Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Joshua 6:1-20 -- Riding forth conquering and to conquer

1 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

Right now the world is terrified of the church, the gospel, and the Lord. They see everything that is coming true before their eyes and they know that means the day of judgement is near. Trudeau hiding in the basement when he sees the truckers is just one example, cancel culture getting smashed in their attempt to cancel Joe Rogan is another, the Olympics having horrendous is a third.

2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

Yes, we can now see that they have been delivered into our hand as Durham reveals that he has evidence that Clinton was spying on Trump even after he became president. This is a fantastic plan. Try and visualize a city that has a wall all the way around it. The wall is essentially a circle. It is supported on the inside so if you try to knock it down it will stand. The design is very sturdy at repelling those who are outside trying to get in, but it is very poor at stopping those on the inside from getting out. Now imagine you are in this city, locked tight and up on the ramparts of this wall you have soldiers watching what is going on. Everyone in the city wants to know “what are they doing?” They say “nothing, just walking around”. You think “no way, they are doing something, you are missing it, if I was up there I would see”. This goes on day after day after day. Finally on the seventh day they blast the trumpets, everyone inside knows that they are definitely doing something now and all around the city the inhabitants rush up the ladders to see what is going on and oops, there is nothing to prevent the wall from falling down flat. The world is shut up in this city being told to lock down, censor the truth and they know the people telling them what to do are lying to them. Even Bill Maher the atheist knows they are being lied to. Fauci and the others are the ones on top of the wall telling everyone in the city to continue being in a lockdown indefinitely, fact checking and censoring the truth, they know it is a lie. Outside this wall there are those marching around the city proclaiming liberty, blowing the trumpet, and lifting up the Lord Jesus. What do you think is going to happen when for 2,000 years the world has been told about the Lord’s return, the rapture, and the judgement and then they see the rapture? Then they see demon possession and they see miracles, and everything they were told was a myth is being played out in front of them.

6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.” 7 And he ordered the army, “Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

Now to do this properly you have to carry the ark, and to carry that ark you must be a priest who is sanctified. There is a proper way to bear the testimony of the Lord.

8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant followed them. 9 The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding. 10 But Joshua had commanded the army, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!” 11 So he had the ark of the Lord carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.

To give a shout is to give a Teruah. These trumpets and this shout both point us to the feast of trumpets. We are proclaiming the coming of the king, we are proclaiming that the Bridegroom cometh, and we are proclaiming that it is the Day of the Lord. "All this time the trumpets were sounding". This is the last six years, this is what we have been doing, the trumpets have been sounding. Election fraud, FISA warrants, Spygate, Hunter Biden's laptop, Afghanistan, Swalwell, the border crisis, the trucker protest, Fauci, the Wuhan bioweapons lab, the Revelation 12 sign, Ezekiel 38 alliance, AI, Beast system, Social credit score, coronation of king Charles, Climate change ten commandments, etc., etc.

12 Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets kept sounding. 14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days. 15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city! 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. 18 But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.”

This is quite significant because at the Lord’s return He will call His servants to make account and they will need to bring forth the talents He gave them and show what they have done with them. Nothing will be lost. Everything belongs to the Lord. If you were to steal one of the devoted things you would be stealing from God. Also note that Rahab the prostitute represents someone on the inside who helped spy out the city. Right now we have people on the inside telling us about the corruption, the sins and the crimes of the Democrats, of the Biden crime family, and of many in the deep state.

20 When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.

One translation is “they went straight up”. This is a picture of the rapture. It will be a glorious victory for the gospel. It will be our entry into the good land. It will mark the year of Jubilee where everything that was taken from us will be returned (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived in the good land before going down to Egypt and becoming enslaved). It will also come like a thief in the night. When the saints are raptured Satan’s kingdom will be robbed.
 

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Leaven = Sins? Traditional teachings? Both?

Acts 11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

We are told clearly by the Lord in the gospels that leaven is the traditional teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees. You can see is this case of the gospel going to the gentiles that it violated the traditional teachings but if you had held to the traditional teachings you would have been insulting the work of Jesus on the cross and that would have been a heinous sin.
 

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WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CRUCIFIXION WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE SHOOK OPEN GRAVES IN MATTHEW 27?
 

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Proverbs 22:9-16 The Sluggard says there is a lion outside

9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

In the US the media and powers that be have tried to present a narrative of white versus all the various shades of brown, black, red and yellow. If you are part of the 1% you don’t want a 99% vs 1%, you would much rather have the 99% fighting among themselves. Generally it is 50/50 between white and all the various minorities. Divide and conquer is the strategy. However, in my experience it is never about white, black, brown, yellow or red. It is about some people being generous and some aren’t.

10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels and insults are ended.

Trump was mocked for four years. If you don’t know what “the mocker” is just consider how the media, tech platforms and comedians treated Trump. You might think this is how comedians and the press treat all politicians. Really? There is a whole lot of material they could be using against Biden and Harris which they aren’t. I think many felt that Trump was the source, if you remove him from office we will get rid of strife, quarrels and insults. Well that didn’t happen, instead it has intensified by a factor of ten. Trump never suggested deprogramming 60 million Americans who voted for Hillary, many Democrats have done that, suggesting the 75 million who voted for Trump need to be deprogrammed. Trump never required the military to take a loyalty oath Biden did that. Trump never suggested quarantining an entire state, Biden did that. Trump never encouraged punishing a state for passing voting integrity laws, Biden did that. Biden is the one who left 15,000 Americans and 100,000 Afghanis behind for the Taliban, Trump never would have done that.

11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.


Love one another, keep on loving one another. Satan is the one who is sowing hate, the best way to stand against that is to love with a pure heart and speak with grace. Don’t stoop to their level.

12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.


CNN has been unfaithful and their words are being frustrated by the expose from Project Veritas. The two impeachments of Trump were based on the testimony from the unfaithful and their words have been frustrated and Adam Schiff has been censored. January 6th was a false flag event and Revolver news is doing a wonderful job of exposing that. Every day more and more people discover the media is lying to them. Their ratings are dropping and more and more people are waking up to the lies and the deceit. At this point Biden's base of support is around 30% of the country, that is lower than Nixon was when he resigned. Biden is now the least popular president in the last 70 years.

13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”


Why does it say sluggard and not coward? Too many are just too lazy to get the truth. They get scared because the Cancel Culture screams and shouts. But they are a paper lion. I went to a “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington DC and there were Antifa there to attack and threaten us. The problem was they were outnumbered 5,000 to 1. They were a paper lion. After that I went to another rally in Atlanta and this time they were better organized. They were dressed for battle, all carrying bats, they had trash can lids for shields, they had helmets. But they were still outnumbered 200:1, not only so but many in the rally were also prepared and were carrying guns to protect the crowd (Georgia, unlike Washington DC is open carry). The people who are “scared” of the “cancel culture” are sluggards. If they would actually do a little research before they listen to these thugs they would realize they were a paper tiger before bowing to them. MLB took a 40% hit to their ratings as a result of bowing to the Cancel Culture. Budweiser and Disney have both been crushed as a result of listening to the woke mob.

14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.


Wow! Why are some people deceived by these liars in the media along with the corrupt politicians? They are under the Lord’s wrath! To my understanding what is happening is like refining silver. All the dross is gathering together to be removed by the Lord. If you are under the Lord’s wrath you will fall for Pelosi, and CNN and the Squad.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.


Look at who the most foolish ones are, they are “children”. When I was in Atlanta I could see the twenty or so Antifa who wanted to start a fight, and I could see the thousands who were there for the Stop the Steal rally. The Antifa were all in their twenties, foolish children. The men in the rally with the rifles looked like men, some were cops, some were military. Less than a hundred yards away was a gang of thugs with baseball bats and I didn’t have the slightest fear, in fact there were women with small children and babies in the crowd and no one was the slightest bit nervous. There were real warriors defending the perimeter.

16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

Biden’s policies do both. Opening the border guarantees a large supply of cheap labor, that will oppress the poor in America. His $6 trillion in government packages is gifts to the rich. He will bring this country to poverty.
 

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A 7 Year Covenant Confirmed With Many
 

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An important issue for believers

In Dumitry Dutuman's vision the angel told him that he would erase the names of those who mocked God or tested the spirit of grace.

What should you do if you hear someone teaching something that you disagree with concerning the Bible?

1. Are they seeking your counsel? If not, are you being led by the Lord to counsel them?

For example, you may feel responsible, perhaps you "laid hands on them" and now you are concerned that others will think you have given your seal of approval on what they are speaking. For example, there was a brother, I was posting everything he shared, and then in one message he attacked other brothers. I looked into his attack, the brothers he attacked posted a response. I felt he should have received what was shared and withdrawn his attack, instead he doubled down. So I stopped sharing links to his messages and I explained why. I did not attack or criticize his ministry in any other way, I simply pointed out that I disagreed with him on this one point and I felt it was significant enough to stop posting links to his ministry. However, I did not email him because I do not believe he is seeking my counsel. I also continue to listen to his ministry. I simply did not want to be seen as participating in the accusations against other brothers. I will let the Lord judge and leave it at that.

However, suppose someone is teaching something that goes against your understanding of the Bible. Several people shared that the tribulation can be longer than 7 years. According to them there is nothing in the Bible that says it is 7 years. This is sort of true. We know the 70th week is 7 years, we know that Pharaoh's dream was of 7 years of famine. We know that the two witnesses will witness for 42 months and that it is given to certain ones to rule for 42 months. We know that Israel cleans up after what seems like a nuclear war for 7 years. But there is nothing specifically that says "the tribulation" is seven years long, it could be longer. So in this case I kept an open mind and looked a second time at the verses.

Some have shared that the first five seals have been opened. Again, I reevaluated the five seals and realized it would be a valid interpretation to say they were opened shortly after the lord's resurrection.

Some teach that Revelation 4:1 depicts the rapture, which would contradict the five seals being opened before the rapture. So I reassessed that and concluded the basis for saying this is not strong and definitely not conclusive. However, it is undeniable that the structure of the book would lead some to see it this way. As a result I have concluded that both may be true. The first five seals may have been opened shortly after the lord's resurrection and they will also be opened after the rapture. The way I see that is that for those in the Spirit like the apostle Paul and John these seals were fully opened already. But for those in the flesh or the natural view they won't be opened until after the sixth seal is opened. Kind of like the scales falling off of Paul's eyes at his conversion.

However, in many, many cases I will see people sharing things that for one reason or another I can't stand, I simply change the channel, go somewhere else. In many cases for me it is like little league baseball. Some believers are playing little league, some are high school, some college, some minor league and some are in the majors. Everyone, even the hall of famers begin at the little league level and it is very valuable for them, they need that. But unless they are your kids there is generally little reason to watch one of those games. In Philippians Paul rejoiced that Jesus was preached and did not get too caught up in the fact that the people preaching were not all that sanctified. If in anything you are otherwise minded the Spirit will correct that. He may use a brother or sister, but ultimately it is His job to sanctify us. Perhaps they are trying to carry the ark of the testimony in an ox cart. It is not my job to put my hand up to keep the ark from falling, God will protect His testimony and adjust them.

A big issue right now for some is the "pre trib" rapture. I have listened to Stan lay out his case against this doctrine. I have responded in length to his points, once. He did not address my response. As a result I have given a detailed response from myself and from others to this doctrine that there is no pre trib rapture. However, I do not see this as a critical issue. Because even though I believe about a sixth of believers will be raptured prior to the 70th week I also believe about 5/6ths won't. Hence I feel that Stan is more than 80% right, good enough.
 

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Stan's vision of the first fruits being like a stick of butter

The central revelation to Stan's doctrine is the idea of the first fruits and he saw it like a stick of butter connecting the books of Moses to Revelation.

Butter is the cream that rises to the top of the milk. The first fruits are required to be offered to God from any harvest so that the entire harvest can be holy to God. At the end of the age there will be a wheat harvest of the church and therefore there must also be the first fruits offered to God from that harvest, that is the law.

You can also view this as the "top 10%" that you are to give to God. You are supposed to give God the fat, and butter is the fat from the milk.

I believe that Stan's vision was from God, I believe his interpretation though is off because his vision supports a pre trib rapture being the first fruits of the wheat harvest being offered to God.

It doesn't bother me that he teaches that pre trib is false, and he also says it doesn't bother him that someone who believes is pre trib listens to his ministry. There are teachings that we should be general on, and there are items of the faith that we must be very specific on. If someone teaches that you can ignore certain Bible verses then that crosses the line for me and their ministry is disqualified. If someone teaches that all religions worship the same God then that also disqualifies them. Pre trib or Post trib does not disqualify anyone. However, being an accuser of the brethren is one of those things that I will investigate and make a determination over.
 

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The Reason Stan says the Pre tribbers get bothered by the Post tribbers

There is a teaching that is false, and that is that all believers get raptured before the tribulation. There is overwhelming and indisputable evidence from the Bible that this is not true.
 

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A 7 Year Covenant Confirmed With Many
I would encourage everyone to listen to this. I have been fully watching all these things and this video does a fantastic job of presenting these current events in light of God's word.
 

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25-30 minutes into the video he gives his doctrinal basis to say that the rapture is post tribulation, it is based strongly on equating Revelation 16 the Lord's word that He is coming as a thief to the warnings given in the gospels and the epistles that the lord's coming is as a thief in the night.
Or, pre-trib:

God's Great GRACE Departure!

Amen.
 

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A Perfect Rapture Blue Print In Joshua!

 

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Two New Confirmed Dreams: Digital Dollar & Tsunami 07/05/2023

 

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A word to the sorcerers

Acts 13:9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.

10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

Amen Lord, may your word be accomplished in this age as it was at the apostle's time.
 

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How to Know Your Saved & Rapture Ready! The Five Major Signs! Watchmen Round Table!

 

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AntiChrist is a counterfeit Christ, not a counterfeit gospel. The Christ you see in the gospel is a man Jesus who humbled himself to be a servant and die on the cross. That is not the counterfeit that we will see. According to Revelation the Antichrist in the tribulation is a counterfeit of Jesus Christ, Lord of Lords and King of Kings.

We are told that as soon as the restrainer is taken out of the way the man of lawlessness is revealed. But he must be revealed as a king. It would be absurd or at least highly implausible that the coronation would be in the midst of the chaos that follows the rapture. Instead, it seems far more likely that the king will step forward at that time to calm the situation and proclaim "peace and security" as a way to secure his hold on power.

Therefore before the rapture we should be able to see a king in Europe arise. His father should be the prince of Greece. He should have ignored the desires of "a woman" which I suppose is his mother, the queen. He should have abandoned the faith of his fathers to embrace ecumenism, one world religion. He needs to be the same generation as Israel which was born in 1948. He needs to be a ruler over one fourth of the earth. He should appear harmless, being called "the little horn". He gets his power from the fiery dragon, the only dragon I am aware of in Europe would be the welsh dragon which is red. He needs to be seen by the Jews as a descendant of King David, and he needs to be acceptable to Islam for them to call him the Mahdi.

Of course he is a servant of Satan and so he is a 33rd degree freemason. Satan has certain characteristics that we should be able to detect. He loves pomp and ceremony. You would expect ceremonies that are the most pompous, and seen worldwide. Like the satanic ceremony held to open the Commonwealth games.

Meanwhile you would expect those that know him best like his wife and son would be freaked out, there should be some hint in his personal life that this guy is one with Satan. He should be very skilled at manipulating others, at appearing to be nothing when in fact he is the puppeteer. Satan as the ruler of this world can give people whatever they wish if they worship him, hence we should expect the Antichrist who is worshipping Satan to be exceedingly wealthy by the world's standards. He should also be without natural affection. Much of this may be difficult to discern as he will have one of the best marketing and public relations teams in the world.

Sure looks like King Charles.