Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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HEADS WILL ROLL
Revelation 13: 7-10 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with sword. Here is the patience and faith of the saints.
My son, THE WORDS I SPEAK TODAY ARE HARD WORDS to give to My body. Although it seems that PERSECUTION will not come to America, I tell you now - HEADS WILL ROLL. After My judgments SHOCK THE WORLD, My body will START TO RISE UP. Many will REBEL against the son of perdition and will be PERSECUTED worse than the saints in times past. Some deaths will be slow and painful - like mine was. While others will be quick - like John the baptizer. HEADS WILL ROLL by the tens of thousands, and those who take his mark will CELEBRATE in the streets.
My son, tell My body to STAY IN MY WORD - for FAITH comes by hearing - and GREAT FAITH comes by living My Word. Very evil men in high places have planned the cleansing of My body from the face of the earth. Depending upon the nation and its leader will determine the PERSECUTION. Some will stone My children. Some will shoot My children. Some will starve and work them until they die. The preferred method will be decapitation - this will have the greatest effect on people. Evil men will make it a show - a production - to show the world that those who believe in Me will be eradicated.
My son, a period of GREAT PERSECUTION is coming, and My body is blissfully ignorant that it will ever come. My Word says that the son of perdition will make war on the saints and overcome them. Do you think that means taking away your money?? I tell you now - HEADS WILL ROLL in America. The TIMES OF CHAOS will continue to grow worse and worse, and it will ALL BE BLAMED on My children. Wars - Climate Change - Famine - and Pestilences will ALL BE BLAMED on My children. Those who think I will snatch them away will stand in unbelief, saying, "IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS!" REPENT NOW! for not standing on My Word. REPENT NOW! for believing the lies taught by man. REPENT NOW! and stay on your knees in prayer - praying for STRENGTH TO STAND in that day. Those who are alive and remain until the end will be taken. This HARD WORD is for those who will see ALL THIS COME TO PASS. BRACE NOW! PESTILENCE IS COMING! BE READY!
Amen. Lord Jesus
Things I have learned from the watchmen
1. Some of them have focused intently on the feast days and as a result I have gotten into the feasts far more than I ever did in all my previous Bible study. You see how each feast was meticulously fulfilled. Feast of unleavened bread for example was because the bread was put into the oven before it had a chance to rise. This is why Satan killed Jesus and put Him into the grave, they realized if they didn't kill Him the whole world would follow Him. So He is killed at the very start of His ministry. By focusing as we have we came to realize the traditional view of the ascension was wrong, Jesus didn't ascend 40 days after the resurrection, it is easy to prove that from the Bible. Now you could argue that it was 48 days after the resurrection, there is no way to conclusively disprove that, but the idea that it would be three days before Shavuot makes no sense. Then from there we learned that Pentecost is the fulfillment of the feast of new wine and just as the Lord said "new wine has to go into new wine skins" in the same way the Holy Spirit was poured out into the church. This gives a whole new meaning to the Lord's telling the foolish virgins to go and buy oil from those that sell because the next feast is the feast of new oil which coincides with the feast of Trumpets. This also caused me to see the connection between the Day of Atonement with the reference to those left behind on the earth during the tribulation in Revelation 13 and 17 as those whose names were not written in the book of life.
2. At the same time we have had those who are completely focused on the signs in the heavens and using Stellarium. Prior to the last three years this is something we (I and the believers I have fellowshipped with) never talked about the signs in the heavens. The idea of astrology was a very big concern. However, signs in the heavens are clearly given to us and prophesied of. Since 2017 this has a become a very big focus. When you listen to these brothers they may sound like they have gone off the deep end. But the way I look at it, Jesus is the commander in Chief, He has a huge army with many different skill sets all operating at the same time. If you were a paratrooper you would have a very different skill set from a navy seal and they would have a very different skill set from a Blue Angel and you all would be very different from naval intelligence, etc. You can't know the signs in the heavens if you don't fully dive into that stuff. I am not interested in diving into it, but am glad someone in the Body of Christ is.
3. At the same time we have these prophetic dreams and visions we are seeing from a variety of people in the Body of Christ. Stan Johnson with Prophecy club has shared extensively for the last forty years on this and several of these ones like U B Ready, Dana Coverstone and Vicky Goforth Parnell have had amazing prophecies. Angel visitations and visions of things that are going to happen. This is something I never had seen before, but again it is clearly described in the New Testament and so should not be something that surprises us. Many of these have adjusted our understanding of the Bible.
4. In all of this there are those who are focused on "the day" of the rapture. They are "date setters" as much as they try and deny it their focus is on the year, the season and the day. There are two sides to this, knowing the day does not help you get raptured. So if that is your thought you will be sadly mistaken. On the other hand any time you have a new angle with which to look at the word of God it is helpful. It is like a photographer with a different lense, you get a different view, a different perspective and there is a lot of revelation that can come from that. Also, if you balance this with everyone else it is like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. If you have a jigsaw puzzle with ten thousand pieces, even if they have ten pieces it doesn't solve the puzzle, but it helps.
5. Then there are those who are looking at the news as fulfillment of prophecy. Like anything else too much of a good thing is not good. Water is critical for life, drink too much and it can kill you. Same thing with salt. Some of the news today has stunned me, things I never could have imagined happening just twenty years ago. That said I have seen that those who do not spend a lot of time in the word get depressed from the news instead of getting encouraged. If you see the things happening as things that the Lord told us would happen two thousand years ago, then you can be encouraged that Jesus is Lord, He saw all this coming, and you can put your trust in Him. For those on the fence about following the Lord it can be helpful to motivate them to get off the fence.
So what I have learned from the watchmen is that not everyone is the eye, not everyone is the ear, not everyone is the hand, or the mouth, but we all have a portion to add and we need every member's contribution.
1. Some of them have focused intently on the feast days and as a result I have gotten into the feasts far more than I ever did in all my previous Bible study. You see how each feast was meticulously fulfilled. Feast of unleavened bread for example was because the bread was put into the oven before it had a chance to rise. This is why Satan killed Jesus and put Him into the grave, they realized if they didn't kill Him the whole world would follow Him. So He is killed at the very start of His ministry. By focusing as we have we came to realize the traditional view of the ascension was wrong, Jesus didn't ascend 40 days after the resurrection, it is easy to prove that from the Bible. Now you could argue that it was 48 days after the resurrection, there is no way to conclusively disprove that, but the idea that it would be three days before Shavuot makes no sense. Then from there we learned that Pentecost is the fulfillment of the feast of new wine and just as the Lord said "new wine has to go into new wine skins" in the same way the Holy Spirit was poured out into the church. This gives a whole new meaning to the Lord's telling the foolish virgins to go and buy oil from those that sell because the next feast is the feast of new oil which coincides with the feast of Trumpets. This also caused me to see the connection between the Day of Atonement with the reference to those left behind on the earth during the tribulation in Revelation 13 and 17 as those whose names were not written in the book of life.
2. At the same time we have had those who are completely focused on the signs in the heavens and using Stellarium. Prior to the last three years this is something we (I and the believers I have fellowshipped with) never talked about the signs in the heavens. The idea of astrology was a very big concern. However, signs in the heavens are clearly given to us and prophesied of. Since 2017 this has a become a very big focus. When you listen to these brothers they may sound like they have gone off the deep end. But the way I look at it, Jesus is the commander in Chief, He has a huge army with many different skill sets all operating at the same time. If you were a paratrooper you would have a very different skill set from a navy seal and they would have a very different skill set from a Blue Angel and you all would be very different from naval intelligence, etc. You can't know the signs in the heavens if you don't fully dive into that stuff. I am not interested in diving into it, but am glad someone in the Body of Christ is.
3. At the same time we have these prophetic dreams and visions we are seeing from a variety of people in the Body of Christ. Stan Johnson with Prophecy club has shared extensively for the last forty years on this and several of these ones like U B Ready, Dana Coverstone and Vicky Goforth Parnell have had amazing prophecies. Angel visitations and visions of things that are going to happen. This is something I never had seen before, but again it is clearly described in the New Testament and so should not be something that surprises us. Many of these have adjusted our understanding of the Bible.
4. In all of this there are those who are focused on "the day" of the rapture. They are "date setters" as much as they try and deny it their focus is on the year, the season and the day. There are two sides to this, knowing the day does not help you get raptured. So if that is your thought you will be sadly mistaken. On the other hand any time you have a new angle with which to look at the word of God it is helpful. It is like a photographer with a different lense, you get a different view, a different perspective and there is a lot of revelation that can come from that. Also, if you balance this with everyone else it is like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. If you have a jigsaw puzzle with ten thousand pieces, even if they have ten pieces it doesn't solve the puzzle, but it helps.
5. Then there are those who are looking at the news as fulfillment of prophecy. Like anything else too much of a good thing is not good. Water is critical for life, drink too much and it can kill you. Same thing with salt. Some of the news today has stunned me, things I never could have imagined happening just twenty years ago. That said I have seen that those who do not spend a lot of time in the word get depressed from the news instead of getting encouraged. If you see the things happening as things that the Lord told us would happen two thousand years ago, then you can be encouraged that Jesus is Lord, He saw all this coming, and you can put your trust in Him. For those on the fence about following the Lord it can be helpful to motivate them to get off the fence.
So what I have learned from the watchmen is that not everyone is the eye, not everyone is the ear, not everyone is the hand, or the mouth, but we all have a portion to add and we need every member's contribution.
The Lord has many bottles of wine, if He wants to save the best for last that is His prerogative.
20 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
There are many ways to interpret these parables and many interpretations can be valid, a picture is worth ten thousand words. However, we cannot change the picture. So remember, these men who came for the last hour, they were standing all day waiting to get hired and no one came to hire them. When I was a teenager I worked as some golf courses as a caddy. At the beginning of the summer you would hear that if you carry two bags and do two rounds of golf in one day you would make a very significant amount of money, multiply that by five times a week and you would make a lot of money for the summer. But then you go and you sit all day and don't get a single job. Or maybe you get one job but only with one bag. What do you think happens when someone gets up early goes to the golf club and sits all day waiting to get a job, you get nothing and so you go back home with 0? You think what a waste of time. It seems something is not right about that, it seems to me that the golf course should be required to pay you minimum wage for the day whether or not they send you out.
8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
As believers the gospel is the story of our salvation. There is no "platinum" salvation, or "gold" salvation. No one ever told you that there was a deluxe salvation compared to the regular run of the mill salvation. Also, some brothers and sisters will have 60 or 80 years in the Lord, speaking and preaching the word of God, while others get saved a year or two before they die. Imagine if our salvation were dependent on how many years in the Lord? Is that fair? Some Christians are born in developing nations, in abject poverty, and die in their twenties, some are born into totalitarian regimes where they were imprisoned and tortured for their faith, some died in car crashes or some other accidental death. In the grand scheme of eternity the difference between one year and one hundred years is really insignificant. The Lord has a purpose for each one of us, and the Lord will make a place in His body for each one of us. For some people playing in the NBA is the perfect job, for others it would be torture. Some people would love to be a rocket scientist, for others that would be torture. Each one of us will have the perfect place.
11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, 12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Let's go back to my story about being a caddy. I would get there the same time as others who got to carry double bags for two rounds of 18 holes. They would be out on the course while I was sitting in the caddy shack. Both places are hot. Yes, they may be in the sun, but also in the shade and with the wind blowing. Yes carrying the bags is harder work than sitting, but at least when you go out you know you have a job and are going to get paid. In my experience I hated sitting on that bench and I really hated sitting there all day without getting a single job, to me that was by far the worst. The Lord asked them why they were there and it wasn't because they just woke up, or they just got dressed, no. They said they had been there all day but no one had hired them. So I think this is unfair. Working in the field in the sun is hard work, but in my experience sitting in the shack waiting all day to get hired is the worse experience.
13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
This last week some country singer living in a trailer released a song on Youtube, his name is Oliver Anthony and the song is North of Richmond and in one week it got 44 million views. A week later he released another song called "I want to go home" and in four days it got 4.4 million views. These numbers obliterate the Beatles, obliterate Elvis, etc. If you sell a million copies of a song it is said to go "platinum". Who ever heard of 44 million plays of a song in one week, the first week for your first song? Followed by a second song going platinum in one day?
Well you can argue that never would have happened had the music industry not been built up and the youtube platform been built up, and the internet helping things go viral. OK, so the guys who were there all day in the heat of the sun should certainly get some credit. But at the same time if you listen to these songs you realize Oliver Anthony was also going through some very tough times. All of that was in those songs and it resonated with many others. Also, what are you building up Youtube for, if not for this? Is this for Beyonce or someone into witchcraft or satanism? Or is it so that this man could sing his heart out as a testimony and a prayer?
Now if we read this the Lord tells us that what we are seeing happen is the Lord doing what He wills with what is His. What you and I need to do is get some eye salve. Do you belong to the Lord? If no, then that is the problem you need to deal with right now. If yes, then can the Lord do with you as He wills? If no, then that is the problem you need to deal with if yes, then amen, praise the lord!
To me, what I see with Oliver Anthony is that this is a fine wine that the Lord has kept on the shelf until He felt it was the perfect time to uncork it. It is His wine, if He wants to serve it right now that is His prerogative, for me I just want to enjoy it and say thank you Lord.
20 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
There are many ways to interpret these parables and many interpretations can be valid, a picture is worth ten thousand words. However, we cannot change the picture. So remember, these men who came for the last hour, they were standing all day waiting to get hired and no one came to hire them. When I was a teenager I worked as some golf courses as a caddy. At the beginning of the summer you would hear that if you carry two bags and do two rounds of golf in one day you would make a very significant amount of money, multiply that by five times a week and you would make a lot of money for the summer. But then you go and you sit all day and don't get a single job. Or maybe you get one job but only with one bag. What do you think happens when someone gets up early goes to the golf club and sits all day waiting to get a job, you get nothing and so you go back home with 0? You think what a waste of time. It seems something is not right about that, it seems to me that the golf course should be required to pay you minimum wage for the day whether or not they send you out.
8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
As believers the gospel is the story of our salvation. There is no "platinum" salvation, or "gold" salvation. No one ever told you that there was a deluxe salvation compared to the regular run of the mill salvation. Also, some brothers and sisters will have 60 or 80 years in the Lord, speaking and preaching the word of God, while others get saved a year or two before they die. Imagine if our salvation were dependent on how many years in the Lord? Is that fair? Some Christians are born in developing nations, in abject poverty, and die in their twenties, some are born into totalitarian regimes where they were imprisoned and tortured for their faith, some died in car crashes or some other accidental death. In the grand scheme of eternity the difference between one year and one hundred years is really insignificant. The Lord has a purpose for each one of us, and the Lord will make a place in His body for each one of us. For some people playing in the NBA is the perfect job, for others it would be torture. Some people would love to be a rocket scientist, for others that would be torture. Each one of us will have the perfect place.
11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, 12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Let's go back to my story about being a caddy. I would get there the same time as others who got to carry double bags for two rounds of 18 holes. They would be out on the course while I was sitting in the caddy shack. Both places are hot. Yes, they may be in the sun, but also in the shade and with the wind blowing. Yes carrying the bags is harder work than sitting, but at least when you go out you know you have a job and are going to get paid. In my experience I hated sitting on that bench and I really hated sitting there all day without getting a single job, to me that was by far the worst. The Lord asked them why they were there and it wasn't because they just woke up, or they just got dressed, no. They said they had been there all day but no one had hired them. So I think this is unfair. Working in the field in the sun is hard work, but in my experience sitting in the shack waiting all day to get hired is the worse experience.
13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
This last week some country singer living in a trailer released a song on Youtube, his name is Oliver Anthony and the song is North of Richmond and in one week it got 44 million views. A week later he released another song called "I want to go home" and in four days it got 4.4 million views. These numbers obliterate the Beatles, obliterate Elvis, etc. If you sell a million copies of a song it is said to go "platinum". Who ever heard of 44 million plays of a song in one week, the first week for your first song? Followed by a second song going platinum in one day?
Well you can argue that never would have happened had the music industry not been built up and the youtube platform been built up, and the internet helping things go viral. OK, so the guys who were there all day in the heat of the sun should certainly get some credit. But at the same time if you listen to these songs you realize Oliver Anthony was also going through some very tough times. All of that was in those songs and it resonated with many others. Also, what are you building up Youtube for, if not for this? Is this for Beyonce or someone into witchcraft or satanism? Or is it so that this man could sing his heart out as a testimony and a prayer?
Now if we read this the Lord tells us that what we are seeing happen is the Lord doing what He wills with what is His. What you and I need to do is get some eye salve. Do you belong to the Lord? If no, then that is the problem you need to deal with right now. If yes, then can the Lord do with you as He wills? If no, then that is the problem you need to deal with if yes, then amen, praise the lord!
To me, what I see with Oliver Anthony is that this is a fine wine that the Lord has kept on the shelf until He felt it was the perfect time to uncork it. It is His wine, if He wants to serve it right now that is His prerogative, for me I just want to enjoy it and say thank you Lord.
when I appear before the Lord what will He say to me?
1Kings 15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
Reading the book of Kings and Chronicles can be hard. You could use this as a history book to learn the history, or you could use this as typology since the church can look to Israel as types and shadows.
Or you can look at this and see how you will be judged when you appear before the Lord. We are all children of the king and we all reign over something, even if it is simply our little apartment.
1. Will the Lord say that you did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as Jesus did (the greater David)?
2. Did you deal with sexual perversion and sin as well as all idolatry? Money is an idol, did you fully deal with the love of money?
3. The Lord said that there was no one that left brother or sister or mother or father for his sake that won't get a hundred fold in the kingdom. How about you?
4. A high place is a temple where they worship demons. Now if you are king you may be able to remove these, but if you are simply king of your apartment it could refer to a TV, or a radio.
So my point is not to focus on Asa, but rather to show how one way to read this is to get insight into how God judges us and to ask yourself when I appear before the Lord what will He say to me?
1Kings 15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
Reading the book of Kings and Chronicles can be hard. You could use this as a history book to learn the history, or you could use this as typology since the church can look to Israel as types and shadows.
Or you can look at this and see how you will be judged when you appear before the Lord. We are all children of the king and we all reign over something, even if it is simply our little apartment.
1. Will the Lord say that you did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as Jesus did (the greater David)?
2. Did you deal with sexual perversion and sin as well as all idolatry? Money is an idol, did you fully deal with the love of money?
3. The Lord said that there was no one that left brother or sister or mother or father for his sake that won't get a hundred fold in the kingdom. How about you?
4. A high place is a temple where they worship demons. Now if you are king you may be able to remove these, but if you are simply king of your apartment it could refer to a TV, or a radio.
So my point is not to focus on Asa, but rather to show how one way to read this is to get insight into how God judges us and to ask yourself when I appear before the Lord what will He say to me?
I SAW DANIEL STANDING IN A CLOUD AND HE SAID
The church age is coming to an end. The Pretribulation rapture will take away the pillars of the church. It will also bring judgement on the apostate church which has sold itself to do evil. Both of these will be removed. Once that happens what will you have left? Jesus said you will not have one stone left upon another. Everyone whose Christian faith is resting on brother so and so, or pastor so and so, instead of resting on the incarnated word of God, these will be thrown down into a heap of rubble. Then during the first half of the seven years you will see a great revival with a multitude too great to number and an army of 144,000 evangelists. The people who come to the Lord will be absolute, many of whom will be martyred. By the end of the 3 1/2 years all of them will be taken including the two witnesses. The two witnesses will be like the captain that goes down with the ship making sure everyone has been put onto lifeboats first.
The church age is coming to an end. The Pretribulation rapture will take away the pillars of the church. It will also bring judgement on the apostate church which has sold itself to do evil. Both of these will be removed. Once that happens what will you have left? Jesus said you will not have one stone left upon another. Everyone whose Christian faith is resting on brother so and so, or pastor so and so, instead of resting on the incarnated word of God, these will be thrown down into a heap of rubble. Then during the first half of the seven years you will see a great revival with a multitude too great to number and an army of 144,000 evangelists. The people who come to the Lord will be absolute, many of whom will be martyred. By the end of the 3 1/2 years all of them will be taken including the two witnesses. The two witnesses will be like the captain that goes down with the ship making sure everyone has been put onto lifeboats first.
Romans 1:1-20 -- Holding down the Truth in unrighteousness
1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
There are a lot of protestors claiming to be standing for righteousness. That is a worthy goal, but are you a servant of Jesus Christ? Are you separated to the gospel of God?
2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
The prophets have promised a kingdom in which righteousness dwells, they have promised that the wicked and evil men will be judged.
3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
But the focus on all their words are on Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Apart from Jesus no one is worthy to open the scroll on how to bring in a kingdom in which righteousness dwells.
4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
The resurrection from the dead is what started the church age, it is what started the age of grace.
5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Again, where did you receive grace? What is the basis for your call to obedience of all the nations? Many of the protestors are demanding everyone obey them, but based on what? Do they have power over death?
6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
Yes, it isn’t just Paul. We all have been called of Jesus Christ.
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The gospel of grace brings peace from God our Father. Right now there are a lot of things happening that are causing people to be troubled in the world. But in Jesus Christ we have peace.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Isn’t the internet awesome? Thank the Lord our faith is being spoken of throughout the whole world. I heard one guy say he posted a video about Russia and Ezekiel 38 and in two days 120k people in 90 countries had already watched it!
9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; 10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; 12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
I see this in many of the testimonies on Youtube and on these forums. People are ministering what they have seen and heard so that others might be established and comforted.
13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
We aren’t ignorant, we know that there has been censorship, government lockdowns, and government persecution in many areas of the world. We used to think that censorship was only a problem in China and Russia and Iran and North Korea. But recently we are seeing widespread censorship everywhere including the US.
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
This is so true, you can pick up stuff from so many. I saw a video on the Beresheet prophecy, that was amazing. He shows how the entire story of the Bible is told in this one word which is the Hebrew word for beginning. So when God says “I told you the end from the beginning” it is truly a double entendre. Then I saw another testimony from a girl who literally knew nothing of the Bible, she didn’t even know about the rapture, yet she had a rapture dream that was very encouraging.
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
All of these protests in the US prove that you need a revelation of the righteousness of God. It is a very narrow road and clearly there are few that find it.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Holding down the truth in unrighteousness is censorship. But notice the caveat that Paul doesn’t simply say it is holding down the truth, but that they do it in unrighteousness. You may feel that the truth is that Covid19 is a hoax. Your speech may be censored for that, yet holding down speech that is considered to create a health risk for others can be done in a way that is not unrighteous. No, an example of holding down the truth in unrighteousness is what the NFL did about the truth concerning CTE, the brain damage to people in the NFL. Another example is what Facebook, Twitter, ABC, NBC, CBS, New York Times, Washington Post and the AP did with Hunter Biden’s laptop. We are seeing the wrath of God revealed against what the NFL did, what the cigarette companies did, and what these media companies did. In my own experience I decided to retire when Deblasio mandated the vaccine for all teachers, the union explained there is a 3 week process that you must go through of attending three consultations first. However, they would not begin registering for them until the second week of school in September which begins September 20th and yet Deblasio's mandate is for September 27th. It was an attempt to hold down people from retiring in unrighteousness.
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
For 2,000 years the truth concerning Jesus has been suppressed.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
The Shroud of Turin is an excellent example. This one artifact has undergone a more rigorous forensic examination than any other artifact in human history. Scientists involved in this process that were sure it was a fake have been convinced they were mistaken. One scientist said that they would have confirmed its' authenticity years ago if not for the implication of that.
1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
There are a lot of protestors claiming to be standing for righteousness. That is a worthy goal, but are you a servant of Jesus Christ? Are you separated to the gospel of God?
2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
The prophets have promised a kingdom in which righteousness dwells, they have promised that the wicked and evil men will be judged.
3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
But the focus on all their words are on Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Apart from Jesus no one is worthy to open the scroll on how to bring in a kingdom in which righteousness dwells.
4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
The resurrection from the dead is what started the church age, it is what started the age of grace.
5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Again, where did you receive grace? What is the basis for your call to obedience of all the nations? Many of the protestors are demanding everyone obey them, but based on what? Do they have power over death?
6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
Yes, it isn’t just Paul. We all have been called of Jesus Christ.
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The gospel of grace brings peace from God our Father. Right now there are a lot of things happening that are causing people to be troubled in the world. But in Jesus Christ we have peace.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Isn’t the internet awesome? Thank the Lord our faith is being spoken of throughout the whole world. I heard one guy say he posted a video about Russia and Ezekiel 38 and in two days 120k people in 90 countries had already watched it!
9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; 10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; 12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
I see this in many of the testimonies on Youtube and on these forums. People are ministering what they have seen and heard so that others might be established and comforted.
13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
We aren’t ignorant, we know that there has been censorship, government lockdowns, and government persecution in many areas of the world. We used to think that censorship was only a problem in China and Russia and Iran and North Korea. But recently we are seeing widespread censorship everywhere including the US.
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
This is so true, you can pick up stuff from so many. I saw a video on the Beresheet prophecy, that was amazing. He shows how the entire story of the Bible is told in this one word which is the Hebrew word for beginning. So when God says “I told you the end from the beginning” it is truly a double entendre. Then I saw another testimony from a girl who literally knew nothing of the Bible, she didn’t even know about the rapture, yet she had a rapture dream that was very encouraging.
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
All of these protests in the US prove that you need a revelation of the righteousness of God. It is a very narrow road and clearly there are few that find it.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Holding down the truth in unrighteousness is censorship. But notice the caveat that Paul doesn’t simply say it is holding down the truth, but that they do it in unrighteousness. You may feel that the truth is that Covid19 is a hoax. Your speech may be censored for that, yet holding down speech that is considered to create a health risk for others can be done in a way that is not unrighteous. No, an example of holding down the truth in unrighteousness is what the NFL did about the truth concerning CTE, the brain damage to people in the NFL. Another example is what Facebook, Twitter, ABC, NBC, CBS, New York Times, Washington Post and the AP did with Hunter Biden’s laptop. We are seeing the wrath of God revealed against what the NFL did, what the cigarette companies did, and what these media companies did. In my own experience I decided to retire when Deblasio mandated the vaccine for all teachers, the union explained there is a 3 week process that you must go through of attending three consultations first. However, they would not begin registering for them until the second week of school in September which begins September 20th and yet Deblasio's mandate is for September 27th. It was an attempt to hold down people from retiring in unrighteousness.
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
For 2,000 years the truth concerning Jesus has been suppressed.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
The Shroud of Turin is an excellent example. This one artifact has undergone a more rigorous forensic examination than any other artifact in human history. Scientists involved in this process that were sure it was a fake have been convinced they were mistaken. One scientist said that they would have confirmed its' authenticity years ago if not for the implication of that.
1. “As soon as I fell asleep the dream began” — Ken Peters died August 14th, Kabul fell August 15th.
2. He then saw the dirt breaking open in many cemeteries. People were coming out of the graves. Seemed to be wearing a choir robe. Glistening robes. Brighter than the sun.
3. Mass hysteria hit the earth the minute these people disappeared. Mass chaos for the whole globe. Mass pandemonium — all media was shut down for about two weeks. He is very funny describing personal computers before he had any idea what a personal computer was. Great look of despair and hopelessness.
4. Explains that EMP could shut down all the telecommunications.
5. After two weeks the media was back online but was different presenting a man who spoke with great eloquence as the leader. Smooth, convincing, consummate communicator, able to solve all problems. He explains that those who were raptured were actually those who had been judged by God.
6. The message was new times upon us, the need to give up current citizenship for world citizenship. World order and benefits of all men living together in peace. Sounds great until you see the cost. New Order, World order, New times.
7. At staggering rates people were buying right into this plan this man was releasing into the airwaves. No resistance. Maybe there was censorship, don’t know.
8. He likened this to saying it appeared as though every person on earth had just left their mother’s funeral.
9. An elderly man who seemed hopeful explained in the dream that the end fo the world was coming and that he had not been right with the Lord. He knew God’s plan of salvation. It seemed at that time the Bible was banned but couldn’t be sure.
10. Babies were being abandoned all over the world on street corners.
11. Very unusual things would happen to this group of people (feeding people and healing people).
12. Saw that cash is the ultimate control issue.
13. Earthquake hit with millions of lives lost. Some regions so greatly destroyed they didn’t bother to go in with rescue teams. Destruction was global. Normal weather patterns changed, impossible to forecast weather.
14. Describes California as destroyed with drought and famine.
15. Saw Humvees on every corner of the main streets. Black uniforms and blue cap. Saw they had laptops in it.
16. You could not cross state lines at this time without papers.
17. No one stood up to resist this world leader.
18. Not even a bullet fired
19. The TV sets were watching people, monitoring them, listening to them.
20. Every day the Antichrist was telling people you could be delivered from all of life’s troubles if you would just align yourself with this new world order.
21. Saw mass revival for 3-6 months max.
22. Many many state prisons became detention centers for Christians. They will be snatched in the middle of the night.
23. Then saw new identification mark — and said “hey we won’t need to use these stupid cards anymore”.
24. Then he saw the most demonic presence he had ever seen.
"Out of their innermost being shall flow rivers of living water".
I was in a gathering of believers yesterday and we were talking about this and I realized with some this can be very difficult. When they go to get a pale of water it is muddy.
Then I remembered my own experience more than 40 years ago. I would write down a testimony and then edit it. When you fill a pale with muddy water almost immediately the sand will settle out. In the same way I could remove all the sand from my testimony by editing it. Then I would let it sit for a day and come back to it the next day and edit it again. If you let this pale of muddy water sit for a day all the silt will also settle out. So again, you can pour off the water and leave the silt behind.
Then I would let it sit for a few days, maybe a week and come back to it again. This time the mud and clay have settled out.
People are very upset that they are so full of sand, silt and clay. Why? It is being washed out of you. The more you speak the more the water flows and the more you get washed. As a result there is less sand, less silt and less clay.
The Lord promised "open wide your mouth and I will fill it".
I was in a gathering of believers yesterday and we were talking about this and I realized with some this can be very difficult. When they go to get a pale of water it is muddy.
Then I remembered my own experience more than 40 years ago. I would write down a testimony and then edit it. When you fill a pale with muddy water almost immediately the sand will settle out. In the same way I could remove all the sand from my testimony by editing it. Then I would let it sit for a day and come back to it the next day and edit it again. If you let this pale of muddy water sit for a day all the silt will also settle out. So again, you can pour off the water and leave the silt behind.
Then I would let it sit for a few days, maybe a week and come back to it again. This time the mud and clay have settled out.
People are very upset that they are so full of sand, silt and clay. Why? It is being washed out of you. The more you speak the more the water flows and the more you get washed. As a result there is less sand, less silt and less clay.
The Lord promised "open wide your mouth and I will fill it".
Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
This woman is nourished for 3 1/2 years during the tribulation, after the rapture of the manchild. The tribulation is not to torment men, it is to separate them from all the Satanic influence, nourish them in the word so that they could grow in grace into the Lord.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
This woman is nourished for 3 1/2 years during the tribulation, after the rapture of the manchild. The tribulation is not to torment men, it is to separate them from all the Satanic influence, nourish them in the word so that they could grow in grace into the Lord.
Let her be shut out from the camp for seven days
Numbers 12:13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14 And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
There are numerous prophecies of days of darkness and being cut off after the rapture. Ken Peters dream said it lasted for around 2 weeks. I'm thinking this may be an example. Another example is that Jesus spoke with the disciples on the evening of the resurrection but then was not seen by them for a week. That is because of Him being high priest, He had to enter the temple in the heavens and sanctify all those that had been raptured with him. This makes me think the two weeks that Ken Peters saw is from Feast of Trumpets to Tabernacles.
Numbers 12:13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14 And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
There are numerous prophecies of days of darkness and being cut off after the rapture. Ken Peters dream said it lasted for around 2 weeks. I'm thinking this may be an example. Another example is that Jesus spoke with the disciples on the evening of the resurrection but then was not seen by them for a week. That is because of Him being high priest, He had to enter the temple in the heavens and sanctify all those that had been raptured with him. This makes me think the two weeks that Ken Peters saw is from Feast of Trumpets to Tabernacles.
Let all the earth keep silence before Him
Habakkuk 2:20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
I think this refers to the Day of Atonement.
Habakkuk said:
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
There are three appointed times for all the males to appear in Jerusalem before the Lord. You would not say that it tarries when speaking of the first two feasts. However, if you read the story of Shavuot unto Atonement you would say that the day tarried. The other two feasts are before the harvest. Also, the Feast of Trumpets announces the coming of the Lord, therefore He isn't in His holy temple at that moment. So if it is "about two weeks" it could be from Atonement to the end of Tabernacles. That would be 11-12 days, that would be about two weeks.
Habakkuk 2:20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
I think this refers to the Day of Atonement.
Habakkuk said:
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
There are three appointed times for all the males to appear in Jerusalem before the Lord. You would not say that it tarries when speaking of the first two feasts. However, if you read the story of Shavuot unto Atonement you would say that the day tarried. The other two feasts are before the harvest. Also, the Feast of Trumpets announces the coming of the Lord, therefore He isn't in His holy temple at that moment. So if it is "about two weeks" it could be from Atonement to the end of Tabernacles. That would be 11-12 days, that would be about two weeks.
What a promise
John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
I read the biography of George Muller and this stood out. He took one verse to heart, to seek first the kingdom and all these things will be added to you, started an orphanage and continually abode in Jesus and trusted that whatever he asked the Lord would supply since he was seeking first the kingdom. That was the testimony of his life.
1. You abide in the Lord
2. His word abides in you
3. You have faith in that word and can continually, daily ask whatever you will and it shall be done unto you.
You are seeking first the kingdom and the Lord lays on your heart to help orphans. You don't have any of the things necessary to carry that out, but you seek the kingdom first and for all those other things you ask the Lord, He will add all those things that you need.
In my own experience I was teaching in an inner city HS in Brooklyn. The kids were at the bottom 25% of the city on their test scores. I wanted them to be at the top of the city. According to the standard reason this was impossible. They were poorer, they came into the school with very low test scores, and there was no extra money in the school for tutoring and other programs. But in Colossians it says that "all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Jesus". I figured He could solve all these problems. Little by little he showed me how to redeem the time so that we made the absolute best use of the class time we were given. I taught science and many schools in NY would give science teachers an extra period a week for the lab, our school didn't do that, so my kids had even less time than many students in the other schools. Many of my kids did not bring books or book bags to school because they would just get stolen on the subway, so that was another obstacle we needed to overcome. But we did it, my first year their test scores put them in the bottom 25% of the city, ten years later they were at the top 6% of the city. The year of the pandemic I thought we had a shot at the top 1% but they cancelled the tests that year. It wasn't one prayer, it was a thousand prayers, daily prayers all related to the one big prayer. I wanted them to know that they were every bit as smart as anyone else in the city and if they applied themselves they could do anything they wanted.
Look at John 15:7, your prayer begins with the word abiding in you. Then you need a controlling, consuming desire.
I will share another example in the next post.
John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
I read the biography of George Muller and this stood out. He took one verse to heart, to seek first the kingdom and all these things will be added to you, started an orphanage and continually abode in Jesus and trusted that whatever he asked the Lord would supply since he was seeking first the kingdom. That was the testimony of his life.
1. You abide in the Lord
2. His word abides in you
3. You have faith in that word and can continually, daily ask whatever you will and it shall be done unto you.
You are seeking first the kingdom and the Lord lays on your heart to help orphans. You don't have any of the things necessary to carry that out, but you seek the kingdom first and for all those other things you ask the Lord, He will add all those things that you need.
In my own experience I was teaching in an inner city HS in Brooklyn. The kids were at the bottom 25% of the city on their test scores. I wanted them to be at the top of the city. According to the standard reason this was impossible. They were poorer, they came into the school with very low test scores, and there was no extra money in the school for tutoring and other programs. But in Colossians it says that "all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Jesus". I figured He could solve all these problems. Little by little he showed me how to redeem the time so that we made the absolute best use of the class time we were given. I taught science and many schools in NY would give science teachers an extra period a week for the lab, our school didn't do that, so my kids had even less time than many students in the other schools. Many of my kids did not bring books or book bags to school because they would just get stolen on the subway, so that was another obstacle we needed to overcome. But we did it, my first year their test scores put them in the bottom 25% of the city, ten years later they were at the top 6% of the city. The year of the pandemic I thought we had a shot at the top 1% but they cancelled the tests that year. It wasn't one prayer, it was a thousand prayers, daily prayers all related to the one big prayer. I wanted them to know that they were every bit as smart as anyone else in the city and if they applied themselves they could do anything they wanted.
Look at John 15:7, your prayer begins with the word abiding in you. Then you need a controlling, consuming desire.
I will share another example in the next post.