

Many wonder why such a big event is only in the gospel of John and the answer is simple, it isn't. The three synoptic gospels give us a view of those that are taken prior to the Day of the Lord (Luke), those left behind once the day of the Lord begins (Mark) and the Jews saved as a nation. John gives us the bird's eye view. So then the dividing line for Luke and Mark is the resurrection of Lazarus. We see Lazarus in Luke, but he is in the grave, he hasn't been raised yet, and the saints in Luke are in the temple praising God right up to the rapture. That is where Luke ends and Mark begins. For Mark the rapture just took place, so we don't see Lazarus in the tomb and we don't see him raised. It is that event that launches the ministry of John the Baptist in the wilderness (the two witnesses during the tribulation) and it is that event that causes everyone to go out to the wilderness to hear the gospel. Meanwhile the Jews are saved a few years later and to the recounting of the history of Jesus is also the recounting of what took place. The raptured saints were sons of Abraham by faith and sons of David because they loved the Lord. His birth was on this wise is also a reference to the rapture. There will be a big persecution of Christians killing all those who were saved at the time of the rapture about two years into the tribulation by the Antichrist, (Herod is a type of the Antichrist) and the two witnesses will be coming to Israel from "Egypt", the nations.

 

[ZNP]

The principle is given to us in Ecclesiastes, that which has been is that which shall be. We can look at the things that have been to discern what shall be.

That brings us to a key question, “how do we read and interpret prophecies?”

First we need to know the principles.

1. Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’
2. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
3. Ecclesiastes 1:9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
4. 2 Peter 120 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.

First, prophecy is very important, it tells others that God is God and that He alone is God. God is omnipotent, God is omniscient, and God is the creator. These three attributes are seen in prophecy being fulfilled. So prophecy is definitely important. If the church shuns teaching prophecy what will happen is that you will see a decline in attendance. Prophecy is a light that shines is a dark place, people come to the meeting to get that light. Likewise if a visitor comes to the meeting and all are prophesying they will be forced to fall down and confess that God is in your midst.

But this then raises a question, how can God tell us the end from the beginning. Some theorize that if everything is written beforehand then that includes our decisions. The Bible says that all things came into being from the word of God. Think about a guy who writes one of these computer games like “Super Mario”. Everything in that game came into being by them writing it into the program, however, what you do, your decisions are not preprogrammed. You have the option to choose to walk by the word of God or to walk by your own imagination. So then one way in which God tells us the end from the beginning is that He is calling all things into being. Think about an event, say Antichrist is hunting down and killing Christians. Some events take place over a period of time. That period of time will be defined, just as Matthew says Herod hunted down all the baby boys born in an area that were two years old and younger. Other events are very specific, like the day Jesus is born. For that event there is a sign in the heavens that appears on the day that Jesus is born. That sign leads the wise men to Jesus over a period of two years. We see the same thing with the “Writing on the Wall” sign.

 

[ZNP]

Some take issue with me calling the ten virgins "bridesmaids".

I call them Bridesmaids because five of them are locked out of the wedding. They can't be the bride because if you lock the bride out of the wedding there is no wedding. From what I understand so far there are two acceptable interpretations in Christianity and the unusual thing is that rather than fight over them everyone seems willing to accept either one.

The first is what I was taught, that the ten virgins represent the dead in Christ and the midnight cry that awakens them is the dead in Christ being raised prior to the rapture.

The problem with that interpretation is that half of the "dead in Christ" raised from the dead are not caught up into the wedding feast. So according to this the dead in Christ are raised and then half of them are left to wander the earth and be shut out of the wedding.

The second is that the ten virgins represent Christians in general. They are all Christians, they all have lamps that are lit, it is just that half are foolish and don't have the oil. They are all waiting for the bridegroom and when they hear He is coming they all rise up to go meet him.

OK, so then what is the midnight cry? It would seem to me that is a very significant part of this parable. Secondly why are they all asleep? I can believe that at the end of the age some, even most of the Christians would be asleep and need to be woken up, but not all.

So then I would propose a third interpretation that will only bother those Christians who are asleep. The ten virgins represent the Christians on earth at the time of the Lord's return who are asleep. The complete number would be 12, so 2 are awake, and 10 are asleep. So then what is the midnight cry which was supposed to wake them up? I have three proposals:

1. The Revelation 12 sign, a sign that John says "was a great sign in the heavens". This was followed a few months later with a birth announcement by Trump declaring that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. That sign was of a "Virgin" who did have a lamp lit (the sun is in Virgo during Feast of Trumpets). If you look at each of these Virgos year by year as a procession of ten that would take you to Feast of Trumpets 2026 which is September 11, 2026.

2. Prior to this on the Feast of Trumpets in 2014 we were told of two calves born with the number 7 on their foreheads. This reminded many of Pharoah's dream which Joseph interpreted as meaning 7 years of plenty and 7 years of famine. Pharaoh saw full grown cows, not new born calves. It takes five years for a cow to become fully grown. Five years later was 2019, the year Covid19 was released from the bioweapons lab. The seven years from 2019 to 2026 have indeed been very good years for wheat, and corn production as well as beef. This indicates a famine beginning in 2026 which has been confirmed by the shortage in fuel for fertilizer due to this war in Iran.

3. Another big sign which should have woken Christians up is the "Writing on the Wall" sign. Three solar eclipses from 2017 to 2024 cross the USA and write out the Hebrew letters "Aleph, Tav" which in Greek would be "Alpha and Omega". This sign began with the first eclipse crossing seven cities named Salem indicating the US would be at peace for seven years and that would be broken in 2025, which is what happened. There were a lot of others significant references to Biblical prophecy in this sign. X marked the spot in "little Egypt" illinois where each year they have a festival for "where the vultures gather". This sign was interpreted with a book that was published in the Spring of 2024 and it was confirmed when in the Fall of 2024 Biden was removed from office, similar to what happened the same day that Daniel interpreted the dream. We were also given a two year warning from this sign when it completed in 2024. It began by going over Uvalde, Texas where just two years earlier an elementary school was shot up and bunch of kids killed. This reminded us of Herod killing the children that were two years and younger. Sure enough two years later in 2026 the US bombed a girls school in Iran on the first day of bombing. And the MOU was announced on the two year anniversary of that sign being completed. A third big sign given to the US, and according to that sign we have been told that the nation has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. The fulfillment of that sign would be the overthrow of the government and that would take place in the evening, and based on the pattern with Biden being kicked out in the Fall we can read that as the Fall of 2026.

But even if you don't agree that these events are the "midnight cry designed to wake up the Christians on earth" you should at least be able to tell me what this "midnight cry" refers to? It can't be the dead in Christ rising. Now you might say that it would be Israel starting to rebuild the Temple. The problem is that according to Daniel 9 there is no mention of that, rather it is the covenant being "confirmed" that starts a seven year period and in the middle of that seven year period the oblations and sacrifices are forced to cease. It is reasonable to say that if Israel were to restart the oblations and sacrifices that would be a very big sign, the problem is that according to Daniel it would start on the first day of this seven year period we call the tribulation. Only a fool would wait till then to wake up. However, there was a sign relevant to this one year ago. On July 1, 2025 Israel burned a certified red heifer according to the law of Moses (meaning with a certified priesthood and while looking down into the Tabernacle which has also been raised in Shiloh). That gives them the ashes of a red heifer which they need to restart the oblations.

One other point, a seven year period, a "week of years" in Hebrew is known as a Shemitah. For example the seventieth week is the seventieth "Shemitah". A Shemitah always starts on Rosh Hashanah, otherwise known as the Feast of Trumpets which this year falls on September 11, 2026.

 

[LTL]

Some take issue with me calling the ten virgins "bridesmaids".

I call them Bridesmaids because five of them are locked out of the wedding. They can't be the bride because if you lock the bride out of the wedding there is no wedding. From what I understand so far there are two acceptable interpretations in Christianity and the unusual thing is that rather than fight over them everyone seems willing to accept either one.

The first is what I was taught, that the ten virgins represent the dead in Christ and the midnight cry that awakens them is the dead in Christ being raised prior to the rapture.

The problem with that interpretation is that half of the "dead in Christ" raised from the dead are not caught up into the wedding feast. So according to this the dead in Christ are raised and then half of them are left to wander the earth and be shut out of the wedding.

The second is that the ten virgins represent Christians in general. They are all Christians, they all have lamps that are lit, it is just that half are foolish and don't have the oil. They are all waiting for the bridegroom and when they hear He is coming they all rise up to go meet him.

OK, so then what is the midnight cry? It would seem to me that is a very significant part of this parable. Secondly why are they all asleep? I can believe that at the end of the age some, even most of the Christians would be asleep and need to be woken up, but not all.

So then I would propose a third interpretation that will only bother those Christians who are asleep. The ten virgins represent the Christians on earth at the time of the Lord's return who are asleep. The complete number would be 12, so 2 are awake, and 10 are asleep. So then what is the midnight cry which was supposed to wake them up? I have three proposals:

1. The Revelation 12 sign, a sign that John says "was a great sign in the heavens". This was followed a few months later with a birth announcement by Trump declaring that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. That sign was of a "Virgin" who did have a lamp lit (the sun is in Virgo during Feast of Trumpets). If you look at each of these Virgos year by year as a procession of ten that would take you to Feast of Trumpets 2026 which is September 11, 2026.

2. Prior to this on the Feast of Trumpets in 2014 we were told of two calves born with the number 7 on their foreheads. This reminded many of Pharoah's dream which Joseph interpreted as meaning 7 years of plenty and 7 years of famine. Pharaoh saw full grown cows, not new born calves. It takes five years for a cow to become fully grown. Five years later was 2019, the year Covid19 was released from the bioweapons lab. The seven years from 2019 to 2026 have indeed been very good years for wheat, and corn production as well as beef. This indicates a famine beginning in 2026 which has been confirmed by the shortage in fuel for fertilizer due to this war in Iran.

3. Another big sign which should have woken Christians up is the "Writing on the Wall" sign. Three solar eclipses from 2017 to 2024 cross the USA and write out the Hebrew letters "Aleph, Tav" which in Greek would be "Alpha and Omega". This sign began with the first eclipse crossing seven cities named Salem indicating the US would be at peace for seven years and that would be broken in 2025, which is what happened. There were a lot of others significant references to Biblical prophecy in this sign. X marked the spot in "little Egypt" illinois where each year they have a festival for "where the vultures gather". This sign was interpreted with a book that was published in the Spring of 2024 and it was confirmed when in the Fall of 2024 Biden was removed from office, similar to what happened the same day that Daniel interpreted the dream. We were also given a two year warning from this sign when it completed in 2024. It began by going over Uvalde, Texas where just two years earlier an elementary school was shot up and bunch of kids killed. This reminded us of Herod killing the children that were two years and younger. Sure enough two years later in 2026 the US bombed a girls school in Iran on the first day of bombing. And the MOU was announced on the two year anniversary of that sign being completed. A third big sign given to the US, and according to that sign we have been told that the nation has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. The fulfillment of that sign would be the overthrow of the government and that would take place in the evening, and based on the pattern with Biden being kicked out in the Fall we can read that as the Fall of 2026.

But even if you don't agree that these events are the "midnight cry designed to wake up the Christians on earth" you should at least be able to tell me what this "midnight cry" refers to? It can't be the dead in Christ rising. Now you might say that it would be Israel starting to rebuild the Temple. The problem is that according to Daniel 9 there is no mention of that, rather it is the covenant being "confirmed" that starts a seven year period and in the middle of that seven year period the oblations and sacrifices are forced to cease. It is reasonable to say that if Israel were to restart the oblations and sacrifices that would be a very big sign, the problem is that according to Daniel it would start on the first day of this seven year period we call the tribulation. Only a fool would wait till then to wake up. However, there was a sign relevant to this one year ago. On July 1, 2025 Israel burned a certified red heifer according to the law of Moses (meaning with a certified priesthood and while looking down into the Tabernacle which has also been raised in Shiloh). That gives them the ashes of a red heifer which they need to restart the oblations.

One other point, a seven year period, a "week of years" in Hebrew is known as a Shemitah. For example the seventieth week is the seventieth "Shemitah". A Shemitah always starts on Rosh Hashanah, otherwise known as the Feast of Trumpets which this year falls on September 11, 2026.

Consider the parable in this light:

1Then shall the kingdom of heaven (the kingdom of heaven is the church of Christ)
be likened unto ten virgins, (the church is compared to 10 virgins that are pure via the blood of Christ)
which took their lamps, (the took their light of Christ)
and went forth to meet the bridegroom. (and went forth to meet the Christ. This is the period of time that is now. We are all gone forth to meet Christ when he comes.)

2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. (Half of the followers of Christ are foolish)

3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them. (Thus, as they have gone forth to meet the Christ, they are unprepared for the wait.)

4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. (the wise were prepared for the wait)

5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. (And as the long wait took place, the followers of Christ did not prepare further.)

6And at midnight there was a cry made, (The cry is the obvious events showing the coming of the Christ, which might be the fall of Babylon)
Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. (Now the followers of Christ are awakened and are ready. They are to go out to meet him. Not that they leave their homes, but are ready.)

7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. (the foolish had not adequately prepared for the long wait.)

9But 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. (The wise did not know how long the wait was going to be and could not sustain more than their own families.)

10And while they went to buy, (the 10 virgins had been instructed to go out to meet the Christ. They were not instructed to go out to prepare. They were supposed to already be prepared for the wait. Since these unwise went not out to meet their Christ but to prepare, then they failed to be available for departure.)
the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. (Those who were prepared for the long wait and were ready went to the marriage.)

11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. (The event to the marriage is the exodus. The unprepared failed to be available for the exodus)

12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. (Watch and be ready for a long wait.)

 

[Ceph]

The first is what I was taught, that the ten virgins represent the dead in Christ and the midnight cry that awakens them is the dead in Christ being raised prior to the rapture.

The problem with that interpretation is that half of the "dead in Christ" raised from the dead are not caught up into the wedding feast. So according to this the dead in Christ are raised and then half of them are left to wander the earth and be shut out of the wedding.

The second is that the ten virgins represent Christians in general. They are all Christians, they all have lamps that are lit, it is just that half are foolish and don't have the oil. They are all waiting for the bridegroom and when they hear He is coming they all rise up to go meet him.

OK, so then what is the midnight cry? It would seem to me that is a very significant part of this parable. Secondly why are they all asleep? I can believe that at the end of the age some, even most of the Christians would be asleep and need to be woken up, but not all.

The virgins are Christians, the lamp is the knowledge of God and the flame is the personal relationship with Him.
We're in the midnight call. Christianity is making a cultural resurgence across the world, and most people in the media and enen on public TV are making references to Biblical prophecies and the end times.
Jesus warns to keep your clothes whiles watching, and not get gluttonous and drunk with the gentiles of the world.

The lamps are a matter of, "I'm confident in God, so I'll let Him guide me." or "He's taking too long to show up, so I'll unbelieve and sin it up."

 

[ZNP]

Consider the parable in this light:

1Then shall the kingdom of heaven (the kingdom of heaven is the church of Christ)
be likened unto ten virgins, (the church is compared to 10 virgins that are pure via the blood of Christ)
which took their lamps, (the took their light of Christ)
and went forth to meet the bridegroom. (and went forth to meet the Christ. This is the period of time that is now. We are all gone forth to meet Christ when he comes.)

2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. (Half of the followers of Christ are foolish)

3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them. (Thus, as they have gone forth to meet the Christ, they are unprepared for the wait.)

4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. (the wise were prepared for the wait)

5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. (And as the long wait took place, the followers of Christ did not prepare further.)

6And at midnight there was a cry made, (The cry is the obvious events showing the coming of the Christ, which might be the fall of Babylon)
Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. (Now the followers of Christ are awakened and are ready. They are to go out to meet him. Not that they leave their homes, but are ready.)

7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. (the foolish had not adequately prepared for the long wait.)

9But 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. (The wise did not know how long the wait was going to be and could not sustain more than their own families.)

10And while they went to buy, (the 10 virgins had been instructed to go out to meet the Christ. They were not instructed to go out to prepare. They were supposed to already be prepared for the wait. Since these unwise went not out to meet their Christ but to prepare, then they failed to be available for departure.)
the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. (Those who were prepared for the long wait and were ready went to the marriage.)

11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. (The event to the marriage is the exodus. The unprepared failed to be available for the exodus)

12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. (Watch and be ready for a long wait.)

Yes, that is my option 3. But it does not explain what the midnight cry is whereas I do when I tie this to Revelation 12.

 

[ZNP]

The virgins are Christians, the lamp is the knowledge of God and the flame is the personal relationship with Him.
We're in the midnight call. Christianity is making a cultural resurgence across the world, and most people in the media and enen on public TV are making references to Biblical prophecies and the end times.
Jesus warns to keep your clothes whiles watching, and not get gluttonous and drunk with the gentiles of the world.

The lamps are a matter of, "I'm confident in God, so I'll let Him guide me." or "He's taking too long to show up, so I'll unbelieve and sin it up."

To say "we are in the midnight cry" is vague, whereas my connection to Revelation 12 and the great sign in the heavens is very specific.

 

[ZNP]

Some people teach "the apostasy" is the rapture.

There are four OT types of the rapture.

1. Moses, a type of Christ, ascends the mountain to get the marriage covenant, meanwhile at the base of the mountain they make an idol, a golden calf, and engage in idol worship. God tells Moses to get down. He breaks the two tablets, the marriage contract and calls the Levites up to him to meet him half way up the mountain. That is a picture of the rapture and the apostasy, the departure from the faith came first.

2. Elijah is on the top of Mount Carmel with the prophets of Baal. This is all about the children of Israel deciding between the ministry of Elijah and the ministry of the prophets of Baal. When fire falls the children of Israel all confess that Elijah is the one presenting the true God. Then they kill the prophets of Baal. Before the fire fell, the apostasy, the departure of the faith by the prophets of Baal had to come first. Just like Paul said, you need those ones to fall away so that you can know who is approved of God.

3. Samson is battling the Philistines. He is deceived by Delilah, his covenant with God as a Nazarite is shaved and removed, he is blinded, and then he is brought to the Temple for a great sacrifice to Dagon. While there he pushes out two pillars, depicting the rapture of the church since the church is the pillar and base of the truth. The temple collapses. Before the rapture can take place with Samson pushing out the two pillars you need the Philistines and their great sacrifice to Dagon. Hence, the apostasy, the departure from the faith must come first.

4. Adonijah attempts to usurp the throne from Solomon. He meets at En Rogel to have a banquet, which is around 600 m above sea level. Meanwhile Nathan and others go to King David in his palace at around 670m above sea level. They descend to Gihon which is 635 m above sea level to crown Solomon. Again, just like Moses descending from the mountain to meet the raptured saints halfway. Adonijah's attempt to usurp the crown precipitates this event, that is "the apostasy must come first".

 

[LTL]

Some people teach "the apostasy" is the rapture.

There are four OT types of the rapture.

1. Moses, a type of Christ, ascends the mountain to get the marriage covenant, meanwhile at the base of the mountain they make an idol, a golden calf, and engage in idol worship. God tells Moses to get down. He breaks the two tablets, the marriage contract and calls the Levites up to him to meet him half way up the mountain. That is a picture of the rapture and the apostasy, the departure from the faith came first.

2. Elijah is on the top of Mount Carmel with the prophets of Baal. This is all about the children of Israel deciding between the ministry of Elijah and the ministry of the prophets of Baal. When fire falls the children of Israel all confess that Elijah is the one presenting the true God. Then they kill the prophets of Baal. Before the fire fell, the apostasy, the departure of the faith by the prophets of Baal had to come first. Just like Paul said, you need those ones to fall away so that you can know who is approved of God.

3. Samson is battling the Philistines. He is deceived by Delilah, his covenant with God as a Nazarite is shaved and removed, he is blinded, and then he is brought to the Temple for a great sacrifice to Dagon. While there he pushes out two pillars, depicting the rapture of the church since the church is the pillar and base of the truth. The temple collapses. Before the rapture can take place with Samson pushing out the two pillars you need the Philistines and their great sacrifice to Dagon. Hence, the apostasy, the departure from the faith must come first.

4. Adonijah attempts to usurp the throne from Solomon. He meets at En Rogel to have a banquet, which is around 600 m above sea level. Meanwhile Nathan and others go to King David in his palace at around 670m above sea level. They descend to Gihon which is 635 m above sea level to crown Solomon. Again, just like Moses descending from the mountain to meet the raptured saints halfway. Adonijah's attempt to usurp the crown precipitates this event, that is "the apostasy must come first".

It would follow that the unwise virgins are in apostasy as they seek something of sustenance from those who sell.

 

[LTL]

It would follow that the unwise virgins are in apostasy as they seek something of sustenance from those who sell.

They are like Lot's wife.

 

[ZNP]

They are like Lot's wife.

Lot's wife was unable to return and seek to be let in.

 

[LTL]

Lot's wife was unable to return and seek to be let in.

This is true. But she wanted to return to Sodom. And afterwards would have wanted to go on the exodus. So her intent was to serve two gods.

Perhaps this is what the five unwise virgins are doing. Serving the god of Babylon, and the God Jesus Christ.

So the cry goes out. Then the virgins adjust their lamps. Then the unwise return to Babylon, with whom they engage in fornication.

If this is correct, then the cry going out would precede Rev. 18:4 where they are called out of Babylon onto the exodus. So the cry is the great sign, then the virgins wait, then the unwise become embroiled in Babylon as if there had not been a sign. So they simply lived life as before the sign. Then at the call of the exodus (v. 18:4), they were unprepared because they were serving two gods.

 

[LTL]

Many wonder why such a big event is only in the gospel of John and the answer is simple, it isn't. The three synoptic gospels give us a view of those that are taken prior to the Day of the Lord (Luke), those left behind once the day of the Lord begins (Mark) and the Jews saved as a nation. John gives us the bird's eye view. So then the dividing line for Luke and Mark is the resurrection of Lazarus. We see Lazarus in Luke, but he is in the grave, he hasn't been raised yet, and the saints in Luke are in the temple praising God right up to the rapture. That is where Luke ends and Mark begins. For Mark the rapture just took place, so we don't see Lazarus in the tomb and we don't see him raised. It is that event that launches the ministry of John the Baptist in the wilderness (the two witnesses during the tribulation) and it is that event that causes everyone to go out to the wilderness to hear the gospel. Meanwhile the Jews are saved a few years later and to the recounting of the history of Jesus is also the recounting of what took place. The raptured saints were sons of Abraham by faith and sons of David because they loved the Lord. His birth was on this wise is also a reference to the rapture. There will be a big persecution of Christians killing all those who were saved at the time of the rapture about two years into the tribulation by the Antichrist, (Herod is a type of the Antichrist) and the two witnesses will be coming to Israel from "Egypt", the nations.