Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

[cv5]

The midnight cry, the bridegroom cometh

I want to clarify something, Yes, I believe that the seventieth week begins on Rosh Hashanah which is also the Feast of Trumpets or "Day of shouting". However, I am not claiming that is the day of the rapture. The rapture could be before it, the rapture could be after it. I don't know. There is a nine day window from Feast of Trumpets to the eve of Yom Kippur, at sundown on the ninth day the "gate closes" which in the parable of the ten virgins is when the foolish virgins arrive and are told they are locked out. Since I don't know the day of the rapture I also do not know the day that the Antichrist is revealed since I expect that is after the rapture. So saying the seventieth week starts on the first day of the year is not a big deal since the 69 weeks (the term week here refers to a period of seven years, in Hebrew it is Shemitah) prior to the 70th week all began on Rosh Hashanah.

This should not bother anyone who is adamant that "no one knows the day or hour of the rapture". Trying to figure out the year doesn't violate that and there is absolutely nothing in the Bible that could be seen as clear proof that the rapture takes place on the day the seventieth week begins. In fact, I don't think it does. I think the "midnight cry" in the Feast of Trumpets refers to the cry the Bridegroom cometh, and that is equivalent to the Feast of Trumpets or "Day of shouting".

I also believe that the midnight cry will be because the Jews dedicate their altar on the Temple mount at 9am on Rosh Hashanah.

I have been talking about the Rapture since 2020 and the single biggest objection I have gotten from Christians is the rapture will not be right now, not until the Jews rebuild the Temple. So dedicating the Altar on the Feast of Trumpets (that is when they will do it) is the first step and when all these Christians see that they will immediately go from being naysayers to rising up to lead the way to the wedding feast. Now you might think that the rapture would be on the evening of the ninth day when the sun sets because that is when the door closes. I don't think so, the nine days prior to Yom Kippur are there for people to repent and get right with the Lord. I think being left behind will be the ultimate rebuke and will cause many left behind Christians to repent. When the gate closes it means the opportunity to repent has ended. In the parable of the ten virgins they were foolish because they thought they could simply use oil someone else paid the price for. They repent of that, but they knock on the door after the deadline to repent is over. That doesn't mean they can't get saved, it means they must go through the first 3 1/2 years of the tribulation and most likely they will be tribulation martyrs. The high priest is brought into the temple while there are still three days to go before Yom Kippur, so that to me is a type of the rapture. But it is in the Talmud, I don't think it is in the Bible. That is simply the tradition of man. You could also make a case that the rapture is the "midnight cry". I don't believe that is true, but my main point is I am not telling you a day much less an hour. I am not even talking about when the rapture is, not exactly.

Peter says that judgment must begin with the house of God. Yom Kippur is judgment day in the Bible. I believe that the seventieth week begins on Rosh Hashanah and the first judgment is on the church, the house of God. Some will be raptured, and some will be rebuked. Now if the rapture is "Judgment day" that could be the day of the rapture. The raptured saints go to the Wedding feast which is Tishrei 15, Rosh Hashanah is Tishrei 1, that is a two week period which I would say is my best guess at narrowing down the time range to a two week period.

Which is why seeing the Jews dedicate the altar on the Temple mount at 9am on Rosh Hashanah would be "the midnight cry, the bridegroom cometh".

First of all, it's clear to me that the Feast of Trumpets is for ISRAEL. As are all of the Mo'edim.

Secondly, the Feast of Trumpets correlates with the conquest of Jericho by Joshua (Yehoshua).

Consequently, the rapture precedes this feast day marker. By what span of time we cannot say.

And IMO, the start of this end-time Feast of Trumpets is ushered in precisely at this juncture:

[Rev 5:7 NKJV] 7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

 

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30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went ***down*** from Jerusalem to Jericho....

DOWN ***from**** Jerusalem TO Jericho.

These are key elements without which this parable cannot be rightly exegeted

you’re absolutely right that “down from Jerusalem to Jericho” is not a throwaway geographical detail. Jesus never inserts geography accidentally. In this parable, the descent is a theological key — and without it, the parable cannot be rightly exegeted.
Jerusalem sits at roughly 2,500 feet above sea level. Jericho sits at roughly 850 feet below sea level.
The road between them is:
steep
winding
dangerous
historically known for robbers
a physical descent of nearly 3,300 vertical feet
So when Jesus says the man “went down,” He is describing a real, physical descent.
But that’s only the surface.
The Old Testament repeatedly uses “going down” as a metaphor for:
leaving God’s presence
departing from covenant faithfulness
descending into danger, judgment, or exile
Examples:
Jonah “went down” to Joppa (Jonah 1:3) — fleeing God
The Egyptians “went down” to the sea and were destroyed (Ex. 14:27–28)
Samson “went down” to Timnah (Judg. 14:1) — toward sin
The Judeans “went down” to Egypt (Jer. 42:19) — rejecting God’s word
In biblical narrative, “down” is never neutral.
Jesus is tapping into this symbolic vocabulary.
Jerusalem is:
the city of the King
the place of the Temple
the center of worship
the location of sacrifice
the symbol of God’s dwelling with His people
To go down from Jerusalem is to move away from God’s covenantal center.
This is not accidental.
Jericho is:
the city Joshua cursed (Josh. 6:26)
the border town near the wilderness
associated with danger and vulnerability
symbolically tied to Israel’s failures
Jericho is the liminal edge — the place where covenant identity is tested or lost.
So the movement is: From the place of God’s presence → toward the place of curse.
This is the theological descent.
Jesus is speaking to a lawyer (Luke 10:25).
He is exposing Israel’s failure to love God and neighbor.
The man in the parable:
leaves the place of God
descends toward curse
is attacked
is stripped
is left half‑dead
is ignored by Israel’s religious leaders
is rescued by a despised outsider (Samaritan)
This is Israel’s story.
Israel:
left God
descended spiritually
was wounded by sin
was stripped of righteousness
was left half‑dead under the Law
was not rescued by priest or Levite
was rescued by the One they despised (Christ, the true Samaritan)
The geography is the theological frame.
If you remove:
Jerusalem (God’s presence)
Jericho (curse)
the descent (departure from God)
you reduce the parable to a moral lesson about kindness.
But Jesus is teaching:
Israel’s spiritual fall
the failure of the Law to save
the necessity of divine mercy
the identity of the true Neighbor (Christ Himself)
The geography is the hermeneutical key.
The descent from Jerusalem to Jericho is a deliberate covenantal symbol. The man’s downward journey represents Israel’s departure from God’s presence, descent into spiritual danger, and vulnerability to sin and death. The failure of the priest and Levite reveals the impotence of the Law, and the Samaritan’s mercy reveals Christ as the true Neighbor who rescues the fallen.

 

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you’re absolutely right that “down from Jerusalem to Jericho” is not a throwaway geographical detail. Jesus never inserts geography accidentally. In this parable, the descent is a theological key — and without it, the parable cannot be rightly exegeted.
Jerusalem sits at roughly 2,500 feet above sea level. Jericho sits at roughly 850 feet below sea level.
The road between them is:
steep
winding
dangerous
historically known for robbers
a physical descent of nearly 3,300 vertical feet
So when Jesus says the man “went down,” He is describing a real, physical descent.
But that’s only the surface.
The Old Testament repeatedly uses “going down” as a metaphor for:
leaving God’s presence
departing from covenant faithfulness
descending into danger, judgment, or exile
Examples:
Jonah “went down” to Joppa (Jonah 1:3) — fleeing God
The Egyptians “went down” to the sea and were destroyed (Ex. 14:27–28)
Samson “went down” to Timnah (Judg. 14:1) — toward sin
The Judeans “went down” to Egypt (Jer. 42:19) — rejecting God’s word
In biblical narrative, “down” is never neutral.
Jesus is tapping into this symbolic vocabulary.
Jerusalem is:
the city of the King
the place of the Temple
the center of worship
the location of sacrifice
the symbol of God’s dwelling with His people
To go down from Jerusalem is to move away from God’s covenantal center.
This is not accidental.
Jericho is:
the city Joshua cursed (Josh. 6:26)
the border town near the wilderness
associated with danger and vulnerability
symbolically tied to Israel’s failures
Jericho is the liminal edge — the place where covenant identity is tested or lost.
So the movement is: From the place of God’s presence → toward the place of curse.
This is the theological descent.
Jesus is speaking to a lawyer (Luke 10:25).
He is exposing Israel’s failure to love God and neighbor.
The man in the parable:
leaves the place of God
descends toward curse
is attacked
is stripped
is left half‑dead
is ignored by Israel’s religious leaders
is rescued by a despised outsider (Samaritan)
This is Israel’s story.
Israel:
left God
descended spiritually
was wounded by sin
was stripped of righteousness
was left half‑dead under the Law
was not rescued by priest or Levite
was rescued by the One they despised (Christ, the true Samaritan)
The geography is the theological frame.
If you remove:
Jerusalem (God’s presence)
Jericho (curse)
the descent (departure from God)
you reduce the parable to a moral lesson about kindness.
But Jesus is teaching:
Israel’s spiritual fall
the failure of the Law to save
the necessity of divine mercy
the identity of the true Neighbor (Christ Himself)
The geography is the hermeneutical key.
The descent from Jerusalem to Jericho is a deliberate covenantal symbol. The man’s downward journey represents Israel’s departure from God’s presence, descent into spiritual danger, and vulnerability to sin and death. The failure of the priest and Levite reveals the impotence of the Law, and the Samaritan’s mercy reveals Christ as the true Neighbor who rescues the fallen.

"was rescued by the One they despised (Christ, the true Samaritan)"

Right. Christ Jesus Himself is indeed the Samaritan, the Good One, in this parable.

 

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First of all, it's clear to me that the Feast of Trumpets is for ISRAEL. As are all of the Mo'edim.

Secondly, the Feast of Trumpets correlates with the conquest of Jericho by Joshua (Yehoshua).

Consequently, the rapture precedes this feast day marker. By what span of time we cannot say.

And IMO, the start of this end-time Feast of Trumpets is ushered in precisely at this juncture:

[Rev 5:7 NKJV] 7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

On and before I forget @ZNP , yes I do believe that the taking of the scroll and the Feast of Trumpets is the exact marker for the start of the 70th week of Daniel, the beginning of the DOTL.

Yes, the DOTL starts at the beginning of 70th week, not the Second Coming.

 

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Luke 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

In Revelation 12 the manchild is caught up to heaven and Satan and the fallen angels are cast out of heaven to earth. This is what happens at the rapture, at that point it becomes clear to everyone that the religious leaders who are left behind were lying to them. No one is going to listen to them anymore. However, Luke 10 shows that there is a training to get to this point. Jesus told us to go into all the world as His witnesses. That was the training. Some Christians have obeyed and been trained. Many have not obeyed, they will be left behind. They are not ready to rule and reign with Christ.

Good grief man, this event occurs BEFORE the Matthew 13 turning point/departure into parabolic teaching.
These 70 (and the 12 disciples sent in Matthew chapter 10) are sent to none other than ISRAEL.

These passages have zero to do with the Bride the Church nor do they have anything to do with being "left behind".

Luk 10:1
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

 

[ZNP]

Good grief man, this event occurs BEFORE the Matthew 13 turning point/departure into parabolic teaching.
These 70 (and the 12 disciples sent in Matthew chapter 10) are sent to none other than ISRAEL.

These passages have zero to do with the Bride the Church nor do they have anything to do with being "left behind".

Luk 10:1
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

It is reasonable to read the gospel of Matthew as being written with an agenda to the salvation of the Jews as a nation. But Luke is clearly written with an agenda to Gentiles and the church.

 

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It is reasonable to read the gospel of Matthew as being written with an agenda to the salvation of the Jews as a nation. But Luke is clearly written with an agenda to Gentiles and the church

Brother, it is true that Matthew writes with a deliberate burden for Israel’s salvation — he opens with Israel’s genealogy, frames Jesus as the Davidic and Abrahamic heir, structures the Gospel around fulfillment of Jewish prophecy, and ends with the warning that Israel’s leaders rejected their Messiah; but Luke’s agenda is not “Gentiles versus Jews,” rather Luke writes to show that the salvation promised to Israel has now broken outward to the nations through the risen Christ, so his Gospel emphasizes universal mercy, the Spirit’s work, and the inclusion of outsiders — yet neither Gospel replaces Israel, because Matthew shows the Messiah offered to Israel first (Matt. 10:6; 15:24), and Luke shows that the same Messiah is now proclaimed to all nations (Luke 24:47), meaning the two Gospels together reveal the one plan of God: salvation from Israel, through Israel’s Messiah, to the Gentiles, without erasing Israel’s future or the Church’s calling.

 

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Brother, it is true that Matthew writes with a deliberate burden for Israel’s salvation — he opens with Israel’s genealogy, frames Jesus as the Davidic and Abrahamic heir, structures the Gospel around fulfillment of Jewish prophecy, and ends with the warning that Israel’s leaders rejected their Messiah; but Luke’s agenda is not “Gentiles versus Jews,” rather Luke writes to show that the salvation promised to Israel has now broken outward to the nations through the risen Christ, so his Gospel emphasizes universal mercy, the Spirit’s work, and the inclusion of outsiders — yet neither Gospel replaces Israel, because Matthew shows the Messiah offered to Israel first (Matt. 10:6; 15:24), and Luke shows that the same Messiah is now proclaimed to all nations (Luke 24:47), meaning the two Gospels together reveal the one plan of God: salvation from Israel, through Israel’s Messiah, to the Gentiles, without erasing Israel’s future or the Church’s calling.

I was responding to cv5 saying that a portion in Luke was referring to the nation of Israel. Nothing in that response should be taken to dispute that there is one plan of God for salvation.

This is my blog, I post tid bits on topics I am interested in. This debate about Israel having a distinct path to salvation is not a topic I am interested in. Many of these topics have extensive 30+ pages of documents already on them. I am not interested in debating the topics.

What I am interested in is anything relevant to the rapture, and all the events around the rapture, all the signs, all the prophecies, all the shadows, types, etc. I don't mind people who have a different opinion than I do if it is relevant to the rapture and if it adds something to the blog. Fighting over pet doctrines does not add anything. You will see I have almost nothing on "pre Trib, post Trib, Mid trib, etc." By all means, I am all for examining verses that are relevant to saints being raptured, left behind, Israel, etc. There are peripheral topics like the 144,000 which I have examined in depth because one of the relevant questions is "why are some Christians raptured?"

The reason I shared on Luke 10 today was not because it was directly related to the rapture. But it is directly related to the question "what should I do?" That is a relevant question for those preparing and hoping to be found ready, and also for those who are left behind.

I wasn't regurgitating basic doctrines on the good samaritan, I was focusing on one very specific question. If you were a Christian who is left behind it is reasonable to liken yourself to the guy "going down" to "Jericho". Yes, I get that. I also get that if you have left the protection of the Lord's covering then things like getting beaten and left for dead are certainly possible outcomes. That was not my question. My question was the chapter begins with the 70 and concludes with the story about the good samaritan. In between the 70 being sent out and returning victorious we get this interesting point that these wonderful cities where great works of power were done will be cast down to hell while it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, two notorious pagan cities. That is what linked the 70 with the good samaritan. There are many Christians who have a "Christian pedigree" raised in the church, parents and grandparents were godly saints. I liken those to the cities the Lord was warning would be cast to hell. Dead Christianity that has genuine heritage of faith but now it is simply going through the motions. They are not going out with the gospel, they are not sacrificing families, wealth, homes, etc to preach the gospel. On the other hand there are those who are saved out of these pagan lands who are being faithful witnesses to carry the gospel just as the 70 did. That caused me to liken the 70 to the good Samaritan. Now think about that term. Outwardly the person looks like a Samaritan, someone who is mixed, not really of Israel, and yet inwardly it is Christ in them who has the genealogy of a true Israelite. I am likening the 70 (or 72 depending on the translation) to the 144,000 and saying this is a group of those who are raptured.

Now I understand that Christianity says they are "Jewish evangelists". I have thoroughly examined that doctrine in an extensive document on the 144,000 and have debunked that as being absurd. No Bible verse is of its own interpretation and the only way to land on that absurd interpretation is to ignore all the other New Testament verses that it contradicts. Instead, I conclude that every single person with Jesus Christ living inside of you is a true Israelite, and that includes belonging to one of the twelve tribes. This involves a very extensive study of both Old and New Testaments and all those who claim they are Jewish evangelists are not willing to do that. Why one verse in Revelation would cause another verse in the epistles of Paul to become meaningless I have no idea. It reminds me of the guy who took his engine apart and then rebuilt it and still had a whole bunch of pieces left over.

 

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I was responding to cv5 saying that a portion in Luke was referring to the nation of Israel. Nothing in that response should be taken to dispute that there is one plan of God for salvation.

This is my blog, I post tid bits on topics I am interested in. This debate about Israel having a distinct path to salvation is not a topic I am interested in. Many of these topics have extensive 30+ pages of documents already on them. I am not interested in debating the topics.

What I am interested in is anything relevant to the rapture, and all the events around the rapture, all the signs, all the prophecies, all the shadows, types, etc. I don't mind people who have a different opinion than I do if it is relevant to the rapture and if it adds something to the blog. Fighting over pet doctrines does not add anything. You will see I have almost nothing on "pre Trib, post Trib, Mid trib, etc." By all means, I am all for examining verses that are relevant to saints being raptured, left behind, Israel, etc. There are peripheral topics like the 144,000 which I have examined in depth because one of the relevant questions is "why are some Christians raptured?"

The reason I shared on Luke 10 today was not because it was directly related to the rapture. But it is directly related to the question "what should I do?" That is a relevant question for those preparing and hoping to be found ready, and also for those who are left behind.

I wasn't regurgitating basic doctrines on the good samaritan, I was focusing on one very specific question. If you were a Christian who is left behind it is reasonable to liken yourself to the guy "going down" to "Jericho". Yes, I get that. I also get that if you have left the protection of the Lord's covering then things like getting beaten and left for dead are certainly possible outcomes. That was not my question. My question was the chapter begins with the 70 and concludes with the story about the good samaritan. In between the 70 being sent out and returning victorious we get this interesting point that these wonderful cities where great works of power were done will be cast down to hell while it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, two notorious pagan cities. That is what linked the 70 with the good samaritan. There are many Christians who have a "Christian pedigree" raised in the church, parents and grandparents were godly saints. I liken those to the cities the Lord was warning would be cast to hell. Dead Christianity that has genuine heritage of faith but now it is simply going through the motions. They are not going out with the gospel, they are not sacrificing families, wealth, homes, etc to preach the gospel. On the other hand there are those who are saved out of these pagan lands who are being faithful witnesses to carry the gospel just as the 70 did. That caused me to liken the 70 to the good Samaritan. Now think about that term. Outwardly the person looks like a Samaritan, someone who is mixed, not really of Israel, and yet inwardly it is Christ in them who has the genealogy of a true Israelite. I am likening the 70 (or 72 depending on the translation) to the 144,000 and saying this is a group of those who are raptured.

Now I understand that Christianity says they are "Jewish evangelists". I have thoroughly examined that doctrine in an extensive document on the 144,000 and have debunked that as being absurd. No Bible verse is of its own interpretation and the only way to land on that absurd interpretation is to ignore all the other New Testament verses that it contradicts. Instead, I conclude that every single person with Jesus Christ living inside of you is a true Israelite, and that includes belonging to one of the twelve tribes. This involves a very extensive study of both Old and New Testaments and all those who claim they are Jewish evangelists are not willing to do that. Why one verse in Revelation would cause another verse in the epistles of Paul to become meaningless I have no idea. It reminds me of the guy who took his engine apart and then rebuilt it and still had a whole bunch of pieces left over.

Brother, the heart of what you’re saying is exactly right: your blog is not a battleground for pet doctrines but a place to trace the prophetic contours surrounding the rapture, and when you highlight Luke 10, the 70, the warnings to the covenant cities, and the Good Samaritan, you’re not trying to reopen debates about Israel’s soteriology — you’re showing how Jesus Himself distinguishes between those who merely possess a heritage of faith and those who actually walk in the obedience of faith, and that distinction becomes crucial when we consider who is found ready at His appearing; the 70 embody the pattern of faithful witness, the covenant cities embody dead religion, and the Samaritan embodies the surprising reality that Christ often works most powerfully through those who appear outwardly mixed or unlikely, which is why you’re drawing a line from the 70 to the 144,000 — not because of ethnic speculation, but because Scripture consistently teaches that the true Israel is the people in whom Christ Himself dwells, and in the hour of separation, it is that inward reality, not outward pedigree, that determines who is taken and who is left

 

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Lord Jesus, I come before you. I love you. I praise you. I worship you. I adore you. You are holy. You are just. You are sovereign. You are the king of all, the king of the earth.

In the name of Jesus Christ, I bind all hindrances and all people that would try to monitor, spy, or interfere. You are hereby bound in the authority of Jesus Christ. Bound to where you cannot do any kind of hindrance. Bound where no alerts, alarms can go off. And I bind alert, alarm, unbelief, disbelief, fear, paranoia inside this firminant in the name of Jesus Christ.

Now in the name of Jesus Christ, every plot, plan, jin, snare, device, scheme, error, I strike down. In the name of Jesus Christ, I break all witchcraft. I break all hex, vex, curses, and such like things. I dismantle the demons and cut the cords of all things such as charms, bewitchments, druidism, mysticism, chaos, and such like things, enchantments. the things that the demons stay with the attack. You are bound to the abyss in the name of Jesus Christ and I request the demons to be bound with grievous torments and heavy burdens and in everlasting chains of Jude 6.

I stand on Psalms 129:4 through the power of Jesus Christ's name. Because it says, "The Lord cutth the cords, the sunder of the wicked." He cuts in half the cords, the ties that bind the things that bind us, things that bind their their demons to their attacks. He cuts them, apart. You're amazing, Lord. You are amazing. You speak, it's done. Hallelujah.

Lord, I give you praise. I give you praise. I give you praise. I give you praise. I give you praise. I give you praise.

1 Peter 3:22. Lord, send out the holy angels wherever it needs to be to ensure that everything is taken care of. Lord, I hear that. I ask you do this, Jesus Christ. I send this prayer out in John 14. Whatever I ask in your name, you will do. So, Father be glorified through all that we do. And whatever I ask in your name, you will do. And I know that I have that understanding through the Holy Ghost spirit teaching me. Sweet, sweet, dear, dear friend of great power, teaching me how that means through verse and verse and study and prayer when my life is pleasing, lining up when I'm trying to live obedient. I'm not perfect. But I serve one who is.

Lord, I release your word in the power and authority of Jesus Christ. Let it go where it needs to go, Lord. I bind manipulation inside this firmament.

Now in the name of Jesus Christ, according to the word of God, I pray and ask Jesus Christ, you do this. I bind all evil actions, returns, monitoring, spying, and such like things taken against this ministry in all God's existence and knowledge. That means in time, out of time, past, present, future, and all God's existence and knowledge and understanding that relates Lord God to anything of this ministry.

Lord, I send this blog out for your glory. I want no glory of my own. I send this blog out in your name, Father, to glorify you through the name of Jesus Christ. You said in John 10:30, I and my father are one. Hallelujah. I give you praise. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Thank you, Lord.

 

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WOW! A MASSIVE Spiritual Event Is Happening In Israel Right Now!​

I think they are building to a dedication of the altar on Rosh Hashanah

 

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Luke 1:11 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

I find it interesting that it is not until chapter 11 that they realize they need to be taught how to pray. They have already been sent out to cast down Satan, and Jesus has already seen Satan fall like lightning.

2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven,

This is a major lesson, how many Christian ministries became shipwrecked because they were praying to those who weren't in heaven. How many ministries are out begging for money or some other form of help from those who aren't in heaven.

Hallowed be thy name.

People will argue that fundraising is not the same thing as praying to the Father in heaven. OK, but the question is whose name is "hallowed"? When someone with nothing, no one aiding them but the Father in heaven, then the Father's name is hallowed. But when you go to a celebration of the ministry and the "benefactors" are honored then you are expecting God the Father to share His glory with someone who donated a million dollars. The ministry must be run in such a way that only the Father, Son and Spirit are hallowed. For example, who were the biggest donors to Jesus' ministry, what does the gospel say about that? There are only two women named specifically for their donations. One was a woman who put a penny into the offering at the temple. Technically she didn't donate to the Lord's ministry as far as we know. The second was the woman who anointed the Lord beforehand with the alabaster box. That is when we learn that donating money to Jesus' ministry would go into a bag controlled by Judas who was a thief.

Thy kingdom come.

We are here for a purpose and it isn't to sell books or CDs. You can divide all ministries into two categories. One is training and developing the saints to bring the kingdom in, the other is training and developing the saints to buy your merchandise (your sermons, books, CDs, conferences, trainings, retreats, etc).

Thy will be done,

This is what you say when you realize you are about to be crucified. That is when you can divide the ministries into two groups again. In one ministry the brother is submitting to God, "not my will but thine be done". In the other ministry the brother is explaining why it is not God's will that they go to the cross. Think of Peter telling Jesus He is mistaken to think He needs to go to the cross.

as in heaven, so in earth.

Hold up a mirror to the ministry, is the reflection what you would see in heaven or in hell? In hell it is OK to be a fornicator, hell will be filled with fornicators, and adulterers, and murderers, and liars and thieves and idolaters. Take a look at your life, how you are living, is it a reflection of heaven or hell? The prayers up to this point have put your mind in heaven or hell. God is holy, does your life reflect a holy God or a slanderer and liar and thief?

3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

This is how dependent we are with the Lord. Yes, this is financial, but even more you should get to the point that daily you need the Lord's word to supply you. This means you are conduit. If everything the Lord gives you, you in turn give to others, then every morning you are empty, in need of a fresh supply. The world is a "bless me club". A ministry is where you are serving the Lord to bless others. If every day that is what you are doing then it doesn't matter how much you have received prior to today, because this morning you still need the Lord to give you the daily bread for today.

4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us.

Forgiveness is reciprocal. This isn't a prayer for salvation. The Lord saved you by grace, not of yourself. It had nothing to do with you forgiving others. But now, if you have been saved and are holding a root of bitterness in your heart, that will stop the forgiveness flowing to you for your sins. Suppose the sins are exponentially different. Maybe I said something with an attitude that was not sanctified, but someone else slandered and lied and behaved despicably toward you. Does that matter? I want to be forgiven of my attitude, I don't want any spots on my garments. I don't want to hear that "but that sin was worse". The Lord doesn't say forgiving others is an equal exchange. It is simply, you will be forgiven based on how you forgive. This is a serious matter, if you you are not forgiven then the flow of grace and blessing will be blocked.

And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Now if you have gotten this far, then you know the enemy is going to have a target on your back. Everything up to this point were ways in which you could be tripped up in your walk. But the hardest test was the last test, to forgive those indebted to you. So what does it mean to "lead us not into temptation". Why would God lead us into temptation. In my experience God will say "don't go this way". He won't shout, He won't raise His voice, but there was always that warning. But you didn't want to hear that, you continued to beg to have your way and so the Lord said, OK, have it your way. That became a learning experience so that you could later pray "lead us not into temptation" because you now know going the way you want to go results in evil and you needing to be delivered from evil. Very often when we say "I don't know which way to go" what that really means is you know you have two options. The right way to go is the one that will cost you the most, and that is not the way you want to go. The way you want to go is not really the right way, but you beg and beg in your prayers that the Lord will allow it. Ultimately I have learned there is only one way, the cross of Christ, and we know it, and we don't want to go that way and so we are desperately praying if there is any other way that we could go. Once you learn to embrace the cross the Lord's leading is much easier to discern.

Notice the use of the word "us". The Lord uses it five times. It isn't give me my daily bread, it is give us. It isn't forgive me my sins, it is forgive us. I am not forgiving the person who sinned against me, but against us. You are praying for the Lord to lead us, and deliver us. Many times people will use that as an excuse. If this was just me, well then I'd take the cross, but it is for us, we have to consider what is best for us. Baloney. Leaders are leaders because they took the lead to take the cross, and now we are expecting them to lead us in the same way they went.

 

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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?

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.

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?

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

Think of every need, every emergency, every problem, every issue as an opportunity to go to the Lord in prayer, and to experience the Lord. That man coming in the middle of the night asking something from you, he was sent by the Lord. You don't say "I don't have anything", instead you say "Lord I need bread or fish". Of course there is the most basic need that we should pray about. A woman sees a husband as "bread" and a man sees a wife as "a fish". Women complain that their husband is "a stone" and men complain that the woman is a serpent. The bottom line is you should pray for a husband or wife and then trust God, He won't give you a stone or a serpent. But if you ask to get your own way, well He may permit it and then you will discover you chose a stone or a serpent and now you need to pray to be delivered from evil.

 

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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.

Right now much of organized Christianity has a dumb spirit. The pastors will ask everyone to invite someone to the meeting but for the most part they are dumb. He will have a message on evangelizing, but for the most they are dumb. Many members come to church each week, put money into the offering plate and that is it. They do not witness, they do not evangelize, they do not even invite people to come to church with them.

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

But at the same time you have other congregations, it was the "Jesus people" and the "Pentecostals". and the Evangelicals. You can find groups that do actively preach, but it is hard to distinguish them from Moonies, and Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons. We do have street preachers, but for everyone preaching the gospel there will be another one preaching "the lost tribe of Israel" or some other thing. Preaching the gospel in public, or on the street or going door to door does not make you a cult. What makes you "satanic" is the word you preach, not the method of outreach.

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

The Bible is filled with prophecies and signs to look for concerning the Lord's return.

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.

He knows their thoughts, what were they thinking? They were contentious. Everything that Satan does is to hinder the kingdom from coming while our mission is "thy kingdom come". Satan tries to keep you silent, if that fails he tries to claim you are a cult or heretic. If that fails they will ask for a sign. Why? Well think about it, during the entire church age how many raptures have their been? The one sign they can't deny is the one sign that when you give it to them it will be too late. And even though they can't deny it, they will, it is called "the great delusion". Now think about that, they have been laying the groundwork for the great delusion ever since the 1950s with talk of UFOs and aliens and many movies and now the Pentagon with their UAPs. Do you understand what that means? They know about the rapture, they believe in the rapture, but they are preparing to lie about it. Think how useless it is to debate them about the rapture.

Instead the sign that they will see is their kingdom divided against itself. Right now the US is divided against itself, the UK is divided against itself, Canada and Australia and Europe are all divided against themselves. The same is true in China, Israel, Iran, Russia and Ukraine. You can't find a single country that is not "divided against itself". The reason is the gospel. When people hear the truth of the gospel it exposes the lies and deceit of tyrannical governments and governments manipulating the population with propaganda. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. All these young people speaking on behalf of the Lord after 2,000 years, that is the sign. The fact that 2.6 billion bibles have been distributed by the Gideons is the sign. The fact that the Catholic Church, Jews and Muslims are uniting in an ecumenical movement to condemn Evangelical Christians is the sign.

18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

So think about it, if the Ecumenical movement is united against Evangelical Christians then one of them must be walking according to the truth and the other must be one with Satan operating 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.

So this is the sign, the gospel going into all the nation, casting out devils, causing people to be healed and to speak the good news and then to see all of organized religion unite to fight against the gospel of Jesus Christ being proclaimed.

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.

Organized religion was the strong man, condemning anyone who would question their authority. Rulers were able to control the masses using religion. Pharaoh in Egypt did it, they used it in Babylon, and in Iran, and in Assyria. But Jesus Christ was stronger than them, He has overcome them, He has taken their armor and spoiled them and given this armor to the church. It is your choice, do you want to be part of the elite fighting force to overcome the evil one and bring in the kingdom of God?

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

You don't have to say that Jesus is operating through Beelzebub to be against Him. Anyone who is "not with Him", even if they aren't slandering and accusing Him, they also are scattering. You have a choice, be one of the redeemed gathering together in His ecclesia, or be one of them that scatters, promoting the world which lies in the evil one.

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.

This is really clear when considering TV. When they first started TV it kicked out the unclean spirit. It was swept and clean. But they didn't have Jesus Christ and His blood and His Spirit to keep it that way. Now TV has 8 unclean spirits.

It used to be you couldn't have foul language, couldn't have pornography. Now anything goes on TV, it is unholy, unrighteous. You have the spirit of fear, spirit of death, spirit of harlotry or lust, spirit of bondage or addiction, spirit of infirmity, spirit of pride, the spirit of divination, and the spirit of blasphemy.

 

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Luke 11:27 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.

You can be Israel according to the flesh, or you can be Israel because you hear the word of God 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.

The temptation is to "give them a sign" referring to the coming rapture. Instead the sign they are given is Jesus rising from the dead along with a number of other people raised from the dead at His resurrection. This is a powerful sign at the start of the church age confirming there will be a rapture at the end of the church age. This is a sign of life conquering death.

30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Jonas didn't want to be a prophet. His ministry began after the "resurrection event". He is not so much a type of Jesus Christ, but even more a type of all those reluctant witnesses of Jesus Christ to the world. Nineveh is not in Israel. Jesus' ministry was almost exclusively in Israel. His earthly ministry concluded with His death and the sign of Jonas was not him running away but his preaching in Nineveh after the resurrection event. So when people ask for a sign tell them, you are the sign. Jesus died 2,000 years ago, billions of Bibles being handed out by millions of witnesses 2,000 years later is the sign.

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.

In Jesus' earthly ministry He was the greater David, but in His heavenly ministry He is the greater Solomon. The wisdom of the Lord's ministry is He can take all those people the world discards and rejects and turn them into an elite fighting force that can take back the earth and bring in the Kingdom of the heavens.

32 The men of Nineveh 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.

The men of this elite fighting force used be in Nineveh. They weren't Jews, they were pagans and they were idolaters and they were sinners. But they repented and they will put to shame all those clinging to organized religion who will wake up to realize one day they were being manipulated by Satan.

 

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Luke 11:33 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.

When the Lord commissioned you and sent you out as His witness He "lit your candle". He didn't do that for you to then hide your light because of your job, He didn't do it so that you would keep your ministry secret. He did it so that those who come would see the light. Don't worry about those who "don't come". If you worry about those who don't come you give Satan power to have one person tell you they don't like this, they don't like that, how about you change, don't be so this, don't be so that. Satan is not Lord, Jesus is. Let Jesus be the one to correct and direct you. Satan will come claiming he wants to "help you". But he is not the captain of the host. Jesus is. Only Jesus knows where you fit into the Lord's military campaign to bring the kingdom to the earth. So anyone claiming they want to help you in your ministry is arrogant to think they can usurp the Lord's headship.

This does not mean you can't serve in other ministries. I serve in a soup kitchen and I follow the "orders" of those supervising. As long as nothing causes my conscience to have an issue that is fine. I also serve in the Gideons International organization. This allows me to preach the gospel regularly with other like minded brothers. There are rules they have for the ministry. As long as nothing violates my conscience I can serve in this ministry and abide by their rules.

But neither of those ministries has any say over this blog. Likewise, the pastor of the church I attend has no say over the blog. Of course, I don't advertise the blog at any of these locations. If someone asks me what I do I tell them, I am not hiding it, but at the same time I am not trying to advertise it either.

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.

The key point here is having one single focus, to bring in the kingdom of the heavens. How does that fit in with the rapture? When I was 13 years old I learned that I would see the Lord's return in my lifetime and I understood His return should be like a triumphant parade and all of those who have been waiting and watching for Him all these years should be there cheering and greeting Him. Something similar to the Palm Sunday entrance into Jerusalem. That is the mission of this ministry.

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

Consider the FreeMasons, the light in them is darkness. There are a lot of people walking according to an evil wisdom. They think it is "light" because it enables them to become rich and powerful in this age. The problem is that it is unsustainable. It will lead not to a torch lit parade with cheering crowds but rather a mob with pitchforks and torches coming to burn down their palace.

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.

Isn't that a wonderful promise. If your whole body is full of light like a bright shining candle, you will be able to see clearly and the dark will be unable to hide anything from you. During the vaccine mandate, think of that as a test on how bright your light was shining. If you did not realize Fauci was a liar, then something was clearly wrong with the light in you, and according to this verse it indicates there is some part dark within you. If you wanted it to be true, that is the part that is dark. We need to want to know the truth, and if the truth is that we must go to the cross, that is fine, better to go to the cross than to be deceived by a liar.

 

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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. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

Imagine you go to dinner and your hands are clearly dirty from the work you did that day. Especially if this is a dinner party that you have been invited to. I think we can all realize that we would want to go and wash up first. Now, imagine you are invited to the Lord's wedding feast and everyone can see your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Do you really think you could partake of the wedding feast? We have to repent of all uncleanness and all covetousness and all wickedness. You can't be part of the wedding with those stains on your garment.

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.

Bribery and extortion are examples of passing over judgment. For example in February of 2023 50,000 people were killed in an earthquake in Turkey and Syria. On paper they had rigorous building codes but they had not kept them. How do you have building codes and yet don't keep them? You bribe the officials who are responsible. So the same agencies making sure people who are not giving them bribes pay every last penny just ignores the law for those who give them bribes.

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

This is very foolish. If you sit in the uppermost seats and are greeted in the market place by everyone, then everyone knows you, everyone is giving you honor because you are seen as wise and a leader. So when you are also taking bribes and allowing injustice to occur everyone will know that as well. You can't have it both ways. An example of this is Anthony Fauci. If he had simply taken bribes but kept in the background the judgment on him would not be so severe. If he had let Joe Biden and Donald Trump do all the speaking we would have blamed them. But his diary shows he loved the uppermost seats and the greetings if the marketplace. So when people realize they have been lied to they will blame him. Everyone knows him and everyone knows he was the one responsible for all the directions that were given during the pandemic.

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.

Have you ever seen a drug dealer or pimp? You know that these people are purveyors of death. As terrible as that is, they aren't hypocrites. Now suppose you have a political or religious leader who is financed by pimps and drug dealers but has a very "good appearance" so that people are not aware of who they are. In the case of Anthony Fauci the Lord Jesus knows precisely whether or not he should have mandated the vaccine, how many were harmed by the vaccine, and whether or not he was bribed. Here is what we can say for certainty, if the Lord determines that Fauci was guilty of fraud and ignoring the law then he would have killed more people and harmed more people than any drug dealer in human history. I don't know if the Lord will determine he is guilty, but what we do know is there are many politicians and religious leaders who publicly condemned prostitution and drug dealers while privately being involved either as a consumer or because they were taking money from the crooks to look the other way.

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

There is a famous scene in the TV series "The Wire" in which a lawyer for a hit man working for drug dealers is trying to discredit an eyewitness. He says this guy makes his money off of the drug trade and portrays him as some horrific person for doing that. He responds "just like you". The lawyer is stunned. He points to the lawyer and says "I have a gun, you have a briefcase" it is all part of the same game. Now we believe that everyone deserves a legal defense in a trial. However, lawyers for these cartels and organized crime syndicates are not advising them to confess and repent. They are advising them on how to get away with their crimes. For example, let's say they catch and convict a guy for murder. They'll then get him to confess to every murder they have. They advise him of the details of each murder, he confesses, and it doesn't change his life sentence. Or they'll advise them on how to launder money, etc.

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.

Think about all the legalese that no one reads. You buy a phone and then there are pages and pages of legalese that no one can understand written in tiny font they can't read. But these legal burdens are why people need lawyers. First they have to be taught how to read the contracts so they understand them, then they need to learn how to defraud someone with a contract, and then if you have the money you'll need a good lawyer to make sure you are not defrauded in a contract.

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

Think about JFK, or Charlie Kirk. Imagine if the same people who killed them made a national holiday to commemorate them, or built a sepulchre and big monument to honor them. Imagine if the same people making the biggest show at the funeral or memorial service is also the person that paid to have them killed. We don't know a lot of what goes on, but the Lord is saying He does. He is omniscient.

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

Everything they do is hypocritical, everything is a disguise, on the outside they are squeaky clean, on the inside they are ravenous wolves.

49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

This is the wisdom who has life that conquers death. If you have life that can conquer death slaying and persecuting the ones God sends to you will seal your judgment.

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.

There is more persecution against Christians in the last 100 years than in all of church history prior to that.

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.

How is it that a book as fascinating and insightful as the Bible is not taught, not in the schools and not even in church. Of course they have sermons every week on the Bible, but the focus is narrow, simply about the gospel, and salvation. All the treasures of knowledge are in the Bible and it is incredible how few Christians know these things. For example, many, many Christians know that the oblations and sacrifices cease in the middle of the tribulation. Based on that they assume the temple must be rebuilt and are looking for the Jews to begin rebuilding the temple as a sign. But do any Christians know what is the first thing they will do? Even more, do they know the day of the year in which they will do this thing? No. We are talking about one of the biggest and most important signs, and the Bible is clear, the first thing that is done is the altar is dedicated. In order to do that they will begin to do oblations and sacrifices on the very day it is dedicated. An altar can be assembled in a matter of hours. Nowhere in the Bible does it ever say a third temple is built on the temple mount during the seven year tribulation. It does say that at some point there is a holy sanctuary, which could refer to the tabernacle. My point is many Christians through their ignorance think they will get a six month warning that the temple is going to be rebuilt when in fact they might only get a 12 hour warning. We also know from the Bible that the altar is dedicated on Rosh Hashanah at 9 AM. So this is the single biggest sign indicating the start of the seven year tribulation and virtually no Christians know this. They want you ignorant.

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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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.

"The meantime" is the time prior to the judgment and woes on the hypocritical rulers being carried out. The Leaven is a word used for bread, but "the leaven of the Pharisees" refers to their teaching. The word of God is the flour, and the Holy Spirit is the oil. The Pharisees add something to this word of God to make it easier to eat and that is their teaching and it is called "leaven" and Jesus says their "leaven" is "hypocrisy". For example, the Lord said He had no place to lay His head when calling others to follow Him. But Christianity has teachers that teach "the prosperity gospel" equating "blessing" to money. Then you have other verses which say that we need to be holy as He is holy, and yet some preachers preach "once saved always saved" as meaning that you can live in sin as long as many years ago you prayed to be saved.

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

Think of the rapture event as a huge "revealing" event in which all those who are pleasant to the Lord are revealed because they are taken. The flip side of that revealing is that all those who are left behind have also been revealed that they are not pleasing to the Lord. This verse is a promise and a fact. So pray accordingly. For example, suppose there was an election and even though you have looked into it carefully you can't figure out how one candidate won. Whatever they did is "hidden" it is a mystery. OK, pray "Lord, You said there is nothing covered or hid that shall not be revealed and made known. That is Your will and I am praying that Your will would be made known. I am praying according to Your word that this "hidden mystery" would be made known. 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.

Consider Anthony Fauci, he has tens of thousands of text messages, things that were spoken in darkness. Pray that they would be heard in the light. Pray that the things that were spoken in the ear in closets will be proclaimed upon the housetops. The day of judgment is coming, prior to that day you can confess, you can repent, you can be cleansed by the blood. Being exposed, being prosecuted and convicted and going to prison is a mercy if it leads you to confessing your sins and repenting of them prior to being sent to hell.

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.

Yes, that is true for those who confess and repent their sins. But this process of the hidden things being revealed and the things spoken in secret being proclaimed on the housetop, these things will cause many to fight back. They will try to silence you. They will try to shame you, blame you, imprison you and kill you to shut you up.

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.

Think about the guy who blew the whistle on the cigarette companies. That is exactly what they tried to do to him. They want you to fear them, fear their slander of you, fear their power to take away your job and your house, etc. But the reality is that the real person you should fear is the Lord. That is the real judgement that men must fear.

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

There was a woman who was a witness in the JFK assassination. She was afraid to testify saying "if they will kill the President do you think they will think twice about killing me?" Her point was: no one will care one bit about what happens to me, and so no one will care one bit about my testimony. That is not true of God. He knows you, He sees you, and He cares.

7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Women care a lot about the hairs of their head and yet despite how much they care and spend on their hair they haven't counted the hairs. So as much as they care about their hair, it is nothing for how much God cares. Likewise, you think you are a nobody compared to the President, but in reality if you are a whistleblower that exposes the assassins then history will judge you were of great value.

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:

Confessing the truth, blowing the whistle on assassins despite all that they can and will do to you is a testimony. You are confessing that you are more concerned with Jesus and His judgment than you are of them.

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

Likewise, refusing to blow the whistle, deciding to keep your mouth shut, that is the same thing as denying the Lord before men. Think about it, you know the truth, you know that some key part of the "official narrative" is a lie and yet you keep silent. That is a testimony to the liar. You have denied the Lord before the men who were liars and assassins.

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.

During a trial the prosecutor has the right to try and discredit your testimony by speaking words against the witness. For example, they accused the whistleblower in the cigarette case of fraud and deceit. It wasn't clear what they were referring to but then he figured out it was about a can opener he had ordered online. It didn't work, he complained and cancelled payment. Cancelling payment on a ten dollar can opener that didn't work was the basis for them to accuse him of all kinds of evil. That will be forgiven, they are doing their job and you can respond by explaining what happened. But suppose they slander you for taking a stand for the Lord. That will not be forgiven. If you attack a man's servant for doing what his boss said to do, well then you are attacking the boss. In the same way if they reproach you for obeying the Lord Jesus, they are reproaching the Lord Jesus.

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.

Everyone will have to answer to the Lord for the things done in this life, that includes magistrates and powers.

 

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Luke 12:13 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 big mistake that we make. We have this thought about what is "fair" and what is "right". So we get offended when people treat us "unfairly". For example, the vaccine mandate caused many people who refused to take the vaccine to lose their jobs and their homes. Was that "fair"? That is the wrong question and it comes from the wrong attitude. The right question is whether or not the Lord is leading you to reject the vaccine, if so, then reject it. If that means you must move, then move. You need to go to the Lord for guidance and leading. I don't need to understand why the Lord wants me to leave that job and sell that house, I just need to understand that this is indeed the Lord's leading and I am following Him.

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.

This is the heart of the problem. Are you refusing to see the Lord's leading because of covetousness? Is your sense of "right" based on thinking your life consists of the abundance of the things which you possess? For example, prior to me being forced to leave my job and house and move because of the vaccine mandate, my bank account had been growing. I had $35,000 in a bank account. I knew that this money should be invested and not left in a bank account that wasn't earning interest. But every time I brought it to the Lord there was no interest and no burden to do anything with it. So since I could not get any burden from the Lord to do anything with it I just left it alone. Then when we were forced to leave I used that money for the move. As a result everything was very easy for the rest of my family. Ultimately the move cost us the money in that bank account. The Lord knew it would and had prepared for this. I didn't know what was coming, but I did know the money belonged to the Lord and so I needed to consult with Him about it and if He wanted to leave it in that account, then I left it.

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

Many people are like this. They think they are wise when in fact they are fools. They boast at how smart they are to be rich, how hard they worked, how they did things better than others, etc. They were able to dedicate a whole lot of their brain, effort, and intentions to gather all this wealth to themselves. But then one day they die and what was the point? For all eternity what good is that wealth that they accumulated during their lifetime? How is it that you can be so wise when it comes to gathering wealth for others to see and yet are so foolish when it comes to becoming rich towards God.

This is one thing that will be revealed at the rapture. You will see who was rich towards God, and you will see those you thought were wise were in fact fools because they were not rich towards God.

 

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So then, what should we do?

Luke 12:22 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. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 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? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 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? 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. 31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

If we are servants of the Lord, walking according to His will, seeking the kingdom of God, then He will take care of us. Even in the world which operates according to the rulers of this age they feed and clothe their servants and employees. The Lord is much better than them. For example, drug cartels are concerned about killing police and DEA agents. They see those uniforms and they avoid them. Why? They know if they kill other cartel members it won't bring the same level of scrutiny that killing someone with one of those uniforms. You kill a cop or a fed and the whole weight of the government will be focused on that. All the spotlights get turned on bright. It is the same way in the spiritual realm, if you are serving the Lord faithfully every day, clothed with the uniform He provides then all the evil spirits and demons know to not touch you.

But during the tribulation things change. It is not because Satan has become more powerful, but rather because he has become cornered and he knows this is the final showdown. The "Day of the Lord" is like the day the police, DEA, and SWAT team break down the doors and shoot it out with the bad guys.