Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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What shall be the sign of the end of the world?

1. When shall these things be? When the gospel is preached to all the nations.
2. What will be the sign of the Lord's coming to Israel? When you see the abomination of desolation in the Holy Sanctuary.

But now we are looking at the sign of the end of the world.

Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

This is a repeating pattern. The sun was darkened and the moon didn't give her light when Jesus was crucified. That was followed by the "stars falling from heaven" meaning the Jewish leaders were deposed. The powers of heaven were shaken when Jerusalem was besieged and the temple destroyed. That is our pattern. It will be repeated at the time of the rapture when Jesus comes in the clouds, and again it will be repeated at the end of the Great Tribulation when Jesus comes with power and Great glory. We have a solar eclipse followed by a lunar eclipse this month prior to the Feast of Trumpets. According to the prophecies a great earthquake followed by the sun being darkened and the moon being turned to blood precedes the great day of the Lord, the 70th week, the seven year tribulation.

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

The rapture refers to the first fruits being offered to God, this verse here is referring to the general harvest which comes after the firstfruits.

So then before you can understand the signs of the end of the world you need to understand the context. It is a harvest. Suppose you are in a wheat field growing up to God. The "end of the world" is when the wheat is harvested, cut down, threshed, and the grain is sent to the grain silos.

32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

so then the signs we are looking for are signs of a coming harvest. A fruit tree must bud before you will get a harvest. What is the "fig tree". This does not directly refer to Israel, instead it is an indirect reference. The first mention of a fig tree is when Adam and Eve fell. They covered themselves with fig leaves. Why would they do that? Perhaps when they ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge and their eyes were opened the fig leaves were the ones readily at hand. In other words, perhaps the Fig tree is an example of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. The national tree for Israel is the olive tree, but here Jesus is referring to sinful nations and lumping Israel in with them. So yes, this refers to Israel but it also refers to the UN. Israel's birth was in 1948 and the UN's birth was in 1945. So when do you harvest the fruit trees? Well you need to realize that the raptured saints are not likened to fig trees, they are likened to olive trees. The rapture is when the firstfruits of the oil is offered to God and that is on the Feast of Trumpets.

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

This expression "so likewise, when you see all these things" is telling you this is very complex. He is not saying when you see this one thing, but when you see all these things and He also says "likewise" meaning He is referring to both the rapture prior to the seven years and the coming in glory at the last three and half years.

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

OK, so now we can check the prophecy. If we use the definition of a generation as "seventy years, eighty if you are strong" and realize the level of precision here is a decade, that means 65 to 74 years is the decade for seventy and 75 to 84 is the decade for "strong or obstinate" then the judgement on the obstinate generation begins when the UN turns 75. The UN was born on October 24, 1945. That was Chesvan 11, the day that "Methuselah" is said to have died, and the day that Rachel, the matriarch of Israel, died, and the day Yitzhak Rabin died. The UN is "born" on the day these three died and three years later Israel is resurrected from the dead. 75 years later the positive aspect of this generation has died, leaving only the obstinate. They are now actively seeking this Covid vaccine, and we see war break out in Ukraine in January of 2022, and in Israel in October of 2023, and in Iran in 2025. Now notice that Israel turns 75 in 2023, the year that war breaks out there. We are now two and a half years into this war, you can't compare this to the six day war or Yom Kippur war, this is far bigger, more massive and longer in duration. Those other wars were labor pains, this war is Israel going into labor.

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

The prophecies that had to have been fulfilled here to the year are astounding. Israel being resurrected from the dead, walking out of the Holocaust, the UN being formed, and all the various steps which have led us to this Psalm 83 war, Jeremiah 49 breaking the bow of Elam and setting the stage for Ezekiel 38. The gospel of Jesus Christ going to the four corners of the earth. Israel having the red heifers and sacrificing one in 2025. Everything being prepared for the sacrifices to be resumed on the temple mount. This is truly a testimony that Jesus Christ is Lord.

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Look at what Jesus didn't say. He didn't say we don't know the signs. He didn't say we don't know that Israel will be reformed or that the sacrifices will be resumed on the temple mount. We do know the signs, what we don't know is the day and hour they will be fulfilled.
 
What shall be the sign of the end of the world (2)?

Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Do you realize how significant it is that the UN was born on Cheshvan 11? The day that Methuselah died is a "day of Noah". That was the day that he entered the ark, and the death was a prophecy that after that death the end will come. Meanwhile when the 70th decade came to an end for the UN and they celebrated their 75th year that is when the flood began to come with the Pandemic and vaccine mandate.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Everyone was eating and drinking right up until the Pandemic when social distancing requirements shut down the restaurants. You couldn't have a wedding ceremony or any other celebration at a restaurant, or even at your home. Think how incredible it is that so many people still don't realize the flood is coming and will take them all away. The October attack on Israel by Hamas was called "the Al-Aqsa Flood". That was in 2023 and the people were clueless holding a festival right on the border with Hamas. Think of that as a preview, we are about to see an even bigger flood.

Look at the names that Israel and the US gave to their military operations.

Israeli Military Operations
    • Operation Swords of Iron (2023–2025): The official military designation for the multi-front war following the October 7 Hamas attacks.
    • Operation Iron Wall (2025): Counter-terrorism and security incursions focused on the West Bank (such as Jenin).
    • Operation Rising Lion (2025): Large-scale Israeli Air Force strikes targeting Iranian military and nuclear infrastructure.
    • Operation Days of Repentance (2024): Precision retaliatory strikes against Iranian air defense and missile production facilities.
    • Operation Lion's Roar (2026): Coordinated military operations executed alongside the U.S. against Iranian targets. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

United States Military Operations
    • Operation Prosperity Guardian (2023–2025): A multinational naval coalition task force formed to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks. [1, 2]
    • Operation Poseidon Archer (2024 onwards): Precision U.S. and allied strikes targeting Houthi military capabilities in Yemen. [1, 2]
    • Operation Rough Rider (2025): Extended naval and air deterrence operations involving dual U.S. aircraft carrier deployments to the Middle East. [1]
    • Operation Midnight Hammer (2025): Strategic long-range air component strikes targeting regional threats. [1]
    • Operation Epic Fury (2026): Major offensive campaign commenced by U.S. Central Command against Iranian infrastructure in close coordination with Israeli forces.
 
What shall be the sign of the end of the world (3)?

The days of Noah refer to Jesus going through the flood with the church, the seven souls on the ark with Noah. Entering the ark doesn't mean rapture.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

This is our first reference to the rapture. Therefore one way you can read this portion of the word is sequentially, meaning the rapture comes before the ten virgins are woken up. In that reading the ten virgins are supposed to be 288,000 priestly evangelists, raised from the dead (or raptured) who are on the earth during the tribulation lighting the way for the left behind. However, half of them were not ready for this assignment and so we have 144,000 to do this during the tribulation. That is one way to read this. However, "that which has been is that which shall be" so just as you will have celestial witnesses lighting the way for those left behind, you will also have a celestial witness lighting the way for the wise virgins. Just like the wise men who saw the Lord's star and came to worship Him, so also at the end of the age the wise virgins will also see the celestial sign telling them to come and worship the Lord at His second coming.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

The men who were left were in the gospel field and the women who were left were grinding grain, the word of God, to make bread to feed God's people. The only clue as to why they are left or taken is the words themselves. To be taken refers to being taken as a close personal friend. To be left is the same word as "divorced". So imagine you have two couples, both seem to be good Christian couples but then one gets divorced. You didn't realize something was going on in that family that had broken the marriage covenant until the divorce. It will be the same at the rapture. Many Christians who are active in ministry and active in teaching the word of God will be divorced at that time, or they'll be raptured. You don't know who is who beforehand, but after the rapture everyone knows who was faithful to the Lord and who wasn't.

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Why do people rebuke the watchmen telling them "you don't know the hour your Lord doth come"? Jesus said "watch therefore". That is what they are doing, and I can't think of a single "watchman" that has said they know the hour. The watchmen are doing exactly what Jesus told them to do, in other words they are being faithful to obey the Lord's command while those rebuking the watchmen are not.

43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

It would be a great help to know which watch the thief is planning to come. But you don't know, so you have to watch at all hours. The people who rebuke the watchmen point to 1988 as a justification. But the fact that watchmen were overly anxious in 1988 is not a justification to not watch now. We don't know which watch the thief will come and so we have to watch at all times.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

That is the one principle that applies to thieves. They try to come when you least expect them or are least ready for them. Satan can't stop people from reading the Bible and watching for the signs. So then what he can do is to rebuke them, and flood the airwaves with bogus speakers, on one hand you have those rebuking anyone who is watching for the signs, on the other hand you fill the airwaves with ridiculous posts about people seeing a number on a house or a number on a license plate and trying to make that into a prophecy so that those who hear begin to dismiss all prophecies.

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Therefore the right reaction is to feed the believers from the word of God and there is a "due season" in which prophecies should be taught. You don't need to talk about Red Heifers until the five red heifers are brought to Israel. You don't need to talk about the Psalm 83 war until the 2023 attack. You don't need to talk about breaking the bow of Elam until the 2025 attack on Iran. And of course, you don't need to talk about the ten virgins being ten Virgos beginning with the Revelation 12 sign until the Revelation 12 sign in 2017.

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

This explains why some are taken. The difference in those in the field and those grinding the grain is that some of them are giving the believers meat in due season.

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

This is exactly what many pastors and Christians are doing. They are active in ministry but they are also active in claiming the Lord is delaying His coming and they smite their fellow servants rebuking them for talking about the Lord's coming, and this is because they are eating and drinking with the drunken. That is why they are divorced.

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
 
ZNP said:
This was very interesting. According to him hell is a place where God isn't. While on earth you get a choice, do you want to live with God or not? If you choose to live without God then you go to a place where God isn't. God is love, so it is a place without love. God is hope, so you go to a place without hope. God is light so you go to a place without light. God protects us from harm, so there is no protection from demons in hell. God is the source of life so there is no life, with God there is the water of life, so there is no water, etc. You can't understand what it is for God to be the water of life if there is no contrast, no dry and waterless place.

So people are asking the wrong question. They ask "how can God be so cruel". The reality is that God isn't cruel, He is merciful, and full of grace. So if you choose to live in a place without God it is a place without mercy or grace. The real question we should be asking is "if you know that God is merciful and good and full of grace why would you choose to live in a place without God?"
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The interesting thing is that hell is in the earth.
 
Prophetic dreams and visions from my lovely Jesus

NO VIDEO YET! FOR THE GLORY OF FATHER GOD.Sun, Moon, Stars Strike Back, I send 3 days of Darkness 7-27-26@3:13 PMDaughter, this world sits on the dawn of a new day. Your President Trump seeks to use nuclear powered weapons against Iran as your nation's government tries to reel in his full control of such presidential powers. Did I not say Babylon-America will be the first to feel the power upon its nation's soil first? Then Ukraine will follow next. Yes, yes I did. It's time for mankind and the inhabitants of this world to see the true hand of the Living God move against those who would try to rebel openly and even secretly against His righteous control and power. Oh world inhabitants, have you not learned from lucifer and the angels who rebelled in Heaven and were forcibly cast out of His Heaven that you cannot overthrow the commands of the one true living God, Yahweh, Elohim? Also, known to some as Jehovah, or His Son Jesus Christ, Yeshua Ha' Mashiach, Lord of all and King of all kings even over your world. I am My Father's Son and judgment of the Earth and Heaven has been placed into My hands. For is it only the Father's will that I do, for We are One. One and the same, yet different also. Hear Me now as I give this command. I shall stop you before these weapons are released in any other order than what I have declared. And to ensure this I shall allow now the destruction of evil Babylon-America city of Manhattan, one of New York's five boroughs to be destroyed, but not fully by these such types of weapons.I shall serve your President Trump's nation a slice of pie. Three to be exact, before I send forcibly by My command this whole world, the whole created firmament into complete, utter, gross, gnashing of the teeth darkness, where terror reigns and men's hearts, their evil hearts will fail them in fear of all that comes inside the 3 days of darkness.Let Me remind you, Father and I are all knowing, for I am no longer on the earth as a man, but in My restored glorified state. You cannot outwit, outsmart, or even come close to the mind of your Creator and God who knew every thought, every action, and word you would speak before He begin creating you.It's time for you to see, oh world. It's time for you to learn and recognize that the God of Heaven and His beloved Son have not relinquished Their power and control over the rule of the nations or the inhabitants of Our world. Shake and tremble, oh evil habitants. As I told evil wicked Babylon-America, they were not prepared for the holy Judgment and Justice I bring to them, I say, neither are you. Fall down on your knees and repent. Rend your hearts and not your garments, for I bring a fiery, burning fist of judgment to you now in the display of power few can withstand. I start with the Sun who has only begin to wake up. Sun, oh Sun, arise, awake! Hear the voice of your Creator. Resist forever now, that's sent your way to try to manipulate and harness your power for evil purposes. Strike back! Come awake fully, I command. I send scorching heat and flares upon flares, so, when My darkness descends, no one but the holy and righteous will discern in Me it is the correct time.I speak to My Moon and created stars, you now have within you the ability by My command to resist the evil and their abilities to try to harness or misuse your glorious light or power. Strike back! Hear the voice of your Creator. Send a recoil when you are attacked to be misused.Moon, oh Moon, created light for mankind's night, it's time to expel the fallen ones and their hidden locations inside and upon your darkest side that faces away from the Earth. Prepare to go into battle! I unleash the restraints that I had commended to hold back the hovering darkness. Now it shall descend suddenly at a point of noon by My command. I told you world, you are not prepared for the holy fight of Justice I bring to your world and it's evil inhabitants. Daughter I'm done. It starts now! Now! Now! Verses:Judges 5:20; Luke 21:26; John 5:22; 10:30; 17:5; Isaiah 34:2; Jeremiah 10:10; 18:7-8; Psalms 9:17; 33:10; 103:19; 113:4; 115:3; 148:8; 1 Chronicles 29:11-12; Nahum 1:3; Zechariah 14:12; 15; Job 9:7-8; 42:2; Matthew 8:27; Psalms 104:7; 19; Jonah 1:17; 4:8; Genesis 1:16; Isaiah 30:26; 60:19; Revelation 16:9; Psalms chapter 19; Amos 8:9; Deuteronomy 28:29; Job 5:14; Isaiah 16:3; 59:10; Psalms 91:5-6
 
So I have a new insight into the parable of the ten virgins, previously the big insight was that the Revelation 12 sign in 2017 is the Midnight cry. This insight explains the Lord's word that "I don't know you"

So let me go through the Parable with this insight applied.

Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

The parable begins with "then" or "at that time". This interpretation does not make any sense prior to the 2017 celestial sign. The "Then" here refers to the celestial sign in the heavens. The translation here says "the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins" but that is not what the Greek says. The Greek says it shall be likened to the kingdom of the heavens, not the kingdom of the heaven. But before 2017 no one understood how this parable would apply to the sun, moon and stars. It was the Revelation 12 sign that changes that.

2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

So a bunch of Christians see this sign and they start sharing on social media, Facebook or on CC, youtube, etc.

3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

The foolish ones shared their salvation experience, maybe a couple of other experiences as well. But they didn't have the practice of going to the Lord every day to get fresh oil. Instead they got their oil from the Pastor and he wasn't talking about the Lord's soon return, he wasn't talking about current events or the mark of the beast or any of that.

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

The wise were different, they had an established practice of going to the Lord every morning, digging into the word of God for themselves. Everyday they were able to get fresh insight, fresh revelation from the word of God.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Maybe they were alert in the 1980s but since then they have "fallen asleep" while watching for the Lord's return.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

So this midnight cry would be the Revelation 12 sign seen on the Feast of Trumpets in 2017. Once you see the heavenly sign that indicates the Lord is coming you are to blow your trumpet. The word is actually "the day of shouting" or even "the day of the awakening shout". So everyone is shouting "the Lord is coming".

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

All ten of these virgins have a word to say about the Lord's coming and so they trim the lamp. That means they cut off the charred portion. Maybe they thought "this generation" could mean a forty year period but now they are using Moses' word about it being 70 or 80 years. That is "cutting off the charred portion of the wick" and then lighting the lamp.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

But very quickly all they had from "88 reasons for 1988" or from Hal Lindsey or whatever, those sources run dry very quickly so now their channels run dry.

9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

So the channels quickly divide up into two groups, those who are getting a fresh word from the Bible every morning and those that are buying from those that sell. They invite speakers on, interviews, etc. It is hard to have something day in and day out for 9 years. You need a word to speak for every day and there are 3,000 days.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

This is the key word, those that were ready. What made them ready? They had an established practice of going to the Lord each day to get a fresh new word from the Lord, a practice that they have followed thousands of times.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

The key word here is afterward. What is happening recently is the use of AI. You couldn't do this in 2017, even in 2020 it was in an infant stage, but "afterwards", at the very end of the nine years we are seeing AI generated posts proliferating. You can go to AI and write a post to support or debunk anything. Get a report on bible verses that support the pre tribulation rapture, or debunk the Revelation 12 sign. It is easy. Now all of a sudden those foolish virgins can share way more words than the wise virgins. They are flooding social media with their posts.

12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

He doesn't say that anything they have posted is evil, or good. He simply says "I don't know you". They didn't go to Jesus, they didn't go to the incarnate word of God, they went to AI. They thought all their posts were helping, but the criteria for being invited to a wedding is not that you have written great reports, the criteria is that you know the two people getting married.
 
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Matthew 26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

Pattern is prophecy. They did this to Jesus, who was the greater David. King David was betrayed to be crucified prior to him becoming King and that was a type and shadow of what would befall Jesus. Every word is important here, because the Feast days are a dress rehearsal for the real event. Paul tells us in Colossians 2 that the Feast days are prophetic. So not only do we know that Jesus will be betrayed the way king David was, we also know that this will take place on the Passover feast because He is the lamb of God, and we know that like a Passover Lamb He will be crucified so that His blood will be drained and poured out onto the mercy seat. Also, since pattern is prophecy, since that which has been is that which shall be, we also know the same thing will happen when Solomon becomes king.

3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

King Saul assembled in his palace and consulted with his men on how to take David with subtilty. Then prior to Solomon becoming king Adonijah gathered his men into a banquet to consult how to seize the throne by subtilty before Solomon was crowned.

5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

The bottom line is that God is the one calling the shots, not the enemy.

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

Matthew is general, doesn't name Judas by name, but ask yourself, who would be most offended by this? If Judas is the one stealing the money that is given to Jesus' ministry and this was a really big outpouring that he wasn't able to steal, we can conclude he would have been most offended. So why does Matthew tell us "the disciples" had indignation when we know it was Judas? We know that only Judas betrays Jesus, not the rest of the "disciples". But Judas is operating in the shadows, he talks to one disciple and says "too bad, we could have given that money to the poor" and then that disciple acts like a useful idiot saying out loud to Jesus "Why this waste?" The point is the one who is most vocal in being offended is likely just a useful idiot, not the one who is actually the traitor.

9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

Do you see what is going on, the phrase "when Jesus understood it" meant they were murmuring among themselves and not speaking directly to Jesus.

11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. 13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

Wow, do you understand this? The disciples who were murmuring about this and troubling the woman, blaming her for pouring out that ointment on the Lord, they were useful idiots. They didn't understand what was happening. But the woman did. The woman understood that Jesus was going to be crucified in two days. The gospels tell us that Jesus was telling the disciples this, but it also tells us that many of them were too dense to understand. However, this woman did hear it and did understand. Pouring out the ointment was proof she understood. This ointment was her dowry, it was the one thing she had that she could give to one person, and her hope and prayer was that she could make it count. Every one of us has a life. You want that life to count. You want it to mean something. You can join the army, you can be a teacher, you can try to be a rich businessman. Two thousand years ago there were millions of people, all deciding how they wanted to spend their life. How many of those people have a memorial to them that has stood for two thousand years? Today there is a memorial to Jesus that has stood the test of time, there is a gospel of Jesus that has gone into the entire world, and what this woman has done is also a memorial that has stood the test of time.

14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

There is a distinction between "the disciples" and "the twelve". Matthew doesn't say the apostles were murmuring against the woman, they say the disciples were. The woman who poured out the ointment is one of the disciples.

15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

A wedding is a covenant relationship. Judas enters into a covenant relationship with these evil chief priests. That is a picture of the apostasy which must come first. Jesus had to be betrayed, David was betrayed, Solomon was betrayed and Jesus had to be betrayed. Paul tells us the apostasy must come first, and there will be this murmuring and complaining about those who are paying a price to announce this beforehand by disciples of the Lord who are "useful idiots". Maybe they are jealous, envious, or simply dim witted. But whatever the reason Judas is able to manipulate them. The same thing will happen prior to the rapture. There must be those telling you beforehand that it will take place because God tells the end from the beginning and that is the proof that He is God. There must be a price to pay because that is called "a sacrifice of love". There must be disciples who are useful idiots of the apostasy. And there must be the apostasy for all of this to take place.

16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
 
Matthew 26:23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

The chief priests didn't want to kill Jesus at the feast. It makes perfect sense, everyone from all of Israel is there in Jerusalem. Everyone would find out that day and there could be a big uproar. But Judas goes to them and tells them "my cover is blown, He knows". So they have no choice, they have to act immediately or they miss the chance. What prompted this? First you have the woman who poured out the ointment, that is what got him to go to the chief priests and covenant with them to betray Jesus. The second thing that freaked him out was Jesus exposing him that He knew he was going to betray Him. Those two things, working together are what caused the Chief Priests to change their plans. Think about it, they manipulate others to be "useful idiots" and the Lord in turn, manipulates them to be "useful idiots". As you have done it will be done to you.
 


This one verse Changes Everything in Revelation 13!

Very interesting theory explaining the two beasts.
 
Just a thought.
Given that the ten virgins are a succession of ten events from 23 Sept 2017 to 17 Sept 2026.

1) The 23 Sept 2017 great sign
2) The 2018
3) The 2019 COVID
4) The 2020
5) The 2021 Ukraine/Russia war

Now the signs get harder to see and only those with their lamps full make the connection.

6) The 2022
7) The 2023
8) The 2024
9) The 2025
10) The 17 Sept 2026 ending to the ten signs of Moses. Death and destruction of Egypt (US)

So half of those who took note of the great sign have fallen way over the past ten years.
 
The third biggest help I got in witnessing*

John 4:28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

This is the example given to us in the Bible of the most effective gospel message. The message is very simple and direct, share your personal experience that caused you to see that Jesus is the Messiah. Tell people the things that Jesus has done in your life. Not as a professor, but as a witness on the stand and they are the jury who must decide for themselves if Jesus is the Christ.

*see posts 16,682 and 16,683 for the first two helps.
 
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

My personal experience of Christians who "borrow oil". I was in a group that was completely focused on the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. Now this group did something unique, after every message there was a time of personal testimonies. Usually there would be thirty minutes for people to stand up and share a testimony relevant to the message shared. This is extremely difficult. We did not know beforehand what was going to be shared, you weren't given a chance to prepare, and standing in front of hundreds and sometimes thousands of people to share your personal experience of the Lord can be intimidating. As a result what many people did and ultimately the vast majority of people did, was to simply read a commentary on the verses that had been shared that had been published by either Watchman Nee or Witness Lee. Now I also shared regularly, but I never read the commentaries for a testimony. I did read their books, I did know all of their commentaries, but my interest in getting saved and becoming a Christian was to have my own personal experiences of the Lord. I didn't want to parrot someone else's ministry. Everyone else had found a "shortcut" to having a "testimony". Simply read a footnote or short commentary. But I didn't do that, I prayed, the lord would shine a light, and I would realize I had an experience that week that directly related to the message.

When I read this parable I immediately recognized the "foolish virgins" as those who had found a shortcut to getting oil for their lamp. Simply borrow someone else's oil. So the lesson I get from this parable is the Lord is saying from the moment of that "midnight cry" all of those commentaries and prior messages are not going to help you. But it is worse than that, if your whole life you have simply borrowed someone else's oil, if you thought that ministry is simply studying commentaries the way a professor would study research before writing out a lesson plan, then your house will collapse in the storm, and the Lord's return is a storm. The wise virgins were not being stingy, they were simply telling them the truth. You have to buy the oil for yourself. You need to be able to go directly to the Lord in prayer and look at the word of God directly for spirit and life.

I don't think many appreciate the truly stunning significance of "I do not know you". Why does anyone get invited to a wedding? Is it because they write good lesson plans based on Bible teachers and commentaries? No, the only reason anyone gets invited to a wedding is because either the bride of the groom knows you. The foolish virgins didn't know the Lord because they didn't go to Him in prayer to get the oil, they went to someone else's message, canned sermon or commentary.

I like to compare this to being a quarterback in football. Every single play in football is a test for that quarterback. He has three seconds or less to answer the test. He must recognize the defense and know where each receiver is, figure out who is open and get the ball to them in that time. He can also audible to a different play if he recognizes the defense beforehand. You can spend as much time in practice as you want to prepare, but when you are being tested you have three seconds or less. The pressure is intense and unless you have trained specifically to do this you can't. You can't spend your whole life borrowing canned messages and now all of a sudden pick out those personal experiences you have had. What makes this really easy to spot is AI. Now with that people who are posting these canned messages are very easy to spot.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
 
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10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
 
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The third biggest help I got in witnessing*

John 4:28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

This is the example given to us in the Bible of the most effective gospel message. The message is very simple and direct, share your personal experience that caused you to see that Jesus is the Messiah. Tell people the things that Jesus has done in your life. Not as a professor, but as a witness on the stand and they are the jury who must decide for themselves if Jesus is the Christ.

*see posts 16,682 and 16,683 for the first two helps.
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The fourth biggest help I got in witnessing

Genesis 28:16b Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.

You have to see that the Lord is in your daily experiences. You have to see that if you pray for light, if you pray for an experience of a verse you will get an answer. It will not be a giant spotlight, it may be a tiny little candle, but if you pray believe that you will receive it and it will be there.
 

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Isaiah 3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
 
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