Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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50 days

Let's discuss this concept of 50 complete steps to the Feast of Weeks. The way in which you count is very important.

15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

Seven complete sabbaths from the resurrection of Jesus. We have seven churches. We need to see all seven, complete. The last of the seven is Laodicea, a church where the Laity rules. We are seeing this today, where churches are set up to please people. Do not say things that will send the crowds away. Don't talk about sin, don't talk about hell. Preach a prosperity gospel, preach once saved always saved, Do not talk about repentance, or sanctification. So this is the first thing we see to make this count, in other words this is a description of the church age.

16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.

Unto the Morrow, that to me sounds like unto the Millenial kingdom. God describes the creation as seven days, each a thousand years. The term "unto the Morrow" sounds like the day after the day of the Lord.
 

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How do we make AI to serve man and not destroy him?

Job 41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

This is what the Lord will do at the end of the age.

Ezekiel 38:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

Being a Christian is not simply about being cleansed by the blood of Jesus and made clean, it is also about becoming the warrior of the Lord to bring in His kingdom.

2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

The problem with AI is who is going to serve who? Is man going to become a servant to the computer or will the AI serve man? In the Antichrist Beast empire man will become a servant of AI. In the Millennial kingdom of the Lord AI will become a servant to the Lord. All of these technologies like nuclear power, robots, drones and AI can be used for good as well as for destruction. The question is who will it serve, Satan or the Lord Jesus Christ. Job needed to learn that simply being redeemed does not answer these other questions like how do we make AI to serve man and not destroy him?
 

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Job 41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

We should learn this, all things

Colossians 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

For example, we hear that they have created these cell phones to track us and create a data base on us. So, we pray Lord Jesus, as they have done to us, let it be done to them. Let them be tracked. Let the cameras and listening devices and AI be turned on them to track them, to hunt them and to do unto them as they have done to others.

We hear how they have created AI to replace people and take their jobs. So Lord we pray, as they have done may it be done to them. They dug a pit, may they fall into the pit they have dug. All these things we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Lord of All, who has redeemed and justified us by His blood. Amen.

11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
 

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All he needed to do was pray

Job 42: Then Job answered the Lord, and said, 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

We listened to Job complain for the whole book about how God was not fair and now at the end he realizes all he needed to do was to pray. Every time you desire to complain think of it as a reminder to pray instead.
 

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Feast Of Weeks Rapture Patterns In The Gopels


I have several issues with this however, it also brings out some very interesting revelations that I think do shine a light on the rapture.

1. Shavuot is a picture of Moses ascending up the mountain to heaven to get the covenant from God. Jesus fulfilled this on ascension day. I have shown from the Bible that at the very least ascension day had to have been 49 days after Resurrection day. Therefore Jesus would never be telling the disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until the Spirit is poured out on them if that was the same day as Shavuot because they obviously would be staying until the next day since that is why they were all gathered in Jerusalem. So although the Bible does not tell us directly that Jesus ascended on Shavuot we can put the pieces together and realize this certainly was the case.

2. The reason I was reluctant to embrace Shavuot as a picture of the rapture is because it is a picture of the ascension. However, 2 Timothy 2:12 if we endure, we will also reign with him this verse tells us that we will reign with Christ if we endure. So this verse may be pointing to the rapture and the harvesting of "early figs" could also be a type of the rapture.

3. So then, how does this fit with Lot? I think that Lot refers to the left behind saints, just like the end of Luke describes those left behind after the ascension. What the rapture does is once and for all end all debates over who is telling the truth and who isn't. This allows those who are left behind to focus on their ministry. Also, everyone was scared on Shavuot because of the thunder and lightning and this could refer to the fire falling on Sodom and Gomorrah. At the time of the rapture those left behind must flee to the hills just like Lot. This will be in the US where many Christians will have to flee the coasts to go to the inner part of the country. Fifty days later we can have the killing of the 3,000 false prophets of Baal.
 

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I think this solves the riddle of the Pentecost's


He ties Jesus appearing three times after the resurrection in John to the first rapture, the tribulation saints, and the nation of Israel all being saved at the end of the age.
 

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The Pillar of fire and cloud

During the church age we follow the Lord's leading, and it is the pillar of cloud by day and fire by night.

The fire represents the word of life spoken by the spirit filled saints. The cloud represents the cloud of witnesses who have gone before us andd given us their testimony.