Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Revelation 12:1-5

12 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

We refer to this as the Revelation 12 sign that we saw at the Feast of Trumpets in 2017

2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

This word cried is very interesting. But first, the word for delivered is first used for Mary having Jesus. This word is used 19 times in the New Testament and the last 5 times it is used is in this chapter. The New Testament begins with the birth of Jesus and concludes with the birth of this baby.

So let’s look at this word “cried”. The first time it is used the demons cry out saying what have we to do with thee? Then two blind men cry out for Jesus to heal them. Then the disciples cry out for fear when they see Jesus walking on the water. Peter cried when he began to sink and said Lord, save me! Everyone is crying out from demons, to people who need to see, to the disciples and to Peter. I think that describes the period of time from the Revelation 12 sign to now. Since that time we are hearing everyone crying out, some for salvation, some are demonic, some are the disciples, and some are servants of the Lord who are sinking.

3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

So what is this? We know this has to do with the seven empires that have ruled man. We know it has to do with the Dragon setting up one world government for the Antichrist. We know this dragon wants to devour this baby because the baby is destined to rule and will replace him. But when did it appear? Consider the portrait of King Charles that appeared on May 14, 2024. I think the whole world was stunned when that appeared. But that was simply when the veil was removed. Spiritually we saw this great red dragon when the world's economy was shut down due to the Pandemic and when they mandated the vaccine, and shut people up in quarantine camps, and China locked them in their apartment buildings, etc.

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

I used to think that this was a reference to the fallen angels that followed Lucifer. One third of the angels fell and so I thought this was a reference to them being cast to the earth. But verse 9 makes it very clear that interpretation is wrong. Satan and his angels are cast out together, and it isn’t the dragon’s tail that casts them down but Michael and His angels. So we have to look more closely. This word “drew” means to drag someone before the court. It is used to describe people dragging a net full of fishes and also of Saul of Tarsus dragging people to court. Consider January 6th, consider people dragged to prison for praying, consider people who protested at abortion clinics being dragged to prison, or parents at school board meetings, or all those who were cast out of their jobs for refusing the vaccine. This word for “cast” is first used for casting wood into the fire, it was a temptation to Jesus to cast himself down, and the disciples were casting a net into the sea. I think this also describes the situation for Christians. Many were cast out of their jobs like throwing wood into the fire. Many were tempted to do stupid things like those who entered the Capital building on January 6th, and many have seen this time as an opportunity to cast the net into the sea. I started my blog at this time and now have over 433,000 people reading it. The woman is ready to be delivered here, the first time this word is used in the New Testament Herod is ready to seek the child and kill Him, and the very last time it is used the beast in the bottomless pit is ready to ascend out of it. This is the 109th use of the word, and the last use is the 110th time. At this point we are ready, on the precipice for the rapture. Then the dragon wants to devour the child. The first use of this word is the birds that devour the seeds sown on the ground. The second time Jesus tells the scribes and Pharisees woe to them because they devour widows houses. These two instances are repeated in all three gospels Matthew, Mark, and Luke. But in Luke he also adds the prodigal son devouring up his living with harlots. This one world government is ready to devour us, to take the word from us, to take our houses and livelihood from us.

5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

The word for caught up here is harpazo, the word for the rapture. The first time this word is used in the New Testament we are told that the Kingdom of the heavens suffereth violence and the violent “harpazo” it. They take it by force. The second time the Lord explains what it means that the birds eat the seeds, they harpazo it, they take it by force. The third time Jesus realized they were going to harpazo him, take Him by force to make Him king. The fourth time the hirelings flee and the wolves harpazo the sheep, take them by force. I think the meaning is clear, we must take the kingdom by force otherwise Satan will try to take it from us. The word for rule is first used in Matthew saying that out of Bethlehem will come a governor who is to rule my people Israel. So the use of “all nations” here is in contrast to “my people Israel” in Matthew.
 

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Revelation 12:1-5
and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
The UN has passed Agenda 2030 and Pact for the Future. Legally, they are ready to devour her child as soon as it is born. Militarily we see these drones swarming and circling cities in the US. The FBI has created a list of all the children, Obama has ordered and had delivered thousands of guillotines, and the drones are in place ready to hunt them down the minute the rapture takes place.
 

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Angels we have heard on high

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains

Gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, in excelsis Deo


Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
Say what may the tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?

Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing,
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the lord, the newborn King.

See within a manger laid
Jesus Lord of heav'n and earth.
Mary Joseph Lend your aid
With us sing the Savior's birth.
 

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Come thou long expected Jesus

Come, thou long-expected Jesus
Born to set thy people free:
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear Desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.

Born thy people to deliver,
Born a child and yet a king,
Born to reign in us forever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thine all sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne.
 

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O Come, O Come Emmanuel

O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel


O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight

O come, Desire of Nations, bind
All people in one heart and mind
From dust Thou brought us forth to life
Deliver us from earthly strife
 

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Key principles that the Prophets use

1. God does not do anything without first telling His prophets

Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Notice prophets is plural, God doesn't put all His eggs in one basket. Also notice God refers to them as His servants. Many times they will not consider themselves prophets, but they do consider themselves servants. God gives them a message to deliver and so they do, because they are God's servants.

2. Pattern is Prophecy

Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Because of this we look at patterns that point to the rapture or some other event in the past and relate it to the future.

3. Jesus is Lord

Romans 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Don't ever think that Satan is the one behind anything. Satan cannot do anything unless the Lord allows it. Jesus is Lord. So whatever happens or is going to happen it is God who is allowing this and you need to know why, how does it fit into His plan and purpose.

4. All things were made by the word of God

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Yes, Christmas is a pagan holiday but the fact that the world celebrates it is because the Lord allows it and the only reason it has come into being is because of the word of God.

5. God tells the end from the beginning

Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

We pray that God would be glorified, magnified and His name hallowed. The fact that He tells us the end from the beginning is one reason we lift His name up.

6. No verse is of its own interpretation

2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

For example, when Jesus said "no one knows the day or the hour" you cannot interpret that apart from the rest of the Bible. So God does not do anything without first telling the prophets + that word indicates we are being told a whole lot of false prophets will come along pretending to know the day and hour. Add pattern is prophecy and we can see examples of the rapture in the OT. None of them tell you the day or hour, but they may tell you other things. Add all things are made by the word of God and now I am no longer limited to the Hebrew calendar, I can also use the Gregorian and Julian, and I am no longer limited to the seven feasts of the Lord, I can use other feasts that have come into being since then. All of a sudden every verse in the New Testament has given us life and will cause all these things to come into being including the rapture.

7. The Holy days are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ

16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

No doubt the day of atonement is a shadow of things to come as is the Feast of Tabernacles. But this is not limited to Biblical holy days. Christmas and Easter are a shadow of things to come, the Body if of Christ. The church is the Body of Christ, if they are going to be raptured that Body is casting a shadow on holy days that we can see on Earth.