Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Why? Why? Why?

Everyday it looks more and more like the pandemic was a bioweapon, no big surprise really, and that the vaccine is also designed to wipe out the population? Why would anyone do this?

Well we also know that China and Russia have teamed up in BRICS to replace the US dollar as the reserve currency. That is why countries would fight. You fight for the prize and having the world's reserve currency is the prize.

Now what the pandemic was damaged the US economy, it damaged China's economy, but it was crushing to developed world's economy and trade. China was highly leveraged with their belt and road initiative, so this has made all that debt go from good to bad in the matter of a couple of years. As a result China is on the verge of bankruptcy. Now that might seem funny except for the fact that Russia and China are both nuclear superpowers who are backed into a corner and must fight or die. Now that will probably help many, many people confess their sins, repent and turn to God when they see the mushroom clouds.

 

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Stan opens up saying that as Christians we need to fight evil. I don't know if I agree with the premise that we are to fight evil. I would say we are to overcome evil. This is an excellent testimony of how a man who got about as deep into evil got saved and how the evil was overcome by good.

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. The evil was not overcome by resisting it. This guy was a vampire drinking blood and on the verge of becoming a psychopathic murderer. But the evil was overcome by prayer, not by fighting in the flesh but in the spirit.

We are to pray about it: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: It is very foolish to want to jump into the front lines if you are a newbie born again Christian. First and foremost we pray to be delivered from evil.

We are the Lord's witnesses and He testifies concerning evil -- The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Everything that we share must be what is plainly written in the Bible. There are no secret doctrines in the Christian church. Satanic cults have secret doctrines, but Jesus did nothing in secret.

However, the Lord didn't pray that we would "fight" evil but be kept from it. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Again, don't be arrogant. First and foremost our prayer and the Lord's prayer for us is that we be kept from evil. When you look at the armor that we wear in our spiritual warfare, the vast majority of the armor is defensive, to keep us from being injured from Satan's attacks.

In Romans we are told to abhor that which is evil. If Paul needs to tell us this then we need to pray for this. Sinners have a perverse interest in evil. Why do you think all these Hollywood movies focus on evil.

I guess the closes thing that we are told about fighting evil is to "overcome evil with good" in Romans.

We are also told that God is the one who will execute wrath against those that do evil, not us. We should be praying for salvation, forgiveness, repentance, God's light to shine forth, His truth to go out, and yes His justice to come down. But do not pray for His wrath or vengeance.

Also in Romans Paul says he would have us to be wise concerning that which is good and simple concerning evil. This verse is fascinating. Do not major in knowing about evil, instead get a Phd on that which is good. We can overcome evil with good, the light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot defeat it. Become wise in the power of the cross.

However, on the other hand we are told to beware of evil workers. You can't beware of them if you are not first aware of them. For example, my sister lost it when I sent out a group email to everyone in my family on Thanksgiving, giving thanks to the Lord Jesus. Her response did not make sense. Everyone was sending out group emails giving thanks, but she was outraged that I would mention the name of Jesus Christ to her when she had told me specifically a few weeks earlier that she did not believe in Jesus. But it wasn't until this email that I realized she was much more than an unbeliever. I remember she had once sent me a "christmas gift" which was something that you would hang on a Christmas tree. It looked like an angel but I always had the sense it was associated with witchcraft. Fortunately we don't celebrate Christmas, we don't have Christmas trees in our house and I have no idea what happened to her gift but I had an uneasy sense in my spirit, so either tossed it or left it in a box. Now the New Testament is very clear, we need to beware of this stuff. Do not be arrogant. So after that email I put her on my prayer list.

In 1Peter we are told that it is the Lord who is against them that do evil. You may think that everyone who gets caught up in the occult and witchcraft and all that is doing evil. That may be true, the Lord will judge, but it may also be true that they are seeking in their spirit, again I do not know and will not judge. Rather, what I do know is that it is a glory to the Lord when someone repents, confesses their sins and turns to the Lord.

In conclusion I think the word "fight" is misleading to some people who are not prayer warriors. Pray to be delivered from evil, abhor evil, and to become wise concerning that which is good so that you can overcome evil with good.

You don't have to know evil in depth, it is perfectly ok to be simple concerning evil. The Lord is the one who is against evil workers, and God is the one who will repay.

Also the man who made his dwelling among the tombs and had 2,000 demons kicked out of him, the Lord told him to share his testimony about what great things the Lord had done for him, I think this message is along those lines.

 

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Hebrews 9 -- The mystery of powerful prayer

1 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. 2 A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place.3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, 4 which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. 5 Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

All of this is significant, but gets us off the key point, hence we can’t discuss these things right now.

6 When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. 7 But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. 8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning.

The New Testament gives us the way into the Holy of Holies. This is a stunning conclusion. Once again making this discovery all the bigger. You have to combine everything about the regulations concerning the temple with the verse they quote from Ezekiel that “they will all know me from the least to the greatest”. By itself these two things do not conclusively prove this conclusion, but if you then look at the Lord’s word “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the Father but by me” it does. There is nothing in the first covenant that would allow anyone but the High Priest once a year to come unto the Father, however the new covenant clearly discloses the way into the most Holy Place.

9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

The derivative conclusion of this is that the lambs and bulls being offered didn’t really clear the conscience. But we are told that they are peace offerings, sin offerings, and trespass offerings. The only way to reconcile all of these verses is that when God saw the Jews offering up bulls and lambs it pointed to the future. God knew that Jesus was the lamb of God that would take away the sins of the world. I find this extremely intimidating, this is like a chess player looking 40 moves in advance. He knows that there will be cult leaders trying to change a word here, a word there, to distort the word of God. You set up the Bible as this incredibly complex jigsaw puzzle and you are able to catch all the liars, all the scam artists, all those who would portray themselves as angels of light.

11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!

Once again, let’s return to the purpose. Hebrews is written to river crossers, we are going on from the elemental teachings to maturity. We are going on from the foundation laid by Paul to the ministry of James concerning doing a perfect work. We are going on to become men of righteousness who like Elijah could pray and God would hear their prayers. The blessing on the temple by Solomon was that if we would repent and pray towards this house that God would hear. How much more powerful if we pray towards the perfect tabernacle not made with hands? They needed the blood of bulls and goats to even be able to function in that covenant, how much more powerful is the blood of Christ not only to cleanse our conscience but to enable us to serve the living God!

15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

Wow! An excellent attorney is generally the privilege of only the wealthiest and the most powerful people on this earth. I taught forensics and one lesson I always told my students was that in America you get the justice you can afford. In this country nothing is more difficult than to convict a rich person with the best legal team. Look at our lawyer! He knows the puzzle pieces better than anyone. The hidden mysteries in the bible are truly amazing.

16 In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. 19 When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. 20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” 21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Can we see the connection between a legal document, a covenant, which in this case is a will, and forgiveness? When man sinned he was kicked out of the garden, he was excommunicated from God. This is equating being cut off from communicating with God, being cut off from entering the most Holy Place, with our inheritance. The “will” which gave us our inheritance “forgave” us. Our inheritance is God, it is being able to communicate with God, it is being able to pray like Elijah and having God listen and respond.

23 It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.

Every time I read the New Testament I am amazed by how people got healed and demons cast out. How do they do that? Well we have Christ, our High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek appearing for us in God’s presence. This is not a favor, this is our inheritance, we have a legal right to this.

25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26 Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

This is a once for all sacrifice. The accuser of the brethren tries to deceive us that this price has to be paid over and over ad infinitum. That is just a lie. But again, that is an elemental teaching. If you go onto maturity you see that Jesus does come a second time, not to suffer, not to pay the price for sin again, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.

 

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The most Amazing End time prophecy of them all

Recently we had a woman arrested for praying silently.

This reminded me of Daniel being arrested for praying and thrown into the Lion's den. This is certainly one of those things that had we not seen it happen we never could have believed it.

But let's consider some of the others:

1. Israel becoming a nation again, that was amazing, can these dry bones live again?

2. The Revelation 12 sign that appeared during Feast of Trumpets in 2017, a sign that has only appeared twice in human history, once at the time of Adam and Eve and another at the time of Jesus birth. Yep, truly amazing.

3. A worldwide pandemic that shuts down the world's economy as prophesied in Joel. Again, another amazing prophecy.

4. Then of course there are those pointing out these fires and floods around the world were also prophesied as a sign of the end of the age.

5. Someone else pointed out we had 10 plagues this summer! OK, that is certainly a candidate.

6. Others talk about the two cows who were born on the Feast of Trumpets in 2014 with 7's on their forehead. Signifying the 7 good years and the 7 lean years of the tribulation from Pharaoh's dream that Joseph interpreted. Yep, that has to be considered as well.

7. Some have posited that the prophecy concerning satellite communications traveling at the speed of light is amazing. (Matt 24:27)

8. The Mark of the Beast, that is a good one. Elon Musk recent announcement about wanting to create an army of cyborgs attached to a supercomputer run by AI, again, no one could believe this had we not heard if for ourselves.

9. The apostasy, OK, another good one.

But I am going to go with a different prophesy:

Luke 17:26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

With all of these signs going on, with all of these end time dreams (Dana Coverstone), all of these watchmen speaking out warnings, this to me is the most amazing prophecy that so many people could be so oblivious right up until the day the flood comes.

 

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Luke 17:26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

If you don't get in here you will all be destroyed


I am reminded of Pearl Buck's "The Good Earth". The book opens with this rural farmer in China getting married. Everything proceeds normally until a famine hits the entire country. During this famine it was so severe people were eating their own kids and eating dead people. During a time like that no one gets married.

Now consider this verse, eating, drinking and marrying are normal human activities. They do not imply sin, they imply that everything is normal right up until the flood. After the flood nothing is normal, no one is eating, drinking or marrying. Giving in marriage implies blessing. You as the father see your children get married with the hope of grandchildren. But after the flood that is no more. I think one way to look at this verse is everything will appear to be normal and even blessed right up until the day the flood comes and everything changes.

During the tribulation we will have war, we will have famine, we will have plague, we will have demigod tyrants who are one with Satan. You will not have eating and drinking as though everything were normal. You won't have marriage and you sure won't feel blessed. In fact Jesus says that if you are not in the ark you will all be destroyed. He is there, in the ark, the door is open and He is calling out, if you don't get in here you will all be destroyed.

 

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Jeremiah and Pee Wee football.

1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

We are witnesses of the Lord. When you speak you need to be accountable for every word you speak. Jeremiah is a witness for the prosecution. He was a son of a priest, grew up among the priests and that will be relevant to his testimony.

2 To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

The word of the Lord has also come to us. When did you first begin to read the Bible and especially the New Testament?

3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

This indicates that Jeremiah was speaking the word of the Lord for over 40 years. I first prayed to Jesus fifty years ago. However, it was another six years before I began preaching the gospel. Now during that time the change has been stunning. Forty years ago much of the word in the New Testament about the coming tribulation and judgement seemed to be fantasy to many, the things we are seeing happen today no one would have believed even if it had been told them forty years ago.

4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

I wonder why people don’t use this expression to describe their salvation experience. In my own experience I prayed to the Lord and He spoke to me, my salvation experience was the “word of the Lord coming unto me”.

5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

That is not what the Lord told me. He told me I was a son of God. Now that word has been a comfort to me during some of the toughest trials. Likewise I suspect this word was a great comfort to Jeremiah during his trials.

6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

This reminds me of Samuel.

7 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

This is powerful, this reminds me of the Lord’s word in Matthew 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Jeremiah needed to be converted. He had the concept that he needs a degree from a university before he can speak for the Lord. He thought being a child disqualified him or better yet, that he was not yet qualified to speak. The Lord’s response is wonderful, “whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak”. Many of these ones coming out of seminary are “commanded” what to speak. They are trained in what is and what is not acceptable. Some of this training is horrific, denying even the Lord Jesus who redeemed us from our sins. Some of the training is less obviously bad, teaching you to speak things that won’t offend or that might be risky. Paul had that training, but he is more the exception than the rule. However, even Paul had to be “converted” first and that involved being totally humbled. So this is a wonderful word of release, Jeremiah is concerned that he has not been trained yet and Jesus tells him that He doesn’t want him trained by the religious leaders, He wants him to fully trust and obey the Lord’s speaking to him.

8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

This is another very powerful word. When I was very young I was on a Pee Wee football team. They taught us how to tackle. At first it is very scary to tackle and you will drop your head and turn away. This is called a shoulder tackle or an arm tackle. I had to be trained how to properly tackle hitting people head on, eyes up, and driving through them. But after I was trained I was surprised to learn how many people even at the college level or professional level couldn’t tackle. One of the greatest cornerbacks of all time, Deion Sanders, was horrible at tackling. If you do a shoulder or arm tackle a NFL running back can just run right through you. The other option is to look like a girl, that is what Deion did, you don’t hit them head on, you grab them and hold on like a pathetic rag doll. Teams were terrified to thrown the ball to Deion's side of the field, but they definitely weren't afraid to run the ball at him. When you are trained properly they are like paper tigers. Before a football game many teams will have some big poster on paper that the team runs through. That is what it is like, they seem mean, and angry and insulting, and then you simply run right through them. Mike Tyson said “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face”. Let them talk, let them boast, let them try to intimidate you, and then simply punch them in the face. Soon you discover that the Lion of the tribe of Judah is backing you up. I remember my first experiences, I felt like a little kitten. You could tell the hyenas thought it was a joke and they were going to devour me. And then the Lion roared and they discovered the Lion of the Tribe of Judah was with me to deliver me.

9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

You need those words first, before you can enter the game. The coach for our Pee Wee football game was meticulous, you had to do exactly what he said. Everything was on film and after the game the entire team would watch that film and the coach was not going to miss anything. He didn’t care if you made a great play, if you were not where you were supposed to be doing your task you were going to be rebuked in front of all. We were trained how to tackle and how to block and we did our job. As a result we were undefeated.

10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

What made our team champions was the coach. We all knew that. After Pee Wee football we all went to the same high school and the football team in high school was never a playoff team. The difference wasn’t the players, it was the coach. Jesus is telling us this, ‘obey me, trust in me, and you will be victorious, you will be feared, you will conquer’.

 

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Mark 6:1-13 A Prophet Without Honor

1 Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. 2 When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? 3 Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. 4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith.

It amazes me the difference between Luke and Mark. In Luke if you know who Jesus is you know the account of His birth, you know He was born of a virgin, that the wise men came bearing gifts, that He had to flee to Egypt because they sought to kill Him. Surely you know about the kids who were murdered but that was 30 years ago, and you never connected that with the prophecies in the Old Testament. So yes, this is Jesus’ “hometown” but that is the hometown after they returned from Egypt. They were still keeping everything on the down low because they didn’t want another assassination attempt. Jesus is amazed at their lack of faith but look what accompanies that, a sense that you know it all. They know absolutely nothing and yet they feel they know it all.

For example the story is that at 12 years old Jesus astounded the leading scholars with his understanding of scripture. That was when he was living in Nazareth. If you actually knew Jesus how could you not know that? But they don’t, they say “isn’t this the carpenter”. They don’t know Him, they know of Him. They know His family, they know He is “the carpenter” but they don’t know Him. Imagine this is you, there are those close to you who are raptured, you know of them, you know their family members, but you never knew them, you only knew “of them”.

Now compare that with those people who actually did know Him. Think about Peter, John and James. Think about His cousins, His mom, and all the disciples. Surely all that was going on right under their noses, they were oblivious.

If you want to have faith you must spend time with the Lord, read the word, pray, worship. If you do that then you will recognize those who are also close to the Lord.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. 7 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits. 8 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. 10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
12 They went out and preached that people should repent. 13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

It seems to me that very few Christians have read this. Why do I say that? Well what do they do if Facebook suspends them, if Facebook does not welcome them or does not listen to them? Do they shake the dust off their feet and move on? When I heard that Apple, Amazon and Google all deplatformed Parler, treating them reprehensibly I shook the dust off and vowed not to have anything more to do with them. I used to spend $500 a month with Amazon, I haven’t bought anything from them since and cancelled all my subscriptions. I stopped using Google and began using DuckDuckgo, I stopped using Chrome (as much as possible, I have to use it for work) and began using Dissenter. This is what the Lord says, leave the place and shake off the dust. I hear many going on and on about the censorship. Why? Because they refuse to leave that place and shake off the dust. I got suspended on Facebook, they said someone was offended by one of my posts. They didn’t tell me which post, they didn’t say what I had said that was offensive, so there was no way for me to adjust my behavior or apologize if there was truly something offensive. Instead they suspended me for 30 days. I said no, you are not welcoming me, you are not listening to me, fine, I will leave and go elsewhere. I had to do a search of the internet to learn how to delete my Facebook account, but I did that very same day. Imagine if every time Facebook suspended someone for speaking the truth or the gospel they did that. Stop crying and whining about these tech giants, if they do not welcome you, if they refuse to listen to you, take that as your cue to move on. Make sure you shake off the dust. Recently DeBlasio announced that on August 16th in NYC you would have to have a vaccine certificate to go to the gym or restaurant. I went that day to my Gym and cancelled my membership and told them it was because of DeBlasio’s announcement. I understand that 60% of the people going to these gyms are not vaccinated in NYC, suppose on that same day 60% of gym memberships were cancelled! That would have sent a powerful message to DeBlasio. Stop whining, just leave, there are other people to bring the message to, other places. Shake off the dust, do not support these businesses, don’t even let them count you in their metrics.

NY will not let me work as a teacher, they will not let my wife work in mental health, and we are not allowed to enter restaurants to eat. To me this means they don't welcome us. So we sold the house, went to Sioux Falls in South Dakota where they will welcome us. If they don't welcome you in NY, shake off the dust as a testimony against them. If every Christian did that in NY then NY would be crushed economically. All major industries would have significant staffing shortages, house prices would collapse and everyone would toss the thieving politicians out. I call them thieves because this is not about public health it is about stealing.

Covid19 was an inflection point in human history, it is the first time in six thousand years of history that people accepted being surveilled all the time and not just externally but internally.

 

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The Lord is spoiling for a fight.

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

The Lord is the master of the double entendre. No one reading the bible can possibly see an rod of an almond tree and not remember Aaron’s budded rod. Jeremiah is of the priesthood, so he more than any must associate the rod of an almond tree to Aaron’s rod, when it budded it was a sign of the resurrection life and that life conferred authority on Aaron. However, Almond in Hebrew is from the root which means to watch, to be awake, to be alert. Jeremiah was a watchman. He was sounding the alarm. He was awake. But it also has the sense of hasten, Jeremiah was given the ministry to warn the children of Israel that judgment was coming from Babylon. He told them years and years in advance while there was still time to repent. When they were carried off to Babylon many of those who mocked and ridiculed Jeremiah the most were killed whereas those who were left alive would realize Jeremiah had warned them, they should have listened to Jeremiah, and it was Daniel who went back to Jeremiah and realized they would be in Babylon for 70 years.

12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

I think all three meanings were conveyed by this vision but the Lord felt the need to emphasize this third meaning. Now consider that, 40 years beforehand God is telling Jeremiah He will hasten His word. It is pointless to have prophets warn you if there is not enough time to do something about it. Also, when the Babylonian army is marching on Israel it is easy to then prophesy, but to see this coming 40 years beforehand, that is something that certifies the word is from God. There have been a number of warnings and prophesies made in the last few years and people were very quick to accuse these ones of being “false prophets”. Dana Coverstone is a notable example but there are others. But consider my experience, I was in the word and paying close attention to what was going on when Deblasio mandated the vaccine. Because of that it was easy for me to see that something was rotten about this and I needed to retire rather than get the vaccine. I had not planned to retire this early, it was about twelve years before I would get my full benefits, but that didn’t bother me because I knew from the prophets the time was short till the Lord returned. My wife was much slower holding out to the very last minute before resigning at the end of October. She didn’t trust the vaccine but she also hoped they would change their mind about the mandate. Again, I knew from the prophets that this was not going to happen. The mandate was not about a health crisis rather the “crisis” was simply an excuse for the mandate. We sold our house, put the 401k into cash and moved to Sioux Falls in South Dakota. Because we acted quickly we avoided losing 30% in the market and we avoided losing over 100k in the house price. Because of that we could afford to move, had we dithered and hung on in NY for another six months we would have been broke. Instead six months later my wife had a job and my benefits were very good based on average income in South Dakota. So while others were screaming “false prophet” because things didn’t happen instantly I was saying “thank you Lord” that we had time to retire, clear our accounts, sell the house, move, and get resettled.

13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.

I have tried my best to pay careful attention to all that is going on, not just with Covid19, and the Pandemic, but also with the war in Ukraine and the collapsing US economy. We have seen amazing things take place including Elon Musk talk about making an army of cyborgs attached to a supercomputer and run by AI. We are seeing the great reset take place before our eyes and an all out attack on the US dollar by Russia, China and their alliance called BRICS. This is a boiling pot. Inflation is tough on the US but catastrophic to many other countries. We are on the verge of famine, people freezing to death, and if that wasn’t bad enough we are seeing a brand new pandemic in China 100x worse than Covid 19 was. We are also seeing this war in Ukraine with Putin boiling over the US and the evidence is leaking out that the vaccine the US foisted on the world is a kill shot. This pot is about to boil over.

14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

The US is about to be attacked from the North. Not from Canada, but over the North pole from Russia.

15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

This is definitely talking about Jerusalem and Israel. We do know that Russia will attack Israel in the war described in Ezekiel 38. However, before attacking Israel I expect Russia to take out the Great Babylon in a single hour, that is an attack on the US that will terrify the whole world. After all you need something terrifying like that to get the whole world to run into the arms of the Antichrist to “save them”. The rider on the White horse.

16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

So then, from the very beginning Jeremiah was given this mission.

17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

It is a strong testimony that you are speaking for God that someone who is but a child would stand up to all the experts, all the talking heads, all the leaders of the nation and pronounce their judgment.

18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

They are going to try every way they can to shut him up. This is like Michael Jordan. They try every way they can to stop him and as a result he continues to grow and develop and get better and better.

19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

The Lord is spoiling for a fight.

 

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Mark 6:14-29 John the Baptist Beheaded

14 King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” 15 Others said, “He is Elijah.” And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.” 16 But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!” 17 For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married. 18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” 19 So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, 20 because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him. 21 Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. 22 When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I’ll give it to you.” 23 And he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.” 24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” “The head of John the Baptist,” she answered. 25 At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” 26 The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. 27 So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, 28 and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. 29 On hearing of this, John’s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

I have heard some Bible teachers say that this was due to John’s mistake. He shouldn’t have been criticizing the blatant, in your face corruption of the political leaders of the Jewish nation. But I don’t see this as a mistake. John was there to pave the way for Jesus. He did this by preaching a gospel of repentance, he preached to everyone and he didn’t water down the gospel. Once Jesus is there we don’t need John anymore. But that is not a negative, it is like Samson killing more Philistines in his death than in his life. Is there any more gruesome and revolting story in the gospels than this? The mother is a snake, the daughter is also a serpent, and the despicable corruption of Herod’s administration is on display for all to see. This is just like the January 6th event. We can all see that Pelosi is a snake, that those who are listening to her and doing her bidding are serpents, and the despicable corruption of the Biden administration is on full display. We know they had other groups show up to break into Congress as a set up, we know that the cops waved the protestors in, we can see them acting like tourists inside, not rioting, not looting, not harming anyone. We know that the crowd was provoked by the police firing tear gas into the crowd forcing those in front to force their way towards the building to escape the tear gas, we know that a cop killed one of the protestors. We can see them characterizing Americans who are exercising their first amendment rights to protest as being the most dangerous white supremacists. John sacrificed himself to expose the evil, satanic corruption of the administration. What better way to drive home the point to all of Israel, do you want Jesus or do you want to stick with this brood of vipers?

This week a sister was arrested because the police thought she might be praying. I shared her story with people where we were preaching the gospel and I told them arresting someone for praying is similar to what happened to Daniel and then I told them the good news is that it is still legal in the US to pray. We passed out 486 english bibles and 90 Spanish bibles, that was a record for us. Not only so but we usually would have 20-30% of the people not interested to hear from us, this time it was closer to 1%. But another brother shared that her being arrested was her fault.

 

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Do not buy the Bible lite!

 

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Mark 6:45-56 We need Jesus in the boat

45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray. 47 Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. 48 He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, 49 but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, 50 because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 51 Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, 52 for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened. 53 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there. 54 As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus. 55 They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Right now I see the many people straining in the boat trying to row across the lake. They are trying to get audits in all 50 states, yet the wind is against them. They are trying to find out the truth about the vaccine but the wind is against them. They are railing against the border crisis but the wind is against them. What you need is Jesus in the boat. If all you have is a podcast, or a radio show, or a news agency that is exposing corruption you won’t get to the other side. What you need is for 60% of the country to rise up as one man to throw the bums out. That is not going to happen when you are talking about republicans and democrats, Trump versus the swamp, or governors versus the federal government. If you want 60% of the country to stand up, salute, and march in formation you need Jesus in the boat.

 

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THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
https://www.moodybible.org/beliefs/positional-statements/second-coming/

We believe in the second coming of Christ. His return from heaven will be personal, visible and glorious, a blessed hope for which we should constantly watch and pray.1

Before He establishes His kingdom on earth, Jesus will come for His Church, an event commonly referred to as the "Rapture." At that time the dead in Christ will be raised and living Christians will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air and be with Him forever.2 In this resurrection, those who have died in Christ will have their redeemed souls and spirits united with a body similar to Christ's glorified body. Christians living at the time of this event will not die, but will be changed to be like Christ.3 This expectation is a motivation for holy living, as well as a source of comfort.4 No man knows the day or the hour when this will take place.5

After the Rapture of the Church, Christians will be brought before the judgment seat of Christ. He will reward them on the basis of the works they have accomplished.6 This is not a judgment to determine their salvation but a reward for labor on Christ's behalf.7 The Rapture will also inaugurate a period that the Bible characterizes as the "great day of His wrath," "the great tribulation" and the "time of Jacob's trouble."8 This time of unprecedented difficulty will affect Israel and all nations. Its purpose will be to prepare Israel for her Messiah.9

At the end of the Tribulation, Jesus Christ will return with the hosts of heaven as well as the Church to establish the Messianic Kingdom on earth.10 His Kingdom will last for a thousand years.11 At this Second Coming, the Antichrist will be cast into the Lake of Fire and Satan will be bound for a thousand years. 12 The nations and their representatives will be judged.13 Israel will be restored to her land, never more to be removed.14 Christ will reign with firmness and equity.15 His kingdom will be marked by material and spiritual blessing, since the curse upon the earth will be removed.16

The Messianic kingdom will close with apostasy and rebellion.17 God will crush this uprising in the last battle of the ages and Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire.18 All those who rejected the Word of God will be resurrected.19 They will be judged by Christ and cast into the lake of fire, the place where they will suffer final and everlasting punishment.20

After this judgment there will be a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness is the norm.21 There will be a new Jerusalem and the everlasting presence of God among all the redeemed.22

1 Zechariah 14:4; Acts 1:11; Titus 2:13; Revelation 1:7

2 1 Corinthians 15:51–54; 1 Thessalonians 4:14

3 1 John 3:2

4 1 John 2:28; 1 Thessalonians 4:18

5 Matt. 24:36; John 6:39

6 Romans 14:10–12; 2 Corinthians 5:10

7 1 Corinthians 3:9–15

8 Revelation 6:17; 7:14; Jeremiah 30:7

9 Zechariah 12:2, 3; 14:1–3

10 Revelation 19:7–9, 14; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Zechariah 14:9; Revelation 19:15, 16

11 Revelation 20:2, 4–6

12 Revelation 19:20; 20:1–3

13 Joel 3; Matthew 25

14 Amos 9:15; Ezekiel 34:28

15 Psalm 2:9; Isaiah 11:4

16 Romans 8:19-21

17 Revelation 20:7–9

18 Revelation 20:10

19 Revelation 20:11–13

20 Revelation 20:14, 15; Mark 9:48

21 2 Peter 3:13

22 Revelation 21:2, 3; 2:3–5