Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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The Trillion dollar coin, part 2

In a normal world this would not be a major issue. The Pandemic has certainly had an impact on the world's economy so this is not a normal world, but even so we probably could weather this storm, however, the timing with China's collapse of their real estate market at the same time that they have had a really bad year with their harvests makes for extraordinary inflationary pressure coupled with a financial collapse worldwide. Granted, regardless of what is what this would be a crisis to any administration, but possibly not the total meltdown I am suggesting. That is because you are missing the key puzzle piece which is that our enemies hate us and they know that the best way to bring us down is to seize control of the Middle East. If oil is bought and sold in rubles instead of dollars no one in the world will care about having dollars and the US power will collapse. Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey are allied to replace the US as the powerbroker, this was prophesied in Ezekiel 38. China sees this as an opportunity to seize Taiwan.

Anyone who is telling you that we can survive with debt this high is not factoring in a war in the Middle East where Russia looks to replace the US and another war in Taiwan where China looks to seize Taiwan.
 

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Interesting message that compares this last year to Noah's flood which began on Nov 3, 40 days of rain ended on Dec 17th when it was confirmed that Biden was president.


9th of Av was Aug 16/17th that was when the Raven was released -- Washington Monument is struck by lightning and the Taliban took over in Afghanistan.

Following week we know something happens in Israel because the dove returns with an olive branch -- border riots in Israel.
 

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"This will be China's Lehman Bros moment."


Many dominoes will fall. People do not understand how critical it is for China's economy to grow. A recession or depression will hit China much harder than it hits the west.
 

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China is in dire straights.

1. A Lehman brothers mortgage meltdown will be a very tough economic blow for them to handle.

2. Many countries blame China for the Pandemic

3. Foreign investment is leaving China for a whole host of reasons.

Common sense would suggest that this would be a terrible time to attack Taiwan, yet political leaders have a very different calculus, they don't care about the number dead or the cost if it can distract a very angry populous.

If China attacks Taiwan the following things will surely happen

1. China is thinking of using commercial ships to move 2 million Chinese for the invasion. This would be suicide. In an age of missiles and drones that Taiwan could fire at and sink commercial ships these men would die at an unheard of rate. Generally that would be enough to guarantee they wouldn't do it, but if you have a massive famine going on killing 2 million men could be seen as a "win, win" for the CCP.

2. If China attacks Taiwan there will be counter strikes to take out China's infrastructure (roads, bridges, dams, power plants). China is already rationing electricity, this will make it far worse. There will also be embargoes of food. The US and Australia are two of the world's biggest exporters of food. China is in very serious need of importing food and the whole world has had a very bad year for food production so things are already going to be very tight. These two things combined will be catastrophic to a country that fears famine more than anything else.
 

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Fire flowing from the mountains

 

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Proverbs 27:14-27 Contrasting those who do not care about the state of their flocks with those that do.

14 The flatterer who loudly praises and glorifies his neighbor, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as cursing him.

Fauci loudly praised Cuomo’s handling of the Covid crisis in NY. Now we suspect him of having sinister purposes. By following the guidelines NY had the worst outcome and that caused the pandemic to appear much worse than it otherwise might have and it prompted a call to shut down the entire US economy long before it might have been necessary. Many now think this was contrived to undermine Trump’s reelection.

15 A continual dripping on a day of violent showers and a contentious woman are alike;


Maxine Waters is a contentious woman. Stacy Abrams is a contentious woman. They are like a continual dripping.

16 Whoever attempts to restrain might as well try to stop the wind—his right hand encounters oil.


They refuse to be accountable for all the evil they have stirred up and caused.

17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.


This is why we need the fellowship. Steve Bannon’s war room is all about being a force multiplier, sharpening the countenance of all those who are listening so they could take action. The show is about equipping people with the facts.

18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who patiently and faithfully guards and heeds his master shall be honored.

Jesus is our master, make sure that when He returns you are patiently and faithfully guarding the fig tree.

19 As in water face answers to and reflects face, so the heart of man to man.

Speak from the heart and your passion will be reflected in the hearts of others. Psalms says “deep calleth unto deep”.

20 Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the place of destruction) are never satisfied; so [the lust of] the eyes of man is never satisfied.

Misery loves company.

21 As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so let a man be in his trial of praise.

So once again we return to where we started. The best praise comes out of this refining pot. All the insults, accusations and even threats towards Bannon were like the refining pot for silver. One thing about Bannon I really appreciate, he won’t let any guest go beyond what the evidence is. He pushes back, he challenges them to provide the “receipts”. He isn’t interested in yes men, he is interested in those who move the case forward with the evidence.

22 Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

This is why the day of evil approaches, to pound the fools in a mortar with a pestle. Who knows, maybe some will repent.

23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds; 24 For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to all generations?

This is the biggest complaint about Biden and Harris, they do not appear to have any concern about the state of their flocks. I heard one woman suffering from this open border saying “I am a democrat but I have learned my lesson”.

25 When the hay is gone, the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountain are gathered in, 26 The lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats the price of a field. 27 And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance of your maids.

The rapture is the gathering in of the grass, wheat is a grass. Be at peace the Lord has all things prepared for us at this time.
 

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John 14:1-14 -- That where I am there ye may be also

14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

These verses are mind blowing. In the back of my mind there has always been this question, the end of the age the AntiChrist, the beast and the false prophet are in a pitched battle to establish their kingdom as a counterfeit to the Lord's kingdom, if that is the case why is the Lord rapturing all these saints right before the battle? Also, why do you leave the sleeping church here while taking those raptured saints? If this were a football game you are pulling the first string right as the game begins and leaving the bench players. As long as we are asking those questions, why does the Lord leave at the beginning of an age where He is bringing in His kingdom?

The Lord tells us here He is going to the Father and we need to believe that He is in the Father and the Father is in Him. The other option is to believe for the works sake. In this second option He tells us that we will do the works that He did and that whatever we ask of Him in His name He will do. If we ask anything in His name He will do it.

Consider what He is saying, for a few years He was on Earth and demonstrated all of the works He did, just like the prototype of some invention. It is like seeing an amazing new computer that can do all kinds of things. Now we learn it wasn't the computer, it was the software. Think of God the Father as the mainframe and Jesus as the software, and we are PC's that can plug into "the cloud". If we access this "cloud computer" using the name of Jesus everything we saw demonstrated by Jesus can be done by Him through us. That is a pretty awesome view of the last two thousand years, but there is more.

He has gone "to prepare a place for us" and in the Father's house "there are many abodes". When the saints are raptured Jesus receives us unto Himself that where He is we may be also! So where is He? He is in the "cloud" fully connected to all the believers. For two thousand years we were trained to be one with Him in our Spirit, well the next step is to be with Him where He is still being one with Him in the Spirit. It seems to me that this promise to do anything that you ask in my name will become intensified. It is like the Lord coming in the clouds with a whole host of His saints following behind Him as the calvary. The rapture does not remove the saints from the battle, it takes them to a higher level.

Now compare this to transhumanism. This was described in the TV show "the six million dollar man". They can replace your body parts with "better" and "stronger" parts. They can put soldiers into robotic shells so that they can carry six hundred pounds of gear and travel at 20 mph and do that all day without getting tired. They are mingling the use of AI to make us smarter, and even integrating the human brain with computer brains. In actuality robots can replace many of the jobs that people do today. All the computer needs is lots and lots of data. For example we have pilots flying drones remotely. Every single flight provides the AI data with which the AI can learn to fly. After a decade of data the AI can fly the drones better than the humans. They can drive the vehicles, fly the planes, build the cars, respond to orders on the internet to package, load, and ship products to people. 3 D printers allow a computer to build products with less manpower. They even have 3 d printers that make houses. Transhumanism is a counterfeit to what the Lord is doing.
 

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1Corinthians 11:23 -- 34 Do this in remembrance of Me.

1Corinthians 11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Keeping the Lord’s table is how we remember the Lord, it is how we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. Many have talked about the Old Covenant festival of trumpets being a holy convocation for the Messiah’s wedding. But in the New Covenant our holy convocation of the wedding is the Lord’s table. We have also talked about how the festival of Trumpets was proclaiming the coronation of the king, but when we proclaim the Lord’s death we are sounding the trumpet of the Lord’s victory over death, that He is the conquering king who ascended to the throne. We are counting to the day the Lord comes by keeping the Lord's table, it is the New Testament version of the Passover feast.

Many people are confused by this whole get vaccinated or lose your job rule. What do you do? You proclaim the Lord's death until He comes. We have been teaching that the world is a condemned building and that the whole world lies in the evil one. This should not be a surprise.

27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.


Again, many of us have been talking about the Old Covenant’s day of Atonement which is a day of judgement. From the Festival of Trumpets you have ten days of awe to examine yourself. But the fulfillment of this in the New Testament is the Lord’s table. The Lord says that when He comes if He finds you feeding the children of God then He will say well done, but if you are out drinking with the world He will make your portion with the hypocrites.

We have been disciplined by the Lord in many ways, trained to live economically, eliminate sin from our lives, and to have some self respect. I explained to my son the difference between all these whiny protests and the Civil Rights movement in the 60s. Martin Luther King Jr. did not lead people to write letters of protest or to call their congressman. He said if the bus doesn't treat us with respect then we will walk. Even the elderly chose to walk several miles to and from work rather than ride the bus. Very quickly the bus company realized they would go broke without the blacks. That was self respect. When DeBlasio gave his mandate to teachers at the end of August 50% of teachers were not vaccinated. They should have all decided to walk out, instead the Union meeting was fully controlled and directed in a deceitful way to lead everyone to a feeling of helplessness. The worldly system includes the unions, the only union we need is the church. If 50% of NYC teachers had resigned on the first day of school DeBlasio's mandate would have collapsed. But they didn't have the spine or the self respect to do that. Think about that, you eat the Lord's table, His body and His blood which He willingly gave on Calvary and you don't have the spine to stand up to this pathetic vaccine mandate? You ate in an unworthy manner and you ate and drank judgement on yourself. The Lord's table indicates what you are made of. Are these cowards really composed of the risen Lord?

33 So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together. 34 Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. And when I come I will give further directions.

Yes, at the end of the age when the Lord comes there will be further directions.
 

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A further word on standing up to bullies

Twice before I have been in the same position. They are both long stories but the bottom line is you are faced with a decision, leave with nothing, or stay and be in chains of sin. In both cases I left and in both cases the Lord took good care of me and in both cases I saw the "end" of those "thieves". Leaving was always the right move. You keep your self respect, you are not a slave to sin, and you learn valuable lessons. Meanwhile the thieves have a bitter end. Because of those two events I live way within my means so walking away from the school system was easy. The first time I had to "walk away" I really sweated that decision. The second time I was more sure of myself, but still quite upset for a few days. This time I didn't sweat it at all. I had been disciplined by the Lord. I had already become quite clear that the worldly system is condemned and I have the full trust in the Lord. Inside I was filled with life and peace.
 

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1Corinthians 12 -- A more excellent way for Oneness and Diversity

1 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

There are two different messages: "Jesus be cursed" and "Jesus is Lord". Now the gifts of the Holy Spirit are not based on race, or ethnic background, or age or sex. It is based on whether or not you have the Holy Spirit. One message attempts to curse Jesus, the other proclaims that Jesus is Lord. When we talk about diversity of gifts we are not including those who are seeking to curse the Lord and His people. For too long Christians have been confused, thinking that being meek means we need to be one with everything and everyone. No, the Bible says “as much as is possible be at peace with all people”. The caveat is “if it is possible”. It is not possible to be at peace with someone who is seeking to curse you and the people of God.

4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. 7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.


Would you let a wicked, evil person who desires to bring you harm take care of your kids? Would you let your kids sit in front of a TV and allow them to teach your kids? Yes, there is a great diversity of gifts, some people have a word of wisdom, some a word of knowledge, other have a word of faith and still others gifts of healing. There are those who get prophetic words, dreams and visions. What is common to all is that God is speaking to us through all these people. It is always the same Spirit. Mr. Roger's Neighborhood was an example of the diversity of gifts. But there are many other TV shows that are perverse and do not be so naive as to think that this only refers to the adult TV shows. Hollywood does not discern what is healthy for children, they would have never carried Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Mr. Roger's Neighborhood was a TV show devoted to teaching children what it means to love your neighbor, that is not a message Hollywood tries to give.

Unity and Diversity in the Body

12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.

The Body is always dealing with foreign attacks on it. Viruses, bacteria, all kinds of things are coming into contact with the Body on a daily basis. We know that some of these things are trying to steal the word from us, just like the birds that eat the seeds sown. Some are trying to choke the word by censoring it, banning it, and ridiculing it. Some don’t want to receive the word because of hidden sins that make their heart stony. Think of the field as your elementary school and all the kids are there receiving the word. You cannot allow the birds to steal the word from them, the stony hearts of those who are teaching your kids to prevent the word from growing and the weeds from growing up to choke out the word in that school. If you want a successful crop you need to deal with the birds, the stones and the weeds.

15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

We are one because we all have the same Spirit, we are diverse in our expression of that Spirit which is expressed in our gifts. There has to be a balance between “diversity” and “oneness”. What many are doing is making the illusion of diversity the thing that is our fundamental oneness. It isn’t a diversity of gifts but a diversity of flesh. The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, they are requiring that everyone be one with those who are saying “Jesus be cursed”. We cannot be one with that, the Spirit wars against the flesh. This is the fact, you will never get peace and unity with the Holy Spirit and the Flesh.

21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

Cancel culture is when one part of society says to another “we don’t need you”. What we are seeing now is that one part of US society is saying “we don’t need you” to those who proclaim that “Jesus is Lord”. However, everyone who has the Spirit, who proclaims that “Jesus is Lord” cannot agree. Every member of our Body is indispensable. We cannot allow any member, especially the ones that seem less honorable, to be “cancelled”. I heard a very interesting interview with this Hollywood actress. She was very famous having been the star of a long running and highly rated TV show. She said that Hollywood was notorious for having an "anything goes" attitude regarding deviant behavior. But when they found out that she had voted for Trump they cancelled her. They have the illusion of diversity and inclusion, but that does not include conservatives or Christians. Rather they will include any form of the flesh but war against the Spirit.

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28 And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? 31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

Yes, every member is indispensable, but there is still an order, a headship in the body. We must all be one with the fellowship of the apostles. That is how you determine if the speaking is of the same Spirit or not. Perhaps we are not clear if the speaking is one with the fellowship of the apostles, what then? The fellowship of the prophets could help clear that up, teachers can help us, guidance, different tongues, etc. Every member can help us stay balanced and on the path that leads to life.

And yet I will show you the most excellent way.

The way that the church in Ephesus took is not “the most excellent way”. They discerned, examined and judged those who called themselves apostles and weren’t. That was certainly one way to do this, but it wasn’t excellent because they forsook their first love. Our first love is the savior who saved us from sin. Instead of loving the sinner and preaching the gospel of salvation they forsook their first love and became self righteous, judgmental, and sectarian. Jesus is the way, He is the more excellent way, and if we take this way we will express Him.
 

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John 19:1-14 Mob Rule

1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple garment; 3 and they came unto him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands. 4 And Pilate went out again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find no crime in him.

Is this how they used to interrogate people? You scourge them, a horrific penalty, you slap them around a little, you mock them, ridicule them. This whole thing confuses me, is Pilate saying “hey you can see we have gone through the entire interrogation protocol and have not found anything”? A lot of people are shocked at the lawlessness we are seeing today, this tells me it can get a lot worse.

5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold, the man! 6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I find no crime in him.

This is mob rule. The judge has ruled that he found no crime in Him and yet He will be sentenced to death in the next few minutes.

7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.


So these are “law abiding” Jews demanding the crucifixion of an innocent man?

8 When Pilate therefore heard this saying, he was the more afraid; 9 and he entered into the Praetorium again, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Pilate therefore saith unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify thee? 11 Jesus answered him, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.

Wow, Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion. This statement by the Lord is bold as a lion. Jesus is Lord, He has heard of the unrighteousness, but now He has come down to see for Himself. This is like the CEO of some company pretending to be a lowly employee to learn what is actually going on in His company. Pilate is probably used to these people cowering before him and here is someone letting him know that God’s wrath will be poured out and Pilates cowardice before this mob is not as great a sin as that of the religious leaders violating the law and lying about it. Proverbs 28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. When the land is ruled by this mob mentality there is transgression. It takes understanding of the law, of righteousness, and knowledge of the facts to keep the state from sailing onto the rocks and being destroyed.

12 Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar’s friend: every one that maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. 13 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment-seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.


We see this all the time, we saw this in the last election. Think about it, what was the major reason that many people voted against Trump? I’m not talking about those who actually voted for Biden because they support abortion or some other agenda of his, I’m talking about those who voted “against Trump”. They wanted peace. They felt that Trump was responsible for stirring up all kinds of hatred and reactions. They just wanted it to stop. Proverbs 28:3 A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. People, just like Pilate, will justify all kinds of oppression because “they need peace”. But ask yourself, since Biden has been elected has there been any rain, any blessing?

14 Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!


Three times this chapter refers to “the preparation”. This is a reference to Jewish tradition of preparing for the feast of unleavened bread, the day before the feast is the preparation, you aren’t allowed to be working on the sabbath (the feast day is considered a sabbath) so this day is called the preparation. But I’m going to ignore the Jewish tradition because that is only a shadow, what we are witnessing here is the true preparation. Jesus is the incarnate word full of grace and reality. This is the reality of the preparation. Proverbs 28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them. 5 Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things. 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. So what is the preparation? How could I know what the “preparation” for the Passover is if I don’t know what the Passover is. The root word for Passover is the word for stand, it signifies that God is about to stand over the house to prevent it from being broken into and robbed. The avenging angel is coming to take vengeance on the cruel and abusive people and the blood on your doorpost indicates that you were not one of the abusive ones, rather you were one of those that had been abused. If you praise the wicked who are calling for Jesus to be crucified then you are one who has forsaken the law. If you are contending with those calling for the crucifixion of Jesus then you are one that keeps the law. To keep the law refers to keeping it under trial, when the pressure is on. The evil ones calling for Jesus to be crucified don’t understand justice, they claim they are keeping the law. Pilate also doesn’t understand justice. If you are one who is easily swayed and goes whichever way the wind blows then you don’t understand justice. You may think “you have a good heart” but your heart is deceitfully wicked and you don’t even know it. This crucifixion is perverse in its ways. Who cares if these are the religious or political leaders of the country, they are all about to suffer God’s wrath and judgement. I would much rather be poor and able to stand before the judgement seat of Christ than to be rich and condemned at the Great White Throne judgment.

So let’s apply this to today. The second impeachment of Trump, that was not justice, that was wicked. Accusing 75 million people who voted for Trump of insurrection because the FBI engineered a false flag operation, that is not justice, it is wickedness. Recently the court in Manhattan is doing outrageous attempt to find anything that they can pin on Trump or Giuliani. Those that are keeping the law are contending with the powers that be concerning the truth, concerning election fraud, concerning censorship, concerning the use of vaccine passports, etc. They understand how all of this is moving towards a totalitarian regime of the Antichrist. They understand that what is going on is perverse and even if they loose their job, are excommunicated from society, imprisoned or even killed it is better to be able to stand before the Lord’s throne than to be cast into the lake of fire with the wicked.

This is what the preparation of the Passover does. It separates out those who will be judged for their sins from those who are covered by the Lord’s blood. It separates out those who like Moses would prefer to be poor and walk in integrity than to be perverse. It separates those who know Jesus Christ, full of grace and truth, from those who are deceitfully wicked.
 

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The "rapture puzzle" confuses everyone. Here is an example of one person trying to put the pieces together. The good thing is I think they are referring to quite a few pieces of the puzzle. However, it is an explanation I never heard of before and is a good example of the wide range of interpretations out there.