Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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Dealing with the apostasy
There are two very heretical teachings that seem to be prevalent today.
1. Dominionism. The idea that the church should use the political power of their numbers to become involved in politics. This is precisely what the Koran teaches. In Islam Sharia law is simply Islamic law imposed on a nation that is governed by a majority of those who subscribe to Islam.
Dominionism is what the Catholic church practiced and what the Crusades were. It is also what the Spanish inquisition was doing and what the Salem witchcraft trials were all about. The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. In the Old Testament after the spies gave the evil report and God told the children of Israel they would wander around in the wilderness until they all died and were strewn about in the wilderness they tried to go enter the land on their own. God was not with them, they were defeated. Dominionism is simply fleshly Christians who have been rejected by the Lord trying to enter into the kingdom by the flesh and the Holy Spirit is not with them.
2. Preterism. This teaches that the Lord's prophecies in Matthew 24 were fulfilled in 70 AD. In order to push this they must argue that the book of Revelation was written in 67 or 68 AD, rather than the 92 AD the time frame that is generally accepted. This later time frame is supported by the Bible, because at that time Caesar preferred to exile people to places like Patmos rather than to martyr them. Also one of the church fathers who knew the apostle John while he was still alive said that Revelation was written at the time of this later Caesar.
Galatians 1:3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
The purpose of the Lord's death and resurrection was to deliver us from this present evil age. If this was fulfilled in 70 AD then we would currently be delivered from this evil age. That is not true, the age is very evil with several genocidal events from the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, and Armenia all having taken place in the last 120 years .
A second aspect of Preterism is that the church, the true Israel and the children of Abraham according to faith, has replaced the Jews. No. when the Jews rejected Joshua and Caleb and refused to enter the good land the covenant with them was not cancelled, rather God kept the covenant but rejected that generation. It is the same thing now. The Jews wandered in the wilderness for 40 years, but it was 38 years after the evil report was on the 9th of Av, about 4 months after Passover. If you consider each year is one jubilee of 50 years and that Jesus was crucified in 32 AD that would lead you almost precisely to 1967 which is when Israel regained control of Jerusalem.
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
There are two very heretical teachings that seem to be prevalent today.
1. Dominionism. The idea that the church should use the political power of their numbers to become involved in politics. This is precisely what the Koran teaches. In Islam Sharia law is simply Islamic law imposed on a nation that is governed by a majority of those who subscribe to Islam.
Dominionism is what the Catholic church practiced and what the Crusades were. It is also what the Spanish inquisition was doing and what the Salem witchcraft trials were all about. The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. In the Old Testament after the spies gave the evil report and God told the children of Israel they would wander around in the wilderness until they all died and were strewn about in the wilderness they tried to go enter the land on their own. God was not with them, they were defeated. Dominionism is simply fleshly Christians who have been rejected by the Lord trying to enter into the kingdom by the flesh and the Holy Spirit is not with them.
2. Preterism. This teaches that the Lord's prophecies in Matthew 24 were fulfilled in 70 AD. In order to push this they must argue that the book of Revelation was written in 67 or 68 AD, rather than the 92 AD the time frame that is generally accepted. This later time frame is supported by the Bible, because at that time Caesar preferred to exile people to places like Patmos rather than to martyr them. Also one of the church fathers who knew the apostle John while he was still alive said that Revelation was written at the time of this later Caesar.
Galatians 1:3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
The purpose of the Lord's death and resurrection was to deliver us from this present evil age. If this was fulfilled in 70 AD then we would currently be delivered from this evil age. That is not true, the age is very evil with several genocidal events from the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, and Armenia all having taken place in the last 120 years .
A second aspect of Preterism is that the church, the true Israel and the children of Abraham according to faith, has replaced the Jews. No. when the Jews rejected Joshua and Caleb and refused to enter the good land the covenant with them was not cancelled, rather God kept the covenant but rejected that generation. It is the same thing now. The Jews wandered in the wilderness for 40 years, but it was 38 years after the evil report was on the 9th of Av, about 4 months after Passover. If you consider each year is one jubilee of 50 years and that Jesus was crucified in 32 AD that would lead you almost precisely to 1967 which is when Israel regained control of Jerusalem.
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
Adonijah is a type of the Antichrist, trying to usurp the throne. He is a son of David. He is trying to crown himself king secretly, without Nathan, Benaiah, the Mighty men, and Solomon.
11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
Nathan is a prophet and is a type of the watchman. The speaking of the watchmen is to wake up the church to what is going on and to go into the throne of Jesus Christ and pray over what the Antichrist is doing.
12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Once Adonijah has the throne he is going to see everyone associated with Solomon (the glorified Christ) as a threat and will hunt them down and kill them. This is what happens during the seven year tribulation with the mark of the beast. If you refuse to worship and obey the Antichrist then he will kill you.
13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
This is what is so horrible about the response of many Christians to the prophets. Instead of going to the Lord to pray about the things that are being done they sit back and want to see them fulfilled so that they know "it is a prophet of God". No, you are supposed to know it is a prophet of God if what they speak aligns with the word of God and if your spirit within responds with life and peace.
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
This is an example of where two or three are gathered together agree, you can ask what you will and it will be done for you.
Adonijah is a type of the Antichrist, trying to usurp the throne. He is a son of David. He is trying to crown himself king secretly, without Nathan, Benaiah, the Mighty men, and Solomon.
11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
Nathan is a prophet and is a type of the watchman. The speaking of the watchmen is to wake up the church to what is going on and to go into the throne of Jesus Christ and pray over what the Antichrist is doing.
12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Once Adonijah has the throne he is going to see everyone associated with Solomon (the glorified Christ) as a threat and will hunt them down and kill them. This is what happens during the seven year tribulation with the mark of the beast. If you refuse to worship and obey the Antichrist then he will kill you.
13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
This is what is so horrible about the response of many Christians to the prophets. Instead of going to the Lord to pray about the things that are being done they sit back and want to see them fulfilled so that they know "it is a prophet of God". No, you are supposed to know it is a prophet of God if what they speak aligns with the word of God and if your spirit within responds with life and peace.
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
This is an example of where two or three are gathered together agree, you can ask what you will and it will be done for you.
The Years of Punishment Prophecy (part 1)
This prophecy clearly points to the Lord’s second return in 2030.
House of Israel -- 10 tribes to the North
House of Judah -- Judah and Benjamin
Jeremiah 3:6 Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute? 7 I thought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her treacherous (faithless) sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw [that even though Judah knew] that for all the acts of adultery (idolatry) of faithless Israel, I [the Lord] had sent her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid; but she went and was a prostitute also [following after idols]. 9 Because of the thoughtlessness of Israel’s prostitution [her immorality mattered little to her], she desecrated the land and committed adultery with [idols of] stones and trees. 10 Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but rather in [blatant] deception [she merely pretended obedience to King Josiah’s reforms],” declares the Lord.
Israel was divorced and scattered among the Gentiles where they remain to this day. This is why Jesus said:
Matthew 15:24 He answered, “I was commissioned by God and sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
The House of Judah did return to Israel after having been in Babylon, Israel didn’t. However, Judah did not repent with her whole heart.
Ezekiel 37 tells us that both Judah and Israel will be restored and return to the Lord together as one nation.
15 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 16 “And you, son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’ 17 Then join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand. 18 When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join the stick of Judah with it and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’ 20 The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. 21 Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
This takes place right after God raises them from their graves and brings them to Israel.
Ezekiel 37:12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will open your graves and make you come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you [back home] to the land of Israel. 13 Then you will know [with confidence] that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and made you come up out of your graves, My people. 14 I will put My Spirit in you and you will come to life, and I will place you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and fulfilled it,” says the Lord.’”
This ushers in the millennial kingdom of Jesus Christ.
24 “My servant David will be king over them, and they all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them. 25 They will live in the land where your fathers lived, [the land] that I gave to My servant Jacob, and they will live there, they and their children and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David will be their leader forever.
Most of the Jews are not walking in the ordinances and statutes and Jesus is not their leader. Before this can take place the punishment period needs to expire. They enter in on Jubilee year 120. So the question is if the year 2030 is the year the Bible says the punishment period will end and the same year as the 120th jubilee year.
This prophecy clearly points to the Lord’s second return in 2030.
House of Israel -- 10 tribes to the North
House of Judah -- Judah and Benjamin
Jeremiah 3:6 Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute? 7 I thought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her treacherous (faithless) sister Judah saw it. 8 And I saw [that even though Judah knew] that for all the acts of adultery (idolatry) of faithless Israel, I [the Lord] had sent her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid; but she went and was a prostitute also [following after idols]. 9 Because of the thoughtlessness of Israel’s prostitution [her immorality mattered little to her], she desecrated the land and committed adultery with [idols of] stones and trees. 10 Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but rather in [blatant] deception [she merely pretended obedience to King Josiah’s reforms],” declares the Lord.
Israel was divorced and scattered among the Gentiles where they remain to this day. This is why Jesus said:
Matthew 15:24 He answered, “I was commissioned by God and sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
The House of Judah did return to Israel after having been in Babylon, Israel didn’t. However, Judah did not repent with her whole heart.
Ezekiel 37 tells us that both Judah and Israel will be restored and return to the Lord together as one nation.
15 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 16 “And you, son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’ 17 Then join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand. 18 When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19 say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join the stick of Judah with it and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’ 20 The sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. 21 Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am going to take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
This takes place right after God raises them from their graves and brings them to Israel.
Ezekiel 37:12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will open your graves and make you come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you [back home] to the land of Israel. 13 Then you will know [with confidence] that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and made you come up out of your graves, My people. 14 I will put My Spirit in you and you will come to life, and I will place you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and fulfilled it,” says the Lord.’”
This ushers in the millennial kingdom of Jesus Christ.
24 “My servant David will be king over them, and they all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them. 25 They will live in the land where your fathers lived, [the land] that I gave to My servant Jacob, and they will live there, they and their children and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David will be their leader forever.
Most of the Jews are not walking in the ordinances and statutes and Jesus is not their leader. Before this can take place the punishment period needs to expire. They enter in on Jubilee year 120. So the question is if the year 2030 is the year the Bible says the punishment period will end and the same year as the 120th jubilee year.
The Years of Punishment Prophecy (part 2)
Ezekiel 4 tells us when the punishment years begin and when they will end.
Ezekiel 4:4 “Then lie down on your left side (toward the north) to bear [symbolically] the wickedness and punishment of the house of Israel. You shall bear their wickedness and punishment for the number of days that you lie on your side. 5 For I have assigned you the years of their wickedness and punishment, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days [representing three hundred and ninety years]; in this way you shall bear [symbolically] the wickedness and punishment of the house of Israel. 6 When you have completed these [days for Israel], lie down again, but on your right side (toward the south), and you shall bear the wickedness and punishment of the house of Judah forty days. I have assigned you one day for each year. 7 Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it. 8 Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
9 “But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make them into bread for yourself. You shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days. 10 The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time. 11 You shall drink water by measure also, the sixth part of a hin; you shall drink daily at a set time.
390 days for the house of Israel representing 390 years.
40 days for the house of Judah representing 40 years.
Both punishments are related to a siege of Jerusalem. The 390 years of punishment began at the first siege of Jerusalem and the 40 years of punishment leads to the last siege of Jerusalem.
Leviticus 26:18 And I will kill her children (followers) with pestilence [thoroughly annihilating them], and all the churches will know [without any doubt] that I am He who searches the minds and hearts [the innermost thoughts, purposes]; and I will give to each one of you [a reward or punishment] according to your deeds.
The punishment was for 390 years but Israel still did not listen so it was increased sevenfold. The same is with Judah, they also did not listen and so their punishment was also increased sevenfold.
Ezekiel is told to turn his face towards the siege of Jerusalem, so the siege of Jerusalem is the starting point for each time of punishment. The punishment period begins when we see the punishment begin.
Ezekiel 4:1 “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem. 2 Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise a ramp against it; set up [enemy] camps and place battering rams all around it. 3 Further, take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel represents the siege, the brick is Jerusalem, and between the two there is an iron wall. This means this first siege does not break through the wall. They limit food and water, but the first siege is not successful. The punishment of Israel began at the first siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians in 701 BCE. This was the first siege of Jerusalem and it was unsuccessful. This was the beginning of the punishment period for Israel. 311 BCE is 390 years after 701 BCE. Did Israel repent? No.
390 x 7 = 2730 years. 2730 + 701 BCE = 2030 AD (there is no 0 year).
2030 is the next available opportunity for Israel to repent, return to the Lord and be joined to Judah to enter into the reign of Jesus the Messiah according to Ezekiel 37.
Now let’s look at the punishment for the house of Judah.
Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 38 Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]! 39 For I say to you, you will not see Me again [ministering to you publicly] until you say, ‘Blessed [to be celebrated with praise] is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
Their punishment began in 30 AD when Jesus was crucified. According to the record they were punished for 40 years prior to the destruction of Jerusalem. The curtain separating the holy of holies was torn asunder. Every year for forty years the temple doors would not stay shut, the Menorah would not stay lit for forty years, the lot for the Lord always came up in the left hand for forty years and the Yom Kippur scarlet thread would not turn white for forty years.
They failed to repent and so the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD and the destruction of Jerusalem began their 7 fold punishment period.
40x7=280, 280+70 = 350 AD.
Did they repent in 350 AD?
So then 280 x 7 = 1960 years. They have already served the first 280 year period.
1960 + 70 = 2030
2030 is the first and last time that Judah and Israel can repent, and be joined together as one stick. After this their punishment periods will not end at the same time. Both punishment periods would be multiplied by 7 and they will never mathematically sync up again.
While Ezekiel is laying on his side he is to only eat 20 shekels weight of food and ⅙ hin of water.
20 x 6 = 120. Pointing us to 120 jubilees.
120 x 50 = 6,000. Pointing us to the 6,000 years that to God is 6 days in which He creates a man.
Finally, the punishment period of the House of Israel is represented by his laying on his left side and the punishment period for the house of Judah is depicted by laying on his right side.
If we have a timeline the right side would begin after the siege of Israel, and the left side would begin before the siege of Israel, but that is because in the west we read from left to right. In Hebrew it is the opposite, they read from right to left. So then for the Jews this is the opposite, the punishment for Israel begins with the siege of Jerusalem, whereas the punishment for Judah begins 40 years before the siege of Jerusalem when they crucified Jesus.
So according to this timeline Israel will look on Jesus whom they have pierced and repent in 2030 AD, that is the midpoint of the seven year tribulation. As a result the Tribulation will begin in 2026.
Ezekiel 4 tells us when the punishment years begin and when they will end.
Ezekiel 4:4 “Then lie down on your left side (toward the north) to bear [symbolically] the wickedness and punishment of the house of Israel. You shall bear their wickedness and punishment for the number of days that you lie on your side. 5 For I have assigned you the years of their wickedness and punishment, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days [representing three hundred and ninety years]; in this way you shall bear [symbolically] the wickedness and punishment of the house of Israel. 6 When you have completed these [days for Israel], lie down again, but on your right side (toward the south), and you shall bear the wickedness and punishment of the house of Judah forty days. I have assigned you one day for each year. 7 Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it. 8 Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
9 “But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make them into bread for yourself. You shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days. 10 The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time. 11 You shall drink water by measure also, the sixth part of a hin; you shall drink daily at a set time.
390 days for the house of Israel representing 390 years.
40 days for the house of Judah representing 40 years.
Both punishments are related to a siege of Jerusalem. The 390 years of punishment began at the first siege of Jerusalem and the 40 years of punishment leads to the last siege of Jerusalem.
Leviticus 26:18 And I will kill her children (followers) with pestilence [thoroughly annihilating them], and all the churches will know [without any doubt] that I am He who searches the minds and hearts [the innermost thoughts, purposes]; and I will give to each one of you [a reward or punishment] according to your deeds.
The punishment was for 390 years but Israel still did not listen so it was increased sevenfold. The same is with Judah, they also did not listen and so their punishment was also increased sevenfold.
Ezekiel is told to turn his face towards the siege of Jerusalem, so the siege of Jerusalem is the starting point for each time of punishment. The punishment period begins when we see the punishment begin.
Ezekiel 4:1 “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem. 2 Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise a ramp against it; set up [enemy] camps and place battering rams all around it. 3 Further, take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel represents the siege, the brick is Jerusalem, and between the two there is an iron wall. This means this first siege does not break through the wall. They limit food and water, but the first siege is not successful. The punishment of Israel began at the first siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians in 701 BCE. This was the first siege of Jerusalem and it was unsuccessful. This was the beginning of the punishment period for Israel. 311 BCE is 390 years after 701 BCE. Did Israel repent? No.
390 x 7 = 2730 years. 2730 + 701 BCE = 2030 AD (there is no 0 year).
2030 is the next available opportunity for Israel to repent, return to the Lord and be joined to Judah to enter into the reign of Jesus the Messiah according to Ezekiel 37.
Now let’s look at the punishment for the house of Judah.
Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 38 Listen carefully: your house is being left to you desolate [completely abandoned by God and destitute of His protection]! 39 For I say to you, you will not see Me again [ministering to you publicly] until you say, ‘Blessed [to be celebrated with praise] is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
Their punishment began in 30 AD when Jesus was crucified. According to the record they were punished for 40 years prior to the destruction of Jerusalem. The curtain separating the holy of holies was torn asunder. Every year for forty years the temple doors would not stay shut, the Menorah would not stay lit for forty years, the lot for the Lord always came up in the left hand for forty years and the Yom Kippur scarlet thread would not turn white for forty years.
They failed to repent and so the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD and the destruction of Jerusalem began their 7 fold punishment period.
40x7=280, 280+70 = 350 AD.
Did they repent in 350 AD?
So then 280 x 7 = 1960 years. They have already served the first 280 year period.
1960 + 70 = 2030
2030 is the first and last time that Judah and Israel can repent, and be joined together as one stick. After this their punishment periods will not end at the same time. Both punishment periods would be multiplied by 7 and they will never mathematically sync up again.
While Ezekiel is laying on his side he is to only eat 20 shekels weight of food and ⅙ hin of water.
20 x 6 = 120. Pointing us to 120 jubilees.
120 x 50 = 6,000. Pointing us to the 6,000 years that to God is 6 days in which He creates a man.
Finally, the punishment period of the House of Israel is represented by his laying on his left side and the punishment period for the house of Judah is depicted by laying on his right side.
If we have a timeline the right side would begin after the siege of Israel, and the left side would begin before the siege of Israel, but that is because in the west we read from left to right. In Hebrew it is the opposite, they read from right to left. So then for the Jews this is the opposite, the punishment for Israel begins with the siege of Jerusalem, whereas the punishment for Judah begins 40 years before the siege of Jerusalem when they crucified Jesus.
So according to this timeline Israel will look on Jesus whom they have pierced and repent in 2030 AD, that is the midpoint of the seven year tribulation. As a result the Tribulation will begin in 2026.
Prophets coach you on how to pray
12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Solomon is the "man child" those who are raptured to the heavens. Bathsheba represents the church in Philadelphia. There are seven churches, but this one church was faithful to the Lord and suffered a lot of persecution, being ostracized (in Revelation 3 it says they will not have to go out anymore). Think of Bathsheba, most likely all women in the country blamed her for what happened between her and David.
13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
We are told clearly in the New Testament by God that Jesus Christ is His beloved Son and when He rose from the Dead it was God declaring that He was the one to reign just as Aaron's budded rod was God declaring that Aaron was to be the high priest. In this prayer the church takes the promises of God to Him and asks why these promises in our covenant are not being fulfilled.
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
The rule is that two or three must agree. It is not simply your "interpretation" of the covenant but an interpretation that we all can stand on.
15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
Abishag represents the virgins, she is the woman that Solomon sings about in the Song of Solomon, think of a nun who has given her life to serve the Lord. The king is very old depicting the end of the age of grace.
16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
Pray on your knees if possible.
17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
Our blessed hope is the rapture. We have been told in the New Testament that the Lord's servants that He says "well done" to shall reign with Him. Ephesians tells us that Jesus Christ is the head over all given to the Church which is His Body.
18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
Look at the laws that are being passed. It is now illegal to quote scripture in Canada. A PM in Europe has been convicted for distributing a pamphlet with the word of God. The bible has been banished from public school curriculum in the US. They are pushing the Noahide laws making it illegal worldwide to preach Jesus Christ is the son of God.
19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
This is the apostasy. All these people are "great men" in Israel. The Pope is part of the movement to banish Jesus Christ, Dominionism is a doctrine that equates the New Testament to the Koran, we must rule and reign by force
20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
Right now the eyes of all Christians are looking to the Lord Jesus, they know this is the end of the age and they want to know who will be raptured. Think of rapture as a "coronation". It is like the book of Esther where Mordecai is made Prime Minister, or where Joseph is made Prime minister in Egypt.
21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
This is what will happen to those left behind after the rapture.
22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
If two or three will agree on anything it will be done, therefore ask and you shall receive.
23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
What does the Bible say about the Antichrist?
25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
These are the faithful ones at the second coming. Some are watchman, some are mighty men, some are priests. We have different functions but the one constant that is true of all is that they stand on the word of God and His promises. This is why Paul said "the apostasy comes first". Adonijah's rebellion is the apostasy.
27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Lord Jesus, these things we are seeing today, are they done by You? Haven't You told us and given us commands as to what we should do to be faithful to your commands and those that are will have this blessed hope?
12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Solomon is the "man child" those who are raptured to the heavens. Bathsheba represents the church in Philadelphia. There are seven churches, but this one church was faithful to the Lord and suffered a lot of persecution, being ostracized (in Revelation 3 it says they will not have to go out anymore). Think of Bathsheba, most likely all women in the country blamed her for what happened between her and David.
13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
We are told clearly in the New Testament by God that Jesus Christ is His beloved Son and when He rose from the Dead it was God declaring that He was the one to reign just as Aaron's budded rod was God declaring that Aaron was to be the high priest. In this prayer the church takes the promises of God to Him and asks why these promises in our covenant are not being fulfilled.
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
The rule is that two or three must agree. It is not simply your "interpretation" of the covenant but an interpretation that we all can stand on.
15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
Abishag represents the virgins, she is the woman that Solomon sings about in the Song of Solomon, think of a nun who has given her life to serve the Lord. The king is very old depicting the end of the age of grace.
16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
Pray on your knees if possible.
17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
Our blessed hope is the rapture. We have been told in the New Testament that the Lord's servants that He says "well done" to shall reign with Him. Ephesians tells us that Jesus Christ is the head over all given to the Church which is His Body.
18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
Look at the laws that are being passed. It is now illegal to quote scripture in Canada. A PM in Europe has been convicted for distributing a pamphlet with the word of God. The bible has been banished from public school curriculum in the US. They are pushing the Noahide laws making it illegal worldwide to preach Jesus Christ is the son of God.
19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
This is the apostasy. All these people are "great men" in Israel. The Pope is part of the movement to banish Jesus Christ, Dominionism is a doctrine that equates the New Testament to the Koran, we must rule and reign by force
20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
Right now the eyes of all Christians are looking to the Lord Jesus, they know this is the end of the age and they want to know who will be raptured. Think of rapture as a "coronation". It is like the book of Esther where Mordecai is made Prime Minister, or where Joseph is made Prime minister in Egypt.
21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
This is what will happen to those left behind after the rapture.
22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
If two or three will agree on anything it will be done, therefore ask and you shall receive.
23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
What does the Bible say about the Antichrist?
25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
These are the faithful ones at the second coming. Some are watchman, some are mighty men, some are priests. We have different functions but the one constant that is true of all is that they stand on the word of God and His promises. This is why Paul said "the apostasy comes first". Adonijah's rebellion is the apostasy.
27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Lord Jesus, these things we are seeing today, are they done by You? Haven't You told us and given us commands as to what we should do to be faithful to your commands and those that are will have this blessed hope?
Galatians 3 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Think about this, you heard the gospel of your salvation, you believed in the Lord, you obeyed the word to be baptized. You received the Spirit which leads you and guides you. But then you decide that you need to eat kosher food, not because you think it is healthier for your body, but because you think that this will make you perfect? Seriously? The transformation we receive is by the Spirit which comes through faith and faith by hearing the word of God. It does not come by eating meat that a rabbi in the Jewish religion who has rejected Jesus Christ as Messiah has blessed.
The covenant we received requires that we receive the blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross as the blood that saves us. We are crucified with Christ, that is our "circumcision" of the heart. But the Jews teach you that you need to be circumcised in the flesh and then follow all their rules of their religion. This is an insult to the Lord Jesus Christ, the cross of Christ is the true circumcision, by comparison the things the Jews require is trivial.
Think about this, you heard the gospel of your salvation, you believed in the Lord, you obeyed the word to be baptized. You received the Spirit which leads you and guides you. But then you decide that you need to eat kosher food, not because you think it is healthier for your body, but because you think that this will make you perfect? Seriously? The transformation we receive is by the Spirit which comes through faith and faith by hearing the word of God. It does not come by eating meat that a rabbi in the Jewish religion who has rejected Jesus Christ as Messiah has blessed.
The covenant we received requires that we receive the blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross as the blood that saves us. We are crucified with Christ, that is our "circumcision" of the heart. But the Jews teach you that you need to be circumcised in the flesh and then follow all their rules of their religion. This is an insult to the Lord Jesus Christ, the cross of Christ is the true circumcision, by comparison the things the Jews require is trivial.
The law is good, every word of the Bible can give life. But the law is not the gospel. The gospel is not that you need to pretend to be like the Jews. That is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. No, the gospel is that we receive the spirit and it changes our hearts from within. The transformation of a sinner into a saint is the biggest miracle. God gives us a new heart. Along with that the Spirit will do other miracles of healing, and salvation, and transformation. We are not simply saved from sin as though this bully will no longer take our lunch money. No we are trained and transformed into the army of God that can tread upon the enemy and live in victory. This is the gospel. We were under a curse but now the Lord Jesus is leading us out of that oppressive dark age into the light where we can live in victory.
Galatians 3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
The law is good, Jesus said He did not come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it. The purpose of the law is so that we would recognize the Messiah. Imagine the billions of people on the earth are grains of sand and we have a filter that will filter out every grain of sand so that only the Messiah is left. The law is a way for us to discern the Messiah from every other human being who has ever lived on earth. But keeping the law is not why we have a covenant with God. That covenant was made with Abraham because He believed God would give him a son when his wife was past the age of giving birth and because he believed God would raise his son from the dead. If you have come to that point where you believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born of a virgin and resurrected from the dead, then the law has done its job.
Galatians 3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Galatians 3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
In Daniel 10 we have a very interesting account of Daniel missing the Passover feast. If we examine the Old Testament to see what a missed Passover feast can indicate:
But in Daniels account we learn the reason was because of a heavenly war involving Michael. That certainly sounds like the war described in Revelation 12 where the Manchild is caught up and the Fallen angels are cast out.
- Joshua 5: After entering the Promised Land, a generation born in the wilderness was circumcised, and a major Passover was kept at Gilgal, suggesting a significant gap in regular celebration.
- Hezekiah's Passover (2 Chronicles 30): Following years of neglect, King Hezekiah invited both the Southern and Northern kingdoms to a Passover in Jerusalem, as it had not been celebrated in large numbers for a long time.
- Josiah's Passover (2 Kings 23; 2 Chronicles 35): After the discovery of the Book of the Law, King Josiah held a massive, precise, and highly detailed Passover that was unmatched since the days of the judges.
But in Daniels account we learn the reason was because of a heavenly war involving Michael. That certainly sounds like the war described in Revelation 12 where the Manchild is caught up and the Fallen angels are cast out.
There are plenty of verses concerning the "left behind". for example, "one is taken and one is left" the Greek word for taken is taken as a close personal friend, and the word for left is "divorced".Summary of doctrine for Pretrib rapture?
It seems to have gone missing , we are all going to have to go by the scriptures left behind