Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Proverbs 25:15-28 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

I am loving what these patriots have done in persisting with the investigation into election fraud. They have been patient and now the rulers in Maricopa county have been persuaded to do this extensive audit under a multitude of cameras with full transparency. There are indications that the results of this audit could “break the bone”, cause the dam to break on investigating election fraud nationwide. Rigged had a huge impact and in a week 2,000 Mules should be released and looks to be the knockout punch.

16 If you find honey, eat just enough— too much of it, and you will vomit.

We need balance, too much of anything will make you sick. I am happy with what is happening to Twitter with Elon Musk’s takeover, but a tiny taste is sweet, anymore and I will vomit. Elon Musk is not some “savior” for Christians, but hearing the Washington Post, owned by Bezos, saying that it is terrible for a billionaire to control the media like this was very enjoyable. Likewise hearing some other pundit meltdown about how Twitter can be used to steal elections was equally sweet.

17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house— too much of you, and they will hate you.

We need to be balanced in our relationships. I suspect the entire world has come to hate the US. What used to be a Christian country that was generous has become a corrupt criminal organization that installs puppets and is run by crime families like the Bidens, Clintons and Obamas.

18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor. 19 Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.

False testimony, we are seeing this done repeatedly. We were told that the policeman from January 6th who died was bludgeoned to death. That was a false testimony, like a club designed to beat down anyone who supported Trump. The 2nd impeachment accusing Trump of inciting a riot was a false testimony like a sharp arrow aimed at his heart. Accusations that the use of Hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid was irresponsible was a sword used to fight back during the election campaign. Then reliance on Mike Pence in the day of trouble was like having a broken tooth or a lame foot. Mike McCarthy has recently had audio of his phone calls released showing that he is unfaithful.

20 Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on a wound, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Likewise you have to be careful about these trials of people like Aubry and Floyd. People feel very strongly about these incidents. The mainstream media is really pushing the idea of systemic racism, so every time a black is shot and killed they portray it in the worst possible way, whereas if the person is white or asian they completely sweep it under the rug. There is nothing to rejoice in whether the person like Chauvin is found guilty of murder or the people involved in killing Aubry are found innocent. Either way you are vinegar on a wound.

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

The Lord said to love your enemies and do good to them just as God your Father in heaven does.

23 Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

A sly tongue is able to help those completely befuddled by the enemy to see the horror in their ways. Bill Maher has a “sly tongue”. He is an atheist but he is able to provoke a horrified look bringing unexpected rain. Tucker Carlson also has a sly tongue.

24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Someone needs to share this verse with Prince Harry. He has a quarrelsome wife who has raised this to historic levels. Recently the world watched this trial between Johnny Depp and his wife, a perfect illustration of how it is better to live in the corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

To me the news from Arizona of their audit of 2 million ballots is good news and it was like cold water to a weary soul. I went to five Stop the Steal rallies and have been praying over this issue of election fraud since November. It was good news to me when DeSantis stood up to Disney, that was like a wonderful ice cold drink of water.

26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

Stop bowing the knee to cancel culture. Get a backbone. Look at how muddied the water is to move the All Star game in MLB from Atlanta which is 50% black to Denver which is 10% black. How is that supporting minorities? Really, you are offended with voter ID? Then why are you moving to Colorado, they require voter ID.

27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.

This chapter begins with it being a glory to search out a matter. When you receive glory it is like eating honey. But it isn’t honorable to focus on your glory, to be consumed with all the press clippings, what your image is, etc.

28 Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.

What are these cities like that are “defunding the police”? They are like a city whose walls are broken through, they lack self control. Biden’s border policy has made this country like a city whose walls are broken through, he lacks self control.
 

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Hezekiah vs the Apostasy

2Kings 18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done. 4 He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan. 5 He trusted in Jehovah, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him. 6 For he clave to Jehovah; he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses. 7 And Jehovah was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. 8 He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

What a contrast between Hezekiah and so many Christians today. They would tell us that we are to be submissive to the king of Assyria. They would give some phony baloney spiritual reason why we should not rebel against the Assyrians and why we should not smote the Philistines. In modern terms they don't object to abortion, they don't object to the whole LGBTQ movement to seize control of schools, and they think that Christians should abandon the parts of the Bible that offend others.
 

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Because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah their God.

2Kings 18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 10 And at the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12 because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.

We need to study history. If you bow the knee to the woke mob, if the righteous give way to the wicked, then the Lord will remove your lampstand out of its place.
 

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Jeremiah 25:4-17 they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad

Jeremiah 25: 4 And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear), 5 saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore; 6 and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.

This is referring to the apostasy. During the last seventy years the US has been the major superpower on earth and during this time we became arrogant and left God and you can see it in all that we do and say. You see it in our schools, in our media, in our TV and movies. You hear it in denominational churches saying the Bible is out of date and we don't need to heed it.

8 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words, 9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

The US is the Great Babylon, we have discussed this in great detail. We are the only nation with many deep water ports, we are the nation that distributed the word of God to the rest of the world (cup of fine gold) but in that cup made the nations drink a befuddling wine of Hollywood, corporate greed, and CIA criminality. The prophecies are clear, the judgement on Babylon comes in one hour and it comes from the nation from the north. If Russia were to attack us it would be with ICBM's that come over the North Pole.

10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

After WWII the world served the US. WWII ended March 20, 1952 with a signing of a peace treaty with Japan. According to this the nations of the world needed to serve Babylon (the US) for 70 years. That is over as of the end of last month. On March 25th Russia put the Ruble on the gold standard, according to the Hebrew calendar this was a complete 70 years to the day.

12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever.


This is the judgement against the US. The 70 years are accomplished, the world despises the US, and the US (Great Babylon) will be judged when their currency collapses. Chaldeans refer to elite warriors. The US is both the Great Babylon (both religious and commercial) and also the land of the Chaldeans (great warriors).

13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

There are some terrible deeds of the US and of the CIA that will be recompensed. The most notable of which is this pandemic designed in a bioweapons lab and lied about by Fauci with the sorcerers attempting to make merchandise of the rest of the world.


15 For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then took I the cup at Jehovah’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:


They were forced to "drink" this vaccine, they are reeling to and fro as a result and as they wake up to what has happened they are now mad.
 

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Isaiah 59:11-16 Whoever shuns evil becomes a prey

11 We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away. 12 For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities: 13 rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.

This is the heart of the matter. The poor state of the public education has been decried for many years, but the heart of that is our rebellion and treachery against the Lord. People have been outraged at the vile rhetoric in this country, but the heart of the matter is that we turned our backs on the Lord. In just the last few years the lies uttered by the media are too numerous to mention. The NY Times resorted to fabricating a “high level anonymous source in Trump’s administration” out of a low level staffer that no one had ever heard of. The FBI colluded with political leaders to fabricate charges against President Trump based on the “Logan Act”. Flynn was charged because he talked to foreign leaders during the transition as Trump’s administration got ready to take the helm. The hypocrisy of this is overwhelming as Biden is currently talking to foreign leaders and is therefore guilty of exactly the same thing they charged Flynn with. They have incited revolt with their rhetoric even justifying the occupation of Portland. They based the Mueller investigation on lies that were conceived in the mind of Hillary Clinton. Finally, this 2nd impeachment with 1 week to go till the end of Trump’s term (the hearing starts on the 13th, the term ends the 20th). The charge is that he incited a riot. Interestingly enough here the Lord says that the guilty have “incited revolt and oppression”. No one is charging Trump with inciting oppression, that would be from the tech giants who are censoring conservative views, Christian views and any call for justice. We now know this was an intelligence operation run by the FBI, they were the ones responsible for January 6th.

14 So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

You cannot even “shun evil”. The cancel culture will pounce if you don’t repeat their claims. Dan Bongino “shunned evil” and his platform “Parler” was taken down by Google, Apple and Amazon.com. These three giants worked together to make him and his site a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice. 16 He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm achieved salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.

This is a very important point that many Christians, myself included, have missed. Daniel says that the antichrist brings down the mighty, but not by his own power. It will be the Lord that brings down the mighty while the antichrist takes credit for what the Lord does. In Jesus ministry He exposed the unrighteousness and corruption of the leaders of His day. He was accused of casting out demons by the Prince of demons. He made it clear at the time that a house divided cannot stand and that if they condemned Him what do they say when their children cast out demons at the end of this age. When the Lord returns at the end of the age He is not simply the only begotten Son of God but “the firstborn among many brethren”. It will be the Lord’s arm that will get the victory, yes, it will be the strongest members of the Body of Christ that achieve salvation.

The other thing is that the Lord saw that there was no one. That means He had to give the state legislators a chance, He had to give the courts and judges a chance, He had to give the Federal government a chance. Only after He sees that there is no one, only then does He intervene with His right arm.

The Lord told us about this, He said they made monuments to the prophets that their fathers killed. The Democrats were the party of the Southern States, the party of slavery,. the party of the KKK. Today they rail against white supremacy and racism. But it is hypocrisy. Kamala Harris thinks that because she is black she is somehow innocent and whitewashed, she is descended from slave holders, not slaves but slave holders. She put many blacks into prison in California, often on questionable evidence. If anyone is stained with the guilt of systemic racism it is her. Of course Joe Biden is even worse. Some think that being Obama's VP means he had the good housekeeping seal of approval. Nothing could be further from the truth. Biden was the most racist senator and putting him on the ticket assuaged the fears of many in the party. Biden was against desegregation of the schools and he was the sponsor of the crime bill. These were the two most racist positions to take in the last 40 years. Not only so but many of his quotes are utterly racist. If anyone else said them they would be cancelled immediately. The same people dressing up as "civil rights activists" were in fact the biggest liars and racists we have seen.
 

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Lift up your prayers that the Lord Jesus would rebuke the words of the Antichrist

Isaiah 37:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

I love this. First Hezekiah proves that he puts his trust in Jehovah, cleaves to Him, kept His commandments, and departed not from following Him. Then he gets this really big test from the king of Assyria (antichrist). You go from one cross to the next, each one gets bigger and bigger, but also the outstanding resurrections gets better and better too. This describes salvation for "the remnant that is left" suggesting the rapture has already taken place. This "king of Assyria" is a type of the Antichrist.

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

Remember, the Lord is over all, the purpose of the tribulation is to cause all to repent and turn to Jesus for salvation.

Isaiah 37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come out to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?

O Lord, hear and see the words of the Antichrist who is sent to defy the living God


14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah. 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying, 16 O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that [d]sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 17 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God. 18 Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. 20 Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.

Lord the truth is these far left idiots have laid waste to all the countries they rule. We are watching their currency go up in flames because they are vanity. Now Lord save us from their hand that all people on the Earth would know that you alone are King of kings and Lord of lords.
 

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Chastening is How God TRAINS us for Righteousness


Hebrews 12: 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons,

My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord,
Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,
And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

7 It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. 11 All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.


Chastening -- (of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on. (especially of God) discipline; punish.
 

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Genesis 2:22 and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
 

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This is one of Dana Coverstone dreams that many think have been proven to be false. It is now 18 months after he gave it, let’s reconsider this.

The Data Dream -- The Dream the mockers love to say was false

1. An interstate Atlas with flashing lights that looked like a data map. It looks like what we have seen in the Mike Lindell movies concerning the Dominion voting machines and what we learned in the Arizona audit about data being deleted and data from other states showing up on the Arizona machines.

2. Those circuits are going to go hot and if they go hot they are going to fry if they cannot slow the system down. This reminds me of how a number of states all shut down their vote counting at the same time when Trump was well ahead and then several hours later when they resumed they each got a big boost of votes for Biden to put him ahead. Remember, this dream was given two weeks before the election took place.

3. The bigger cities were sending up smoke clouds — something interrupting it sending up a signal of information. — Yes it was the bigger cities that sent out all kinds of signals of fraud. Statistical analysis of the vote proved to statisticians that the election was fraudulent in the big cities. Detroit, Las Vegas, and Phoenix all gave all many signals as well as Milwaukee, Detroit and Philadelphia.

4. When the flashes reached Philadelphia — At this point we have an audit which proves Arizona should be decertified and we have sufficient evidence in Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan to demand similar audits there. However, recently we have gotten sufficient evidence concerning fraud in Philadelphia to demand a complete audit there as well.

5. When the pressure began to build up — this is what we are seeing, the pressure build up for audits. Nov 5th the Stop the Steal rallies began, by January 6th it was a significant movement but the riot put a stop to the rallies. We now know that the riot was an intelligence operation from the FBI designed to put a stop to the movement. We also have thousands of affidavits of a crime, we have all the captures from the military of election fraud using the Dominion machines, we have video evidence, we have evidence from spot canvasses, and what was a minority of Republican voters has turned into a majority of Americans demanding election integrity and audits. At this point the pressure to get to the bottom of this is blowing up. If it results in a civil war so be it.

6. The liberty bell split in half. This is what people are saying today, we don’t have liberty, we have a tyranny. The country is being split in half, no one is going to put up with the "Ministry of Truth" that Biden is trying to impose.

7. The liberty bell melted. This reminds me of when the 2nd temple was destroyed. They set fire to it and the gold melted. That is why they tore down every stone to get to that gold which had melted. I suspect the whole US will be torn down stone by stone as well. Right now the gold is being melted, our dollar is losing its value and will soon be completely worthless.

8. The lines of data were all headed to Washington DC — again, quite true. Why is it that the judges, and the legislatures do nothing, because whatever they do will lead back to them. He saw judges and professionals trying to pull the line away from DC. It finally blew up and the Capital building cracked in half. Why is it that McCarthy and other politicians are caught openly admitting they are lying on the campaign trail about being for election integrity.

9. Discovery — once again Mike Lindell’s movie, Peter Navarros’ three volume report, the Arizona audi Rigged, and 2,000 Mules.

10. Closed casket — “Here lies” Joe Biden. We all know that Joe Biden is a liar, a big liar, a liar who has been lying since day 1. The Hunter Biden laptop, the border, his handling of Covid, and his handling of Afghanistan — lies, lies and more lies. December 17th — the day the election was certified by the states.

11. Demand to see the body — are we talking about the body of evidence of election fraud? It is very interesting that he saw the Date — December 17th but not the year. December 17th is the date that every state legislature would be guilty of certifying a fraudulent election (lies). Everyone is barefoot indicates that none of them are shod with the gospel of peace.

12. Halls of Congress, “a house divided against itself shall not stand”. That is what we have seen this year, you can’t run a democracy when the country is divided against itself. He turns off the lights. If the US goes broke they will be turning off the lights.
 

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2 Thess 2:1-8 -- The Rebellion comes first

1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him,

These are two things, the Lord’s coming and our being gathered to Him, what we refer to as the rapture. It appears that the Lord comes secretly immediately before the rapture.

we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.

What a wonderful example of not cutting straight the word of God. Many believers and many excellent Bible teachers teach that we cannot know when the rapture is or when the day of the Lord is and even take a hands off approach as though we aren't supposed to teach on this. Paul is saying exactly the opposite here. We can know when the day of the Lord is here, there is nothing wrong with teaching the prophecies, the warning is about those who say the day of the Lord has already come despite the rebellion and the rapture not taking place first.

3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.

Everyone should be very clear that a rebellion occurs first and the man of lawlessness is revealed. There has been some wonderful exposition of Isaiah that the US is the transplanted vineyard of the Lord, the vineyard He surrounded with hedges to the East across the sea. Some have even overlaid the pattern of the temple and the items in the temple over the US and the pattern is quite fascinating. So let’s look a little closer at this, the antichrist who is to come, the “man of lawlessness” will be “impudent and brazen”. To a lesser degree we saw this with Hitler, but it will be on full display with the man of lawlessness. Think about what Biden's administration did by establishing a Ministry of Disinformation two days after Elon Musk bought Twitter because they censored free speech. That is impudent and brazen unconstitutional move. For years we heard that Twitter and Facebook could censor because they weren't the government. Now the same people who told us this want a government ministry to censor free speech. Second, he will be a master of intrigue. You can have a variety of different ideas, persuasions, political views, but regardless of what you think about Biden only a tiny minority of the most naive Americans could think that Biden is running his Whitehouse. There must be a master of intrigue pulling the strings. But then Daniel says that he will destroy the mighty but not of his own power. The destruction of the US is quite amazing. In the first sixteen months of Biden's administration he has done far more than anyone could have imagined to bring down the US. The antichrist is used to destroy Jezebel. That is the rebellion that must take place first, it was Jezebel’s corruption that the Lord is going to judge. The antichrist destroys the mighty, destroys Jezebel and all of her confederates, but not of his own power. It will be the Lord Jesus with his saints as His army. They are the ones who are restraining the evil Jezebel. According to the type she hired 400 prophets of Baal, she controlled the media. Meanwhile a hundred prophets of the Lord were hidden in a cave. So it is the Lord that destroys Jezebel, but it is the antichrist who takes credit for it and as this unfolds he is revealed. Right now the Durham investigation appears to be bringing down Clinton and a number of her confederates and we have some hints that hundreds of others have also been forced to resign.

However, the word here is not "rebellion" but rather departure. Some argue that this can refer to a departure from the word of God or it can also refer to the rapture. Jesus said that at the end of the age the angels go out and separate the wheat from the tares. There is a "departure" a "separation" that has to take place prior to the harvest.

4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

We just shifted from past tense to future tense. Before the day comes the rebellion takes place and the man of lawlessness is revealed. That takes place before we are gathered to the Lord, i.e. raptured. But in the future, after the rapture, He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped. Recently we saw a shocking display of arrogance. Barak Obama showed up at the White house and referred to President Biden as his vice president. As a rule politicians and presidents are narcissists, but even among them this was a stunning display of self exaltation. It does not say that he does this prior to the rapture. As stunning as that was it still didn't rise to what is written here about exalting yourself over everything that is called God. The Antichrist is revealed because he is uniquely impudent and brazen, because he is a master of intrigue, because he destroys the mighty, and finally, because he receives a head wound and is resuscitated, allowing an evil spirit to enter into him. However, after he is inhabited by that evil spirit he will oppose God, even setting himself up in the temple and proclaiming himself to be God. He doesn’t destroy the mighty with his own power, but he does take full credit for it.

5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.

We know what is holding him back. We may not be “master’s of intrigue”, we may not know the deep things of Satan, but all Christians know Jesus Christ and the Spirit of God. This is what is holding him back. Also look at Paul's preaching, the rapture and the end of the age was central to his teaching -- "I used to tell you these things". It is essential to be clear on this because when it all happens there will be the "fog of war", a lot of confusion. Look at the Stop the Steal rallies, the people standing up to speak the truth, movies like Rigged and 2,000 Mules, election audits, Durham investigation, etc, etc.

7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.

The secret power of lawlessness is what we call the illuminati, the FreeMasons, and the Deep State. We are the salt and the light. When we speak the word of God it restrains evil and holds it back. We must continue to do so right up until we are taken out of the way during the rapture.

8 And then the lawless one will be revealed,whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.

So if we are paying attention to current events what we are seeing is a rebellion. The allegations of voter fraud is based on a software company that is owned and operated by Diane Feinstein’s husband, by Nancy Pelosi’s aid, and by Hillary Clinton’s foundation. Many Governors, mayors, and the Democratic party must be involved. The scale and scope of this is truly amazing. Laws were passed all over the country, often while the election was taking place. Judges were used to institute these changes. Polls were used to manipulate the impression of the election while the mainstream media has done everything in their power to create a narrative of fate accomplished. Tech giants have censored all stories that might be contrary to their narrative. Google, Facebook and Twitter are clearly pushing this agenda. What we are witnessing is a rebellion with Hillary Clinton at the epicenter. Those who are fighting this battle are Christians. You can see them in prayer for the country. They aren’t fighting for Trump or Biden to win, but rather that the election be legitimate and not stolen.

We can also see they are losing. Twitter was just bought by Elon Musk and whatever else happens as a result he has already revealed that it was used to promote a far left agenda with lies and deceit. Zuckerburg has lost 50% of his net worth in just the last few months as Facebook is exposed. Even Amazon.com is seeing a decrease in their shoppers. Netflix and Disney have also been exposed for their agenda and as someone you would never want to take care of your children. CNN estimated that over 20 million people would pay for their CNN+ based on all these lies, in the end 10,000 paid. When you consider that the majority of those were probably other news agencies, intelligence agencies and government agencies around the world it was a stunning revelation of how unpopular they are. MSNBC hosts like Rachel Maddow have run for the hills and Joy Reid is being exposed as extremely unpopular. Meanwhile the result of doxing a site like "Libs of Tik Tok" has resulted in this site having more than 1 million subscribers which is more than every show on CNN and pretty much every show on MSNBC!
 

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2Thessalonians 2:9-12 God sends upon them a strong delusion

9 The coming [of the lawless one, the antichrist] is through the activity and working of Satan and will be attended by great power and with all sorts of [pretended] miracles and signs and delusive marvels—[all of them] lying wonders


I saw a dream by Dana Coverstone in which the vaccine was likened to a lying wonder, a counterfeit "blood" that heals you. The lying wonders will mimic the signs the Lord gave us. We'll see a phony resurrection, a counterfeit blood, and a sad excuse for salvation. They are creating a man made famine that they will "save" you from.

10 And by unlimited seduction to evil and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing (going to perdition) because they did not welcome the Truth but refused to love it that they might be saved. 11 Therefore God sends upon them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false, 12 In order that all may be judged and condemned who did not believe in [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely on] the Truth, but [instead] took pleasure in unrighteousness.

Yes, the Mark of the Beast is a phony blood, if you have it you get a phony salvation (a job), they will have a phony resurrection and a phony savior. Not only so but they need a phony story to explain the rapture. There has been an incredible account of daily UFO sightings by the military for years. Video tape, radar, eyewitness accounts, and astounding capabilities. Sixty minutes released the special on this topic a few days ago and that has been followed up by news agencies across the spectrum covering this from Tucker Carlson, Maria Bartiroma, Dan Bongino, to all the major networks. This is a “strong delusion”. Not simply a hard to see photo or a few seconds from someone’s camera, no this is the US military with all of their capabilities and training. This is the fulfillment of Paul’s word. This is a strong delusion. They refused to believe the truth of the gospel, they thought Jesus rising from the dead and the coming rapture was a fairy tale for kids, so “the Lord gave them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false.”

Imagine trying to explain away the rapture of people all over the globe in the twinkling of an eye as some kind of “close encounter of the third kind”. One day you will have to stand before the Lord and explain how you could reject the truth of the gospel because you thought it was a fictional story and yet you told people this instead. This will obliterate any argument they can make at the judgement seat.

They take pleasure in unrighteousness and that includes holding down the truth in unrighteousness. Biden recently created the Ministry of Disinformation. No doubt once the rapture takes place anyone saying it was the rapture will be accused of "disinformation" and so the Bible itself will become illegal. Right now we can post on the internet, speak the gospel on the internet, study the word on the internet. Those days will come to an end, better have a bible with you.
 

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The Bronze Serpent lifted up

I think we can now say the jab is not the mark of the beast, it is when everyone was bitten of serpents and going to die in the wilderness.

So then what does it mean to lift up the bronze serpent? Could that be another reference to the rapture?

Look at that story, they were bitten because they complained about the Manna. That is what the apostasy is, people complaining about the Bible. What better way to cure people of this disease of the apostasy thinking God's word is a bunch of old stories not relevant to today than by them seeing the rapture?

The rapture is of "the church", the lampstand. So then what is the lampstand? It is gold (God's nature), the light is from the oil being burned, that is the Holy Spirit. It is a corporate expression of God's people in whom God lives and the Spirit is shining out of them. OK, but what about their sinful flesh? Some of these people were felons, they were rude, crude, and had every sin there is. Well that sinful flesh has been crucified with Christ and it is no longer they that live but Christ lives within them. So then another way to look at the church is a congregation of the redeemed who like Jesus were crucified to hang on a pole, their flesh has been judged, hence it is a bronze serpent. So then what would happen if the whole world were to see this church "lifted up"? Perhaps that will cure them of the "apostasy" and they would repent and return to the Lord, the incarnated word of God.
 

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Isaiah 61 Clothed with salvation and righteousness! Or the gospel of the AntiChrist -- Your Choice!

1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound, 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3 To grant [consolation and joy] to those who mourn in Zion—to give them an ornament (a garland or diadem) of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment [expressive] of praise instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit—that they may be called oaks of righteousness [lofty, strong, and magnificent, distinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God], the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

The Lord opened His earthly ministry with this proclamation. The declaration of the Jubilee year. Now let's compare the gospel of Jesus Christ with the gospel of the Antichrist. Jesus preached good tidings to the meek, the Antichrist treats the meek as a bunch of chumps, let's send 33 billion from the US to defend Ukraine with no guarantee of being paid back. Why does the US pay for this? Why not the rich Ukrainian oligarchs who are considered the 3rd most corrupt regime on Earth, who cut deals with Biden and Clinton? Why isn't Europe paying for this? Go to the European cities and they are much nicer than Detroit, or St. Louis, or our Southern border. We built those cities. The gospel of the Antichrist is good news to the rich, good news to those who afflict others. The antichrist has sent your kids to war to cause you to be brokenhearted. He wants to proclaim that the bankers rule and that you are all back in prison working for these tyrants. They want to proclaim the acceptable year of Satan, his day of vengeance is worship me or I will chop your head off. Misery loves company and Satan desires that we all mourn. He is happy to burn the earth down to ashes rather than hand it over to the Lord Jesus. He will ride through cutting down people like trees and burning down cities like a forest fire.

4 And they shall rebuild the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former desolations and renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.

His gospel is "build back better" think of the three b's as 666. He will turn everything to ruins, desolation and devastation. He is not the god of resurrection, he is the god of destruction. So ignore the destruction, desolation and ruin, instead he gives you the empty promise to "build back better". What does that mean? It means when they build it back he will be in charge and you will either be his serf or you will be dead.

5 Aliens shall stand [ready] and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. 6 But you shall be called the priests of the Lord; people will speak of you as the ministers of our God. You shall eat the wealth of the nations, and the glory [once that of your captors] shall be yours.

Why are people doing this? If a meth addict wants to rebuild his life who better to attach himself to than someone like Mike Lindell who has rebuilt his life? If I am kept in bondage who better to attach myself to than someone who broke those bonds? The gospel is not preached to those who are “holier than thou”, it is preached to people in the same situation with the same struggles as you. Today who are the priests of the rulers? They are people like Fauci, the CDC, the WHO, the school Chancellor, etc. There is a disconnect, they make proclamations for you to keep from ivory towers. There is a wonderful contrast with the Priests that God has appointed. Let’s say I have a herd of cows and I have to bring an offering to God, it is required, just like taxes. So I bring a cow to the temple, the priests will then sacrifice that cow. You might think this is terrible, it is animal cruelty, yet how many people pick up a pack of butchered meat in saran wrap at the grocery store without a second thought? Yes, that requires a sacrifice, but doing in front of you as an act of worship to God is so much more wonderful than the soulless way we buy meat today. Then once they sacrifice this cow it is a lot of meat! They didn’t have refrigeration, so you needed to cook it all right then. You can probably feed 2,000 people from the sacrifice of a single cow (if you are talking about women and children as well as men). Now you can understand why the aliens are feeding your flocks and working as your ploughmen and vinedressers. They also get to partake of this sacrifice. The priests aren’t living in some gated community, everyone is in the same community and we all partake together and enjoy together. Who wouldn’t want to be part of this family? But what about the gospel of the Antichrist? His gospel is to the rich living in gated communities. They know that they will have servants and have to pay them to live, but it will be a "trickle down economy" with no hope of ever leaving the slave community.

7 Instead of your [former] shame you shall have a twofold recompense; instead of dishonor and reproach [your people] shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double [what they had forfeited]; everlasting joy shall be theirs.

This will be a community that has one feast after another. The guy with a hundred cattle might have ten people working for him and maybe another ten close family members, and those who are working for him would have family as well. Maybe there are 100 people closely associated with him when he offers that cow, yet there are 2,000 people that partake. Every time he offers up a cow there will be 10 more barbecues to go to. In Antichrist's gospel you must be told daily that you are a shameful slave who will have nothing and be happy.

8 For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong with violence or a burnt offering. And I will faithfully give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant or league with them.

Wow! What a definition of robbery! If you are the gardener for some rich guy and he doesn’t invite you to his feasts that is robbery! Living in a gated community is robbery! How do so many people get rich in the world? It is with wrong, with violence and with a burnt offering. Someone has to get “burned” for these guys to win. The kingdom that is coming is completely different, we are all those who have been restored. We can understand and appreciate those who still need to be restored, they are part of our family and we realize our job is not simply to raise cattle and have feasts, but even more to see people restored. The contrast with the world is night and day.

9 And their offspring shall be known among the nations and their descendants among the peoples. All who see them [in their prosperity] will recognize and acknowledge that they are the people whom the Lord has blessed.

We won’t simply be recognized as the guy with a 100 cows, no we will be recognized because of the children we have raised, the people who have been restored, healed, released from prison. Imagine you see some guy with a hundred employees who has built up a successful business, just like Mike Lindell. That is notable. Now suppose those 100 employees were all former drug addicts, felons, or people with disabilities. That becomes much more notable.

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

You are not simply clothed with salvation. You were once dead in offenses and sins but you have repented and now are clothed with salvation. That is a good testimony. But, having been led out of that prison you went back and led others out of that prison as well. Now you are also clothed with righteousness, you are expressing Jesus Christ. Those people you helped are like jewels adorning your clothes.

11 For as [surely as] the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring forth, so [surely] the Lord God will cause rightness and justice and praise to spring forth before all the nations [through the self-fulfilling power of His word].

Someone asked me about the rapture, saying “what happens to all those who are left behind, are they just screwed?” No, there are different seasons and different crops based on the season. The rapture will show the way for many others for whom the word has just recently sprouted. The tribulation will be like an intense sunshine that will help them grow and ripen quickly, no other choice.
 

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

The Beginning of Travail v.8

1. Temple raised to the ground -- verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. v 2.

2. The apostasy -- many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray. v.5

3. World wars, cyber attacks and bioweapons -- And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; v.6

4. Natural catastrophes -- and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places v.7

The Tribulation

5. A worldwide persecution of Christians -- Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake. v.9

6. Gospel of the kingdom to the whole world -- And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; v.14

The Great Tribulation

7. Then the end shall come v.14

8. You will see the abomination of desolation standiing in the Holy place v.15

9. Then shall they see the Son of Man coming in the clouds v.30

The Lord will appear in the clouds is the last thing mentioned "of all these things". However, it is not the last thing mentioned in the 70th week.

Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

Jesus appearing on the clouds needs to take place prior to the 81st year -- that could be May 14th, 2029 (or May 19, 2029 on Jewish Calendar). That does not mean that the 70th week began 7 years earlier, rather it is more likely that this began at Feast of Trumpets and ends on Day of Atonement.

To reiterate -- Jesus said "all these things" referring to the things He had mentioned, not to the 70th week in Daniel. Jesus return on the clouds needs to precede Israel's 81st birthday, but that does not mean the 70th week needs to precede Israel's 74th birthday. On the contrary it could certainly begin after Israel's 74th birthday. Abraham left Haran with Lot when he was 75 years old.
 

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It will take 80 years for this generation to pass away.

Psalm 90:The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

Please note that 80 years is if you have pride, labor and sorrow. We connect this with the Lord's word that "this generation shall not pass away until all these things take place". Well, this generation includes those that are proud and need labor and sorrow to come to repentance. In other words this word that this generation shall not pass away is describing what it takes to humble yourself before the mighty hand of God. The Lord is going to do everything in his power to see that every person is saved because He is merciful. This means that it will be 80 years. 80 complete years. The last thing that Jesus mentioned was in Matt 24 that will be fulfilled before this generation passes away is that He will come on the clouds in great glory. So then this prophecy tells us when He will come on the clouds. It does not tell us when the 70th week begins, nor does it tell us when the rapture takes place, but we can make a few educated guesses.

First, May 13th or even May 14th to the minute would be when Jesus would come if we were using the Gregorian calendar, but I doubt that He would do that, if you were using the Hebrew calendar I think it would be more like May 19th though it might be to the very minute that Israel turns 81 in 2029.

Second, the Lord comes to save Israel so it is before the end of the 70th week, but likely only six months before, so we can assume the seventieth week begins in the fall of 2022.

Third, Noah is shut into the ark one week before the rain comes. If the Lord's coming on the clouds immediately precedes the "rain coming" then we would think the rapture would take place in May of 2022.

Fourth, Noah's flood began the 17th day of the 2nd month, which on today's calendar would be the the 17th day of the 8th month (Noah's calendar was different from the Jewish calendar which moved the first month to Nisan at the time of Passover). That would be exactly six months after the 17th day of the 2nd month and according to Esther there is a six month party in heaven before all this begins.
 

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He does exactly what many do, he uses the Fig tree generation prophecy to get to the 5th of Iyar in 2029 and then say that the 70th week must therefore start seven years earlier. My point is you are making a simple mistake. Jesus doesn't say that the seventieth week must be fulfilled before the fig tree generation passes away, rather He says that the whole earth must see the Son of Man coming on the clouds before the fig tree generation passes away. Jesus coming on the clouds in glory could easily be six months before the seventieth week ends.
 

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He does exactly what many do, he uses the Fig tree generation prophecy to get to the 5th of Iyar in 2029 and then say that the 70th week must therefore start seven years earlier. My point is you are making a simple mistake. Jesus doesn't say that the seventieth week must be fulfilled before the fig tree generation passes away, rather He says that the whole earth must see the Son of Man coming on the clouds before the fig tree generation passes away. Jesus coming on the clouds in glory could easily be six months before the seventieth week ends.
I don't agree with much of what he says but feel it is important to include this because there are multiple views and at present no one has a monopoly on the truth.