Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

Revelation 6:1-8 -- The Four horsemen

6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come. 2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

The rider has a bow but no arrow. The rider had a crown and he came forth conquering and also to conquer. Some think this represents the antichrist, false prophets, and the false gospel. Others think it represents the gospel. Jesus has a crown, He is Lord. He came forth from the grave conquering sin and death. He has already shot His arrow. The gospel is going to be preached to the uttermost parts of the Earth. Everyone who participates in this ministry is led about in the victory train of Jesus. Finally, Jesus has conquered and He is going forth to conquer. Prior to Jesus resurrection and ascension this gospel was sealed up. Paul said that the prophets had longed to see what we see. Throughout the gospels you see that the apostles and the religious leaders did not have the vision, it was sealed up to them, yet the Lord fulfilled all the prophecies. On the other hand, wherever the gospel has gone so also have the false prophets, and the counterfeit gospel. This horse precedes the red horse of war and leaders have always made the reason to go to war as being a way to serve God. We have seen this time and time again. Hitler blamed the Reichstag fire on the communists as a pretext to go to war. The US accused Vietnam of firing a torpedo at one of their warships as a pretext for war. We used WMD's as a pretext for war. Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So then another theory is that this horse represents both the gospel and the false gospel. Satan cannot come up with anything unique, he merely copies what the Lord is doing with his own counterfeit gospel just like Paul said in Galatians.

3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come. 4 And another horse came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

The red horse is considered to signify war. That seems perfectly reasonable, he takes peace from the earth, they should slay one another, and he has a great sword. But, what about war was sealed up? At the time of Jesus' ascension many of these rulers were considered to be ruling by divine right. That came into question after people began to confess that Jesus is Lord. The persecution of Christians in the Roman empire was very much related to the fact that they did not recognize the emperors as having divine rule. Over the last two thousand years through the gospel people have come to question the rulers. That was unthinkable at the time of Jesus. The reason they call the US the “American Experiment” is because for the first time a country was going to allow the common man have a say in how they are governed. We have learned that these wars are fought over pretense and fabricated reasons. We made up reasons to fight the Spanish American war, as well as the Vietnam war. Hitler took power through a number of acts he perpetrated but blamed on communists, using that as an excuse to start WWII. JFK stood against ramping up the US involvement in Vietnam and he was assassinated, an inside job. 9/11 was an inside job allowing the US to totally revamp our military for the 21st century. Our invasion of Iraq the first time involved Bush signaling to Saddam that he could invade Kuwait, only to use Saddam’s invasion as an excuse for Bush to invade Iraq. These wars like Vietnam and Iraq are where we demonstrate our military hardware which we then sell. The military industrial complex is one of our most successful exports. The second Iraq war was also fought on the false pretenses that they had something to do with 9/11 and that we were looking for weapons of mass destruction. What these evil rulers had tried to hide, to seal up, was the deceitful reasons they actually went to war. We have been testing drones, and robots and many other new advances. Iraq has the largest reserves of oil on the planet to help defray the cost of the war. People used to think it was heroic to go and fight to defend your country, we have since learned that this is a lie. Accurate portrayals of war like “Saving Private Ryan” and “Hacksaw Ridge” have turned the whole concept of heroism on its head. Muhammad Ali’s statement that “I ain’t got no quarrel with them Vietcong” and “no Vietcong ever called me nigger” exposed the lie that we are fighting to defend our people. Once you see the gospel that Jesus is Lord and that we are all under the headship of God, it opens the door to hold your leaders accountable. Like Jesus said “you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free”. When Jesus opened this seal He was telling us you shall know the truth. Very often the political leaders will start a war as a distraction. The White horse rides forth conquering and to conquer, the truth is coming out and this prompts the red horse as a last ditch effort by these rulers to hold power.

5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat thereon had a balance in his hand. 6 And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.

This black horse signifies famine. During a famine food becomes precious. Grain, oil and wine are the things of great value. If you look at the famines, the Great Famine in Ireland for example, it is a result of a blight that struck the potatoes. It was particularly devastating because of the monoculture of everyone growing the same crop. It was also devastating to the poor who were being exploited. Famines expose internal issues in a country. A lack of social justice, a lack of education, a lack of government oversight. We have made a number of adjustments. Today, if we discover a blight, or infestation in one farm the government can educate all other farmers before this spreads. We have government programs that encourage farmers to let some land lay fallow and to plant different crops. To me this is like doing finish work on a table. The first pass is a rough sandpaper to get all the major issues smooth, that is the unsealing of the horrendous crimes like JFK’s assassination and 9/11. After this you use a finer sandpaper. This is famine, often the errors that lead to famine are not as heinous as those that lead to war. In many cases like the Dustbowl it is a sin of ignorance.

7 And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come. 8 And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

This pale horse is considered to be similar to a pandemic. Generally following a war you will have a famine because no one has been able to work the fields and because any food that was there was given to the army. After this we get plagues like dysentery. People crammed into refugee camps with unsanitary conditions. We have had several pandemics prior to Covid19. Some were a result of unsanitary conditions with rats running everywhere and sewage in the streets. Cities learned to build sewers and install running water. Garbage collection and sewers are considered standard today, that was not the case a few hundred years ago. Wars are a result of sins that people try to hide. Famines are often a result of sins that people commit without being fully aware that they are sinning. A plague is a result of uncleanness. In every case an epidemic is always the result of unclean practices. AIDES, Bubonic Plague, Covid19, Sars, Swine Flu, Spanish Flu, etc. The Lord is going to build His kingdom on Earth and it is essential that these truths be unsealed. This is why I see this book as a blueprint for the kingdom. Forgive us for the things we have done that we shouldn’t have done (Vietnam war is a good example). And forgive us for the things we should have done but didn’t do (Covid19 is a good example). Why is it that some countries did not get hit with Covid19, while other countries like the US did? It turns out that if you were exposed to SARS in 2004 then you probably have at least partial immunity to Covid19. Taiwan, China and Vietnam were hit hard with SARS, but have seemingly not been hit hard at all by Covid19. We were well aware of how dangerous SARS was in 2004, why didn’t we make a vaccine for it? If we had a vaccine for SARS we could have had a vaccine up and running before colleges and schools reopened in the Fall of 2020. We could have nipped the pandemic in the bud. This is something we should have done but didn’t. Now we are paying the price for not having done this.

Matthew 24:4-8 birth pains

Matthew 24:4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.

There is a wonderful correlation between the "birth pains" described by Jesus and the four horses of the apocalypse. See that no one deceives you, that would be the white horse. It is easy to use this to justify the "antichrist" theory of the white horse, but without the gospel how do you keep from being deceived? Wars and rumors of wars would be the red horse. Famines would be the black horse, and earthquakes are often associated with plagues like dysentery. But the Lord describes them as "birth pains". Birth pains become more and more frequent and if you look at human history this is what you see. There were great wars every 150 or 250 years at the beginning of this age, but now we have had two world wars, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, two Gulf wars, and a war in Afghanistan all in the space of a hundred years. We have had a couple of very big pandemics throughout the last two thousand years, but in just the last 40 years we have had AIDS, Sars, Swine Flu, and Covid19. The birth pains are getting closer and closer together.

Birth pains are associated with giving birth and the birth will be to the man child who is to rule the nations. These four horses reveal that the worldly system is corrupt. The rulers are liars who manipulate the people into going and fighting wars for them. They are incompetent causing famines and having unclean living conditions that lead to epidemics.

We are learning this because of the seven eyes of the Lord and we are dealing with these liars and murderers because of the seven horns of the Lord.

Luke 5:1-16 -- The word of God will blow your mind

During the last two chapters I was reminded of the story about the man at a wedding feast taking the best seat and then being asked to move because the Lord had someone else he wanted for that seat. The rapture is to the wedding. Right now, on Earth there are many believers who may think that they are something or someone. Perhaps they consider themselves the “super apostles” that Paul refers to. At the rapture those who are raptured will be caught up to the wedding feast. If you are left behind you will then, like these ones who thought they were in the best seats, have to take your place at the back. It seems like this matter of an inflated ego and self importance is a really big issue for those who are left behind. It also explains why those who are taken were taken. This was dealt with from the very beginning. Now my understanding is you can’t go onto chapter 5 till you have successfully repented of and dealt with your ego in chapters 3 and 4.

1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

This is funny, Peter is a professional fisherman, you can see him struggling with what the Lord tells him and catches himself just in time. It seems he almost says “I think we know how to fish” but instead says “because you say so, I will let down my nets.” I think we all have these experiences. The Lord is speaking to us, it doesn’t make sense, but in the end we decide since you are saying this I’ll do it even though it doesn’t make sense.

6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

This is the kind of experience you have all the time when preaching the gospel. In college we were distributing gospel tracts our church was publishing. One tract was “Will death solve your problems?” It talked about the verse that after we die we must all appear before the judgement seat. My thought was “This is a stupid tract, no one is going to want this”. But it was what they gave us so I passed it out. Then the brothers and I all noticed people sneaking these into their books and bags to read later. Usually after handing out 100 tracts there will be 65 on the ground, but we didn’t see any. We were stunned. That tract had a huge impact on the campus.

8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.

We thought we repented in chapter 3 when John baptized us. We thought that we dealt with this in chapter 4 when we are in the wilderness for 40 days. To truly deal with your ego and appreciate that Jesus is Lord you have to obey Him to preach the gospel. Many of the experiences cause you to deal with this and know more and more that Jesus is Lord.

Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

That is the revelation you need to become a fisher of men. You simply need to see that Jesus is Lord and you aren’t. Then you will count everything as dung both your accomplishments and your failures. The treasure you are bringing is not yourself. The fact that you are a failure does not diminish the glory of God, rather Jesus shines even brighter that He was able to save you.

12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.[b] When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.

When we get this revelation, this light can lead us to repentance. For example once I was preaching the gospel to a van load of students at the university. We were driving down a two lane highway in rural Texas. A student was driving the van, there were 18 students in the van and I was in the very back. The night before they had been telling stories and jokes around the campfire. So this day I asked if I could tell a story and the guy driving the van said to go ahead. I told them about Adam and Eve and how God came asking “Where are you?” The van became very quiet and many were convicted. The Lord was telling me “tell them they all could die today, that they need to repent now!” I said “no Lord, I preach the high gospel”. He said “I don’t have time to waste with you”. Then the driver decided to pass the car in front of us, he crossed the double yellow line, floored it, as we were going up a hill. When we came even with the other car we saw an oncoming car come over the top of the hill. The situation in the van became exceedingly tense as people were pointing but couldn’t even say one word. Inside I was repenting, I knew at that moment I had blown it, if I had listened to the Lord everyone would be praying and repenting at that moment. The driver slammed on the brakes but so did the car we were passing, and we stayed even. So he floored it again, but so did the car we were trying to pass. People in the van were shaking with fear. He then signaled left and pulled off into the shoulder of the oncoming lane avoiding the head on collision. To me this experience revealed I was covered with the sin of rebellion.

14 Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” 15 Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

We need a balance, time in the word, time in prayer, and time preaching the gospel.

Luke 5:17-26 -- Your unforgiveness has paralyzed you

17 One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.18 Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.19 When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus. 20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.” 21 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 22 Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? 23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 25 Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God.26 Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

So there is something quite interesting about this story, it says that Jesus saw “their faith”. This refers to the men who carried in this paralyzed man and lowered him down, yet the Lord said to the paralyzed man “friend, your sins are forgiven”. Everyone thinks that we are healed by faith and if you aren’t healed then your faith is not strong enough. But in this story there is no indication that the paralyzed man had any faith, yet he was healed. This is what the false prophets do, they tell you to be healed and if you aren’t then it is because your faith wasn’t great enough. No doubt there are going to be many believers who have already gone through this, they have already tried to speak for Jesus, they just can’t do it. They have bought into the lie that their faith is not strong enough. I can picture this paralyzed man not wanting to go before Jesus. He is going to tell me to rise and walk, I can’t do it, then He is going to say “O ye of little faith” and I will be shamed in front of everyone. He was probably very upset with the two who were taking him to Jesus against his will. Those two were obviously desperate, it is a lot of work to take care of a paralyzed man. Especially a whiny one saying “I can’t do it, I can’t walk by faith, I’ve tried”. But Jesus didn’t tell him to walk by faith, rather He said “your sins are forgiven”. Then He said something that really gives the whole story away. “Which is easier”. If you know Jesus you know that He doesn’t need to worry about which is easier, that word wasn’t for Him it was for the paralyzed man. Which is easier to say “your sins are forgiven” or to say “rise and walk”? The paralyzed man was saying that it was too hard for him to rise and walk, but can you at least say “Your sins are forgiven?” You probably just cussed out those two people, why not start with them and say “I forgive you”? That is a powerful gospel message. If you have tried and failed to preach the gospel and it is just too hard for you, then I suggest you start with “I forgive you”. It is very possible that your unforgiveness has made it impossible for anyone to receive a word you say.

Luke 5:27-39 New Garments of Praise

27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. 29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Let’s be really clear, if you are left behind at the rapture then you need to stop judging that others are sinners. The purpose of the great tribulation is to call sinners to repentance.

33 They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.” 34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? 35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”

Again, if you are raptured prior to the tribulation you are a disciple of Jesus and surely you are not going to be fasting but rejoicing. If on the other hand you are left behind at the rapture then at that point the bridegroom will be taken away from you and in those days during the tribulation you will fast.

36 He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’”

We have two groups, we have the new cloth and the old cloth, we have the new wine skins and the old wineskins. If you have old worn out garments that need to be patched you don’t take a patch from a new cloth. So then if your garments of praise are worn out, you need new ones. In Christianity how many are stuck in the rut of doing the same thing they did a generation ago and even two generations ago? You are wearing hand me down clothes. On the other hand I have sat for decades under the teaching of the Brethren and other fundamental teachers. The old wine is very good, it focuses on the gospel based on four festivals: Passover, Unleavened bread, First fruits, and Pentecost. They teach about the work the Lord did on the cross, the Christian living, the resurrection from the dead and the church. By contrast I never heard anyone teaching that Luke presents the gospel to those who are raptured before the tribulation. This is “new wine”. No one taught about the festivals of Trumpets, the days of Awe, the day of Atonement, or the feast of Tabernacles. No one shared how Hanukkah depicts the two witnesses during the tribulation, the two lampstands and the two olive trees. I did learn that Colossians says the festivals are a shadow of things to come, but then no one taught in detail about the calendar and how to calculate these days. No one taught about the second Passover. I knew the Magi saw Jesus' star and came to worship but no one told me about the prophecy of that star in Numbers. This is new wine and it will burst the old wine skins. No one is saying that this wine is better than the old wine. No, what we are saying is that after 2,000 years it is time for new wine and new wineskins. Why is the word of God from a hundred and two hundred years ago still being taught as though these are the only approved Bible teachings? Do you think that a virgin giving birth was “new wine”? Those who are raptured prior to the tribulation have learned that Jesus is new and fresh and moving today. They are able to receive new wine because they are new wineskins. If you were left behind I suspect you were drinking old wine and wearing old garments of praise. The rapture should have blown your mind.

Luke 6:1-9 -- At what point did it become illegal for Christians to do good?

1 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. 2 Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

This is a weird law. If the disciples were at home and had an orange on the countertop they could pick it up, peel and eat the orange and that would not violate the Sabbath. But because they are standing in a field and not at home this is considered “work” and a violation of the Sabbath. We have seen some very weird laws during this pandemic. For example, a campaign rally held outdoors is a "superspreader" event, but not if it is a BLM rally. They want Americans to have pandemic passports that prove they have received a shot before they are allowed to travel, but illegal aliens who are contagious with Covid19 are exempt. Schools are being done remote to protect against the spread of the pandemic except for illegal aliens, for illegal aliens they are holding in person schools.

3 Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.” 5 Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

I have viewed this pandemic as a very long Sabbath. We have seen some very strange laws, particularly laws that shut down the houses of worship even though I thought freedom of religious worship was outside of the authority of the local governments. Just this week a woman was arrested by the police in a house of worship. She was pregnant and holding a newborn baby, she became light headed so she removed her mask. This was in Texas where there is no mask mandate. Didn't stop the police from coming in and arresting her. What we are seeing is that people are hungry for the word. I have gone to the internet, to various fields to see what others are speaking. It is like finding little kernels to eat. Much of the word is about the Day of the Lord, prophecies and even the rapture. I have learned a tremendous amount in these last six months from the word, probably more than in any six month period in the last 30 years. I have also learned that the rapture is far more central to the gospel than I had ever realized. In my first 50 years in the bible it was rarely ever mentioned. It is almost like there is an unwritten rule to not talk about it and yet I can now discover it in so many places I am amazed I never saw it before. The rapture is a distinctly Christian teaching and yet it seems there are Pharisees who throw a penalty flag any time someone mentions it, “you are not allowed to talk about that”.

6 On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. 7 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.

During Jesus ministry this matter of the Sabbath was the third rail. You couldn’t touch it without getting electrocuted. This was how the teachers of the law imposed their authority. So we have the Lord’s disciples finding little kernels of truth throughout the entire Bible on this matter. This is because they are in the field with Him, walking with Him and obeying Him. Then you have those who are in the synagogue under this oppressive regime, they are not allowed to touch this topic and as a result their hand is withered.

8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and stood there.

So let’s talk about another 3rd rail topic in the church. What about righteousness in our government. If you go back 400 years to 1620 the pilgrims made the mayflower compact, a covenant with God to set up the new land as a city on a hill as a testimony to the whole world. Just like the descendants of Abraham we have become enslaved in this land and after 400 years it is time for our deliverance. But, you need to “get up and stand in front of everyone”. You need to take a stand for righteousness. When I read this I knew I had to go to the rally in Washington DC and then the next Sabbath to the rally in Atlanta, Ga. I am taking a stand for righteousness. I want every legal vote counted, I want every illegal vote not counted, and I want transparency so that everyone can see that the process is free and fair. But many would argue that Christians should not get involved in politics. I would say that I have seen signs from Christians at these rallys, some print out prayers, some sing hymns, and in Atlanta they said the Lord’s prayer. While in Washington DC I went to three candlelight vigils and met Christians from all over the country.

9 Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

Simple question isn’t it. At what point did it become illegal for Christians to do good?

Luke 6:10-11 The teachers of the law were furious

10 He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was completely restored.11 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Yes, it is a stretch. It is a four hour drive to and from DC for me, so I spent a good part of that day driving. Atlanta was too far to drive so I flew out at six in the morning and flew back in at nine at night. But I felt restored.

What happened January 6th? There was instantaneous outrage over the "Insurrection". AOC felt her life was threatened even though she was half a mile away and the closest she came to the "riot" was a Capital hill policeman calling for her. Trump was impeached. This was a terrible crime. So what do we know?

Six people died, one was shot dead by the capital security, we don't know anything about who did this but we do have the shooting on video so everyone can see. The woman killed was clearly behaving illegally but she was unarmed and her family can certainly ask if it was necessary to shoot her. Four other people died from health related issues not from cops or rioters. But one person, officer Sitnick died and that was attributed to the "rioters". We were told he was bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher only to learn later that he never suffered any blunt force trauma and was released from the hospital a few hours later. He told his brother he was fine, just a little pepper spray. Then the story became that he died from Bear Spray, the first person in history to ever die from bear spray, but there is no toxicology report and he has already been cremated so we may never have any evidence to support that. Two people were charged in this for "assault" but not for "aggravated assault" meaning no one is being charged with his murder. However, careful frame by frame analysis of video taken appears to prove that the two who were charged were innocent. This analysis was done by Revolver and has been published today.

Still the rally was called "an armed insurrection" even though there have not been any weapons seized. It was an "armed insurrection" without any arms.

As for Trump the trial was a joke. There was evidence that the people who planned the riot were BLM activists, not Trump supporters, that they planned it days before his speech, that they prepositioned a pipe bomb the day before and that they started the riot at the same time Trump started his speech close to a mile away. So then the claim of "inciting a riot" had no merit, but still how about negligence in protecting the Capital. Well, it turns out that the responsibility for the capital is with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and they rejected Trump's offer of National guard troops before the rally and they ignored FBI warnings of a possible riot.

Luke 6:12-38 The tide is turning

12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. 13 When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles:14 Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,15 Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

The Lord needs a traitor. Luke makes it very clear that the choosing of the twelve was done after much prayer and that the Lord chose Judas who became a traitor. Judas played a pivotal role in the crucifixion and hence the glorification of Jesus. Today we are also seeing traitors who are selling out this country and the covenant we have with God for thirty pieces of silver. I believe that this is all under the sovereignty of the Lord and will be unto the glory of God.

17 He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, 19 and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.

For the last six months we have seen riots and looting from those who are troubled by impure spirits. In Washington there was one woman screaming at us that we were “fascists”. In Atlanta there were about 40 who had makeshift “armor”, baseball bats, and even shotgun shells wrapped around their body like rambo. The police did a wonderful job of keeping them separate from us. What we are seeing now is a powerful way for a large crowd of disciples to “stand up in front of everyone” and to “stretch out our hands”.

20 Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

It isn’t by power, it isn’t by might, it isn’t by riches or money, it is by the Lord’s spirit that we will gain the kingdom of God. That is why I went there and that is why many others went there as well.

21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.

We are hungry for righteousness. We are hungry to have this covenant fulfilled. Our goal is a better kingdom, the city on the hill. And we know that we will be satisfied. But if we are honest there were many who did not hunger for righteousness. They didn't care if there was election fraud so long as Trump lost. They thought that if he was gone then everything would become peaceful. The riots have not stopped, homicides have doubled in virtually all the cities of the US, the situation at the border is a crisis, Biden is paying off political supporters with trillion dollar stimulus bills, and we are seeing the biggest tax hike in history. For those of you who didn't care about righteousness I hope you are satisfied.

Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Right now it seems that liars and thieves are everywhere. But I believe that Jesus is Lord, we will get the victory, and that weeping lasts for the night but joy comes in the morning.

22 Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

Oh, for a second I thought He was going to say because of Trump. The hate speech today is off the charts. They want to cancel (exclude) everyone who supported Trump. They call them deplorable, irredeemable, chumps, racists, etc. But when they do that it tells me they have no other argument. They are terrified that if we stick to our guns that they will all be caught, convicted and go to prison.

23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

That is precisely how I feel coming back from these rallies. My whole life I have regretted not going to Martin Luther King’s rally in Washington DC. I was only four at the time so I would have had to really convince my parents to take me, still I have always wished I was part of that history. Well, today I feel that this is the same struggle.

24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.

There are a lot of people who have traded their conscience for some silver. That is one reason why they are so filled with rage at this challenge to their authority.

25 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. 26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

One thing that really stuck out to me these last few months is the contrast between the way the media speaks about Trump and his supporters compared with Biden and his supporters. For four years I was used to the media being like pit bulls attacking everything and anything the president did or said. Then with Biden they wouldn’t even ask a single tough question. I have actually seen Biden rebuke reporters for asking him a question. I have seen Biden and Harris just walk away after a press conference refusing to answer a single question. They are well fed, they laugh at the election results and everyone speaks well of them.

27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

We are praying for this country. We realize that there is a deception and that many who are cursing and mistreating us have been deceived. We are praying for them.

29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

I am all for BLM protesting, but I will protest in a way that I would have them protest as well. For six months I was disturbed by them allowing their protests to devolve into violence. So I am very happy that we can protest in a way that sets a positive example, where we could do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.35 But love your enemies, do good to them,and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High,because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

This is a critical lesson for us. There are those who are caving into the threats. Lawyers were threatened with losing their jobs, councilmen had their families threatened, even the woman running the GSA was threatened. We understand that they may not stand strong against that persecution so we pray for them, we pray for the judges, for the witnesses of the coruption, for everyone involved. We know it is a courageous act to stand up in front of everyone.

37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged.Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

All that we can do is to speak the truth. We are not the judge, Jesus is Lord, not us. We are not here to condemn, rather we are praying that the Lord would bless us and have mercy on us, not condemn us. We are forgiving those who may not be able to stand up to the bullies because we also need to be forgiven for our lack of faith. But the amazing thing is that people from all over the globe are stepping forward. There are professors that are using statistical analysis on the votes to identify fraud. They are afraid to reveal their names because they would face intense opposition on their campus. There are people overseas who are also doing research. One woman had the idea to check to see if people who changed their name voted with both names. She found that there were tens of thousands of women who changed their name when they got married who apparently voted with both names. There are people calling these ones up to find out if they knew about someone using their maiden name. Others are comparing voter roles to names of dead people. There are hundreds of poll workers who have signed affidavits concerning what they saw as fraud. Sydney Powell is investigating the Dominion voting system and she said the evidence was pouring in as though it was coming in a fire hose. It is just like the Lord said, the evidence is coming in good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. It is being poured into our lap. Mike Lindell has published multiple movies on the election fraud. The tide is turning.

Luke 6:39-49 If you are fully trained you will be like the Lord

39 He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.

We need the Lord to lead us. What a glory to the Lord if at the end of this age we also take up our cross to follow Him. Can you imagine that at the end of this age there could be a million people fully trained by the Lord expressing Jesus? That would be a glorious conclusion to the age.

41 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

The media is full of hypocrites trying to take the speck out of people’s eyes. I realized I had heard a lot about these people and yet knew nothing of them. That was a major reason why I went to Washington DC, to take the plank out of my eye so I could see clearly. Chris Cuomo and Andrew Cuomo and Fauci are all great examples of hypocrites trying to take the speck out of people's eyes while they have a plank in their own eye.

43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.

Facebook and Twitter were censoring stories they didn’t like. This is the same fruit we have seen in Russia and China for the last 70 years. The NY Times published stories that they alleged were from a high ranking administration official in Trump’s administration which is why they published them anonymously. Ultimately we learn it was an obscure staffer who didn’t work in the Whitehouse and was clearly a liar. This is bad fruit and bad trees bear bad fruit. You don’t get good fruit from bad trees so I have stopped going to these ones. We are now 2 1/2 months into Biden's administration we can see the fruit and it is bad. Many people are starting to recognize that.

45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

AOC talked of creating black lists for retribution. That is an evil thing. People have gone on the internet threatening government workers who will not certify the vote. That is an evil thing. BLM thugs attacked children, women and the elderly who were wearing Trump hats. That is an evil thing. Evil things are being brought out of the hearts of many people revealing they are evil. It should be very easy for everyone to see.

46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

You have to dig down deep to realize as a Christian it is lawful to do good, it is lawful to save life, it is lawful to take a stand for righteousness. Churches are not allowed to tell you this because if they do they will lose their tax exempt status. If you are more concerned about your tax exempt status than you are about doing what the Lord says you will see your house collapse when the flood comes.

49 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”

The great tribulation is the coming flood. The church in Philadelphia will be taken as a group, but all the other churches will be left (Thyatira, Sardis and Laodicea - the other three might be referring to historical churches). Those churches that are left will collapse when the rapture comes. Why on earth would anyone continue to sit in their synagogue and let them keep them in bondage so that their hands are withered. They aren’t allowed to stand up in front of all, they aren’t allowed to stretch forth their hands, and who is giving the orders? Who are these high and mighty? If they were all that the Lord would have taken them in the rapture. You need to hear the Lord’s words and put them into action.

I really wish that people would stop zeroing in on the church of Philadelphia, as though it was the only church that has any hope.

For the record, the church of Smyrna was also commended and was without rebukes from the Lord. But no one ever mentions them.

Jesus commended and then rebuked the churches for each of their issues, but also said after each letter "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." Then He makes a promise to the individual who overcomes. For example, the Lord commended the church of Ephesus for many things, but rebuked them for forsaking their first love. Therefore, if they repented of that, then they would be like the church of Philadelphia. The purpose is that, anyone who reads the Lord's rebuke about Ephesus forsaking their first love and they realize that they have done the same, then their response should be to repent. And it is the same regarding every rebuke to the other churches. The promises given to each individual within the churches are for all believers. For example, the promise of Jesus granting the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God made to Ephesus for those who overcome, is also a promise to the individuals in all the other churches.

The rebukes and promises were not only to those particular churches, but is an example to all individual believers throughout the entire church period. In other words, if the shoe fits, then repent! And if you repent, then you are good to go. Philadelphia is not the only type of church that will be gathered, for everyone who overcomes whatever their issues, will also be gathered.

What I am saying is that, all of the promises listed in the seven letters are to all believers who overcome throughout the entire church period.

Also, the churches are not to be looked at as though they represented a specific time period in history, as these types of churches and individuals can be found throughout the entire church period and currently. In other words, those types of churches exist concurrently in the world today.

So, it is not just the Philadelphia type church that will be caught up at the Lord's appearing, but all churches and individuals who also overcome.

I don't mention Smyrna because the first three churches the Lord did not say that they would be there when He comes.

It is my interpretation that believers can experience many if not all of the seven churches. I also think that you cannot be in Philadelphia without first being forced out of one or several of the others, this is why it says that "they will not have to go out any more". The context is hearing the word and putting it into practice. Philadelphia had a little strength, Thyatira is where you have Jezebel and the deep things of Satan. Pergamum is where Satan's throne is and where Antipas was martyred. Sardis was all pretense, they had a name that they were something but it was just a facade. Laodicea was boastful and arrogant. They all thought they were something, none of them thought they just had a little strength. That has been the point of these chapters, you need to be humbled. Then it also says that "those of the synagogue of Satan will come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you". This is why I am referring to them, after the rapture there will be many proud, arrogant, seemingly powerful Christians and churches that will be humbled.

All types of churches who overcome will be gathered when the Lord appears.

Who exactly gets raptured out of the 7 churches in Revelation?

If you overcome in Smyrna you get a victor's crown, in Philadelphia they are told to hold onto their crown that no one takes it. In Smyrna they were slandered by the synagogue of Satan, they were in poverty and afflictions. In Philadelphia the synagogue of Satan comes and falls at their feet and confesses that God is with them. The ones in Philadelphia are the ones who overcame in Smyrna. You have to be an overcomer to be raptured and to be an overcomer you have to overcome the accuser of the brethren by the blood and by the word of your testimony.

Thyatira tolerates Jezebel, who was Jezebel, she persecuted the prophets of God. In Thyatira it is only the simple ones who don't know what is going on there, don't know the deep things of Satan that will overcome. If you do know what is going on then you had better be the faithful Antipas who is against all and is martyred. But they must hold onto what they have (deeds, love and faith, service and perseverance) and they are told that if they do the Lord's will to the end they will get an iron scepter. In Philadelphia He says He knows their deeds and that they have kept his command to endure patiently. So Philadelphia are those who have overcome in Thyatira. The word to them in Thyatira is what they need to do to overcome, the word in Philadelphia is about what they have done.

In Sardis there is a remarkable statement, if you overcome there He promises not to blot your name out of the book of life. That is shocking, I thought once your name was in the book of life it couldn't be blotted out. Righteous judgement is "as you have done it will be done to you". Some churches excommunicate those who "cause trouble", the Antipas who is against all. When you excommunicate someone you blot their name out. There is a very specific protocol to follow in order to do this. If you violate that protocol you are not "keeping the Lord's word" and "you are denying the Lord's name". When you decide that you make the rules and that you don't need to listen to the Lord you are denying that Jesus is Lord.

The ones who are raptured in Philadelphia they have kept the Lord's word. What does that mean? Does it mean some of these other churches have not kept the Lord's word? Does it mean that allowing Balaam to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, or tolerating Jezebel and her fornication and adultery involved not keeping the Lord's word? Does it mean that in some of these churches they are saying we don't need to keep the New Testament because it was written two thousand years ago and is out of date now? We can ignore this verse and that verse and some other verse? It also says they have not denied the Lord's name! Could it really be true that there are churches out there denying the Lord's name? Are they saying it doesn't matter if you believe in Allah, or Jesus, or Buddha, it is all the same? Is this what you mean by "all types of churches"? Some churches that keep the Lord's word, others that don't think it is necessary, some that have not denied the Lord's name others that are more all embracing than that? Do you mean that we have to be broad minded, some churches hold to the teachings of Balaam, some to the teachings of the Nicolaitans, some tolerate Jezebel, is that what you mean by many types of churches? Because the Lord condemns all that and tells you to repent of all that.

What do the overcomers in the other churches look like? They look like ones who are faithful unto death, they look like Antipas who was "against all". They are the ones who were excommunicated in Sardis and persecuted in Thyatira. They reject the teaching of Balaam, they reject the teaching of the Nicolaitans, they are not tolerant of Jezebel.

Luke 7:1-17 -- Election fraud being healed by faith

1 When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. 2 There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, 5 because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” 6 So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7 That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.

This is where we are now, we are seeing government officials step forward in faith. Our election system is sick. Some think this problem is insurmountable, you have to go through millions of ballots, match signatures but you can’t because they have already thrown out the envelopes. Match the names but that is also next to impossible because they don’t have paper copies. But it isn’t that hard to heal this. If the Lord speaks the word to Go, there are many who will go. If the Lord will say to come, many will come. Speak the word to do this and they will do it. Jesus is Lord, He is omniscient, He is omnipotent. Have faith in Him. This is what we have seen. Peter Navarro put together a three volume account of the election fraud that took place not counting what happened with the machines. Mike Lindell has put together several documentary movies going over the fraud that took place with the machines. Officials on the ground have stuck with it like pit bulls, getting audits, recounts and lawsuits in. Georgia has passed new election integrity laws. The system is sick and we are going to get it fixed.

9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” 10 Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.

OK, well let’s pray that the Lord finds this faith in the US.

11 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” 14 Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” 15 The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

The media is claiming that it is a done deal, that Biden is the “President elect” and that all those people at these rallies are simply whiny sore losers. Again, I believe in the Lord of life who raises the dead. If we can have dead people coming out by the tens of thousands to vote for Joe Biden I see no reason why the Lord can’t step in to raise one person from the dead. Fair is fair.

16 They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.” 17 This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.

Wouldn’t that be a great way to herald in the Lord Jesus at the end of the age “God has come to help his people”.

Luke 7:18-35 73 million hayseeds are proving the wisdom right

18 John’s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

People are very funny. There are those who every time they find some new verse that points to the end of the age and the Lord’s coming they are updating their “rapture watch”. They are on edge, is this the antichrist or is that? Is this the false prophet or is that? Look at this new patent, is that the mark of the beast? Stay focused on Jesus, walk with Him, obey Him, and everything else will simply be window dressing. Those other things are like holiday ornaments for the day of the Lord. People were very unhappy when Biden was inaugurated, but as Mike Lindell said it was "perfect". Because of that they had to investigate into the fraud, root out the fraud, pass new laws, get rid of corrupt machines, recall government officials, etc. It forced us to do a work of faith.

20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’” 21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. 22 So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. 23 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”

So let’s report what we have seen this last year. We were told about how terrible the orange man was, but our eyes have been opened. We see that the NY Times lied to us with their “high ranking administration official and his anonymous reports”. We have seen that google has algorithms to manipulate people's perception towards Trump in a negative way. We have seen Facebook and Twitter actively censoring and suppressing speech they don’t like. We have seen that the FBI had exculpatory evidence for Trump during the impeachment yet sat on it. We have seen illegal FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign. We have seen that Biden and Harris are tied to the CCP. Finally, we have seen fraud in our election. Our eyes have been opened. We were lame, but now are standing up on our own two feet in front of everyone. We are standing for righteousness and truth. We were rebellious, ignoring the Lord’s commands, but now we can hear His word and are responding. We are going to see that this election where Trump has already been declared “dead” will be raised. Finally, in a year where the poor are getting totally hammered with pandemic shutdowns we will have good news proclaimed to them.

24 After John’s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? 25 If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear expensive clothes and indulge in luxury are in palaces.26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 27 This is the one about whom it is written: “‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’[b] 28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

There are a lot of people who think that December 14th is a deadline for this investigation. On December 14th the electoral college votes and that will decide who is elected president. Here is why that is not the deadline. Sydney Powell is not part of the President’s team. She can continue her investigation past Dec 14, past Jan 20, as long as it takes. If she shows up February 15th in court with the evidence that Dominion voting systems stole the election for Trump and for many senators and congressmen, that this system was closely connected to Hillary Clinton, Diane Feinstein, and Nancy Pelosi. This system was designed to steal elections and Biden did nothing, Obama did nothing and a number of States certified their elections knowing this to be the case, then who cares if Biden has been president for 2 weeks. It will be the shortest presidency in US history, even less than William Henry Harrison. Right now there are 73 million people who voted for Trump and probably a good 30 million who don’t want Trump but care more about an honest election than about who won. If 100 million know that Biden stole the election with the “deep state” then you are looking at social upheaval on the same scale as the civil war. The truth is going to come out, therefore those who are innocent of this fraud need to get as far away from Biden as they can. Those who are responsible to certify elections need to make sure they are not complicit with the fraud and go to prison with the rest of them.

29 (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John. 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.) 31 Jesus went on to say, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’ 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’35 But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”

There are those that despise Trump because his lifestyle, his tweets, his jokes are anathema. Yet these same ones ridicule those who are in the streets protesting as being some kind of conservative christian hayseeds. There is a very important concept, it is called “collective wisdom” or “collective intelligence” or even “group wisdom”. When 73 million people vote for Donald Trump you need to realize there is a collective wisdom there. You cannot explain this away as “racism” because how then did Obama get elected? The wisdom of these 73 million exceeds that of any one “elite” or talking head. Now look at the first two months of Biden's presidency. It has been a complete catastrophe. The border is in crisis, the economy is in shambles, and the US debt is skyrocketing. Those 73 million hayseeds are proving the wisdom right.

Luke 7:36-50 Do you know who is touching him?

36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.” 40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. 41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,[c] and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.” “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said. 44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet,but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”

There are many who cannot understand why these people at the rally love Trump. During the campaign the rallies would often break into a chant of “we love you”. They thought it was cultic, that the people had been brainwashed. But what really happened? NAFTA sold out their economy to China and Mexico, Trump’s policies brought manufacturing back to their community. Blacks support him because he created economic opportunity zones which some have said is the biggest boon to the minority communities since reconstruction. Trump gave money to the historically black colleges. Hispanic communities support him because he is for law and order, and for making their streets safe. They are the ones who are suffering when gangs fight it out in the streets. They support better border security. Asians support Trump because they see China as the biggest threat to democracy and see that he is the only president who has truly fought for fair trade with China. Jews support him because of his stance with Israel. Christians support him because of his pro life judges that he has appointed. There is nothing cultic here, someone finally responded to their prayers.

48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49 The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” 50 Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

We begin this chapter with the servant of a centurion being healed. We then see a dead boy raised and given back to his mother who was a widow and now we conclude with a woman in town who lived a sinful life having her sins forgiven. Remember this. Right now we are praying about our election system to be healed. We have heard that Trump’s presidency is dead and it is time to move on, so let’s see if the Lord raises him from the dead. Finally, there will be many sinful politicians who will get caught up in this corruption. They will need to repent, but if they do we will forgive them. It will be their faith that saves them. You can’t wait until the trial, you have to come forward before that.

And those who overcome from any of the other types of churches will also get a victor's crown. The promise is to every believer who overcomes regardless of which church you belong to.

I am very familiar with everything that you have posted, as I have been studying Revelation and end-time events for 45 years now.

The promises given to one church are not restricted to just that one church. As I said, those in Ephesus who repented and repent of forsaking their first love, will receive all of the other promises found in the letters to the other churches, as well as the ones given in their letter. Here's another example:

"Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth."

The promise above is found in the letter to Philadelphia, with the original church being long dead and gone. Jesus' promise to keep them out of the 'hour of trial' would then be to all other believers who also persevere, especially those believers who will be alive just prior to the 'hour of trial' which is just another title for 'the Day of the Lord,' the time of God's wrath. And the way in which they will be kept from that hour of trial, is by the Lord's appearing and the living church being changed and caught up.

The promises found in all of the letters, is to all believers who overcome:

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* The overcome will have the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

* Will not be harmed by the second death

* will be given the hidden manna and a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

* Will be given authority over the nations. And the overcomer will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father. And I will give him the morning star.

* They whose garments do not remain soiled, will walk with Me in white. Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.

* I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

* To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

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All of the above promises are to all believers who overcome, regardless of what church they belonged to. The promises are not restricted to the specific church that it was given to.

What does this mean? There is only one church. What do you mean "what church do you belong to? I was redeemed by Jesus Christ, I belong to him, to say otherwise is to deny the Lord Jesus.

Then your original objection about the reference to Philadelphia doesn't make any sense. If everything mentioned to Philadelphia applies to all the others then what was your point? Also what was the Lord's point in writing seven letters?

There is one church, but it can grow, mature and develop in different ways depending on how it responds to attacks. Do they repent of leaving their first love, yes or no? Are they faithful to the end, yes or no? Do they tolerate Jezebel, yes or no. Philadelphia refers to those who did overcome, they didn't tolerate Jezebel, etc. But that is not true of all Christians or of all gatherings otherwise much of the Bible is just a waste of time.

Luke 8:1-12 -- The Lord's word will accomplish what He desires

I am looking at Luke and Mark and the differences between the two gospels. Mark begins with the ministry of John the Baptist. The believers who are left behind during the rapture will get serious as believers and the gospel will begin for them with the ministry of the two witnesses during the Tribulation. I hypothesize that one of those witnesses will be Elijah because of the prophesy that he comes before the Lord to set the paths straight, and because we saw Elijah and Moses on the mount of transfiguration with Jesus, and because the bodies of both Elijah and Moses were taken by God. In contrast the gospel in Luke starts more than 30 years before the ministry of John with the experiences of believers like Zachariah and Mary who are waiting and watching for the Lord’s coming. Now many of the experiences recorded in the two gospels are the same, for example Jesus fasting in the wilderness. To my understanding the difference is the timing. The experiences and failings shown in both gospels are the same, the difference is that some believers will experience them prior to the tribulation and some will need the tribulation to force them to take this path.

1 After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; 3 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.

A women’s group were the ones supporting a bus tour of the US concerning these election protests. They begin their tour in Florida and end up in Washington DC for a second rally on December 12th. This is also reminiscent of Esther giving two banquets and in the second Banquet revealing that Haman had attempted treason. Many of the speakers in their rally in Atlanta were from the “Walk away” movement which were former Democrats who came to realize they had been lied to and deceived. We may think that the US election has nothing to do with Christians and the church, but to say that demonstrates a profound lack of understanding of US history. The puritans coming to this country and making a contract with the Lord is seen as God’s leading even to this day. The revolutionary war was greatly influenced by the faith and preaching of the word of God. The same is true of the Civil War, the Civil rights movement, the issue of abortion and many other issues. What we are learning this year is that if we do not take a stand then this country will be run by an evil Haman who will try to wipe out God’s people.

4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”

The verse that kept coming to me was

Isaiah 55:11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

The Lord’s purpose could be to feed the birds. We are currently seeing these “birds” gobbling up the words of the Lord. Researchers are proving that google, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube are doing just that. They have created algorithms that “gobble up words” they don’t like. But doing that will make a solid case against them when they have to stand before the judgement seat. Some fall in rocky ground and wither, again that also could be the purpose the Lord had for it. I teach high school earth science and biologic weathering is how we get soil from rocks. Having a word wither in your heart could be a necessary step in the process to turn a stony heart to a heart of flesh. Likewise, how can we know the thorns from the wheat? Those things that choke the word of God reveal themselves. So my point is that each of these seeds is accomplishing what the Lord sent it to accomplish. Make a case against the “birds”, transform a stony heart to a heart of flesh, reveal the false prophets from the true, and yield a crop that is a hundred times what is sown. For example, the Lord told Peter he would deny Him three times. Did that word accomplish what the Lord desired? Do you think it helped prepare Peter's heart? The majority of Christians will probably do the same thing, denying the Lord, not watching, not being found in faith at His return. However, that failure may do wonders to prepare their heart.

When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

You cannot judge that the word is working by your eyes. The person who is sowing these seeds will not see the effect it has on people’s hearts, or how it is used by the Lord at the judgement, or that it helps people discern the false prophets from the true. You won’t even see it yield a harvest for several months. Since this age is likened to a single year, a single harvest, the words that Paul sowed are still bringing a harvest today.

9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

This is really amazing. For two thousand years we have been reading these gospels and only now can we see how Luke could be written to those who were raptured at the beginning of the tribulation while Mark is written to those who are raptured in the middle of the tribulation. It is amazing to me how many secrets of the kingdom have been hidden in these words. It has taken us the full 2,000 years and even now you wonder how much of this we have got?

11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

Wow, when I say that Google, Twitter and Facebook are taking away the word I specifically mean that this illustrates what is going on. The salvation in the gospels is unique to the Lord Jesus whereas the “salvation” that this stolen word refers to is simply a type. It is not the eternal salvation, but rather the salvation that comes when thieves and liars are caught and those they are harming get help. But in this censorship that is currently taking place those who are censoring the truth are likened to the devil. The US was set up to be a city on a hill shining to the whole earth and they are acting as an enemy to this goal and to the covenant God made with His people with the Mayflower compact.

Luke 8:13-15 Hold the line

13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.

Why are people threatening people who are standing for the truth? Surely it must work on some people otherwise they would stop using this as a failed strategy. To my impression when ANTIFA goons attack the elderly and children in Washington DC it is abundantly clear that they are being influenced by evil demonic spirits. So there is a price to pay to do something like this where all can see. The only reason to do that is because it works on some people. The same scorching sun that causes some to wither causes others to grow bigger and stronger. Stacy Abrams used this in Atlanta but once it fails as it has done now with Georgia passing their election reform laws she gets exposed as a Paper Tiger. The NBA thought they could influence people, instead their ratings dropped by 40%, they get exposed.

14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.

Hollywood is truly a thorn bush. The same is true of professional sports. These things have “idols” and the riches and pleasures truly choke people’s time in the word and their putting the word into practice. However, this battle we are in now to my impression is much more exciting and much more important than any championship game of any sporting event. I feel like I am in the trenches, I am seeing the linemen pushing back the enemy. We heard screaming voices yelling that this is all over, move on, but we ignored it. They seem to me to be defensive linemen desperately trying to get to the quarterback but can’t. Every day I see us ripping off big runs. They discovered that thousands of absentee ballots were fraudulently portraying post office boxes as their home address. They have found this fraud in several states. The people who did this can get 10 years in prison. Every post office box (including UPS, Fedex, etc) will have a name and address attached to it, so it is easy to bring charges against these people. Will they flip and become witnesses for the State? I would think that is a very likely outcome. Georgia has passed election reform laws. Maricopa county is doing a full audit and if they uncover fraud in the dominion machines the whole thing will unravel. Over 150 million people have watched Mike Lindell's movie on election fraud. It is fun, it is exciting, and we are dominating in the trenches.

15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

That is the word that everyone is speaking. Persevere, hold the line, don’t back down, have a backbone, stand up in front of everyone.