Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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Amos 9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Acts 15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
This spring the Jews will sacrifice a red heifer and then use the ashes of the offering to sanctify the priests, the tabernacle and the articles in the tabernacle. They must do this before they can begin the sacrifices and oblations and before they can rebuild the temple. However, many of us have been wondering, is this prior to rebuilding the temple which could take months. These two verses suggest that no, they will raise up the tabernacle and so this will happen immediately. I think we can expect this Spring for Israel to begin the sacrifices again and I also think that is the signal that the 70th week in Daniel's prophecy is beginning.
Acts 15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
This spring the Jews will sacrifice a red heifer and then use the ashes of the offering to sanctify the priests, the tabernacle and the articles in the tabernacle. They must do this before they can begin the sacrifices and oblations and before they can rebuild the temple. However, many of us have been wondering, is this prior to rebuilding the temple which could take months. These two verses suggest that no, they will raise up the tabernacle and so this will happen immediately. I think we can expect this Spring for Israel to begin the sacrifices again and I also think that is the signal that the 70th week in Daniel's prophecy is beginning.
We are the Lord's witnesses. We are not His lawyer, we are not His politicians, we are not judges. We are not graded on whether or not people receive our witness. The only standard for a witness is to tell the truth. You don't need to worry about what the jury decides. Some Christians get caught up trying to convince others, not your concern. By all means pray for people to be saved, but when speaking the truth you don't measure success by how popular it is or how well it is received or not received. Are you faithful to the Lord? Are you speaking the truth? That is the measure.
The last 3 1/2 years have woken up many to the fact that Jesus is coming back very soon.
John 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Lazarus is the Greek word for Eleazar, referring to the Spirit as a helper to find a bride for Isaac. Bethany refers to the place of dried figs. This also corresponds with the season, we know this is right before Passover which is after the winter and when you would be eating dried figs. Interesting that it is the village of Mary and her sister Martha. They represent those that worship and serve the Lord. It is the village of the church, the true disciples of the Lord. They are praying to the Lord concerning their brother being sick. I have been looking at these chapters in John with the perspective that this announcement that Lazarus is sick takes place at the start of the Covid19 Pandemic. We looked at chapters 8, 9 and 10 with that in mind. Now Covid19 is said to stand for Certificate of Vaccine ID, AI. This bioweapon has made the Spirit "sick". They are mingling the human DNA with a metal that can be read with 5g radiation. Remember, whatever they wind up doing with the Mark of the Beast will prevent you from being saved, but as the Lord said this sickness Covid19 is not unto death. In other words it is not the Mark of the Beast. Many Christians have been hyperventilating over it. However, this worldwide pandemic is for the glory of God. The Son of God is going to be glorified thereby. What does that mean? The trucker protest glorifyied the Lord. The increased speaking of the word of God worldwide is glorifying the Lord. The people who are digging into the truth concerning the vaccine and exposing the deceit of the sorcerers in the pharmaceutical industry is a glory to the Lord. Of course, the raising of Lazarus from the dead, the rapture of the believers, is for the glory of the Lord.
6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.
This is now 3 1/2 years since the WHO declared Covid a worldwide pandemic (March 11, 2020). Anyway this is why these "two days" have really stuck out to many. It has taken two days to fully expose the evil one but now Putin is digging into the sins in Ukraine, Pfizer has released 55,000 pages revealing their sins, and of course the massive inflation and crime throughout the country has woken up most people in this country. We are on the verge of WW3, Biden is being subpoenaed and lawsuits are being filed against Pfizer.
7 Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. 8 The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
Is this a reference to Jan 6th? January 6th the leaders in DC took a whole bunch of political prisoners and have treated them abusively. Yes the truth is slowly dripping out concerning Ashli Babbit, and the FBI. Since then we have seen the DOJ weaponized against political opponents like Trump. Yet, Trump is running again to return to DC.
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him. 11 These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Is the purpose to "wake people up"? Even today many Christians are still asleep to how imminent the Lord's return is. What do you think will wake them up? Do you think the rapture will? Doesn't this story tell us that prior to Jesus entering Jerusalem this event woke up all the Jews? This is why they were crying Hosanna on Palm sunday. The seven year tribulation will be a triumphant entry into Jerusalem by Jesus, before that event He needs to have the rapture to wake everyone up.
12 The disciples therefore said unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover.
There are still people who think we can fix this corrupt worldly system. Get rid of the dominion machines, put patriots into the precincts and the country will recover.
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Wake up, the US constitution is dead. The Spirit of freedom and democracy is dead. Tulsi Gabbard says we need to investigate these bioweapons labs in Ukraine that are said to still hold all the bioweapons created by USSR. The response from other senators is that this comment of hers is treasonous. Even asking questions that are fully reasonable based on the admission of the US government and documents showing our funding of these labs is now "treasonous". Free speech is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
Wow this is very similar to what many are saying. They are glad that Trump wasn't there so that people could believe that everything they were told is true. Mike Lindell is happy Trump lost the election because it exposed the fraud of these machines which we might not ever have been able to deal with otherwise. Even famous liberals like Maher is starting to believe.
16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
There are many saying that if Trump goes back to DC he will be tossed in jail too.
My point is the number of parallels with John 11 and today are just stunning. The last 3 1/2 years have woken up many to the fact that Jesus is coming back very soon.
John 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Lazarus is the Greek word for Eleazar, referring to the Spirit as a helper to find a bride for Isaac. Bethany refers to the place of dried figs. This also corresponds with the season, we know this is right before Passover which is after the winter and when you would be eating dried figs. Interesting that it is the village of Mary and her sister Martha. They represent those that worship and serve the Lord. It is the village of the church, the true disciples of the Lord. They are praying to the Lord concerning their brother being sick. I have been looking at these chapters in John with the perspective that this announcement that Lazarus is sick takes place at the start of the Covid19 Pandemic. We looked at chapters 8, 9 and 10 with that in mind. Now Covid19 is said to stand for Certificate of Vaccine ID, AI. This bioweapon has made the Spirit "sick". They are mingling the human DNA with a metal that can be read with 5g radiation. Remember, whatever they wind up doing with the Mark of the Beast will prevent you from being saved, but as the Lord said this sickness Covid19 is not unto death. In other words it is not the Mark of the Beast. Many Christians have been hyperventilating over it. However, this worldwide pandemic is for the glory of God. The Son of God is going to be glorified thereby. What does that mean? The trucker protest glorifyied the Lord. The increased speaking of the word of God worldwide is glorifying the Lord. The people who are digging into the truth concerning the vaccine and exposing the deceit of the sorcerers in the pharmaceutical industry is a glory to the Lord. Of course, the raising of Lazarus from the dead, the rapture of the believers, is for the glory of the Lord.
6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.
This is now 3 1/2 years since the WHO declared Covid a worldwide pandemic (March 11, 2020). Anyway this is why these "two days" have really stuck out to many. It has taken two days to fully expose the evil one but now Putin is digging into the sins in Ukraine, Pfizer has released 55,000 pages revealing their sins, and of course the massive inflation and crime throughout the country has woken up most people in this country. We are on the verge of WW3, Biden is being subpoenaed and lawsuits are being filed against Pfizer.
7 Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. 8 The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
Is this a reference to Jan 6th? January 6th the leaders in DC took a whole bunch of political prisoners and have treated them abusively. Yes the truth is slowly dripping out concerning Ashli Babbit, and the FBI. Since then we have seen the DOJ weaponized against political opponents like Trump. Yet, Trump is running again to return to DC.
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him. 11 These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Is the purpose to "wake people up"? Even today many Christians are still asleep to how imminent the Lord's return is. What do you think will wake them up? Do you think the rapture will? Doesn't this story tell us that prior to Jesus entering Jerusalem this event woke up all the Jews? This is why they were crying Hosanna on Palm sunday. The seven year tribulation will be a triumphant entry into Jerusalem by Jesus, before that event He needs to have the rapture to wake everyone up.
12 The disciples therefore said unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover.
There are still people who think we can fix this corrupt worldly system. Get rid of the dominion machines, put patriots into the precincts and the country will recover.
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Wake up, the US constitution is dead. The Spirit of freedom and democracy is dead. Tulsi Gabbard says we need to investigate these bioweapons labs in Ukraine that are said to still hold all the bioweapons created by USSR. The response from other senators is that this comment of hers is treasonous. Even asking questions that are fully reasonable based on the admission of the US government and documents showing our funding of these labs is now "treasonous". Free speech is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
Wow this is very similar to what many are saying. They are glad that Trump wasn't there so that people could believe that everything they were told is true. Mike Lindell is happy Trump lost the election because it exposed the fraud of these machines which we might not ever have been able to deal with otherwise. Even famous liberals like Maher is starting to believe.
16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
There are many saying that if Trump goes back to DC he will be tossed in jail too.
My point is the number of parallels with John 11 and today are just stunning. The last 3 1/2 years have woken up many to the fact that Jesus is coming back very soon.
November 5 is 1335 days from March 11, 2020 when the Pandemic was first announced.
November 5 is also 2520 days until September 29, 2030 which is the Feast of Trumpets in 2030.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PVJagsVYbQA
November 5 is also 2520 days until September 29, 2030 which is the Feast of Trumpets in 2030.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PVJagsVYbQA
We are told in the Bible that the enemy will try and change times and seasons but we are also told in Genesis that the constants are seedtime and harvest, summer and winter. We know from astronomy that the sun is in a different constellation now than when Moses was alive relative to the seasons. We know that at Moses time Tishri was when the sun was in the scales but at the time of the Antichrist it will be a false scale.
Because of that it is not implausible to suggest that we are off by a month. October 31 was a harvest festival for the Celtics in the 8th century. The Jewish harvest festival is the feast of ingathering, and if we are now exactly one month off the 8th day of the Feast of ingathering (feast of booths) would be November 5th. That is the day when Jesus cried out "if anyone thirsts let him come unto Me".
Because of that it is not implausible to suggest that we are off by a month. October 31 was a harvest festival for the Celtics in the 8th century. The Jewish harvest festival is the feast of ingathering, and if we are now exactly one month off the 8th day of the Feast of ingathering (feast of booths) would be November 5th. That is the day when Jesus cried out "if anyone thirsts let him come unto Me".
Ezekiel 38 prophecies concerning an attack on Israel and an attack on the US
Ezekiel 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
"In the latter years" indicates this prophecy is for the end of the age. The land that is brought back from the sword, that cannot refer to the US, we were never "brought back from the sword" however, it would be very appropriate for Israel. "Which have always been waste" again that could not refer to the US, but would certainly refer to Israel which had been intentionally deforested. "Brought forth out of the nations" that again would be very appropriate for the Jews that returned to Israel.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
This refers to an attack on Israel.
10 Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
This is referring to something else.
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
That cannot refer to Israel, they are walled, they are not at rest being attacked continuously, they don't dwell safely, and they do dwell with walls, bars and gates. This is a reference to the US. We know this because today there are basically two places where almost all Jews live (98%), either Israel or the US. If you have to choose between these two this word is clearly talking about the US.
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
The US is also composed of people who were gathered out of the nations. Almost no other nation is like the US in this regard.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
To take great spoil? This must be a rich country. Not only so but they are rich in cattle. The United states has 89 million head of cattle. They have 9 1/2 % of the cattle in the world. Israel has 0.1% of that, or 0.01% of the world's cattle. This prophecy cannot possibly be referring to Israel.
Ezekiel 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
"In the latter years" indicates this prophecy is for the end of the age. The land that is brought back from the sword, that cannot refer to the US, we were never "brought back from the sword" however, it would be very appropriate for Israel. "Which have always been waste" again that could not refer to the US, but would certainly refer to Israel which had been intentionally deforested. "Brought forth out of the nations" that again would be very appropriate for the Jews that returned to Israel.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
This refers to an attack on Israel.
10 Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
This is referring to something else.
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
That cannot refer to Israel, they are walled, they are not at rest being attacked continuously, they don't dwell safely, and they do dwell with walls, bars and gates. This is a reference to the US. We know this because today there are basically two places where almost all Jews live (98%), either Israel or the US. If you have to choose between these two this word is clearly talking about the US.
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
The US is also composed of people who were gathered out of the nations. Almost no other nation is like the US in this regard.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
To take great spoil? This must be a rich country. Not only so but they are rich in cattle. The United states has 89 million head of cattle. They have 9 1/2 % of the cattle in the world. Israel has 0.1% of that, or 0.01% of the world's cattle. This prophecy cannot possibly be referring to Israel.
Ask the Lord
Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Lord Jesus, show us great and mighty things which we know not.
6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Lord we pray, cure our land, bring it health and cure, reveal unto us the abundance of Peace and truth.
7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
Lord we pray to hear again in this place
11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Lord Jesus, show us great and mighty things which we know not.
6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Lord we pray, cure our land, bring it health and cure, reveal unto us the abundance of Peace and truth.
7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
Lord we pray to hear again in this place
11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 33:20 Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
25 Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
25 Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
No one knows the day or the hour
There is no single prophecy which will give you the day and the hour.
However,
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
This verse does not tell us the day or the hour, but it does tell us the day follows after a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse in that order. I have already pointed out if you apply this one test to the last 21 famous predictions of the rapture since 1948 it would have eliminated all 21. That is if you interpret this as meaning one month after. (Because one month after a lunar eclipse you have a full moon). But if you want to be more general and just not after eclipses in the other order then it eliminates 20/21 of the most famous predictions of the rapture.
This got me thinking, I am a geologist, the way we locate an earthquake is with triangulation. We determine how far it is from three different locations and then we can figure out where it is.
So then,
The Lord's Supper reminds us of the life and work of Jesus, and it marks us as people of his new covenant. And while doing all of this, it also anticipates that final glorious feast. The meal serves as a taste of what is to come—a taste of true life. This is the one appointed day that is given to us in the New Testament. So then if God is the same today, yesterday and forever and if he operates precisely with appointed days we can also assume that the rapture takes place on the Lord's day.
These are two different prophecies, neither one tells us the day or the hour, but both really narrow it down tremendously.
Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
By itself this prophecy is really impossible to use, but once you have a potential day in mind you can go back 1335 days and see if anything significant happened. Sure enough, November 5th is the Lord's day, it is after a Solar eclipse which was followed by a lunar eclipse and it is exactly 1,335 days after a worldwide pandemic was declared by the WHO on March 11, 2020.
These three things taken together should definitely cause us to look more closely at November 5th. Because Joel describes a worldwide pandemic and economic shutdown as being an indicator that the great and notable day is at hand.
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws:
This poses a problem, but not really. The reason I say not really is because it is like a misdirection play in football, we have been warned that they will do this, so then we can watch out for this. In the books of Moses we are given the alignment of the Sun, Moon and stars at Nisan 1. However, we also know from astronomy and from this verse that this alignment has changed since Moses time. God never promises that these will be a constant, instead He says
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Seedtime and harvest are constants, not the position of the sun in the constellations. Summer and winter are constants. The feast of ingathering going by the sun in the constellations was a month ago, but going by the harvest season it is now. We know that the months are off by at least 30 days. If it is exactly 30 days and that we don't know, then we are now in the Feast of ingathering, the Feast of tabernacles and the last, great day of the feast is Nov 5th, the 8th day, which is also the day of new beginnings and corresponds with the Lord's day which was also the 8th day.
Colossians 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
The feast days appointed by God are a shadow of things to come. If we consider that they are a shadow of the rapture and of the start of the 70th week then it narrows down the possible days to three or four a year. Of the theoretical days the best one is the Feast of Ingathering and the 8th day of that feast. I say this because the Lord refers to the rapture as a harvest and because the first four feasts were fulfilled in Jesus first coming, most Bible teachers look at the Fall Feasts for the second coming. Feast of Trumpets announces that the Lord is coming, and Day of Atonement is judgement day. Neither of those is nearly as good as the feast of ingathering.
None of these prophecies tell us the day or the year, but they do eliminate 99.9% of the phony days.
I have posted a link to a number of videos from God a Minute where he lays out the case for the second coming happening 2,000 years after the crucifixion and the rapture happens seven years before that. He feels strongly that the Lord was crucified in 30AD, but all scholars agree it was between 30AD and 33AD. Nov 5th, 2023 is the only day that will fit Joel 2:31 from 2023 to 2026.
I would also point out that there is a very strong case to be made that there is a rapture seven years before the second coming. This Fall is the last chance for that to happen during a fall feast.
Jeremiah 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Many of us see this as a verse referring to the pre tribulation rapture and those who are left behind. According to modern thought the harvest and summer end on October 31st. However, if we are correct to say that the Feast of ingathering is a month off and concludes November 5th, then the last great day of the feast would also be the day on which "the harvest is past and the summer is ended".
There is no single prophecy which will give you the day and the hour.
However,
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
This verse does not tell us the day or the hour, but it does tell us the day follows after a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse in that order. I have already pointed out if you apply this one test to the last 21 famous predictions of the rapture since 1948 it would have eliminated all 21. That is if you interpret this as meaning one month after. (Because one month after a lunar eclipse you have a full moon). But if you want to be more general and just not after eclipses in the other order then it eliminates 20/21 of the most famous predictions of the rapture.
This got me thinking, I am a geologist, the way we locate an earthquake is with triangulation. We determine how far it is from three different locations and then we can figure out where it is.
So then,
The Lord's Supper reminds us of the life and work of Jesus, and it marks us as people of his new covenant. And while doing all of this, it also anticipates that final glorious feast. The meal serves as a taste of what is to come—a taste of true life. This is the one appointed day that is given to us in the New Testament. So then if God is the same today, yesterday and forever and if he operates precisely with appointed days we can also assume that the rapture takes place on the Lord's day.
These are two different prophecies, neither one tells us the day or the hour, but both really narrow it down tremendously.
Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
By itself this prophecy is really impossible to use, but once you have a potential day in mind you can go back 1335 days and see if anything significant happened. Sure enough, November 5th is the Lord's day, it is after a Solar eclipse which was followed by a lunar eclipse and it is exactly 1,335 days after a worldwide pandemic was declared by the WHO on March 11, 2020.
These three things taken together should definitely cause us to look more closely at November 5th. Because Joel describes a worldwide pandemic and economic shutdown as being an indicator that the great and notable day is at hand.
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws:
This poses a problem, but not really. The reason I say not really is because it is like a misdirection play in football, we have been warned that they will do this, so then we can watch out for this. In the books of Moses we are given the alignment of the Sun, Moon and stars at Nisan 1. However, we also know from astronomy and from this verse that this alignment has changed since Moses time. God never promises that these will be a constant, instead He says
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Seedtime and harvest are constants, not the position of the sun in the constellations. Summer and winter are constants. The feast of ingathering going by the sun in the constellations was a month ago, but going by the harvest season it is now. We know that the months are off by at least 30 days. If it is exactly 30 days and that we don't know, then we are now in the Feast of ingathering, the Feast of tabernacles and the last, great day of the feast is Nov 5th, the 8th day, which is also the day of new beginnings and corresponds with the Lord's day which was also the 8th day.
Colossians 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
The feast days appointed by God are a shadow of things to come. If we consider that they are a shadow of the rapture and of the start of the 70th week then it narrows down the possible days to three or four a year. Of the theoretical days the best one is the Feast of Ingathering and the 8th day of that feast. I say this because the Lord refers to the rapture as a harvest and because the first four feasts were fulfilled in Jesus first coming, most Bible teachers look at the Fall Feasts for the second coming. Feast of Trumpets announces that the Lord is coming, and Day of Atonement is judgement day. Neither of those is nearly as good as the feast of ingathering.
None of these prophecies tell us the day or the year, but they do eliminate 99.9% of the phony days.
I have posted a link to a number of videos from God a Minute where he lays out the case for the second coming happening 2,000 years after the crucifixion and the rapture happens seven years before that. He feels strongly that the Lord was crucified in 30AD, but all scholars agree it was between 30AD and 33AD. Nov 5th, 2023 is the only day that will fit Joel 2:31 from 2023 to 2026.
I would also point out that there is a very strong case to be made that there is a rapture seven years before the second coming. This Fall is the last chance for that to happen during a fall feast.
Jeremiah 8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Many of us see this as a verse referring to the pre tribulation rapture and those who are left behind. According to modern thought the harvest and summer end on October 31st. However, if we are correct to say that the Feast of ingathering is a month off and concludes November 5th, then the last great day of the feast would also be the day on which "the harvest is past and the summer is ended".
After the Rapture
9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
So yes, prior to Jesus riding into Jerusalem He raised Lazarus (Eleazar -- the helper -- the Spirit looking for a bride for Jesus) from the dead. Certainly seems like a rapture.
Second, it seems that this rapture woke up many believers, so this could not be any kind of "mid tribulation rapture" because after that there is no saints waking up. Also the second half of the gospel would also be for believers, so I have to believe that this is a picture of a pre-tribulation rapture, especially since they don't start planning to kill Jesus (christians) until after Lazarus is raised. Look at how panicked they are, if they don't do something the whole world will believe. That is the response they will have after the rapture.
12:1 Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
This does not say that Jesus raised Lazarus six days before Passover, it says He came to Bethany six days before. Based on the fig tree prophecy I expect all things to take place before 2030, so Passover of 2030 is plausible as the Lord's triumphant return to Jerusalem. If six days before refers to six years before that would be 2024 Jesus comes to Bethany after the rapture. However, I am not looking at this meal as a meal with the raptured saints. Instead the viewpoint I have is that the rapture takes place before this. This event wakes up many believers. At first they are ashamed and turn and repent for being lukewarm, or unbelieving, or for whatever. But this is where the salvation of those Christians left behind begins.
2 So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
This is weird, we heard she had already done this before in verse 11:2. In other words think of the church having two rows. The front row was raptured. In that row you have "Mary" who wiped the Lord's feet with her hair and anointed his feet with costly ointment. Now in the second row, once the first row is gone we also have "Mary" who wipes the Lord's feet and anoints them with costly ointment. Once these saints wake up they also will pour themselves out, worship the Lord, serve the Lord and function in the same way that those who were raptured did. I look at it like the Lord pulls the first string off the field and puts the second string on. The second string linebacker does the same thing that the first string linebacker did.
4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, saith, 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor? 6 Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein. 7 Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying. 8 For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
They must deal with false prophets as all believers in history have had to.
9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
So yes, prior to Jesus riding into Jerusalem He raised Lazarus (Eleazar -- the helper -- the Spirit looking for a bride for Jesus) from the dead. Certainly seems like a rapture.
Second, it seems that this rapture woke up many believers, so this could not be any kind of "mid tribulation rapture" because after that there is no saints waking up. Also the second half of the gospel would also be for believers, so I have to believe that this is a picture of a pre-tribulation rapture, especially since they don't start planning to kill Jesus (christians) until after Lazarus is raised. Look at how panicked they are, if they don't do something the whole world will believe. That is the response they will have after the rapture.
12:1 Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
This does not say that Jesus raised Lazarus six days before Passover, it says He came to Bethany six days before. Based on the fig tree prophecy I expect all things to take place before 2030, so Passover of 2030 is plausible as the Lord's triumphant return to Jerusalem. If six days before refers to six years before that would be 2024 Jesus comes to Bethany after the rapture. However, I am not looking at this meal as a meal with the raptured saints. Instead the viewpoint I have is that the rapture takes place before this. This event wakes up many believers. At first they are ashamed and turn and repent for being lukewarm, or unbelieving, or for whatever. But this is where the salvation of those Christians left behind begins.
2 So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
This is weird, we heard she had already done this before in verse 11:2. In other words think of the church having two rows. The front row was raptured. In that row you have "Mary" who wiped the Lord's feet with her hair and anointed his feet with costly ointment. Now in the second row, once the first row is gone we also have "Mary" who wipes the Lord's feet and anoints them with costly ointment. Once these saints wake up they also will pour themselves out, worship the Lord, serve the Lord and function in the same way that those who were raptured did. I look at it like the Lord pulls the first string off the field and puts the second string on. The second string linebacker does the same thing that the first string linebacker did.
4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, saith, 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor? 6 Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein. 7 Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying. 8 For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
They must deal with false prophets as all believers in history have had to.
What is the problem in Israel? The world fights wars, they think if I can kill my enemy then I will have peace. But look at Israel, how is that working out? They have been killing enemies for 75 years but the more they kill the more enemies they have.
They need a revelation of the redeemer. If your enemy gets saved then all of a sudden he is no longer your enemy.
The world is filled with hate, and death and destruction. They will run with this until everyone is dead. But as Christians we should be filled with love, forgiveness and redemption. If we will run with this everyone will be saved.
They need a revelation of the redeemer. If your enemy gets saved then all of a sudden he is no longer your enemy.
The world is filled with hate, and death and destruction. They will run with this until everyone is dead. But as Christians we should be filled with love, forgiveness and redemption. If we will run with this everyone will be saved.
The purpose of the prophecy is to turn men to repentance
Jeremiah 36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
Jeremiah 36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
We need to be humbled under the mighty hand of God
Jeremiah 36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
30 Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
Jeremiah 36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
30 Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.