Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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The apostate church sells their body for money, just like a harlot.

1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

We need a balanced view, do we condemn sin? Yes. Will sin damage your inheritance? Yes. On the other hand were some of you guilty of these sins? Yes. Can the sinner be washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God? Yes. Wouldn't you rather have a person in heaven who will welcome you into heaven and testify on your behalf that you helped them to come to the Lord rather than a person in hell who would love nothing more than that you would join them in hell?

12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

When you go down this road to sue someone you are brought under the power of that. The reason people don't sue others over slander is because once you do it allows the "slanderer" to subpoena your emails and private communications. Before a doctor performs an operation they have to scrub down to make sure they are clean. Likewise, if you are going to sue someone you had better scrub down and make sure you are clean. Few people are. It is better to simply forgive and extend mercy because God is merciful to those who are merciful.

13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

People try to downplay the damage of fornication pretending it is just another human function like eating. All the things God gave us to eat are designed to be digested by our belly and our belly is designed to digest all these things. In the same way they try to say that the male sexual organ is designed for the female organ and so this is the same. But it isn't, when you got saved your body is for the Lord. According to Genesis when you are joined to a woman in sex you are one with them. Our body is not to be one with a fornicator but one with the Lord. These same ones claiming that fornication is not a big deal, they will be crying when they get sick. Why did the Lord allow this. But it is a two way street, if you want the Lord to be for your body then your body needs to be for the Lord.

14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

The Christian life is a life that walks by faith in the resurrection of Jesus. That is true concerning the rapture, and that is true concerning sickness.

15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

Now this chapter certainly applies to sexual promiscuity, but it also applies to the previous chapter. When you refuse to prosecute the elites for some crime it is very often because they have given you something in return. The way people in the world advance their career is to learn secrets about their bosses, crimes they have committed, and to keep those secrets. In return the corrupt boss feels they can trust them and promotes them. This is one of the reasons people will argue that we should just forgive and forget about all those people on Epstein's flight logs and on all the video tape that was made on that island. But if you do that you have joined yourself to a harlot whether or not you committed sex on that island.

16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

If you are one body then when they get judged you will get judged. We consider aiding and abetting a crime to also be a crime. We consider covering up a crime to be obstruction of justice and that is also a crime.

17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

That is right, one spirit with the greater David in slaying giants.

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

AIDS and venereal disease are two examples.

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Your body is the temple of God, what about the Body of Christ? The apostate church commits fornication, they have joined themselves to FreeMasons (Satanists) because the FreeMasons give them lots of money for their building, and for their audio visual ministry, and to help pay salaries of the staff. That is what a harlot does, she sells her body for money.

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

 

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Woe to thee that spoilest

Isaiah 33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

This is where we are today. In 2008 the mortgage meltdown revealed that the banks had been dealing treacherously for at least a decade. The Sub prime mortgage backed securities were created in the 1980s, but the NINJA (No Income No Job loans) took off around 2000. Think of what the bank did as a "YoYo loan". They let you pay for your house for five years, perhaps paying them over 120k and then they yank the house back to the bank by doubling your monthly payment. They spend 20k to paint the walls, put in new carpet and then they sell the house again, pocketing the 100k and the appreciation of the houses sale price. The people had not been dealing treacherously with the banks, the banks simply saw a way to scam people and took it. You might think they made an end to dealing treacherously when all this came to light and they were prosecuted. But you would be wrong, no one was prosecuted, they got bonuses. That was simply a glimpse at the man behind the curtain. Since then they have made all the US bank deposits into "share holders of the corporation" meaning if the bank goes under they can seize all those deposits to pay their debts! And, they know they will go under because the entire banking system is based on US bonds. Since the US is going to go bankrupt it will be the chumps with bank accounts who will be left holding the bill.

 

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It is time for the Lord to be exalted

Isaiah 33:2 O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

The day is coming when the banks will close their doors and everyone with money in those banks will discover it is all gone. Jesus told us that our treasure should be in heaven where thieves cannot break in and steal. The thieves have all broken into the banks and robbed you. All of your money has been replaced with US bonds which will be worthless when the US declares bankruptcy.

3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

Imagine the panic when the people realize what has happened.

4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

When a big bank declares bankruptcy the lawyers descend like a pack of caterpillers or like locusts on the assets to devour them.

5 The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

Yes, the Lord is exalted because He told you that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. You should have listened.

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

If you think your bank balance is your treasure then you are a fool. Certainly you have heard the expression "you can't take it with you". Well it also will not help you in the day of trouble. Surely you have seen people with wheelbarrows full of cash after the collapse of a currency. Surely you were aware that the US debt increased year after year, you knew they were going bankrupt.

7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

Valiant? Who knows, but definitely fools.

8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

The first sign of trouble will be the local and federal governments not taking care of infrastructure. Bridges will collapse, roads filled with potholes, etc.

9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

When the day of reckoning comes it will be shameful because they had plenty of money to do the right thing but the government was full of thieves, scammers, embezzlers, and corruption.

10 Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

In 2008 the Lord pulled the curtain away so we could see how corrupt these bankers and government officials are. But now in 2025 with DOGE it is time for the Lord to be exalted. Think of the economy as a giant Jenga tower and Trump is pulling out the blocks as fast as he can. The problem is that as he cuts money from the budget he also cuts tax revenue. Yes our overall budget will be less, but our unemployment will be much higher and our tax revenue will be much smaller.

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

The solution that Trump has is to "conceive chaff". Turn all those workers receiving government funding into the unemployed. Once you cut them down they are no longer tax payers and so your field doesn't have fruit, it only has stubble. Trump loves to say "You're fired", but he will set so many on fire that the fire will engulf him as well.

12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

When you throw thorns into a fire it makes a lot of noise, a lot of crackling. The people will make a lot of noise, a lot of complaint, but they will be like lime. Like a rock burned to ash. They will discover that no one needs them.

 

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Acknowledge the Lord's might

Isaiah 33:13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

When the US falls the entire world will hear about it. Many people both far and near will be impacted, they should at that time acknowledge the Lord's might and that He warned you of this.

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Why is it that the Epstein files no longer exist and the people are not going to be prosecuted? It is because they are rich and powerful. Now if those riches turn to dust they will no longer be rich or powerful and so they will be terrified because they stirred up the crowds with pitchforks and torches and now that mob is going to realize what they have done.

15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Yep, those that take a stand for righteousness, who stand with the Lord despite the giants, despite the odds.

17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

This is the rapture. Those that walketh righteously, those that speaketh uprightly. If you don't despise the gain of oppression don't think you will be raptured. If you take bribes, if you stop your ears from hearing about blood guiltiness, if you are the three monkeys "see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil" don't think you will be raptured.

18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

The other side of the rapture are those who were supposed to walk righteously but didn't, those who supposed to speak uprightly but didn't. For them it will be terror as the violent mob realizes they were the ones that deceived them.

19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

Those who are left behind will see them, but not those who are raptured.

20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

Jesus is building His church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

21 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

If you reject the Lord as your judge, as your lawgiver, as your Lord and king then you will get the galley with oars. You will get the fierce people with a tongue you don't understand. You will get terror.

23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. 24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

The world's economy will be like this ship, totally destroyed, unable to sail, and unable to defend itself. Simply opened up for spoil. After the rapture you will have gangs going about and robbing homes, you will have the streets filled with the dead and so there will also be lots of empty homes, abandoned cars.

 

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I used to think that the Bible said Israel would rebuild the temple

This is due to a translation that translates the Holy Place as "Temple". Yes, there will be a Holy Place again, that is crystal clear in the prophecies and yes the Jews will begin to have sacrifices and oblations again, that also is crystal clear in Bible prophecy. But there is no prophecy anywhere that the Jews will build a third temple. Instead the only prophecy is of the Tabernacle of David being raised again. That is a "tent" that Israel has had for thousands of years. It could be raised in a weekend.

This is important, people think that "I'll wait till I see Israel rebuilding the temple" to know that the rapture is at hand. There is no such prophecy saying we would get that as a warning.

Let's look at this from a very different angle. We are told that Jesus tabernacled with us, it was God in the flesh traveling around Israel as a Holy tabernacle. Could Israel have built the temple in Jerusalem if they did not first receive the Tabernacle? No, all of the instruments that went into the temple were in the tabernacle. The Jews can not rebuild the temple until they receive Jesus as Messiah.

Second, Jesus is the Messiah, the prophecies do indicate that the Messiah builds the third temple and Jesus said He would build His church. We know that Jesus is not going to build a third temple in Jerusalem, instead we will see the New Jerusalem descend to the earth and there is no temple in that. The entire city is the temple of God and it will be built by Jesus Christ.

 

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it is better to marry than to burn

1 Corinthians 7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

They did not write to Paul about the brother who had his father's wife, nor did they write about the lawsuits between brothers that was taking place. No, they write about being super spiritual where men become monks and women become nuns. This is a doctrine of demons. However, it is not a doctrine yet, just something being floated by the super spiritual who are at the same time ignoring the gross sins and insult to the Lord. This reminds me of the prayer asking the Lord to forgive our sins because we do the things we ought not and we don't do the things we ought.

2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

So let's look at how evil this doctrine is. First there will be those who will pretend to be celibate and yet can't. As a result they will commit fornication. God ordained marriage so that we would not be put into this position. Then what happens in the Catholic church (they forbid marriage among priests, monks and nuns) is that about 25% of the priests are involved in fornication. Now this is consenting adults, but because of this 3% are emboldened to be pedophiles knowing that if they get disciplined they can take down 25% of the clergy. The harm is much greater, but instead of beating a dead horse I am going to move on.

3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

In the previous chapter we were told that our body is for the Lord and not for a harlot. Here we learn that when you get married you become one flesh with your wife and that means your body is for her and likewise her body is for you. If the last chapter can be viewed spiritually as referring to the apostate church this chapter can be viewed spiritually as referring to the normal church. In the church there is the need for brothers and sisters to offer up their bodies as a living sacrifice. Every event, every ministry requires a lot of labor from a lot of volunteers. One year I volunteered for a church play. I could not believe how many hours were required. We met every week for two months, so about 30 hours in total, and then our dress rehearsals seemed to take forever. I was on stage for all of 30 seconds and my line was a single sentence. I never volunteered for that again. It seems to me that it was unnecessary for me to spend all that time, during rehearsals someone else could have read the line. It seems to me the person who supervised could have had me show up for a total of ten hours and it would have been more than sufficient. Same with many of the other actors. Sometimes we would come in, spend three hours and our scene was never even rehearsed. I would leave feeling very disrespected and I suspect many others felt the same way. There was no "due benevolence". You expect the person who is over the whole play to take a little time to figure out who they need and who they don't at any given practice. On the other hand we used to have a service meeting every Saturday morning where we would fix things in the church. We would come together, about twenty brothers, pray, and then they would divide us up into groups of two or three brothers. I was able to learn a lot of odd jobs this way, and I got to know the brothers in the church. Not only so they would then invite me to their home for lunch (I was a college student). Now that is what I call "due benevolence". I was taking three hours out of my Saturday morning, giving it to the church and they in return were giving me three hours of quality time with an older brother who could mentor me.

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Whoever your ministry leader is whether it is brothers taking care of the meeting hall or a church play, either way you are not to defraud one another. For example, they could have let us know which scenes were going to be rehearsed that night, if we weren't going to be doing a scene you were in you were not required to show up or you could come if you want. The real reason I had volunteered was to get involved with the writing of the script, but they never asked me and had no interest in my input. I'm very glad I had that experience because it was a great contrast between all the ministry leaders I have seen in my life. The basic rule of thumb is that you should be filled with life and peace when you go to the ministry and you should look forward to the meetings.

6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I.

Each one of us has a calling. What I do with this blog is easy for me, the burden is light and the Lord's yoke is easy. But for others, to make 10 posts a day, every day without fail regardless? Most people I have known would not want any part of this. Each of us has his proper gift, one after this manner, another after that.

9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

The Lord tells me what to do. If I feel lost, rudderless, without direction I will pray to the Lord and almost immediately I will get some guidance. I love it because I don't have to waste any time. But others can not handle this, they want to be in a group and have the ministry leader give them directions. If you forced them to do what I am doing they would go crazy.

 

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Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called

10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

Denominations are simply churches that are divorced from their brothers and sisters. They can separate over the music, or over instruments, or over head coverings, or over immersion, or sprinkling, etc. There are items of the faith that we should stand firm on. Those items are in Ephesians 4. Based on that if you were to separate from Jehovah Witness or a Mormon that would make sense, the issue is over the items of the faith. But most Christians today seem to understand that as a rule we are not to divide ourselves from other genuine believers.

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

This can be a very tough situation and I would tell everyone from experience that you should pray to the Lord for your husband or wife, and you should follow the Lord's leading. If you choose a husband or a wife according to your own opinion or according to your flesh you will regret it. God said "it is not good for man to be alone". True, but He didn't say it was bad. Think of a number line, on one side it is good, on. the other it is bad. To be alone is right in the middle, a 0. A bad marriage can be awful, horrible, even torture. It is far better to be single than to be in a bad marriage. Also we should have this attitude that marriage is permanent. Now if you are already in the marriage you need to pray. An unbelieving spouse can bring the occult into your home. They can bring witchcraft and idolatry into your home. The good thing is that Jesus is Lord, He is king of kings, at His name every knee must bow. So your prayers are far more effective than anyone involved in the occult or witchcraft. But even if you don't think that is the issue with an unbelieving spouse familiar spirits are almost certainly an issue. They are like pests and parasites. It is virtually a certainty that an unbeliever has opened themselves up to these and if you are married they have opened your home up to these. This simply means you must be twice as diligent to pray and put a stop to all of these.

15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

Many Christians are not fully balanced on this issue. They condemn every believer who is divorced. But what if their spouse was an unbeliever and chose to leave? Suppose you meet with a church and there is a FreeMason on the board of directors. You shouldn't try to force him out. However, you definitely should not allow them to control the message spoken to the congregation, nor should they be allowed to bring elements of witchcraft or the occult into the church. You need to pray and they will have to make a decision. When they see that Jesus is more powerful than the demons they serve will they repent or will they leave? If they choose to leave let them, even if that means you lose a meeting hall.

16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? 17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

If you are in a very tough marriage whether it is the church or your marriage view this as the Lord as the Commander in Chief assigning this very tough task to you. It could be that the Lord knows this person needs a lot of prayer to be saved.

18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

Some people were saved out of Christianity, some were saved out of Judaism and some were saved out of being a heathen. Each one, after being saved, is particularly suited to go back to that group to preach the gospel.

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

Each of us has a special calling, when you find out what it is everything will fit, you will be full of life and peace knowing there is a place for you in the kingdom of the heavens. This is why people try to be super spiritual, they think it will help them in their ministry. But like Paul says, it is nothing. What will help is to embrace your calling. If you got saved in prison perhaps prison ministry is your calling. If you got saved off the street perhaps street ministry is your calling. If you got saved out of Judaism maybe messianic Jew is your calling.

 

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Making a Case for the 70th week beginning on the Feast of Trumpets


Reasons the 70th week of Daniel's prophecy begins on the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah):

• Colossians says the Jewish feasts are a shadow of things to come. The spring feasts (Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, and Pentecost) were fulfilled in Christ's first coming. Jesus is not coming back as the lamb, but rather as the conquering lion of the tribe of Judah. The Feast of Trumpets heralds the coming of the king. This establishes a pattern where important events align with the Lord's appointed times. The seventieth week ends with the feast of Atonement, God’s judgment, and this is followed with the wedding of the lamb (Feast of Tabernacles). From the Feast of Trumpets to the day of atonement are three periods of time where the books are opened and those in the book of life are saved (raptured), there will be those in the gray area (left behind saints) and there will be the book of those who go to hell.
• The Feast of Trumpets, also known as Yom Teruah, is characterized by the blowing of the shofar (ram's horn). The New Testament refers to the return of Christ and the resurrection of believers with the sound of a trumpet(1 Thessalonians 4:16). The resurrection of the dead is associated with the trump of God, whereas the Feast of Trumpets has 100 trumpet blasts. I don’t think we should confuse these. The 100 trumpet blasts are from those who have seen the signs that the King is coming whereas the trump of God will be for those whose names are in the book of life. Following the trumpets blast Jacob’s trouble begins. We can say that October 7, 2023 was the beginning of Jacob’s trouble. It was Simchat Torah indicating that they had completed the Torah for the year. It comes on the 8th day, the great day of the feast of Tabernacles.
• "No Man Knows the Day or Hour": The Feast of Trumpets involves a two-day celebration because it starts at the new moon, which in ancient times required two witnesses to confirm its appearance, leaving the start time uncertain. Hence, "no one knows the day or hour" of His return (Matthew 24:36).
• The Days of Awe: The Feast of Trumpets marks the beginning of the "Days of Awe," a ten-day period leading up to Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). This time is dedicated to introspection and repentance. This aligns with the idea that the beginning of the Tribulation period, marked by the 70th week, is a time when God turns His attention towards Israel, possibly leading to widespread repentance and reconciliation as prophesied in Zechariah 12:10 and 13:1. Therefore we can interpret the days of awe begins 3 years before the 70th week. I think it is fair to characterize 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 as three years of Awe. We had Russia invading Ukraine, the Psalm 83 war starting with Israel and the US dropping Moab’s on Iran.
• Daniel 9:27 and Covenant Confirmation: Daniel 9:27 speaks of a "he" who will confirm a covenant with many for one week, and then break it in the middle of the week. Some interpretations connect this covenant confirmation to the beginning of the 70th week, initiated by the Antichrist. The Feast of Trumpets could represent the symbolic or actual confirmation of this covenant, setting the stage for the events of the Tribulation to unfold. The term “week” is used frequently in the Bible and in rabbinical texts to refer to a seven year period that begins on Rosh Hashanah. Passover would fall 3 1/2 years after Rosh Hashanah and so that would be an appropriate time for a counterfeit Christ to set himself up in the temple and to kill the two witnesses. There is a prophetic pattern of keeping the second Passover with King Hezekiah and I think that is a good picture of what happens with the Jews after they see the two witnesses raised.

 

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Making a Case for the 70th week beginning on the Feast of Trumpets


Reasons the 70th week of Daniel's prophecy begins on the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah):

• Colossians says the Jewish feasts are a shadow of things to come. The spring feasts (Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, and Pentecost) were fulfilled in Christ's first coming. Jesus is not coming back as the lamb, but rather as the conquering lion of the tribe of Judah. The Feast of Trumpets heralds the coming of the king. This establishes a pattern where important events align with the Lord's appointed times. The seventieth week ends with the feast of Atonement, God’s judgment, and this is followed with the wedding of the lamb (Feast of Tabernacles). From the Feast of Trumpets to the day of atonement are three periods of time where the books are opened and those in the book of life are saved (raptured), there will be those in the gray area (left behind saints) and there will be the book of those who go to hell.
• The Feast of Trumpets, also known as Yom Teruah, is characterized by the blowing of the shofar (ram's horn). The New Testament refers to the return of Christ and the resurrection of believers with the sound of a trumpet(1 Thessalonians 4:16). The resurrection of the dead is associated with the trump of God, whereas the Feast of Trumpets has 100 trumpet blasts. I don’t think we should confuse these. The 100 trumpet blasts are from those who have seen the signs that the King is coming whereas the trump of God will be for those whose names are in the book of life. Following the trumpets blast Jacob’s trouble begins. We can say that October 7, 2023 was the beginning of Jacob’s trouble. It was Simchat Torah indicating that they had completed the Torah for the year. It comes on the 8th day, the great day of the feast of Tabernacles.
• "No Man Knows the Day or Hour": The Feast of Trumpets involves a two-day celebration because it starts at the new moon, which in ancient times required two witnesses to confirm its appearance, leaving the start time uncertain. Hence, "no one knows the day or hour" of His return (Matthew 24:36).
• The Days of Awe: The Feast of Trumpets marks the beginning of the "Days of Awe," a ten-day period leading up to Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). This time is dedicated to introspection and repentance. This aligns with the idea that the beginning of the Tribulation period, marked by the 70th week, is a time when God turns His attention towards Israel, possibly leading to widespread repentance and reconciliation as prophesied in Zechariah 12:10 and 13:1. Therefore we can interpret the days of awe begins 3 years before the 70th week. I think it is fair to characterize 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 as three years of Awe. We had Russia invading Ukraine, the Psalm 83 war starting with Israel and the US dropping Moab’s on Iran.
• Daniel 9:27 and Covenant Confirmation: Daniel 9:27 speaks of a "he" who will confirm a covenant with many for one week, and then break it in the middle of the week. Some interpretations connect this covenant confirmation to the beginning of the 70th week, initiated by the Antichrist. The Feast of Trumpets could represent the symbolic or actual confirmation of this covenant, setting the stage for the events of the Tribulation to unfold. The term “week” is used frequently in the Bible and in rabbinical texts to refer to a seven year period that begins on Rosh Hashanah. Passover would fall 3 1/2 years after Rosh Hashanah and so that would be an appropriate time for a counterfeit Christ to set himself up in the temple and to kill the two witnesses. There is a prophetic pattern of keeping the second Passover with King Hezekiah and I think that is a good picture of what happens with the Jews after they see the two witnesses raised.

In the OT there is a pattern where David reigned in Hebron (heaven) for seven and a half years before coming to Jerusalem as King. I find this six months very interesting, for the Gentiles our year begins on Rosh Hashanah, that is the birthday of the world. But when Israel left Egypt Nisan became the first month for them, so there is a six month difference for when the year starts for Jews compared to Gentiles. This was also fulfilled for Christians when Jesus died on the cross and that is where our Christian life began.

So then why doesn't the seven year tribulation begin in Nisan rather than Tishrei?

My understanding is that there are two different perspectives. You have the perspective of Antichrist and his kingdom and you have the perspective of the tribulation saints and the Jews. The tribulation has to start before the salvation. Someone has to be drowning before they can be saved.

Now the rapture does not signify the start of our Christian walk but the end. The finish line is not the same place as the start line. That is the problem with OSAS, they assume that as long as you crossed the start line that you simply sit there and wait for the rapture. That kind of doctrine is why people mock and ridicule Christians. Instead the Bible likens the Christian life to crops that are planted at the cross and harvested at the rapture. For those who are left behind the earth will be like it is after the harvest as the cold of winter comes in over a desolate and empty land.

Jesus ministry began at Tishrei when He proclaimed the year of Jubilee. That was three and half years before his crucifixion just like during the tribulation there will be another three and a half year ministry of the two witnesses.

So then consider the end of this age like a relay race. The rapture is when the first group finishes the race and hands the baton to the second runner, they finish the race at Passover three and a half years later and hand off the baton to the third group.

Jesus' earthly ministry ended at the cross but all Christians were instructed to start their ministry at the cross and abide in the cross. This is why they didn't need to be crucified. Those who are left behind did not heed that instruction which is why this ministry concludes at the cross. As for the Jews they missed the Messiah at the first crucifixion because they were defiled by their dead religion. When they see the two witnesses raised they realize they missed it and so they keep second passover a month later. That will be the fulfillment of all things that Jesus referred to, it will take place before the nation of Israel turns 81 on May 14, 2029.

Antichrist gets a seven year reign from Fall of 2025 to the Fall of 2032 and Jesus sets up His kingdom in Jerusalem in the Spring of 2033. Since Jesus was crucified in 32 AD He also left the temple in 32 AD, He returns to Jerusalem in 2032 to rescue a third of the Jews and destroy the armies of Antichrist at Armageddon. Hosea said He would return after two days (two thousand years) and that at the start of the third day He would raise up Jerusalem.

 

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This is a very long video, over 2 1/2 hours long. But it is packed with some very good information. I am working on summarizing it for you.

Prophecy Convergence 2025

 

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Let’s do the Math

606 BC Nebuchadnezzar takes Israel captive. Jeremiah prophecies they will be captive for 70 years.

537 BC Cyrus sets Israel free to return to the promised land. Not all Jews return giving us a pattern of two judgments, one for those who returned and one for those who stayed behind.

2520 x 360 days bring us to 1948. The number 2520 is seven times 360. So the final seven years (360 is a prophetic year) represents a concentration of all the trial and tribulation that the children of God endured during those years. Initially the trials and tribulations were diluted, what had taken place over 360 days will be concentrated into a single day at the end of the age.

457 BC Artaxerxes decrees to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. This decree is exactly 80 years after Cyrus sets the Jews free. Jesus said that “this generation will not pass away until all these things are fulfilled” and a generation is 70 to 80 years according to Moses.

2520 x 360 brings us to 2028.

Why do we have 360? Ezekiel prophesied they would serve for 390 and 40 years. If you add them together you get 430. If you subtract 70 years that they served in Babylon you get 360. The problem was many Jews liked it in Babylon and didn’t return. This created two streams, one going to the cross after 69 shemitahs and one going to the Day of the Lord after 360 x 2520 (with 2520 being the 70th week).

Notice that the decree is in 2028 but I said that it would be fulfilled by 2029. That is because Israel turns 80 in 2028 and doesn’t turn 81 until May 14, 2029.

 

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The Sign of Jonah

Matthew 12:23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

Temple records reveal that this was an official decree from the Pharisees. People went to them and said “is not this the Son of David?” meaning that Jesus was the Messiah. They decreed that no, He wasn’t the Messiah and that He had been casting out Demons by the prince of the demons. Jesus responds that if the prince of the demons is casting out demons then the kingdom is divided, we are witnessing a civil war among the demons and their kingdom will fall. On the other hand if Jesus is casting them out by the Spirit of God then the kingdom of God is come among us.

Matthew 12:29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. 30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

Jesus is saying that He is entering the strong man’s house, and plundering it. Before He can plunder it He must first bind the strong man which is what He is doing by casting out the demons. He also points out that the way you know who is against him is not by their words but because they are not gathering with Him. The church is the gathering of the called out ones, if you are not gathering with the Lord you are scattering.

Matthew 12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

Rejecting Jesus as the Messiah is the unforgivable sin. This is where Jesus proclaimed that the Jewish leaders had committed the unforgivable sin. I believe this was in 30 AD prior to the Day of Atonement because beginning with 30 AD the temple records show that God did not accept the atoning sacrifice all the way to 70 AD when the Temple was destroyed.

Matthew 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

The Jewish religion was the corrupt tree with corrupt fruit. Jesus established the church as the good tree with good fruit. This was the beginning of the age and at the end of the church age we’ll see this again with the Apostasy. What many will say when called on the carpet is “I was joking”, that is an idle word. Jesus says you will have to give account of every word, including your “jokes” and by those words you will be justified or condemned. Hold on, what about the blood of Jesus and being justified by the blood? That depends, did you confess and repent of your remarks? If so they are covered by the blood, if not you will have to give account of them at the judgment seat.

Matthew 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

Jesus has just thoroughly passed judgement on the Pharisees. He said they would be condemned by their words. What words? They said that Jesus was casting out demons by the prince of the demons, Beelzebub. He said that casting out demons could not be from the prince of demons otherwise his kingdom would fall. However, if He is the Messiah and the Jews are divided over this then their house will fall. So they want a sign from Him that He is in fact speaking from God. There is a principle in the Torah and in the Old Testament prophets that when God issues a judgment on Israel He will give them a sign.

39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

Jesus doesn’t deny that they can get a sign, but He points out that seeking for a sign is evidence that they are evil and adulterous. If someone accuses me of lying I ask to see the offending word. Show me the post. When Facebook suspended me I wanted to see what rule I had violated. They are not denying any of the accusations. Their accusation was that Jesus was not the Messiah, He was not speaking from God. By asking for a sign they are doubling down on this accusation. Instead of providing evidence that Jesus was casting out demons by the prince of the demons they want more evidence that Jesus has proclaimed this judgment by the Spirit of God.

So what was “the sign of Jonah”? Yes, he was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights just as Jesus was in the earth for that time. Yes the people of Nineveh worshipped the fish and had a prophecy that a prophet would come in the belly of a fish just as the Jews worshipped the God of resurrection life. But Jonah also went to and fro throughout the city saying it would be overthrown in 40 days. The judgement was stayed because they repented. Their sin had been enslaving Jews. So you can compare what Jonah did to what BLM did telling America to repent for slavery. But you can also say that Jesus' ministry and the apostles' ministry going throughout Jerusalem for forty years telling them to repent before Jerusalem was raised to the ground by Titus was also the sign of Jonah. Now from 70 AD the year the temple was destroyed and 71 AD, the year that Rome celebrated the defeat of Jerusalem the gospel went to the four corners of the earth. If we count 40 jubilees it is 40x49+1 years = 1961 years. Add that to 70 AD and you get 2031, add it to 71 AD and we get 2032. This evil and adulterous age is given until 2031 to repent and then the judgment will fall at Armageddon. The fiftieth year, which would be 2032 is when freedom is proclaimed. Seven years prior is the start of the 70th week for the Jews. This is the last seven years in which you can still repent and be forgiven. This begins in 2025. This is the problem with the news, they will give you the BLM riots, they will talk about the technological advances of AI, Quantum computers, Starlink, RFID chips, they will tell you about earthquakes and pestilences and famines in diverse places, but they never put all this news into perspective of the Bible.

Now some will complain about 40x49, but Jesus is the one who gave us this calculation. How much are you supposed to forgive someone, 7 times? No, it is 70x7 times or 490 times. They are not held accountable until they have heard the gospel. Therefore the gospel must be preached to the four corners of the earth, hence 4x490. The first Gutenberg Bible was printed in the 1450s and 490 years later we have the start of World War 2 with Adolf Hitler as a type of the Antichrist and the Holocaust as a preview of the horrors that will come during the Day of the Lord. At this time we had radio, then TV, then the internet and the gospel has travelled to the four corners of the Earth. During World War 1 the Gideons began to take Bibles to other countries. Since that time they are in 200 countries and have distributed 2.6 billion bibles.

 

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Why wasn't Jesus crucified in 30 AD if the Sign of Jonah is 40 days?

The Jews were in the wilderness for forty years, however, they could have entered the good land after two years. Jesus proclaimed this judgement in 30 AD on the 9th of AV, forty years later to the day the Temple is thrown down. But the cross and the resurrection was where you can enter into the good land. His disciples that followed Him to the cross entered in like Caleb and Joshua. Those that balked at the cross had to spend another 38 years in the wilderness.

 

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Why is it crucial to know the year that Jesus was crucified?

2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

There is a pattern, in Genesis we see God creating the heavens and the earth in seven days. We understand this as a seven thousand year prophecy with the seventh day being the day of rest, the Millennial kingdom reign.

On the fourth day God created the lights.

Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Jesus is the Sun and the church is the moon. Therefore we understand that the year of the crucifixion was the year that concluded the fourth day, meaning 4 thousand years of creation. Also the term "creation" is erroneous, what we see in Genesis 1 after verse 1 is the restoration after everything became waste and void. Therefore I believe that the seven days referring to seven thousand years began at the fall of man which rabbinical tradition says was the 9th of Av. God sees what was done and proclaims "it was good" at the Day of Atonement which is about 50 days after the 9th of Av.

Malachi 4:2 "But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall."

When Jesus rose from the dead that is likened to the sun rising with healing in His wings. That is the fourth day.

2 Corinthians 3:18 "And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord,"

The moon beholds and reflects the light of the sun, and the church beholds and reflects the light of Jesus, the Son of Righteousness.

Jesus rose from the dead and the church was formed on Pentecost, both in the same year and both marked the end of the fourth day.

Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

So at the end of the sixth day the Jews will be revived and in the third day they will be raised up. The end of the 2,000 years will be from 2029 to the beginning of 2032. According to the prophecy I believe they will be enlivened when they see the two witnesses raised from the dead and celebrate second Passover in 2029. Then Jesus returns in glory in 2032, defeats Antichrist's army and then raises them up in 2033. Also the timing is not from Passover but from the ascension, that is when Jesus left and we are told He will return just as He left.

 

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Here are two Pdf's based on the first hour of the Message Prophecy Convergence 2025 on Generation2434's youtube channel

Making a case for 2025

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RWsrrIbY71V-fNNqwt6La5GyAVaGe3rx/view?usp=sharing

Making a case for Pentecost being the 8th of Av and a seven year tribulation

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WfN2k1LYCs0T3tcs-hpcfvtxeIFoV3Jn/view?usp=sharing

 

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Luke 12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

We are supposed to be watching for the thief.

1. Inflation is how the US government goes into every single wallet and every bank account and robs you. They simply print the money and as a result your money is worth less. Most people can see that a 1% inflation has a plus side as well as a minus side, so they don't see that as thievery. 2% inflation is break even, neither good nor bad. But 3%, 4%, 5% this is theft.

2. Replacing your trust fund known as Social Security with government debt is theft. The US has a $36 trillion debt, that is quite a lot, and because of it the interest rate we should be paying on that debt should be higher, at least 5 or 6%. But it isn't because of the US government taking your retirement trust fund and buying their debt with it, not at a competitive price but at a reduced price. This is the thief in the night. If you understand that the creation of a nationwide retirement trust fund was set up by thieves, they knew they would control it, and that no one would have any idea what they were doing with it.

3. Mandating an experimental vaccine which has not been proven to be either safe or effective was theft.

4. The mortgage meltdown in 2008 was theft. Pure and simple and no one went to prison. That is how you know your government is fully corrupt.

5. Donald Trump just signed into law the necessary requirements to get a CBDC off the ground. That refers to a digital currency by our central bank. A digital currency gives the US government complete control over what you buy and sell just like these new cars give complete control of your car to the government as well.

6. US banks have changed the contract you have with the bank. It used to be that they were borrowing the money you put in the savings account and paying you interest. But not anymore, now they say the money in the savings account is stock in the bank so if they go bankrupt they don't have to pay you back. That is also thievery.

One day you will wake up and all the money you have in the bank will be gone, the money you have in Social Security will be gone. The thief has already broken into the house and cleaned it out.

Luke 12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

The Lord told you what to do and where you could put your treasure where thieves would not break in and steal.

 

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Death Bells Are Ringing For Manhattan Dream 7-19-25@4:32 AM

 

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CELESTIAL COUNTDOWN TO CHRIST’S 1,000-YEAR REIGN! AN 83-YEAR PATTERN - ESTHER RAPTURE AND HAMAN 2.0

 

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The Saros cycle means that if I have a solar or lunar eclipse in roughly 18 years (plus a few days) I will have roughly the same eclipse because the moon will be roughly in the same position.

This means there is a wave pattern for every position of the moon.

We are told in Ecclesiastes that we can see this same cycle in human history (that which has been is that which shall be). So instead of looking at the moon, consider a major event like 9/11, go 18 years and eleven days into the future and you have Covid 19 in China.

Another example, 18 years and 11 days after the Revolutionary war began in the US a revolutionary war began in France.

In 1903 we see the first written statements from Adolf Hitler about the "Jewish Question" and 36 years later World War 2 starts. 18 years later Russia launches Sputnik (start of the space age) and the Civil rights act was passed in the US. 18 years later we have the fall of Saigon indicating the beginning of the end for the US as a superpower, we have a joint apollo Soyuz mission, another step towards one world government, and Microsoft is formed by Bill Gates indicating that the Beast system is growing and gestating. 36 years later NASA's space shuttle program ends paving the way for Starlink, the Arab Spring Uprising took place paving the way for the wars we see now as the old order was being threatened. Osama Bin Laden was killed during Obama's presidency, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan took place, Prince William marries Kate Middleton, we also had the Occupy Wall Street movement and Gay marriage was legalized in NY. You can see all the things "budding" that will bear fruit 18 years later in 2029 what we now consider the midpoint of the tribulation.

If you go back 36 years from 2025 you get 1989, the year the USSR collapsed. This is a very significant event to Putin and one for which he wants revenge. Halfway between these two events is the Mortgage meltdown in the US.

 

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The word of God is the word of life.

1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us) ; 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

There was a science fiction TV show where they had this water that made people young. As long as you drank it you would look and feel young, but it was very expensive. That was a satanic version of the word of life. Satan cannot create anything, he simply makes a counterfeit of what God has made.

The word of God is the word of life. Do not misunderstand, that is what leads to people becoming offended.

Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

For example, consider the example of a field that is full of weeds, thorns and brambles. That field is you. Then you get redeemed, that means the Lord has purchased you and wants to make you into a beautiful garden. First you must deal with the weeds and to do that they often would burn down everything on the land and then plant. Hebrews refers to this when it says they are "near a curse". The fire is the curse and it is near the land when it burns down everything you have done. This indicates a total repentance from your former life. But if you simply burn down the land those same weeds will grow back. You have to follow that up with planting new seeds, and if the land was never farmed you might want to first start by removing the rocks and stones. Now if you try to do this work on your own that is dead religion. You must allow the Holy Spirit to do that work. How do you do that, by the word of life. Think of the word of life as that water that gives life, the more you drink the more life you have. There are many ways to handle the word of life, many hymns and songs of worship are handling the word of life. You can read it, you can fellowship about it, you can listen to a message, you can read a spiritual book. But don't let someone coerce you into reading something if you aren't getting anything from it. I remember when I was young I got a lot of help from Watchman Nee books but didn't get help from Witness Lee books. The people at the book store were trying to push the Witness Lee books on me by saying that Watchman Nee was High School and Witness Lee was college. My attitude was "fine, I must be in High School". Also for me I was not interested in "new ideas" or "things I have never heard of before". What I wanted was for someone to shed light on the word of God. If I read a book and after five pages I wasn't getting light on the word then I put it down and find another book. Many books pretending to be "Christian books" are simply people sharing their opinions.

Watchman Nee once shared that some people complained to him that when they read the word they didn't get anything from it. He talked about how you clean rice. They use arsenic on rice to keep the pests away so you have to wash the rice. You put it in a colander and let the water drain through and eventually the rice is clean. His point is even if you don't retain anything your mind is cleaned. I used to be very troubled, manic depressant. When I got depressed I would get really down. What I would do when I was depressed was begin reading Galatians. Generally by the time I finished (six chapters) I was fine, my brain had been washed clean. But if not, I would continue with Ephesians (another six chapters) and then Philippians (four chapters) and the worst it ever was took me to Colossians (another four chapters). But in the end the most it would ever take is those 20 chapters, about an hour in the word. Because of that experience I would also play the Bible on tape when I was driving. My commute was 45 minutes and often when I arrived I hadn't paid any attention at all to what was being read. However, there was an aura around me like a hedge of protection that is mentioned in Job. After ten years I had read through the Bible cover to cover 26 times (I was a full time missionary and one of the first assignments was to calculate how many times we had read through the Bible) however, there were many books in the Bible that I had read well more than a hundred times (that was 35 years ago). For example my two favorite song tapes were folk singers who were singing through Ephesians and Colossians, the songs were the word. I easily listened to each of those songs a hundred times each. Also we had 30 day trainings twice a year on different books of the Bible and that would greatly increase how many times I read that book. Prior to the Philippians training I memorized the book (four chapters).

Now Jesus said

John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Our goal in reading the scriptures is to see Jesus. I never wanted to teach the Bible, it took some very intense actions by the Lord to push me to do this. Instead what I wanted to do was to be able to read the Bible. My first experience I opened up the Bible to Romans began reading and then shut it. I thought "I am going to need a crowbar to open this up". I didn't understand anything. Watchman Nee was that crowbar. However, my goal, my prayer was that I could simply open the bible, read it and understand it. Over the last fifty years I have seen people with many other goals, but my prayer and goal has always been to be able to open the Bible to any page, read it and understand.

One of the great lessons I learned is to pray the word of God. When we pray we are taught to pray "thy will be done". The Bible reveals what God's will is.

Genesis 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

We can take any of the promises of God and pray them and remind God of them. You can also ask God for a special word for yourself. I noticed this when reading the biography of George Mueller. His entire ministry was based on faith in one word "seek ye first the Kingdom and all these things will be added to you". Likewise I would say the same thing, for me the word is

Colossians 2:3 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

If I need wisdom or knowledge I go looking for it in the Bible. I believe that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden there.

Now all these things will guard you mind.

Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

This is how you put on the helmet of salvation, this is how you take up the shield of faith. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Our salvation is a promise by God, He made an oath, sealed with the blood of Jesus.

Out of the heart come the issues of life and if you have evil bitterness in your heart that will cause death to come out and it will infect you. Our words are powerful, the things that come out of your mouth come from your mind and heart. If they are renewed and filled with faith then life will issue forth, otherwise death will issue forth. Those words are like seeds, they can be seeds of death that will spring up or seeds of life. However, if you spend time with the Lord and the Holy Spirit every day you give Him time to weed out those seeds that are taking root.