Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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1. I believe the Temple records show that that sign of Jonah which Jesus pronounced on the Jewish leaders for officially rejecting Jesus as the Messiah began in 30 AD and that 2,000 years later in 2030 AD we will see Jesus enliven the Jews as a nation, receiving that Jesus was the Messiah and saying Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord.

2. I also believe that Jesus was crucified in 32 AD and that in that year He ascended to the heavens and poured out the Spirit on Pentecost to the apostles and disciples. This was the good report from Joshua and Caleb and was 38 years before 70 AD. That 2,000 years later in 2032 AD the Lord will lift up the Jews, this will be the year He steps down on Mount of Olives and destroys the armies at Armageddon, the conclusion of the seven year tribulation.

3. Based on that calculation the seven year tribulation would begin seven years earlier in 2025. However, for the Jews Jacob's trouble begins ten years prior to 2032. There were a lot of events that began on Feast of Trumpets in 2022 for the Jews but it all culminated with Hamas invasion on October 7 of 2023 indicating we were now officially in Jacob's trouble.

4. The events that began ten years before 2030, the Pandemic in 2020, global shutdown and vaccine mandate, these all fulfilled the prophecy in Joel saying that the Day of the Lord was at hand (ie next door).

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, [a]acceptable to God, which is your [b]spiritual [c]service. 2 And be not fashioned according to this [d]world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is [e]the good and [f]acceptable and perfect will of God.

There is a continuous debate about what Christians should be doing. The answer is right here.

1. We should be motivated by the mercy of God. This is not revenge. Mercy and Revenge are two completely different motivations that all begin with the same event. In the world people repay evil with evil, they desire to "get even". But in the New Testament we are charged to repay evil with good.

2. Then we are to present our bodies. Enough with this telling people what others should do. I don't want to hear that "the rich should pay more taxes", instead if you feel you should pay more taxes, then do so. It is very common in the world that people are talking about what everyone else should be doing. I was asked to watch this youtube video talking about how difficult it is for a black man in the US suffering from the systematic racism. I asked this person to pause the video at that point and just tell me from his personal experience the systematic racism that he had to endure. He was in his thirties, had grown up in one of the cities with the most crime in the US, so I expected to hear something. He could not share a single experience of systematic racism. Meanwhile I was able to share my experience of systematic oppression by the local police department. He then had the nerve to tell me it was because they had profiled me that I was black? So step two is to get rid of all the hypothetical garbage and return to reality by presenting your own body.

3. To God. There are two approaches to trying to make the world a better place, one is with God and the other is without God. Since God is triune and the only way we can be with God is if we are one with Jesus, the Son of God, to be without Jesus is to be without God. That is .666. That number indicates human effort to rule themselves without Jesus Christ. People have the wrong idea about Antichrist and 666. They think of him as some evil monster like a Dracula movie or some other horror movie. In reality Antichrist means "in place of Christ" and that is what every "good hearted" person out to make the world a better place without Jesus is doing. They are "in place of Christ". The problem is this leads to the stuff we have seen recently where there is a very strong divide, people refusing to listen to one another, and ultimately they resort to strong arming each other "for the greater good". Trump just signed a bill that turns the US into an Orwellian police state with digital surveillance of every person in our country and it was done "for the greater good" because he is tracking down illegal immigrants for deportation. The mark of the beast will also be implemented "for the greater good". There will be a famine, they will scapegoat the Christians who are left behind after the rapture, and so the best way to "weed out the bad apples" and "equitably distribute the food they have" will be this mark of the beast. FreeMasons who want to reduce the global population to 500 million also think that is "for the greater good".

4. And be not fashioned by the world but be transformed. Like I said, the world operates on the principle of "tit for tat". They repay evil for evil. Think of everyone keeping a balance sheet of all the harms ever done to them, they cannot forgive those debts, so they are going to make people pay. But when they make people pay they wind up making innocent people pay for the sins of others, and so those people now have a balance sheet of all the harms done to them. For example, the blacks in America have brought up the fact that they were supposed to get reparations for slavery that was never paid to them. After the civil war the slaves were freed, at that time they were supposed to have been paid reparations from the plantation owners. Approximately 3% of the people in the South were plantation owners and the population of the South was a third of the population of the whole country. So the plantation owners represented 1% of the US population. But the reparations were never paid in the 1860s so 150 years later they want those reparations to be paid. The problem is that none of the blacks that would receive those payments today were slaves, and in fact many of them like Kamala Harris were descended, not from slaves, but slave holders. The second problem is that none of those paying the reparations today are or were slave holders. 99% of them were not descended from plantation owners nor did they receive an inheritance from plantation owners. Meanwhile two third of them are descended from people who fought and perhaps died in order to free the slaves. There was a very big price paid by the North to free the slaves. Every single person on this planet has been wronged in one way or another. The way we are transformed is we see that the debt we owe for all the sins we have committed has been paid for by the blood of Jesus and so we in turn should forgive all the debts owed to us.

Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

This is the conclusion of Romans 12. This chapter is very comprehensive on how we should serve the Lord, if time allows I will go through it verse by verse, but for now let's look at the conclusion. Politicians are all overcome by evil. Maybe they have good intentions but they soon realize they will get nowhere without compromise and that in turn becomes an excuse to be overcome by evil, claiming it is a "compromise". Ultimately they will blame Democracy as the problem and a dictator will seize control when the democratic government collapses due to the corruption. The only way anyone can overcome evil with good is if they are one with the crucified and resurrected Lord Jesus.

If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

Isaiah 7:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

The six day war in 1967 was the most recent war against Jerusalem so I will examine this prophecy in light of 1967.

3 Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and [b]Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller’s field; 4 and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying, 6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel; 7 thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people: 9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

This is my interest with this chapter, it tells us that within 65 years these enemies will be broken in pieces. Add 65 years to 1967 and you get 2032, the year I have concluded was Armageddon based on the Jews rejecting Jesus as the Messiah, Jesus telling them they would get the sign of Jonah, the temple records, and the historical records of the temple being broken into pieces in 70 AD. The church age began with the Roman Empire attacking Jerusalem and will end with the armies of Armageddon attacking Jerusalem. This is a completely different portion that also aligns with 2032 being the year Jesus steps down onto Jerusalem and destroys the armies of Armageddon. By the mouth of two or three witnesses shall a thing be established. I have now given you two completely different witnesses pointing to 2032 being Armageddon.

However, if 2032 is the end of the seven year tribulation then it begins in 2025. If we go back 65 years we come to 1960. In this chapter it is not talking about the war but rather the preparation for the war and Ephraim was joining with Syria. I have shared before why I believe Ephraim refers to the United States. I have also shared extensively why I think the Great Babylon also refers to the United States and that it is the judgment on the Great Babylon that kicks off the seven year tribulation. In Joel we are told specifically they will try to divide God's land and the peace treaty that the US is currently brokering does include dividing God's land. This indicates to me that the thought for this began in 1960. It is easy for us to think that the reason the Middle East is so important to the world is because of oil. But even more important is the spiritual warfare and it is all about Jerusalem as God's throne and Israel as His land. We know that Israel began their intelligence gathering for the six day war in 1956. It is very possible that in 1960 they learned the US was going to assist Syria. This could explain why the IDF attacked the USS Liberty during the six day war. Perhaps the US was assisting Syria with that ship.

So then if the US agreed to help Syria in 1960 it would make sense that 65 years later the US is broken into pieces, and that 65 years after the 1967 war the world will be broken in pieces at Armageddon. As you have done it will be done unto you.

Operation Rising Lion and Midnight Hammer Sign of Fall of Babylon

Another witness concerning the tribulation being from 2025 to 2032

So far I have called three witnesses:

1. Jesus saying that the Jews had committed the unforgivable sin in rejecting Him as the Messiah and the sign of Jonah which according to the temple records began in 30 AD.

2. The day of Pentecost and likening that to the good report given by Joshua and Caleb 38 years before all of those that embraced the evil report were killed.

3. Isaiah 7:1-9 which ties the six day war in 1967 to Armageddon 65 years later.

I will now call a fourth witness:

Matthew 24:32 Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh; 33 even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

There have been multiple failed attempts to use this to give us the years of the tribulation. So I am not leading with this, it is a parable. That is the way parables are, they are not black and white and are subject to multiple interpretations. Rather I am seeing if this parable agrees with the other three witnesses.

Definition of a generation

There are multiple possible definition of a generation, I have heard some say it could be as little as 20 years indicating the average difference in age between parents and children at the time of Jesus, to forty years, to 70-80 years and ultimately to 120 years. However, the only definitions that are Biblical are 70 to 80 years and 120 years. If you take 120x50 you get 6,000 years and so I think this is a description of the limit to Satan's lease on man's flesh. Yes, man allowed Satan to indwell his flesh when they succumbed to the temptation in the garden, but according to the law you can only sell your inheritance for a limited amount of time before it is to be returned to you on the year of jubilee. I think the same principle applies to Adam and Eve selling our inheritance to Satan and that lease expires after this "120 year period" based on God's reckoning.

This leaves Moses definition that a generation is 70 years, 80 if it is strong (obstinate, rebellious). We all know that an entire generation of people does not simply drop dead when they turn 70 or 80. We also know that few people are 100% submissive to the Lord or 100% rebellious to the Lord. So I interpret this the same way Chemists deal with numbers. Moses was unable to be any more precise than this. So when he said 70 we can understand that as 65 to 74, and when he said 80 we can understand that as 75 to 84.

Definition of the Fig tree

Everyone assumes the fig tree refers to Israel, but their national tree is the olive tree. The first mention of the fig tree is when Adam and Eve fell in the garden, they immediately used fig leaves to cover their nakedness. Therefore I interpret the fig tree based on the first mention. It is a reference to a sinful government, or the government of sinful man attempting to cover our nakedness. Our nakedness refers to our succumbing to Satan's temptation, violating God's law and thus removing God as our covering. So then, yes, it refers to the nation of Israel sprouting leaves again, not a sinless nation, but like all other nations of the earth, a government that is trying to cover the nakedness of sinful man who is in rebellion to God. But it can also refer to the United Nations being formed as well as another attempt by sinful governments to cover their nakedness.

The UN was formed in 1945 and one of their first acts was to create Israel in 1948. Some claim that the prophecy refers to putting forth her leaves, that is her works. So if we day that 1945 was when this fig tree sprouted and creating Israel was the point at which it had put forth its leaves (more than one act) then this means we can begin our count at 1948.

1. 65-74 years would give us 2013-2022. That would be when those who were more submissive to God than rebellious were in power.

2. 75 - 84 years would give us 2023-2032. Again, this gives us the year that Hamas attacked Israel in October of 2023 and concludes with the year that my three other witnesses are saying will be Armageddon and the conclusion of the seven year tribulation.

A fifth witness concerning the tribulation being from 2025 to 2032

Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him. 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

God created man in six days and that can be interpreted as 6,000 years. The seventh day is the millennial kingdom. With this pattern for our interpretation the crucifixion of Jesus was the end of the 4th day and the start of the fifth day. Two thousand years from 32 AD gives us 2032 AD which is the year the previous four witnesses have pointed to as being the last year of the seven year tribulation ending with the Day of Atonement and the millennial reign beginning after that in the fall of 2032.

This prophecy does not tell us the year of the crucifixion, but it does tell us that major events take place at the end of 2,000 years and at the start of the 3,000th year. Since we know for a fact that the crucifixion was between 30 AD and 33 AD this does give us a four year window. Also at this point we can eliminate 30 and 31 AD. So at the every least it does narrow it down to a two year window for us.

So when did the Lord "tear" and when did He smite? That would be at the crucifixion, the veil was torn and we were healed by Jesus' stripes. But this prophecy is interesting in that it gives us two different events. The Jews will say "come let us return unto the Lord" after two days, and at the start of the third day they will be raised up. Now you can argue that the Jews said "come let us return unto the Lord" when they returned to Israel culminating in 1948. I think that is a valid interpretation, but at the same time I don't think that is the fulfillment of this verse because we are told specifically in the Bible that when they return to the land they are not returning to the Lord, much less to Jesus Christ, the Lord. So a more precise interpretation would be to say that they returned one step at a time, first to Israel, second to Jerusalem and finally to the Lord Jesus Christ. This will take place during the seven year tribulation. The rapture will be a huge event that will shake the entire earth, but it will be followed by the great delusion. It will be very difficult for Jews to know who is telling the truth. However, the debate will be so sharp and polarized that when the two witnesses are killed in Jerusalem they are left to lie on the streets under 24 hour surveillance of cameras because the Jews want to know if they are going to be raised or not. When they are raised the believing Jews will then flee Jerusalem and the persecution from Antichrist will become much more intense. If the tribulation starts in the Fall of 2025 then the two witnesses will be killed 42 months later during Passover in Jerusalem. That would be spring of 2029. That would be when the Jews would be revived and they would then celebrate Jesus Christ as Messiah during the second Passover of 2029, a month later and that is when they would be "revived". That would be when the Nation of Israel turns 81. The rebellious Jews would have fully perished by this point. The full moon is May 12th marking the 14th of Nisan which is Passover. Israel turns 81 during this celebration which according to the pattern of Hezekiah celebrating 2nd Passover is 14 days long. They will begin the celebration in the last days of Israel still being 80 and then switch to them being 81.

The early rain and the latter rain refers to rain that comes at the time of Pentecost and at the time of the 2nd Passover.

Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

Ephesians 5: 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; 4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

There are a lot of bogus doctrines out there, but Paul could not have been any clearer. The prosperity gospel is the most covetous preaching I have ever heard, talking about luxury cars, mansions, gold chains and private planes as though those are blessings from God. If you go to a church and you hear filthiness, foolish talking, and jesting that is a sure sign that something is off. When people are at church they are on their best behavior. If that is their best behavior you can imagine what their worst behavior is. Often I think Satanists who infiltrate churches will use filthiness, and dirty jokes to identify the true Christians from those they can damage and harm based on how they react. A Christian should be uncomfortable around this and should be taken aback if this took place at the church. However, some will try to hide that because they don’t want to make waves. That is what they are looking for.

5 For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

The empty words are these doctrines about how even discussing sin is some kind of works salvation rather than salvation by faith. No, when you get saved your conscience should become sensitive. This does not mean you won’t ever sin, what it does mean is you should be confessing and repenting and taking the Lord’s blood when you do. This does not mean that you can be a hit man for the Mafia and you simply come to church, go to confession with the priest, say some hail Mary’s and you are now good to go. No, repentance means you confess that being a hit man is sin, you repent of that and you stop being a hit man regardless of the cost, even if they might kill you over this. That is true repentance. The hail Mary’s are empty words.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them; 8 for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), 10 proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord; 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; 12 for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

This is something else, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. We are talking about things done in secret that are shameful to talk about. I once talked to a 90 year old woman who said her father had been a 33rd degree Mason. I asked her what Mason’s do and she said “it is a secret, they can only talk about it to other Masons”. So this man who was a leader in the Masons and had a very high position wouldn’t even tell his daughter anything about what the Masons did. For example, how did he become a 33 degree Mason? You can study Masons and you realize their code of ethics is every bit like the Mafia’s. You have an oath of secrecy, they don’t care if you commit sins and fornication as long as you don’t sleep with a man’s wife who is in the Mafia. It is not too much of a stretch to say the Mafia worships the devil and that is who the Masons worship as well. And yet, you can be a good catholic who is viewed as a benefactor and still be a mafioso. This is what the Lord called “the deep things of Satan”. They have fellowship with the works of darkness (drug dealers, extortion, pornography, etc). The mafiosos come to the Catholic Church to polish their public image as a “good guy” who is generous and charitable, and in return they pay handsomely for this PR work that they do. That is “to have fellowship with the works of darkness”.

13 But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light. 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

The church is a light set on a hill. We should be shining a light on this evil. It may not be the Mafia, but it could be a cartel or the Masons. If a church is receiving a lot of money from someone you better be absolutely certain it is not to act as their PR person.

Matthew 6:2 When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

This is the principle on donations. If they want their name on a plaque or on the building say no. If they want a public ceremony thanking them, say no.

Romans 13:1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

That is right. If you don't like who is President or Governor or mayor know this, that person is ordained of God. That does not mean they are walking along the narrow way that leads to life. No, it means that you reap what you sow. If the people in a country are sowing to greed and avarice and licentiousness then they will reap that. People need to see the fruit, the outcome of the road they are travelling.

2 Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

You are not the judge. You get to vote. You get to campaign for whoever you wish. But once they are selected and you "resist" that power you are rebelling against God's ordinance. A bank robber will justify robbing the bank because the banks are evil. Every criminal justifies themselves in their own mind. If the leader is so terrible think of this as God the Father using the belt on you. The question is what did you do to wind up getting the belt and how can you change so it doesn't happen again.

3 For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil.

This does not mean you have to submit yourself to Adolf Hitler telling you to gas the Jews. Adolf Hitler is not "the power" ordained by God. The law is. The constitution is. The ten commandments are. For example, in the US we have freedom of speech, we don't have freedom to incite riots or promote hate. So freedom of speech also includes being responsible with your speech, the old example of not yelling fire in a theater to see what happens. However, if there is a fire in the theater you certainly should yell fire. This is why in verse 1 it says "there is no power but of God". A president or a governor or mayor derives his power from the law. If he breaks the law he can be tried like everyone else and we have put governors and mayors in prison. A president is a little different since he is in charge of the DOJ and the Secret Service and Military have sworn an oath to protect him. First you must remove him from the office of a president and to do that the House has to impeach him and the Senate has to have a trial where they determine whether or not to remove him from office. Once he is removed from office you can prosecute him.

And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same:

Rioting and looting is not good. The US is now an Orwellian police state ever since Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law. We have complete digital surveillance of the entire nation, that is the law. The groundwork for the Antichrist reign and the Beast system is currently being implemented, we are seeing the Beast rise out of the nations.

4 for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

The Big Beautiful Bill was sold based on the goal of deporting illegal aliens. They always sell this to you based on the "good". For example, the mark of the beast will make it next to impossible to steal money or commit a crime without getting caught. The ability of the government to stamp out crime will be increased ten fold. That is a good thing. This includes stopping tax fraud, that also is a good thing. However, absolute power corrupts absolutely and that will certainly be true of Antichrist. Adolf Hitler is a precursor to what is coming, only worse.

5 Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

There are two reasons we must be in subjection. First, if you aren't you will go to prison and perhaps be put to death and second, since the power comes from God your conscience tells you to obey. However, if the power does not come from God, if the Antichrist demands you to worship him instead of God, well then conscience will demand that you refuse. Yes you will get beheaded, but the Bible tells us to not fear those who can kill the body but rather fear Him who after you are dead can cast your soul into hell.

6 For for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God’s service, attending continually upon this very thing.

You are required to pay tax, you are required to pay every fine, every parking ticket. It is stunning to me how some people treat these things as optional. God is omniscient you will have to appear before Him and be judged for everything you have done on this earth. Yes the Lord's blood can and does wash away all sins. So if you have confessed your sin in not paying what you owe, and taken the Lord's blood the next step is to repent. That means you now need to go and pay it.

7 Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

To even be disrespectful, even if you aren't insulting or rude, but simply not rendering to all their due respect, well even for that you will be held accountable.

Romans 13:8 Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

Some people are like leaches, they always owe others and never actually pay their own way. So if you have been saved the first step is to not owe any man anything. Pay your fines, pay your bills, pay your way. But that does not fulfill the law. Think of a number line, you have negative numbers and you have positive numbers and in the middle you have 0. Before you were always borrowing and never paying, you were a negative number. Now you owe no many anything, you are a 0. That is an improvement, you have been moving in the right direction. But in order to fulfill the law you need to love your neighbor. You can buy him lunch, you can loan him the lawn mower, etc.

9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Think about that, what is adultery but hating your neighbor. What is stealing or coveting but hating your neighbor. One form of hating your neighbor is simply loving yourself and taking no notice of your neighbor. I know this woman, she has a good job, makes good money, and her living expenses are quite low. But she never pays for anything and she is always "broke". Why? It seems she is always shopping, always buying clothes for herself, things for herself. Selfishness is simply a form of hating everyone else.

10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

Do you work ill to your neighbor? Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. People who gossip reveal that in their heart they work ill towards their neighbor.

Romans 13:11 And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.

This is the point of this blog.

12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

The bible is about seven thousand years to go from Adam to the last Adam, from darkness to light. According to the Jews the day starts with the night, evening and morning is one day. At Adams time it was dark because they had no word of God. At the time of Paul writing Romans the night was far spent and the sun was rising because the New Testament was being written. In Ephesians Paul describes putting on our armor, but every piece of armor is light. The belt of truth, truth is light. Breastplate of righteousness, righteousness is light. Shod your feet with the gospel of peace, the gospel is light. The shield of faith, faith is light. Helmet of salvation, salvation is light. Sword of the Spirit which is the word of God, the word of God is light. Our armor is to shine the light.

13 Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

Drunkenness, wantonness, strife and jealousy, this is darkness. It is not truth, it is not righteousness, it is not faith, it is not salvation, it is not the gospel and it is contrary to the word of God.

14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Some people seem to want to be Christians but complain about how they are weak, they always sin. For example, maybe they watch dirty movies, dirty videos. When I first got saved for about the first twenty years I did not have a TV. If you have a TV you are making provision for the flesh. Some complain about using their computer to go onto the internet to see pornography. Well, stop paying for internet and then you will not be making provision for the flesh. I don't drink soda, the reason is because I don't buy it when I am in the grocery store. Once the stuff is in the house I'll drink it as much as the next person. The way to deal with that is don't buy it in the first place.

Another Amazing prophecy

Isaiah 8:1 And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz; 2 and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said Jehovah unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.

The Syrian Government fell on December 8, 2024, a year after October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel.

Well, this is the prophecy that follows that last one

Isaiah 8:5 And Jehovah spake unto me yet again, saying, 6 Forasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

This is the people of Israel, the ten tribes, the ones that rejected David as king. In those days Israel was divided into two kingdoms, the ten tribes to the north called Israel and the two tribes to the South called Judah. Today I would liken the ten tribes to the USA where 49% of the world's Jews live and the two tribes to Israel where the other 49% of the world's Jews live. I would liken King David to Jesus and Remaliah's son would be Trump. There are many "christians" who are today rejoicing in Trump. Remaliah means "protected by Jehovah". That is the US, for years we have been protected by Jehovah. But what has this brought forth? It is the current administration of Trump, MAGA, RINOs and Democrats. What a contrast with Jesus.

7 now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks; 8 and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

Wow, this is a prophecy of the US being invaded by a strong army that is an ally to Syria which fell in 2024.

And then the Tribulation

Isaiah 8:9 Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.

Do you know why all these people are making an uproar over Trump? It is because God has commanded it in the word. All those LGBTQ, all those "rainbow coalition" they are simply pawns doing as God commanded. Why are they making an uproar? Because they are about to see the Father's belt on them. Go ahead, you are about to be punished for rebelling against God.

10 Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

God is mocking and ridiculing them. Why? Because they have mocked and ridiculed God.

11 For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, 12 Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread thereof.

These are those on the other side of the divide. It takes two to tango, it takes two to have a rancorous debate on social media. These are the ones claiming Covid was made in a lab, the vaccine is a kill shot, Fauci is a FreeMason, the Freemasons want to reduce human population down to 500 million, etc. Read their posts, they speak of millions of these plastic containers to put dead people in. They speak of Obama ordering tens of thousands of guillotines. They talk about underground bunkers the size of cities in the US and in Russia and in China.

13 Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

This is who we should be afraid of. All that stuff is real, all that stuff is true, there will be no escape other than the rapture. Therefore you should be working out your own salvation with fear and trembling as we are advised in the book of Philippians.

14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Jesus is everything. If you receive Him He can be a sanctuary for you. If not He can be a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. Look at how many are offended at Christians who say that Jesus is the only way to the Father. He can be a gin that divides and separates the wheat from the tares. He can be a snare to those who are trying to snare the believers.

15 And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

This is simply the fact. We preach the gospel so that some may repent and turn to the Lord. But many won't. Consider this, suppose I speak to ten people about the Lord and everyone rejects me and doesn't want to hear it, but I don't quit. I then speak to a thousand people and still the same thing. But I don't quit, I then speak to ten thousand people and one person receives it. Do you realize that 638,000 different people have visited this blog, that works out to 1 out of 10,000 when considering the world's population. Don't let the people who reject the gospel keep you from speaking to those who will receive it.

should not a people seek unto their God?

Isaiah 8:16 Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Isn't this amazing, how old is this book? How many books do you have that are this old and yet are speaking to us today?

18 Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.

That's right, our testimonies, and these prophecies are a sign and a wonder to the people, not simply the nations, but even more to the rebellious house that rejected Jesus.

19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony!

Some people want to deny that witchcraft and the occult and pagan worship have infected the apostate church. But if you do that you are denying the word of God. There are people pretending to be Christians who are involved in necromancy, they are involved in the occult, they are involved in witchcraft.

if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them. 21 And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward: 22 and they shall look unto the earth, and, behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.

We don't know what is going on within people, you wonder why someone cannot repent, cannot turn, cannot see the light. Pray for them, speak to them, but know God is omniscient, we aren't. There are a lot of things done in the darkness, done in secret that they are too ashamed to talk of. This is why those who worship these demons and devils will look to dig holes in the earth and cover themselves with darkness.

Bible Codes Confirm a Huge Sign

The testimony of the redeemed

Isaiah 9:1 But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time hath he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

This is where the gospel began. The church age begins with the Lord preaching the gospel to those who are in darkness and it ends with those who receive the gospel being raised up in glory.

2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

This is our testimony, we walked in darkness and then we saw a great light, we dwelt in the land of the shadow of death and on us the light shined. In the church our joy has been multiplied. We rejoice to preach the gospel knowing at the end of the age there will be a great harvest.

4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian. 5 For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.

This is a clear reference to the tribulation and Ezekiel 38 and 39. The reason for the tribulation is to break the rod of our oppressor, to remove the yoke of our burden.

6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

Jesus Christ is Lord. We don't need to whine about the rulers and leaders in the world, they are in the kingdom of darkness. Why are you complaining that Satan's kingdom is evil, corrupt and makes it terrible for the people. I had to listen to some woman crying and wailing about how her friend lost her job because of funding cut to the NIH. Five years earlier her aunt and uncle both lost their jobs because of a Biden mandating an experimental vaccine in violation of international law. Did she shed one tear for them? No. When you borrow $39 trillion the day will come when you have to pay it back.

8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. 9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in pride and in stoutness of heart, 10 The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.

Jonathan Cahn in his book "The Harbinger" explains very clearly that this is a reference to 9/11. That confirms my interpretation that the US can be referred to as Ephraim, another name for the northern ten tribes of Israel. Ephraim was the son of Joseph and since Joseph got a double portion both of His sons, Ephraim and Manasseh got portions. The blessing Jacob gave to Joseph is the blessing to scientists. At first Germany was the center of scientific discovery, that would be the older brother Manasseh. But during WW2 the Jewish scientists immigrated to the US and the US became the world leader in scientific discovery. Which is why they are called "Ephraim".