Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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Nahum 3:5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts;
I think the reason that many people want to know when the rapture will be is somehow they think if they know that then they can avoid the judgment of God. This is absurd. God is against unrighteousness, He is against lies, deceit, murder, stealing, corruption and all the rest. The Day of the Lord will be when He utterly deals with that. So instead of telling us when most prophecies tell us What God is going to do, and Who will receive what judgment and How this judgement will be administered. God is warning us so that we could repent. Trying to figure out when so that you can somehow sidestep this judgment is not repentance.
I think the reason that many people want to know when the rapture will be is somehow they think if they know that then they can avoid the judgment of God. This is absurd. God is against unrighteousness, He is against lies, deceit, murder, stealing, corruption and all the rest. The Day of the Lord will be when He utterly deals with that. So instead of telling us when most prophecies tell us What God is going to do, and Who will receive what judgment and How this judgement will be administered. God is warning us so that we could repent. Trying to figure out when so that you can somehow sidestep this judgment is not repentance.
What is mercy?
Joe Biden has given his son a blanket pardon for all crimes he may have committed in the last ten years (even those that he hasn't been prosecuted for). Some are describing this as "mercy". I argue that it is not mercy, it is sin. Jesus dying on the cross to pay for our sins was mercy. The Lord did not simply "pardon" us, He paid the price for us. If someone steals $100,000 from you, the police catch them, prosecute them, convict them and send them to prison it is not mercy if someone comes along and pardons them. What about you? What about your 100k? According to the Bible in this situation you should be repaid 5 fold.
Proverbs 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Is any iniquity being purged by this? No. Is there any fear of the Lord here causing men to depart from evil? No.
Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Biden is trying to cover his sins. That is not mercy.
Deuteronomy 7:2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
Psalm 37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
You have to pay for the sins. Jesus showed mercy on us by paying for our sins.
Psalm 62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
James tells us that the point of the golden rule to do unto others as you would have them do unto you is that if you show mercy to others then God will show you mercy. Did Hunter Biden show mercy to anyone? How about Joe Biden? January 6th is proof they did not show anyone mercy, and so as they have done it will be done unto them. With what judgement you judge you shall be judged.
James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Joe Biden has given his son a blanket pardon for all crimes he may have committed in the last ten years (even those that he hasn't been prosecuted for). Some are describing this as "mercy". I argue that it is not mercy, it is sin. Jesus dying on the cross to pay for our sins was mercy. The Lord did not simply "pardon" us, He paid the price for us. If someone steals $100,000 from you, the police catch them, prosecute them, convict them and send them to prison it is not mercy if someone comes along and pardons them. What about you? What about your 100k? According to the Bible in this situation you should be repaid 5 fold.
Proverbs 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Is any iniquity being purged by this? No. Is there any fear of the Lord here causing men to depart from evil? No.
Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Biden is trying to cover his sins. That is not mercy.
Deuteronomy 7:2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
Psalm 37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
You have to pay for the sins. Jesus showed mercy on us by paying for our sins.
Psalm 62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
James tells us that the point of the golden rule to do unto others as you would have them do unto you is that if you show mercy to others then God will show you mercy. Did Hunter Biden show mercy to anyone? How about Joe Biden? January 6th is proof they did not show anyone mercy, and so as they have done it will be done unto them. With what judgement you judge you shall be judged.
James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
I see this as being very big, even huge. I have always seen Isaiah 17's prophecy about Damascus becoming a ruinous heap as being one of the days of Noah, it is analogous to Methuselah dying which was the signal to Noah to enter the ark. While paying attention to this event I learned that Damascus is the central command for Russia in the Mideast.
Habakkuk 1:2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Lord Jesus this is what we have seen these past decades. During 911 the forensic investigation was nothing more than a cover up. During the Mortgage meltdown they gave the American people the middle finger as millions lost their homes in what was a clear violation of the fiduciary responsibility of the bankers and instead of going to prison they got bonuses. In Afghanistan those that helped the US got their names given to the Taliban for them to torture and kill. During the 2020 election anyone who had the nerve to question the election was censored, silenced, mocked, ridiculed and even imprisoned. We had grandparents imprisoned for praying outside of abortion clinics. People imprisoned for trespassing during January 6th. If you mentioned Hunter Biden's laptop you were attacked as though you were working with Russia, yet we have confirmed the laptop is authentic. But what happens, Hunter Biden is "pardoned" of all crimes regardless of whether or not he has been prosecuted for them.
5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you. 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not their's. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. 9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Amen Lord. I trust you to hold the guilty accountable and to save the just. Lord Jesus vengeance is yours, I will declare your righteousness and mercy and call on people to repent of their sins and to turn to you for your salvation.
Lord Jesus this is what we have seen these past decades. During 911 the forensic investigation was nothing more than a cover up. During the Mortgage meltdown they gave the American people the middle finger as millions lost their homes in what was a clear violation of the fiduciary responsibility of the bankers and instead of going to prison they got bonuses. In Afghanistan those that helped the US got their names given to the Taliban for them to torture and kill. During the 2020 election anyone who had the nerve to question the election was censored, silenced, mocked, ridiculed and even imprisoned. We had grandparents imprisoned for praying outside of abortion clinics. People imprisoned for trespassing during January 6th. If you mentioned Hunter Biden's laptop you were attacked as though you were working with Russia, yet we have confirmed the laptop is authentic. But what happens, Hunter Biden is "pardoned" of all crimes regardless of whether or not he has been prosecuted for them.
5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you. 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not their's. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. 9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Amen Lord. I trust you to hold the guilty accountable and to save the just. Lord Jesus vengeance is yours, I will declare your righteousness and mercy and call on people to repent of their sins and to turn to you for your salvation.
A teaching that resonated with me was Doing UN-Godly works and actions and claiming to be His, murdering in the name of allah fits this, claiming to be Russian Orthodox and coming against His Chosen ones fits this, claiming Christ and supporting abortion as well.
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The Pearl Harbor Moment of Past Words 12-2-24@2:15 PM
No more delays -- Even with all the warnings your people have failed to repent.
They boast that Putin is not going to move. Putin is a monster. He will fire on Ukraine. He must reacquire the land that belongs to Gog.
"Satan comes to Ukraine and it will level Kyiv"
It will come so suddenly people won't have time to breath. I am on my way. I am commanding the darkness to come for three days, for Putin to fire and for the suitcase nukes. It is time for this to happen.
No more delays -- Even with all the warnings your people have failed to repent.
They boast that Putin is not going to move. Putin is a monster. He will fire on Ukraine. He must reacquire the land that belongs to Gog.
"Satan comes to Ukraine and it will level Kyiv"
It will come so suddenly people won't have time to breath. I am on my way. I am commanding the darkness to come for three days, for Putin to fire and for the suitcase nukes. It is time for this to happen.
The Bible never said no one knows the day or the hour
Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
The Father knows the day and the hour.
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
So the very same book that tells us that God the Father does nothing without revealing the secrets to His prophets tells us He knows the day and the hour as well.
So then the big question becomes who are these prophets that I can trust to tell me what God has revealed? That is the beauty of the last few years, so many people have been lying that it is very easy to eliminate them from the list of people we should trust. What everyone should have been doing for the last four years is seriously looking for someone to trust. That means you need to test the spirits. No one speaking in the Holy Spirit says Jesus is accursed and the demons and fallen angels cannot say Jesus is blessed. Even the demons believe in God, that is not an adequate test. But they do not say that the blood of Jesus is precious. That would be to say that Jesus has come in the flesh. They also are not permitted to announce the coming of Jesus or to proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord of all.
Those are your basic tests.
But then if they pass those tests what is the fruit of their ministry and of their lives. We can eliminate so many more by their scandalous living. This does not mean they can't be saved or repent, simply means I am crossing them off my list of who to listen to.
But now we get to the really hard discernment, discerning between right and almost right. We are told that if everyone is speaking well of them not to trust them. I have a rule, if millions of people listen to them I ignore them. My reasoning is simple, if they do reveal something from the word so many others will hear of it and learn it and share it that I won't miss it. I also know that false prophets make merchandise of you so I keep those who have monetized their ministry at arms length. Again, not proof that they are false prophets, Paul said you don't muzzle the ox that treads out the corn, but the Bible also said "freely you have received, freely give". I keep those who sell their books at arms length. Once again the reasoning is simple. If something in one of those books is a revelation from God a million people will read it and so it will get disseminated to the rest of us.
No, what I am looking for is this:
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
I am looking for those who are treated like this. Everyone has seen this behavior, they call people deplorable garbage, racists, white supremacists, etc. You have to go and examine that for yourself, is it true? Four years ago they were saying this about Dana Coverstone so I listened to his dreams (offered free of charge) and I also listened to those who called him a false prophet because I need to know if the accusation is false. I determined it was. Though to be fair I also determined that he was human and very likely made a mistake or two. But when I went back and listened to them recently they seemed to be a very good description of things that have happened. He received withering attack.
But there is another who also receives withering attack and that is Vicky Goforth Parnell. Some of her dreams are totally bizarre, so I will share how I came to feel I could trust she was speaking from God.
In one dream she mispronounced a simple scientific term, I think the word was Stratosphere, but what was clear was that she was unfamiliar with this word. But then she also described an atmospheric process I had never heard of before. I graduated from an elite university with a degree in Geology and have 75 post graduate hours in Geology, a master's degree, and have taught the subject for many years and yet I had never heard of this process. So I investigated and sure enough it was real. If you listen to her she does not come across as someone who is college educated, I think her background is as a seamstress, and so that thoroughly impressed me. In another dream she described one of the most complicated and mysterious processes in the earth in a way that was elegantly simple, meaningful and yet accurate. It seemed to me the Lord was taking this process and making it so simple even someone with an elementary education could understand. I don't believe anyone had ever described it this way so she couldn't have googled this. Then in a third dream she used a term that I always used when teaching but in a way I had never considered, yet it was so brilliant it was poetic. At this point I realized the Lord was showing off, He was demonstrating how his genius is really way beyond the rest of us because this is His creation. But then I talked to others. One brother who has been involved with prophecy for forty years was also convinced she was hearing from the Lord but for a completely different reason. He also mentioned some of his contacts in military intelligence and they also were stunned by what she knew and was saying. As a result I concluded that the reason many of her dreams seem very bizarre and amazing is because she is revealing things that others can't believe she knows. `If you come to the Lord with a seeking heart genuinely wanting to know the truth He will speak to you through His prophets so that you can know they are legit. She also has received withering attack but when I investigated it that was not over any of her dreams and visions but rather over their interpretation of them. Their interpretation was false and so they conclude she was false rather than condemning their own interpretation.
So please know,
1 Thessalonians 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
God is trying our hearts. Are you faithful? Will you stand strong in persecution? Are you looking to know if this person is speaking for God or are you simply looking for anything that you can use to say they aren't? How many times does Hebrews warn us about hardening our hearts. I noticed that many of those with the accusations and slander had envying and strife in their hearts.
I was reminded of Larry Bird when Michael Jordan scored a whole lot of points on them in the playoffs. He said that for those of us who play this game the things that MJ did were very impressive. That is how I feel about her. I don't envy her, I understand that what she is doing will bring intense persecution on her, I am simply very impressed and thankful. Anyone can teach the same old same old, it is safe. The things she speaks, they are on the edge, on the front lines, and astounding.
She has also said a few things about Christian doctrines that also utterly amazed me. I remember once she said there was no Bible verse that said something I was sure the Bible did say. So I investigated and was stunned to see that she was right.
Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
The Father knows the day and the hour.
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
So the very same book that tells us that God the Father does nothing without revealing the secrets to His prophets tells us He knows the day and the hour as well.
So then the big question becomes who are these prophets that I can trust to tell me what God has revealed? That is the beauty of the last few years, so many people have been lying that it is very easy to eliminate them from the list of people we should trust. What everyone should have been doing for the last four years is seriously looking for someone to trust. That means you need to test the spirits. No one speaking in the Holy Spirit says Jesus is accursed and the demons and fallen angels cannot say Jesus is blessed. Even the demons believe in God, that is not an adequate test. But they do not say that the blood of Jesus is precious. That would be to say that Jesus has come in the flesh. They also are not permitted to announce the coming of Jesus or to proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord of all.
Those are your basic tests.
But then if they pass those tests what is the fruit of their ministry and of their lives. We can eliminate so many more by their scandalous living. This does not mean they can't be saved or repent, simply means I am crossing them off my list of who to listen to.
But now we get to the really hard discernment, discerning between right and almost right. We are told that if everyone is speaking well of them not to trust them. I have a rule, if millions of people listen to them I ignore them. My reasoning is simple, if they do reveal something from the word so many others will hear of it and learn it and share it that I won't miss it. I also know that false prophets make merchandise of you so I keep those who have monetized their ministry at arms length. Again, not proof that they are false prophets, Paul said you don't muzzle the ox that treads out the corn, but the Bible also said "freely you have received, freely give". I keep those who sell their books at arms length. Once again the reasoning is simple. If something in one of those books is a revelation from God a million people will read it and so it will get disseminated to the rest of us.
No, what I am looking for is this:
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
I am looking for those who are treated like this. Everyone has seen this behavior, they call people deplorable garbage, racists, white supremacists, etc. You have to go and examine that for yourself, is it true? Four years ago they were saying this about Dana Coverstone so I listened to his dreams (offered free of charge) and I also listened to those who called him a false prophet because I need to know if the accusation is false. I determined it was. Though to be fair I also determined that he was human and very likely made a mistake or two. But when I went back and listened to them recently they seemed to be a very good description of things that have happened. He received withering attack.
But there is another who also receives withering attack and that is Vicky Goforth Parnell. Some of her dreams are totally bizarre, so I will share how I came to feel I could trust she was speaking from God.
In one dream she mispronounced a simple scientific term, I think the word was Stratosphere, but what was clear was that she was unfamiliar with this word. But then she also described an atmospheric process I had never heard of before. I graduated from an elite university with a degree in Geology and have 75 post graduate hours in Geology, a master's degree, and have taught the subject for many years and yet I had never heard of this process. So I investigated and sure enough it was real. If you listen to her she does not come across as someone who is college educated, I think her background is as a seamstress, and so that thoroughly impressed me. In another dream she described one of the most complicated and mysterious processes in the earth in a way that was elegantly simple, meaningful and yet accurate. It seemed to me the Lord was taking this process and making it so simple even someone with an elementary education could understand. I don't believe anyone had ever described it this way so she couldn't have googled this. Then in a third dream she used a term that I always used when teaching but in a way I had never considered, yet it was so brilliant it was poetic. At this point I realized the Lord was showing off, He was demonstrating how his genius is really way beyond the rest of us because this is His creation. But then I talked to others. One brother who has been involved with prophecy for forty years was also convinced she was hearing from the Lord but for a completely different reason. He also mentioned some of his contacts in military intelligence and they also were stunned by what she knew and was saying. As a result I concluded that the reason many of her dreams seem very bizarre and amazing is because she is revealing things that others can't believe she knows. `If you come to the Lord with a seeking heart genuinely wanting to know the truth He will speak to you through His prophets so that you can know they are legit. She also has received withering attack but when I investigated it that was not over any of her dreams and visions but rather over their interpretation of them. Their interpretation was false and so they conclude she was false rather than condemning their own interpretation.
So please know,
1 Thessalonians 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
God is trying our hearts. Are you faithful? Will you stand strong in persecution? Are you looking to know if this person is speaking for God or are you simply looking for anything that you can use to say they aren't? How many times does Hebrews warn us about hardening our hearts. I noticed that many of those with the accusations and slander had envying and strife in their hearts.
I was reminded of Larry Bird when Michael Jordan scored a whole lot of points on them in the playoffs. He said that for those of us who play this game the things that MJ did were very impressive. That is how I feel about her. I don't envy her, I understand that what she is doing will bring intense persecution on her, I am simply very impressed and thankful. Anyone can teach the same old same old, it is safe. The things she speaks, they are on the edge, on the front lines, and astounding.
She has also said a few things about Christian doctrines that also utterly amazed me. I remember once she said there was no Bible verse that said something I was sure the Bible did say. So I investigated and was stunned to see that she was right.
God will bear them witness
Hebrews 2:4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Paul said he was a coworker of God. If the prophets are speaking from God He will bear them witness with signs and wonders. Again, you can't simply look for these because Satan can use this to deceive people. But the Writing on the Wall sign is clearly something only God can do. I considered the Revelation 12 sign to be amazing and definitive that we were being given a sign from God that the end was at hand. The problem was it was a sign, and signs occur before the event, so how do you know how far before? This sign appeared in 2017.
But then I saw that this prophetic sign was only a small piece of a much bigger sign called "the writing on the wall sign" that spread from 2017 to 2024. Three solar eclipses whose path of totality wrote out the letters Aleph Tav over the US. Odds are this is the first time in human history this has happened. The letters "Aleph Tav" are the equivalent of the Greek letters Alpha and Omega. While studying this sign I learned that sixty times in the Old Testament Aleph Tav is seen and yet never translated to english. It is like a legal document where we are told to initial here, and here and here, etc. Jesus was telling us in the New Testament that those initials were His. I have shared about the writing on the Wall sign in my blog, there are videos dedicated to it and I have shared links, and of course there are books on it as well. But what makes this sign so special is that you don't have to worry about being scammed, we are told clearly in the Bible that God has placed the sun, moon and stars in the heavens for a sign. No one else has. Also this sign has been thoroughly interpreted, I do not see any way it can be misunderstood if you know the Bible. It clearly references the rapture, the seven year tribulation, the seven years of peace prior to the tribulation, Noah, Sodom, and the sign of Jonah.
But what is even better is it gives us the year. In Daniel it says that the same night that Daniel interpreted the writing Babylon was overthrown.
I am a geologist and taught Earth Science. One thing I taught every year is about the seasons. If you stand on the North pole the sun will rise on March 21 and it will not set again until September 21 and once it sets it will not rise again until March. In other words one day = one year at the North Pole. So in the Bible God will often equate one day with one year. The seventieth week is a reference to seven days that everyone understands as seven years. So I understood the same night as meaning it would take place the same year as the sign. Since the sign was completed and interpreted in 2024 I understand that to refer to 2024. Since Daniel is precise about it being that night I understood that to mean between September 21 of 2024 and March 21 of 2025 (that is the same year for the Jewish religious calendar). However, December 21 would be considered midnight.
The second key principle is "here a little, there a little".
Jeremiah 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
At first I thought this would refer to September 21 since that is when we officially say summer is ended. But we have four seasons and the Jews only had two. Also "the harvest is past" is not true of September 21. Also, we are told in the Bible that Satan will seek to mess up the calendars but that seedtime and harvest would be trustworthy.
So the question to me became when is the harvest past? I looked at when Israel and others harvested crops. But ultimately realized that what really marks the end of the harvest (and summer) is the harvest festival. The Jews have the feast of tabernacles, the Celtics have Halloween, and America has Thanksgiving. Only once that feast is over is the harvest truly past and summer is officially ended.
Thanksgiving was last Thursday. If the US was an agricultural society that would mark the end of the harvest. But we are a service economy and so Black Friday is part of the harvest as is Cyber Monday. We might think that is absurd, but not to China. If Russia and China were to plan a surprise attack you could imagine China would want to minimize the damage to their economy and so not lose any of the Christmas season orders. Also you have to see that the US is "Mystery, Babylon the Great" to realize the US calendar and the US harvest festival are the things we need to be looking at.
Therefore I also looked at Thanksgiving realizing it must be significant and it is. I have already shared about this with the connection to Washington, Lincoln and FDR and how that ties to Barnabas, Ananias and Saphira and how that connects to the rapture.
But what this does is narrow down the range. The Writing on the Wall sign gave us a range of six months, but this has just cut off more than two months. Also it would seem strange to me to say "summer has ended" in January or February. But of course that is not conclusive.
Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
This will narrow it down even more. What feasts do Christians in America have? Basically there are three: Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. But Easter is more of a breakfast and brunch. But also what joyful songs do we have that could be turned to mourning? Obviously we sing hymns year round, but only during the Christmas season do the radios fill the airwaves with these.
Now feasts are plural so I originally thought this indicated He would do this before Thanksgiving and that would be one of the feasts. But as I studied Thanksgiving it seems that this would not be the case. The judgement came after they had given thanks. Then the real light came when I realized that Black Friday and Cyber Monday were both part of the feast marking the end of the harvest.
So then to turn those Christmas songs into lamentation means they are playing, and then they are turned. I would expect this to take place prior to Christmas but how much prior. About halfway seems quite reasonable. Also I remembered Ken Peters dream where he thought it was about two weeks after the rapture that the Antichrist was revealed. I have always felt that December 25th is the ideal day to reveal the Antichrist since it is the birthday of a Babylonian god who is a shadow of the antichrist.
So turning your feasts into mourning, if that is not referring to Thanksgiving and Christmas it then occurred to me that during this season people will have multiple Christmas parties. It isn't just one "feast" but several. The first one I am going to is December 9th and the word says these (plural) will be turned to mourning. Not simply Christmas day. No one is going to have a Christmas feast on the 24th and it is highly unlikely they would have one on the 23rd which is a Monday. So then Friday, December 20th is probably a day that many companies and people will be having them. So I expect these are the feasts that will be turned into mourning.
Again, each prophecy simply narrows down the range. The Writing on the Wall gave us a six month period. Jeremiah 8:20 cut off two months from that. Now Amos 8:10 cuts off everything after Christmas.
There are other prophecies but this gives people an idea.
Hebrews 2:4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Paul said he was a coworker of God. If the prophets are speaking from God He will bear them witness with signs and wonders. Again, you can't simply look for these because Satan can use this to deceive people. But the Writing on the Wall sign is clearly something only God can do. I considered the Revelation 12 sign to be amazing and definitive that we were being given a sign from God that the end was at hand. The problem was it was a sign, and signs occur before the event, so how do you know how far before? This sign appeared in 2017.
But then I saw that this prophetic sign was only a small piece of a much bigger sign called "the writing on the wall sign" that spread from 2017 to 2024. Three solar eclipses whose path of totality wrote out the letters Aleph Tav over the US. Odds are this is the first time in human history this has happened. The letters "Aleph Tav" are the equivalent of the Greek letters Alpha and Omega. While studying this sign I learned that sixty times in the Old Testament Aleph Tav is seen and yet never translated to english. It is like a legal document where we are told to initial here, and here and here, etc. Jesus was telling us in the New Testament that those initials were His. I have shared about the writing on the Wall sign in my blog, there are videos dedicated to it and I have shared links, and of course there are books on it as well. But what makes this sign so special is that you don't have to worry about being scammed, we are told clearly in the Bible that God has placed the sun, moon and stars in the heavens for a sign. No one else has. Also this sign has been thoroughly interpreted, I do not see any way it can be misunderstood if you know the Bible. It clearly references the rapture, the seven year tribulation, the seven years of peace prior to the tribulation, Noah, Sodom, and the sign of Jonah.
But what is even better is it gives us the year. In Daniel it says that the same night that Daniel interpreted the writing Babylon was overthrown.
I am a geologist and taught Earth Science. One thing I taught every year is about the seasons. If you stand on the North pole the sun will rise on March 21 and it will not set again until September 21 and once it sets it will not rise again until March. In other words one day = one year at the North Pole. So in the Bible God will often equate one day with one year. The seventieth week is a reference to seven days that everyone understands as seven years. So I understood the same night as meaning it would take place the same year as the sign. Since the sign was completed and interpreted in 2024 I understand that to refer to 2024. Since Daniel is precise about it being that night I understood that to mean between September 21 of 2024 and March 21 of 2025 (that is the same year for the Jewish religious calendar). However, December 21 would be considered midnight.
The second key principle is "here a little, there a little".
Jeremiah 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
At first I thought this would refer to September 21 since that is when we officially say summer is ended. But we have four seasons and the Jews only had two. Also "the harvest is past" is not true of September 21. Also, we are told in the Bible that Satan will seek to mess up the calendars but that seedtime and harvest would be trustworthy.
So the question to me became when is the harvest past? I looked at when Israel and others harvested crops. But ultimately realized that what really marks the end of the harvest (and summer) is the harvest festival. The Jews have the feast of tabernacles, the Celtics have Halloween, and America has Thanksgiving. Only once that feast is over is the harvest truly past and summer is officially ended.
Thanksgiving was last Thursday. If the US was an agricultural society that would mark the end of the harvest. But we are a service economy and so Black Friday is part of the harvest as is Cyber Monday. We might think that is absurd, but not to China. If Russia and China were to plan a surprise attack you could imagine China would want to minimize the damage to their economy and so not lose any of the Christmas season orders. Also you have to see that the US is "Mystery, Babylon the Great" to realize the US calendar and the US harvest festival are the things we need to be looking at.
Therefore I also looked at Thanksgiving realizing it must be significant and it is. I have already shared about this with the connection to Washington, Lincoln and FDR and how that ties to Barnabas, Ananias and Saphira and how that connects to the rapture.
But what this does is narrow down the range. The Writing on the Wall sign gave us a range of six months, but this has just cut off more than two months. Also it would seem strange to me to say "summer has ended" in January or February. But of course that is not conclusive.
Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
This will narrow it down even more. What feasts do Christians in America have? Basically there are three: Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. But Easter is more of a breakfast and brunch. But also what joyful songs do we have that could be turned to mourning? Obviously we sing hymns year round, but only during the Christmas season do the radios fill the airwaves with these.
Now feasts are plural so I originally thought this indicated He would do this before Thanksgiving and that would be one of the feasts. But as I studied Thanksgiving it seems that this would not be the case. The judgement came after they had given thanks. Then the real light came when I realized that Black Friday and Cyber Monday were both part of the feast marking the end of the harvest.
So then to turn those Christmas songs into lamentation means they are playing, and then they are turned. I would expect this to take place prior to Christmas but how much prior. About halfway seems quite reasonable. Also I remembered Ken Peters dream where he thought it was about two weeks after the rapture that the Antichrist was revealed. I have always felt that December 25th is the ideal day to reveal the Antichrist since it is the birthday of a Babylonian god who is a shadow of the antichrist.
So turning your feasts into mourning, if that is not referring to Thanksgiving and Christmas it then occurred to me that during this season people will have multiple Christmas parties. It isn't just one "feast" but several. The first one I am going to is December 9th and the word says these (plural) will be turned to mourning. Not simply Christmas day. No one is going to have a Christmas feast on the 24th and it is highly unlikely they would have one on the 23rd which is a Monday. So then Friday, December 20th is probably a day that many companies and people will be having them. So I expect these are the feasts that will be turned into mourning.
Again, each prophecy simply narrows down the range. The Writing on the Wall gave us a six month period. Jeremiah 8:20 cut off two months from that. Now Amos 8:10 cuts off everything after Christmas.
There are other prophecies but this gives people an idea.
From God To Man?
I have shared this before but this video cuts right to the spot where there is "about a two week period" for a communications blackout after the rapture.
Since I think that December 25th is an appointed day to reveal the Antichrist and since the Antichrist gets revealed after the rapture I think this two week period is relevant.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12nIi9dF1OhtxKXxmFTxZu-55QtskI0Lc/view?usp=sharing
The Bible never says no one knows the day or the hour
This is a Pdf that discusses how to discern a false prophet, it also discusses several key verses on the timing of the rapture as well as Ken Peters dream, the writing on the Wall sign and a few other relevant points about thanksgiving, and the Pact for the Future.
The Bible never says no one knows the day or the hour
This is a Pdf that discusses how to discern a false prophet, it also discusses several key verses on the timing of the rapture as well as Ken Peters dream, the writing on the Wall sign and a few other relevant points about thanksgiving, and the Pact for the Future.
Is it I?
Mark 14:18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. 19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
Do you think Judas was asking "is it I?" I don't think so, at least Mark does not record that.
But Matthew does.
Matthew 26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
I think the point is that we don't see who the false prophet is until the midpoint of the tribulation. He is not one of the tribulation saints, he is not among those who are raptured before the tribulation and he is not one of the two witnesses.
I think the thief knows who the thief is, the murderer knows who the murderer is and the one who is betraying the Lord knows who that is. But think of what the Lord is doing by saying this. He is telling them to examine themselves. He is also revealing that even among the 12 apostles everyone knew they were sinners and were capable of sinning.
Mark 14:18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. 19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
Do you think Judas was asking "is it I?" I don't think so, at least Mark does not record that.
But Matthew does.
Matthew 26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
I think the point is that we don't see who the false prophet is until the midpoint of the tribulation. He is not one of the tribulation saints, he is not among those who are raptured before the tribulation and he is not one of the two witnesses.
I think the thief knows who the thief is, the murderer knows who the murderer is and the one who is betraying the Lord knows who that is. But think of what the Lord is doing by saying this. He is telling them to examine themselves. He is also revealing that even among the 12 apostles everyone knew they were sinners and were capable of sinning.
Why do you want to know how much time till the rapture?
Matthew 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mark 13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Luke 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Just because you are looking for the rapture that does not tell me everything about your heart. There are a lot of differences between Matthew, Mark and Luke which tells a story that Luke is for those who are taken prior to the tribulation. Reading Luke you realize he is not in a hurry, he is happy to savor every word, every moment. Mark is to the tribulation saints, it is the cliff notes version of the Bible. It is all about action and that ties into why the saints have been left behind. Then you have Matthew which is clearly to the Jews. However, despite all the differences one thing remains the same for all of them:
"there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down".
For years I thought this meant that every stone would be thrown down, but that is not what Jesus said. When I first read the Bible I used to think that people two thousand years ago talked funny, but now I realize they talk "precise", no word is wasted and every word means something. The only stones that get thrown down are those that are sitting or resting upon another. The pillars are holding up the building, they aren't putting their faith or hope on another stone, they have dug down to the rock which is the revelation of Jesus Christ and their faith is sitting solidly upon the rock.
This brings me to the title and the question. I remember many times watching a game on TV and carefully watching the clock hoping for time to run out or hoping that my team could still pull it out. Spectators are very concerned about how long till the end of the game. But then so are the people on the field. I remember I was on the field during a championship game, I had played the entire football game both on offense and defense. I was so keyed in it was like I had been hypnotized. But then our cheerleaders began saying "It's all over now" and it was like someone snapped their fingers and suddenly I could tell I was hungry and exhausted. We were playing defense at the time and the other team threw on fourth down, incomplete. I was preparing to set up for offense when the whistle blew.
My point is for two thousand years no one really paid too much attention to the end time prophecies. A few blips here and there. The Late Great Planet Earth in the 1980s was a big blip, like the baby kicking. But then in 2017 with the Revelation 12 sign it really heated up. Ever since then the interest has really picked up like no time previously in Church history. That being said, you could be a spectator or you could be on the field. Are you speaking the gospel, are you helping at church, are you involved in ministry? Being interested and hoping for the Lord's return is good, there is a crown for those that love the Lord's appearing, but you don't want to be a spectator when the Lord returns, you want to say that you have invested your talent and have gotten a return for the Lord.
Matthew 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mark 13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Luke 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Just because you are looking for the rapture that does not tell me everything about your heart. There are a lot of differences between Matthew, Mark and Luke which tells a story that Luke is for those who are taken prior to the tribulation. Reading Luke you realize he is not in a hurry, he is happy to savor every word, every moment. Mark is to the tribulation saints, it is the cliff notes version of the Bible. It is all about action and that ties into why the saints have been left behind. Then you have Matthew which is clearly to the Jews. However, despite all the differences one thing remains the same for all of them:
"there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down".
For years I thought this meant that every stone would be thrown down, but that is not what Jesus said. When I first read the Bible I used to think that people two thousand years ago talked funny, but now I realize they talk "precise", no word is wasted and every word means something. The only stones that get thrown down are those that are sitting or resting upon another. The pillars are holding up the building, they aren't putting their faith or hope on another stone, they have dug down to the rock which is the revelation of Jesus Christ and their faith is sitting solidly upon the rock.
This brings me to the title and the question. I remember many times watching a game on TV and carefully watching the clock hoping for time to run out or hoping that my team could still pull it out. Spectators are very concerned about how long till the end of the game. But then so are the people on the field. I remember I was on the field during a championship game, I had played the entire football game both on offense and defense. I was so keyed in it was like I had been hypnotized. But then our cheerleaders began saying "It's all over now" and it was like someone snapped their fingers and suddenly I could tell I was hungry and exhausted. We were playing defense at the time and the other team threw on fourth down, incomplete. I was preparing to set up for offense when the whistle blew.
My point is for two thousand years no one really paid too much attention to the end time prophecies. A few blips here and there. The Late Great Planet Earth in the 1980s was a big blip, like the baby kicking. But then in 2017 with the Revelation 12 sign it really heated up. Ever since then the interest has really picked up like no time previously in Church history. That being said, you could be a spectator or you could be on the field. Are you speaking the gospel, are you helping at church, are you involved in ministry? Being interested and hoping for the Lord's return is good, there is a crown for those that love the Lord's appearing, but you don't want to be a spectator when the Lord returns, you want to say that you have invested your talent and have gotten a return for the Lord.
Rapture Less Than 6 Months? Possible Clue With The Former & Latter Rain!
He sees a lot of rapture typology in the Feast of Weeks and I agree with him on all of that. However, the pretribulation rapture coincides with the overthrow of Babylon and I think we have a very powerful sign (Writing on the Wall sign) that tells us that will happen this year. You could argue that would include January, February and March, but not Shavuot (Feast of Weeks).
So I see the wave offering of the two leavened loaves to be a type of the two witnesses that are raised in Jerusalem in front of all. I see Shavuot as being at the mid point of the tribulation and the end comes with Day of Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles.
So he does a very good job of showing how there are many connections to rapture in Shavuot, what he ignores is how to tie it in with Armageddon which I expect will be on the 9th of Av, after Shavuot, Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles.
I assume he thinks the rapture takes place months before the tribulation begins.
He also ignores all the New Testament references to the rapture being at the end of the harvest, not the beginning.
I also agree that Ruth is a type of the Gentile bride and she was married after the harvest was over and past. Which leads to another point, in an agrarian society I highly doubt people got married at the start of the harvest season. That would be a terrible time. Everyone is busy. But once the harvest is past, that would be the ideal time to have a wedding feast and a honeymoon.
He sees a lot of rapture typology in the Feast of Weeks and I agree with him on all of that. However, the pretribulation rapture coincides with the overthrow of Babylon and I think we have a very powerful sign (Writing on the Wall sign) that tells us that will happen this year. You could argue that would include January, February and March, but not Shavuot (Feast of Weeks).
So I see the wave offering of the two leavened loaves to be a type of the two witnesses that are raised in Jerusalem in front of all. I see Shavuot as being at the mid point of the tribulation and the end comes with Day of Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles.
So he does a very good job of showing how there are many connections to rapture in Shavuot, what he ignores is how to tie it in with Armageddon which I expect will be on the 9th of Av, after Shavuot, Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles.
I assume he thinks the rapture takes place months before the tribulation begins.
He also ignores all the New Testament references to the rapture being at the end of the harvest, not the beginning.
I also agree that Ruth is a type of the Gentile bride and she was married after the harvest was over and past. Which leads to another point, in an agrarian society I highly doubt people got married at the start of the harvest season. That would be a terrible time. Everyone is busy. But once the harvest is past, that would be the ideal time to have a wedding feast and a honeymoon.