Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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War in Heaven

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

Thy kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven. We are seeing a war on Earth right now and we are seeing the "angels" or ministers fighting against the dragon. Election fraud was just the beginning. We have war on Earth and since much of these verses clearly refer, at least in part, to Washington DC I have to believe that this war with Russia will spread to the US.

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

When they accused Trump of Russian collusion it took over 4 years to debunk that. Yesterday they accused Trump of trying to take the wheel of "the Beast" the car they drive the president in and that took hours to debunk. Little by little there is no place left for their lies. The main stream media won't find room on their programming, the American people have already completely dismissed it, and the various elections and primaries have all been huge wins for Trump and sending the message that there is going to be no place found any more in the government for these crooks.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Well this could mean so much. Does the military roll into Washington DC? To be "cast out" is not the same as to lose an election and leave gracefully.

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

There are so many who tie this political battle in the US with "salvation". Yes, I think the political battle is a shadow of the battle taking place in the heavens and as we see there is no more room for Biden, Pelosi and Schumer the same is true in the heavens. But this is a shadow of judgement, not of salvation. So I only see salvation in the name of Jesus, not in the name of Trump or MAGA. You can liken Trump and MAGA and all those working to drain the swamp to the angels that are fighting with Michael. But salvation is from Jesus.

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

It is very easy to look at this and say it only applies to the believers in the tribulation who are beheaded. But if you do that it ignores most of the New Testament. Paul said he had been crucified with Christ. I think it is safe to say that Paul did not love his life unto death. Yet he was not beheaded during the tribulation. You can actually look at all the apostles and martyrs throughout the church age. How can anyone say this does not apply to them. We are told that the faith was "once for all delivered". The faith to love not your lives unto death was delivered to us by the writers of the New Testament. When Jesus says "take up your cross and follow Him" it is the same faith as what we are seeing here. When Paul wrote Philippians 2 it is the same faith as what we see here. There are three steps to overcoming the accuser of the brethren. First, your righteousness and your standing is based on the blood of the lamb. Consider Mike Lindell, he is forthright and frank about his past sins, and how he has no righteousness of his own. He was mocked and ridiculed as being a conspiracist because of his past drug use by Steve Colbert. He pointed out that by saying that Colbert condemns every person who ever used drugs and disqualifies them from being full fledged citizens. That silenced Colbert. In other words "in condemning me you condemn yourself". The second step is the word of your testimony. You cannot overcome the accuser of the brethren if you are silent. With the blood of the lamb we put on the full covering, all the armor of God. But now you have to take up the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. You must speak the word of God. If you do that you will be reviled, ridiculed, mocked, insulted, and slandered. To take the stand anyway is the third step, it is the "not loving your life even unto death". People get fired for their stand for the Lord. People are forced out of jobs, out of homes, even out of cities for their faith in the Lord. This is to "not love your life even unto death".

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

This is my point. When you overcome salvation comes to you and judgement falls on those who have aligned themselves with Satan, the accuser of the brethren. Walmart thought they would squash Mike Lindell and kicked his merchandise out of their stores. Since that point we have learned they are overstocked by 36%! These are apocalyptic numbers. Even worse, their stock price has dropped 25%! Imagine what happens after the rapture, all these stores will be filled with goods no one is buying and they will stink like dead frogs. Revelation depicts numerous groups of believers overcoming, you have those before the tribulation and you have those during the tribulation. But as each group is raptured those that are left behind are left in a world that is becoming more and more Satanic and evil.
 

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The Structure of Revelation

1. John sees a great sign in heaven of a Woman clothed with the Sun in travail to give birth and the Great Red Dragon standing before her to devour her child as soon as it is born

compare this with

John is taken into the wilderness and is shown a Woman clothed in purple and scarlet sitting upon the Scarlet Beast.


2. The war in heaven between the Dragon and his angels against Michael and his Angels

compare that with

The Beast and 10 kings will war with the Lamb at His Second Coming.

3. the Dragon wars against the Woman who flees and turns and wars on the Remnant of her
seed while the ten kings turn in hatred against the Whore and burn her with fire.

4. The Beast out the Sea is described including his receiving the Dragon seat, power and great
authority after the Dragon has been cast out of heaven while the fall of great city Babylon the Great is described. The city becomes a habitation of devils and the cage of every foul and hateful bird.


5. The Land Beast deceives the world to worship the Sea Beast by means of the miracles he
does before the first Beast while the nations are made drunk by the wine of Babylon’s fornication.


6. The Lamb is seen on Mt Zion with the 144,000 while the people of God are called to come out of
Babylon to avoid becoming partakers of her sins and receiving her plagues.


7. John sees an angel who preaches the everlasting gospel to all nations while the angel
proclaims how the judgment on Babylon the Great will be carried out.


8. An angel proclaims the fall of Babylon the Great while an angel proclaims how with
violence Babylon is thrown down.


9. The angel warns those who take the mark of the Beast that “the smoke of their torment shall rise
forever and ever” whilst the smoke of Babylon’s burning is forever and ever.

10. One like the Son of Man is seen sitting on a cloud with a sickle to harvest the Earth. Later the
Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ with the armies of heaven is described.

11. John sees the angel who harvests the grapes for the winepress of God’s wrath later the
battle of Armageddon is described.

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People will run to and fro -- transportation worldwide has changed dramatically since WWII and commercial aircraft and the highway system and cars. This is a major sign of the end of the age.

Knowledge shall increase -- We had the libraries that Carnegie built at the turn of the century. We had newspapers, radio and TV ever since WWI that went around the world. But then since the 1980s we digitized all these libraries and journals and books and magazines and so knowledge increased. Then with the internet knowledge increased even more. Now with AI we can actually access and use all that knowledge worldwide. Not only so but google can translate books and written word from all over the globe. And yet it is even more with Youtube and social media exponentially increasing the written and published word.
 

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Miserable comforters are ye all

Job 16:1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

Psaki laughed at the shortages saying that we would have to wait a few weeks for our peloton. When you look at utilities, food, and gas inflation is running 20-25%. Those are three things everyone must pay for weekly. 20-25% increase is a lot, it will completely eat up the disposable income of at least half the people in this country. Yet the leaders in Washington think it is a joke.

Thou hast made desolate all my company

7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

The retail businesses have seen a 40% drop in the stock price for the index of their sector. This will be a fiasco for small businesses. So on top of prices being sky high you will see massive layoffs. It will get worse, the interest rates on the thirty year mortgage are up 3%. That means that either people will pay hundreds of thousands less for a house or else they will not be able to afford to buy a house. As new house sales plummet so do all the jobs associated with new home construction. These increased rates also apply to cars, so people who could afford a new car six months ago no longer can. Cars and houses are the engine that drive our economy. Both of these are coming to a screeching halt.

We are delivered into the hands of the wicked


11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

Anyone who is paying attention realized our government and our leadership has been handed over to the ungodly and the wicked. They lie and lie about January 6th in their hearings while at the same time provoking people to riot in mobs over the abortion ruling. They accuse those who took part in legal protests of being guilty of insurrection while they call for insurrection. The latest manifesto from the Democrats basically says we will groom your kids in public school and parents need to shut up and leave us alone.
 

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Bring him to the king of terrors

18 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Sadly I can identify with Bildad. He doesn't seem to have any empathy at all. Just, here is the judgement, evil people go to hell, end of story.

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Sounds like the darkness that can be felt, one of the plagues in Egypt. This was our condition, but we were saved out of the kingdom of darkness.

7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

It is enjoyable to see. I think the special witness for the January 6th committee hearing yesterday was a snare they walked into. Calling this woman as a witness destroyed any credibility the committee had and made them all appear farsical.

9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

For over a year we had this whole debate over whether Q was real or not. I think at this point it is quite obvious they laid a trap for these involved in insurrection and they know it.

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

It is fun to see, they are in terror, they are running around in fear, fleeing for their lives. Can't hide it anymore.

12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

It used to be their lies worked, they influenced people, they manipulated people, they stirred them up to outrage. Now no one believes a word they say, they pay no attention, they aren't listening, and instead of becoming angry they simply look to debunk whatever mud they are slinging.

13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. 14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.


Yes, drain the swamp, root them out, let's clean all the rats and all the snakes and all the swamp creatures out of Washington DC.

15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Yes, the US is Sodom and Gomorrah, they have been warned repeatedly and instead of taking heed they have issued a new manifesto concerning LGBTQ+ rights. Fire and brimstone will fall.

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.


The wealth and power of the US will be cut off.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

This is righteous judgement. They want to tear down statues and our memorials and our history, so it is fitting that their remembrance will be removed.

18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

They could have chosen the light but they rejected the Lord, the light of life, and instead they chose darkness. So it is fitting that this is where they will dwell.

19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

These people were rich, powerful, they had a name. They were like Bernie Madoff, and then when the judgement comes they are discovered to be pathetic liars and cheats. Everyone that knew them are stunned. They are shunned by family and friend alike.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Wow, OK, Bildad is quite eloquent in speaking forth judgement on the wicked. We should all be warned. Repent of your sins, ask the Lord to cleanse you with His blood and show forth the fruit of repentance.
 

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The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men

Luke 24:6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

The Lord could not have nailed the world, the flesh, and Satan to the cross had they not nailed Him to the cross. Jesus being crucified proved beyond any doubt the ruler of this world is evil and put it on full display for the whole world to see.
 

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Interesting take on the apostacia


Falling away of being. Civilization collapses when men no longer exist as men, women no longer exist as women, families no longer exist as families, etc.
 

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Are they ashamed at their detestable conduct?

Proverbs 13:5 The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.

The election was false. We hate that, nothing shameful about that. Hunter Biden should be in prison, nothing shameful about saying that. Biden has brought shame on himself. The Democrats manifesto is basically saying that they will continue to groom elementary school kids in public school and parents need to shut up about it. This is the stench. The way they have handled the economy has brought shame on them, the way they exited Afghanistan has brought shame, the way they have handled the US border has brought shame. The way they have supported mobs outside the Supreme court justice homes to threaten them has brought shame on them.

Proverbs 18:3 When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach.


The F Joe Biden and Let's go Brandon chants are the expression of contempt for Biden. He is wicked and the world is responding with contempt. It is our duty to speak the truth, to be salt and light and that means we need to reproach evil. With that reproach comes shame, not on us but on Biden. The stickers says "I did that" with Joe Biden pointing at gas prices, that is reproach.

Isaiah 50:7 Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.

It is a common thing for sinners and those of the flesh to try and stop the word of God and hold down the truth in unrighteousness. It will not work. How they attacked and ridiculed us a year ago when we talked about election fraud. Well, I will be one with the Lord, I will not be put to shame, and anyone who thinks they will continue to stick up for this corrupt regime I will give a mug that says "Biden/Harris in 2024". That will shut them up.

Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.


Joe Biden refuses to blush with shame and anyone who tries to make excuses for him is also like a prostitute. Joe Biden is in Europe saying everything is good, no problems with the US, only issue is the Supreme court justices who overturn Roe V. Wade. That is the brazen look of a prostitute.

Jeremiah 6:15 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the Lord.
 

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Who is really at fault?


Luke 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Many accuse God for being unrighteous because all this death and destruction comes upon the world. But who is really at fault here. God sent His Son, His Son told us everything we needed to know and provided a way of salvation. Now is God at fault if these ones rejected His salvation, rejected the word, and ignored God's warning?

Prior to Jesus birth there were probably many who were marveling at John the Baptist and even more that marveled at Jesus' birth. But the scribes and pharisees were not with them. They should have been but weren't. Because they weren't, it brought death and destruction on Jerusalem because those entrusted to knowing the scriptures dropped the ball.
 

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The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.