Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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This is truly a good gift from God

11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Once you have the full assurance that God loves you and is treating you like a son and not a bastard then you can appreciate these verses.

Many times we get gifts from the Lord and we think they are serpents or scorpions. If you had been praying fully you wouldn't have had that thought.

For example, I was in the boyscouts, I had been a patrol leader for two years and most people moved on from that role at that time. However, my dad volunteered to be the scoutmaster that year and so I felt I should do whatever I could to help him and in my opinion the most important job was patrol leader. So I chose to help my dad and that is why I chose to be a patrol leader again. My dad called a meeting before our new year started and in that meeting he had the other patrol leaders decide who were the kids they didn't want and those were the kids for my patrol. That didn't bother me, I had wanted to help him and the Lord was like, here, take these kids, it will help him even more.

But what I also realized is some people were complaining, my dad was scoutmaster and my best friend was senior patrol leader, and the two previous patrols I had both had won awards for the best patrol and they also both had the scout who had won the award for best scout. To many people it was obvious that the system was rigged. So my dad squashed that thought from day 1. It was a good gift.

Then at the end of that year the patrol no one wanted also won the award for best patrol and one of those scouts also won the award for the best scout, and this was truly a good gift from God.
 

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This house can't stand

14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.

15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.

18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Now we are ready for warfare. If you learn to pray it will lead you into the warfare.

Consider what we are seeing in the US today. Many are praying for our country. They are praying about censorship, they are praying about the weaponization of the DOJ, they are praying about war, about inflation, about famine, about pestilence, and about corruption. Now you might think that nothing is happening. You might think that all those people talking about these things are simply a psy op designed to confuse and mislead us, just like accusing Jesus of casting out demons by the Prince of the demons.

But know this, what we are seeing is Satan's kingdom divided against itself.

Imagine if you were in organized crime and the heat was on for some really big crime you had pulled. Suppose for example you were looking to take over the world's banks and to do that you released a deadly bioweapon and did some other stuff as well. Now the heat is on and you see one by one the other guys in the crime syndicate are being bumped off. Some are simply disappearing without a trace. Sure, you can claim the "big guy" is cleaning house, part of some diabolical plan, but you also know you will probably be next. This house can't stand.

This is the situation in the US. Our banking system can't stand, our democratic system can't stand. We see the cracks of division are impossible to hide. This is evidence that the finger of God is casting out these devils and it is evidence that judgment has come on the US and the world.

21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

While the US was the strong man we were kept in peace, but this is no longer the case, a stronger than the US has come, they will take everything the US trusted in and divide up the spoils. We used to be a manufacturing superpower, no more, that has been taken from us. We used to have the currency the world trusted in. No more, that has been taken from us. We used to have a way of life that was envied and respected around the world. No more, that has been taken from us.
 

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23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

The United states is not with the Lord Jesus. Many of these big mega churches are not with Jesus. For example, the Gideon ministry spreads the gospel by handing out Bibles and New Testaments. Many churches will not allow the Gideons into their sanctuary. They are for things the Bible calls sins, and they reject anyone who embraces the Bible as the word of God and final arbiter of the truth. Jesus is the incarnated word of God. These churches are not with Jesus. Not only so but the name of Jesus is being likened to hate speech. There is an ecumenical movement to unite all religions. However they cannot unite with Evangelical Christians because they say that Jesus is the only way to the Father.
 

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The State of the US is worse now than ever before

24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

In 1741 Jonathan Edwards spoke a messagge called "Sinners in the hands of an Angry God" and it had a profound effect on the US causing many to repent and turn to the Lord. The unclean spirit was cast out of the US. But it has come back with a vengeance and now the state of the US is far worse than it was in 1741.

Most of the sermon's text consists of ten "considerations":
  1. God may cast wicked men into Hell at any given moment.
  2. The wicked deserve to be cast into Hell. Divine justice does not prevent God from destroying the wicked at any moment.
  3. The wicked, at this moment, suffer under God's condemnation to Hell.
  4. The wicked, on earth—at this very moment—suffer a sample of the torments of Hell. The wicked must not think, simply because they are not physically in Hell, that God (in whose hand the wicked now reside) is not—at this very moment—as angry with them as he is with those he is now tormenting in Hell, and who—at this very moment—feel and bear the fierceness of his wrath.
  5. At any moment God shall permit him, Satan stands ready to fall upon the wicked and seize them as his own.
  6. If it were not for God's restraints, there are, in the souls of wicked men, hellish principles reigning which, presently, would kindle and flame out into hellfire.
  7. Simply because there are not visible means of death before them at any given moment, the wicked should not feel secure.
  8. Simply because it is natural to care for oneself or to think that others may care for them, men should not think themselves safe from God's wrath.
  9. All that wicked men may do to save themselves from Hell's pains shall afford them nothing if they continue to reject Christ.
  10. God has never promised to save mankind from Hell, except for those contained in Christ through the covenant of Grace.
27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
 

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The world has been given a sign

29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

The sign of Jonah is a prophet inside of a great fish. Here we are two thousand years later and what do we see? We see the Bible and the Christian believers as a great sign. You couldn't stomp out the church, you couldn't destroy it no matter how hard you tried. Persecution made it stronger. You then tried to destroy it by marrying the world to it. You hired false prophets like Balaam to curse it and Jezebel has set herself up as a prophetess to also curse it. But despite the apostasy the church stands strong, despite every attack the enemy has thrown against it. And, this great fish is about to open up the graves and spit out the saints in the rapture. That will be the sign given to the evil and adulterous age. When you see the graves opened and the saints all over the world raptured, they you will know that you rejected the preaching of a greater than Jonah and that your judgment has come.
 

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More Rapture Passover Connections In The Heavens

 

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You don't want to be left behind

Ezekiel 7:1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

This word that has caused a dispute is spoken to the land of Israel. Not to Assyria, not to Pharaoh, not to Gog and Magog. The church is the Israel which is above, so this word should also be instructive to us. Paul told us in Corinthians these things are examples unto us.

3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

There are so called "Christians" who are involved in abominable works. The ways are abominable. All you have to do is see how the apostate church has embraced the LGBTQ+ community, rejected the word of God, and even support the practice of abortion to know this is true.

4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

These are people who claim that Jesus is Lord, and yet they do not do what He has commanded. When you see the rapture you will know that Jesus is Lord.

5 Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. 6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. 7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

This happened at the time of Ezekiel when he was carried away to Babylon. It happened during WWII when the Jews were sent to concentration camps. During the holocaust 1/3 of all Jews on Earth were killed. When Jesus was crucified 1/3 of the Godhead was killed. During the seven year tribulation in Revelation 1/3 of all people on earth will be killed. That which has been is that which will be. There is no new thing under the sun.

8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.

This word is to the Jewish people.

9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth. 10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

Anyone who is paying attention has seen that pride has budded. They even refer to themselves by that word "pride".

11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.

The term "rod of wickedness" simply means "weaponized DOJ".

12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Sounds like a reference to Revelation 18.

13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Who blew the trumpet to make all ready? Those would be the watchmen, the ones that some refer to as "false prophets". Fine, heap up those that tickle the ears and tell you that none of this will take place. The Lord's wrath is against all that ignored His warnings and did abomination.

15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

That sword that is without the US, it will be here soon. You may think the pestilence is here now, but it is nothing compared to what happens when the power goes out and there is no more clean water. When the power goes out and the pumps go off it won't just be water that is missing, there won't be any fuel for cars and trucks and so if you are in a city the famine will be intense. Riots and looting will explode.

16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

Those that escape will be in the mountains, in the wilderness

17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

Right now they talk a big game, they are important people with important positions insulting others. In that day they will be feeble and weak.

18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.


That's right. Shame on all faces because everyone heard the warnings and all of them ignored them. All of them listened to their own understanding and ignored the word of God.

19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

If you have roving gangs of thugs who wants to be carrying gold or silver.

20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

The images of their abominations refers to idols. Coins are a graven image. Paper money is an image in wood. They also made images of "their detestable things". Whatever that is referring to you can be sure it is shameful, sinful and ugly.

21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. 22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

Once again, proof that God is talking about His people, His priests, His temple, etc.

23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

All of these crimes in the US have been documented on this forum. Everyone knows, some just choose to ignore the truth.

24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

The worst of the heathen? Are we talking about Russia? Cartel members? Gang members? They will possess your house and the church buildings.

25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.


The US had plenty of chance to make peace. They refused, in their arrogance they provoked the war, so they will drink this cup to the dregs.

26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

Once again, this chapter is referring to those who have the prophets, the law, the priests and the counsel of the ancients.

27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
 

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JESUS WAS THE ULTIMATE BIBLE PROPHECY EXPERT & TAUGHT DOOMSDAY TUESDAY FOLLOWING PALM SUNDAY


God keeps His word. If He says it He does it.
 

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What do the Watchmen Look at?

There are five avenues that the watchmen have used.

The Bible is the primary avenue, some focus on the allegories, others focus on the black and white word, and still others are wonderful at expounding on Old Testament prophecies. Peter refers to this as the more sure word of prophecy. That indicates that the Bible is the primary source but it also indicates there are other sources.

The second avenue is to look carefully at current events and see if any fit in. One man did a wonderful book called "Harbingers" which tied 9/11 into Biblical prophecy, others have tied the Mortgage meltdown in, and of course Israel being reformed and then taking control of Jerusalem are used by everyone. The two cows born with 7's on their foreheads. I saw a video where the name of God is written on the East Wall of the Temple mount in vines growing there.

The third avenue is signs in the heavens
The one event that got everyone's attention and that you are alluding to is the Revelation 12 sign, it appeared September 23, 2017 and took place on the Feast of Trumpets.

The fourth avenue there are dreams and visions. Dana Coverstone is one example, but Ken Peters had a dream in 1980 which he then shared in 2000 on the Prophecy Club. He begins by saying "as soon as I fell asleep the dream began, the first thing he heard was a loud horn that just blared continually, after that he saw the graves opened". Ken Peters died on Aug 14, 2021 and Kabul fell on Aug 15, 2021. I only learned recently that "Magog" referred to a bunch of nations including Afghanistan. The war that kicks off the tribulation is an alliance between Russia, Afghanistan, Turkey and a few other Islamic nations. To me the dreams color in a little background.

Finally there is something called "predictive programming". I had a problem with this until I saw God referring to it in Ezekiel 33. Predictive programming is where the elites warn each other, but do it in a way that the deplorable unwashed masses will be kept in the dark. This is so they can profit off of our destruction. The idea is that the elites put down what they are about to do in code so that when it happens they can say we told you and you need to be on our side if you want to know what is going on. Probably the most flimsy of these five channels.
 

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How the Biblical year begins and how it ends

There is a fascinating story in the Jewish calendar. Nisan 1 is the start of the new year. Nisan 14 is Passover (today) where all the believers got saved. Nisan 15 - you clean your house out of all leaven, that is not "sin" but rather the customs of the world. For example a TV could be a source of leaven that you toss out. Nisan 17 you get firstfruits -- it isn't a full harvest but it is a kind of foretaste of reaping the fruit of righteousness. This is how the year begins, it looks like how the Christian life begins bringing us out of the slavery of sin into the good land and making a nation out of us who used to be slaves of sin. But then how does the year end? Purim. two weeks before the start of the New year we kick out Haman, a type of the Satanic rule of this world. The whole world lies in the evil one but we, as believers have grown in grace and have been praying that the Lord's kingdom would come on Earth as it is in heaven.

22 and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
 

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Ezekiel 34 -- The end of the rule of evil

34:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?

The mayor of Chicago banned protests on her street. She said this is all about protecting her family. She was the shepherd of the entire city, a city with protests, riots and looting in the streets. Her job was to take care of the flock and all she did was take care of herself.

3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.

Vladimir Putin is reported to have $200 billion. Xi Jinping is reputed to be worth $1.5 billion. The NY Times ran an article calling the Chinese Parliament a “billionaires club”.

4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.


The Black Lives Matter protests are all about how harshly and brutally the leaders have ruled. In Belarus they are protesting their “president” and in Lebanon they are protesting their rulers. The genocide in China is the worst and most brutal in human history.

5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.


The gang violence, the warehouse explosion in Beirut, the deaths from Chernobyl, the people are like sheep being scattered because there is no shepherd. They have become prey for all these wild animals. At this point 2 million have fled the conflict in Ukraine, they are being scattered. This is why millions are coming across the US border.

6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.


It would be very easy to catch and prosecute perpetrators of gun violence. All you need to do is computerize the database on guns just like we have done with fingerprints. But they refuse to do this, saying it would undermine the right to bear arms since a nationalized database on the computer would be the first step for the government to take the guns away. So then, instead you could require every gun owner have liability insurance just like we require insurance for people who own cars. Then the computerized database could be held by a variety of insurance agencies and when a crime is committed the police would provide the information about the gun, bullet and shell casing to the insurance companies who could do the check and respond back. It would still be much more effective than what we have now.

7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.

If the police are not protecting and serving the public, then the public needs to stop paying for their services and hire some new shepherd that will. The same is true of the politicians. Corruption is so prevalent that many governments fear rooting it out as it will root the entire government out. This is a promise from the Lord to remove these politicians. This is also true of teachers if the schools are grooming children and castrating children. So Lord, rescue your flock and remove these evil shepherds. Amen.

11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel Will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

This age is all about seeing that Jesus is Lord. Every other government is a failure, every other leader has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. The end of this age will see an end to these corrupt governments, corrupt rulers, corrupt shepherds. During the tribulation you will see the Lord Himself gather these sheep, it will be the greatest revival ever, comparable only to Jesus' earthly ministry except worldwide.

17 “‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats. 18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

This judgement will extend to all of us. These protests have included those who have rioted and looted. They destroy the shops of local businessmen. They are not simply protesting injustice, they are filled with envy and jealousy for their neighbor who is lifting themself out of the pit.

20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, 22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another. 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. 24 I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the Lord have spoken.

Bernie Madoff was a fat sheep who plundered the “weak sheep”. The gangs prey on the weaker sheep, extorting them. We need a shepherd with the courage of David to take on the Lion and the Bear.

25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. 27 The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.

Slavery is alive and well all over the world. The prison system in the US is a form of slavery. People sell themselves as slaves because of indebtedness. The mortgage crisis was a way to put tens of millions of people into indebtedness and enslave them all over again. For all the sins of the US it is far worse in the third world.

28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid.


I saw a video about Venezuela, a place considered to be one of the most dangerous places in the world. That is a place where the gangs truly do plunder the people and devour the people. Everyone in the poor neighborhoods lives in fear. Inflation plunders the people. Governments printing money based solely on debt plunders the people.

29 I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.

Venezuela is very rich with oil. It is amazing that the country could be so poorly managed that a few people are extremely rich and the rest live in abject poverty terrified by the roving gangs. It provides a vision for what Detroit can become, and what Chicago can become. Ukraine is a land renowned for its crops but is now going to be a victim of famine.

30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. 31 You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

The end of the age is not the end of the world. The end of the age is the end of the rule of evil and corrupt rulers. It ushers in a new age where Jesus is Lord.
 

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The Central word of Ruth (friend)

If you count all the words in Ruth the central verse is this:

Ruth And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.

Here are the central words of each chapter

Ruth 1 My Daughters, go your way

Ruth 2 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

Ruth 3 Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich

Ruth 4 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife
 

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And ye shall spoil the Egyptians

Over the last month the difference between Silver and Schwab is 59%!

Schwab is tracking very close with various Bank ETF's and mutual funds. It is a huge financial institution and if it were to go belly up it would be monstrous.

Comparing this with silver or gold gives a clearer picture to me of the exodus from the banking system.

21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.

22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

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2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels of gold.
 

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The heavyweight fight

21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

What we are watching right now between Trump and Bragg is this battle. By comparison Bragg is obviously the weakling.

But the bigger picture, the Spiritual battle, is the Lord Jesus who is the strong man, He is the overcomer, He is going to cast out Satan and plunder his kingdom.
 

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23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

This is a confusing verse because of the twin which says "he who is not against us is for us". But if we look at the current events it is easy to understand. This trial against Trump is an abomination, it is criminal. Every Republican should be "with Trump" on that regardless of whether or not they support his campaign. This trial undermines the US legitimacy abroad. World leaders are describing this as a banana republic style trial. I have heard lifetime democrats who have never voted for Trump and will not vote for him being with him in decrying the injustice of this trial. No one can keep silent. If you do not come out forcefully against what is taking place in NY by the NY DA then you are one who is scattering, you are one helping to destroy the US.
 

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They shall rise in judgement against this generation

31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.


The queen of Sheba. The word Sheba means seven and it is a type of the church, the seven golden lampstands in Revelation. The church shall rise in judgement. When the church is raptured it will be a judgment on this generation.

32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Take a look at what is going on in the US, is anyone repenting for the shameful, unconstitutional, criminal behavior taking place? The men of Ninevah repented and they just had Jonah preaching to them. Today we have a thousand men of God, believers, testifying against this evil age and all they have done is harden their hearts.

The rapture will be both the dead in Christ and the church, they both "will rise in judgement" against this generation. This will be Jesus Christ, the judge of the living and the dead, giving His verdict.
 

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42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

The NY DA has reduced 50% of all felonies to misdemeanors. They let violent criminals out of jail to commit more crimes. They have left their job of keeping the citizens safe undone. Meanwhile he takes a misdemeanor that has expired, going past its statute of limitations and has upgraded it to a felony without even showing us where the felony is. This is the tithing of mint and rue and all manner of herbs. It is a trivial indictment being turned into some major offense while the major offenses go unprosecuted.
 

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43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

I heard Alan Dershowitz talking about the Bragg case against Trump. He said that after he defended Trump no one would talk to him. He used to be invited to parties, and was the most published op ed writer for the NY Times. No more. Now he is persona non grata. As a result he thinks it will be very hard for the judge to dismiss the case against Trump because it would destroy his career and social life.