Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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The Lord’s table is our Holy Convocation, and all that that implies

Matthew 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

The gospels lay out for us what this Holy Convocation is in a very precise way. Jesus flipped the tables of the money changers in the temple. He didn’t do that in Wall Street, or in Babylon, He did that in the church. You need to take a very clear stand against turning the church into a house of merchandise. Jesus told the fig tree to never bear fruit again as it was barren when He came looking for the fruit of righteousness. In the same way we must declare the judgments of God on this mountain known as human government. The fig tree is not a national symbol for Israel. If God says “my Fig tree” then yes, that is referring to Israel, but in general the fig tree points to Adam and Eve sinning in the garden and refers to sinful man as a whole. Human government is a fig tree, and has grown into a great big mountain that must be cast into the sea. Jesus was examined and tested and taught in the temple. Then He instituted the Lord’s table from the Passover dinner. This is like changing the water to wine. All the Old Testament verses were made new. He was arrested, monkey trial, mocked, scourged, and crucified. Then buried and laid in the tomb for three days. After that He rose in glory. This is what we must do in the church age, if you refuse, then after the rapture you will be left behind to be arrested, tried, mocked, scourged, crucified, dead and buried all during the first half of the seven year tribulation.

Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Every single believer is given the option to deny themselves. You can pursue money and all that the world has to offer or you can pursue the Lord. If you pursue the Lord absolutely you will have to deny yourself. You don’t need to convince me, it is the Lord who knows whether or not you denied yourself and took up your cross and followed Him or not.

Mark 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

This is about a rich man who wanted to know what he must do to inherit eternal life. This is like asking what must I do to be raptured. Every single one of us that takes up our cross and follows the Lord must sell many things that are precious to us. I know that many try to say that this does not apply to everyone, just to this person. In principle it applies to everyone. Paul said the things that he counted as gain, those he counted as loss that he might gain Christ. There is no way to pursue the Lord absolutely without having to count all the things other than Christ that we counted as gain as loss.

Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Every single day you have an opportunity to deny yourself. For example, when you read the Bible you are denying yourself, you should be doing that every day. When you go to a meeting for prayer or fellowship you are denying yourself. When you go to serve at the soup kitchen you are denying yourself.

Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

This is the last verse in the New Testament that mentions the cross. We have a hope that is set before us and the only way to get there is to take the way of the cross. That is our holy convocation, that is our dress rehearsal. This is what we are told to keep in the New Testament. No believer is required to keep the Lord’s feasts in the Old Testament, but you are required to take up your cross and follow the Lord. You are given very specific outline of what that means and it is much more specific than any Old Testament Feast day.
 

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God has done something that is quite brilliant.

The dead sea scroll calendar is exactly 52 weeks of seven days. That is 364 days, which is obviously less than a full year. So what happens over time is that the calendar gets flipped. Imagine you have the Lord Jesus dancing with the Bride of Christ. The original calendar gives you the perspective from the Lord Jesus, but over time your perspective will flip to that of the Bride of Christ. In this way when Jesus says "it will be as the days of Noah" it will be, but not from God's perspective, from the Bride's perspective. For example, the flood in Noah's time took place in the middle of the spring, but in 2023 on this Dead Sea Scroll calendar it has flipped to be the middle of the Fall. In 2023 October 31 was the anniversary of the flood on this calendar. In 2024 it would be October 30th.

We all understand this. We have a birthday and that day defines the year for us, but not for anyone else. It makes sense that God would have a calendar for Jesus and a calendar for the Bride of Christ. Ken Johnson on Biblefacts.org explains this Dead Sea Scroll Calendar.

So then, what does the anniversary of the flood do? It reminds us that God will not always tolerate sin.

Now let's compare the fact that God is absolute when it comes to dealing with sin with the crucifixion of Christ. We begin the cross of Christ with the Lord's table and we conclude the cross of Christ with the Lord's table. It is like a bone, the Lord's table is a bone, and the contents of that bone is the marrow. God will not tolerate sin, Jesus' blood cleanses us from sin, and hidden within this bone we have the source of that blood. Jesus poured out His blood on the cross, just as the marrow is doing within that bone. But Paul said that we fill up that which is lacking in the suffering of Christ.

Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

The body of Christ is commanded to take up their cross and follow the Lord and that means that like Jesus did they are now pouring out their blood to deal with sins.

But this is what the rapture will do, it will divide asunder soul from spirit.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

When you split the Lord's table you get the one that was celebrated on the fourth day of the week and the one that is celebrated on the first day of the week. Those who are raptured are taken on the fourth day of the week and those who are left behind experience the death and resurrection and celebrate this on the first day of the week.
 

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Do not be foolish

People assume that if a "prophecy" comes true that this is proof the person is a prophet. This is a misunderstanding of the Bible. If a prophecy does not come true where a person said "thus saith the Lord" and the Lord did not say, that is proof the person is a false prophet. But the opposite is not true. Suppose someone bribed an official to make sure one team won and then predicts that team will win. The prediction coming true is not evidence that God spoke through them, it is evidence that they are a cheat. What the Bible says is if a prophecy comes true and this "prophet" teaches you to worship other gods then they are a false prophet.

We don't identify a prophet based on a prediction coming true. Think how foolish that is. One technique among stock brokers is to send out eighty letters to prospects, half predicting a stock would go up and half predicting it would go down. A month later they send out forty letters to the people that got the correct prediction doing the same thing with a second stock and a month after that they send out a third letter to the twenty people who got two right predictions and a month after that they call the ten people who got three right predictions to open accounts.

No, we identify a prophet based on whether their prophecy helps us to worship God. Think about Jonah, he told the Ninevites that God would destroy Ninevah. But the prophecy was not "there is nothing you can do about it, you are all going to hell". No, the prophecy was to repent. They repented, they humbled themselves before God and so God relented. Are you going to stone Jonah? No, because a few hundred years later God did destroy Nineveh. How stupid to judge Jonah on whether or not it came true because by the time it did come true everyone was dead already. Instead, I don't have to wait a few hundred years, does this prophecy lead me to worship Jesus Christ, Lord of heaven and earth? Yes or no. Does this prophet cause God the father's name to be hallowed?
 

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2 points of view of the rapture

From our point of view we are reminded of Noah's flood and that God will not always tolerate sin. From God's point of view it is second Passover
 

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Prophetic Dreams & Visions from My Lovely Jesus


Be it According to Your Faith Dream 10-26-23 @ 8:37 AM I dreamed again that we were in a massive spiritual battle. One that when the children of God prayed in their prayers verses from the Word of God our spiritual attacks showed up as physical objects and weapons in the sky and battlefield. My son and I are under some bushes hiding as weapons are exploding in the air above some of our fellow brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ's name. The warfare is intense on this battlefield in the spiritual realm but now appearing to my son and my eyes as physical attacks. We are observing them safely from our hiding spot in the trees and bushes. In this dream I had the understanding we were there to observe, but I see he is also watching on an electronic tablet of sorts the battle in the sky. After each weapon was launched it then exploded into whatever that was sent. You could see its called forth effects of what it changed into from the Word of God and into actual physical weapons. So, for example the Bible talks about the Arrows of the Lord and if they were calling out the scripture, quoting that scripture with Arrows of the Lord and or saying the Arrows of the Lord then we were seeing actual Arrows of the Lord forming. That's what was happening in this dream. Suddenly as my son was looking at the tablet I looked down to see a weapon form in the sky. It was a formidable weapon that exploded with great power causing a devastating blow to the enemy's forces. Then it exploded six more times smaller in bomb-type explosions in the sky that seemed delayed. Then shot out to strike other targets it had been spoken to attack in Jesus Christ's Name. So instead of being just one big explosion after the first went off it then became six more explosions. With each of those smaller in size being just as deadly, making a total of seven bomb-like attacks by praying one fervent, aggressive prayer in faith. My son paused the video even though the battle still rages that's playing on the tablet screen and excitedly points to the seven bomb-like attack that originated as one. “Did you see that Mom? Did you see that?” He asked in a rush. “Yes, I did,” I replied. “Mom, Mom, I need that! We need that weapon. How do our forces have a weapon I don't know about?” “Alex, son it may be just one individual who has learned the value of prayer and using the Word of God in battle in prayer.” “Mom, Mom, I need that! How do I get hold of this weapon?” He spoke quickly. “With this type of weapon we can do more massive attacks to lucifer, to satan… the whole kingdom of darkness!” “Son,” I replied, “it's already available to us in this battle for man's souls and our survival. Look closer. Enlarge the picture then watch it again.” My son followed my instructions and enlarged the picture to get a better close-up view of what was happening. “It's not like fireworks we have,” he said. We could see it wasn't seven different bomb attacks but only one. It's one big faith believing, prayer attacks having been prayed in Jesus Christ's Name!” (Let me say that again. “It's one big faith believing prayer attacks having been prayed in Jesus Christ's Name!) It originated out of nowhere it seemed in the sky as one big massive glowing type ball of Holy Fire. Sort of circular in its shape which is why to us, when it was smaller it looked like a type of bomb. But when it exploded it erupted in the middle of the air obliterating all in its path. Then next instead of this weapon of Holy Fire evaporating. Or forming into debris and ashes that would normally occur and fall to the ground after it had exploded, all the original pieces returned to the first shape. Then it divided itself into six individual fiery-type circular shaped weapons like the larger one. Their explosion when the attacks were made were massive. Each one causing much damage. Until the video pictures were enlarged it couldn't be seen how it was one original weapon used seven times in total. This is because the attack also was so very fast and very precise. “Did you see that?” My son asked in awe then he let out a low whistle. He started pecking the screen of the tablet with his right pointer finger as he said excitedly. “Mom, we need this weapon. I've never seen such a weapon. How do we get it?” “You have it already son,” I replied. Then I lifted up my hand, my right hand showing him a Holy Bible I had been apparently holding the whole time. It's right here. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal son. You know this. They are spiritual. But this weapon you have seen is simply a prayer of unshakable faith in the Word of God prayed by someone who understands the power inside it and the Name of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. You want to launch weapons like this upon our enemy heads then you can and your attacks will be according to how you believe. Be it according to your faith, son. If you believe in faith your attacks can damage the enemy through your prayers in the Word of God in Jesus Christ's Name, then they will. But the catch is how much damage do you believe one prayer can do? How much faith do you truly have in the power of our wonderful God? The Word of God and the Name that Father God has given to His Son Jesus Christ. When one of His children pray in faith, believing as His Word says. “Nothing is impossible for him to do.” That all power, meaning all power that existed from the beginning, in the present, and still to come which is the future is in His Name Jesus Christ, that’s it’s already obtained inside of it then the power of your prayer and your attack against the enemy will be according to the size of your faith in your Savior and His Word. You want a weapon like this then you have to pray effectively. You have to believe without doubt your prayers are powerful. More powerful than you can comprehend because you pray them in faith in Jesus Christ's Name. More powerful than all our enemies combined. He will meet you at the point of your faith. If you believe your prayers can form one attack against the enemy's forces but not against many attacks then from your prayer …..from the point of your faith in Jesus Christ to hear and answer your prayer… one prayer will be a formidable weapon that will take out one enemy's attack. But not the others. Be it according to your faith, Son. A person who believes in Jesus Christ has unlimited power in their prayers. And Holy Spirit will teach you and lead you how to pray effectively if you will let Him lead. But again, if you only have enough faith in Jesus Christ to defeat one attack when you could defeat more through Him, He will meet you at your faith point and stop there in most instances honoring your prayers… your point or level of faith. This is until your faith grows more in His abilities as your Savior, King, Lord, Deliverer, and in the power of His Name. Be it according to your faith, son. You want to launch massive attacks in one fervent, effectual prayer then you can if you believe in faith without doubting in what you have prayed and the power of your Savior through His all powerful Name Jesus Christ. It's possible son, very possible but again be it according to your faith and no one else's. Then I awoke. Verses James 1:6; Hebrew 10:23: 11:1; 6; 4:12, Jeremiah 23:29, Ephesians 6:17; Matthew 9:29; 16:19; 17:20; 21:21; Revelation 1:18; Philippians 2:9-11; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5; 1 Chronicles 16:11; Luke 17:5-6; 1 Corinthians 2:5; Romans 10:17; John 14:112-14; 2 Timothy 1:7; James 5:16; Philippians 4:6, 1 John 5:14-16; John 15:17; Jeremiah 29:12 Now I ask that you pray, try, and test this in Jesus Christ’s Name.
 

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Precision

This is a lesson I taught in HS science class. If I divide 2 by 3 I get 0.67 but if you use a calculator you could get 0.66667. However, such a measurement indicates a higher degree of precision and that could be wrong if you didn't actually measure your numbers to that precision.

The reason I bring this up is because we are reading Moses Psalm that a generation is 70 years or 80 years by adding precision that may not be there. Perhaps Moses was speaking in decades which would mean that 70 = 65-74, and 80 = 75-84.

The verse is interpreted to mean that if you are obedient then the generation is 70 years but if you are obstinate or stubborn it is 80. But we all know there is a range for these terms. Some people are extremely obstinate and it will take the entire seven year tribulation to get them to repent and others are extremely obedient.

So then the obedient ones in Israel went from 1948 to 2022. But starting in 2023 you begin to see the obstinate ones. Now imagine each year for the next ten years you turn this up a notch.

 

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Precision

This is a lesson I taught in HS science class. If I divide 2 by 3 I get 0.67 but if you use a calculator you could get 0.66667. However, such a measurement indicates a higher degree of precision and that could be wrong if you didn't actually measure your numbers to that precision.

The reason I bring this up is because we are reading Moses Psalm that a generation is 70 years or 80 years by adding precision that may not be there. Perhaps Moses was speaking in decades which would mean that 70 = 65-74, and 80 = 75-84.

The verse is interpreted to mean that if you are obedient then the generation is 70 years but if you are obstinate or stubborn it is 80. But we all know there is a range for these terms. Some people are extremely obstinate and it will take the entire seven year tribulation to get them to repent and others are extremely obedient.

So then the obedient ones in Israel went from 1948 to 2022. But starting in 2023 you begin to see the obstinate ones. Now imagine each year for the next ten years you turn this up a notch.

Remember, if Israel returned in 1948 the year began in the fall of 1947.

So, 1947-2031 is 84 years.

The last seven years will begin 2025 and end fall of 2032
 

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Tell us plainly

John 10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

I believe that all things have come into being by the word of God. So this word here is what has created this event mentioned by Paul

2 Thessalonians 2:8 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:

The Antichrist is a counterfeit of Christ. On Hanukkah they wanted to know plainly if Jesus was the Christ, and likewise I expect on Hanukkah the wicked Antichrist will be revealed for all to see. In 2024 Hanukkah is on December 25th, Christmas, which is the birthday of a Babylonian god which is a type of the Antichrist. What better time to reveal the antichrist. Also Santa is an anagram for Satan, coming down the chimney depicts a thief in the night, letter to Santa is turning prayers to God into praying amiss for material things, and Santa flying around on a sleigh visiting every home is mocking the rapture. Finally the threat "he sees you when your sleeping, he sees you when you are awake, he sees if you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake" is a very clear threat from the all seeing eye of the Freemasons.

So then We know that this takes place after the rapture, after the restrainer steps aside. But how much after? Ken Peter's had a dream saying it was around 3 weeks, so that would put you at the end of November, or around Thanksgiving.

Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

Turn "our feasts" would not refer to Hanukkah, that is a feast of the Lord. That was the rededication of the temple. It could refer to both Christmas and Thanksgiving as they are both "our" feasts and are not Feasts of the Lord. Also at Thanksgiving they begin to play Christmas music so that would also fit with "turning all your songs into lamentation". Christmas is the ideal time for the Antichrist to be revealed and Hanukkah is the rededication of the temple. If you were left behind and denied the Lord like Peter you would need to rededicate yourself to the Lord. So then, the Lord's table is our pattern, it is our Holy Convocation. After the second one, on the day of resurrection the Lord appeared to the disciples 40 times and I believe it was a complete 7 sabbaths later when the Lord ascended. So then if we go 50 days back from December 25th we get to the 4th of November.

That fits with our timeline.

October 30th -- this is Mischief night, the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. It is also the day of remembrance for Noah's flood on the Dead Sea Scroll Calendar for 2024.
October 31st, November 1, and November 2 -- 3 days of darkness when the fallen angels and demons are released onto the earth. This is the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Halloween, All Saints day and Day of the dead. This is also the time that Jesus makes the synagogue of Satan to come and worship at the feet of the raptured saints.
November 3 -- Lord's day, day of resurrection, the Lord's table Holy Convocation.
November 4th -- the saints are thrust out into the wilderness to fast and pray for forty days and to be tested by Satan, just as the Lord did at the start of His ministry.

According to this picture the baptism event with John the Baptist at the start of Jesus' ministry is a picture of the rapture as well. In that event the Spirit descended onto the Lord. In the same way this could happen to the Saints who are left behind when the Lord appears to them.