Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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He said something that struck me, the day of the rapture will be a day like any other.
I have been looking as hard as I can to see what we will see prior to and at the time of the rapture.
So this will be a day like any other and yet the world will change in an instant.
The rapture brings in "sudden destruction".
So you will have two people in the field, going to work like usual, two women at the mill grinding grain like usual, two people sleeping in bed, like usual and then in the twinkling of an eye everything changes.
What happens when we have the rapture, God sends them a great delusion.
So then I thought, OK, is there a type or shadow of this "great delusion" in the Old Testament?
Exodus 7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.
So I just shared this prophetic visitation of Gabriel to Vicki Goforth Parnell which says the water is about to turn to blood. This will be when the time of miracles returns. Imagine if it is also when the rapture takes place! Several times we are told if your heart is right with the Lord then the water will be ok for you to drink but if not it will be toxic, you can't even bathe in it. So think about it, the one who restrains is taken out of the way and immediately the water turns to blood. We are told in the NT that all things subsist in the Lord. We are held by his hand and if he weren't holding us we would immediately die.
Now the Threshing of the testing is Here
She said the first plague is here, a dividing and a separation of the sheep from the goats by the true blood of the lamb. That is a direct reference to the rapture. She said this will shine through all the charades and lies to see who is truly His and who is not, again, another reference to the rapture. Also Gabriel tells her that each piece of information she gets must be shared in order it is received from now till her departure. Another reference to the rapture.
After hearing Vicki's prophecy that this is already here I googled toxic algal bloom and found them in the following places this week: Oklahoma, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, China, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, Texas. Her prophecies says that man has been judged and found guilty. These plagues come on the earth as a judgement. The rapture is a judgement. It is a "well done good and faithful servant" for those who are raptured and it is a judgement that you have been found guilty for those left behind.
These are local news stories. You are seeing fish kills, red tide, algal bloom, dogs dying, etc. But no one is paying attention. This is not a big national story. The water for the most part has not turned red.
In the prophecy it said that only people who were looking would see it right now ("mostly unseen by those not watching") but soon everyone would see it. Other prophecies tied this into CERN starting up on the 5th. In that prophecy it said it would take a week and sure enough we are now seeing a hint of this one week later.
In her prophecy she also said it would be 40 days of testing followed by 40 days of trial and then tribulation. Revelation 3:10 has a promise that the church in Philadelphia would be kept out of the hour of trial. So it seems to me the rapture divides the period of testing from the period of trial.
Then the prophecy says that the first seven days started on the 23rd of the Hebrew month. The prophecy begins with a loud trumpet blast, that seems like a reference to the rapture. It is a declaration of judgement on all those who refused to bow the knee, that seems like all those who are left behind after the rapture. This is the beginning of the testing period. Plague after plague will reveal the strong arm of justice.
"40 days for these plagues to be seen and processed with time in between the sum"
"40 days of testing beginning with your waters being seen"
Revelation 3:10 says Philadelphia will be kept from the hour of "temptation". The word means an experiment, attempt, trial, proving. It is a trial of fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy, temptation to sin, a trial of God by men. Rebellion against God by men by which His power and justice are, as it were, put to the proof and challenged to show themselves.
This proclamation by Gabriel that this first plague is already here, just not visible yet, is a reference to the temptation that Philadelphia will be kept from! This is a declaration concerning the rapture.
She said the first plague is here, a dividing and a separation of the sheep from the goats by the true blood of the lamb. That is a direct reference to the rapture. She said this will shine through all the charades and lies to see who is truly His and who is not, again, another reference to the rapture. Also Gabriel tells her that each piece of information she gets must be shared in order it is received from now till her departure. Another reference to the rapture.
After hearing Vicki's prophecy that this is already here I googled toxic algal bloom and found them in the following places this week: Oklahoma, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, China, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, Texas. Her prophecies says that man has been judged and found guilty. These plagues come on the earth as a judgement. The rapture is a judgement. It is a "well done good and faithful servant" for those who are raptured and it is a judgement that you have been found guilty for those left behind.
These are local news stories. You are seeing fish kills, red tide, algal bloom, dogs dying, etc. But no one is paying attention. This is not a big national story. The water for the most part has not turned red.
In the prophecy it said that only people who were looking would see it right now ("mostly unseen by those not watching") but soon everyone would see it. Other prophecies tied this into CERN starting up on the 5th. In that prophecy it said it would take a week and sure enough we are now seeing a hint of this one week later.
In her prophecy she also said it would be 40 days of testing followed by 40 days of trial and then tribulation. Revelation 3:10 has a promise that the church in Philadelphia would be kept out of the hour of trial. So it seems to me the rapture divides the period of testing from the period of trial.
Then the prophecy says that the first seven days started on the 23rd of the Hebrew month. The prophecy begins with a loud trumpet blast, that seems like a reference to the rapture. It is a declaration of judgement on all those who refused to bow the knee, that seems like all those who are left behind after the rapture. This is the beginning of the testing period. Plague after plague will reveal the strong arm of justice.
"40 days for these plagues to be seen and processed with time in between the sum"
"40 days of testing beginning with your waters being seen"
Revelation 3:10 says Philadelphia will be kept from the hour of "temptation". The word means an experiment, attempt, trial, proving. It is a trial of fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy, temptation to sin, a trial of God by men. Rebellion against God by men by which His power and justice are, as it were, put to the proof and challenged to show themselves.
This proclamation by Gabriel that this first plague is already here, just not visible yet, is a reference to the temptation that Philadelphia will be kept from! This is a declaration concerning the rapture.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/tho...h-up-on-us-beach-cause-horrific-smell-3150236
Thousands of dead fish wash up on the beach in Staten Island
https://www.newsweek.com/fish-thousands-rotting-staten-island-1723456
‘Red Tide’ renders shellfish toxic in Mass. waters
https://www.boston.com/news/environment/2022/07/10/red-tide-shellfish-toxic-massachusetts-waters/
Thousands of dead fish wash up on the beach in Staten Island
https://www.newsweek.com/fish-thousands-rotting-staten-island-1723456
‘Red Tide’ renders shellfish toxic in Mass. waters
https://www.boston.com/news/environment/2022/07/10/red-tide-shellfish-toxic-massachusetts-waters/
Toxic Algal bloom
Nebraska
The state has issued health alerts for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Rockford Lake in Gage County, Willow Creek Reservoir in Pierce County, and Kirkman’s Cove Lake in Richardson County.
https://nebraska.tv/news/local/health-alert-toxic-algae-found-in-nebraska-lakes
kansas
Map of harmful algal blooms in the state
https://maps.kdhe.state.ks.us/habkscounty/
Missouri
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Pomme de Terre Lake is responding to a toxic blue-green algae bloom with site-specific sampling and posting public health advisory signs around the lake as recommended by state health agencies.
On May 31, potentially toxic blue-green algae blooms were observed from Lindley Creek Arm mile marker L8 to the dam. Laboratory results from sample(s) from Lindley Creek Arm mile L5.5 area indicate the dense algae bloom consisted of 98% blue-green algae with algal toxin (microcystin) concentration below the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Public Health Warning Criteria for recreation contact but could be considered dangerous for pets. Considering these results, USACE is closing Nemo Park beach and general caution signs will be posted at access point and boat ramps for public awareness.
https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Medi...te the dense,be considered dangerous for pets.
Nebraska
The state has issued health alerts for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Rockford Lake in Gage County, Willow Creek Reservoir in Pierce County, and Kirkman’s Cove Lake in Richardson County.
https://nebraska.tv/news/local/health-alert-toxic-algae-found-in-nebraska-lakes
kansas
Map of harmful algal blooms in the state
https://maps.kdhe.state.ks.us/habkscounty/
Missouri
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Pomme de Terre Lake is responding to a toxic blue-green algae bloom with site-specific sampling and posting public health advisory signs around the lake as recommended by state health agencies.
On May 31, potentially toxic blue-green algae blooms were observed from Lindley Creek Arm mile marker L8 to the dam. Laboratory results from sample(s) from Lindley Creek Arm mile L5.5 area indicate the dense algae bloom consisted of 98% blue-green algae with algal toxin (microcystin) concentration below the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Public Health Warning Criteria for recreation contact but could be considered dangerous for pets. Considering these results, USACE is closing Nemo Park beach and general caution signs will be posted at access point and boat ramps for public awareness.
https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Medi...te the dense,be considered dangerous for pets.
There is a blessing to read the book of Revelation, a blessing to hear this word and the blessing to respond in obedience to this word.
Lord we pray You would teach us Your truth.
We need to see Jesus as the triumphant king of kings and Lord of lords.
Compliance and Silence enables Tyrants
Homeschooling is essential
Matthew 7:15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
If you have been paying attention you have learned that ferocious wolves have infiltrated the public school system with their Critical Race theory (the color of your skin determines if you are righteous) and their LGBTQ agenda with pornographic books, pushing the idea of "gender fluidity" and making bathrooms and sports teams unisex. It is essential to take a stand.
Matthew 24:11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
School should be a place where you educate children on how not to be deceived. Instead you are allowing the wolves to get to them.
Luke 6:26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.
When everyone speaks well of you is called "group think". It is the sign of a cult. It is also the sign of tyrannies as anyone who speaks out against the tyrant is imprisoned in the gulag, they are censored, and cancelled.
1Timothy 1:3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer
Every believer should know that there are those who teach false doctrines. If they will do this in churches with adults do you really think they won't bring this into your kids school?
1Timothy 6:20 Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
They have shamed and humiliated people claiming that what they teach is "knowledge". Wake up, have a backbone, and be a man. We saw some college professor testifying in a hearing in Washington DC about birthing people. She was asked if she was referring to women. She said this question was hate filled. Even asking a question is repudiated as hate.
2Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
These false doctrines are destructive heresies. They will destroy kids. The public school is filled with kids who do drugs, sell drugs, and get into fornication. They are destroying your kids.
Setting up a homeschool is simple.
1. From 1st grade to 8th grade the great majority of classes (everything but math) can be taught by reading books and watching educational videos.
If you and a few other families coordinated with their local church it would be very easy to do. If you also have one or two retired teachers volunteer as coordinators it could be done in a way that is far more effective than public school. Churches are already involved in vetting sunday school teachers so this should not be hard for a church to assist in setting this up. The kids could also get involved in the church choir. For phys ed I would recommend Karate. If you begin in first grade all the kids could be black belts by sixth grade. That develops strength, balance, and self confidence. Some kids will continue to pursue this, others will prefer dance or perhaps little league baseball. Once the kid attains to black belt and they want to try something else I'd encourage that.
Then I think you have a number of people in a church (pastor, assistant pastor, youth leaders, retired teachers, etc) who could run round table discussions with the kids once a week on what they read. Public schools are set up with 90% of time devoted to classroom discussion and 10% devoted to reading. I would flip that, 90% of the time during the week is to reading with a good detailed discussion each week being 10% of your time. So if you have 30 hours of class time dedicated to the reading, videos, tapes, and interactive lessons you could then have 3 hours every Saturday morning of roundtable discussion. These would be small group, no more than 12, making it easier to speak and harder to keep quiet.
The other thing I would encourage is for assignments and projects to be ultimately delivered as Youtube videos. This way the kids project is not just seen by the teacher or even the other class members but by their family, friends and anyone else. Over a period of years they will develop a portfolio of their work. Teachers would be there to help the kids edit and improve these. They would cover a multitude of topics and skills including art, music, history, science, drama, story telling, etc. I would also show the kids the projects done by the previous class. Knowing that kids younger than you will see your video next year is a big motivator to put your all into this work.
If you can get 20% of kids to leave the public school for these homeschools the public schools will be in a catastrophic situation. They get funding based on attendance, losing 20% of their funding would eliminate all after school programs and they would have to fire the untenured teachers. This will encourage more and more students to leave the public school.
At this point the homeschools would be able to negotiate from a position of strength. They could agree to lease space in these empty school buildings based on several conditions. First, that space is given all the same rights and protections that a church building is given. The homeschool has a written agreement that they can have prayer, teach the Bible, and be given full autonomy in their curriculum as long as the kids take a state examination every other year to demonstrate that they are at the standard of their grade level. The second condition is that the kids get the same funding that the public school gets on a per student basis (they are taking your tax dollars and applying it to school). The state is going to want to give you this because most of this money will come back to them in the money you are paying to lease space in their building.
At this point you can open the school up to any parents who want, it will be free just like public school and you will be able to hire teachers to supervise the kids. Parents would be able to go online and view a number of youtube videos the kids prepared for their projects from previous years to get an idea of what the school is like. Schools can make a great presentation of all the great things they offer, but the real test is to see the products the kids are producing. Ask the public school to show you what their kids have produced and they will be totally exposed.
Show videotapes of the kids getting black belts, and of kids playing instruments, involved in dance, singing in the Choir.
Homeschooling is essential
Matthew 7:15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
If you have been paying attention you have learned that ferocious wolves have infiltrated the public school system with their Critical Race theory (the color of your skin determines if you are righteous) and their LGBTQ agenda with pornographic books, pushing the idea of "gender fluidity" and making bathrooms and sports teams unisex. It is essential to take a stand.
Matthew 24:11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
School should be a place where you educate children on how not to be deceived. Instead you are allowing the wolves to get to them.
Luke 6:26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.
When everyone speaks well of you is called "group think". It is the sign of a cult. It is also the sign of tyrannies as anyone who speaks out against the tyrant is imprisoned in the gulag, they are censored, and cancelled.
1Timothy 1:3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer
Every believer should know that there are those who teach false doctrines. If they will do this in churches with adults do you really think they won't bring this into your kids school?
1Timothy 6:20 Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
They have shamed and humiliated people claiming that what they teach is "knowledge". Wake up, have a backbone, and be a man. We saw some college professor testifying in a hearing in Washington DC about birthing people. She was asked if she was referring to women. She said this question was hate filled. Even asking a question is repudiated as hate.
2Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
These false doctrines are destructive heresies. They will destroy kids. The public school is filled with kids who do drugs, sell drugs, and get into fornication. They are destroying your kids.
Setting up a homeschool is simple.
1. From 1st grade to 8th grade the great majority of classes (everything but math) can be taught by reading books and watching educational videos.
If you and a few other families coordinated with their local church it would be very easy to do. If you also have one or two retired teachers volunteer as coordinators it could be done in a way that is far more effective than public school. Churches are already involved in vetting sunday school teachers so this should not be hard for a church to assist in setting this up. The kids could also get involved in the church choir. For phys ed I would recommend Karate. If you begin in first grade all the kids could be black belts by sixth grade. That develops strength, balance, and self confidence. Some kids will continue to pursue this, others will prefer dance or perhaps little league baseball. Once the kid attains to black belt and they want to try something else I'd encourage that.
Then I think you have a number of people in a church (pastor, assistant pastor, youth leaders, retired teachers, etc) who could run round table discussions with the kids once a week on what they read. Public schools are set up with 90% of time devoted to classroom discussion and 10% devoted to reading. I would flip that, 90% of the time during the week is to reading with a good detailed discussion each week being 10% of your time. So if you have 30 hours of class time dedicated to the reading, videos, tapes, and interactive lessons you could then have 3 hours every Saturday morning of roundtable discussion. These would be small group, no more than 12, making it easier to speak and harder to keep quiet.
The other thing I would encourage is for assignments and projects to be ultimately delivered as Youtube videos. This way the kids project is not just seen by the teacher or even the other class members but by their family, friends and anyone else. Over a period of years they will develop a portfolio of their work. Teachers would be there to help the kids edit and improve these. They would cover a multitude of topics and skills including art, music, history, science, drama, story telling, etc. I would also show the kids the projects done by the previous class. Knowing that kids younger than you will see your video next year is a big motivator to put your all into this work.
If you can get 20% of kids to leave the public school for these homeschools the public schools will be in a catastrophic situation. They get funding based on attendance, losing 20% of their funding would eliminate all after school programs and they would have to fire the untenured teachers. This will encourage more and more students to leave the public school.
At this point the homeschools would be able to negotiate from a position of strength. They could agree to lease space in these empty school buildings based on several conditions. First, that space is given all the same rights and protections that a church building is given. The homeschool has a written agreement that they can have prayer, teach the Bible, and be given full autonomy in their curriculum as long as the kids take a state examination every other year to demonstrate that they are at the standard of their grade level. The second condition is that the kids get the same funding that the public school gets on a per student basis (they are taking your tax dollars and applying it to school). The state is going to want to give you this because most of this money will come back to them in the money you are paying to lease space in their building.
At this point you can open the school up to any parents who want, it will be free just like public school and you will be able to hire teachers to supervise the kids. Parents would be able to go online and view a number of youtube videos the kids prepared for their projects from previous years to get an idea of what the school is like. Schools can make a great presentation of all the great things they offer, but the real test is to see the products the kids are producing. Ask the public school to show you what their kids have produced and they will be totally exposed.
Show videotapes of the kids getting black belts, and of kids playing instruments, involved in dance, singing in the Choir.
Rachel’s power in prayer
Jeremiah 31:15 Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. 16 Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
Jeremiah is weeping for the exile of Israel as they are led off into captivity. God does not hear his prayers, so he appeals to the great men of faith, to Moses, and to Abraham, and to Jacob and yet God does not hear their prayers. It isn’t until he appeals to Rachel that God hears her prayer, says to dry her eyes because her work shall be rewarded.
I want to be able to pray like Rachel, to have power with God like she had.
But to do that I need to understand what her work was that she was rewarded for. To do that we need to review a little about what Jeremiah says because it relates to everything Rachel did. When Jacob blesses Joseph he talks about how his life was made bitter referring to being sold into slavery by his brothers and then being thrown into the dungeon by Potipher. When Jacob learns that Joseph has been killed (the story the brothers told) he says he refused to be comforted. So even though Rachel is dead she is still one with Jacob, still watching over her children and still praying for them.
Also Rachel is considered the Mother of Israel which is weird because Leah has more kids than she does.
But now we need to understand what the work was that she did that she is being rewarded for because her reward is to become the mother of Israel. There is a story, it seems trivial, that Reuben, Leah’s firstborn, is out gathering flowers when he is six years old and gives them to his mother. The Bible calls them “mandrakes” but the truth is the Bible does not tell us what they are, other than wildflowers.
Imagine you are Leah, here is your six year old son, he comes back with some flowers and says “Mom, I picked these for you”. This is special, you save this gift just like you might save a card your child made. But then Rachel asks Leah if she can have some of those flowers. Leah gets upset, it isn’t enough you have taken my husband but now you want by son’s flowers too! Rachel says that is fair, in exchange for giving me some of those flowers I will give you Jacob tonight. Leah runs to Jacob and says I have rented you tonight from Rachel, she gets pregnant and has a child that she names “Reward”.
This story explains why God says Rachel shall be rewarded and why He listened to her prayers. Up until that point Rachel felt she had been cheated. She was supposed to marry Jacob, it was a beautiful love story of him working seven years for her, and then at the last moment her father poisons everything by switching Leah for Rachel. But then Leah has child after child. Leah has four children of her own and two children from her maid. Rachel is still barren at this time. It is very clear up to this point there is a bitter rivalry between the two. But this act by Rachel is saying “I want to view your kids as my kids”. Yes I am barren, but I can still love my nieces and nephews.
It is at this point that Rachel is able to see this relationship from her sister’s point of view. It wasn’t her sister’s plan to be swapped for Rachel and to cheat Jacob. As a result of this she is hated. Her wedding night is ruined. Then to make things worse a week later Rachel decides to marry Jacob as well, why? She didn’t have to do that, she chose to steal Leah’s husband. Rachel had never considered the situation from Leah’s point of view, but then she says OK, in exchange for the flowers I’ll give you this night with Jacob. This is undoing what happened on the wedding night. Jacob had paid for Rachel and got Leah, that was a trick. But here Leah has paid for Jacob and there is no trick. Rachel’s work was to undo the wrong that was done her. No longer is she the victim, now she can embrace all the children as hers. This is why God listens to her prayer.
So Lord I pray that my sight would be adjusted like Rachels, that I could hear your words as compassion and not judgment, that I could be one with You, praising you, and so I could see all of the believers as a great reward, the riches of your inheritance in the saints. Lord I pray that I would let grace work in my heart to transform me.
Jeremiah 31:15 Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. 16 Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
Jeremiah is weeping for the exile of Israel as they are led off into captivity. God does not hear his prayers, so he appeals to the great men of faith, to Moses, and to Abraham, and to Jacob and yet God does not hear their prayers. It isn’t until he appeals to Rachel that God hears her prayer, says to dry her eyes because her work shall be rewarded.
I want to be able to pray like Rachel, to have power with God like she had.
But to do that I need to understand what her work was that she was rewarded for. To do that we need to review a little about what Jeremiah says because it relates to everything Rachel did. When Jacob blesses Joseph he talks about how his life was made bitter referring to being sold into slavery by his brothers and then being thrown into the dungeon by Potipher. When Jacob learns that Joseph has been killed (the story the brothers told) he says he refused to be comforted. So even though Rachel is dead she is still one with Jacob, still watching over her children and still praying for them.
Also Rachel is considered the Mother of Israel which is weird because Leah has more kids than she does.
But now we need to understand what the work was that she did that she is being rewarded for because her reward is to become the mother of Israel. There is a story, it seems trivial, that Reuben, Leah’s firstborn, is out gathering flowers when he is six years old and gives them to his mother. The Bible calls them “mandrakes” but the truth is the Bible does not tell us what they are, other than wildflowers.
Imagine you are Leah, here is your six year old son, he comes back with some flowers and says “Mom, I picked these for you”. This is special, you save this gift just like you might save a card your child made. But then Rachel asks Leah if she can have some of those flowers. Leah gets upset, it isn’t enough you have taken my husband but now you want by son’s flowers too! Rachel says that is fair, in exchange for giving me some of those flowers I will give you Jacob tonight. Leah runs to Jacob and says I have rented you tonight from Rachel, she gets pregnant and has a child that she names “Reward”.
This story explains why God says Rachel shall be rewarded and why He listened to her prayers. Up until that point Rachel felt she had been cheated. She was supposed to marry Jacob, it was a beautiful love story of him working seven years for her, and then at the last moment her father poisons everything by switching Leah for Rachel. But then Leah has child after child. Leah has four children of her own and two children from her maid. Rachel is still barren at this time. It is very clear up to this point there is a bitter rivalry between the two. But this act by Rachel is saying “I want to view your kids as my kids”. Yes I am barren, but I can still love my nieces and nephews.
It is at this point that Rachel is able to see this relationship from her sister’s point of view. It wasn’t her sister’s plan to be swapped for Rachel and to cheat Jacob. As a result of this she is hated. Her wedding night is ruined. Then to make things worse a week later Rachel decides to marry Jacob as well, why? She didn’t have to do that, she chose to steal Leah’s husband. Rachel had never considered the situation from Leah’s point of view, but then she says OK, in exchange for the flowers I’ll give you this night with Jacob. This is undoing what happened on the wedding night. Jacob had paid for Rachel and got Leah, that was a trick. But here Leah has paid for Jacob and there is no trick. Rachel’s work was to undo the wrong that was done her. No longer is she the victim, now she can embrace all the children as hers. This is why God listens to her prayer.
So Lord I pray that my sight would be adjusted like Rachels, that I could hear your words as compassion and not judgment, that I could be one with You, praising you, and so I could see all of the believers as a great reward, the riches of your inheritance in the saints. Lord I pray that I would let grace work in my heart to transform me.
According to gematria the absolute fulfillment of those pillars that Samson pushed out of the way is the church. When the church is raptured the world's economy will collapse. This is confusing so you have to consider it carefully. The Lord told all the faithful believers that they should treat their job as if they were serving Him. They aren't late, they don't try to get extra hours, they don't pilfer, they are serving conscientiously. Yet, very often the most critical people in a company are not the ones who are promoted. The chief officers and highest paid people in the company all know someone. This is the way FreeMasons operate. If someone else in the company is a freemason you have to promote that person, not the most qualified or the one with the best record. As a result the faithful servants of the Lord are like pillars holding the company or business up. People depend on them for everything because they are dependable and reliable and faithful. But when they are taken out of the way and raptured then they discover that all those fleshly people who specialize in scamming the system, they are useless and the system collapses. You will have people who were doing 80% of their job and giving 20% to this person, this person was doing the work of three people, and now that they are gone the people who are left behind have to do twice what they were used to doing and cannot do that.
So then it is a wonderful picture. You have these despicable philistines in their temple mocking and making sport of Samson when the pillars are moved out of the way and then the entire temple comes crashing down.
So then, when the church leaves the tribulation starts. Instead of figuring out when the rapture takes place, figure out when the tribulation starts.
So then it is a wonderful picture. You have these despicable philistines in their temple mocking and making sport of Samson when the pillars are moved out of the way and then the entire temple comes crashing down.
So then, when the church leaves the tribulation starts. Instead of figuring out when the rapture takes place, figure out when the tribulation starts.
Another very interesting piece of gematria is the term to "let it divide" the gematria is 117. Psalm 117 divides the Bible. In Genesis God divided the waters with the waters above from the waters below.
This is a type of the rapture. The waters depict people, some are raptured, some aren't. But the number 117 in Hebrew also means "close intimate relationship". This is what divides the people.
But God is love, why doesn't He have a close intimate relationship with everyone? Because some people reject Him, they don't want that relationship. During this age you learn who does and who doesn't want that close intimate relationship and that is what divides the people.
Jesus freaks are divided from other people because they want that relationship. But we all do the same thing. If you get married and have children you have a very different relationship with your immediate family than you do with just any person in the town. You choose to have a close intimate relationship with a woman and she wants the same relationship with you, and as a result you become divided from others. So then the term "let it divide". What divides us? It is that desire to have a close, intimate relationship with Jesus.
This is a type of the rapture. The waters depict people, some are raptured, some aren't. But the number 117 in Hebrew also means "close intimate relationship". This is what divides the people.
But God is love, why doesn't He have a close intimate relationship with everyone? Because some people reject Him, they don't want that relationship. During this age you learn who does and who doesn't want that close intimate relationship and that is what divides the people.
Jesus freaks are divided from other people because they want that relationship. But we all do the same thing. If you get married and have children you have a very different relationship with your immediate family than you do with just any person in the town. You choose to have a close intimate relationship with a woman and she wants the same relationship with you, and as a result you become divided from others. So then the term "let it divide". What divides us? It is that desire to have a close, intimate relationship with Jesus.
2Corinthians 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Make no mistake about it, public school is the yoking together of believers with unbelievers. It has to fully and completely dealt with. We can do a much better job of teaching our children.
I saw Gavin Newsom make a speech today talking about how people want to censor and ban books in school (he is referring to parents wanting to get rid of pornography books in the elementary school library) and that they are "othering" he is referring to parents who don't want Transgender women teaching elementary school kids about masturbation.
It is absolutely clear that light cannot have fellowship with darkness.
Make no mistake about it, public school is the yoking together of believers with unbelievers. It has to fully and completely dealt with. We can do a much better job of teaching our children.
I saw Gavin Newsom make a speech today talking about how people want to censor and ban books in school (he is referring to parents wanting to get rid of pornography books in the elementary school library) and that they are "othering" he is referring to parents who don't want Transgender women teaching elementary school kids about masturbation.
It is absolutely clear that light cannot have fellowship with darkness.
What do we see on the 17th of Tammuz?
We see Moses, a type of Christ, descending from the Mountain (heaven) and does He find faith? Well He sees people eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage. It is a big party, it is idolatrous, it was sinful, and it says they were dancing naked.
However, we also know that Moses calls to see who is with God and the Levites answer that call. We know that Moses grinds up the altar and makes the children of Israel drink the bitter water. Those that have the swollen thigh are killed by the levites, 3,000 idolaters. Conversely, during Passover we see that 3,000 get saved.
So then this may be the same day that we see the Spirit poured out on the disciples and they are speaking the great things of God in every language indicating the gospel will go to the whole Earth. Today we can see the Bible has gone to the whole Earth and has been translated into just about every language on earth. With the internet we are truly reaching the four corners of the earth.
This is a day of revealing.
This begins three weeks of fasting and mourning. So prior to this day we saw people eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, but not after this day. But it also focused on mourning for sin. Jesus said "blessed are those that mourn for they shall be comforted". So then we can combine this thought with the Lord's word that if the sky is red at night you say it will be good weather tomorrow, but if you see the sky is red in the morning you know it will be bad weather today. This age began with Jesus crucifixion on the cross. If that was the end of your day and the beginning of your night (you have been mourning for sin during this age) then tomorrow in the millenial reign you will have good weather.
It seems to me that the rapture divides the age between those who are partying, worshipping idols and living in sin from those who are mourning for sin. Then the ones with faith are raptured and those who are left behind mourn and fast. But this is also a great day for the gospel to get turbocharged. Think of the impact the rapture will have on the gospel for those who are left behind.
We see Moses, a type of Christ, descending from the Mountain (heaven) and does He find faith? Well He sees people eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage. It is a big party, it is idolatrous, it was sinful, and it says they were dancing naked.
However, we also know that Moses calls to see who is with God and the Levites answer that call. We know that Moses grinds up the altar and makes the children of Israel drink the bitter water. Those that have the swollen thigh are killed by the levites, 3,000 idolaters. Conversely, during Passover we see that 3,000 get saved.
So then this may be the same day that we see the Spirit poured out on the disciples and they are speaking the great things of God in every language indicating the gospel will go to the whole Earth. Today we can see the Bible has gone to the whole Earth and has been translated into just about every language on earth. With the internet we are truly reaching the four corners of the earth.
This is a day of revealing.
This begins three weeks of fasting and mourning. So prior to this day we saw people eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, but not after this day. But it also focused on mourning for sin. Jesus said "blessed are those that mourn for they shall be comforted". So then we can combine this thought with the Lord's word that if the sky is red at night you say it will be good weather tomorrow, but if you see the sky is red in the morning you know it will be bad weather today. This age began with Jesus crucifixion on the cross. If that was the end of your day and the beginning of your night (you have been mourning for sin during this age) then tomorrow in the millenial reign you will have good weather.
It seems to me that the rapture divides the age between those who are partying, worshipping idols and living in sin from those who are mourning for sin. Then the ones with faith are raptured and those who are left behind mourn and fast. But this is also a great day for the gospel to get turbocharged. Think of the impact the rapture will have on the gospel for those who are left behind.
They shall mourn
Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Do you think they mourned when Jesus was crucified? Jesus was the one who turned over the tables in the temple, He was the one who said not to make His house a house of merchandise. No they mourned at the beginning of this age, that was the morning for them.
Revelation 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Think about that, famine instead of fasting and mourning. We have seen this day coming for two thousand years, we have mourned during this age for the sins of this world, they have been dancing, partying, and feasting. Well the tables are about to be flipped.
James 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
This is what James is telling us. There is a judgement coming for all who rejoice to do evil.
1Corinthians 5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
This is like a dividing line, you have the apostasy which is puffed up and does not mourn over sin and you have those who do mourn, they are blessed and they will be comforted at the Lord's return.
Luke 7:32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
The Lord says "woe unto these ones" and God has not been revealed to them, neither the son. It is a big joke. When it says that the children of Israel sat down to eat and drink and then rose up to play the word for play means to mock, ridicule and act like this verse is describing.
Luke 6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
This is my point, the 17th of Tammuz divides the age. The age began with the 3,000 being saved on Pentecost which I suggest was actually about a week after the 17th of Tammuz. If Shavuot is the 5th then 50 days later would be the 25th of Tammuz, 8 days after the 17th of Tammuz. One week prior to this you get the rapture and the world that is "full" will now fast, and those who are laughing now will mourn. Meanwhile those who have fasted and mourned will be comforted.
Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
The appearing of the Lord will cause many to mourn, it will begin a period of mourning just like the 17th of Tammuz does.
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.
This is what I am saying. When Jesus was crucified the believers mourned, the world rejoiced. When the rapture takes place the believers will rejoice and the world will mourn.
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Once again, this is my point, this age has been an age of fasting and mourning. Those that have mourned will be comforted.
Matthew 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
This is the first mention of mourning in the New Testament. I have heard that all babies 2 years old and younger will all be raptured along with all the saints.
Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Do you think they mourned when Jesus was crucified? Jesus was the one who turned over the tables in the temple, He was the one who said not to make His house a house of merchandise. No they mourned at the beginning of this age, that was the morning for them.
Revelation 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Think about that, famine instead of fasting and mourning. We have seen this day coming for two thousand years, we have mourned during this age for the sins of this world, they have been dancing, partying, and feasting. Well the tables are about to be flipped.
James 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
This is what James is telling us. There is a judgement coming for all who rejoice to do evil.
1Corinthians 5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
This is like a dividing line, you have the apostasy which is puffed up and does not mourn over sin and you have those who do mourn, they are blessed and they will be comforted at the Lord's return.
Luke 7:32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
The Lord says "woe unto these ones" and God has not been revealed to them, neither the son. It is a big joke. When it says that the children of Israel sat down to eat and drink and then rose up to play the word for play means to mock, ridicule and act like this verse is describing.
Luke 6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
This is my point, the 17th of Tammuz divides the age. The age began with the 3,000 being saved on Pentecost which I suggest was actually about a week after the 17th of Tammuz. If Shavuot is the 5th then 50 days later would be the 25th of Tammuz, 8 days after the 17th of Tammuz. One week prior to this you get the rapture and the world that is "full" will now fast, and those who are laughing now will mourn. Meanwhile those who have fasted and mourned will be comforted.
Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
The appearing of the Lord will cause many to mourn, it will begin a period of mourning just like the 17th of Tammuz does.
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.
This is what I am saying. When Jesus was crucified the believers mourned, the world rejoiced. When the rapture takes place the believers will rejoice and the world will mourn.
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Once again, this is my point, this age has been an age of fasting and mourning. Those that have mourned will be comforted.
Matthew 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
This is the first mention of mourning in the New Testament. I have heard that all babies 2 years old and younger will all be raptured along with all the saints.