Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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We are the temple of God

2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.


So then what would a Christian or a Church be that "did have an agreement" with idols? It could be that temple to Dagon that Samson pushed out the pillars to, indicating the rapture of the church. Or, it could be that temple in Jerusalem where one stone was not left upon another stone because they rejected Jesus Christ the Messiah. No doubt there are many Christians that do have idols. It could be a Christmas tree, or it could be they celebrate Easter or it could even be that they celebrate Halloween. Maybe they are a big fan of some professional sports team and have filled their house with trinkets from them. Or they may be a big fan of the music industry with the albums they have put witchcraft spells on or of Hollywood movies. One thing is for sure, those who are idolaters will not inherit the kingdom of God, they will not be raptured. Being left behind gives them a second chance to clean all the leaven out of their house.
 

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Two sides to the rapture

1 Samuel 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

King Saul was a type of the Antichrist because he was a counterfeit to the true King of Israel. Yes, he was anointed, but he was involved in rebellion, witchcraft, stubbornness, iniquity and idolatry. He rejected the word of the Lord just as the Pharisees did when Jesus was on Earth and just as the apostasy has done. Yes, some are taken, but the other side is the synagogue of Satan must come and worship at their feet. These sins must be dealt with at the same time.

2Kings 9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

This ties Jezebel to the judgment on witchcrafts. Jezebel is also tied to the church in Thyatira. She teaches the children of Israel to commit fornication and here it talks about her whoredoms. These two figures, Jehu and Jezebel appear to be seen today in this populist movement headed by Trump and the Deep State which was headed by Obama, Hillary Clinton, Biden and Kamala Harris. We have also learned that the Whitehouse is filled with witchcraft. So then the judgment on the US as the Great Babylon also coincides with the rapture.

2Chronicles 33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

Causing children to pass through the fire is a reference to abortion. Familiar spirits is a reference to seances where they call up the dead. Who they are really communing with is familiar spirits. We learned that these practices took off in the last fifty years, particularly at the Whitehouse. Enchantments are used by both the music industry and Hollywood which casts a spell on their albums and videos. Wizards is a reference to FreeMasons and ever since LBJ they have infiltrated the church.

Micah 5:12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

The context is after the ruler is taken out of the humble church, Philadelphia then this will happen. The term soothsayer was first used in Genesis 9:14 when God said He would bring a cloud over the land. It means to be a conjurer, but think of this new capability they now have to cause weather to take place. It also means to "observe times". In Witchcraft they have very key dates. That is why they chose 9/11, that is why Halloween is a key date. The word also means "enchanters".

Nahum 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

Nahum is the prophet where the sign of Jonah was finally fulfilled with Nineveh. They got a reprieve because they humbled themselves before God and because as God said "they didn't know their right hand from the left". But eventually the judgment did come. I believe that the sign of Jonah includes the prophet Nahum and that when Jesus said the only sign that will be given to this adulterous generation is the sign of Jonah this is part of that sign. The US is the well favoured harlot. The Jewish leaders claimed they could see so their sin remained and their judgment came after 40 years on 70 AD. Jerusalem was judged on the 9th of Av because that is the day of their rebellion, stubbornness, and iniquity. But what day would be the day of for the US. Certainly not the 9th of Av., no one in the US even knows when that day is. We have learned recently from "the Sound of Freedom" that the US sells nations and families. But what day does the US celebrate being "the mistress of witchcrafts" if not Halloween?

Galatians 5:20a Idolatry, witchcraft

God judging idolatry and witchcraft is not reserved for the Old Testament. The costumes people wear is a form of idolatry. Halloween is a celebration of being the "mistress of witchcraft". Therefore this is the day to cut it off.
 

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Why I've Asked Stan Johnson to Remove all Things Shared to Me From Father God & Jesus Christ 9-11-24


I have listened to this, it is 2 1/2 hours long. She does raise some issues related to the faith.

Ephesians 4:1 There is one body,

Stan keeps telling her that he received a special revelation concerning the rapture and it is in his book. Her point is that there is one body, God would not give something to Stan that is not to the whole body and telling her or anyone else that they need to read his book to know the truth is contrary to the Lord who is the incarnate word of God and is full of truth.

and one Spirit,

She is following the Spirit's speaking to her and that is what we are called to do. She brings up how Stan has asked her to not speak certain things and that is contrary to her being faithful to the one Spirit.

even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

I would argue that eschatology is not part of the faith, however, the rapture is part of the hope of our calling. So I appreciate her standing strong on this one point. In some of her dreams it talks of a rapture prior to judgment falling. The term "pre tribulation" rapture is problematic, but I think the term "pre-trial" rapture referring to Revelation 3:10 should not be problematic. Stan would distort, twist, or delete this from his interpretations of her dreams and that is one of the key offenses.

5 One Lord,

A second key offense is Stan trying to tell her not to say certain things. There is only one Lord and it isn't Stan. She needs to stand strong and only let the Lord tell her what to speak.

one faith,

Our one faith is the Bible, it is the fellowship of the Apostles. Another key offense is Stan telling her she needed to read his book to know the truth. We have one faith and if he can't refer to that then it is not part of the one faith.

one baptism,

We were all baptized into the name of the triune God. We were not baptized into the name of Stan Johnson. So what Stan thinks on this issue is truly irrelevant. We need to be faithful to the Lord Jesus. Stan was asking her to "respect him" but that is not an item of the faith.

6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

This was another issue. Stan kept saying he had been doing this for 40 years, he had written books, he had memorized Revelation and so she should listen to him on this. He is not God. He is not the Father of all who is above all, and through all and in you all. She is listening to the one who is above all, through all and in her.

7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

So let this be a lesson to all of us.
 

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Introduction -- The watchmen have been looking very closely at the feasts of the Lord for a shadow of the rapture. Because Paul in Colossians 2:16-17 said that the Holy days were a shadow of things to come. In the Old Testament the term “Holy Convocation” means a dress rehearsal. A great example of that is when Jesus was crucified. The entire celebration of the Passover week was a dress rehearsal for Jesus’ crucifixion. Anyone who had studied the prophecies in the Old Testament carefully would have known the year that Jesus was to be crucified. If you listened to John the Baptist you would have known that Jesus was the Passover lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world. Putting two and two together you would have known the day and the hour of Jesus’ crucifixion as well as having a very good idea of the events leading up to it. Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. This is similar to what we are told in Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Our thought, based on the Bible, is that in the Old Testament God operated by giving us a dress rehearsal of things to come so that we would know that He is God and He alone tells us the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:9-10). If God did this in the Old Testament and He is the same today then we expect He will give us a very detailed dress rehearsal for the rapture event in the New Testament as well. So then, let’s drill down a little deeper on how this works.

In Genesis 15 God made a covenant with Abraham. That was when the covenant with the children of Abraham was made. That is the chapter where it says that Abram “believed God and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness”. Abram sacrificed a heifer, a goat, a ram, a turtledove and a pigeon. Genesis 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18 In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: That smoking furnace is a picture of the Cross of Christ. We can see the complete gospel in this event, how faith can be reckoned to us as righteousness, about the sacrifice that is to be made, about the promises concerning our inheritance, the trials we will go through that are temporary but the end result being our glorification. This begins a two thousand year period that is the dispensation of the son concluding with Jesus being crucified as a fulfillment. However, no one knew the day or the hour that this would happen, not yet. Moses doesn’t come along until after the four hundred years of being enslaved. Daniel and Isaiah come even later. So then the word that Jesus spoke to the disciples at the beginning of the two thousand year dispensation of the Holy Spirit that “no one knows the day or the hour” could also have been spoken at the time of Abram. However, later, after the Torah had been given and after the prophets you could no longer say that. Since God is the same yesterday and today I expect the same thing can be said concerning the rapture.

Paul also said in Colossians 2 to not let anyone judge you with regard to the keeping of a Holy Day. They are not our dress rehearsals. We don’t keep the day of Atonement, we keep the Lord’s table. That is the day we examine ourselves. We don’t keep the Passover, we keep the Lord’s table. We don’t keep the feast of unleavened bread, we keep the Lord’s table. All of the Lord’s feasts in the Old Testament are wrapped up into the Lord’s table. Therefore, the Lord’s table is our “Holy Convocation”, it is our dress rehearsal for the rapture. Moses was told to do all things according to the pattern shown on the mount. I would say that we were given a much more detailed pattern of the Lord’s table from the Gospels where Jesus was crucified.
  1. They celebrate the Lord’s table, not on resurrection day, but on the same day that the thief in the night (Judas) comes.
  2. This is followed by the monkey trial, scourging, crucifixion and the cry from the cross “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me” which is clearly a reference to the left behind.
  3. This is then followed by three days of darkness as Jesus is laid in the tomb and takes a tour of death which includes seeing all the fallen ones being kept in chains until the judgment.
  4. This is followed by the Lord’s resurrection and appearing to those who were left behind, and they will be celebrating the Lord’s table on that day as well, the Lord’s day, the day of resurrection.
So then why are there those who are left behind like the Body of Jesus left on the cross after the Spirit departed? Jesus commanded us to take up our cross and follow Him. Many have done that and so they do not need to go through that crucifixion again. Most however, have figured out how to avoid the cross of Christ. Yes, they are Christians, but they avoid all the persecution. The cross of Christ is not optional. Everyone must go through it and if you don’t go through it by choice then you will be forced to go through it.

Now some argue that all Christians must go through tribulation so there is no “pre-tribulation” rapture. Consider what Paul said: 2 Corinthians 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. Paul went through tribulation and so have many other Christians throughout the church age. There is no need for these ones to go through the seven year tribulation. However, most Christians cannot share this testimony that Paul has shared so they will have to go through it.

So then the dress rehearsal we have for the rapture is the Lord’s table and there are two of them. The first one is immediately before the thief in the night comes and the left behind saints are cast out into outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. The second Lord’s table is after those three days when the Lord appears to the left behind so they can realize they have not been forsaken or abandoned, and they will then be led through the tribulation with two witnesses (just like Peter and Paul during Acts).
 

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Also, just like in the Old Testament where it was many years later when the Israelites got the word from Moses and the prophets to tell them the day and the hour these things would happen, in the same way that is what has happened during the church age.

Moses came down from the mountain and broke the ten commandments in the Old Testament and in the New Testament Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg and called to the Protestants to “come out of her my people” just as Moses called to the Levites. In the New Testament we do not celebrate the 9th of Av, but we do have our own 9th of Av.

Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. We can spend an hour or two to understand who the synagogue of Satan is, but the bottom line is that this refers to the Catholic church. In Revelation 3:10 we learn that Philadelphia will be kept from the hour of trial. I believe that hour of trial is a reference to the monkey trial Jesus went through beginning with Judas coming as the thief in the night.

So then we need a dress rehearsal for a thief coming in the night, followed by a dress rehearsal of a tour through hell, the outer darkness, with all the demons and fallen angels, followed by a Catholic holy day where they worship the Lord before the saints and the dead in Christ. These four days must then be followed by the Lord’s day. We have this in 2024, but not in 2025. These four days were not known at the time of Jesus and the disciples but by the Lord’s sovereignty are known worldwide today.

However, we are also told in the New Testament that the rapture is a harvest. Jesus’ death and burial was the seed going into the ground. That was at “seedtime” but the rapture will be at harvest time. So these five days must take place at harvest time.

But we also know more about this. Ruth lets us know she was married at harvest time but Samson tells us the pillars were pushed out during a great feast to Dagon. The worship of Dagon and the Catholic church have much in common (the hat the pope wears is from the worship of Dagon). So then in addition to everything shared so far all of this must take place during a great sacrifice to Dagon.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

The word of God makes everything and that includes the Holy days, the dress rehearsals, everything. This is why I have been looking at our harvest festival: Halloween. October 31st is the day that Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg church. Mischief Night, Halloween, All Saints day, Day of the Dead, and then the Lord’s table. These five days were all made by the word of God, not by Satan. He may be allowed to have his dress rehearsal, but Jesus is Lord and it is up to Jesus when this will be and how it will be done.
 

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A star will come out of Jacob.

Numbers 24:17 I shall see Him, but not now; I shall behold Him, but not nigh. There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab and destroy all the children of Sheth.

Just discovered this red star went supernova at the time of the Death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. But because it is 2,000 light years away the light does not reach us until September 27, 2024.

The Jews call it the Messiah star. Interestingly this will appear at the same time the UN confirms the Pact of the Future.
 

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Erroneous Assumptions

Yes, I believe that there will be a pre-tribulation rapture, but the term is misleading and the doctrine is often taught erroneously. First of all, the believers during the entire church age have gone through tribulation. So I really don’t like the term “pre-tribulation” because it is not true. Think about the saints that have been martyred throughout the church age, surely they went through tribulation. Instead, Philadelphia is promised to be kept out of the hour of trial. So “pre-trial” rapture is far more accurate.

Second assumption that being kept out of the hour of trial means we are taken before the start of the 70th week in Daniel. Since it is very logical to assume the 70th week begins on the Feast of Trumpets this assumes the rapture is before the Feast of Trumpets. This is critical because the 30th of October is after the Feast of Trumpets. This assumption is based on the Bible verse that says after the restrainer steps aside then the Antichrist is revealed.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

So we assume that the Antichrist is revealed at the start of the 70th week and therefore the rapture takes place before that. But that is not what it says. Rather “the wicked” is revealed after the rapture. We know that when the Antichrist takes power the world will be saying peace and security, they will not see that he is wicked. We also know that he suffers a head wound and is resuscitated and then is indwelt with a wicked spirit. So there is no verse in the Bible which we can point to that says the “pre-trial” rapture is before the Antichrist takes power. In fact there is a verse we can point to that says it is after he takes power.

But first, consider the word harpazo, to be snatched out of the way of certain death. That sounds like the Antichrist is now requiring everyone to get the mark of the beast and that is when rapture takes place. It may be very early in the beginning of the 70th week but very likely after the 70th week begins. We are kept from the hour of trial, what does that mean? We know during Antichrist’s reign everyone is required to take the mark of the beast and worship the beast, those that refuse are beheaded. That sounds like the trial. To be “snatched out of the way” of the “trial” sounds like the Antichrist has already passed this law.

Another wedding

This is not some crazy idea of mine, it is based on the Bible. In Luke Jesus says it is like those who are watching for their Lord who comes back from the wedding. He finds them watching and so He will serve them.

Luke 12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

This isn’t the Lord’s wedding. That will be at the Father’s house and we are the bride. No bridegroom is going to make dinner for his servants on his wedding night. No, this is a different wedding that precedes the rapture and from the context it immediately precedes the Lord’s return. The rapture is the conclusion of the church age. So then, what is the point of the church age? We are witnesses telling people to repent and receive Jesus. Some have, and some haven’t. But at the end of the church age the world makes it clear, they have chosen the Antichrist.

John 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Jesus said that He came in His father’s name and they rejected Him but one will come in his own name and they will choose him. The entire church age is calling to people to choose Jesus, but at the end, when they choose the Antichrist it is a “marriage covenant” and that ends the church age. So the start of the 70th week is when Antichrist confirms the covenant with the many and that is also the end of the church age. Once that marriage takes place the age of grace is over, Jesus comes back, finds some watching, and raptures them. Therefore I am suggesting that the “pre-trial” rapture takes place after Antichrist has confirmed the covenant with the many but before he begins beheading people. I realize this may not be the doctrine you grew up with, but this doctrine does have more scripture supporting it. For example, Absalom was a type of the Antichrist. He went to Hebron, blew the trumpets throughout the land proclaiming He was king, and after that was when David and his faithful followers left Jerusalem. Adonijah was also a type of the Antichrist and he proclaimed himself king and held a big banquet when it was told David and they went and crowned Solomon. That banquet that Adonijah gave is what I am comparing to this wedding that Jesus comes back after. Absalom sounding the trumpets throughout the land that he is king and not David is what I think will happen at the UN when they adopt the pact for the future making evangelical Christians illegal.
 

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The Lord’s Table is our Holy Convocation

1 Corinthians 10 -- The Lord’s table is the only feast day that we, as Christians, are required to keep. Colossians tells us that these feast days are a shadow of things to come. On the one hand this feast reminds us of the Passover, the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of the new fruits and the feast of Pentecost. It reminds us of our journey out of Egypt and into the good land. On the other hand this feast is a rehearsal for the Lord’s coming as the king and the bridegroom. That is the festival of Trumpets. It also reminds us of the day of judgment, the feast of atonement, because we must judge ourselves before partaking and if we partake in an unworthy manner we will be judged. A holy convocation is a “dress rehearsal”. Every time we partake of the Lord’s table we are practicing for when we will partake with the Lord who has returned as both the bridegroom and the Lord of all. We are told in this chapter that we will not be tested beyond what we are able but with every trial God will make a way of escape. So this also points to the coming rapture in which we will escape.

It is in contrast to a sacrifice to idols and demons

We are also told that the gentiles sacrifice to idols and demons. There is one day that all Christians and only Christians keep, that is the Lord’s table. In contrast to that day there is one day that all idol worshippers and demon worshippers keep and that is Halloween. So there is a very interesting contrast between the Old and New Testaments. In both the Old and New testaments the Jewish feast days are a shadow of things to come. The Jews must keep all of these days and yet Christians are only to keep one day, the Lord’s table.

1Corinthians 11:23-34 -- Do this in remembrance of Me. Yes, the Lord’s table is a rehearsal for the wedding, and it is a time for us to practice blowing the trumpet to announce the coming of the King. But, according to these verses we are proclaiming the Lord’s death until He comes. We are being reminded every time of how he was betrayed. We learned in 1 Corinthians 10 that when you eat and drink the Lord’s table you have fellowship with Him and you become one with Him. We are proclaiming that we are one with the crucified savior who was betrayed. We are also told we must all eat together like one family looking out for each other.

When the rapture takes place some will be taken and some left. The term for “left” is the term for divorce.

Matthew 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

The only justification for divorce in the bible is adultery. So Christians eating at the table of demons and idols would be the only justification. What better way to highlight this than Halloween. Being divorced by the Lord is equivalent to being handed over to Satan.

1 Corinthians 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

This is what “the tribulation” is. The left behind saints are handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh so that the spirit may be saved. Halloween is a dress rehearsal for what it will be like.

1Corinthians 12 -- There are two messages in the world. Some are saying “Jesus is accursed” and others are saying “Jesus is Lord”. Would you let someone who wishes to curse you and your family take care of your kids? When your kids watch TV or use the internet there are only two possible messages they are hearing. We have many different gifts in the body, Mister Rogers showed how you could have a TV show with the message “to love your neighbor as yourself”. He was a gift to the body. We have school teachers, we have people in every walk of life. We need every member and every gift. In this sense we are inclusive. However, the body has a defense system that will protect it from anything that wishes to curse the body. We need to identify the Spirit. An eyeball is very different from an ear which is very different from a foot. But the spirit is the same, in each case “Jesus is Lord” or in the analogy they each take their orders from the head. In the same way the body of Christ can be very diverse in the members, in the gifts and in the manifestation of those gifts, yet in every case the spirit is the same: “Jesus is Lord”.

All Saints day and the Day of the dead are two days in which the Catholic church is required to worship the Lord at the feet of those who were a blessing to the Body of Christ.
 

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A Remembrance of the Flood and the days of Noah

Also, according to the history of this three day festival October 31 to Nov 2, it is supposed to be a remembrance of the flood. Some have argued that the flood began on what would be Nov 11th so if the rapture took place then it would be according to the pattern of the rapture. Others say that Noah entered the ark one week before the flood, so that would be November 4th. So there is some connection to Noah. In Hebrew the number 7 means a crown, the number 12 means God's perfect governmental foundation and divine authority. Noah received the Noahide laws and he got a covenant for the world and you could say his crown was the number 7, the church has the New Covenant and this will result in God's perfect authority and so you could say our crown is the number 12.

So in 2024 you have Mischief Night (comes like a thief in the night) followed by Halloween (all the fallen angels and demons released onto the streets to start the three days of darkness) followed by All Saints day (synagogue of Satan coming to worship God at the feet of the raptured church) followed by the Day of the Dead (synagogue of Satan coming to worship at the feet of the dead that rose in Christ) followed by the Lord’s table (Jesus appears to the disciples) followed by November 4th, one week before the flood, the saints enter the ark to go through the tribulation with Jesus. One week later Jesus appears again to them and now they can put the fingers in the nail prints as the wicked Antichrist is revealed with plans to crucify all believers. That is the flood begins.
 

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The Holy Convocations in the Old Testament are not our Holy Convocations in the New Testament

But, they are not our dress rehearsals. For example, everyone keeps saying that the 9th of Av is when the temple was destroyed, every time. But that isn’t true. How could they miss the most glaring example and the one most relevant to us as the Body of Christ? John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Therefore, a very reasonable interpretation of “no one knows the day or the hour” means the rapture is not one of the Holy convocations in the OT because everyone knew the day and the hour of those. Jacob has two wives, he would never have Rachel’s wedding anniversary be the same day as Leah’s. The two marriages are two covenants and each covenant has its own days. If you want to know our days check our covenant and in our covenant Paul is very clear that no one is to judge us on whether or not we keep the Holy days because they are not our holy convocations. The Jewish temple is not our temple. Matthew 12:6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. Not only so but Jesus said He would build His church, and Paul told us Ephesians 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: The rapture will be when they try to destroy this temple. Yes, the 9th of Av is a shadow for us, an example for us, but it isn’t the reality of that day.
 

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I believe the Lord's table is our Holy Convocation, dress rehearsal for the rapture. However there are two of them. The first one was before the crucifixion. I am going to compare this with the rapture of the saints before the "trial".

Luke 22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. 13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

This is a reference to the watchmen, the ones who have been following the signs and prophecies to come to this large upper room where we are preparing for our "Passover" feast where we drink the wine anew with the Lord.

14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. 15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

This feast is before He suffers, before the trial. Hence the "pre-tribulation" rapture.

17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: 18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

This verse is a direct reference to the rapture connecting this Lord's table to the rapture.

19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

This is the fellowship of His sufferings. We were called to be witnesses, to share our testimony, to comfort one another with the comfort wherewith we were comforted.

21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.

This is a picture of Christianity prior to the rapture. You have the apostasy, you have Jezebel saying she is a prophetess in Thyatira, you have false prophets, and they also are with the Lord at the table. This is of the Lord. God is the one that searches the hearts and if you were going to betray Him you are given many opportunities.

22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!

After the rapture of the church you will see people turn viciously against the false prophets who sold themselves to do evil. People will realize they were deceived by them and they will hate them and destroy them.

23 And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. 24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

Two major concerns among the believers is how to avoid apostasy and also how to be worthy to be raptured.

25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.

This explains how to avoid apostasy. Don't let anyone exercise Lordship over you other than Jesus Christ. We have one Lord. What happens with the apostate churches is that FreeMasons get on the board of directors and they exercise authority upon them, and it is because they are "benefactors" donating money for the building and the sound system.

26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

Second, we need to be servants, we need to be those serving the body of Christ and not those who are being served.

28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.

We also need to continue with the Lord in His temptations. The prosperity gospel calculates blessings in how much gold, and other things you have. Paul calculated who is in the ministry by how many temptations and trials you have stood with the Lord as you go through them.

29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; 30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

The rapture is when the Man child is caught up to God who is to rule the nations with an iron rod.

31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

Peter is a representative of the Left behind saints and one of the two witnesses during the book of Acts. We will see the same thing take place at the end of the age.

33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. 34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

This is the trial. Because Peter goes through this first he is able to help those after him during the tribulation go through this same trial.

35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. 37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

Everyone should have been reckoned with the transgressors prior to the rapture. We are called to be witnesses of the Lord. But the truth is for every "Jesus Freak" you have nine other "Christians" who are not so "extreme" and are members of the country club. You can't have it both ways and that is why they must go through the tribulation where they will be reckoned among the transgressors.
 

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I think the concept of unforgivable sin has been very misunderstood because no one seems to take the context into account.

1. The pharisees in Jerusalem made a ruling on Jesus after 3 years of His ministry. They said that He was casting out demons by the prince of the demons, Beelzebub. That was an official ruling and it was designed to tell all the Jews to stay away from Him.

2. When they tell Jesus this He also tells them that they have committed the unforgivable sin, referring to this ruling.

3. They in turn ask for a sign that God was going to judge them because that is how God operates and it is stated clearly in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Jesus told them the only sign they would be given is the sign of Jonah. And if you don't understand the sign of Jonah you don't understand the unforgivable sin.

Jonah preached for forty days walking to and fro through the city telling them that after 40 days they would be destroyed. However, they humbled themselves and God relented because "they don't know the right hand form the left". However, later at the time of Obadiah the judgment was carried out.

Six months before the Lord's crucifixion when He told the Pharisees this His ministry began for Judaea and this proclamation was made very close to the 9th of Av if not on the day precisely. The evidence is very strong that Jesus was crucified on 31 AD. That would mean this judgment was given on the 9th of Av 30 AD and exactly 40 years later to the day the temple was destroyed. During those 40 years Jesus and His disciples walked to and fro throughout Jerusalem telling them to repent and many did. But for those who did not and held to this ruling that Jesus was casting out demons by the prince of the demons they were not forgiven and they were cast out of the Israel just as God said in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.

Jesus was telling them that rejecting Him as the Messiah was unforgivable, they will be cast out of Israel.

From 31 AD, after the crucifixion and after Pentecost when the disciples began to preach the records from the rabbis shows that the High priest would continually die during the Feast of Atonement, that the sacrifice was never accepted (the cord never turned white) and they were unable to close the door to the temple. This is like Paul's word about how they give 40 stripes less one. When you sentence someone to receive 40 lashes you give them 39 to make sure you don't give them 41 by miscounting.

So then the unforgivable sin is saying that Jesus is one with Beelzebub, you cannot be forgiven as long as you hold onto that sin. All those who repented of that sin in the next forty years were forgiven.

In the Gospel of John Jesus heals the Blind man and the Pharisees ask if they also are blind. Jesus says that because they say they see their sin remains. Nineveh was blind, they didn't pretend otherwise, and they humbled themselves so they were forgiven. Jerusalem claimed they saw, they didn't humble themselves and so they were judged 40 years later to the day. There are two sides to the sign of Jonah.

But this applies to everyone. At the end of the age the nations will also proclaim that they all worship one God and it doesn't matter what religion you are as long as you are not evangelical Christians saying that Jesus is the only way to the Father and no one can be saved but by Him. At that point they too will be committing the unforgivable sin.
 

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Let's calculate the odds of these things happening by chance

1. I figure there will always be some kind of harvest festival or feast. So the odds of October 31st being a Celtic harvest festival is 1:1. However, the odds that Martin Luther would nail the 95 theses to the Wittenberg church on this day, that is 1:365

2. Then the odds of having a day called "Mischief Night" take place on October 30th is also 1:365. The day originally was in May, kind of like a senior prank day gone rogue. In the US it has many names, Mischief night, Devil's night, moving night, beggar's night and gate night.

3. Initially All saints day was celebrated in May around Easter or Pentecost. So for that to now be Nov 1 is also a 1:365

4. Day of the dead is the most new of these holidays, appearing to have become a recognized holiday in the 19th century. Once again the odds are 1:365

5. Now the odds that in 2024 Nov 3 would be the Lord's day allowing for a mirror image of the Passover week when Jesus was crucified, that is 1:7

Using Bayesian analysis we calculate the odds of these 5 things as 365x365x365x365x7= 1/124,242,304,375

But then you need to look at the odds for the events of 2024. There are two very big events which needed to happen.

1. Israel needs a red heifer that is eligible to be sacrificed, because without that they can't begin the offerings and oblations. They have had certified red heifers 10 times in a history that is approximately 4,000 years. So the odds are 1:400

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2. We need all the nations surrounding Israel according to Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 36 to be at war with them. Prior to 2023 there was never a time in Israel's history that all the nations mentioned in Psalm 83 would be against them and according to Psalm 83 when that war is over it will be the first and the last time for this war. Since Israel has been restored for 74 years I will give the odds as 1:74 though it is likely much more.

The odds of these two things happening in 2024 is approximately 1/30,000.

so then 30,000x124,242,304,375 is approximately 3,500,000,000,000,000

1/3,500,000,000,000,000 is roughly the odds that all these things are a coincidence.
 

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Harpazo

Is there an old testament type or shadow of being pulled out of the way of sudden destruction?

The answer is Yes, the angels pulled Lot out of the way of sudden deestruction when the mob attacked his house.

Genesis 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled H935 Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

Those "men" were angels who pulled Lot to safety right before he would have been killed. This is the same word that is used for God bringing Eve to Adam.

Genesis 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought H935 her unto the man.

And it is the same word used for God bringing a flood on the earth.

Genesis 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring H935 a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

So then as it was in the days of Lot and also in the days of Noah, in both cases we can see a Harpazo.

1 Kings 1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought H935 her to the king.

This word is used for bringing Abishag to King David.

Leviticus 23:17 Ye shall bring out H935 of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.

This word for "bring out" is the same word. So it certainly is about a harpazo. However, they are not pulling out a lump of dough, this is a cooked loaf. Jesus' death and resurrection was a type of the unleavened bread. He was put into the oven when He was crucified, and baked for three days. On the day of resurrection you had a baked loaf. These two loaves are also cooked. I don't believe they represent the rapture of the saints being snatched out of the way of imminent death as in Lot or Noah's accounts. Rather these two loaves are in contrast to the unleavened loaf that was Jesus' resurrection. Paul was given the gospel to the uncircumcision and Peter was given the gospel to the circumcision. These two gospels are two loaves. They are cooked, ready to eat. I believe that is what the giving of the Torah is, it is giving us two cooked loaves to eat. At the start of the church age we had two witnesses in Acts and at the end of the church age we will also have two witnesses sharing these two cooked loaves. These two loaves are waved before the entire congregation, this reminds me of the entire world watching on a live stream as the two witnesses are raised and caught up to heaven.