Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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They did not have the Holy Spirit indwelling them.

John 2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

This is the conclusion of John chapter 2. This chapter begins with a wedding in Cana of Galilee where Jesus turned the water to wine. This was the beginning of Jesus' ministry and the first miracle so it is obviously very symbolic. But a wedding is where one person commits themself to another and the conclusion of this chapter is that Jesus "did not commit himself unto them". There is a strong temptation to liken this to the marriage of the lamb but at that wedding feast do you really think they will run out of wine? Instead I would compare this wedding to the one we see in

Luke12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Again, this wedding can't be the marriage of the Lamb, why would He come home after the wedding? The wedding is going to be in the Father's house. Also, who would make dinner for the servants on their wedding night?

So let's return to John 2 because there is another glaring issue with this chapter. John makes it very clear that the wedding in Cana of Galilee was the "kickoff event" of Jesus ministry but then he has Jesus flipping the tables of the money changers in Jerusalem which took place days before His crucifixion at the end of the ministry. According to a letter from the High Priest that is a historical document, that was the reason he felt they had to act immediately to crucify Jesus. John is doing a standard approach to critical reading by looking at how things started and comparing them with how they ended. Put these two things together and you can learn a lot.

The six stone waterpots with two or three firkins each are used for purifying a woman after she gives birth. She needs this much water to wash. Six is the number of mankind and also of the six days (6,000 years) it takes to make man. From Adam to Abraham was the work of the Father, from Abraham to Jesus was the work of the Son, and from Jesus to today was the work of the Spirit. Our body is the temple of God and this water is used to wash the woman after giving birth, to cleanse her temple. Jesus at the end of the ministry is "cleansing the temple". Also we can see His death and resurrection as a birth. When the temple or the church is a house of merchandise selling CD's from musicians or books from preachers or Tshirts, coffee mugs, etc. Then it is like being given water to drink and they have no wine. When you remove all that junk and instead fill the gathering of the saints with testimonies of experiencing the Lord's death and resurrection then it is like drinking the best wine.

Imagine you are a basketball team and you are playing against your "enemy". On your team you have Michael Jordan, but he sits at the end of the bench and the coach never puts him in. That is like Jesus and His disciples being invited to this wedding. It isn't their wedding but they are invited. You are losing this game, it is a blowout. It is like the enemy has a 30 point lead at half time and this woman tells the coach to put Jesus in. At this point what harm can it do. He then orchestrates a tremendous come from behind victory and you win (the water is turned to a fine wine). This is the first miracle that Jesus does but we can see this is where the ministry is heading. Jesus crucifixion was that blowout victory for the enemy at halftime and then His resurrection orchestrates a tremendous victory over death, turning the death water into a fine wine.

This wedding depicts man struggling to live a blessed life without the Holy Spirit. They have the Father and they have the Son, but that is only 2/3 of the Godhead. That is 666. Now return to the last verse of this chapter, Jesus knew "what was in man". Or, more precisely He knew what was not in man. They did not have the Holy Spirit indwelling them. For six thousand years we have been filled to the brim with death water, but only then does Jesus change that water to a fine wine of the resurrected Christ.
 

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