Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Luke 22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.

The word "Passover" refers to the angel of death passing over the houses of those with the blood on the doorpost. Now this is a further revelation of the Passover that Jesus and His faithful disciples will be in a "large upper room" at the time that the death angel is striking Egypt.

This is a picture of the chamber that the raptured saints are in, so this proves the rapture is before Passover, not after it.
 

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Luke 22:18 18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

compare this verse in Luke with

Matthew 26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

Luke is written to the saints who are raptured before the tribulation that takes place after the rapture. Matthew is written to the Jews that are saved as a nation at the end of the seven years. The feast of New Wine is the 8th of Av. Israel is raised up on the third day according to Hosea 6:2 and according to the type and shadow of King David ruling in Hebron for 7 1/2 years before coming to Jerusalem it is 7 1/2 years before the rapture of the church. More proof that the rapture of the church is prior to Passover, and is when those of us who received His redemption through His blood will celebrate with Jesus. As for the Jews their religion will have grown old by the end of the age and so they will drink the new wine when they are raised up.
 

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Luke 23:16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) 18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

Many people have already shared how Barabbas means "son of the Father" and that Jesus was the son of the Father. So we had two "sons of the Father" one was released and one was crucified. This is like the practice on the day of Atonement with the two goats, one is the scapegoat and one is the offering.

But what I wanted to comment on was that there is no such practice concerning Passover, the Jewish practice of a scapegoat is for the Day of Atonement. That is the tenth day of the seventh month, not Passover which is the first month.

It is almost as though the nations typified by Romans is off from the Jews by six months.

We see this in the rapture as well. The day the curse ends for the Jews is the 15th of Av. If we look at February 23rd, 1260 days earlier than the 15th of Av in 2028, it is the day the Catholics celebrate saint Polycarp, the Bishop of Smyrna who was martyred. It is interesting that the two churches that Jesus did not correct were Smyrna and Philadelphia. Smyrna would depict those who are the dead in Christ and Philadelphia those who are alive at His coming. The dead rise first and what better day than a day in which the Bishop of Smyrna, a martyr is being remembered.
 

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Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.


Trump's Judgment and the Purim Rapture
 

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What are the key signs to watch for concerning the Lord's coming.

1. Israel surrounded by enemies. When the Psalm 83 war began in 2023 it was a main sign that we were to look up for our redemption draws nigh. Yes, Israel has had several wars previously. But this was the first time they were being attacked from seven sides. This was the first time in human history that all the nations mentioned in Psalm 83 were involved and according to Psalm 83 there is no second time in history.

2. Israel being surrounded impacts both the first rapture and the salvation of the Jews at the time of Armageddon. However, the first rapture is primarily for the nations that have been saved, only a small percentage of Christians are Jewish. So the other sign I look for is Taiwan being surrounded. The world right now has a new empire rising of AI and Drones and for that empire Taiwan is essential, they are the ones that manufacture the most important computer chips.

3. An imminent financial collapse. We don't see a collapse prior to the rapture because Jesus says they will be eating, drinking, marrying, giving in marriage, and going to work. But all those things are said in the context that everything changes after the rapture. The world is like a Jenga tower, the rapture pushes out that one block that causes the entire tower to collapse.