Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Luke 12:1 In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. 4 “And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

This is a scary situation, people sneaking around doing things in secret, hidden, dark plans in which they are threatening to kill the believers. Giving you this sense that "your days are numbered"! Yikes, scary stuff and yet the Lord tells us not to fear them. OK, I think I need a little more information.

6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Oh, I get it. This reminds me of one of the most traumatic experiences I ever had when I was told that the days for my hairs were numbered. I was 25 at the barber and she told me I had a retreating hairline! At first I was in denial but in the end it was undeniable, and believe you me, not one of those hairs was forgotten by me. But 40 years later that is just a joke. View these threats in the light of eternity and you can see how trivial and pathetic these threats are.

Why do some watchmen use Strong's concordance numbers?

I have shied away from this but should point it out. Strong's concordance gives a number to each word based on its first appearance in the scripture. Now we know there is a very interesting connection between the first word in the Bible to the word that God "tells you the end from the beginning". However, here are a few other interesting Strong's numbers

2020 Hebrew — deliverance, rescue, Greek — begin to dawn


Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

Luke 23:54 54 That day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near.

I find this very interesting because it was 2020 at the time of the worldwide pandemic that I woke up to the imminent return of the Lord and began to spend several hours a day searching the scriptures. So that was the year that it began to dawn on me that our deliverance or rescue was near.

This word is very specific and used for the dawning of the resurrection.

2021 Hebrew — to be sharp, a weapon of war, chariot, Greek — to make an attempt

Luke 1:1 1 Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us,

Acts 9:29 29 And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted to kill him. (attempted here is the same word)

19:13 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

This word appears to be unique to Luke. He makes an attempt to put everything in order from the beginning as many of the watchmen have, and as I have tried with this blog. Then you have those with the cancel culture trying to censor us and shut us up and even kill us. Finally you have some immature Christians who imitate others and get themselves into trouble, not unlike those who were arrested Jan 6th for entering the Capitol building.


2022 Hebrew — Mount, Greek — To pour upon

Luke 10:34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in G2022 oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Previously I posted a link to God a minute who went through many verses with this word mount to show a very interesting connection to our rescue, deliverance or rapture. He substituted the year 2022 for the word mount and it is stunning the way it reads as though God was telling us all along when the rapture would be. But don't forget, the rapture is great for those believers who are taken but what about those who are left behind? Like this man who is beaten up, robbed and left for dead on the road these believers will need to recuperate and have oil and wine poured into their wounds.

I think it is important to have a sampling of all these dreams that people are having because this is a fulfillment of the prophecy in Joel repeated in Acts.

This has a wonderful picture of a verse in Song of Songs I had forgotten about.

God's judgement cannot sleep forever.

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; and that His justice cannot sleep forever." Thomas Jefferson 1781

"If God doesn't judge America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah" Billy Graham

There is a lot going on at Passover

1. The firstborn of the world dies. This is everyone, man and beast, from the richest to the poorest. Think about all those who have been selling whatever the world is pushing, mocking God, mocking the Bible. What happens to their whole system after the rapture? It isn't all gone, but the firstborn is killed. This is especially true of the religious leaders who have embraced the world, married the world, cut deals with the world.

2. The believers flee into the wilderness, very similar to Revelation 12 where the woman gives birth to the manchild, then he is caught up and she flees into the wilderness.

3. It is also the day that Jesus was crucified on the cross. Think about all those believers who are left behind -- "my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

4. However, 4 days before this on Palm Sunday Jesus rides into Jerusalem triumphantly with everyone shouting "blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord". And what set up this triumphal entry? Two days earlier Lazarus is raised from the dead and the whole world is now going after Jesus. Lazarus being raised from the dead and the manchild being born both point to the rapture of the church.

In Revelation 4 we are told the rapture takes place after the church age. The church age began with the resurrection of Jesus, the firstfruits of a new creation. If the church age begins on Nisan 17 -- 1/17, or 117, then it makes sense that the church age ends a week before this. You have the rapture of the saints, a celebration similar to a graduation ceremony followed by those who did not graduate crying out.

Jesus was scourged, this is how you will feel towards all those that led you astray, you will want to scourge them. The scoffers, mockers, and false teachers.

Then you have to carry your cross, the Lord told you at the beginning of the age that you would have to take up your cross and follow Him but you were too clever to do that. You had taken the chief seats at the feast and now you have been humiliated in front of all and will begin to take up your cross as you should have done from the beginning. Then you are nailed to the cross, you now realize that you will be here during the tribulation, no escape.

But let's not forget that this is the night every family from least to greatest is visited by the avenging angel. It says after this they thrust the Israelites out. The Christians will be blamed for everything. Instead of the world repenting because God warned them, no they will blame Christians who said this would happen as being responsible for it happening.

Why would Israel or anyone want a leader, a ruler, whose garments were covered with filth?

Zechariah 3:3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.

I was reminded of when I played football, sometimes you would play on a rainy, muddy day. When the game was over some players were completely covered in mud and yet there would always be one or two who were pristine, not a drop of mud on them. Those were the kids who sat on the bench and never played, "never got their hands dirty". I was also reminded of a movie "Hacksaw Ridge" about a man of faith who was led by the Lord to join the army to fight in WWII but was convicted to not carry a gun. He was a medic and during the worst fighting he was saving people. When that battle was over he was covered in mud and blood and guts. For soldiers being covered in mud, blood and guts at the end of the battle is evidence that you were in the middle of it. The same is true of farmers, doctors and construction workers.

So then I thought about it the other way, who doesn't get mud and blood on their clothes when they work? Politicians, bankers and lawyers don't, they can wear a nice suit to work. But spiritually if you send thousands to die in a phony war you have blood on your garments before the Lord and if you rob widows of their houses in the mortgage crisis your garments are covered in filth.

Zechariah 4 Wake up, look at what the Lord has built

1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. 3 Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” 4 I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 He answered, “Do you not know what these are?” “No, my lord,” I replied. 6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty. 7 “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’” 8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. 10 “Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?” 11 Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?” 12 Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?” 13 He replied, “Do you not know what these are?” “No, my lord,” I said. 14 So he said, “These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth.”

We need to wake up and see what it is we are building. What is the church? We are a light set on a hill for the whole world to see. This light exposes the darkness, the corruption, the lies, the deceits, the murders. This lamp is not a single light but is seven in one. We shine a light concerning righteousness, and justice. Listen to those in the world and they don’t even know what truth is, they will claim that good is evil and evil is good. They need the light from the word and from the Spirit. But that is only one aspect of the light, we also shine a light on education. We are commanded to teach our children. Education is the key to the Civil rights movement. Pharaoh and the elites lord it over the rest of people because of their education. The Lord said you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. But we are also a light for making peace. Wars are costly, destructive, and evil. Showing people the way of the cross to make peace and to live in harmony with one another, that is a bright light. No one knows this light except for the Lord Jesus and those that take up their cross and follow Him. If you leave the criminal justice system to the world it will become abusive and biased. If you leave the education system to the world it will become abusive and a way to keep people enslaved. If you leave national defense to the world they will destroy themselves and the world. This light also shines on the banking system. The world’s monetary policy is built on the worship of idols, it is vanity, and it is evil. They have a system whereby they can rob widows houses and then make long complicated prayers that few understand to befuddle and confuse the masses. This is a golden lampstand, it isn’t made of vanity and wisps of smoke, it is real, it is substantial, and the light will expose the crooks. We are also a light to the bureaucratic system of government, all those functions carried out by the non elected officials. The church carries out all those functions as well, but has to do it on a shoestring budget. The ministry leaders are not insulated by layers and layers of bureaucracy from those they are serving. They get their hands dirty, they serve the soup, they visit the sick. We have much more light and insight than some government official making two hundred thousand a year working in an ivory tower. We are also a light to the mainstream media and the movie industry. Every major literary theme is found in the Bible. We are filled with amazing, captivating stories that edify and uplift. We are also trained in speaking the truth in love. We are also a light to families. The Lord has ordained that the elders of the church be a positive example for fathers and mothers. The church is to be a giant family so that broken families can enter the fellowship and be healed. At the most fundamental level we need healthy families to have a healthy society. The source of most of our ills whether with crime, or education, or public services is to deal with the destruction that accompanies broken families.

In Zechariah's dreams he already saw the first rapture, the escape by those who came out of Babylon. But after that rapture the rest of the believers will wake up and see this Golden lampstand. It will be a tremendous revival. The antichrist will bring in his kingdom by power and might, the Lord will bring His in by His Spirit.

We need a vision, what we are doing in the church is creating a godly government that will both build the society and rule. We are not occupying some independent space from the government. Only a fool would think that unbelievers, people without faith or the knowledge of God’s word, people ruled by the lusts of the flesh, could do a better job, much less even a good job of ruling and reigning. Make no mistake, the church will replace human government. However, it is not by might nor by power. We don’t take over with a military as they tried during the Crusades. We don’t take over with political lobbies and pushing our platform and backing our candidates. It is by the Spirit. It is by the preaching of the gospel, sharing our testimony, bringing people to the Lord and winning souls for the Lord. When people give their hearts to the Lord then the mind and body will follow.

The church is supported with two ministries, the building ministry and the ruling ministry. These ministries simply sink their roots into the word of God and produce pure oil for life and light. Remember the key question “when is the Lord coming?” to which the Lord answers “When will you be ready?”

The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great

Genesis 18: 20 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. 22 And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah. 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: 28 peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty’s sake. 30 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.

Let's think about what we have learned in the last year.

1. We learned that the FBI had Hunter Biden's laptop but covered it up for a year. They let Trump get impeached even though they had the evidence to exonerate him. They also planned to kidnap Governor Whitmer and then blame that on Trump supporters and we know that the January 6th event was a false flag event used to again blame Trump supporters.

2. We also know there are no righteous men in the DOJ, there is a long list of things we could look at, releasing killers to kill again, justifying looters while putting people guilty of trespassing into solitary confinement, and the list goes on and on.

3. We have learned that this goes all the way through the politicians up to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and on and on. Yes, there might be two or three righteous men and women out of all of them but certainly not ten.

4. We have also learned that we could not find 5 righteous Supreme court justices, or two righteous appellate judges, etc. True, there was one or two righteous judges, but just enough to show the rest were wicked.

5. The same is true of the state legislators who are responsible to certify their election results.

6. We know there are not ten righteous men in the NIH, CDC, or FDA. Maybe there is one here and another there, but we certainly couldn't find ten. The 55,000 documents released by Pfizer show they knew the vaccine was neither safe nor effective and yet they hid that information and mandated an experimental vaccine which is illegal.

7. How about the Military? Certainly not among the top brass. The Afghanistan debacle seems planned and orchestrated, Milley's admission to advising the CCP behind Trump's back is treason, killing some aide worker and claiming you were taking out terrorists, everything is evidence of how corrupt and evil they are.

The Lord sent two angels to determine if the cries they heard were true and we now know they are.

Not only will they abuse anyone trying to get the truth and righteousness, they will even abuse Lot's daughters. They pass laws so that men can use the women's bathroom and locker room and compete in women's sports. They teach CRT which is also abusive, racist, and evil.

They would bust down the door of the house and force everyone to get the shot if they could figure out where that door is.

Luke 17: 28 Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: 30 after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.