Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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I do pay attention to current events and trust me if the sun went black for 3 days or set at mid day I'd notice. What I dont like to notice are things like this revelations 12 thing. First off it happened in the day in order to be clothed in the sun. So no stars are visible. No one actually saw that. The only way anyone even knew it happened is by going down a YouTube rabbit hole. This alpha and omega thing is the same seing how it hasent been completed yet means unless you read about it you didn't even know it was gonna happen. The Lord is not gonna show his signs to only the faithfull that have access to YouTube. That simply isint gonna happen.
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Indeed it is. I told you I dont believe in YouTube videos. Your not gonna change my mind im not gonna change yours. If we judged all the conversations on here according to that metric every one of them would be fruitless. However hundreds of people maybe more will read it and make up thier minds to how they see it. Maybe we both changed minds who knows. Even if only one was changed unknowingly to us it wasent fruitless.
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2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: 15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
After the rapture the betrayal will be great. But even today there are many who are like this.
16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Be ready, this is what it is going to be like, the pressure to worship the mark of the beast will be just like this. Paul said if we suffer with Him we will reign with Him. This is an example of what he meant.
17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
This is the real question when you are going through tribulation, is the Lord standing with you? If He is then stand strong and don't give place to the devil.
18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
We have been taught to pray to the Lord to deliver us from evil. That includes every evil work. Lies, deceit, slander, sabotage, these are simply examples of evil works, there are too many to even count. Do not get so proud that you think you don't need to pray to be delivered, this is the apostle Paul and he is praying to be delivered. To be thrown into the lions den is an example of suffering with the Lord.
After the rapture the betrayal will be great. But even today there are many who are like this.
16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Be ready, this is what it is going to be like, the pressure to worship the mark of the beast will be just like this. Paul said if we suffer with Him we will reign with Him. This is an example of what he meant.
17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
This is the real question when you are going through tribulation, is the Lord standing with you? If He is then stand strong and don't give place to the devil.
18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
We have been taught to pray to the Lord to deliver us from evil. That includes every evil work. Lies, deceit, slander, sabotage, these are simply examples of evil works, there are too many to even count. Do not get so proud that you think you don't need to pray to be delivered, this is the apostle Paul and he is praying to be delivered. To be thrown into the lions den is an example of suffering with the Lord.
1 Kings 18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
Elijah represents the prophets during the church age prior to the rapture. "After many days" represents the church age.
2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly: 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
We have two leaders here of this part of Israel. One is the king the other is a governor. This is a reference to the Northern part of Israel, after it split into two kingdoms. Christianity is like this after the Protestant reformation. So then these two leaders represent the rulers in the Protestant reformation, one being the major denominational churches and the other being the non denominational churches.
5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
There is a severe drought because Elijah has been praying for a drought. Today in Christianity there is a major drought. Around the world the churches in Christianity are drying up. You can go to some gatherings of these major denominations in these giant church buildings and the meeting is only a third full and all the congregants are elderly. For years they have been charting the decline of Christianity.
6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? 8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
This is what we are now seeing on the internet with many declaring that the Lord is about to return.
9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 10 As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
When many Christians have a dream or a vision this is their attitude. They are afraid to share it because everyone knows how many false prophets and how many cults there have been. They know they will be branded a false prophet.
12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.
This is how many prophecies from the Lord are. You here them, you assume you understand, but then the Lord disappears and you realize what you thought He said was not exactly what He did say. It seems He is playing a game of hide and seek with us.
13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
The answer is yes, it was told him, which is why it was recorded here and why he met Obadiah. To the merciful God is merciful.
14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. 15 And Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
This is a reference to when he called down fire from heaven. That is half the story of the rapture. One half is Elijah being caught up in the whirlwind, the other half is fire being called down upon the false prophets that causes all the Israelites to realize that Jesus is God and that Elijah is His prophet.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
This is a reference to Elijah praying that there would be a drought. James mentions this in chapter 5. It is incredible how the portrayal of Christians praying in Christianity never describes Elijah praying for 3 1/2 years that Israel would be in a severe drought without any rain so that they were in fear they would lose all their animals. James gives us this as an example of someone praying in faith. Do they ever tell you that if you are such a one all the false religious people will be trying to kill you?
18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.
This is also true of Christianity. They have forsaken the commandments. LGBTQ+ people preaching from the pulpit and openly living is sin is one example, there are others. Also they have followed Baalim, a false god that includes the worship of your career and the love of money.
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
So Ahab does not represent the Catholic church, he represents the Protestant churches and the major denominations. But even in them you can divide them into two groups. Prophets of Baal are those who preach some variation of the prosperity gospel. The prophets who eat at Jezebel's table represent those churches that have FreeMasons on the board of directors, the mega churches with plenty of money, big churches, expensive sound systems, etc.
20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
This is not a religious holiday of a false religion. It is God that calls them together and if it were a religious holiday all these religious leaders would be in their congregations. I suspect this event is depicted in the gospel of Luke as the death of the rich man when Lazarus dies. When a person dies we say that God has called them home. This rich person must be an important person among religious leaders that they would all gather at his funeral. The site is Mount Carmel which means "Mount Vineyard". This mountain is only 1700 feet above sea level at its highest point so it could easily be covered with a beautiful vineyard. According to John 15 the vine tree depicts Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit running through the vines like sap and the Father is the husbandman. So then this mountain is a picture of the church, the body of Christ, that has grown into a mountain. Jesus cursed the fig tree and it withered up, the disciples commented and He said that they would do the same to this mountain and it would be thrown into the sea. After he calls down fire he has the prophets of Baal put to death. So then, this mountain represents the false religion that pretends to express Jesus just as the Fig tree pretended to represent Jehovah. Of all the false Christian religions, the one that appears like a mountain would be the Catholic church.
Elijah represents the prophets during the church age prior to the rapture. "After many days" represents the church age.
2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly: 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
We have two leaders here of this part of Israel. One is the king the other is a governor. This is a reference to the Northern part of Israel, after it split into two kingdoms. Christianity is like this after the Protestant reformation. So then these two leaders represent the rulers in the Protestant reformation, one being the major denominational churches and the other being the non denominational churches.
5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
There is a severe drought because Elijah has been praying for a drought. Today in Christianity there is a major drought. Around the world the churches in Christianity are drying up. You can go to some gatherings of these major denominations in these giant church buildings and the meeting is only a third full and all the congregants are elderly. For years they have been charting the decline of Christianity.
6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? 8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
This is what we are now seeing on the internet with many declaring that the Lord is about to return.
9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 10 As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
When many Christians have a dream or a vision this is their attitude. They are afraid to share it because everyone knows how many false prophets and how many cults there have been. They know they will be branded a false prophet.
12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.
This is how many prophecies from the Lord are. You here them, you assume you understand, but then the Lord disappears and you realize what you thought He said was not exactly what He did say. It seems He is playing a game of hide and seek with us.
13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
The answer is yes, it was told him, which is why it was recorded here and why he met Obadiah. To the merciful God is merciful.
14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. 15 And Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
This is a reference to when he called down fire from heaven. That is half the story of the rapture. One half is Elijah being caught up in the whirlwind, the other half is fire being called down upon the false prophets that causes all the Israelites to realize that Jesus is God and that Elijah is His prophet.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
This is a reference to Elijah praying that there would be a drought. James mentions this in chapter 5. It is incredible how the portrayal of Christians praying in Christianity never describes Elijah praying for 3 1/2 years that Israel would be in a severe drought without any rain so that they were in fear they would lose all their animals. James gives us this as an example of someone praying in faith. Do they ever tell you that if you are such a one all the false religious people will be trying to kill you?
18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.
This is also true of Christianity. They have forsaken the commandments. LGBTQ+ people preaching from the pulpit and openly living is sin is one example, there are others. Also they have followed Baalim, a false god that includes the worship of your career and the love of money.
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
So Ahab does not represent the Catholic church, he represents the Protestant churches and the major denominations. But even in them you can divide them into two groups. Prophets of Baal are those who preach some variation of the prosperity gospel. The prophets who eat at Jezebel's table represent those churches that have FreeMasons on the board of directors, the mega churches with plenty of money, big churches, expensive sound systems, etc.
20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
This is not a religious holiday of a false religion. It is God that calls them together and if it were a religious holiday all these religious leaders would be in their congregations. I suspect this event is depicted in the gospel of Luke as the death of the rich man when Lazarus dies. When a person dies we say that God has called them home. This rich person must be an important person among religious leaders that they would all gather at his funeral. The site is Mount Carmel which means "Mount Vineyard". This mountain is only 1700 feet above sea level at its highest point so it could easily be covered with a beautiful vineyard. According to John 15 the vine tree depicts Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit running through the vines like sap and the Father is the husbandman. So then this mountain is a picture of the church, the body of Christ, that has grown into a mountain. Jesus cursed the fig tree and it withered up, the disciples commented and He said that they would do the same to this mountain and it would be thrown into the sea. After he calls down fire he has the prophets of Baal put to death. So then, this mountain represents the false religion that pretends to express Jesus just as the Fig tree pretended to represent Jehovah. Of all the false Christian religions, the one that appears like a mountain would be the Catholic church.
1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
This is the situation right now. You have very few prophets standing solidly for the Lord, they are depicted by Elijah. Then you have 850 false prophets all united in the same scam, just like they are united in the Ecumenical movement against Evangelical Christians.
22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: 24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
There is a distinction here between the prophets who eat at Jezebel's table and the prophets of Baal. One is compromised, the other is fully given to Baal. One is afraid to go against the hand that feeds them, the other is fully invested in pushing this demon worshipping agenda. The rapture will make it very clear to all Christians who is the real prophet of God and who are the demon worshipping prophets and who are the compromised prophets.
25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
Religion thinks there is power in numbers. Jesus said where two are three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst. So religion thinks if two or three are powerful, how about two hundred or three hundred? They miss the point completely. What makes the two or three powerful is the Lord. The power is from the Lord, not from the two, or three, or two hundred or three hundred.
26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
Christianity, false prophets, prophets of Baal should be mocked. Think about how much money, time, effort and labor they put in to have two thousand people in their congregation listening to their drivel. I have not spent any money, I have no sound system, no studio, no team of professionals, not advertising and I am right at 500,000 different people who have visited this site. People want the truth and they will seek to find the truth.
30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.
This is what the apostasy has done, they have broken down the Lord's altar. We are supposed to be living sacrifices to the Lord. But that is not the case in the apostate churches.
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
This takes time. Everyone wants the prophecies fulfilled overnight. It takes time to build the altar, and do it right.
34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
No one reads blogs, not with Youtube and Facebook and being able to watch your video. No one reads the Bible anymore, to have a blog that is simply reading through the Bible, that is like pouring water on an altar that is already drenched.
36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Amen Lord. So be it.
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God. 40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
Yes, at the time of the rapture all the believers will see that the prophets of Baal are phony and have deceived people and will put them to death. This is of the Lord. He told us this will be the "great and terrible day". They should have listened and should have believed Him.
This is the situation right now. You have very few prophets standing solidly for the Lord, they are depicted by Elijah. Then you have 850 false prophets all united in the same scam, just like they are united in the Ecumenical movement against Evangelical Christians.
22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: 24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
There is a distinction here between the prophets who eat at Jezebel's table and the prophets of Baal. One is compromised, the other is fully given to Baal. One is afraid to go against the hand that feeds them, the other is fully invested in pushing this demon worshipping agenda. The rapture will make it very clear to all Christians who is the real prophet of God and who are the demon worshipping prophets and who are the compromised prophets.
25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
Religion thinks there is power in numbers. Jesus said where two are three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst. So religion thinks if two or three are powerful, how about two hundred or three hundred? They miss the point completely. What makes the two or three powerful is the Lord. The power is from the Lord, not from the two, or three, or two hundred or three hundred.
26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
Christianity, false prophets, prophets of Baal should be mocked. Think about how much money, time, effort and labor they put in to have two thousand people in their congregation listening to their drivel. I have not spent any money, I have no sound system, no studio, no team of professionals, not advertising and I am right at 500,000 different people who have visited this site. People want the truth and they will seek to find the truth.
30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.
This is what the apostasy has done, they have broken down the Lord's altar. We are supposed to be living sacrifices to the Lord. But that is not the case in the apostate churches.
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
This takes time. Everyone wants the prophecies fulfilled overnight. It takes time to build the altar, and do it right.
34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
No one reads blogs, not with Youtube and Facebook and being able to watch your video. No one reads the Bible anymore, to have a blog that is simply reading through the Bible, that is like pouring water on an altar that is already drenched.
36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Amen Lord. So be it.
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God. 40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
Yes, at the time of the rapture all the believers will see that the prophets of Baal are phony and have deceived people and will put them to death. This is of the Lord. He told us this will be the "great and terrible day". They should have listened and should have believed Him.
I was stunned to hear Christians wondering if 1948 was truly a fulfillment of Bible Prophecy
Isaiah 66:8 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
So you question if 1948 was a fulfillment of this? Have you ever seen such a thing before?
Ezekiel 37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
You question if the pictures of the Jews coming out of concentration camps looking like those whose bones are dried and hope is lost, only to then return into the land of Israel is a fulfillment of this word?
Deuteronomy 28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
You are questioning if Israel being dispersed after rejecting Jesus and then Titus coming and destroying the temple and Jerusalem, you question if that is a fulfillment of this word?
Deuteronomy 28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
You question if the persecution of Jews with blood libels, expulsions, forced conversions and massacres like the Rhineland massacres or the Granada massacre, if they were a fulfillment of this word? When the Jews were blamed for the Black Death epidemic? When 900 were burned alive in Strasbourg? Tell me where they weren’t persecuted? Russia? Yep. Libya? Yep. Europe? Yep. Germany, Poland, yep. How about Spain? You bet. Middle East? Of course. South Africa? Yes. The Ottoman Empire? Of course.
Jeremiah 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
But despite all that God promises to bring them back after punishing them and you don’t think that 1948 was a fulfillment of that promise?
Isaiah 66:8 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
So you question if 1948 was a fulfillment of this? Have you ever seen such a thing before?
Ezekiel 37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
You question if the pictures of the Jews coming out of concentration camps looking like those whose bones are dried and hope is lost, only to then return into the land of Israel is a fulfillment of this word?
Deuteronomy 28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
You are questioning if Israel being dispersed after rejecting Jesus and then Titus coming and destroying the temple and Jerusalem, you question if that is a fulfillment of this word?
Deuteronomy 28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
You question if the persecution of Jews with blood libels, expulsions, forced conversions and massacres like the Rhineland massacres or the Granada massacre, if they were a fulfillment of this word? When the Jews were blamed for the Black Death epidemic? When 900 were burned alive in Strasbourg? Tell me where they weren’t persecuted? Russia? Yep. Libya? Yep. Europe? Yep. Germany, Poland, yep. How about Spain? You bet. Middle East? Of course. South Africa? Yes. The Ottoman Empire? Of course.
Jeremiah 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
But despite all that God promises to bring them back after punishing them and you don’t think that 1948 was a fulfillment of that promise?