Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Correction

Previously I have said that the two witnesses are killed on Passover. I have always had a problem with that. What Jesus did on Passover He alone did, none of us could do that and none of us could be the Passover lamb. However, Passover is the first day of a seven day feast known as the Feast of unleavened bread. This feast depicts the church age. The church age for every single person begins with the blood of Jesus shed on Calvary. That is the official start of the church age. The official end of the church age is when the two witnesses are crucified. Therefore I think they will be killed on April 7th.

Therefore if you want to calculate their ministry as 1,260 days you can either subtract from April 7th, or April 10th or April 11th. It is not unreasonable to say that their ministry extends to their being raised up for all to see.

This would mean their ministry begins October 25th, (or October 28th or 29th).

Again, this is not a prophecy, only a subtraction problem in the event that the Great tribulation begins on April 13th when Apophis passes by the Earth.

 

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In related news it turns out that the red heifer burned to ashes in June was a certified kosher red heifer and the Temple institute did keep the ashes for purification purposes. Israel is currently in talks with world leaders about rebuilding the temple.

NEXT STEP Third Temple || Israel has REAL Red Heifer Ashes High Priest CONFIRMS

 

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Here is the game plan

Matthew 9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.

The last chapter just described the church age and the gospel going out to the nations, after doing that Jesus enters into a boat signifying the church. and comes into His own city signifying Jerusalem. What we are seeing here is the game plan for the church age.

2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

Palsy is congestive heart disease which can be deadly. Fluid builds up around the heart and it is hard for the heart to beat. Spiritually what is happening is your sins build up around your heart and without dealing with those sins they will ultimately suffocate you.

3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?

This is a major revelation of how the Lord heals us. First we are healed spiritually and then it is manifested physically. Second He identifies the source of the problem which was this evil thought being injected by the religious leaders. Third He speaks a word which is similar to the doctors shocking the heart to get it beating again. This man who is suffocating in sins keeps saying to himself "it is too hard to walk by faith". So the Lord responds to him saying "which is easier" meaning, not focus on walking by faith, simply focus on forgiving others of their sins. The basic principle is that if we forgive others of sins it gives God a basis to forgive us of our sins. Instead of focusing on yourself, focus on helping others suffering from the same thing as you.

6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 7 And he arose, and departed to his house.

A lot of people ask why a good God would allow such evil to happen to people. But here is the reality, if you never suffered from domestic abuse you really don't have that much empathy for those who have. But if you grew up in a horrific childhood and then got saved, it can become a life's mission to help pull others out of that same hell. You don't care about the money, you don't care about the problems and difficulties that must be surmounted. Going through that hell and being saved out of it has given you a ministry. If you grew up in a gang and were involved in all the felonies, spent time in prison and got saved you might have a ministry to help others who are in the gangs. If you got saved out of a cult you could have a ministry to save others in a cult. What we need to see is that the Son of Man has power on earth to overcome all those horrific things. When that is your personal experience you can then have the faith to walk by that faith. You don't then go to someone else's house, you go to your own. If I tried to minister to some street gang I would stand out like a sore thumb, they would know instantly that I have never shared any of their experiences. However, I have met brothers with a ministry to street gangs and I immediately realize he has shared my experiences. Both of us have learned that the Son of Man has power on earth to overcome sins, all sins.

8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

We pray that Jesus Christ would be glorified and that the Father's name would be hallowed. This is the process, when the power to overcome sins is manifested in a ministry that is based on faith in the Son of God having power over sin.

 

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Put me in coach, I'm ready to play

Matthew 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

This is how you get a calling. Do not confuse "being saved" with being called. Matthew was a tax collector, it was the most despised job for an Israelite. It was viewed as being a complete traitor and sell out. What would cause a person to do that, to turn on his own people? Was he the victim of being bullied as a kid? Perhaps the man who was drowning in his own sins because he refused to forgive others was a metaphor for Matthew.

10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

This is my point, Matthew has the ministry for publicans and sinners because that is who he was. They could relate to him. The cure is Jesus, that is what we all have in common, but each of us have grown up in our own special niche of a sinful world and we can relate to those people.

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

This is the blindness typical in religion. I grew up in a wealthy suburb of NYC, there was no crime in our little town. I know a woman who grew up on the streets of the inner city of NYC at the same time. Our experiences were diametrically opposite. She could not go anywhere without being escorted by her mother. She said when they went to the mall they had to walk in front of her mother, the mother was afraid that if they were behind her someone might grab her. This was when she was a little girl in elementary school. When I was a little boy in elementary school I would walk to the beach a half mile away, by myself, in the morning. At lunch time I would walk home by myself for lunch and then walk back, and then again at the end of the day I would walk home. Once I got a bicycle I would regularly ride my bicycle to through our entire town as well as four other towns neighboring our town. I went wherever I wanted without regard. Not only so but me and my friends would play out after school in the park until dark and then I would walk home, again by myself. My point is that woman who grew up in the inner city of NYC has no comprehension of my upbringing and vice versa. She saw sin, it was brazen, obvious, and in your face. I also saw sin, it was hidden, behind a mask, clothed in self righteousness. This Pharisee asks "why are they eating with sinners?" What a stupid question, you have to be blind to ask that question because all have sinned, all have fallen short of the glory of God.

12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

Do not misunderstand. In the gospel of John the Pharisees asked "are we also blind" and Jesus said to them that they said they had no sin and so the sin remained.

John 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

Before Jesus can heal you there must be an awareness that you are sick and you need healing. As long as you go around saying I am not sick, those people are sick then you will remain blind and instead of healing you will bring judgment on yourself.

13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Religion teaches sacrifice. Why are people self righteous? Because they go to church every week and they tithe, and they fast.

Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

But what about mercy? To forgive others of their sin is merciful. There is no mercy exhibited here.

14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

There is a purpose to fasting and you need to understand what that is. The purpose is not asceticism. Religion teaches you to fast like some kind of New Year's resolution, because it will somehow deal with sins. That is not the function of fasting.

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.

We fast because we want the bridegroom to return and for that to happen some things must happen first. The deep cry that should underly all "fasting" is "come Lord Jesus". You have a job to do and there are not enough hours in the day to do it, so you fast. Maybe you cut out TV, maybe you cut out a meal. You want to get the job done, you only have 24 hours to work with, you prioritize and whatever had a lower priority got cut. I like to think that I am the coach of a basketball team, I have ten players but can only play five at any given moment. Which of those players is going to give me the best result? For example, I am sifting through the internet to see what others share and on a daily basis I find something of value. But I know that everyday I get the best value from going to the Bible. The word of God is my starter. Does this mean that two or three players may wind up sitting on the bench the whole day? Yes.

 

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Don't fall for it

Matthew 9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Religion is like an old garment with a hole in it. Jesus is not some patch to this old garment. That is what the Judaizers thought in the book of Galatians and in the book of Acts. They thought it was the Jewish religion plus Jesus to patch the hole caused by sin. This will not work and that is why the Protestant Reformation tore away from the Catholic church.

17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

The new wine is the gospel of Jesus Christ going to the nations. We saw this in the book of Acts when Peter went to Cornelius and Paul was given the gospel to the uncircumcision. Paul describes that bursting in Galatians when he rebuked Peter. Paul's ministry explains clearly how the church is the new bottle to contain the Holy Spirit and gospel of Jesus Christ. Pentecost explains when this new wine was poured out on the earth. Religion teaches that Pentecost was the same holiday that the Jews celebrate for the first fruit of wheat. That is false, it is the day they celebrate the first fruit of wine, which is fifty days after the celebration of the firstfruit of wheat. Jesus ascended to heaven on the feast for the first fruit of wheat.

18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

This is a Jewish ruler, his daughter being dead demonstrates how that by rejecting Jesus Christ as Messiah the Jewish leaders went down a path that ultimately meant the death of their family. Think of Abraham offering up Isaac when he was the same age as this girl, Abraham did that by faith and saw that the resurrection power animated the Jewish faith. When the Jewish leaders refused to walk by faith and instead rejected the word of God crucifying Jesus Christ, they doomed their child to death.

19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

This woman was desperate. Think of what it would be like to have an issue of blood for twelve years. Think of the Jews for the entire church age have had an issue of blood. The Romans invaded and scattered them to the four corners of the earth and everywhere they went whether it was Russia, Spain, Germany, etc. It has been an issue of blood. Even now that they are back in Israel they still have an issue of blood.

22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

It is interesting that today the Jews realize it is the Christians who care about their issue of blood, no one else does.

23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, 24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

This is what will happen during the tribulation, Antichrist will be dancing on their grave.

25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

The people will flee when they see Antichrist set up the abomination of desolation in the Holy sanctuary. They will flee to the wilderness and that is when Jesus will take them by the hand and they will rise up. When the Maccabees fled from Antiochus Epiphanes they said "it doesn't matter how many people they have, the only thing that matters is whether or not God is with us". During the Tribulation they will realize the only thing that matters is whether or not Jesus is with them.

26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.

Is this not funny? We start this chapter with the Pharisees being the blind men who are self righteous. They think others are sinners but not them. They were not merciful, they demanded sacrifice but lacked mercy. As a result they had the palsy, they were suffocating in their own sins. But now as they are truly about to be wiped out they realize they are sick, they need the Lord as the great physician to come and have mercy on them. This is true of everyone, first the Lord had mercy on us, and then we were able to have mercy on others.

28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

This is where the chapter began, "who is this that can forgive sins, only God can forgive sins". Jesus said that what he was doing was so that they would believe He could forgive sins. The Jews have to go through "12" years, a complete time period before they are able to believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah.

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

They were blind, now they see. Paul told us in Romans that blindness had struck the Jewish religious leaders.

30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

The first time this is used Jesus told the leper to "tell no man but go show thyself to the priest". Why is he not telling them to go show themselves to the priest which is according to the law when you are healed? I suspect it is because they are both priests. So what Jesus is saying is don't use this healing to promote and sell your "healing ministry" church.

31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

There are two Greek words translated as "Fame" in the book of Matthew. One signifies a word of mouth fame and the other signifies a manufactured fame. This word is the manufactured fame, it means to "blaze abroad" to publish. It is like an advertising campaign.

So what this is can be compared to when some guy put his hands up to keep the ark of the covenant from falling and wound up getting killed. The ark of the covenant, the testimony of God, the testimony of Jesus Christ, is supposed to be carried on the backs of priests. It is not supposed to be carried in a Philistine cart. Using an advertising campaign is a Philistine cart.

Think about Charlie Kirk, his eyes were opened, he had a genuine ministry of the Lord, but he used a big financial advertising campaign to grow his ministry. Jesus was warning him don't do it. The minute you do something like this you open the door to FreeMasons, to Satanists, to those involved in witchcraft and those who are one with the Prince of darkness to come in and invade your ministry. I did not know Charlie Kirk's ministry, I had heard him a few times from watching online interviews and I was impressed with him. But then I went to the memorial service. A hundred thousand people, all of whom seemed to be Christians, worshipping the Lord. It was powerful. But when the service started all of a sudden it was one politician after another. It was like being slapped in the face with a dead fish. I believe it was a mistake for him to become involved with politics and with the financial backers who bankrolled the ministry.

This word translated as "straightly charged" is translated as "groaned" in John 11 when Jesus hears people saying "couldn't this man have healed Lazarus". Jesus understands the temptation to "go big" with your ministry and He knows how easily we are duped by this temptation. That is what He was warning them about, don't fall for it.

 

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Live and learn and get back up.

Matthew 9:32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.

Have you ever seen a toddler learning to walk? They fall repeatedly but it doesn't hurt them because they are small. If I took a fall like one of those toddlers I would be seriously hurt, but that is because I am a full grown man. I would fall a lot further and I weigh a lot more. So this verse begins "as they went out". Jesus was in the house when he healed the blind men, now as He goes out of the house they bring him a dumb man possessed with a devil. The first temptation we have is we want to have a big ministry and we immediately fall because we inadvertently opened the door to Satan to come in and stumble us. We fall, we have a "boo boo" and so now we are afraid to try that again. We are now possessed with a devil accusing us of being a failure, whatever we touch we destroy, you need to keep silent because if you open your mouth you are just going to make things worse.

33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

This happened to me, and I would argue this is a normal experience for anyone who wants to walk by faith. You are going to stumble, you are going to fall. Live and learn and get back up.

34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.

This also has happened to me. It is a good sign, I consider this the "good housekeeping seal of approval" on a ministry when false prophets are slandering you and saying all kinds of evil just like they spoke about the prophets in the Bible. With what judgement we judge we shall be judged. When someone says this about a ministry I will immediately examine them to see if they are speaking through the prince of the devils. This is called projection, they accuse you of the very sins they are guilty of.

35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Don't you love this! This is so great. What should you do when they make these nasty accusations against you and your ministry? Paul said he didn't give place to them for five minutes. Here we see Jesus treated them as trivial, like a speed bump. He just keeps on keeping on.

36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Wow, I love that word "but". The previous verse about Jesus shrugging off the attack and just keep on doing what he is doing, that is very common among warriors. Professional boxers do not want you to see when a punch hurt them. Tom Brady said he always tried to get up before the Defensive lineman and then would congratulate them on a good hit. No point in denying it, and by saying that it appears you weren't hurt at all. Larry Bird said he knew how good he was so he didn't pay attention to what others said. Michael Jordan said he would take it personal. People mocked him for this, but what he was saying is "with what measure you measure it will be measured to you again". They mocked him because they thought "you are MJ, those guys are no one". But that is because he also shrugged off the "Jordan rules" and responded by scoring more points not just from the field but from the free throw line. These people are all warriors, in every case they are saying "shake it off". That is how you talk to your fellow warriors. "But" the multitudes are not warriors. You don't talk to a small child like that. Jesus is a warrior among warriors and among children he is a compassionate mother as though these kids are orphans. If you faint in time of trouble your strength is very little.

37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

And that is the point, we need both warriors and compassionate mothers. Jesus is both, but for me and you, it is likely we are either one or the other. Paul referred to this in Ephesians as "the joints and the bands".

 

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Lord Jesus, give us ears to hear what you are saying to us

Matthew 10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

Everything prior to this was the training, the prerequisite. Only now does He call the twelve, only now does He give them power against unclean spirits. If you read this verse and say "I want to have a ministry where I have power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease" well then you must listen to, heed and obey all the Lord's words up to this point.

2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Now let's consider this. The first name on this list denied the Lord and the last name on this list betrayed the Lord. Yet every name went through that training, everyone on this list has a genuine experience of being called by the Lord. If the "Once Saved Always Saved" doctrine is correct then Judas would have to go to heaven, but he doesn't. Peter would have to be raptured, but he isn't, he represents the left behind saints. However, Peter and Paul also signify the two witnesses during the tribulation. Consider doubting Thomas, he is right in the center of this list of disciples. These twelve men are exceedingly common, they were not chosen because they are somehow the elite. It was being with Jesus that turned them into apostles.

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Later in Acts the gospel does go to the Gentiles. Just because the Lord told you something yesterday does not mean He can't tell you something very different tomorrow. The most important skill any of us can have is to have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.

7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

If you can hear what the Lord is speaking to you then He will give you the words to speak.

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

If you have ears to hear what the Lord is saying, and you heed and obey Him, and your speaking is one with Him, speaking the word of God, then your ministry will heal the sick, it will cleanse the lepers, it will raise the dead, it will cast out devils. But remember, do not try to make a profit off of God's speaking. That is a big temptation. Oh, if I make more money, I can help more people. Baloney. If you are truly healing the sick and raising the dead and if you are giving this ministry freely, then word of mouth will be far better than any advertising campaign that money can buy.

9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Imagine a bridge going over a canyon with a river beneath. Right now Jesus is talking to the disciples and they are on one side of this bridge. At this point He is the son of David sent to the house of Israel. They must have a chance to receive Jesus as the Messiah first. It is not until they reject Jesus and throw "the children's bread" on the floor that "the dogs" (Gentiles) get a shot at the gospel. By the end of Jesus' earthly ministry when He is crucified, only then can you say the Jews have clearly "thrown the children's bread" on the floor.

11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. 12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.

Think of this forum as a "house". When you first come to this forum there is a thread where you are to give your testimony. Giving your testimony is to "salute the house". Prior to coming to this forum I did a google search on Christian forums. That was my "enquiring who in the internet is worthy".

13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Before coming to this forum I was on another Christian forum related to a church I used to attend which was rocked with scandal and divisiveness. It was a very rocky time on that forum, ultimately my peace returned to me and I left. I was also on Facebook and they also were not worthy and my peace returned to me. I was also on another "christian forum" which seemed more like a front for an atheist/Calvinist forum, and my peace returned to me. It was only then that I found this forum and came to this forum. Many of these forums are "dead", you go to them and look at the threads and no one has posted for months or years. But this forum is active, people post every day, I would say this forum is blessed. The online reviews would have you believe otherwise, but that is the "good housekeeping seal of approval" when satanic tech oligarchs want to push a false narrative about a forum. In the last 30 days I have had over 40,000 new visitors to this blog. That is absolutely stunning for a Christian blog, much less a Christian forum. Instead the biggest problem this forum is dealing with is growth.

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

Facebook makes it very hard to shake off the dust. It takes 30 days before cancelling your account is processed. If during those thirty days you ever click on the Facebook link by mistake, then your request to delete the account is rejected. With the other forums there is no way to "delete your account". What I would do is create a very complex password, generated by this program called Keychain and simply cut and paste it without learning it. That way I could never log back in. There is a reason, a spiritual reason that your peace will return to you. Have respect for that. Just as I believe that the Lord will bless those that bless you, He also says He will curse those that curse you. Think of that dust as "radioactive", you don't want any of that on you.

15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

 

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Behold the sheep of God and the most powerful testimony you can make

Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Imagine you are on the football team called "the sheep" and you are playing the team called "the wolves". First of all sheep are prey, and every mascot for a football team is a predator. Only the Lord Jesus would call His team "the sheep" and on our team our captain is "the Lamb of God". That is how He went forth from the very beginning of His ministry when John said "Behold the lamb of God". From day 1 He is heading to the cross of Christ. There is no victorious Christian ministry that doesn't first go through the cross of Christ. You do not sacrifice a wolf, or a serpent. Those creatures are terrified of death and expect you to be as well. To go forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, that is a powerful testimony. When I was in college I was a geologist and we were going out to spend six weeks in the wild to map the terrain. Before leaving I showed up on campus with a whistle around my neck. One guy assumed I had gotten the whistle in the event I saw a mountain lion or rattlesnake (I actually saw both during the six weeks) and so mockingly he asked me what the whistle was for. I told him that when I and the brothers go into Walmart, we stand at the front door, blow the whistle, shout "Jesus is Lord" and then spread out to preach the gospel. For a couple of college kids this was a fun way to preach the gospel.

But that is what it means to be wise as serpents. The best defense against running into a serpent is to wear big high top boots. The serpent is going to strike you at that point and these thick leather boots protect you. According to the New Testament our spiritual shoes are the gospel of peace. Second, the next best defense against serpents is to wear big heavy boots that make a lot of noise. A small little snake eats rodents, not animals tromping around making a lot of noise. Being very outgoing with the gospel is a protection against serpents in the grass. Suppose a witch has infiltrated the church and wants to make friends with you. If you say sure, a few of us are going out to preach the gospel, you can join us, they will flee. Preaching the gospel repels serpents.

On the other hand we are harmless as doves. In the world everyone has a chip on their shoulder, they get offended easily, and they take revenge. If they were in that "city" that rejected them they would want to burn it to the ground. I started my blog in 2020 and for the first two years I was on another forum that then suspended me for a month making it hard to remove all my posts that I had put on the blog. This is also the reason no one wants to leave Facebook, they'll lose all their pictures and things they posted there. But to be "harmless as a dove" simply means you fly away. If there is going to be any vengeance taken I leave that totally to the Lord. What is the essence of the rapture? It is that when we fly away that is when the Lord will judge the world for their sins. That is not our job. We are not the "angel of death". God has an "angel of death" and it is not us so don't try to be that.

17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

To be wise as serpents means we understand the serpent and we have taken the proper measures. The serpent has its place, it is there to keep the rodent population down. Serpents are not out to get loud gospel preachers with big boots tromping around in the wild. They are out for this small little rodents trying not to make a sound. The response from the kingdom of darkness to your ministry will be to heap a double portion of abuse on you. They will mock you, ridicule you, insult you and slander you. Satan expects you to retaliate. But instead you fly away. You shared the gospel with them, time to move on and share it with someone else. We are here temporarily to get this warning out before we fly away for good. But then, if they cannot provoke you into acting in your flesh they will then stab you in the back. To scourge someone is to whip them with tiny little hooks that rip flesh out of their back. Remember, from day one of your ministry you were headed to the cross of Christ, now you have arrived. This is the most powerful testimony you can make.

 

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Play to the buzzer

Matthew 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

This word "deliver you up" indicates betrayal and being handed over into the control of others. The first time this word "it shall be given thee" is used is when Satan tempted Jesus saying "all these things will I give you if you fall down and worship me". There is a beautiful parallelism here. If you worship Jesus fully then He will give you all these things, all these words that ye shall speak.

20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

What a great testimony, you are speaking forth God the Father.

Let me share a testimony, my younger brother was getting married and for about two months I was praying that the Lord would give me something to share. We had about 150 family and friends there and I knew this would be the ideal time for me to speak a word. Then we had a dinner before the wedding and my older brother gave a long speech, I was thinking about getting up but the Lord was not in it, so I stayed silent and felt like I had lost my one chance. Then the night before the wedding my younger brother asked me to read some verses at the wedding. I knew this was my time to share. The Lord gave me something to share but it was going to be 5 minutes long, which is really quite long. So the next morning I am working on what I had written when I was in the car with my Dad. He freaked out when he saw how long it was and I agreed with him, saying I was trying to edit it down. So then I begin telling everyone that I wanted to read one verse from the Bible and I introduced this verse saying that the sons of the father express the father and that when you see my dad's three sons up here you can see him. While I was speaking it was unnerving how incredibly quiet it had become, it was as though you could hear a pin drop. What I didn't know was that my dad was in the front row wildly gesticulating to my two brothers behind me to pull me off the podium. My sister said he was levitating off the seat. My older brother had just leaned into my younger brother and said "tell me when". Just then I said "we will even let you see things he doesn't want you to see". Well they couldn't pull me off then, my younger brother told me that bought me two more minutes. Also, people are desperate to see what you don't want them to see so I had everyone's full attention. That word was given to me by the Lord, I hadn't prepared it, I knew it was simply because of the prayer that had gone into this before hand.

21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

To me it is like "Jordan rules" which meant the other teams game planned to somehow stop Jordan from scoring. Ask Michael Jordan about that and he will say he misses the competition. You can complain that they are all ganging up on you, or you can go to the Lord and have Him work within you to overcome, nothing is more fun. Instead of worrying about this, pray that this will work out for salvation and become one of your favorite experiences.

22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

The first time this word for saved is used is when Mary is told that she would have a child named Jesus and that He would save His people. Do not be doubting Thomas, do not be Peter denying the Lord, believe to the very end that Jesus will save. I remember this game in the playoffs, Boston was playing Detroit. The game was won, there was one second left, Detroit was winning and they had the ball to pass inbounds. All they had to do was throw it the length of the court and it is game over. However, Isaiah throws it in and Larry Bird intercepts the pass as he is tightroping along the out of bounds lane, gives a pass to a teammate who is going in for a layup. All this took place in one second, Boston wins the game, game over. Play to the buzzer.

 

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To be left behind during the tribulation is to be denied by the Lord to the Father

Matthew 10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

We are not trying to get arrested. We are not trying to provoke the authorities, we are not violating laws, we are not behaving in a way that is disorderly. Our goal is to take the gospel to the four corners of the earth and it is when our ministry is so successful that Satan has no other way to stop us when we get arrested.

24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

We don't want to be slandered, but if they slander us, well they slandered the Lord Jesus, what did you expect?

26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

This is a great promise. Pray that all the things that they try to cover up would be revealed and all the things they are trying to hide would be made known.

27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

I was taught this in football. When you are tackling someone the natural inclination is to turn your head down and away. This makes it easy for the runner to break this tackle. So when you tackle someone you do it head on, eyes up. Don't flinch. You hit them straight on and hard.

28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

This is a powerful testimony. If you are preaching about Jesus overcoming death and hell and then are afraid of death, that completely undermines your testimony. People who choose to be beheaded rather than to take the mark of the beast will be a powerful testimony and cause many others to be saved.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

We are walking on a tight wire and there is no way to do this without being in constant communication with the Lord. One minute we are fleeing persecution in one city to take the gospel to another, the next minute we have been arrested but there is a temptation to deny the Lord (like Peter). You try to justify this thinking you'll be able to reach more people. What you need more than anything is to be able to hear the Lord's voice in that moment. Now is the time to confess Jesus before men, so do it.

33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

Peter denied the Lord. This is why I compare him to the left behind saints. To be left behind during the tribulation is to be denied by the Lord to the Father. It doesn't mean you will go to hell, it means you are not ready to be raptured.

 

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A common temptation and an uncommon reward

Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

This is so common, Christians who don't want to offend anyone. How idiotic is this, we are going to let some satanic person decide what we are going to do because we don't want to offend them?

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

God desires all men to be saved, Satan does not. There is a tug of war going on for men's souls.

36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

The only ones who fight against the watchmen are Christians. They are the ones who call us false prophets, they are the ones who rebuke us, mock us, insult us and slander us.

37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

This was Elisha. After being called by Elijah he turned back to have a big feast with his family. This is why I liken Elisha to the left behind saints and the ministry of the tribulation saints.

38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

This is the word that Satan so desperately doesn't want anyone to hear. That is why FreeMasons get on the board of directors, give churches lots and lots of money and their only requirement is to preach "Once saved always saved" and don't preach this verse. Have you ever heard anyone preach that in order to be raptured, in order to be "rapture ready" you must be worthy of the Lord? I was taught "if no death, no life". You can't experience the resurrection life if you refuse to go through the cross.

39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

A "country club" church is composed of believers who are out there "trying to find their life". They belong to the country club, they have the swimming pool, nice house, and if the Lord were to speak to them to give that up to follow Him it would simply "not compute". There is no room in their religion for the Lord to say such a word. I grew up in a very wealthy suburb outside of NYC, on the water. There were several yacht clubs, country clubs and golf courses in our area. They played the US open at one of the golf courses I would caddy at. My testimony is that I lost that life for the Lord's sake and by doing that I found it. I have had more adventures, more excitement, and more fun than I ever could have imagined.

40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

This is the point, yes, a whole bunch of people will reject you, so what. Just keep on keeping on and you will find a whole bunch more will receive you. I have mentioned this blog to a whole lot of people I know and I don't think too many of them read it. If they did I would think they would comment to me about it, but to be fair I don't really know. But so what, I didn't stop, and there are 758,000 people who have. You could claim that some of those numbers are bots. But if you look at other blogs that were also started the same time as mine you realize only a small fraction of that number could be bots. Look at the title of my blog, I intentionally tried to discourage anyone from clicking on this blog if this is not what they wanted. I consider it the opposite of click bait.

41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

To be raptured is to receive a reward.

 

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1, 2, 3 The Darkness Comes 10-25-25@4:13 PM

 

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What was Jesus' calling? What was His ministry?

Matthew 11 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

This is the first use of this word "commanded", it means to appoint, to ordain, to set in order, to prescribe. For example, do not "blaze abroad" about your ministry, that is a prescription from the Lord. You do not want to take someone's money to advertise. In fact you should be very careful about taking anyone's money for your ministry because it could open the door for you to be yoked unequally to an unbeliever. If you have a ministry that his healing people then word of mouth will cause it to grow.

2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

But let's say you have followed the prescribed path that the Lord laid out in the previous chapters and you have this prevailing ministry and other men of God are watching what you are doing. Be careful, they will try to steer your ministry, perhaps inadvertently, but they will apply the word the Lord has spoken to them to you. Yesterday I was at breakfast with another brother. He sees Halloween as an opportunity to share the gospel with the neighbors. He has a few small children and so all the neighbors kids know them and come to their house. He prepares a gospel tract and does other things and his kids help him in preaching to all the ones who visit their house. He asked me what I do. I said I would be working on this blog and that I do not celebrate Halloween. He said I was missing an opportunity. So I thought about that. I am averaging more than 1,000 new visitors to this blog every day. So if I do not take care of the blog aren't I also missing an opportunity? Also, I don't have small elementary aged children in the house and do not know any of the small children in my neighborhood. No one knocks on our door. The only way I would "attract" these kids to my door would be to decorate as though I celebrated this holiday. I do not want to encourage anyone to celebrate this holiday. Instead many churches are now holding events where kids can get candy and play games and do crafts, they are seeing this as an opportunity for them. My point is that the Lord can give one word and one calling to one brother and a different word and a different calling to another brother. John the Baptist's calling was "to look for the one who is to come". Once he found the Messiah and baptized him his ministry was over. It would be foolish for Jesus to have the same ministry.

4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

In other words, yes, Jesus is the one who was prophesied to come. This is His calling, this is His ministry. Everyone should know this verse for when they pray. Do you need to help someone see? "Jesus you came so that the Blind would receive their sight, I pray for my friends and relatives, they are blind, please come with me to heal them and give them sight". "Lord Jesus, I want to walk by faith but I am lame, I continue to stumble, please come and heal me." "Lord Jesus, I have a prison ministry, these men are felons, they are rebellious, they are lepers, please bless this ministry that we could be one with You in cleansing these lepers." "Lord Jesus I have been asked to share a short word at church, I pray that the deaf would hear Your speaking". "Lord Jesus, the situation is hopeless, we are dead, but we look to You, because only You can raise us up." "Lord Jesus we are poor, we are in need, Lord we need some good news and we know that is what Your ministry is all about, to preach good news to us, so Lord we pray for some good news."

 

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Behold the prototype of a Christian ministry

Matthew 11:6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Generally we think of people being offended in Jesus because they are sinners and He is shining a light on them and that exposes that they are sinners. Or they get offended because the word of God is salt, and when you sprinkle that salt it kills the germs. But the context here is that you have your opinion about what a ministry is supposed to be and you get offended because Jesus is not operating according to your opinion. In 2020 when I started this blog focusing on the rapture was something that simply was not done. This was the domain of cults and kooks. Also, whenever someone asks me what I do I will say I spend a few hours on my blog each day. Their eyes glaze over, no one reads blogs. Now if I said "I have a Youtube channel" they would want the channel and would watch it. Third, the title is probably one of the worst titles ever made, and I did that intentionally. I did not want to lure kooks and cults to this blog, I did not want click bait. I wanted it so that if anyone did click on this blog that they did so because they wanted to read the Bible in reference to the rapture to see what the Bible says.

7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

This is the way all ministries should begin, you should begin in the wilderness. Ask yourself, how does someone even find this blog? Probably five or ten found it because they were on Christian chat. But after that it is solely by word of mouth. Why? My thought was to make it easy for someone who was interested in this topic, in fifteen minutes they could review everything of import from the day. I spend about five hours reviewing what others have written or spoken and try to highlight anything that adds to this blog. Also anyone can cut and paste what is here. It is easy to review, easy to use, and easy to share. What is hard is finding this blog, what is hard is to stop watching Youtube videos to read a blog. The wind is blowing against you if you have a ministry. Think about Charlie Kirk, he wanted to go onto campus and preach a conservative message that was Biblically based. At the time the wind was blowing against him. He understood that, I understand that, Jesus understands that. Your ministry is a reed, a voice, that is not shaken by the wind.

8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

Take a look at all the leaders of the major denominations, they all are wearing soft raiment and they all are in kings' houses. This is not what a ministry is. Think of a ministry as the marines landing on the beach, or as Navy seals taking a high value target. I think of a ministry as David's mighty men with him in the wilderness as he protected Israel from the enemy while avoiding his chief enemy, King Saul. Think about what TV promotes, "the life of the rich and famous". This is what many people watch TV to see. A ministry must be in stark contrast to the evil and adulterous age.

9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

TV stars are a dime a dozen, talking heads on TV are a dime a dozen, but how many genuine prophets are there? In your lifetime how many genuine prophets have you actually seen? Charlatans, false prophets, these are also a dime a dozen, but a real prophet? John the Baptist was a prototype of what a ministry is.

10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

A genuine Christian ministry is a messenger going before the face of Jesus, preparing the way for Him. However, Jesus is on the move, Justification by Faith prepared the way at the time of Martin Luther but today that way is already paved.

11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

This word for greater is the same word used by Jesus when He said that whoever humbles himself as this little child is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens. The problem is our ego. Our ego wants to be great and as long as that exists Jesus will be small in your life. The more you deal with your ego the greater that Jesus can be in your life. We read this word wrong, we think if the least in the kingdom of the heaven is greater than John then certainly everyone else is too. But that isn't what Jesus said. Paul said he was "less than the least" of all saints and his name "Paul" means little. There are a lot of people in the kingdom of the heaven with inflated egos. They are wearing soft raiment and they are in king's houses. They portray themselves as mighty warriors of the Lord.

To others you should appear as nothing but a reed blowing in the wind, and yet for some reason you are not shaken, that is the mystery. That is intriguing. You should appear as someone with no money, no backing, no kings are supporting you and yet for some reason the kings are trembling and shaking at your ministry because you are blowing the trumpet, preparing the way for the Lord and as you move forward the king of kings is coming right behind you. You are greater because your message is greater, it is louder, it is more powerful, and more people are hearing this. They don't care about you, they are listening because they can see that Jesus, the Lord of Lords, is coming.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

 

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Here is the Messiah

Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

This word for suffereth violence is

βιάζω biázō, bee-ad'-zo; from G979; to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized:—press, suffer violence.

and this word for the violent is

βιαστής biastḗs, bee-as-tace'; from G971; a forcer, i.e. (figuratively) energetic:—violent.

I used to play football, I was a middle linebacker. I was "forceful", I was "energetic" and yes, I was "violent". But it was within the rules of the game. There are dirty players in football, they are a minority, but they exist. There are people who want to injure other players, to them their goal is to knock you out of the game. This is how Satan deals with Christians, we either toughen up or we get knocked out. It is unreasonable to ask someone to go into the swamp and wrestle with alligators and pythons, but don't get muddy.

I used to teach HS science in the inner city and the thing I felt the most pride in was knowing very few people could do what I do. If they tried to step into that classroom the kids would eat them alive. Many teachers complain about the kids, I didn't, I was happy that it was that tough to teach. It is very hard to become a navy seal, I bet the Navy seals don't complain about that, they want to know that if you are a seal you went through that testing and passed. When I first started teaching I would marvel that the same kids who were tearing up my class were behaving in another teacher's class. I could see that there were a few teachers who commanded the respect of the kids, so I knew it was possible, and I worked to achieve that for myself as well.

Michael Jordan used to get beat up on the basketball court, but he learned how to toughen up. Today he complains about how Basketball has changed, that it has become too soft. This is how I feel about Christian ministries, I read a few books about some of the ministries in the past and that is what I want to see.

13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

In other words all of the ministries said "the Messiah is coming" until John said "Here is the Messiah".

14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

So many have missed what the Lord has said here! There were two prophets Elijah and Elisha. Elijah represents the ministry of those who are taken up, those who are raptured and Elisha represents the ministry of those left behind, of the tribulation saints. Jesus is saying that John the Baptist was the first of this "Elijah" ministry because he was saying "Here is the Messiah".

15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

 

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How do you deal with this?

Matthew 11:16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

In other words they have the maturity of JHS kids who want to disrupt the class. My first year teaching I had this one kid who was probably the best disrupter I ever saw. He would scream "shut up, be quiet" to the class, and then when he got the whole class quiet he would say "OK, teacher, teach". You can't write this kid up because you would be writing up that the class was out of control and this kid got it quiet because "He wants to learn". But the reality was it was incredibly off putting.

This is who we are bringing the gospel to. Jesus is speaking like a principal to a group of first year teachers trying to get them prepared for what they are about to deal with.

If you can take that group of misfits and turn them into a well disciplined class working towards the goal of learning the material then "wisdom is justified of her children". My first year the only kids who did well were the ones who would have done well regardless of who the teacher was, there was no justification for me, I knew that. But I also knew if I could take that group of misfits and by the end of the year they improved impressively, well then, that takes a whole lot of wisdom and that is what justifies that wisdom. I did not follow the prescribed rules of the school, so I had a lot of difficulty in my reviews with the principal and assistant principal. But my results justified my approach. We had an exam at the end of the year and our results on that exam were better than every other school in NYC. Once I showed that to the principal, she stopped giving us grief. How did we (the science department as well as my class) do it? James says if you lack wisdom ask of God who gives liberally. I prayed for wisdom on a daily basis.

 

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I am sorry to have to inform you...

Let me share a testimony that will help people understand my previous post.

I bought a book from a guy who was chosen as "teacher of the year in some state, I think it was California. He described his classes as elaborate "song and dance routines". That is my terminology, not his. He would put on performances to entertain the kids and they were entertained. No wonder all the kids voted for him. However, his results were average at best. In other words he was far more concerned with entertaining the kids for the entire class than he was with teaching the material. People who came in an observed the class had the same feeling I did, this is simply responding to the kids demands that you do a song and dance routine to entertain them.

James says we need to look in the mirror, when I did that I realized when I was these kids age I didn't want the teacher to be a clown. All I wanted was to stop wasting my time, tell me what I needed to know, and let me learn it in the quickest and most efficient way possible. That is how I modeled my class, I tried to keep my talking to a minimum, less than five minutes, and only in rare cases would my "lecture" go past those first five minutes. After that I let them loose on the exercises that were designed to help the kids learn. Every year I would go through these and edit them to make them more concise, more to the point. I didn't care if the kids sat with their friends and talked as they worked through these.

So here is the story I wanted to share. It was a parent teachers night and I had this great kid and his parents and I was talking to the parents about how well their son was doing. He was a ninth grader and generally my class was for tenth graders. His friends were in the class and they were all honor students. When I was done the parents told me that all the other teachers had complained that their son was immature in class and had I noticed that? I thought for a second and then said "I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but your son has the maturity of a ninth grade teenage boy". I said that in a very serious tone as though this was the worst news possible, but they all got my point.

God created ninth grade teenage boys, when I see them misbehaving I see God laughing at anyone with a big ego. Be humbled under the mighty hand of God.

Matthew 11:20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: 21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

I learned a lot of what I did from Stephen Krashen who published his input hypothesis for learning a foreign language in the 1970s. Over a hundred different scientific studies have since confirmed how effective this is and it seems to me it is the underlying theory on how they train AI. You would think by now that school systems all over the world would be using this, to me the fact that they haven't is because they don't want to teach kids. If you are one of the elite you want the other 99% to be less educated than you and your kids. If you can afford a private tutor you don't need Krashen, but if you are teaching 150 kids a day, it is the only way I have found to be truly successful. I have concluded that the public schools have not changed their way because teaching kids is not their goal. Indoctrinating them is.

22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

I also believe that this destructive indoctrination in public schools is what is bringing this nation down to hell. We used to have great readers to teach the kids to read, they were based on bible stories. Very interesting, but then they removed them and replaced them with the "Dick and Jane" books which are incredibly boring and contemptible. This teaches kids that books are boring and is why most of them don't read. Krashen taught how to use reading to maximize learning and what is the school system doing? They are using a system to teach kids not to read.

24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

There are levels of hell. If you sin you will have to deal with your sin. But we are told clearly by the Lord that anyone who causes children to stumble, it is better for them to have a millstone tied to their neck and for them to be cast into the sea. So then, I am sorry to have to inform anyone who has gone along with this indoctrination of children that it is going to be more tolerable for Sodom in the day of judgment that for you.