Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Leviticus 25:9 Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land. (1901 ASV)

This is how the 1901 American Standard translates this. But let's look at Young's literal translation, they pick one English word for each Hebrew word so you get some strange or surprising translations.

Leviticus 25:9 and thou hast caused a trumpet of shouting to pass over in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month; in the day of the atonements ye do cause a trumpet to pass over through all your land; (Young's Literal)

The Feast of Trumpets announces that the King is coming, or the wedding is at hand or the day of judgement is at hand. But every 50 years you give the loud trumpet blasts on the Day of Atonement. The last trumpet announces that you can now return to your family, you are free from slavery, you receive your inheritance back. However, here it calls that Trumpet "pass over" whereas others have translated that to mean "loud". It doesn't mean loud, it means to pass over from one realm to another just as Paul said "at the last trumpet the dead in Christ will rise then we who are alive will be caught up with them to Christ"
 

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Leviticus 25:9 and thou hast caused a trumpet of shouting to pass over in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month; in the day of the atonements ye do cause a trumpet to pass over through all your land; (Young's Literal)
Is this word denoting the rapture in the Day of Atonement?

So the various meanings of the word translated as "pass over" in Leviticus 25:9

Strong's 5674 -- עָבַר āḇar (This is not the word used for the Passover feast: פֶּסַח pesaḥ Strong's 6453)

I think this word depicts the rapture
  1. to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress
    1. (Qal)
      1. to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over
      2. to pass beyond
      3. to pass through, traverse
        1. passers-through (participle)
        2. to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant)
      4. to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by
        1. passer-by (participle)
        2. to be past, be over
      5. to pass on, go on, pass on before, go in advance of, pass along, travel, advance
      6. to pass away
        1. to emigrate, leave (one's territory)
        2. to vanish
        3. to perish, cease to exist
        4. to become invalid, become obsolete (of law, decree)
        5. to be alienated, pass into other hands
    2. (Niphal) to be crossed
    3. (Piel) to impregnate, cause to cross
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to cause to pass over, cause to bring over, cause to cross over, make over to, dedicate, devote
      2. to cause to pass through
      3. to cause to pass by or beyond or under, let pass by
      4. to cause to pass away, cause to take away
    5. (Hithpael) to pass over
This is "our" Passover, contrasting that with "the Lord's passover".

Exodus 12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.

Exodus 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

Leviticus 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.

This passover trumpet blast is not the fourteenth day of the first month, it is the tenth day of the seventh month.
 

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Is this word denoting the rapture in the Day of Atonement?

So the various meanings of the word translated as "pass over" in Leviticus 25:9

Strong's 5674 -- עָבַר āḇar (This is not the word used for the Passover feast: פֶּסַח pesaḥ Strong's 6453)

I think this word depicts the rapture
  1. to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress
    1. (Qal)
      1. to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over
      2. to pass beyond
      3. to pass through, traverse
        1. passers-through (participle)
        2. to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant)
      4. to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by
        1. passer-by (participle)
        2. to be past, be over
      5. to pass on, go on, pass on before, go in advance of, pass along, travel, advance
      6. to pass away
        1. to emigrate, leave (one's territory)
        2. to vanish
        3. to perish, cease to exist
        4. to become invalid, become obsolete (of law, decree)
        5. to be alienated, pass into other hands
    2. (Niphal) to be crossed
    3. (Piel) to impregnate, cause to cross
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to cause to pass over, cause to bring over, cause to cross over, make over to, dedicate, devote
      2. to cause to pass through
      3. to cause to pass by or beyond or under, let pass by
      4. to cause to pass away, cause to take away
    5. (Hithpael) to pass over
This is "our" Passover, contrasting that with "the Lord's passover".

Exodus 12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.

Exodus 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

Leviticus 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.

This passover trumpet blast is not the fourteenth day of the first month, it is the tenth day of the seventh month.
Is this word denoting the rapture in the Day of Atonement? cont.

This word is used in reference to Noah

Genesis 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made H5674 ➔ a wind to pass H5674 over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

This wind passed over, the rain stopped, and the wind passed over on the 17th day of the 7th month. This was a calendar that is six months different from Jesus calendar, so Jesus is resurrected on the 17th day of the 1st month, but same day as this. So this is a direct correlation between this passover and Jesus resurrection from the dead along with the other dead that were raised at that time.

Genesis 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current H5674 money with the merchant.

This is not "current" money, it is "passover" money, that is money for Sarah to pass over into another realm.

Exodus 12:12 For I will pass H5674 through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

The Feast of Passover is a word that refers to the Passover sacrifice, whereas the act of the Angel passing over is this word that is used for the Trumpet on Atonement. This is what is happening, the raptured saints are being "Passed over" because the blood of the lamb is on their mouths, everyone else will suffer the judgement in the tribulation.

Exodus 12:23 For the LORD will pass through H5674 to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.


We can see both aspects, those that get judged with death and those that are passed over.

Exodus 15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, H5674 O LORD, till the people pass over, H5674 which thou hast purchased.

Crossing the Red sea also uses this word "pass over"

Leviticus 25:9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound H5674 on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound H5674 throughout all your land.

"Cause the trumpet of the jubilee to passover" and "make the trumpet passover"

Song of Songs 2:11 11 For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away -- it hath gone. (Young's literal translation)

This word translated as passed by, passed away. That is passed over. This verse is a direct reference to the rain in Noah's flood ceasing, this word connects the two.

Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. H5674

This word "overpast" is the word used in Noah's flood, it is the word used when the Angel of death passed over, it was the word used when they passed over the Red Sea, it is the word that the winter is passed over, and it is the word for the last trumpet blast on Day of Atonement on a Jubilee year.

Amos 8:2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass H5674 by them any more.

These are all critical verses to understanding the rapture and in each one we are seeing this word for pass over.

Jonah 2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over H5674 me.

It is also like the days of Jonah.
 

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PROPHECTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF NETANYAHU’S U.N. SPEECH!
 

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Yom Kippur, The Day of the End, and the Apocalypse |Jonathan Cahn Sermon

 

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The Last Trump

1Corinthians 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we -- we shall be changed:

On the Feast of Trumpets they blow the shofar 100 times, so some thought the 100th trumpet blast is the "last trump". But the Feast of Trumpets is a dress rehearsal, and you are going to do it again next year, so that is not the last trumpet.

Then some thought on a Jubilee year the last trumpet is on the Day of Atonement, that is when the trumpet is blown, the slaves are free, they can return to their homes and their inheritance, and the veil of the Holy of Holies is opened so the High Priest can enter in. To open the veil in greek is apocalypse, so the Day of Atonement is also the Day of Apocalypse. But again, the Day of Atonement is a dress rehearsal, in fifty years there will be another jubilee year, so that is not the last trumpet either.

Then some said on the 120th jubilee we will be at the 6,000th year of creation and that is when we will enter into the millennial reign with Christ.

So then, what is "the Last Trumpet"? It is the 100th blast, on a jubilee year, on Day of Atonement, and not just any jubilee but the last jubilee, the 120th jubilee!
 

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PROPHECY -- THE APEX


Jonah 3: 5,10 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.


My son, I have said that this nation and its people have PASSED THE POINT OF NO RETURN. I have said that this nation and its people have CROSSED THE RUBICON. Now I say - you are AT THE APEX - the top of the peak, and all that is left now is the GREAT FALL AND CRASH. My children, you have proceeded in fulfilling ALL the sins in My Word - now will come My hand of judgment. Unlike the people of Nineveh, who repented of their sins from the king down to the common man, this nation WILLFULLY SINS AND PARADES IT AROUND LIKE A BANNER. All great empires reach THE APEX, then collapse in on itself due to rampant sin. Prepare! Mystery Babylon - for judgment is come, and the collapse is imminent.

My son, My children in this nation have given themselves over to ALL forms of debauchery and sin. They REFUSE TO REPENT - saying - THEY DO NOT SIN AND ARE PURE AND HOLY. But I say - YOU STINK OF SIN AND ARE DIRTY AND SPOTTED! YOU, MY CHILDREN, THINK YOU ARE HOLY - YET YOU ARE UNHOLY AND UNABLE TO STAND IN MY COURT!

My son, MANY - I say - MANY multitudes will not be able to stand at that day. Many have been taught lies and REFUSE to study My Word to find the truth. My children, you are at THE APEX, and the slide down has started. Why do you think America is not Mystery Babylon? Have you not read My Word for the qualifications of that title? The enemy is now in the borders, and the people are asleep, and then - SUDDENLY - ALL IS GONE! Fire will cover the land, and in an instant, MANY, MANY, MANY will stand before Me in the blink of an eye. Mystery Babylon - ONCE THE APEX - is now a ruinous heap of mortar and bones. A land so polluted, it will not sustain life. My judgment is final.

My son, continue to SHOUT REPENT to these stiff-necked people who REFUSE to acknowledge they are in sin. REPENT DAILY - FOR ALL MEN SIN DAILY - WHETHER IN THOUGHT, DEED, OR TONGUE. When you stand before Me, will your garments be white as snow or spotted for unrepentant sin? BRACE YOURSELVES - My Remnant - for you too will feel the collapse, but you will be under My wing, and I will carry you through it. PRAY DAILY. SEEK ME DAILY. REPENT DAILY. MY FATHER IS THE ULTIMATE APEX.......CLIMB TOWARD HIM!

Amen. Lord Jesus
 

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Ezekiel 33:10-20 Predictive programming

10 And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live? 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

If you watch their movies and TV shows they are filled with this Predictive programming coded in. It makes them think they are so smart that they know what is about to happen and they have been waving this in front of your face for years and yet the masses don’t know. They view this as justification that they consider the rest of the world as “sheeple”. The concept is depicted in the Matrix where this guy begins to see through the code so they decide to “red pill” him and bring him into their little clique.

But, look at what they are saying, essentially we are all going to die, it will be catastrophic, etc. Maybe tens of millions will die. 50 million people died from the Spanish flu and to most people around the world it was simply a bad year for the flu.

So then what is the point of their movies? It reveals what cowards these wicked men are. You will know that they knew, they saved themselves and justified not telling you because “hey, what can I do”.

12 And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth. 13 When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he hath committed, therein shall he die. 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 15 if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

This makes me so angry. What some say is hey, my whole life I was a good Christian, never hurt anyone, went to church on Sunday but just in this one thing, the boss told me not to tell anyone about this coming catastrophe and because of this one sin I will be judged. Is that right? Then they have the nerve to point their finger at someone who was a gang member and repented and got saved, or a woman who had an abortion and then repented and got saved. They point out that this person or that person sinned for years and got their sins forgiven so why can’t they just do this one little sin.

17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. 18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein. 19 And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. 20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

The Lord is going to judge everyone of us according to our ways. Let’s begin by looking at this “good Christian” who is submitting to his boss to allow millions to be kept in the dark about the coming calamity despite it being their job to warn people of these calamities. What do you think is a “good Christian”? Being religious? Having the appearance of being holy without the reality? A good Christian has Jesus Christ living within them and they listen to Jesus and call Him Lord. You called your boss Lord when you listened to him instead of the Lord in your spirit. Now let’s consider these people who were slaves of sin but ultimately were rescued from that slavery by the Lord and gave their life to Him and then testified to others warning them of the impending doom. Of course the Lord will rescue these, they are witnesses of the savior, they worship Him and call Him Lord.
 

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I Had A Tribilation Dream Last Night. Get Saved Now!!!
 

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I heard an interview with Tom Brady, the interviewer wanted to know what gave Brady the most motivation, to be better than Belechik or to be better than Michael Jordan.

I thought Brady's response was very enlightening even though it seemed to bounce off of deaf ears.

Brady said he never once has set winning a superbowl as a goal because he knows that is not up to him. He realizes it take a team, you can't do it by yourself, and if the ball bounces the wrong way you can lose as they did to the Giants.

He said that what he focuses on is what he can control which is himself. How hard he works, how smart he works, how well he prepares. He said when he turned 30 he became very serious about his diet because he wanted to play till he was forty. Then he began having the best years of his career. He thought this was amazing and so he wanted to play till he was 45.

He said he is not competing with Belechik, if Belechik wins another superbowl it doesn't take away from his accomplishments. He said MJ was his hero, he wanted to be like MJ and he takes a lot of inspiration from other athletes.

I think this is a very positive attitude and yet others weren't buying it. That is when I considered what made him different. If someone is drafted #1 in the draft all of a sudden they are repeatedly compared to others and it isn't good enough to be a productive member of the team, no they have to be better than so and so.

I heard a hall of fame middle linebacker talk about what makes Brady so great. He described a huge play in the playoffs, he described the defense that Brady was facing and how he had to get a first down. He pointed out how almost anywhere you go on the field you are throwing into the teeth of the defense, but instead Brady through to a back in the flat who got just enough for the first down. According to this man this was a play that demonstrated Brady had no ego, he didn't have to be the hero. Imagine if that is the most important point to being quarterback. Brady was a sixth round draft pick, making the team was validation for him, he didn't have to be better than anyone. From day one he realized the only way he can do that is if he is "the best that he can be" and not worry about anyone else. He could never be the fastest or strongest. So instead he had to use his brain and diligence to study the other team for their weaknesses and study his team for their strengths and figure out how to maximize their strengths versus the other team. This is completely unappreciated by all but football players. You can imagine many people would love to play with a quarterback like that, meanwhile the pundits would view him as a non factor in many games. But that hall of famer saw that he was taking what the defense gave him, and that is what you want a field general to do.

Christians need to stop worrying about what others think or about competing with others. The only one we have to please is Jesus. He knows the truth, He knows what is going on. The only thing that should matter to us is if He says "well done, good and faithful servant".
 

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Answered Prayer

I have been praying for insight into the rapture. In Colossians Paul said that the appointed feast days were a shadow of things to come. The Old Testament calls them "dress rehearsal" We saw that five of these feasts were fulfilled to the minute, precisely (Passover, Unleavened bread, Firstfruits, Shavuot and Pentecost).

Therefore I have been looking for a shadow of the rapture in the Feasts, that has been a constant prayer.

About a week ago I learned that the High priest changes into a linen garment at twilight (twinkling of an eye) and then goes into the temple chamber where he is guarded for seven days until the Day of Atonement. This reminded me of the reference to the rapture in Isaiah 26. It also answered another question, why would God rapture the believers. However, yesterday I got a much bigger answer to my prayers.

On the Feast of trumpets they blow the shofar for 100 blasts, the 100th blast is called "the awakening blast" which sounds like the trumpet blast that wakes the dead. However every fifty years we have the jubilee and then the Feast of Trumpets is celebrated on the Day of Atonement and the 100th blast is the blast that sets the prisoners free. This is when the jubilee goes into effect. This trumpet blast is called the "passover blast". Very few translations will say that, they will call it a loud blast or something like that, but the Hebrew word is the same word for the Angel of death that passed over the homes that had the blood on them. The word means to be translated, to vanish, to pass over, to pass through, to pass from one realm to another. When Abraham bought a cave to bury Sarah in the translator said he used "current money" but the word was this word, he used Passover money. He was paying the price for Sarah to go from one realm to another. This Trumpet blast is clearly referring to our Passover whereas when the Bible talks about the Passover feast it calls it "the Lord's Passover". Not only so but the exact same day that Jesus resurrected from the grave is the same day that the flood waters began to assuage in Noah's flood. It says the winds "passed over". The Lord's Passover and our Passover both refer to resurrection and the rapture (when Jesus rose from the dead others rose as well).

But then the big question is "what is the last trumpet". According to Paul the dead in Christ will rise at the last Trumpet. Is it the 100th trumpet blast? No, these are dress rehearsals, so even if you have the 100th trumpet blast it isn't the last one because next year you will do it again. Is it the last trumpet on a jubilee year? Again, no, because the theory is that God creating man in 6 days is a reference to six thousand years, which is 120 jubilee years. But suppose we are talking about the last trumpet on the last jubilee year? That could be the last trumpet, the awakening blast and the Passover blast.

But how do you know when the jubilee is? Well thank you Lord, He answered that question as well. Yesterday or the day before I saw a video that I was led to by a brother to my knowledge I had never seen his videos before. He showed that in Leviticus you begin counting the fifty years for the jubilee when the Israelites go into the land. Then he showed that the Palestinian Mandate was made in 1922 saying that a certain portion of the land was for the Israelites to go into and they went in during September of 1923. That means we begin counting the fifty years then and in 1973 it was a jubilee year. The same year they had the Yom Kippur War. That means 2023 is a jubilee year, and it means that Israel is now 100 years old, the same age that Abraham was when he had Isaac.

This is the main thing I enjoyed from the Lord yesterday.
 

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God showed him the Rapture and Devestation of the tribulation!

 

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Judgement Day 9-27-2023?

 

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This is too funny!

I have been wondering who is buying our debt because the interest rates are not going up as much as I would have expected. If you came to get a loan and the state of your finances mirrored that of the US you would probably be paying 18% to a loan shark. But now we know, it's you!

When you are sitting at the poker table and you don't know who the patsy is, well then it is you! $5 trillion in money market funds converted to US debt! LOL


How they Steel our Money and Freedom 09/25/2023

China is selling, Japan is selling, and Saudi Arabia is selling. If all of the major buyers of US debt are selling, then who is buying? It is you! This is why interest rates have not risen dramatically even though recent sales of US debt were at 50%. Here is the bad news, the money markets are all converted, there is no more money market funds around to buy US debt! Uh Oh, we have run out of patsies to fleece.

The good news is it is only money, nothing of any eternal value has been stolen.
 

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It’s Happening RIGHT Before Our Eyes!

 

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End times teachings that I have changed my thinking on recently.

1. The Antichrist will not be revealed until after the rapture.

This one seems obvious, Paul says clearly and emphatically that after the restrainer steps aside then the man of lawlessness is revealed. That is true, but the Bible also says repeatedly that there will be many who are not watching when the Lord returns, they are caught by surprise, they are foolish and so they are cast into outer darkness. The question I have is what about the ones who were awake, they were watching and they were one with the Holy Spirit to restrain evil? How are they restraining evil if they can't see the man of lawlessness? Paul was not saying that those who were raptured did not see the Antichrist, he merely said those left behind will wake up and see him. Besides, it doesn't make any sense. We are given about ten different criteria on which to identify him. Why? Why not just say "don't worry, after the rapture if you are still here he will be the man of lawlessness running the show."? Why do we know the number of his name, why do we know that he is a king and that he reigns over 1/4th of the earth? Why do we know that he will confirm this covenant for one week with the many? How could we not see all these things and not know who he is?

2. At the start of the seven year tribulation the Lord opens the seals to the scroll and we see the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

I now believe this took place at the beginning of the church age and that Paul talked extensively about this in his ministry, particularly in the book of Ephesians. The only basis to say that it happens prior to the 70th week in Daniel is because in chapter 4 of Revelation John heard a voice saying "come up hear". Now that is some very weak tea to base a doctrine on, especially since once John is called up he sees a lamb as having just been slain. That to me sounds like John is being very precise about the timing. They also claim that since John saw the lampstand in the heavens and that is the seven churches that this is after the rapture. Once again, in Ephesians we were told that we are seated together with Christ in the heavenlies, so again that is very weak tea to base a doctrine on. However, if you feel strongly about it then explain what is the mystery of the ages that has now been made known that Paul is referring to? He says it has to do with our inheritance, hence it is also a title deed just like the scroll that John saw. So then if you want to hold to your doctrine you must believe there are two title deeds and two mysteries, one was opened at the time of Paul and one at the end of the age. I have a different take, I believe that everything that we see in the last seven years was revealed to us in the church age that received the word of God by faith. John saw it, Paul saw it, and the rest of us willing to believe the word of God saw it. Then during the seven year tribulation it will be revealed to everyone else, just like Doubting Thomas who needed to put his hands into the wounds.

3. I believe the Tribulation period known as "Jacob's trouble" begins ten years before the final judgement, not seven.

The Feast of Trumpets announces the coming of the king ten days before the day of Atonement, I believe those ten days represent ten years and that after the first 3 days those who have their names inscribed in the book of life are raptured and then you have a seven year period known as Daniel's 70th week or "the tribulation". I also believe that was fulfilled in 2020 at the Feast of Trumpets when the entire world was shutting down due to the pandemic and when Ruth Bader Ginsberg died. I believe Joel describes very clearly what happened and let's us know this is when you blow the trumpet to announce that the Day of the Lord is at hand.
 

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How has the Faithful City become a Prostitute -- Washington DC

Isaiah 1:21 How the faithful city has become a prostitute [idolatrous, despicable], She who was full of justice! Right standing with God once lodged in her, But now murderers.

The US used to be a faithful city, an example to the world of righteousness. We used to be full of justice. But now we have murderers. We have those that murdered JFK, the Warren commission simply rubber stamped a lie. The ones who murdered RFK, and Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. They may have got the shooter, but not the ones who planned and carried this out. Look at all these schools shootings, no one can believe this guy down in Uvalde wasn't given some help. Likewise with 9/11, we know that two planes did not bring down three towers.

22 Your silver has turned to lead, Your wine is diluted with water.

It is amazing how much debt the US has without interest rates going up more than they have. We now know it is because they took all the money markets in the US and used the $5 trillion to buy bonds. But now that this money is exhausted and Social Security is exhausted and the Fed is exhausted, now we see China, Japan and Saudi Arabia dumping US debt for gold. We have to redeem $1 Trillion in debt this year, how are we gonna do that? We have to sell $2 trillion in debt, how high will interest rates go?

23 Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes And chases after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].

Joe Biden has taken tens of millions of dollars in bribes. Hunter Biden is worth $255 million.

24 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be freed of My adversaries And avenge Myself on My enemies.

Amen Lord! Rise up mighty warrior and go forth conquering and to conquer.

25 “And I will turn My hand against you, And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lye And remove all your tin (impurity).

Amen Lord, we pray for your cleansing work to remove all the dross, all the tin, all the impurities, all the substandard materials, all the lies and all the deceit.

26 “Then I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning;
Afterward you will be called the city of righteousness, The faithful city.”


Amen Lord, this is our desire, we pray that your kingdom would come on earth as it is in heaven.

27 Zion will be redeemed with justice And her repentant ones with righteousness.

Thank you Lord, you are righteous and merciful redeemer.

28 But rebels and sinners will be crushed and destroyed together, And those who abandon (turn away from) the Lord will be consumed (perish).

Amen Lord, now is the time to repent, to confess, to fear God.

29 For you will be ashamed [of the degradation] of the oaks in which you took [idolatrous] pleasure, And you will be ashamed of the gardens [of passion] which you have chosen [for pagan worship].

Thank you Lord, the grammies were shameful and despicable, the music industry is shameful idol worship. All of the major entertainment from Hollywood to the NFL to TV is shameful pagan worship.

30 For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers and dies And like a garden that has no water. 31 The strong man will become tinder, And his work a spark. So both will burn together And there will be none to quench them.

You Lord are Holy and Righteous and were it not for the blood of Jesus no one would be able to stand in your presence.
 

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This is what it will be like at the tribulation

Isaiah 3:1 Listen carefully, the Lord God of hosts is removing from Jerusalem and from Judah Both supply and support, the whole supply of bread And the whole supply of water;

The US used to have the most productive farmland in the world, we fed the world. But that is all going to be removed. When you see 150+ food processing plants sabotaged, this is a fulfillment of what the Lord said. When you see the water being poisoned, this will be a fulfillment of what the Lord said. We will have bad crops, we will have a shortage of fertilizer, we will have a problem with the supply chain. Trains will be derailed, barges stuck in sand bars, God is the master of a thousand small cuts.

2 The brave man and the warrior [He is also removing],

At the time of WW2 we had an awesome military. We had Patton, MacArthur, and Eisenhower. Today the US military is run by drag queens.

The judge and the prophet,

Our justice system is very quickly being considered a joke, compared to third world dictator countries. Our "prophets" the talking heads on TV are also a joke, bought and paid for by the deep state and intelligence services.

The diviner and the elder,

We used to have men of God, now we have seances in the Whitehouse, witches and other members of the occult.

3 The captain of fifty and the man of honor, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.

Remember when things were built to last, now they are built to collapse as soon as the warranty expires.
 

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Wow, today is the Day of Atonement, I have been looking for something that might indicate God's judgement or speaking to us on this day. This is also the day that you blow the Passover Trumpet to proclaim the year of jubilee.


United Nations General Secretary warned that "Humanity has opened the gates of Hell".

BREAKING ⚡️ HE JUST WARNED 'HUMANITY HAS OPEN THE GATES TO HELL'

That seems very clear.