Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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How to pray for others

Luke 11:5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

On a journey is very general. It could be an issue at work, or with his family. Imagine you are preparing to share a message to the church, or you are visiting with a friend who is going through issues, or you are going to a family gathering. Remember, Jesus is Lord of all, this person has been sent to you for a purpose, he is asking you for three loaves for a purpose, the Lord has three loaves He wants to give them through you.

7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

This is the context of "ask and it shall be given thee". We get put into all kinds of situations where we don't have anything to supply the need, but what we do have is the Lord Jesus, He can supply the need.

I had an experience, my brother was getting married. There were probably two hundred people at the wedding and I knew I would get a chance to speak and I knew it would be major warfare. I prayed for two months before this event. The night before the wedding there was a dinner and people were giving speeches. I thought this is my chance but it was clear I had no leading, only confusion and kept silent. After that dinner my brother asked me to read a few verses from the Bible. I knew that was my chance. The anointing was there, but what I had was five minutes and I knew that was too long. My dad asked me to go with him prior to the wedding and in the car asked me about what I was going to read. I told him it was five minutes and he freaked and I said I know, I'm trying to edit it down. So I began by saying I had one verse I wanted to read, which was true, and then I began to share about it the context of this verse. I was talking about how the sons express the father (all three of my Dad's sons were standing up there). Meanwhile on the front row my dad is furiously waving to my two brothers to pull me. My older brother leaned into my younger brother (the groom) and said "tell me when". Everyone saw what was going on and you could hear a pin drop. Then I said "and we'll even let you see things he doesn't want you to see". That was not something I had prepared, that was the Holy Spirit stepping in. My dad burst out laughing, later my brother told me that line bought me five more minutes. I don't remember the verse I read but I do remember I had told a joke about circumcision. Afterwards everyone was laughing about that speech for two days. I got to preach the gospel to 200 people who were completely on guard to stop me from preaching the gospel. I was terrified, but the Lord wasn't, He was more than ready to deliver, just waiting for me to ask.

10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

So one of the main things that many ask for is a spouse. If you pick a spouse on your own you are likely to get a stone (a husband that is cold as a stone) rather than bread or you may get a serpent (a wife you can't trust) rather than a fish.

12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

Parents pray for a child, do you want an egg or a scorpion? Pray for a spouse, pray for a child and understand you want bread, you want fish and you want an egg. You don't want a stone, or a serpent or a scorpion.

13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

 

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The sign of Jonah

Luke 11:14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.

We all need to learn how to pray. In my experience a lot is spoken about interpreting the Bible and far too little is spoken about how to pray.

15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.

Notice how right after learning how to pray the full on attack comes accusing Jesus of casting out devils by the chief of the devils. This is the ultimate blasphemy.

16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

In Matthew Jesus proclaims they have committed the unforgivable sin, and they wanted a sign from heaven to confirm the judgment from God. But here this is not the case. Think about the three synoptic gospels having three agendas, Matthew is to the Jews who get saved at the end of the tribulation, if they are still rejecting Jesus at that point in time there is no more chance for forgiveness. But Luke is to those raptured before the tribulation. The whole point of the tribulation is to give you a second chance at being saved. In the tribulation you get a preview of what hell will be like and if people can see that and still not repent then at least the Lord tried. So in Luke the sign is not of God's judgment but of Jesus Christ being the Messiah.

17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. 18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

This is the sign, He is going to cast out the devils. Yes, Satan's kingdom will be divided against itself and be brought to desolation. But their sons will also be casting out Devils by faith in Jesus Christ. Take a look at what is happening right now. Is Trump good or evil? Half say he is casting out devils by the chief of the devils and the other half are cheering because the drug traffickers and human traffickers and politicians on the take, and all the corruption is being cleaned up. That is a sign to us.

21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: 22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

When the Democrats were in power their goods were in peace, the criminals bribed the cops, and judges and politicians and they had free reign. But then a stronger than them came, that was Trump, and now all the armour wherein they trusted has failed and He is spoiling them.

23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Take a look at what is going on today, if you are not with Trump you are against Him. We have pundits, we have politicians, we have many people who are clearly not with Him. But why? Why would you be against arresting people who are committing crimes and putting them in jail? Why would you be against him stopping drugs and human trafficking? The only people against him casting out devils are those that are one with the devils.

24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. 25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

The Democrats were the party of slavery. That unclean spirit was cast out after the Civil war. But then that unclean spirit came back with seven more spirits more wicked. The things the Democrats stand for now are more wicked than when they were simply the party of slavery. They still support slavery, that is why they want 20 million illegals here working at bargain basement salaries. But they also want the drugs, and the pedophilia, and the prostitution, and even terrorists. They want abortion, and sex change operations to juveniles and all things LGBTQ+.

27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

There are children according to the flesh and children according to the Spirit. The real blessing comes with the word of God, if you hear it and keep it.

29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. 30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites because he was in the belly of the fish for three days according to their prophecy and because he preached for them to repent for forty days. Forty jubilees is 40x49+1 = 1961 years. This suggests that Armageddon will be in 2031.

 

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Why So Many Portals in East TN Dream 12-2-25 to 12-4-25 Shared 12-8-25

 

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Condemnation of this generation

Luke 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

There are people who complain and make excuses about how it is too hard to go to church, they don't have time, it is too far, too much trouble. They are going to be destroyed when the queen of the South rises up in judgment.

32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Think about the preaching of the great preachers during the church age. We have had great preachers from Peter to Paul to John and countless others. Jesus rising from the dead is greater than Jonah being spit up out of a great fish and the preaching of the great preachers during the church age is greater than what he preached. It is going to be brutal for those who rejected this preaching, the men of Nineveh are going to condemn them and utterly rebuke them because by comparison the preaching in the church age has been much greater.

33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

Each of the seven churches is considered a candle. No one church has a monopoly on the light. I just posted a link to a video from Vicky Goforth Parnell and what she shares is stuff I never heard before. Technically I did hear about Nephelim, and demons and devils and the chief of the devils, and the names of some of these fallen angels, and some of their battle plans. It never occurred to me to pray against these battle plans. In general we can pray to be delivered from these things and to be kept from evil. Lord we pray to save us from all who persecute us and deliver us by shutting these portals and confounding the enemies plans. Lord we pray you would deliver us from our strong enemy and those that hate us, close the portals and repair the breach for You are our fortress and strong and mighty tower. Lord Jesus we pray you would deliver Your children from the violent man and from the sword. Lord Jesus You will deliver us and we will glorify You. Amen. Heavenly Father, for the glory of Your Son's name, deliver us and shut down these portals in this state and in the United States.

 

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Prayer to be filled with light

Luke 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

This is the scary thing, there is such a thing as an evil eye and an evil light, which is darkness. The occult has an evil eye and they have a light on what is going on which is in fact darkness. They understand the spiritual realm and the spiritual warfare, and they are involved in both, often while Christians are ignorant of their devices. However, what they think is light is darkness because they are clueless that Jesus Christ is the king of kings and Lord of Lords and that all power and dominion has been given to Him. They see their sacrifices and contracts that they make with the devil are honored, so they think they have power. What they miss is that they have power in the kingdom of darkness and in that kingdom they are simply slaves and have sold themselves willingly to be slaves and they are held in bondage by sin.

35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

Lord Jesus, deliver us from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is the hand of falsehood. Amen.

36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

Lord Jesus we pray that our whole body would be full of light having no part dark. Amen.

 

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Macbeth's wife

Luke 11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

Suppose you obtain your food by devouring others homes and by wickedness. You wash and clean your hands when you eat, but what you are eating is sin and with every bite you are bringing condemnation on yourself. Clean your hands all you want, you aren't washing the blood off, you are simply Macbeth's wife.

40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

God creates those little bugs that are on your hands which you need to wash off. It is a picture, our hands are dirty, we need to clean them before we can eat. But that is a shadow of the spiritual, are your hands dirty from devouring widows houses? Are your hands dirty from wickedness? That is the sin that will make you sick spiritually.

41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

Giving alms, similar to tithing only it is more all inclusive. We think of tithing as giving a tenth of your income to the church, whereas giving alms could be to all kinds of charitable operations besides the church. Giving alms cleanses you from greed and covetousness. If you have difficulty making ends meet, if it seems like regardless of how hard you work it is still not enough then the cure is almost always going to be giving of alms. The problem is that you are trying to fill your spirit by buying things with money. None of that stuff will do it, so regardless, you will waste money at the mall, or the restaurants or Disneyland, or whatever. When you give alms at a soup kitchen it takes the focus off of yourself and onto helping others. Giving money in that way actually heals you. We are broken cisterns that leak all the water out, give alms is a way to repair the broken cistern.

42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Giving alms readjusts our priorities. First and foremost we should love God and judge righteous judgment. That needs to be done first, and then taking care of the little things like the tax on mint and rue should also be done. In the law of the Bible there is no mention of taxing mint and rue. Think about all the various charitable donations we are able to make, giving to some kids softball team, or helping the band go on a trip. These are not required by law, but by all means, the Lord has no issue with you giving money for those things. But imagine a man who is a lawyer, getting rich off of oppressing the poor and then when the girl scouts come around he buys several boxes of their cookies. You are working at putting some poor person out of their home but you want people to think you are a good guy because you buy girl scout cookies. Instead you could work pro bono to help the poor person not become homeless, that is the weightier matter, and you can also buy the girl scout cookies too.

43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Granted, if you stop working for the firm that is oppressing the poor you might drop a few notches in your social standing. It is that love of the best and most prominent reputation that is going to send you to hell.

44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

Think of Michael Corleone making charitable donations to polish his image. He used the Catholic church the way others use a PR firm to improve their reputation. You are not going to be judged by man, you will have to appear before God who is omniscient, He knows everything. No PR firm is going to help you.

45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

When I was a kid I thought a lawyers job was to help the police convict criminals. Then I learned how naive that was. Prosecutors are paid what teachers are paid. The lawyers who are rich are paid not to convict criminals but to help criminals escape conviction. No one who is innocent wants to pay lawyers to defend them. But criminals appreciate lawyers who keep them out of prison, even if they pay them a king's ransom.

46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

LOL. Yep, have you noticed how ridiculous and absurd the fine print has gotten. You buy something that relatively cheap and yet you have ten pages of super fine print to read and approve of. Some companies are simply trying to avoid being sued, but others are selling you a trojan horse and you have to sign away your rights to use it. Think of the big brother devices in everyone's pocket.

47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Isn't it funny that the Democrats, the party of slavery is also the party of the civil rights movement? Think of how terrible our public school is, they have even had books describing the public school as the "school to prison pipeline". The democrats control the teachers union. If the father is in prison, the mother and the children will be in poverty. If the mother can be convinced to live off of welfare then she is a slave paid not by the Democrats but by the tax payers, but she is going to vote for the Democrats. The things that are making poor people poor is the school system and welfare. It is the Democrats that push that agenda, and their voters vote for them because of that agenda, and they are clueless that they are voting for the same slave masters that had held them in slavery.

48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

The slave masters killed the slaves, and their children, the Democrats are building a sepulchre for them. The public schools system is the door into the sepulchre and the welfare system is the sepulchre. If you still don't understand, let me help you. The entire world understands that you have to be careful when the kids get into high school or else the girls will get pregnant and you will have unwed mothers and they will be poor. Everyone in every society understands they do not want their daughters pregnant before they get married. This is why they have boys and girls high schools and this is also why the boys and girls wear uniforms to HS. A HS girl can look like an adult and they don't want men in the community accidentally dating these girls, not realizing they are in HS. The US public school has done away with these guard rails and the result is a very high rate of teenage pregnancy. The welfare system rewards girls for every baby they have out of wedlock, and although that "reward" may seem small to someone with a good job, to a poor HS girl it is seems big. Public school encourages fornication, they want unwed mothers, because they will be poor, dependent on the taxpayer, and they will vote for the Democrats.

49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

This is an evil generation. They are focused on covetousness and greed and they use their minds to figure out how to enslave people in order to create a power base for themselves. They have changed "giving of alms" to "taking money from taxpayers to enslave people and calling that charity".

52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

They have it so twisted that they think voting for Democrats somehow makes them virtuous because they "care for the poor". No doubt, the Democrats care for the poor, they care about how to make more and more people poor because as long as more than 50% of the country is poor they will be in power. None of this is new, it has been well documented and lots of books written on this. So why are so many people still clueless? The public school has taken away the key of knowledge. Being able to read is the key, and reading books is how you get knowledge. We used to teach reading with excellent readers that were based on the Bible. But they took those readers away and replaced them with this insipid "Dick and Jane" books which are mind numbingly boring. As a result we teach kids from an early age to hate reading.

53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

 

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Macbeth's wife

Luke 11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

Suppose you obtain your food by devouring others homes and by wickedness. You wash and clean your hands when you eat, but what you are eating is sin and with every bite you are bringing condemnation on yourself. Clean your hands all you want, you aren't washing the blood off, you are simply Macbeth's wife.

40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

God creates those little bugs that are on your hands which you need to wash off. It is a picture, our hands are dirty, we need to clean them before we can eat. But that is a shadow of the spiritual, are your hands dirty from devouring widows houses? Are your hands dirty from wickedness? That is the sin that will make you sick spiritually.

41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

Giving alms, similar to tithing only it is more all inclusive. We think of tithing as giving a tenth of your income to the church, whereas giving alms could be to all kinds of charitable operations besides the church. Giving alms cleanses you from greed and covetousness. If you have difficulty making ends meet, if it seems like regardless of how hard you work it is still not enough then the cure is almost always going to be giving of alms. The problem is that you are trying to fill your spirit by buying things with money. None of that stuff will do it, so regardless, you will waste money at the mall, or the restaurants or Disneyland, or whatever. When you give alms at a soup kitchen it takes the focus off of yourself and onto helping others. Giving money in that way actually heals you. We are broken cisterns that leak all the water out, give alms is a way to repair the broken cistern.

42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Giving alms readjusts our priorities. First and foremost we should love God and judge righteous judgment. That needs to be done first, and then taking care of the little things like the tax on mint and rue should also be done. In the law of the Bible there is no mention of taxing mint and rue. Think about all the various charitable donations we are able to make, giving to some kids softball team, or helping the band go on a trip. These are not required by law, but by all means, the Lord has no issue with you giving money for those things. But imagine a man who is a lawyer, getting rich off of oppressing the poor and then when the girl scouts come around he buys several boxes of their cookies. You are working at putting some poor person out of their home but you want people to think you are a good guy because you buy girl scout cookies. Instead you could work pro bono to help the poor person not become homeless, that is the weightier matter, and you can also buy the girl scout cookies too.

43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Granted, if you stop working for the firm that is oppressing the poor you might drop a few notches in your social standing. It is that love of the best and most prominent reputation that is going to send you to hell.

44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

Think of Michael Corleone making charitable donations to polish his image. He used the Catholic church the way others use a PR firm to improve their reputation. You are not going to be judged by man, you will have to appear before God who is omniscient, He knows everything. No PR firm is going to help you.

45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

When I was a kid I thought a lawyers job was to help the police convict criminals. Then I learned how naive that was. Prosecutors are paid what teachers are paid. The lawyers who are rich are paid not to convict criminals but to help criminals escape conviction. No one who is innocent wants to pay lawyers to defend them. But criminals appreciate lawyers who keep them out of prison, even if they pay them a king's ransom.

46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

LOL. Yep, have you noticed how ridiculous and absurd the fine print has gotten. You buy something that relatively cheap and yet you have ten pages of super fine print to read and approve of. Some companies are simply trying to avoid being sued, but others are selling you a trojan horse and you have to sign away your rights to use it. Think of the big brother devices in everyone's pocket.

47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Isn't it funny that the Democrats, the party of slavery is also the party of the civil rights movement? Think of how terrible our public school is, they have even had books describing the public school as the "school to prison pipeline". The democrats control the teachers union. If the father is in prison, the mother and the children will be in poverty. If the mother can be convinced to live off of welfare then she is a slave paid not by the Democrats but by the tax payers, but she is going to vote for the Democrats. The things that are making poor people poor is the school system and welfare. It is the Democrats that push that agenda, and their voters vote for them because of that agenda, and they are clueless that they are voting for the same slave masters that had held them in slavery.

48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

The slave masters killed the slaves, and their children, the Democrats are building a sepulchre for them. The public schools system is the door into the sepulchre and the welfare system is the sepulchre. If you still don't understand, let me help you. The entire world understands that you have to be careful when the kids get into high school or else the girls will get pregnant and you will have unwed mothers and they will be poor. Everyone in every society understands they do not want their daughters pregnant before they get married. This is why they have boys and girls high schools and this is also why the boys and girls wear uniforms to HS. A HS girl can look like an adult and they don't want men in the community accidentally dating these girls, not realizing they are in HS. The US public school has done away with these guard rails and the result is a very high rate of teenage pregnancy. The welfare system rewards girls for every baby they have out of wedlock, and although that "reward" may seem small to someone with a good job, to a poor HS girl it is seems big. Public school encourages fornication, they want unwed mothers, because they will be poor, dependent on the taxpayer, and they will vote for the Democrats.

49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

This is an evil generation. They are focused on covetousness and greed and they use their minds to figure out how to enslave people in order to create a power base for themselves. They have changed "giving of alms" to "taking money from taxpayers to enslave people and calling that charity".

California Spent $24 Billion on Homeless. The FBI Just Found Where It Went!

 

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More on Prayer -- revealing the things hidden

The Lord gave us a template on prayer, talked about how to pray for others, how to pray for a spouse, how to pray for a child, how to war the spiritual warfare, how to pray for righteousness and light and how to pray for judgment on the ravening and wicked.

Luke 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

You can't pray effectively in spiritual warfare unless you are not ignorant of Satan's devices. This begins with understanding the leaven of the Pharisees. The tiny little hypocrisies they throw into the word of God.

2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

For example, Judas held the money bag and condemned everyone for not giving more money to help the poor. But this wasn't because he cared for the poor but because he took whatever was given to help the poor. We can see this in the appeal to help the homeless in California, where they completely scammed the country. Elon Musk manufactures these really nice modular homes for 60k, but he does sell one tiny home for 8k. This would be great for the homeless. You would probably need to spend another 10k for the foundation, hooking it up to water and electricity. But for 20k you could give the homeless a home. In California they spent an average of 600k for every home they built for the homeless. For the same amount of money they could have built 30x as many homes and they could have completely cleaned up the homeless in California. This is one example of the leaven of the Pharisees, "we care about the homeless" is really because whatever money you give us we will put in our own pocket to buy homes for ourselves.

So then, let us pray "Lord Jesus I stand on Your word that there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed and nothing hid that shall not be known". I pray that You would watch over this word to fulfill it. May we know all that were involved in Epstein Island and Diddy parties. May we know all that is hidden about drug cartels and human traffickers bribing US officials. Amen.

3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Lord Jesus we pray that this word be fulfilled, whatever is spoken in darkness by fortune 500 executives should be heard in the light. Whatever is spoken in the ear of political candidates like Tim Walz, and Kamala Harris should be proclaimed upon the housetops. We especially lift up TPUSA and the assassination of Charlie Kirk. We pray that anything that hidden or covered up concerning that assassination would be revealed and made known. We pray that all the secret communications relevant to that assassination would be heard in the light and proclaimed upon the housetops. Amen.

 

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Fear the Lord

Luke 12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

We are designed to fear, it is part of how we were created, it is the reason your ancestors lived long enough for you to be here. However, we need to adjust our fear to fear God. The basic principle for the kingdom of darkness is to use the fear of death to manipulate people. Everyone is going to die, whether you are murdered or die of old age, in the context of eternity it is but a trivial difference. However, what really matters is the judgement seat where it will be decided if you go to heaven or hell. That will be for eternity.

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

No one wants to be treated like a chicken that is slaughtered. The kingdom of darkness would have you believe killing you means nothing to them, no different than wringing the neck of a chicken. But that is a lie from the pit of hell. The Bible tells us that the death of His saints is precious to God. If you die standing for the truth you will be a precious gem to the Lord.

7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. 8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

Think about that, they will try to get you to fear confessing Jesus as the Christ before men. But every time you confess that Jesus is the Christ before men you will get Jesus at your trial as a character witness.

9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

On the other hand if you deny Jesus before men can you imagine having Jesus be a witness for the prosecution when God is deciding your fate for eternity!

10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

Let me share my personal experience of this. I was saved in college in my freshman year, got baptized in the spring, and beginning in my sophomore year I was living off campus in a brothers house. We had a campus ministry and over the next three years we gained 3 or 4 brothers (three new ones and one backslidden one). Then in the spring of my senior year the professor in charge of my college told my parents I had wasted their money for the last four years. I took this to the Lord and the Lord had wanted to speak to me about my four years. At first He pointed out things I could have done better, I had to agree. But then He showed me that our campus ministry had been far more effective than I had imagined. He was able to show me that every person on that campus, several thousand was impacted by our ministry and was confronted with whether or not to believe in Jesus and they were convicted of their sins. But then after showing me all of that I was sitting in a Spanish class. It was a small class of about 15 students, we were all sitting around this table, the professor had not arrived yet, and they were talking about what happened the night before at this party. The wife of the professor that had insulted me had been making out with some student under one of the tables. Coincidentally I had a meeting with this professor in his home this same day. This was the one and only time in four years I had a meeting scheduled with him. I could see how icy the situation was, it was clear the marriage was over, and he had a little girl who was practicing the piano when I was there, so the divorce would impact his daughter as well. I was horrified by what I saw. I realized this was the Lord's response to his attack on me and He wanted to make sure I got the full view of what He was going to do. The issue was not that he had insulted me, a fair assessment of my four years at the school would not be all that flattering, so the Lord is not going to punish someone for telling the truth, even if it isn't flattering. No, this was because his attack on me was actually an attack on the gospel ministry I had been involved in for the last three years. He was attacking the Lord's work and so the Lord had every right to respond. I was told to be silent and pay attention because the Lord was not going to listen to any appeal from me for mercy. That day I learned what the verse "Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord".

 

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Magnify the Lord

Luke 12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

I had this experience, the Lord told me to tell them that the Lord had told me "that He would not leave until He had utterly destroyed not only Pharaoh but all of Egypt". Just when everyone thought I would back down the Lord instead threw down the gauntlet. Also, the Lord did fulfill that word, that story would be a nice book.

13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

This is a very bad attitude. We are pilgrims on the earth, we have a mission to accomplish. We don't need large bank accounts, or big houses, or any of those other things. The more possessions you have the more sorrows and troubles you have. Travel light, the less you have the easier your life will be. Instead of complaining about what is fair, instead you should walk knowing that Jesus is Lord and all things are of Him. If you do not receive an inheritance, instead of blaming your brother think that this is from the Lord and that if you love God and are called according to purpose it will work out for the best.

15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

What does a man's life consist of? To me it is all about our relationship with Jesus. The most precious and costly treasure I could get is to be able to pray and have God answer my prayer. Imagine that, you could be a multi millionaire, but someone you care about is in the hospital and you are now powerless. But then here comes this poor man that you had no regard for, he prays and your loved one is healed. Have you ever heard the expression "circumstances beyond our control"? Well, that phrase does not apply to the Lord. He can silence the wind, he can feed five thousand, He can raise the dead. What an insult that you would be focused on some trivial possession when you have the opportunity to have this relationship with the Lord.

 

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The proper attitude

Luke 12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

Every day you should live with the Judgement seat in view, otherwise you are a fool. If you die today are you going to regret what you have been spending your time doing?

21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

In other words are you laying up treasure for yourself or are you rich towards God? Everyday are you depositing into that bank in the heaven towards God?

22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

This morning I saw a. retired teacher worried about their retirement savings and they had 800k in the bank. Along with that if you are a retired teacher you should have a pension and of course you should also have Social Security. I'm reading that and I'm thinking the Lord is going to return with in the next 12 months and very likely much sooner than that. (That is my attitude, not some prophetic word from the Lord, but it is based on a number of Biblical prophecies. There is nothing in the Bible that says no one knows the year, only the day and hour). Now consider that, suppose the Lord returns in the next month, what a waste of time for that teacher to be wondering if they had enough saved up.

23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

That teacher was not worried about having enough to live, they were concerned with having enough to go to nice restaurants, wear fancy clothes, and maybe have a membership at some country club. Take your mind off of those things and put it on your eternal life. You don't want to miss eternity in heaven because you focused on being a member of the country club and buying nice clothes and expensive meals.

24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

My brother has a barn, two houses, and a swimming pool. One of his houses was so big he had to seal off half of it to save money on heating and only used it when he had a lot of company. That is a lot of stuff to take care of. Now he has big family functions there so I can imagine that for some the Lord might lead them to do that. But when I look at it, all that stuff is just one big headache. How much freer and better to be like one of those ravens.

25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

Again, people will think that their job and their income add to their stature. But again, who has the bigger stature, the guy who has two houses and a swimming pool or the guy who can lay hands on the sick, pray to the Lord and they get healed? If you are concerned about adding to your stature then focus on having effective prayers that God answers.

26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

The clothes, fancy restaurants, multiple houses, and all the rest of these things do not add to your stature. You aren't able to add to your stature so why are you focusing on all these things that don't help?

27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

God cares for the ravens, God clothes the grass. What you want is a relationship with God. I heard this one basketball player talking about how Mike Tyson came into the locker room and everyone couldn't believe that he knew Mike, but Tyson told them that the two of them grew up together and were friends. We understand that to be close friends with the President, or Mike Tyson, or some other person raises our stature. Now imagine if your friend is God, imagine if you have a close personal relationship with the King of kings!

29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

When I first met the Lord I got the revelation that I was a son of God. That blew me away. I realized that being a son of God was like being a son of the king, only much, much bigger. My God owns the entire universe. He didn't inherit it, He created it. My big brother is king of kings. This is the proper attitude.

31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

 

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We are now in the third watch

Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

What is about to take place on the earth will destroy cash as we know it and therefore any of your investments that are valued in the US dollar. But do not fear, instead sell everything now, put the money into the heavens, and no thief will take it and no moth will corrupt it. Social Security has been robbed by thieves. Savings in dollars are destroyed by inflation (moths).

34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

This is the shameful thing, many "Christians" reject what the prophets have said not because of any legitimate question about Bible interpretation but because their heart is with their treasure here on earth.

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

This reminds me of the Passover dinner where Jesus washed the disciples feet and served them. So then, if the Lord's return is likened to the Passover feast that would mean the three days of darkness takes place after the rapture.

38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

When Joshua said the rapture was on 9/23 the first watch was with the Gregorian calendar, the second was with the Julian calendar and now we are on the third watch with the Hebrew calendar.

 

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Much will be required of you

39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

This is a strange verse, there are things that we are completely powerless to stop, like the prophecies in the word of God that will be fulfilled. But, if we had known that the thieves were going to clean us out of Social Security we could have but protections in place preventing that. For example, we could have required Social Security to buy precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, etc. Or we could have put in laws saying that Social Security should not be allowed to have more than 5% of their assets in US T bills. In fact we could have required a diversified portfolio. We could have had some corporate bonds, some government bonds (not just US) some stocks, and some commodities.

That is one example, but you can apply this to public school, to welfare, to illegal immigration, etc.

The Bible says "my people perish for a lack of knowledge". It is a shame that we had a lack of knowledge when you consider we had the Bible.

40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

One way to be ready is to learn from experience. For example, there were warning signs that were missed prior to 911. Likewise, there were warning signs that were missed prior to Pearl Harbor.

Radar operator in Pearl Harbor picked up what looked like Japanese planes about 30 minutes before they struck Pearl harbor. This was Sunday morning and the officer in charge was a junior officer because the senior commander was off. Now if he made a mistake and sounded the alarm when they weren't under attack he would have been castigated. Every crew member on every ship would have had to report to their posts, the boats would have powered up and left the dock, it would have been a huge deal. However, hindsight is 20/20 and we should consider what he could have done that would have essentially ended the Japanese army right there.

First, he should have sounded the alarm.

Second, he should have contacted the air force and told them to send three scouts to intercept these planes and report what they see. It would have taken the scouts 15 minutes and if they saw the Japanese that 15 minutes would be ample time for the US air force to get off the ground and meet them.

Third, after sending out the scouts he should have contacted the Admiral and other commanding officers and let them know that the scouts had been sent and in fifteen minutes they would know for sure what had been sighted. It took the ships in the navy 15 minutes to power up so by this time they would be powered up and ready to leave the docks or they could then call of the drill. A 15 minute drill is not a big deal.

Had he done this, all those planes would have been destroyed because the Japanese had sent out the planes with barely enough fuel to carry out the mission and return. They didn't have fuel for dog fights. Also, all the ships would have left port so when they arrived to bomb them they would be in the ocean with every gun manned. Between the dog fights and the guns from the ships and ultimately running out of fuel for those that made it past the first two hurdles, the Japanese would have lost all their air power.

They would still have planes with torpedos and so would be able to retreat and perhaps hold off a stiff pursuit, but what is more likely is they would have lost one or two ships and other ships would have suffered damage. Our navy would have survived intact and that means we would not have lost the Philippines.

So then if he had sounded the alarm the war would have ended as soon as it started or if it was a false alarm it would have been a surprise 15 minute drill on a Sunday morning. Perhaps a negative comment in his file about overreacting, but it was justified. His cowardice in sounding the alarm is responsible, at least in part, for 100,000+ American deaths and 250,000+ wounded. I think it is well worth risking a demerit in my file.

41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

What about pastors, preachers, and servants of the Lord?

42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

You need to share the word "in due season". If prophecies are being fulfilled indicating that the Beast system is rising you need to inform the congregation about that, let them know about the Antichrist, let them know that Psalm 83 war has been fulfilled, let them know about the Great Babylon, etc.

43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

That is why I am doing this blog! When people ask me the name of my blog their faces immediately change, they anticipate someone arguing about pre trib or mid trib or post trib and they aren't interested. But I didn't make this blog for them, I made it because the Lord said to give them their portion of meat in due season and this is due season.

44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

This is what I heard in 2020, a lot of condescension at first. Several people wanted me to seek psychiatric help. Right now, if that had been me, I'd be confessing my sins, I'd be pleading the blood and I'd be asking for forgiveness. Imagine you are a Christian and you were the one saying your Lord delays His coming, you were beating all those servants sounding the alarm, and you were eating and drinking with the drunken. That would be like being a junior officer in the US military responsible for 100,000 American deaths and 250,000 Americans wounded in battle.

46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

He didn't want to sound the alarm on Sunday morning because it was everyone's day off. But how stupid is that. The enemy is going to attack at an hour when you are not aware. Think of Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas eve.

47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

If you were simply a private, just arrived from the mainland, Pearl Harbor is not on you. But if you were an officer trained to use radar and were responsible for reporting any flights that looked like enemy planes, then much will be required of you.

 

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Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven

Luke 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

The Lord began to teach us about prayer in chapter 11. He began with praying for others, and praying to get a word, and to be filled with light, and for a spouse, or a child. But He has moved on to point out those who are rejecting the gospel and will feel woe. No one was exempt, not the Pharisees or the lawyers, so now when we get to His disciples they also are not exempt. The priests in the temple were supposed to be watching as night watchmen, if they were found to be asleep they would be set on fire and wind up waking up and casting off their cloak and running away naked.

50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

Right now He is focused on going to the cross. You can't be a true watchman if you have not gone through the cross. This is why many who were watchmen have stopped, they were shocked and surprised by the attacks they received.

51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

Any thought that we used to have peace is simply erroneous. This is the way it has always been, only now it is far more shrill. It used to be you could "agree to disagree". Then you were taught to "not bring up certain topics at family gatherings". I read a story about a man who has spent $70,000 in legal fees fighting his HOA which tried to fine him for having a cross on his lawn. The cross was about 12 inches high and on a flower pot. The HOA called it "Lawn art", which was prohibited. This isn't something new, rather the people who think they can silence Christians have become more brazen. It is the basic rule that if you give an inch they will take a mile. I thought I grew up in a Christian community, but that was because I was naive. As I have become less ignorant of Satan's devices I have become more and more aware that we were surrounded by pagans, even close friends were involved in paganism and the occult.

53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

The people who feel most justified in violating your right to freedom of speech are your family members. In my family there is a range. My dad was very strong to try and silence me. He had studied medieval history and saw how evil the Catholic Pope's were and associated that evil with all Christians. My sister is very likely involved in the occult. My younger brother had a fit when he heard me preaching the gospel in the same city that he lived in. My older brother is a denominational Christian whereas I am an Evangelical. My mother was the one that made everyone go to church every week at the Episcopalean church. I was in the choir, I can't remember if any of my brothers or sisters were in the choir. But even so it is doubtful if half the congregation of that church was born again. Sermons were more about the Vietnam war than about the Bible. Now I have heard that some people think that "Norman Rockwell" America was a myth. That is not true, Norman Rockwell went to the same HS that I did and all of his paintings reminded me of my hometown, some seemed to be places I knew and things I had done. He has a painting of people caroling and it looks just like a place I went caroling once. He has a picture of a pediatricians office and it looks just like the pediatrician I went to. He has a picture of boys jumping off a bridge into a stream and it looks just like a bridge I have jumped off of to go swimming. What is a myth is thinking that 100% of America was Christian. I believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven and by that measure 80% of Americans, even in the Norman Rockwell paintings were not on that one way.

54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

We are still talking about the watchmen and the signs they are watching for at the time of the Lord's coming. The west refers to the US. A cloud rising out of the west refers to the US rising as a superpower after WW2. They brought showers of blessing to Europe during the Marshall plan, and a blessing to Japan with MacArthur as an overseer.

55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

After this we saw a south wind blow as refugees tried to immigrate to Europe and the US from war torn nations, and nations undergoing famine and drought. When you see these immigrants coming you know there are going to be riots and conflict.

56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

Do you understand? A war in Syria, refugees in Europe, and then protests and riots. One thing leads to another. After war destroys cities then during peace the engineers come in and rebuild the city and multinational corporations move it to make money. One thing leads to the next. WW2 led to the holocaust and that led to the UN voting to give statehood to the Jews. The Jews return to Israel, it goes from being a third world nation to a first world nation, becomes one of the most advanced nations in the world and one of the most prosperous, this makes the other middle eastern nations look bad since they had fabulous wealth from oil but left their nation backward and in poverty. Because of envy and because these people are now rejecting the tyrants and want democracy they fund wars with Israel leading to the Psalm 83 war beginning in 2023. One thing leads to another. Israel has demonstrated technological and military superiority, so you can't control the Middle East oil without controlling Israel. As a result all the nations have a vested interest in the peace plan for Israel. When Daniel prophesied that "He shall confirm the covenant with the many" it implied that Israel would be so important that many nations would be involved in the covenant. So these ones who are beating the watchmen and telling them the Lord is delaying His coming, they are hypocrites. The signs are astounding and we were given amazing prophecies thousands of years ago.

57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

Do you know what happens when someone wakes up and realizes the Lord is about to come and the economy is about to collapse and we are about to have world war 3? They will behave irrationally. They will forget that we are ambassadors in the kingdom of darkness and they will think they can change things by voting for a different politician. You get two choices when you vote, one is the black square and one is the white square. FreeMasons have black and white checkerboards to illustrate that this is how the kingdom of darkness works. For example, consider the Godfather. This is a story about 5 mafia families in NYC. The Corleone's were the white squares because they didn't want to sell drugs and the other four families were the black squares. They had a war. The black squares thought if they can just kill the godfather then they get their way. But they failed, and so many, many more people died in this war with the Corleone's killing the leadership of the other four families and moving to Nevada. The white squares are not "good guys". They are also mafiosos who kill people. When you get to vote you are getting to vote for either a white square or a black square, but both of them are mafiosos. There is no other name by which man may be saved than by the name of Jesus Christ. Everyone else is a pawn being moved around by God to accomplish His will.

 

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I Shut This World Down 12-9-25@3:42 PM

 

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A shot across the bow

Luke 13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

A lot of events should be seen as a warning to us. Suppose you see Islamic warriors beheading their captives on a news program. Do not think that this is something strange only in the Mid East, no, this will come to the US. That is not my speculation, the book of Revelation says that if you don't take the mark of the beast you will be beheaded.

Rev. 20:4 And I saw thrones and they that sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them. And I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the Word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast, nor his image, nor had received his mark upon their foreheads or on their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

911 was a shot across the bow, a warning shot from God that unless we repent these things will happen to us.

4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Think of the recent fire in Hong Kong that burned up seven sky scrapers. That was a very clear warning to the church. When the saints are raptured, those that are left behind will not have any church to attend. What is the point? If your pastor was not raptured why are you still listening to him?

1 Kings 18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

There are false prophets who are leading the people astray and after the rapture those left behind will respond just like Elijah did here.

 

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Revival during the tribulation

Luke 13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

A fig tree is not a national tree of Israel, that is the olive tree. The first mention of this tree was when Adam and Eve fell and covered themselves with fig leaves. It refers to human government that has become one with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In the context here we have Christians who are left behind, they practiced Christianity but mixed it with their own opinion of good and evil (human traditions) and they are like God (their ceremonies and costumes mimic the appearance of God). But when the Lord returns they will be exposed as being naked. They have works, those are the leaves of this tree and they will cover themselves with those leaves hoping that can hide their shame and nakedness. But there is no fruit of the Spirit. At the time of the rapture the threat of cutting this tree down will be very real.

8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

The tribulation is like fertilizer for Christians. Seeing people die and the Antichrist arise and threaten all who believe will help to separate out those who are absolute for the Lord from those who are simply pretending. The first year of the tribulation will be a time of revival for the genuine believers left behind.

 

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Lord Jesus, put all your adversaries to an open shame

Luke 13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

18 years ago was 2007, that was the peak of the Mortgage meltdown where people who had been scammed into getting Adjustable rate mortgages that sky rocket after five years. People see an interest rate increase by a few percent and think that is going to be a small increase not realizing their mortgage payment would double. It is illegal for bankers to sell a mortgage without first explaining to the client how it works. They have a fiscal responsibility which is a legal requirement. Banks put people into loans they knew they wouldn't be able to pay. Why would they do that? Suppose you buy a house and the monthly payment is $2,000 and you can scrape that together. You think, great, I'm buying a home. For five years you make that payment, every month for all 60 months. You have paid the bank 120k. Now they change your mortgage to $4,000 a month (adjustable rate mortgage rather than a fixed rate). You can't afford that and a few months later you are evicted. The bank has the house and the 120k. Maybe they pay 20k to fix it up, new paint, etc. and then resell the house which has appreciated in value over the last five years. This was the scam, and this woman was bent over double like someone carrying a ridiculously heavy burden for the last 18 years.

13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

Well I am also indignant. If you are the shepherd of the sheep you would have had those in your congregation who understood the difference between an adjustable rate mortgage and a fixed rate and you would have counseled and taught your congregation to avoid these scam artists the way sheep should avoid the wolves. It was his job to help the congregation by either teaching them himself or bringing in someone from the congregation. But he knows no shame and instead is attacking Jesus for healing her?

15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

Why would anyone have an issue with her being loosed? The only person who doesn't want a slave to be loosed is the slave master. Jesus said that Satan bound her, so whoever is one with her being bound is one with Satan.

17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

Lord Jesus we pray you would put all your adversaries to an open shame.

 

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Churches to stay away from

18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

The kingdom of God refers to the church. We are a mustard seed, the least of all seeds, the church should be a herb that is good for food and that repels pests. But instead it grows into a great tree, like an oak tree, that the fowls of the air lodge in. Some of these churches have billion dollar trust funds. Some of these mega churches have 20 or 30 staff members roosting in the branches.

If you are looking for a church in your city you should easily be able to see two or three that are huge and have a lot of money. Stay away from those, they are obviously this Frankenstein church.

20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

We are told clearly that leaven refers to the traditions of the Pharisees and religious leaders. If you come to a church and they teach the traditions of man as commandments, then stay away from them as well. The traditions will be totally mingled with the word of God, kind of like a Christmas eve service where they read from Luke but also have a Christmas tree and other pagan items mingled with the word of God.

 

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Are there few that be saved?

Luke 13:22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

The previous verses liken the big mega churches and the big denominational churches to Frankenstein monsters and deceitful cakes. But this is where the vast majority of Christians are, so the logical question is "are there few that be saved?"

24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

The Lord did not answer with a "yes" so that should encourage many. However, He did say that many will seek to enter in and shall not be able. Unbelievers, pagans, occultists, satanists, atheists, they are not seeking to enter in. The ones who are seeking to enter in a nominally Christian. But we hear about these ones in many accounts of those who are left behind during the rapture.

25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

They are calling Jesus "Lord". These are people who are Christians. But the Lord says they don't have a personal relationship with Him.

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

To eat and drink in the Lord's presence means they went to church and they listened to preachers teach the word of God.

27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

Being a member of a particular church does not get you into heaven. You have to have a personal relationship with Jesus and that means that you do the things He tells you to do.

28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

Again there is no reason a Muslim, or Hindu or Atheist would be thinking they would be able to enter into a feast with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets. These ones who are thrust out consider themselves Christians, but they have been deceived.

29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

Evangelists from the US brought the gospel to the world and yet there will be many in the US thrust out while people from all over the world will enter in.