Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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There are two ways to interpret "no one knows the day or hour". In order for that to be true at the time Jesus spoke it one of two things would have to be true. Either you would not have known the day of the year meaning none of the Holy Days of the Lord Jesus were dress rehearsals for the rapture. The other possible explanation is that you would not know the year until the prophecies were fulfilled pointing to the year.

However, there is another word by the Lord telling Sardis that unless they repented and studied the word like they did at first they would not know the hour. This indicates that as the prophecies are fulfilled not only will you get to know the day but even the hour of the Lord's coming. Now the only way you could know the "hour" of the Lord's coming is if you had a very specific timeline in the Bible given from the prophecies and the parables.

For example "in the twinkling of an eye" suggests it is at sundown or Twilight. Then the parable of the ten virgins suggests it would be at twilight on the 9th of Tishrei since that is when the "gate is closed" and the foolish virgins are locked out whereas the wise have just entered in.

There are several verses in the Bible which must all be true.

1. Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

2. Revelation 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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3. Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

The verse in Amos can only be true if the secret concerning the rapture is hidden in the word of God and revealed later. After Jesus' talk in Matthew 24. In that verse the Lord clearly says that we must watch for the signs, and Revelation 3:3 reinforces that and also says if we don't watch for the signs then we will be caught by surprise.
 
Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

On the evening prior to Yom Kippur you eat a meal, and then at sunset the fast begins and you fast for the day of Yom Kippur. This is similar to Jesus after the baptism being thrust out to fast for forty days. Forty days indicates a time of trial and testing while fasting for the day of judgment can refer to the "Day of the Lord".

What prompts the fast? The Bridegroom is taken from them. This is similar to what happens to the foolish Virgins when the gate is locked. The Bridegroom is taken from them. And so the rapture is such an event where those who are not taken but are left behind are left behind to fast. So not only is the gate closed on this one day of the year, it is also the moment at which the Bridegroom is taken from those left behind, two different verses both pointing to the exact same moment in time and both pointing to the rapture.

This verse about the Bridegroom being taken from them is in all three synoptic gospels, it is an experience that every believer must go through. This happens when the Lord urges you to take the cross of Christ and you balk.
 
The Season of repentance

The season of repentance is the seven days from end of Feast of Trumpets to the start of Yom Kippur, or day of judgement.

Look at the book of Revelation, the focus is on the season of repentance for both the church and the unbelievers:

Repent

1. Ephesus
2. Pergamon
3. Thyatira (3x)
4. Sardis
5. Laodicea

Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Revelation 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

11:And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
 
Ezekiel 21:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 5 That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

This is what happens at Yom Kippur and what happens at the rapture. The books are opened, the righteous go in, the wicked are slain, and those that are neither are left behind.

6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.

This is what happens during the tribulation. Think of the tribulation as a press that squeezes repentance out of those who are most resistant to repenting.
 
Ezekiel 21:9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. 13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God. 14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. 15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. 16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. 17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.

Yesterday I tried to watch "Threads" a "docudrama" made by the BBC in the 1980s about what would happen if a nuclear bomb were to hit the UK. I only got about two thirds of the way through when I decided I had seen enough. It was too depressing, too dismal.
 
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He points out that the two cities most often compared to Sodom and Gomorrah in the US are NYC and San Francisco. He also pointed out that they were "five cities of the plain" just like NYC is five boroughs and San Francisco is also divided into five regions. Lot flees to Zoar the smallest of the five, and in NYC the smallest borough is Staten Island, which might be a decent place to flee to if NYC were hit with an attack. He makes other comparisons as well.
 
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