Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

This is a blessing to those who are raptured. The left behind will see the rapture like doubting Thomas. They are demanding to see before they will believe, they will see, but that will also mean they will see the Antichrist and the tribulation.

John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Jesus showed Himself to the disciples three times

John 21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

He showed Himself to the disciples on resurrection day, the day the new creation began, the day He breathed into the disciples to receive the the Spirit, the start of the age of grace.

The second time He showed Himself -- He made a distinction between those who don't see and believe being blessed with those who must see before they will believe. That would be the rapture prior to the tribulation.

The third time He showed Himself there is a great catch of fish. That is the great revival that takes place during the beginning of the tribulation.

Give unto God the things that be God's

This is a reference to the rapture

22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.

25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.

The saints who are raptured will have the image and superscription of God. They will belong to God and the rapture is when they are given to God, just as tax day is when money is given to Caesar.

Like a thief in the night

Tax collectors were widely considered thieves and robbers. If the rapture were to take place like the collecting of taxes it would be like a thief.

First Use

Matthew 6:19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;

We need to realize that the rapture will bring this word to fulfillment. Everything that you have laid up for yourself as treasure on earth will be taken. Those who are raptured will be those whose treasure is in heaven.

Matthew 6:20 “but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Clearly a distinction will be made at the rapture between those whose treasure is on earth and those who treasure is in heaven.

Matthew 24:43 “But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

A clear reference to watching for the Lord's return. You are the master of your house, you decide where to keep your treasure. If you put it in heaven then it will not be broken into or stolen.

Luke 12:33 “Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.

Money bags grow old is a reference to inflation. A moth destroying is a reference to Social Security being kept for your retirement only for you to then discover it is full of holes.

John 10:1 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

This is what we see today. How are they convincing people to adopt their currency? In Nigeria they made it so that banks didn't have cash, forcing people to use the CBDC. They are using the pandemic to force people into complying, they are forcing a shortage of food to force people into complying (if you want to buy food you will have to use their CBDC), they are causing the collapse of the dollar to force people, etc.

John 10:10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

The day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night to steal, and to kill and to destroy. The Antichrist will be given power to do this. The goal is for people to repent and turn to the Lord from their worship of material things.

John 12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.

Judas is a thief. The false prophets come to power during the day of the Lord.

1Corinthians 6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

The thieves and covetous and drunkards and revilers and extortioners are the ones left behind after the rapture. Hence, you will wake up the day after the rapture and the world will now be filled with thieves and extortioners.

1Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

Right now it is night, but you can wake up, you can walk in the light, you can be ready and not taken by surprise.

1Thessalonians 5:4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.

However, if you are left behind it will be reasonable to assume you are a thief.

1Peter 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people’s matters.

If you know this, how should you be living today?

2Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

Therefore hold fast to the word of the Lord and repent of your sins.

Revelation 3:3 “Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

If you don't, you will be exposed.

Revelation 16:15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

Devil’s Playbook
Dream Vicki Goforth Parnell, 7/24/22-8/6/22

Skipped nine paragraphs:
For this is the beginning of the “war steps” until your once great nation is struck.” Oh, no! “Daughter, you know man has failed to repent of their sins and turn back to Me. This is part of their forewarned and foretold judgment.” I know, I responded sadly and heavy hearted. “Tell me, daughter, My daughter of faith, of grace, of mercy, of understanding, and wisdom, and love, what do you see?” Okay, Jesus, my love, if we are counting down, I see Kazakhstan with an orange sixth upon it. Ukraine has a purple number five. Taiwan has a yellow number four. I see Japan with a green number three. But Jesus, my love, two has two locations there is a blue number two on both Hawaii and Guam why is that?

“Little daughter of faith, once Taiwan is invaded by the king of the east of China’s forces, Japan will retaliate quickly so will your United States, but not before China strikes upon Japan. With your military forces speeding to help Taiwan and Japan, China’s forces, with others, shall attack U.S territories of Hawaii and Guam. This will keep your military force’s head spinning. And while all eyes are upon your once great nation of America, of Babylon, and China, then Putin of Russia, of the bear, shall strike. He shall begin the first strike upon your lands using various weapons with the power of the nuclei, your nuclear weapons including his hypersonic satan weapon. Within one hour's time your nation shall fall never to rise to full power ever again.” I looked at the large table map to where my beloved United States lay with a very large black number one in the middle of it.


So, it Begins
Vicki Goforth Parnell, Dream 9/25/22 at 4:36 pm

Skipping several paragraphs:
I looked at the message. “It's from My Lovely Jesus Ministry,” I said out loud. “Oh no, Taiwan and Japan both have been attacked. They're urging us to leave and to leave immediately.

My daughter began crying. Her friend looked around wide-eyed then yelled at my daughter, “Come on we've got to get back now.”

I wrapped my arms around my daughter and said, “It will be okay, God's got us. Now go pack your things.” She immediately complied.

I turned to the shaking clerk, and said, “Thank you, and thank you, Jesus. Are you going to be, okay?” I asked the clerk.

“No, no I'm not. I would like permission to share one of your messages to other guests and our families here, if I may.”

“Yes, by all means, go and warn.”

He managed a weak smile then turned to leave. He turned back swiftly and said, “Pray for me, pray for me and the safety of those I love.”

I grabbed his hands began praying. As I'm praying with this young man, I can see in the dream, my daughter's friend throwing things haphazardly into her suitcase. My daughter is doing much the same, but with a little more care. As the man leaves after praying, my daughter's friend yells at me, “You had better get packed. We've got to make that 4 pm flight.”

“I'm already packed,” I said, and then the scene changed.

Next Scene:
My daughter, her friend, and I had managed to get to the plane and had been in flight for several hours on our return trip to Tennessee, I now know. Once we were in the air and about an hour away it seemed as if the internet was working fine now. We were watching the pictures of the horrible happenings of Taiwan in Japan having been attacked. Apparently, what I could piece together, Xi Jinping had made good on his threat to try to reunify Taiwan by force into the Chinese nation by invasion. Japan had stepped in to aid the nation of Taiwan and had been attacked hard themselves. We, America, were in the progress of sending military aid.

“Oh Jesus,” I said as I begin to cry. “It's even as you said it would be.” I hear my lovely Jesus say to me in a still small voice, though in my mind it seemed to echo and fill the plane's compartment with the gentle power, “I know my love. So now, it all begins. Be ready, my daughter, be ready to be My light, for My children must shine my light and love especially in times like these.” “I know, Jesus my love, I know.”

Suddenly a news report came flashing across the monitor screen, so I hurriedly put my earpieces back in. Special Report: Hawaii has been attacked. I repeat Hawaii has been attacked. The news anchor looks shaken. Then suddenly, I saw a lady rush over to him on screen with a new, important announcement, like they used to do so many years ago. Oh, my God, he said, then quickly tried to regain his professional composure. Guam has been attacked, also. Both Hawaii and Guam were attacked.

As I began crying again, this dream began fading from the outer edges inward. Then, I hear my lovely Jesus say from above, “You shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, but the end is not yet. No, but this is the beginning of the end. For wars and rumors of wars have been happening for many of your years now. This time, O’ Babylon, O’ America, you will not escape judgment's hand. War has arrived swiftly upon the wings of sorrow and change. Then I fully awoke.

The Expectancies of War
Vicki Goforth Parnell, Dream 12-16-21

Several paragraphs skipped:
All a sudden the lights go off, and the huge white screen in front of me lights up. I could hear the flicking sound somehow from where I’m sitting of the film reel, starting to advance in the theater projector, somewhere far behind me. I find that I am somewhat tense, even though I’m not sure why. The movie slowly begins, and then I see black and white frames, being shown like the old black and white movies from days gone by. Then suddenly before me, as I’m watching, I see in bold red block letters these words: “in the beginning.” Immediately, began to relax a little. “In the beginning”, I mused, then said out loud “Oh good, it’s a movie about God creating the world, of creation itself.” But it was not. Suddenly I see many newspapers with their headlines displayed upon the still black and white movie background. I’m not sure of what order they are supposed to be read in, but I shall read them as my eyes fall upon them, because they are displayed haphazardly all over the movie screen.
The first one I see is on the far left and reads this in the bold black letters: “Putin makes his move on Ukraine.”
The next I see reads as follows: “China forces found in the China sea, as the invasion begins to simulate Taiwan back into CCP’s control”
Next to it is another newspaper headline that reads. “Japan is bombed amidst takeover of Taiwan by China”
There is another one that reads: “United States joins forces with the remaining forces of Japan, to reclaim the freedom of Taiwan’s citizens.”
And I see one last headline, which reads as follows: “Hawaii attacked by China and others.”

The Distraction Dream
Dana Coverstone, April 14th – 30th, 2022
I dreamed that I was watching a large passenger plane with an American flag on its tail wing. It was flying briskly at what appeared to be around 35,000 feet when it began a slight descent that seemed like a normal angle. I could see a large layer of cloud far below the plane as well and they were churning as if the wind was blowing very rapidly. I could see people through the windows and they appeared unworried and unafraid, reading magazines, listening through headphones, resting and sleeping. No one was looking out of the windows or showed any alarm by the clouds. Then very suddenly the plane did a complete nosedive and headed straight down. The people on board made no changes in their activity despite the plane headed towards an explosive end.

At this point, I saw naval ships surround Taiwan and aim heavy caliber weapons at the nation. They had started further out in the water but moved toward it together like they were tightening a knot as they got closer. I then saw mainland China and a room with military leaders at a table pushing pieces on a table map indicating movements. There was radio communication going on between them and I saw leadership sitting near a red button. There was angry speech and the pounding of fists on the table. The Chinese leader was also staring at a phone in his hand and rocking nervously in an old-fashioned American rocking chair that did not fit the décor in the room.

I then saw a table set right beside St. Basel’s cathedral near the Kremlin. Putin and his military leaders were having some sort of picnic lunch with large picnic baskets and an abundance of empty wine bottles (not vodka bottles) covered the table and the ground around them. Putin was holding his side as if sick and having sheer pain in his abdominal region, but was not drinking with his men. He had a cell phone in his hand and was staring at it while sitting in the same kind of rocking chair as the Chinese leader. Putin was very calm and relaxed and untouched by the boisterous generals around him.

The scene changed to Europe and leaders there discussing the surrounding of Taiwan and what can and should be done to help them. The decision made was to let the world leaders of the United States and Britain handle the crisis as they all had faith in that plan. Each of the leaders stood and shook hands while wiping the sweat from their brow. Then I saw a split screen of both the Chinese leader and Putin and they both hit send on their phones at the very same time. The leaders then casually shut their eyes and began to go to sleep.

The navy ships quickly turned from the coastland of Taiwan and began speedily untying the dragnet they had been tying. I saw over Ukraine many missiles raining down on a larger scale than I had seen previous in the news headlines. I saw large silos all over western Russia uncovered and smoke coming out of them but no launch took place. But I did see a large rocket launched from one of the navy ships the Chinese had around Taiwan. It headed straight up then took off at what could only be hypersonic speed and headed east across the Pacific Ocean. I could see over the sky almost apparent lines showing it was headed right over the United States, but the trajectory stopped right on the middle of the country.

At this time, I also saw the plane from the first part of the dream drop below the lowest clouds and I could see land patterns on the ground below. I saw an explosion above the clouds and the plane below the canopy lost all power. Before it appeared as if the pilot was pushing the speed towards the ground on purpose, but now the lights inside the plane went off. People became aware that their music had stopped and the tv’s were off, and they were looking out the windows in shock. There was screaming and beating on the pilot’s door and absolute panic. Then it went completely dark.

As the plane was going straight down, I could see the man I always sitting next to the window unafraid of what was going on. He said out the window towards me, “I told them to pray, but they did not. They need to take it seriously now.” He then disappeared.

China and Russia
Vision, Dumitru Duduman April 22, 1996
I prayed, then went to bed. I was still awake, when suddenly I heard a trumpet sound. A voice cried out to me, "Stand!"

In my vision, I was in America. I walked out of my home and began to look for the one who had spoken to me. As I looked, I saw three men dressed alike. Two of the men carried weapons. One of the armed men came to me. "I woke you to show you what is to come." He spoke. "Come with me."

I didn't know where I was being taken, but when we reached a certain place he said, "stop here!"

A pair of binoculars was handed to me, and I was told to look through them.

"Stand there, don't move, and look," he continued. "You will see what they are saying, and what they are preparing for America."

As I was looking, I saw a great light. A dark cloud appeared over it. I saw the president of Russia, a short, chubby man, who said he was the president of China, and two others. The last two also said where they were from, but I did not understand. However, I gathered they were part of Russian controlled territory. The men stepped out of the cloud.

The Russian president began to speak to the Chinese one. "I will give you the land with all the people, but you must free Taiwan of the Americans. Do not fear, we will attack them from behind."

A voice said to me, "Watch where the Russians penetrate America."

I saw these words being written “Alaska; Minnesota; Florida.”

Then, the man spoke again, "When America goes to war with China, the Russians will strike without warning."

The other two presidents spoke, "We, too, will fight for you." Each had a place already planned as a point of attack.

All of them shook hands and hugged. Then they all signed a contract. One of them said, "We're sure that Korea and Cuba will be on our side, too. Without a doubt, together, we can destroy America."

The president of Russia began to speak insistently, "Why let ourselves be led by the Americans? Why not rule the world ourselves? They must be kicked out of Europe, too! Then I could do as I please with Europe!"

The man standing beside me asked, "This is what you saw: they act as friends, and say they respect the treaties made together. But everything I've shown you is how it will REALLY happen. You must tell them what is being planned against American. Then, when it comes to pass, the people will remember the words the Lord has spoken."

Who are you?" I asked.

"I am the protector of America. America's sin has reached God. He will allow this destruction, for He can no longer stand such wickedness. God however, still has people that worship Him with a clean heart as they do His work. He has prepared a heavenly army to save these people."

As I looked, a great army, well-armed and dressed in white, appeared before me.

"Do you see that?" the man asked. "This army will go to battle to save My chosen ones. Then, the difference between the Godly and the ungodly will be evident."

I have always understood this to be saying, the things the worldly generals plan do not always come to pass. Please notice the words, “But everything I've shown you is how it will REALLY happen.”

This is the only place in Dumitru’s writings it ever mentions China attacks Taiwan or America and it seems to say, This is only what they plan, not what will come to pass.”

IRAN vs. JERUSALEM--THIS TRIGGERS WORLD WAR 3 ACCORDING TO GOD!

Let us summarize the big discovery

First -- Background

1. Prophecy in the Psalms, we have discussed this in great detail on this blog, and there is at least one book if not several on this topic as well as several pastors who focus exclusively on this. So I will just give you the gist. The Book of Psalms is prophetic with each Psalm signifying a year beginning with psalm 1 being 1901, Psalm 2 is 1902, etc. You can see Israel becoming a nation, Israel regaining Jerusalem, even Stalin's death and also his claim that there is no God. Since I don't believe in coincidences, and I have seen six or seven of these Psalms tied to events that took place that year this is not some item of curiosity. As I said a book was published going through the Psalms by year up to the time of publication. You can see the Pandemic in 2020 with Psalm 120 saying that we are surrounded by liars. Now it is important to understand that the first day of the year for the Bible is Nisan 1 which will always be two weeks before Passover.

2. Pastor Sandy Armstrong (S4C Global Community) specializes in Hebrew and in the Prophecy in the Psalms and he discovered a progressive verb tense of the word "ascend" in Psalm 122, the only one in the Psalms. So whereas you have 15 Psalms of ascent, only Psalm 122 describes the word in the present progressive. He has concluded that this is tied to the rapture. I have shared links to all his messages so I will not go over the case he has made.

3. Rock Island Books has done a marvelous job of correlating the Lord being crucified in 30AD to a multitude of references in the books of Moses, including the destruction of the temple 40 years later in 70AD. He also uses Ezekiel to calculate that 1960 years later you will have the beginning of the millennial reign, 2030. Again, he uses both the law of Moses and the prophecy of Ezekiel to make this conclusion. I have shared links to his work in this blog.

4. According to the Bible God is the same today, yesterday and forever. In the OT and in the ministry of Jesus we saw God kept His appointed feasts. Jesus crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection and ascension all fulfilled the Feast of Passover, Unleavened bread, Firstfruits and Shavuot. Although that is standard understanding for most, organized Christianity still has ascension day 40 days after the resurrection because of the verse in Acts that says Jesus appeared to the disciples 40 times (or 40 days). However, it is very clear that these were not 40 days consecutively. In John the second time Jesus appeared was 8 days after the first time, and then the next time you don't get a time period but it is all but certain that is not the next day. Shavuot is a very clear depiction of Moses, a type of Christ, ascending the mountain to meet with God the Father. Based on this theory many have been looking for an appointed time for the rapture.

5. I had a rapture dream which I have shared in here and which I interpret to indicate that the rapture takes place on the Lord's day. The Lord's day is a dress rehearsal for the wedding feast and for the rapture and it is the only appointed day the church has. You can see all seven feasts mentioned in the OT embodied in the Lord's table which the church keeps.

6. I don't know who first discovered this, but I have shared links in this blog, the theory is that Matthew, Mark and Luke are giving us a view of the three groups of believers at the end of the age with the last being first and the first last. Luke according to this theory gives you a view of the Christians raptured before the tribulation, Mark a view of Christians left behind during the tribulation and Matthew a view of Israel. I have probably posted more than 20 posts showing this being confirmed in the differences, and that doesn't include the points they made when they came up with this theory. This is crucial for many reasons, but for the purpose of this post I'll mention just one. The verse which says "no one knows the day or hour" is not in Luke, it is only in Matthew and Mark and the context of that verse is the new heaven and new Earth. Therefore it is definitely up for debate whether or not those verses refer to the rapture before the tribulation. But even if it does the Bible tells us all verses must agree and you then have a problem with Revelation 3:3 which indicates only those who are sleeping and not watching for the Lord's return will be taken by surprise. You also have a problem with a verse in Amos which says the Lord does nothing without telling His prophets first. So even if no one knew the day or the hour two thousand years ago does not mean the Lord would not first reveal it to the church before the rapture.

7. I have also shared links to a 3 part study demonstrating that the Great Babylon in Revelation 18 is referring to the US.

8. It occurred to me that the judgement of Babylon takes place at the time of the rapture. I have shared many, many Bible references both from the OT and the NT as well as many dreams and visions from others that indicate this is the case. In Habbakuk we are told there is an appointed day of judgement. So instead of looking for an appointed day for the rapture (there isn't because there are far too many references to the rapture, you see it everywhere) I thought let's look for an appointed day for the judgment on Babylon. So this gives us two things to look for, an appointed day for the rapture and an appointed day for the judgement on the great Babylon.

9. When God does things on a specific date it confers meaning to that event. There have been a number of events on the 9th of AV like this. So we also believe that the rapture and the judgement on Babylon will occur on significant dates that will speak volumes to anyone with ears to hear. So although the Lord's day is the appointed day for the rapture, one would think that Resurrection day would be the best candidate of the year. Although most of Christianity celebrated that day on the 9th of April, Orthodox Christianity celebrates it on the 16th. Then, April 17th which is tax day this year is the same day that Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Catholic church. Since the Catholic church and the Vatican are described as the Great Babylon in Revelation 17 (the religious aspect) it makes sense for God's judgement to fall on them on this day. April 15th is historically tax day and Steve Fletcher has found some interesting correlations with that day. On the 15th every baseball player in MLB will be wearing the number 42. There are 42 months prophesied for the first half of the tribulation and 4+2=6 so you will be seeing "6 - 6 - 6 - 6..." everywhere you look. It is also the day the Titanic sunk. Those are interesting, but what caught my eye is that April 15th is Nisan 24 this year (evening of April 15th to the evening of April 16th), and the 24th day of Nisan is when Daniel got a vision in chapter 10 of Michael the archangel standing up in war. Revelation 12 says that when the man child is caught up to heaven there is no longer any room left for Satan and he and the fallen angels are cast out to the earth by Michael who makes war with him and they persecute the woman who flees to the wilderness. That sounds like an appointed day for both the rapture and the judgement.

10. Stan Johnson got a revelation from God that the key that unlocks the book of revelation is the word "first fruits". The rapture before the tribulation is not the general harvest, it is the first fruits.

All of that is interesting, but not the discovery

1. The verse that asks "is it right to give tribute to Caesar yes or no" is in all three gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke. However, the word that we translate "tribute" is very different in Matthew and Mark and completely unrelated to the word in Luke. In Matthew and Mark it refers to a poll tax as though everyone on earth has to pay a set tax independent of income or property. In Luke it is what we would call tax day and refers to property tax, income tax, etc. Then in Luke and nowhere else, the reason they are crucifying Jesus is because they say He taught people they didn't have to pay taxes to Caesar. So then the test with whether or not you need to pay taxes seems to have taken place right before tax day while Jesus trial may have taken place about the same time as tax day.

2. Jesus asks whose image and superscription is that? He then says give to Caesar the things that belong to Caesar and to God the things that belong to God. The rapture is when those who belong to God, those with the image and superscription of God written on them are given to God.

3. Jesus is comparing paying taxes to Caesar to the rapture. This ties into the revelation of the first fruits. It also ties into 2022 being the year of the going up. You don't pay taxes on the last day of the year, you do an accounting of everything you reaped and then you pay a tenth of that on tax day. Likewise with the rapture.

4. In the gospel of John they record Jesus appearing to the disciples three times after the resurrection. The first time he appeared to everyone but Thomas, that would indicate the start of the age of grace. The second time He appeared Thomas was there and Jesus said "Blessed are those who have not seen and believed". Again, this is the second time Jesus appears in resurrection, it is the rapture, those who are raptured are blessed and this is because they believed without having to see. Meanwhile all those who are left behind will also believe, saying "my Lord and my God", but it is not so blessed. The third time is when they catch 153 fish, the number 153 is gematria for the son's of God, and it indicates that during the tribulation there will be a great revival and a great catch of "fish".

Lab Grown Meat, Injected Livestock, Poisoned Food and Water 04/12/2023

Lab Grown Meat, Injected Livestock, Poisoned Food and Water 04/12/2023

Reflecting on the last three years.

I began this blog in 2020, but I was on another platform and was forced to move to this platform.

I could not have imagined that the whole world would shut down over Covid prior to it happening. But it happened. I don't question whether or not Covid was a real disease, or that it was deadly or even that in some places the hospitals were overwhelmed. But what I did see bothered me quite a bit. People driving in their car, alone, with a mask on, seemed unnecessary. Shutting down all these small businesses and churches in NYC while the casinos were allowed to stay open, seemed hypocritical to me. Big box stores like Costco were open but small takeout restaurants were closed and threatened by cops. But the worst thing was the censorship. The idea that we will get rid of misinformation by only allowing the approved narrative to be spoken, that was alarming. I teach science and debate has always been a vital part of science until you get to consensus. They did not allow debate. They did not allow debate and that had a number of ramifications. New platforms and news blogs popped up and grew to amazing ratings. Meanwhile the ratings of CNN and MSNBC plummeted. Meanwhile you didn't stop conspiracy theories, on the contrary you gave them teeth. Still it seemed people were adults, they could choose for themselves if they wanted the vaccine and hey if they make a mistake at least the rest of us can learn from their mistakes. But then NYC mandated it for NYC employees which included my wife and I. This was an experimental vaccine, we had no data to look at to see how safe this would be over the next ten years and I had already had Covid. When you combine this with the censorship of debate this became even more alarming. I knew that in two years we would probably have enough data to be much more certain about this, but they weren't giving us two years, get the vaccine now or lose your job. As a rule you don't ever allow anyone to rush you into an important decision. But it was also clear to me that DeBlasio waited to issue the mandate until after it would be too late for teachers to go find work elsewhere. If the mandate had been given in June that starting next year everyone had to be vaccinated many teachers would have left. There is a deadline to when you are to give notice, DeBlasio waited until after that deadline to make it much harder. That to me was heavy handed. So I am wondering why if this vaccine is a life saver do they censor any discussion of it, force it down your throats, and make it very hard to say no. But it was worse than that. The NYC school system has a very big and powerful union. Half the teachers were not vaccinated and didn't want to be. We could have easily said no and there is no way they could have had school without half the teachers. Instead the Union took a position of talking deceitfully instead of standing strong. However, I was just a spectator at that point, within 24 hours of DeBlasio's announcement I was starting the process to retire. You are supposed to attend two seminars given by the union before completing the process. However, a couple of days after the mandate the union announced they wouldn't give the seminars until the mandate went into effect. These were done over Zoom so this had nothing to do with being worried about transmission. So I was forced to retire without those seminars.

Once my wife and I left our jobs it was obvious we had to sell the house and leave NYC. Over time we would not be able to afford to live there any longer. At that time we (myself and others were warning against mandates for children even though the official stance was they would never mandate it for children). So I have also seen that nothing they said was trustworthy. Kamala Harris said she didn't trust the vaccine while campaigning but once in office she became a big salesperson for it.

But when you look back it seems we have moved much further along towards tyranny from there. You had the trucking protest in Canada which was shocking to me that they would seize and or freeze their bank accounts. Likewise the situation in France today seems even worse.

But all this was before the war in Ukraine, inflation went through the roof, the US dollar came under attack and millions of illegals entered the US from our Southern border. This was before over 120+ food processing plants in the US were sabotaged. This was before you would see catastrophic train derailments and toxic fires taking place.

I was not a fan of President Trump but I could see that Biden was a total fraud and Trump passed my test for incumbents (he hadn't got us into a war and the economy was doing well). But since then we had the Mueller investigation, the impeachments, the Mar a Lago raid, the indictment, and it seems every day someone else is suing him or making some accusation against him. The message I am getting is those in power are scared of him and will do everything in their power to prevent him from retaking the Whitehouse.

Meanwhile on this blog I have seen a tremendous amount of the Lord's speaking from the Bible towards the apostasy, towards the US government, and towards the prophecies concerning His soon return. Spiritual warfare appears more real today than ever before in my life. Major prophecies like Ezekiel 38 and the mark of the Beast appear to be months away from fulfillment. Timing is always the hardest thing to do, I saw this while a stock broker. You could easily see that a stock was going to rise 50%. The problem is when.

But what I discovered is a group of "watchmen" examining the word of God with fresh eyes and getting fresh revelation, fresh insight. I have tried to cover all the other questions besides "when" and let them speculate and hypothesize on scripture concerning when. There have been a few exceptions, but generally I will post their links and perhaps summarize their points. About the only thing I have felt strongly about is that we should be looking at the New Testament more, and if you are looking at "an appointed feast" then it should be the Lord's table. Now obviously, if the NT refers to Noah, or Lot, then of course those references will be "NT" references in my estimation. You don't ever want to build a doctrine on types and shadows, rather you need a clear black and white word to build it on.

But on one hand as I think back to April of 2020 till now the situation in the US and the world has become more alarming at an ever increasing rate while the revelation, encouragement and hope from the word of God has also been coming out at an every increasing rate. On the one hand I am stunned when I discover there are still people who are asleep to what has happened and what is about to happen, on the other hand I am encouraged and strengthened by the ministry of many of these brothers and sisters who have only just recently begun to minister.

2nd Passover

2nd Passover says that if you were unclean because of a dead body or because you were on a long journey and therefore weren't able to celebrate Passover you can celebrate it one month later in what is known as 2nd Passover.

Since we were dead in offenses and sins it is tempting to think this applies to us, but that is clearly not scriptural. Paul said that Christ, our Passover has been sacrificed for us therefore let us keep the feast. The Lord's table is the fulfillment of that feast.

It is also tempting to compare this with the parable of the Lord being on a long journey and then returning. However, it is absurd to say that Jesus was on a long journey and therefore wasn't able to keep the first Passover. Think of the implication of that.

Yes, the Lord has been on a long journey and yes, there may yet still be a fulfillment of 2nd Passover, but it can't be referring to the church. It could be referring to giving the nation of Israel a second chance once they realize Jesus is the Messiah.

These are the verses that they use to refer to the 2nd Passover

Mark 13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

This is not in Luke or in Matthew, but only in Mark. Again, it seems to me that Mark is the gospel for those who are left behind, they missed the first exodus from Egypt so they need a 2nd chance.

Numbers 9:9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Tribulation

I have heard some teach that tribulation is not for believers. The greek word is based on the word for a tool for reaping the harvest. So if you liken the believers to wheat obviously tribulation is for the believers.

Matt 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

Jesus uses the term tribulation to describe a plant going through a dry spell and comparing these plants to the growth of believers.

Matt 24:9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

This is a reference to the apostles and what they went through. Jesus describes the sufferings that apostles go through as tribulations.

Matthew 24:21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

The great tribulation is not for believers. The record in Revelation equates this time for the pouring out of God's wrath and the New Testament says believers are not appointed to wrath.

Interestingly Mark and Matthew seem to have the same use of the word tribulation but it is not in Luke.

John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Here we see the contrast between living in the world and being in Christ. Yes, we are in the world and in the world we will have tribulation, but if we get into Christ we will have peace because He has overcome the world.

Acts 14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”

Totally wrong to say that Tribulation is not for believers, on the contrary it is a requirement. You can say well the tribulation here is different from that in Revelation. That is one interpretation, but I don't think it has any merit. Rather I would say that there are believers who willingly take up their cross, follow the Lord and share in the fellowship of His sufferings. These do not need to go through the tribulation because they have willingly chosen a path where they must go through many tribulations. There are other believers who choose a path to avoid all tribulation, these ones will be left behind and now will not be able to plot a course without tribulation. At this point if you choose to avoid tribulation and take the mark of the beast you forfeit your salvation.

Romans 5:3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;

No pain no gain, there is no shame in tribulations.

2Corinthians 1:4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Tribulation is where we get our ministry from. God comforts us in our tribulation and then we are able to comfort others with the same comfort with which we were comforted.

Ephesians 3:13 Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Paul went through tribulations for us, that is our glory! Why? Because we are on the same team, we are the same body, we are all one. If we are all one and one member is glorified the whole body is glorified. "You have beautiful hair" that is a compliment to the whole person. "Your church has a powerful word" that is a glory to the whole church.

2Thessalonians 1:4 so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,

It is not just individually that we go through tribulation, we go through it corporately as a body.

Hebrews 10:33 partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated;

My uncle worked as a layman with a charity for poor people in Jackson Ms. and they tried to raise money for black churches that had been bombed. In this way he became a companion of those who were so treated. Because of this the KKK bombed his house making him a spectacle of both reproaches and tribulations. This is the point, you can willingly choose to walk this road, or you will be forced to walk this road during the tribulation.

Revelation 1:9 I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

That's right, the apostle John is our companion in tribulation.

I believe there is a pre-tribulation rapture, that does not mean I teach that tribulation is not for believers.

How does a Christian lose their saltiness?

Luke 14:34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

In a nutshell it means you refuse to forsake all for the Lord.

Luke 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

All what?

First, the affairs of this life. Your business, your investments, your personal life.

Luke 14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

Second, change your viewpoint from this life to eternity. Esteem the blessing of God greater riches than anything this life has to offer.

Luke 14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

Third, forsake vainglory and put your faith in God who clothes the lillies.

Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Finally, stop being a hypocrite and stop using the Bible to justify your hypocrisy.

3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
6 And they could not answer him again to these things.

Do you know why they couldn't answer Him? If it had been a lamb that had fallen in they could have pulled it out themselves. If it had been a kid of the goats they could have pulled it out themselves. But an Ox or even an ass, you need help. If anyone had raised their hand to that question all those standing around would have known they were a liar and a hypocrite.

So what exactly is He saying about healing on the sabbath day? Suppose your neighbor needs help to do work on their house and yard. Since this is an agricultural community and everyone is working six days a week how about the church get together on the Lord's day and show them some love and help them?

Well many will claim they have some important reason why they can't. Their job, or their business or their family. Second, others will be thinking this person can't pay me back, their viewpoint is earthly, not heavenly. Third there are those who do not humble themselves to do "yard work" or "cleaning" or some other menial task. But they don't want to admit that so they become all holy and spiritual and say "I'd like to but it violates the Bible". This is how the priests get out of it. This is how the church loses its saltiness. If the church had this care and compassion for their members and the community people would be healed by the love.

He does a wonderful job of showing you the story in the stars

Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.


He has a crazy allegory concerning what the planet Jupiter signifies. So let's run through that. Jupiter was in the womb of Virgo for 9 months and then came out according to Revelation 12. That would indicate that Jupiter depicts the Manchild in Revelation 12. That was five and a half years ago, and Revelation 12 says "her child was caught up" so that fits. But Jupiter is not caught up, it continues on and goes through tribulation. Jupiter has the stripes and the wound in the side. It is the king planet, it is like that famous poem about seeing the Lord's footsteps with us on the beach except for the very worst times when they only saw one set of footsteps and the Lord says "Because I carried you through that". Jupiter is depicting Jesus, the crucified king, who is with us. When He cuts the cord on the fish the one is raptured (goes up to the throne) and the other is left behind. But Jesus is going to go through everything, He will be here in the tribulation for those who are left behind.

I asked AI to summarize one of the Posts in the style of a William Wadsworth poem.

Of prophecies and mysteries untold, A discovery of great import we hold.
In Psalms, a prophetic year we find, Each Psalm, a year of mankind's time.
Stalin's death, Israel's rise, Jerusalem regained, before our eyes.
The pandemic of 2020, foretold, Surrounded by liars, as Psalm 120 told.
In Psalm 122, a verb tense we see, Of "ascend" in the present progressive be. Tied to the rapture, Pastor Sandy claims, A link to the end, that it proclaims.

Rock Island Books, with Moses and Ezekiel, Crucifixion in 30 AD, an ancient sequel.
1960 years later, the millennial reign, A prophecy of Ezekiel, again and again.
God's appointed feasts, kept in the past, A fulfillment in Jesus, to the last. Passover, Unleavened bread, Firstfruits, and more, A depiction of Christ, to adore.

The rapture dream, a message clear, The Lord's day, the time is near. A dress rehearsal for the wedding feast, The appointed day, the rapture at least.
Matthew, Mark, and Luke, three views we see, Of the believers, at the end, to be.
Luke's view, the Christians raptured before, Mark's view, those left behind, to endure.
Matthew's view, of Israel, we find, The last shall be first, and the first last in kind.

"No one knows the day or hour," a verse we know, But up for debate, as some will show.
Revelation 3:3, a warning of surprise, Only for those who slumber, not the wise. The Great Babylon, in Revelation 18, A mystery solved, the US, we deem.
At the time of the rapture, the judgement of Babylon, As Habakkuk foretold, an appointed day to dawn. A discovery of great import we hold, Of prophecies and mysteries untold.

The Apostasy is on a collision course

1 The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.

This warning is for us, today. The reason they blew up the Nordstream pipeline, the reason we have seen 120+ food processing plants sabotaged, the reason we saw 20,000 cows killed yesterday, the war in Ukraine stopping exports of wheat, all of this is consuming things off the land. However, this is but a warning, during the tribulation it will get much worse.

3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

They are doing things right now to set this in motion. You see them do a large recall of fish, or chicken or beef or pork. I have heard from truck drivers and people in the know that those recalls are simply a cover, what they do with the food that is recalled is store it in huge underground bunkers.

4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;
6 And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.

This is what the new age movement is all about, worshipping idols and pretending this is something new.

7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

If you are paying attention you will know "the table is being set" and "the sacrifice is being prepared". It is as though the world's economy is great Jenga tower and all it needs is for one block to be removed for the whole thing to collapse. When the Lord raptures the saints it is like Samson pushing out the two pillars and then the whole corrupt idol worshipping economy collapses.

8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.

I have seen some really strange clothes, all on the princes and king's children, and by that I mean the elite, the ones who go to the Grammies and the Oscars and the Superbowl, etc.

9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

This was the custom for idol worshippers to not step on the threshold but to leap over it. The reason we have wars is because some people get very rich from them. We sent $100 billion to Ukraine and we didn't audit the money, they then laundered some of it through FTX to fund Democrats and some Republicans running for office. You wonder who is giving millions of dollars for these campaigns, it is you! The taxpayer. In this way they fill their houses with violence and deceit.

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

9 times in this chapter it uses the word Day. It is the days of Josiah a king who was on a collision course with Babylon. We learn the day of the Lord is at hand when we see the apostasy and the new age movement. We learn that in the day of the Lord's sacrifice He will punish those who are wearing weird apparel, signifying being clothed in sin without any shame. Now in this verse we learn that at the same time there will be a cry from the fish gate. So it is clear there is a reference here to Dagon, this idol broke his hands and head when the Philistines seized the ark of the covenant and as a result the worshippers of Dagon don't step on the threshold. Their priests wear the same hats that the leaders in the Catholic church wear so we do have a connection to the ecumenical movement and the apostasy. This also connects to Jonah, the sign that will be given to the evil and adulterous age. The city of Jerusalem had twelve gates and one was the fish gate. However I think this word can apply to the US today and so I would argue the fish gate they are referring to is the constellation Pisces. As the Sun moves around the 12 constellations it completes an entire year, and each one is considered a gate, so when the Sun is in Pisces it is in the Fish gate. Pisces has two fish with bands, the bands are cut and one fish is raptured to the throne the other is left behind in the tribulation. This is the howling from the second fish. Also, Jesus said where your treasure is there will your heart be also, some believers have their treasure in the heavens and they will be raptured to the heavens. Others are worshipping mammon and so when that collapses "there will be a great crashing from the hills".

11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

At the same time as the rapture we have the judgement in Revelation 18 of the material Babylon.

12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.

There are a lot of believers who are asleep, drunk on the world's wine, and ignoring all the warnings.

13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

The great day of the Lord refers to the Great tribulation. So after the rapture, it isn't the great tribulation, it is merely tribulation, economic collapse, persecution, things like that. It will be bad comparatively speaking, but what is coming is far worse.

15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

Armageddon will take place during the Great tribulation

17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

We get very upset when a person sins against another person. But that is truly a small thing compared to sinning against the Lord. The Lord came to you, warned you and did everything possible to rescue you out, yet you rejected Him, ridiculed, mocked, and insulted Him. So then, you chose this judgement for yourself.

18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Revelation 12 told from the heavens

Revelation 12:1 And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.

Revelation 12 sign, appeared in 2017. We saw Virgo clothed with the Sun at her shoulder, the moon was under her feet and she was crowned with 12 stars (planets are called wandering stars, so a number of those stars were planets). 9 months earlier a comet from the Lion went into Virgo and at that time Jupiter entered her womb and was there for 9 months. Then at the feast of Trumpets Jupiter, the king planet, came out of Virgo. Jupiter is the biggest planet, it has the stripes like Jesus who was scourged and it has the big red spot again like Jesus who was pierced.

3 And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems. 4 And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.

Standing between Virgo and the throne is the dragon. So instead of being caught up directly Jupiter travels 180 degrees around the heavens to Pisces and that takes him 5 and a half years. By this time he is no longer a baby but a child.

This sign took place while Trump was in office "draining the swamp".

5 And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne.

Pre-tribulation rapture. At this point, 5 and half years later Jupiter is in Pisces, the two fish. They are both caught on a line, one is "caught up" the other is left behind. One fish is pointed directly at the throne, the next constellation is Andromeda, the prettiest girl who was tied to a rock to feed the sea monster but was rescued by the Lord on the white horse. From there she goes to the throne.

6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Refugees fleeing war? Those who are left behind will have to flee from the cities to the wilderness.

7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; 8 and they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven.

According to Daniel 10 Michael stands up to war on the 24th day of Nisan, that is the evening of April 15th to the evening of April 16th.

Now that the party is over -- you get a second chance at salvation

Zephaniah 2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

The nation not desired are those who are left behind after the rapture. Perhaps they didn't have the image and superscription of Jesus, maybe their vessel not filled with oil, perhaps they buried the talent in the backyard. Maybe, instead of watching for the Lord's return they were eating and drinking with the drunkards and beating their fellow servants. Whatever the reason, we can be sure the Lord knows who are His and He also knows those He never knew. Now what should you do? Gather yourself together. Do not judge one another, rather be merciful to one another, that is after all the Lord's command. Treat others the way you want to be treated, you are now pleading for the Lord to merciful to you, so then be merciful to your brothers and sisters who remain.

2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you.

The first half of the seven years is not the Lord's fierce anger, it is not the pouring out of God's wrath. However you now know it is very near.

3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.

The Lord's word still stands strong. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Do not join roving gangs with guns. No, seek the Lord, seek righteousness, seek meekness. You have a second chance. You have just learned that if the day of judgement had been on the day of the rapture you would have failed, but the Lord is giving you a second chance, this is not bad, this is the Lord's mercy!

4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

These are the cities of the Philistines. They were halfway between Egypt and Israel, like many Christians, they straddle the fence. There is no longer any opportunity to be halfway. Either you are all in or you are all out. Choose this day who you will serve.

6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

If you love the Lord feed His sheep. If you are sitting here, stunned at what just happened, devastated that you are left behind, weeping at your failure, gnashing your teeth at your obstinance and hard heartedness. Well, know that so are millions of others. Gather up the sheep and care for them.

7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

Ammon and Moab were the descendants of Lot out of incest. They came to Israel with Abraham, the father of faith, but they tried to walk according to the flesh, according to their own works, according to their own eyes. They chose Sodom because it looked like the best place. They were sitting in the gate of Sodom, they were important people in that city and they thought that meant something. They reproach and revile those shepherds living in tents on the hills. That is probably the way you thought prior to being left behind, so confess, repent, and learn from Abraham, the father of faith.

9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.

Pride goes before the fall. Do not learn their ways. Do not keep their company. Evil company corrupts good morals. Instead of magnifying yourself, magnify Jesus Christ, the Lord of Hosts.

11 The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

The Lord will feed His people, do not rely on Sodom, or Gomorrah, or their saltpits, or their cities which are a perpetual desolation.

12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

These are nations that were brutal, they enslaved the Israelites, they were cruel. They live by the sword, they will die by the sword.

14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.
15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

Sodom, Gomorrah, NYC, Washington DC, LA, San Francisco, they will all become like Detroit.