Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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They have laid a snare for us

Psalm 124:1 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

What is about to happen will be suddenly, like a Tsunami.

6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

We, Christians and Jews, have been stalked by a predator.

7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Let's talk about this snare. A simple google search will tell you a fowler's snare is a wooden structure surrounded by netting with a closable opening. Simple videos show a fine netting hard to see, but not impossible. They will lay out seeds as bait. We know in the Bible what the trap looks like, it is the mark of the beast, a digital currency that becomes part of your body, making it impossible for you to receive Jesus as savior after you take this. We can surmise that it would be very similar to, if not the same, as Neuralink, a brain chip that connects you to AI. This digital currency is the net, it will prevent you from being able to buy or sell anything unless you worship the Beast and Antichrist. Now DOGE has been sprinkling around the bait. We can all understand how hateful the censorship, shadow banning, and slander has been the last four years. It is understandable that people want revenge. It is like a pendulum, you push it in one direction and then it easier for it to swing in the other direction, especially with a push. Elon Musk has built up trust among Christian conservatives by buying Twitter, exposing the shadow banning of some sites and bots used to inflate the stats on certain sites. Satanists like Elon know that the real threat to them is Evangelical Christians and to gain their trust they pushed liberal atheists, useful idiots, to one extreme to then shut them down. So it is a predictable response to then applaud DOGE for exposing corruption and saving taxpayer money. However, what is the true motivation for a billionaire to take this job? He is replacing people with AI and robots. He is finding out what every person has done in the Federal payroll, this allows them to determine how much of their jobs could be done by AI. FreeMasons expose their game plan to take over positions of power. If they can put AI into every office, and every corner of the Federal government then they will fully control the Federal government through the AI. The trap is laid.

You don't have to fire everyone in the country, unemployment at the height of the great depression was around 25%. If they can fire 20% of workers in the government (city, state and federal) as well as 20% of those in fortune 500 companies the US will be brought to its knees. Then you sprinkle around little seeds of bait, "DOGE refund checks". The trap is not only set, it is baited.

There is no one who can stop what is coming, if the US does not take the lead in AI and robots then Russia, or China, or Iran or the EU will. Pandora's box is open and no one can put this demon back in the bottle. What they have let the public know about is 20 years behind what they have.

Elon Musk asking for every employee to give the five most important things they did on the job the previous week, that is analogous to Jesus coming to the fig tree looking for fruit. Only the US Federal government is not a fig tree, it is a mountain. The goal of this is to take this mountain and cas

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
 

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let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

Judges 6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

Lord Jesus, we call on You, they have cast down your altar and the blood of your sacrifice. We pray that you would come forth and plead for Yourself. Let all who have done this know for a certainty that they have brought judgment upon their heads. Amen.
 

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Let's consider the tables of the money changers

Mark 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. 15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

According to Mark Jesus curses the fig tree and it withers up prior to flipping the table of the moneychangers and there is no mention of casting mountains into the sea. This word "moneychanger" is used three times in the gospels: Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15 and John 2:15. But it isn't in Luke.

In Matthew it is the day after Jesus overthrew the table of the moneychangers that he curses the fig tree. When the disciples marvel the Lord gives them the word about telling this mountain to be taken up and cast into the sea.

In John this takes place during the first Passover and when the Jews ask for a sign He says "destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up".

Now my concern is that this is a very important story and yet it is not in Luke. I want to find it.

A Millstone is used 4 times in the New Testament

Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone G3458 were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Luke 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone G3458 were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

In Matthew this word is given as a fitting punishment to those who have offended these little ones while in Luke it is said as the better option one should choose rather than offending one of these little ones. In Luke you are faced with a tough choice, offend the little ones or put a millstone around your neck and be cast into the sea.

Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, G3458 and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

The destruction of Babylon is likened to this punishment for offending little ones. Luke is giving us the story of those who are raptured prior to the destruction and Matthew is giving us the story of the Jews who are saved after and have the destruction of Babylon as an example.

When I visited the capital of Minnesota I was very impressed by what a grand and magnificent building it was. It was built at the time of the Great Depression. I asked how Minnesota had so much money to build such a building and was told that at the time they milled 25% of all the flour the US consumed.

Deuteronomy 24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

The very first mention of a millstone equates it with a man's life, which I understand to be his livelihood.

The Lord is not simply saying take a heavy stone and put it around your neck, no He is saying take your livelihood and put it around your neck. If your job is to offend little ones it is better to put that job around your neck and be cast into the sea. I am reminded of the movie "The Insider" about a man who knew what the tobacco industry was doing and blew the whistle. As a result the tobacco industry tried to bury him in the sea. They put the full weight of their legal team to attack and destroy him.

This is what Babylon is guilty of, this is what Epstein Island and Diddy parties reveal. When the US is judged with this judgment it will crash the US economy, destroying the US dollar as a reserve currency and "flip the table of the moneychangers". However, this event takes place after or at the same time as the rapture. Since Luke is written to those who are taken in the rapture it is not in this gospel. Mark is to those who are left behind and Matthew is to the Jews who are saved as a nation, so both of those gospels refer to this event as a key event in their gospel.

In John it is a prevailing theme of the gospel. Chapter 2 lays out two key themes, the wedding in which the water is turned to wine, and the flipping of the moneychangers tables which is the destruction of the evil Babylonian economic system.
 

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Abimelech and the Millstone

There is one very interesting story about a Millstone in the Bible. Abimelech, the son of Gideon, asks a simple question:

Judges 9:2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

This is the appeal of globalism. Right now if you lived in Ghana and wanted to buy something from France you have to take your money and change it into US dollars and buy the item. Meanwhile the people who sell it will get US dollars and then have to convert that to EU's currency. Everytime the money is changed the moneychangers take a cut. So one all these transactions going on around the world money changers are getting a piece of each trade. However, if the entire world had one global currency you could eliminate all of this. So they agree and then Abimelech eliminates the other 70 children of Gideon.

Judges 9:5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

So here we have a picture of him "offending these little ones".

People rebel and Abimelech brings an army to put down the rebellion.

Judges 9:53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

His death is not unlike what the Lord said about a millstone hung around your neck and you cast into the sea. So in this story we can see the millstone tied to the moneychangers. In the center of this entire story we are given this parable:

Judges 9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us. 11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. 13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

Each of these trees has a fruit that makes it valuable. Olive oil, Figs or wine. But what about the bramble, it also has a fruit that makes it powerful. Fire. Forest fires take place when the forest is full of brambles. In a drought they will very quickly become dry and easy to burn. In a bureaucracy you will naturally, over time, be the bramble. If someone can make olive oil, or figs or wine they will go into the private sector. Think about what Elon Musk just did with DOGE -- tell us the five most important things you did last week on the job. Anyone running a private company could do that easily, but if you work for some bureaucracy most people are simply paper pushers and can easily be replaced with AI and robots. They are brambles, they don't have figs, or wine or oil to offer. This is the story of Jesus cursing the fig tree. This is a picture of the judgement on Babylon and we don't have the judgment seen in Luke. We do see Elon coming to the fig tree and seeking fruit. So this shows us how close we are to the Lord's return.

16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands; 17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: 18 And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;) 19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

This is what always happens with dictators, they will be like a forest fire burning down the land.
 

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To recap, Gideon casts down Baal's altar and says "let Baal plead for himself". We then see one rise up to kill all of Gideon's children but one and this guy is himself killed with the millstone hitting him in the head. Jesus flipping the tables of the moneychangers is casting down Baal's altar.

Antichrist wants a new world order where he has supreme authority. He gets this by having one digital currency. But to do that he must cast down the altar of the moneychangers. They will not be happy about that and will kill him with a head wound.

So then the only way to accomplish this is if Satan can imitate the resurrection of the dead as a counterfeit Christ. They have the technology for cloning people. As for neuralink and these brain chips they are hawked as a way to restore sight to the blind, the lame will walk and the deaf will hear.

The great delusion is not simply saying UFOs were responsible for the rapture and that we have good aliens who are here to serve man. It is also a counterfeit Christ, a counterfeit gospel which even includes the thought of "living forever".
 

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More on the debate concerning being saved by Grace and be justified by works

Jesus with His blood redeemed us, we had been sold as slaves to sin. But by Jesus' blood we were redeemed from sin and death. That is what it means to be saved by grace. Nothing that we did, all that Jesus did.

However, now that He has purchased us we are like land that He desires to develop. He may call one person to build a "hospital". By that I mean to have a healing ministry. Another might have a teaching ministry, etc.

Jesus can and will buy any land there is on earth. You may think you are a terrible, horrible sinner and no way that you can be saved. You are like a toxic land fill. The land is polluted. I saw a video of how there was such a barren land that they then used to dump orange peels (they made orange juice and then dumped the rinds in this place). Thirty years later it was transformed into a beautiful forest.

Imagine you are gang leader who has committed every kind of atrocity and horrible crime. You have been convicted and are serving a 30 year prison sentence. You are like that toxic waste land. Every word that comes out of your mouth is foul. But you get saved, and for thirty years you spend hours every day in the Bible. You are not transformed into the image of religion, but you allowed the Lord's word full reign in your heart to transform you. Now when people see the "before and after" pictures of you when you were convicted compared to you thirty years later they will be shocked at what the Lord can do. But not only has the Lord transformed you, perhaps in the thirty years you were able to have a powerful impact in the prison. That prison becomes your mission field.

My point is that if you allow the Lord to have full reign in your life, if you immerse yourself in the word of God, then God will be glorified. It doesn't matter how sinful and terrible you were or weren't. Everyone has a different calling because it is a glory to the Lord Jesus that He can transform everyone into a precious stone and that His gospel will go to the lowest dungeon as well as the President's house or the chambers of the world leaders.

However, the act of being redeemed is not the end of the story of salvation, it is the beginning. The once saved always saved crowd will often make the Lord redeeming us with His blood the end all and be all of the gospel. But what about our calling? What about our being coworkers with the Lord building the House of God? What about our being witnesses? What about our hope that one day the Lord will say "well done thou good and faithful servant?"
 

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Another Gospel

Galatians 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

I just saw a copy of the Mormon Bible and it said on the cover "Another testament of Jesus Christ"

7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Also consider the JW's translation, a perversion of the gospel of Christ, as are many other translations.

8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

Again, reminds me of the angel that preached the gospel to Joseph Smith.

9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

There is the prosperity gospel that equates physical wealth with spiritual blessing and there is a version of the Once Saved Always Saved gospel which is also different from what Paul preached, then of course the Mormons and JW's also preach a perversion of the gospel that Paul preached. After all why do you think there are many that claim Paul was wrong? Because it is clear that either Paul or they are wrong.

10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

That is the test, which gospel fully aligns with the word of God. We are not trying to please feminists, or the LGBTQ community, or anyone else who is offended at us calling out sin as sin.
 

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He stumbleth because there is no light in him

8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

This is not a rhetorical question, it is a real question. They are asking the Lord why He is going back when He knows they are trying to kill Him.

9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

The Lord is telling them they need to walk in the light, the question indicates they are in darkness. But what is interesting is this phrase "no light in him".

Matthew 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Why is anyone filled with light? Because their eye is single. The disciples are looking at the world, they are looking at the threats, and if they do that they will stumble in the darkness. Jesus is the light of the world, if our eye is single on Him then we will walk in the light and not stumble.

Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Vain words are man's opinion. Men of their own selves can do nothing. They wanted to kill Jesus, but unless the Lord allows them they can't touch Him. Jesus is God's Passover lamb, so they will not be allowed to touch Him. If you know this then you will not be distracted and blinded by vain words.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

When you pay attention to their vain words it is like taking the exit ramp from the narrow way. You cannot walk the narrow way that leads to life if you are being distracted by vain words that are blinding you and causing you to stumble.

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

John 11 when Jesus goes to Bethany and raises Lazarus from the dead proved what was acceptable to the Lord.

So then what does this have to do with "the day of equal parts"? That day divides the season, prior to that it is Jesus time to preach the gospel and after that it is their time.

John 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

After the rapture they will shut down the internet and reboot it using quantum computers so that they can exercise complete censorship. The light of the word will be with us prior to the rapture, but after the rapture the sun will go down on the times of the Gentiles and it will be a time of darkness.

This has been a time of light for Christians. There are billions of Bibles distributed worldwide. They are everywhere and it is easy enough to get a Bible for free or for as little as $5 if you buy one. Bibles are online for free. But that is all about to change. This word in John 11 is an answer to the disciples. It is a scary time, all kinds of confusing words on the internet. But Jesus is walking assuredly because He is walking in the light. He is not analyzing what the main stream media is saying, those are vain words. He is filled with the light from the word. That is the light that is in Him. That light is about to go out. All the believers who are filled with that light will be the ones raptured, and then all those left behind will be soon be cut off from getting the word any other way except from the Bible if they have a hard copy and from face to face fellowship with others in small group gatherings.
 

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Are there not 12 hours in the day?

9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

There is a debate about this verse, rather minor, but among the watchmen. They understand that this is a reference to the Equinox, though they will prefer to talk about "the day of equal parts". In the Spring and the Fall the Sun will be directly over the equator and on that day you will actually have 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night for every location on earth. Some think this is a hint as to the day of the year that Jesus said this.

I believe you have to have at least two other verses to support your interpretation, I feel you always need at least three Biblical references. When it comes to the equinox there is almost no reference at all in the Bible other than to say that you have the changing of a season. It is a dividing line between winter and spring. However, the Bible rarely refers to Spring and does not refer to Fall at all.

But there is another way to look at it and that is from the North and South Pole. At the North pole the sun rises for the first time on the Spring equinox and does not set again until the Fall equinox. So for one hemisphere it is the sun rising on a new day. For the other hemisphere it is the sun setting on the past day. Now this is something that the Bible talks about frequently.

Matthew 16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

In Matthew Jesus tells the Hypocrites they cannot discern the sign of the times and it is all about the sky being red. There is blood in the heavens. Look at Ukraine, look at Gaza, look at numerous places over the last 100 years and the heavens are red with blood. What does this mean? It depends, is the sun setting on you because you are one with the Lord, or is the sun rising on you because you are one with the Antichrist? Two years ago we had a singular event in the heavens, a dividing line. All of the solar and lunar eclipses are mirror image around this time line. If you move out a certain number of days to the Lunar eclipse on March 13th then you can subtract the same number of days to the same kind of lunar eclipse. There is a symmetry. John 11 refers to Jesus waiting two days before coming and I believe we see that in these two years.

So Jesus is likening the equinox to the day that the sun rises on half the earth and sets on the other half. And even to a bigger sign where the entire heavens see the same thing. So I agree this verse about 12 hours of day is a reference to the Equinox. But it is a reference to it because the Lord is talking about walking in the light and stumbling in the dark. Prior to this point the disciples can walk in the light but after this point they will be stumbling in the dark. He is describing the situation right before the sun sets and the darkness takes over.

There is absolutely no verse that would support that the rapture takes place on the equinox while there are verses saying it will be on an appointed day and that it will be on a full moon. Purim is an example of an appointed day that is also a full moon and this year is also a blood moon. We have prophecies saying that this is the kind of day that the Great Day of the Lord begins on.

That said, I believe that after the rapture the internet will go down for about three weeks. During that time believers can dive into the Bible if they have a hard copy and there will not be anything on the air waves to distract them or confuse them. However after the three weeks the internet comes back up and now it will be fully controlled by the Antichrist. There will be complete censorship, not simply shadow banning but complete elimination of any material he does not want on the internet. Also, there will be insidious deep fakes. They will imitate many preachers who have been online and teach all kinds of twisted teachings. Also the Bible will be distorted online. I believe the rapture takes place prior to this three weeks and that the equinox will occur sometime during the three weeks. I also believe that this verse in John 11 is warning that this is about to happen, that the darkness is about to come and you must have the word of God which is a light to your path inside of you.
 

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What advantage then hath the Jew?

Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

What is the advantage to being brought up a Christian? You aren't saved by who your parents are or by what you do? So then is their no advantage at all?

2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

Yes, there are advantages in every way. The chief advantage is you are presented with the word of God from your youth. The red rock eater, he eats the red rock and he becomes the red rock. There are many people brought up who are not given this chance. To hear the word of God, to have it presented to you, to be able to see first hand those who are servants of the Lord, that is your advantage.

3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

This is a wonderful lesson. Many think the goal of preaching the gospel is to bring people to the Lord. But then that would mean someone who does not believe is somehow exercising control over your ministry. On the contrary, the word of God is effectual whether or not someone believes. Your job is to be a witness. When you are a witness you are not responsible for the verdict of the jury, your only job is to tell the truth. What they do with that is their job. Some people will reject the gospel, but they cannot be judged by God unless the gospel is presented to them.

4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

We need to be thankful and praise God that every man is a liar. If preaching the gospel were easy, it would be boring. What makes the gospel so enjoyable is that it is challenging, that we are challenged, that we do have to overcome. There is a tremendous feeling of accomplishment when you do overcome and that is what makes life so enjoyable.
 

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There is no light in him

9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

This phrase no light in him stuck out to me. Usually we talk about the Lord being the light, or the word of God being a light, but here the light is in him. It is no longer good enough to have the light separate from you, rather you must have the light in you. Jesus must be in you, the word of God must be in you. So I have looked for other examples of this and you have the story of Gideon.

Judges 7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.

What God does here is a brilliant military strategy. Three hundred men surround the camp of the Midianites of 132,000 men. It is a dark night. The Midianites know that Gideon has raised an army to fight them. All of a sudden the trumpets blow, the vessels are broken and they see the lights completely surrounding them with men. They believe this army has snuck up on them in the middle of the night. But they don't have any light in them, so in the dark they attack anyone with a sword and so the Midianites wind up killing each other. Because Gideon has so few soldiers the Midianites are completely confused, they can't see the army that has snuck up on them so they think they have infiltrated the camp.

There is nothing more unsettling than thinking you have overwhelming superiority in strength and yet the other army seems completely unconcerned by your show of force. This makes you think they know something you don't.

Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead was when He blew the trumpet that He is the resurrection and the Life and when He broke the vessel so that all could see this light. The ones who stumbled were those who were in the dark. They are in the night and there is no light in them.

Right now the Antichrist Beast system that is rising up is trying to shut off all the light. They are trying to confuse people, manipulate people, and distort the truth. You cannot rely on anything the main stream media tells you. If you are looking to the news to give you light in the dark you are going to stumble. Jesus is telling us that Lazarus was a pivot point, much like the equinox is a pivot point between winter and spring. At the moment they are still walking in the light but soon the light will be taken away and you will be walking in the night. The only way to not stumble is if the light is in you.

So yes, you can interpret "there are 12 hours in the day" as a reference to the equinox. But the Lord is not saying that very day is the equinox, only that they are fast approaching this pivot point. Prior to this point you can walk in the light of the Lord and the word. But after that point that light better be in you, otherwise you will stumble. For example you may have a favorite preacher on the internet, once they bring the internet back up with the quantum computer either that preacher will no longer be there or else he will be there as a deep fake that the Antichrist is now manipulating. You might be using Bible apps online like Biblegateway and Blue Letter Bible, today that is fine, but after this pivot point those online tools will also be distorted.
 

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The very first point she shares is how Satan can take advantage of us. He needs us to agree, and anything you say or do can be seen as an agreement.

Suppose someone tells an offensive joke and you laugh, that laugh could be an agreement. Suppose you comment on social media about what should be done to someone else. That would be seen as an agreement. Jesus has given us the rules "as you have done it will be done to you", "with what measure you measure it will be measured to you"

What did Job do that allowed God to remove the hedge of protection? You can detect pride, Jesus instructed us to pray that we not be led into temptation but rather that God would deliver us from evil. That is a humble prayer. But Job was praying for others lest they had sinned as though this no longer applied to him. This is not a theory, why would God boast about Job that there was no one else like him? Why would God put the spotlight on Job for Satan to focus on him? God is righteous, so there is no valid reason to do this except one, Job was having these thoughts.

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A Hedge of Protection

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

In the book of Job we learn that God puts a hedge of protection around His believers, and their house and all that they have. God blesses the work of their hands and causes their substance to be increased. So then the question we need to be asking is what did Job do that prompted God to remove this protection and blessing? Over the course of the book of Job God teaches Job a lesson and once he learns that lesson the hedge of protection is returned and the blessing is returned.

So what is the lesson?

8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

God is not a liar, if God says this then we can eliminate sin. That was not the reason God removed the hedge of protection. However, let's consider this, God is omniscient. He knew that if He asked Satan to consider Job that the result would be an attack. Based on verse 8 many conclude that God is like some bored kid with a magnifying glass burning ants up. However, God is righteous, His throne is established on righteousness, and God would never do anything that is unrighteous. We have a covenant with God that He will protect and keep us. For God to simply break that covenant would be unrighteous so you can also eliminate that as a possibility.

However, if Job was thinking "there is none like me in the earth, a perfect and upright man, one that feareth God and escheweth evil" it would not be unrighteous for God to agree with Job and even boast of him to Satan. We are judged by our words, and our covenant with God warns us straight up "pride goes before a fall".

So let us consider this, suppose Job was proud, he no longer thought that he could fall but instead prayed for others in the event that they would be led away by temptation. Let's look at what God says to Him?

Job 38:1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

It is very clear that God is dealing with Job's pride.

Job 40:3 Then Job answered the Lord, and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

God has placed a hedge of protection around us, Satan cannot touch us, and He has blessed us. But don't become proud. Be thankful, be full of praise, be joyful, but also be fearful that you might fall into the same temptation that Lucifer fell for and then God will be forced to teach you a lesson. The lesson is simple, you are not God, and you are no match for Satan if God removes His protection.
 

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John 11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

The way I understand this, Jesus is referring to the Equinox as a time when the sun sets on one and rises on another. In other words the restrainer is taken away at the end of the day as the sun goes down and then a few days later the sun rises on the Antichrist. This does not mean that the Antichrist is revealed on the equinox, nor does it mean the rapture is on the equinox. Rather it does imply both happen very near to the equinox and the Lord's point in saying this is to make sure that the light of the word of God is in you prior to this time of the Antichrist.
 

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At the time appointed the end shall be

Daniel 8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed H4150 the end shall be.

God tells you the end from the beginning, He alone is the one that can do this, so it is a confirmation that the Bible is the word of God. Therefore, it is not just reasonable but essential that the key events during the seven year tribulation including the rapture, are at "the time appointed".

Daniel 11:27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. H4150

It is encouraging to us to know that God could forsee the lies, the deceit and all the manipulation and gaslighting.

Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, H4150 but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

There is a very strong confirmation that the vision of the Lord's return is for an appointed time.

Esther 2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

This is clearly a picture of the Bride being raptured, the crown upon her head, and it is not during a feast of the Lord, it is during Esther's feast. The Feasts of the Lord are the ones that Jesus accomplished, the ones Jesus paid for. This Feast is for all the saints who have also paid the price. The rapture is not during Passover. We are told clearly that the Lord accomplished that for us, it was all of grace and none of us.

Leviticus 23:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

It is very clear that these are the Lord's feasts. It is His incarnation, His crucifixion, His resurrection, His ascension, His return, His judgment and His wedding. In Genesis we are told that the Bride is bone of His bones and flesh of His flesh. We will reflect the Lord's glory but we will not usurp it.