Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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For those who love the Lord's appearing
This is only for those who love the Lord's appearing. It is quite similar to the recent Pdfs I have posted but I have added a few things so that it is now 94 pages.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJTvILxnEKuTJwly7GevmvogKQOkYSNq/view?usp=sharing
Anyway, do not read this if you are one of those servants that say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
This is only for those who love the Lord's appearing. It is quite similar to the recent Pdfs I have posted but I have added a few things so that it is now 94 pages.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJTvILxnEKuTJwly7GevmvogKQOkYSNq/view?usp=sharing
Anyway, do not read this if you are one of those servants that say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
Get to the point -- what are you saying?
I am saying that we have one appointed feast, one dress rehearsal for our rapture date and that is the Lord’s table. When this day was initiated it was divided into two days, the Lord’s table prior to the crucifixion for those who have already taken up their cross and followed the Lord and the Lord’s table on the day of resurrection for those who are left behind after the resurrection. The Lord’s table is a holy convocation that includes both those who are raptured and those who are left behind. We are also told by Paul in the New Testament that just as there is a table to worship the Lord there is also a table of demons. We know that Satan copies everything God does, and so there is a dress rehearsal by the demons for their table. They have a dress rehearsal for the thief coming in the night to betray Jesus like Judas did. They also have a dress rehearsal for the three days of darkness when Jesus is placed in the tomb. This includes the demons walking the streets after the fallen angels have been cast to earth. When Jesus was crucified He said “My God, my God, why have you forsaken Me?” That is the cry of the left behind saints after the Spirit filled saints are raptured. Paul told us the answer, you can’t partake of the table of the Lord and the table of the demons. You can’t be compromised. You can’t be on the fence. So then, simply ask yourself what day is a dress rehearsal for this? Obviously it is Halloween. Every holiday has two sides to it, the table of the Lord and the table of demons except for this one. This one is fully given to Satan. Thanksgiving would be the table of the Lord but it is followed by Black friday, table of demons. Christmas eve is given to the worship of the Lord (by some), but Christmas morning is the table of demons. The same thing with Easter. Memorial day. Labor day and July 4th can all be spent in reverence to the Lord or to demons. Only Halloween is a holiday where there is no justification for a Christian to be celebrating that day. Halloween is a day for people to wear a mask, it is a celebration for hypocrites. Your choice, you can keep the table of the Lord, or you can keep the table of demons, you cannot do both.
I am saying that we have one appointed feast, one dress rehearsal for our rapture date and that is the Lord’s table. When this day was initiated it was divided into two days, the Lord’s table prior to the crucifixion for those who have already taken up their cross and followed the Lord and the Lord’s table on the day of resurrection for those who are left behind after the resurrection. The Lord’s table is a holy convocation that includes both those who are raptured and those who are left behind. We are also told by Paul in the New Testament that just as there is a table to worship the Lord there is also a table of demons. We know that Satan copies everything God does, and so there is a dress rehearsal by the demons for their table. They have a dress rehearsal for the thief coming in the night to betray Jesus like Judas did. They also have a dress rehearsal for the three days of darkness when Jesus is placed in the tomb. This includes the demons walking the streets after the fallen angels have been cast to earth. When Jesus was crucified He said “My God, my God, why have you forsaken Me?” That is the cry of the left behind saints after the Spirit filled saints are raptured. Paul told us the answer, you can’t partake of the table of the Lord and the table of the demons. You can’t be compromised. You can’t be on the fence. So then, simply ask yourself what day is a dress rehearsal for this? Obviously it is Halloween. Every holiday has two sides to it, the table of the Lord and the table of demons except for this one. This one is fully given to Satan. Thanksgiving would be the table of the Lord but it is followed by Black friday, table of demons. Christmas eve is given to the worship of the Lord (by some), but Christmas morning is the table of demons. The same thing with Easter. Memorial day. Labor day and July 4th can all be spent in reverence to the Lord or to demons. Only Halloween is a holiday where there is no justification for a Christian to be celebrating that day. Halloween is a day for people to wear a mask, it is a celebration for hypocrites. Your choice, you can keep the table of the Lord, or you can keep the table of demons, you cannot do both.
Matthew 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
This verse has always bothered me because the Bible does not waste words. Eating and drinking is not sinful, why is the Lord using this to describe those destroyed by the flood? You might think that this indicates they are clueless, but I am not clueless and I just ate breakfast. Even Noah and his family had to eat and drink.
On the one hand it could refer to the great sacrifice to Dagon when Samson pushed out the pillars. It could refer to the Israelites that were worshipping the golden calf by first eating and drinking and then rising up to play.
That to me is the point. They are eating those things that are sacrificed to idols. Halloween candy is a sacrifice to idols.
This verse has always bothered me because the Bible does not waste words. Eating and drinking is not sinful, why is the Lord using this to describe those destroyed by the flood? You might think that this indicates they are clueless, but I am not clueless and I just ate breakfast. Even Noah and his family had to eat and drink.
On the one hand it could refer to the great sacrifice to Dagon when Samson pushed out the pillars. It could refer to the Israelites that were worshipping the golden calf by first eating and drinking and then rising up to play.
That to me is the point. They are eating those things that are sacrificed to idols. Halloween candy is a sacrifice to idols.
Consider the people who have been saved and make up the Body of Christ, they are every kind of sinner. This is God's plan, why would He make such a plan?
I was reminded of this kid from New Rochelle that I grew up with. I was in the town next door and we heard he was flying around the country for free pretending to be a pilot. He even pretended to be a substitute teacher at his school for a week. They made a movie about him, Catch me if you can. But the point of the movie was that because he was a counterfeiter, he was skilled at catching counterfeiters. This is why the government hires hackers. When a sinner repents and gets saved it is like someone who recovers from a viral infection, their body is now immune to that particular virus. We are being trained to rule and to reign with Christ and that means we need to be able to give others immunity to all the various diseases and attacks of the enemy.
2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
This answers that question "why does God allow bad things to happen". In the gospels Jesus said He healed people of infirmities as proof that they had been forgiven of their sins. When you are praying for someone who is sick let them know that they have been forgiven of their sins and that if they want proof simply confess the sin they want assurance of having been forgiven of and when God heals them that will be their proof.
James 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
The biggest sin we need to be forgiven of is unbelief. So the very act of calling for the elders to pray for him because he is sick, that act alone is the basis for God to heal. Pastors are resigning because no one wants to listen to them. This is why the Lord has given this promise, "the prayer of faith shall save the sick". That will put an end to the debates and arguments. The church right now has this terrible virus of rebellion. This is the cure.
I was reminded of this kid from New Rochelle that I grew up with. I was in the town next door and we heard he was flying around the country for free pretending to be a pilot. He even pretended to be a substitute teacher at his school for a week. They made a movie about him, Catch me if you can. But the point of the movie was that because he was a counterfeiter, he was skilled at catching counterfeiters. This is why the government hires hackers. When a sinner repents and gets saved it is like someone who recovers from a viral infection, their body is now immune to that particular virus. We are being trained to rule and to reign with Christ and that means we need to be able to give others immunity to all the various diseases and attacks of the enemy.
2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
This answers that question "why does God allow bad things to happen". In the gospels Jesus said He healed people of infirmities as proof that they had been forgiven of their sins. When you are praying for someone who is sick let them know that they have been forgiven of their sins and that if they want proof simply confess the sin they want assurance of having been forgiven of and when God heals them that will be their proof.
James 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
The biggest sin we need to be forgiven of is unbelief. So the very act of calling for the elders to pray for him because he is sick, that act alone is the basis for God to heal. Pastors are resigning because no one wants to listen to them. This is why the Lord has given this promise, "the prayer of faith shall save the sick". That will put an end to the debates and arguments. The church right now has this terrible virus of rebellion. This is the cure.
27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us.
Resurrection is a three day journey, Jesus was the first fruit, the church’s rapture at the end of the age is the harvest. Pharaoh does deal deceitfully. That was his choice, he was warned not to, but as a result he and his entire army were swallowed up in the Red Sea. It will be the same at the end of this age. But a three day journey from what? From the idol worship and the hypocrisy and the lawlessness. If the rapture takes place on October 30th, then the Lord’s day will be three days from that idolatry, hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Resurrection is a three day journey, Jesus was the first fruit, the church’s rapture at the end of the age is the harvest. Pharaoh does deal deceitfully. That was his choice, he was warned not to, but as a result he and his entire army were swallowed up in the Red Sea. It will be the same at the end of this age. But a three day journey from what? From the idol worship and the hypocrisy and the lawlessness. If the rapture takes place on October 30th, then the Lord’s day will be three days from that idolatry, hypocrisy and lawlessness.
James 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
These two words that are translated "sick" in english are two different words.
In Verse 14 it is astheneo "to lack strength, to be weak, sick," is translated "were diseased" in Jhn 6:2, AV (RV, "were sick").
In Verse 15 it is kamno. Faint: primarily signified "to work;" then, as the effect of continued labor, "to be weary;" it is used in Hbr 12:3, of becoming "weary" (see also No. 1), RV, "wax not weary;" in Jam 5:15, of sickness; some mss. have it in Rev 2:3, AV, "hast (not) fainted," RV, "grown weary."
In other words when someone is sick you pray for them, call the elders and anoint them with oil. Now if you pray the prayer of faith in the Lord it isn't just the sick person who gets healed. This can rejuvenate your own Christian life. Perhaps you are faint or wearied, maybe you have some shortcomings that you are praying about. This prayer of faith for someone else is an opportunity for you as well as for them.
The word for save is the word for Heal, Healing: "to save," is translated by the verb "to heal" in the AV of Mar 5:23; Luk 8:36 (RV, "to make whole;" so AV frequently); the idea is that of saving from disease and its effects.
The person you are praying for may be healed but you also may be made whole. I have had several experiences of this and it is always an experience that invigorates me, that makes many people whole, not just the one who is sick.
These two words that are translated "sick" in english are two different words.
In Verse 14 it is astheneo "to lack strength, to be weak, sick," is translated "were diseased" in Jhn 6:2, AV (RV, "were sick").
In Verse 15 it is kamno. Faint: primarily signified "to work;" then, as the effect of continued labor, "to be weary;" it is used in Hbr 12:3, of becoming "weary" (see also No. 1), RV, "wax not weary;" in Jam 5:15, of sickness; some mss. have it in Rev 2:3, AV, "hast (not) fainted," RV, "grown weary."
In other words when someone is sick you pray for them, call the elders and anoint them with oil. Now if you pray the prayer of faith in the Lord it isn't just the sick person who gets healed. This can rejuvenate your own Christian life. Perhaps you are faint or wearied, maybe you have some shortcomings that you are praying about. This prayer of faith for someone else is an opportunity for you as well as for them.
The word for save is the word for Heal, Healing: "to save," is translated by the verb "to heal" in the AV of Mar 5:23; Luk 8:36 (RV, "to make whole;" so AV frequently); the idea is that of saving from disease and its effects.
The person you are praying for may be healed but you also may be made whole. I have had several experiences of this and it is always an experience that invigorates me, that makes many people whole, not just the one who is sick.
Hebrews 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied G2577 and faint in your minds.
I understand that many are weary of what is going on, the constant contradiction of sinners on social media.
Revelation 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast G2577 ➔ not fainted. G2577
This is the same word for weary. It is possible to get weary, to "faint". It is a constant labor, it takes patience, and there are many who have grown weary and have fainted. This is why many pastors are leaving. But there is a cure.
James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, G2577 and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
This is the same word and these are the only three verses in the New Testament that use this word. Nothing rejuvenates us like answered prayer. Nothing silences "trolls" like answered prayer.
I also have experienced the same thing. I originally was on one social media platform and they suspended me. I did not break any rules of the platform, they could not point out any "offending" post. No they simply wanted to stop my speaking the word of God. So I left that platform and went to a second platform. Jesus said if they won't receive you in this city, shake off the dust and go to the next. That is what I did. The same thing happened on Facebook, and so again, I shook off the dust and deleted that account. The same thing happened on the other platform I was on where I was blogging about the rapture. So again, I shook off the dust and moved to a third platform.
But like Isaac I called the third platform Rehoboth. I have been on this platform for over two years and have close to 400,000 visitors to this blog. Answered prayer renews our strength.
I understand that many are weary of what is going on, the constant contradiction of sinners on social media.
Revelation 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast G2577 ➔ not fainted. G2577
This is the same word for weary. It is possible to get weary, to "faint". It is a constant labor, it takes patience, and there are many who have grown weary and have fainted. This is why many pastors are leaving. But there is a cure.
James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, G2577 and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
This is the same word and these are the only three verses in the New Testament that use this word. Nothing rejuvenates us like answered prayer. Nothing silences "trolls" like answered prayer.
I also have experienced the same thing. I originally was on one social media platform and they suspended me. I did not break any rules of the platform, they could not point out any "offending" post. No they simply wanted to stop my speaking the word of God. So I left that platform and went to a second platform. Jesus said if they won't receive you in this city, shake off the dust and go to the next. That is what I did. The same thing happened on Facebook, and so again, I shook off the dust and deleted that account. The same thing happened on the other platform I was on where I was blogging about the rapture. So again, I shook off the dust and moved to a third platform.
But like Isaac I called the third platform Rehoboth. I have been on this platform for over two years and have close to 400,000 visitors to this blog. Answered prayer renews our strength.
Answered prayer renews our strength.
When I started this blog in 2020 no one talked about the rapture, it was like touching the third rail of the subway line. I thought there might be ten other people who would be interested and so made my blog public, but had no thought that so many people would come to this. But as the prophecies have been fulfilled little by little more and more Christians have come to realize how close we are to the Lord's return and so the internet sprouted with a number of channels discussing this.
Vicky Goforth Parnell has 16k subscribers (2022). Watchman for that Great Day has 24k subscribers (2014). God a Minute has 53k subscribers (2020). Cloud Nine Blessings has 60k subscribers (2020). Watchwoman 65 has 79k subscribers (2011). Watchman River has 115k subscribers (2022). Janie Duvall has 118k subscribers (2014). Prophecy Watchers 256k subscribers (2014), and Jonathan Cahn has 1 million subscribers (2008).
I mention these because they give you a window into the community of watchmen and watchwomen and from these you can find many others. As you can see the bulk of these channels sprung up after 2020 when we had the pandemic. 2008, the mortgage meltdown was also a big year. Jonathan Cahn's first book was on 911 which he called a harbinger of the Lord's coming.
The world is changing very quickly and those who are not paying attention are left in the dust. I had written a letter to my family discussing the threat of nuclear war. My older brother was concerned and recommended that I seek counseling from a mental health professional. I agreed under one condition, that Putin and Biden first stop threatening to use nuclear bombs. He wasn't even aware that these threats were being bandied about. But that is a good example of how topics that used to be forbidden to touch are now being spoken daily.
Imagine the cognitive dissonance for a pastor who had been told to not discuss prophecy or the book of Revelation? I read something I thought very interesting, when they assembled the book of Jeremiah there were many prophecies that he had made that were not included because they had already been fulfilled. The prophecies that were put into the cannon were the ones that had yet to be fulfilled. This is because every word in the Bible is for us, it is good for exhortation, for reproof, for encouragement.
When I started this blog in 2020 no one talked about the rapture, it was like touching the third rail of the subway line. I thought there might be ten other people who would be interested and so made my blog public, but had no thought that so many people would come to this. But as the prophecies have been fulfilled little by little more and more Christians have come to realize how close we are to the Lord's return and so the internet sprouted with a number of channels discussing this.
Vicky Goforth Parnell has 16k subscribers (2022). Watchman for that Great Day has 24k subscribers (2014). God a Minute has 53k subscribers (2020). Cloud Nine Blessings has 60k subscribers (2020). Watchwoman 65 has 79k subscribers (2011). Watchman River has 115k subscribers (2022). Janie Duvall has 118k subscribers (2014). Prophecy Watchers 256k subscribers (2014), and Jonathan Cahn has 1 million subscribers (2008).
I mention these because they give you a window into the community of watchmen and watchwomen and from these you can find many others. As you can see the bulk of these channels sprung up after 2020 when we had the pandemic. 2008, the mortgage meltdown was also a big year. Jonathan Cahn's first book was on 911 which he called a harbinger of the Lord's coming.
The world is changing very quickly and those who are not paying attention are left in the dust. I had written a letter to my family discussing the threat of nuclear war. My older brother was concerned and recommended that I seek counseling from a mental health professional. I agreed under one condition, that Putin and Biden first stop threatening to use nuclear bombs. He wasn't even aware that these threats were being bandied about. But that is a good example of how topics that used to be forbidden to touch are now being spoken daily.
Imagine the cognitive dissonance for a pastor who had been told to not discuss prophecy or the book of Revelation? I read something I thought very interesting, when they assembled the book of Jeremiah there were many prophecies that he had made that were not included because they had already been fulfilled. The prophecies that were put into the cannon were the ones that had yet to be fulfilled. This is because every word in the Bible is for us, it is good for exhortation, for reproof, for encouragement.
Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Great 5 minutes explanation of Yom Teruah, Feast of Trumpets. I liken the feast of Trumpets to this story from the Lord
Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
I think this may be the destruction of Damascus to a ruinous heap. When that happens the whole world will be united against Israel and all the believers will know it is time to be harpazo'd.
Isaiah 43:1 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Galatians
6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
This is the conclusion. The Galatians were being troubled by Judaizers that they needed to be circumcised. Paul was a Judaizer, though he wanted the Christians imprisoned and executed. But when that failed they came up with plan B which was "Jesus + something". This is the mark of every cult, you need "Jesus + something" to be truly saved.
14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
But Paul has gotten the revelation that all he needs for salvation is the cross of Christ. Circumcision was a sign that there was a covenant between Abraham and God. He cut off a piece of his flesh as a sign of that covenant. It is similar to the reason people wear a wedding ring. It is a sign that you are not available, you are already spoken for. Marriage is a covenant and the ring is a sign of that covenant. When Jesus died on the cross He made a covenant with us. The sign of that covenant is a new creature. Paul said he bears the marks of Jesus in his body. He was stoned and whipped for preaching the gospel. That is the real sign that Paul belongs to Jesus. There are a whole bunch of people who have been circumcised that don't belong to Jesus, so that is meaningless.
5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Many can claim to bear the cross of Christ, but are you desirous of vain glory? Do you provoke others? Do you envy others? That is the proof that you are not in the new creation.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
This is what it means to bear the cross of Christ.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest
Paul lists the works of the flesh. Circumcision cuts off a piece of your flesh to indicate you now belong to God and are no longer in the flesh. But it is powerless to actually do anything. However, the cross of Christ working on our heart does change us. It does have the power for us to actually crucify the flesh with the passions and lusts.
which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
When Paul says you shall not inherit the kingdom of God that means you shall surely not be raptured prior to the tribulation. Imagine you claim to have taken up your cross and follow the Lord yet when He returns He finds you committing adultery, or fornication, or uncleanness, or lasciviousness. Do you think you will be raptured? What if you are involved in Idolatry or witchcraft? This would be like your fiance coming to your home and finding you with another man. That is why Moses broke the ten commandments. God was saying the marriage is off. Now if the Lord were to return on Christmas Eve or Easter morning that would be a gray area. Sure, there are many genuine believers who are worshipping the Lord at that time and many nominal Christians who are going to church but have not crucified the flesh with the passions and lusts. But if the Lord were to return right before Halloween, there is no gray area. Either you are involved in idolatry and witchcraft, or you aren't.
This is where "Jesus + something" comes in. You might think getting circumcised is a small thing and there are health benefits to it. Fair enough, but that isn't what the Judaizers were saying. They were saying if you don't get circumcised you aren't truly saved. Circumcision is a sign given to believing Abraham that he had a covenant with God. They would show you in the bible how you have to be circumcised. OK, but that is part of the covenant made on Mount Sinai and that is not the covenant you made with Jesus on the Mount of Olives. Once you accept the logic that if the Old Testament says we have to do it then we have to do it, well the Old Testament says you have to do a lot of things. With that same logic you will be brought into bondage. Soon Jesus won't profit you at all, you will be a slave to the OT law. You will have to eat kosher food. That may seem like another small step since Kosher food can be healthy. OK, but how about your parents, how about your relatives? Are they kosher? Because once you are to eat Kosher you cannot even eat from a kitchen that is not kosher. This is what happened with Peter. Imagine the hypocrisy of this, it was Peter who first got the vision that the cross of Christ had cleansed all the people and that the gospel had gone to the gentiles just as it had gone to the Jews.
But let's not worry about Peter, I'm sure Peter will be in heaven. What about us? When you were first saved did you realize how evil and sinful and satanic the world was? I was repulsed by the music I was listening to and burned all my albums. Imagine if after burning an Album by Black Sabbath I were to then be found at a Black Sabbath concert when the Lord returns? Imagine the hypocrisy of that. Imagine a believer who condemns witchcraft and yet their child is dressed up to go out on Halloween with their friends, one of whom is dressed up as Harry Potter and another as a witch? Is that not the same hypocrisy?
6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
This is the conclusion. The Galatians were being troubled by Judaizers that they needed to be circumcised. Paul was a Judaizer, though he wanted the Christians imprisoned and executed. But when that failed they came up with plan B which was "Jesus + something". This is the mark of every cult, you need "Jesus + something" to be truly saved.
14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
But Paul has gotten the revelation that all he needs for salvation is the cross of Christ. Circumcision was a sign that there was a covenant between Abraham and God. He cut off a piece of his flesh as a sign of that covenant. It is similar to the reason people wear a wedding ring. It is a sign that you are not available, you are already spoken for. Marriage is a covenant and the ring is a sign of that covenant. When Jesus died on the cross He made a covenant with us. The sign of that covenant is a new creature. Paul said he bears the marks of Jesus in his body. He was stoned and whipped for preaching the gospel. That is the real sign that Paul belongs to Jesus. There are a whole bunch of people who have been circumcised that don't belong to Jesus, so that is meaningless.
5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Many can claim to bear the cross of Christ, but are you desirous of vain glory? Do you provoke others? Do you envy others? That is the proof that you are not in the new creation.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
This is what it means to bear the cross of Christ.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest
Paul lists the works of the flesh. Circumcision cuts off a piece of your flesh to indicate you now belong to God and are no longer in the flesh. But it is powerless to actually do anything. However, the cross of Christ working on our heart does change us. It does have the power for us to actually crucify the flesh with the passions and lusts.
which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
When Paul says you shall not inherit the kingdom of God that means you shall surely not be raptured prior to the tribulation. Imagine you claim to have taken up your cross and follow the Lord yet when He returns He finds you committing adultery, or fornication, or uncleanness, or lasciviousness. Do you think you will be raptured? What if you are involved in Idolatry or witchcraft? This would be like your fiance coming to your home and finding you with another man. That is why Moses broke the ten commandments. God was saying the marriage is off. Now if the Lord were to return on Christmas Eve or Easter morning that would be a gray area. Sure, there are many genuine believers who are worshipping the Lord at that time and many nominal Christians who are going to church but have not crucified the flesh with the passions and lusts. But if the Lord were to return right before Halloween, there is no gray area. Either you are involved in idolatry and witchcraft, or you aren't.
This is where "Jesus + something" comes in. You might think getting circumcised is a small thing and there are health benefits to it. Fair enough, but that isn't what the Judaizers were saying. They were saying if you don't get circumcised you aren't truly saved. Circumcision is a sign given to believing Abraham that he had a covenant with God. They would show you in the bible how you have to be circumcised. OK, but that is part of the covenant made on Mount Sinai and that is not the covenant you made with Jesus on the Mount of Olives. Once you accept the logic that if the Old Testament says we have to do it then we have to do it, well the Old Testament says you have to do a lot of things. With that same logic you will be brought into bondage. Soon Jesus won't profit you at all, you will be a slave to the OT law. You will have to eat kosher food. That may seem like another small step since Kosher food can be healthy. OK, but how about your parents, how about your relatives? Are they kosher? Because once you are to eat Kosher you cannot even eat from a kitchen that is not kosher. This is what happened with Peter. Imagine the hypocrisy of this, it was Peter who first got the vision that the cross of Christ had cleansed all the people and that the gospel had gone to the gentiles just as it had gone to the Jews.
But let's not worry about Peter, I'm sure Peter will be in heaven. What about us? When you were first saved did you realize how evil and sinful and satanic the world was? I was repulsed by the music I was listening to and burned all my albums. Imagine if after burning an Album by Black Sabbath I were to then be found at a Black Sabbath concert when the Lord returns? Imagine the hypocrisy of that. Imagine a believer who condemns witchcraft and yet their child is dressed up to go out on Halloween with their friends, one of whom is dressed up as Harry Potter and another as a witch? Is that not the same hypocrisy?
Genesis 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Satan is the king of Sodom. As men of faith we cannot allow Satan to have any claim whatsoever over us. This is why when you get saved you must repent of anything that involves Satan and make full restitution.
For example in Acts we see Levites selling their land and putting the full price at the feet of the apostles. The Lord told us that these levites had devoured widow's houses. The Levites are the ones who identify leprosy (which signifies rebellion) and then banish those with leprosy to live with the other lepers, where no doubt they actually do get leprosy. When a person is banished who gets their house? It can't go to someone from another tribe except for the Levites. They are the only ones who can live in all the tribes. So then you like a house, you "diagnose" leprosy in the owner, banish him, and you get the house. The wife becomes a widow, and without the bread winner she can't maintain the house. So they "devour widow's houses". But when they came to Jesus they repented of this sin and realized the money from this was a stain on them. The only way to clean their robes is to sell the land and put it at the feet of Jesus.
Acts 4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Now let's go back to Genesis 14, the King of Sodom (Satan) wanted to exchange the loot for the people. Satan wants to make people captive to sin and he does this by giving you something, whatever you want, in exchange to being a slave of sin. Abraham said no. That is what we are called to do when we are saved and also become son's of Abraham by faith.
Acts 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
We don't believe in coincidences, we believe in God. The high priest is named Ananias. If the Levites are getting rich by devouring widows houses it surely would include the high priest. We have recently discovered documents of Ananias trying to justify what he did in ordering Jesus to be crucified. He said the key item that forced his hand was when Jesus flipped the money changers tables in the temple. This is why we have the term "sold out". You can be sold out to Jesus, or you can be sold out to Satan, you can't be both. Ananias was pretending to be sold out to Jesus when in fact he was sold out to Satan. This is what we have discovered in the church today, many churches are run by a board of directors and on that board you have Freemasons. They pretend to be sold out to Jesus but in reality they are sold out to Satan.
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
We should compare this with what Judas did. He betrayed Jesus with a kiss and you could say that Ananias was betraying Peter with this "offering", like a kiss. After kissing Jesus they arrested Him to be crucified. That was Ananias that orchestrated that. In the same way I think this was also planned to entrap Peter with an excuse to arrest him, accuse him of some crime (tax fraud), and defame the church.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Satan did this to make Ananias a slave of sin, He did this to attack the church and give him a reason to slander and accuse the church of being sinful.
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
But focus on our own lives. Do you pretend to be sold out to Jesus? Do you justify taking financial gain when you know it is from being abusive to others. Gain that involves lying, deceiving, and manipulating people?
January 6th is a prime example. Pelosi and Schumer were the ones who manipulated that event to make it look like rebellion (leprosy) so that they could banish MAGA (domestic terrorists) and seize their homes. They need manpower to seize the homes which is why the border is thrown open to over 20 million illegals during Biden's administration with an estimated 45 million illegals living in the country at present.
Satan is the king of Sodom. As men of faith we cannot allow Satan to have any claim whatsoever over us. This is why when you get saved you must repent of anything that involves Satan and make full restitution.
For example in Acts we see Levites selling their land and putting the full price at the feet of the apostles. The Lord told us that these levites had devoured widow's houses. The Levites are the ones who identify leprosy (which signifies rebellion) and then banish those with leprosy to live with the other lepers, where no doubt they actually do get leprosy. When a person is banished who gets their house? It can't go to someone from another tribe except for the Levites. They are the only ones who can live in all the tribes. So then you like a house, you "diagnose" leprosy in the owner, banish him, and you get the house. The wife becomes a widow, and without the bread winner she can't maintain the house. So they "devour widow's houses". But when they came to Jesus they repented of this sin and realized the money from this was a stain on them. The only way to clean their robes is to sell the land and put it at the feet of Jesus.
Acts 4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Now let's go back to Genesis 14, the King of Sodom (Satan) wanted to exchange the loot for the people. Satan wants to make people captive to sin and he does this by giving you something, whatever you want, in exchange to being a slave of sin. Abraham said no. That is what we are called to do when we are saved and also become son's of Abraham by faith.
Acts 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
We don't believe in coincidences, we believe in God. The high priest is named Ananias. If the Levites are getting rich by devouring widows houses it surely would include the high priest. We have recently discovered documents of Ananias trying to justify what he did in ordering Jesus to be crucified. He said the key item that forced his hand was when Jesus flipped the money changers tables in the temple. This is why we have the term "sold out". You can be sold out to Jesus, or you can be sold out to Satan, you can't be both. Ananias was pretending to be sold out to Jesus when in fact he was sold out to Satan. This is what we have discovered in the church today, many churches are run by a board of directors and on that board you have Freemasons. They pretend to be sold out to Jesus but in reality they are sold out to Satan.
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
We should compare this with what Judas did. He betrayed Jesus with a kiss and you could say that Ananias was betraying Peter with this "offering", like a kiss. After kissing Jesus they arrested Him to be crucified. That was Ananias that orchestrated that. In the same way I think this was also planned to entrap Peter with an excuse to arrest him, accuse him of some crime (tax fraud), and defame the church.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Satan did this to make Ananias a slave of sin, He did this to attack the church and give him a reason to slander and accuse the church of being sinful.
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
But focus on our own lives. Do you pretend to be sold out to Jesus? Do you justify taking financial gain when you know it is from being abusive to others. Gain that involves lying, deceiving, and manipulating people?
January 6th is a prime example. Pelosi and Schumer were the ones who manipulated that event to make it look like rebellion (leprosy) so that they could banish MAGA (domestic terrorists) and seize their homes. They need manpower to seize the homes which is why the border is thrown open to over 20 million illegals during Biden's administration with an estimated 45 million illegals living in the country at present.
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Here is the short version for people who don't want to spend an hour:
Genesis 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Satan is the king of Sodom. As men of faith we cannot allow Satan to have any claim whatsoever over us. This is why when you get saved you must repent of anything that involves Satan and make full restitution.
For example in Acts we see Levites selling their land and putting the full price at the feet of the apostles. The Lord told us that these levites had devoured widow's houses. The Levites are the ones who identify leprosy (which signifies rebellion) and then banish those with leprosy to live with the other lepers, where no doubt they actually do get leprosy. When a person is banished who gets their house? It can't go to someone from another tribe except for the Levites. They are the only ones who can live in all the tribes. So then you like a house, you "diagnose" leprosy in the owner, banish him, and you get the house. The wife becomes a widow, and without the bread winner she can't maintain the house. So they "devour widow's houses". But when they came to Jesus they repented of this sin and realized the money from this was a stain on them. The only way to clean their robes is to sell the land and put it at the feet of Jesus.
Acts 4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Now let's go back to Genesis 14, the King of Sodom (Satan) wanted to exchange the loot for the people. Satan wants to make people captive to sin and he does this by giving you something, whatever you want, in exchange to being a slave of sin. Abraham said no. That is what we are called to do when we are saved and also become son's of Abraham by faith.
Acts 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
We don't believe in coincidences, we believe in God. The high priest is named Ananias. If the Levites are getting rich by devouring widows houses it surely would include the high priest. We have recently discovered documents of Ananias trying to justify what he did in ordering Jesus to be crucified. He said the key item that forced his hand was when Jesus flipped the money changers tables in the temple. This is why we have the term "sold out". You can be sold out to Jesus, or you can be sold out to Satan, you can't be both. Ananias was pretending to be sold out to Jesus when in fact he was sold out to Satan. This is what we have discovered in the church today, many churches are run by a board of directors and on that board you have Freemasons. They pretend to be sold out to Jesus but in reality they are sold out to Satan.
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
We should compare this with what Judas did. He betrayed Jesus with a kiss and you could say that Ananias was betraying Peter with this "offering", like a kiss. After kissing Jesus they arrested Him to be crucified. That was Ananias that orchestrated that. In the same way I think this was also planned to entrap Peter with an excuse to arrest him, accuse him of some crime (tax fraud), and defame the church.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Satan did this to make Ananias a slave of sin, He did this to attack the church and give him a reason to slander and accuse the church of being sinful.
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
But focus on our own lives. Do you pretend to be sold out to Jesus? Do you justify taking financial gain when you know it is from being abusive to others. Gain that involves lying, deceiving, and manipulating people?
January 6th is a prime example. Pelosi and Schumer were the ones who manipulated that event to make it look like rebellion (leprosy) so that they could banish MAGA (domestic terrorists) and seize their homes. They need manpower to seize the homes which is why the border is thrown open to over 20 million illegals during Biden's administration with an estimated 45 million illegals living in the country at present.
Here is the short version for people who don't want to spend an hour:
Genesis 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Satan is the king of Sodom. As men of faith we cannot allow Satan to have any claim whatsoever over us. This is why when you get saved you must repent of anything that involves Satan and make full restitution.
For example in Acts we see Levites selling their land and putting the full price at the feet of the apostles. The Lord told us that these levites had devoured widow's houses. The Levites are the ones who identify leprosy (which signifies rebellion) and then banish those with leprosy to live with the other lepers, where no doubt they actually do get leprosy. When a person is banished who gets their house? It can't go to someone from another tribe except for the Levites. They are the only ones who can live in all the tribes. So then you like a house, you "diagnose" leprosy in the owner, banish him, and you get the house. The wife becomes a widow, and without the bread winner she can't maintain the house. So they "devour widow's houses". But when they came to Jesus they repented of this sin and realized the money from this was a stain on them. The only way to clean their robes is to sell the land and put it at the feet of Jesus.
Acts 4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Now let's go back to Genesis 14, the King of Sodom (Satan) wanted to exchange the loot for the people. Satan wants to make people captive to sin and he does this by giving you something, whatever you want, in exchange to being a slave of sin. Abraham said no. That is what we are called to do when we are saved and also become son's of Abraham by faith.
Acts 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
We don't believe in coincidences, we believe in God. The high priest is named Ananias. If the Levites are getting rich by devouring widows houses it surely would include the high priest. We have recently discovered documents of Ananias trying to justify what he did in ordering Jesus to be crucified. He said the key item that forced his hand was when Jesus flipped the money changers tables in the temple. This is why we have the term "sold out". You can be sold out to Jesus, or you can be sold out to Satan, you can't be both. Ananias was pretending to be sold out to Jesus when in fact he was sold out to Satan. This is what we have discovered in the church today, many churches are run by a board of directors and on that board you have Freemasons. They pretend to be sold out to Jesus but in reality they are sold out to Satan.
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
We should compare this with what Judas did. He betrayed Jesus with a kiss and you could say that Ananias was betraying Peter with this "offering", like a kiss. After kissing Jesus they arrested Him to be crucified. That was Ananias that orchestrated that. In the same way I think this was also planned to entrap Peter with an excuse to arrest him, accuse him of some crime (tax fraud), and defame the church.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Satan did this to make Ananias a slave of sin, He did this to attack the church and give him a reason to slander and accuse the church of being sinful.
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
But focus on our own lives. Do you pretend to be sold out to Jesus? Do you justify taking financial gain when you know it is from being abusive to others. Gain that involves lying, deceiving, and manipulating people?
January 6th is a prime example. Pelosi and Schumer were the ones who manipulated that event to make it look like rebellion (leprosy) so that they could banish MAGA (domestic terrorists) and seize their homes. They need manpower to seize the homes which is why the border is thrown open to over 20 million illegals during Biden's administration with an estimated 45 million illegals living in the country at present.