Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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More prophecies that don't tell us the day or the hour
Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
We know that there will be fallen angels and demons during the tribulation, they will stir people up to hate and to kill. They have done that since the fall of man. However, the Lord is telling us at the end of the age they will have the ability to kill all flesh. This points to the nuclear bomb. You might think that this prophecy was not fulfilled until 1948. But, the first hydrogen bomb was tested in 1952. However, despite many people theorizing this it has been very implausible for a number of reasons that are tangential to this blog. That said, the development of AI has definitely made the possibility of total annihilation of the human race significantly more plausible. So then I would say that 2006 when North Korea got nukes was a significant milestone to fulfilling this prophecy, and if Iran gets nukes we will be even closer. Yes Russia, the US and China have a large arsenal, but prior to 2023 this seemed primarily for self defense and as a deterrent. It wasn't until the last 12 months that world leaders have threatened to use the nuclear bombs to destroy each other. So then I would say in 1948 for the first time we saw that this prophecy had the potential to be fulfilled, we then watched with horror as year after year bigger and more destructive bombs were built. We became alarmed when states like Pakistan and North Korea got nukes. We tried to keep states who have made it their mission to use such bombs from getting them like Iran. But in the last 12 months for the first time in human history we have had world leaders threatening to use nukes, we have Iran on the verge of getting a nuke, and we have AI that would be able to truly kill all flesh. Notice that this prophecy does not tell us the day or the hour.
Luke 20:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
We have seen Jerusalem compassed with armies a couple of times. It would be reasonable to say this happened in 1967 and in 1973. But at those times the world was not capable of killing all flesh. We did have a few predictions of the rapture but the prophecy about the sun being darkened followed by the moon not giving her light would have eliminated them. But these threats are very real today, we just had a solar eclipse followed by a lunar eclipse, and the world is truly able to destroy all flesh. Right now we have a four front war against Israel with Hamas 45 miles from Jerusalem. We have Yemen, Lebanon and Hezbollah also in this war as well as Iran making an announcement, Syria is involved, Jordan is involved, and even Turkey is threatening to get involved.
Ezekiel 38:10 Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
The prevailing interpretation is not my interpretation. I do not think this is prophesying about Israel but the USA. Today about 50% of Jews live in Israel and 50% live in the USA. The USA is the strongest ally to Israel, so if you want to attack Israel you have to deal with the USA. So to my understanding there is an attack on Israel similar to what we are seeing today, and then they also attack the USA.
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
This accurately describes the USA but not Israel.
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Cattle? Israel has 150,000 milk cows, that is 0.3% of the world's total of cattle. The USA has 9 million head of cattle, that is more than 9%, close to 10% of the world's cattle. This word cannot possibly refer to Israel, not today, not in the future. But it most certainly can refer to the USA.
Mark 13:10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
Matthew says the gospel must be preached in all the nations, Mark says it must be published in all the nations, and Luke says to "go into all the nations". There is a progression here. Right now the gospel is going into all the nations. With the internet, with various ministries like the Gideons translating the Bible into 200 languages, with evangelists and Youtube, the gospel is going into all the nations. However, even today it is not "published in all the nations". Some countries you have to smuggle bibles in. After the rapture I believe that will change. For one, a collapse of human government will open the say in the chaos for this to take place. Second, with people being raptured from every country, especially young children everyone will be open to the word of God to understand what is going on. Therefore I believe that this word shifted into high gear during the Pandemic. Many Christians around the world began posting on the internet. So I would argue that this command in Luke was obeyed beginning in 2020. Hindsight is 20/20, but even this blog has views from 250,000 different IP addresses. These are not bots, there are other blogs similar to this that have been around longer with 10,000 different IP views, so even though there might be a few thousand bots, most of these views are people. There are thousands of similar blogs and channels. Every church these days is streaming messages and posting them online. This all took off in 2020 and now you can join small group meetings on Zoom.
Matthew 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
We live in the West, the Middle East is in the East. During the first Gulf war for the first time in human history we watched CNN show us the bombs falling in real time. We were watching the lightning come out of the East and shining to the West. The signal was travelling at the speed of light on fiber optic cables and satellites communication.
Once again I would point out that all of these prophecies have never been fulfilled in human history prior to this upcoming weekend.
What I have learned from this blog about the rapture (1)
I began this blog to learn about the rapture. I have followed this topic for over 50 years but never studied it. I decided on several key principles:
1. No one has all the answers, so I would not be rigid in my understanding and would be open to those who had a different interpretation.
2. I was tired of all the timelines, my feeling is if you can't tell me when the rapture is then why should I listen to you tell me with full assurance about everything else.
3. I decided, based on the Lord's dealing with me over the years, to not quickly rule something out. For example, some say that King Charles is the Antichrist, some say that Obama is, and some say that Emmanuel Macron is. I have kept an open mind and concluded that it is absurd to think that the Beast system will be one man, their will be many people involved. I think those three men will all play a role.
4. I have also come to a conclusion after 10,000 posts that many of my previous held concepts and understandings were wrong. That is what I want to show everyone. There are concepts I had that I still have, that is not something that I have learned from this blog. But there are other concepts that are quite different from what I was taught, that is what I have learned and that is what I will focus on in these next few posts.
I began this blog to learn about the rapture. I have followed this topic for over 50 years but never studied it. I decided on several key principles:
1. No one has all the answers, so I would not be rigid in my understanding and would be open to those who had a different interpretation.
2. I was tired of all the timelines, my feeling is if you can't tell me when the rapture is then why should I listen to you tell me with full assurance about everything else.
3. I decided, based on the Lord's dealing with me over the years, to not quickly rule something out. For example, some say that King Charles is the Antichrist, some say that Obama is, and some say that Emmanuel Macron is. I have kept an open mind and concluded that it is absurd to think that the Beast system will be one man, their will be many people involved. I think those three men will all play a role.
4. I have also come to a conclusion after 10,000 posts that many of my previous held concepts and understandings were wrong. That is what I want to show everyone. There are concepts I had that I still have, that is not something that I have learned from this blog. But there are other concepts that are quite different from what I was taught, that is what I have learned and that is what I will focus on in these next few posts.
What I have learned from this blog about the rapture (2)
No one knows the day or the hour
I have come to a very different understanding of this and I believe my background as a geologist has helped me tremendously with this verse.
I got this breakthrough just a few days ago, less than a month ago. I used the prophecy in Joel that the sun will be darkened and the moon won't give her light to evaluate past predictions of when the rapture would be. I discovered that if you interpret that to mean that a solar eclipse will be followed by a lunar eclipse less than one month before the rapture then it eliminates the 21 most famous rapture predictions since 1948.
That prophecy does not tell me the day or the hour, it doesn't even tell me the month. On average we probably had 2,000 months that would qualify since Jesus was crucified, but what it does do is eliminate 22,000 months.
I also consider that the verse in Colossians that the feast days in the Old Testament are a shadow of things to come, and how each one was a dress rehearsal for the big event, that this also applies to the rapture. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. God has appointed feast days because it proves He is God and no one else. But unlike all those who focus on the Old Testament I look at the New Testament. We only have one holy convocation, the Lord's table, and it is also a dress rehearsal for the marriage supper and the Lord's second coming. Therefore I expect the rapture to take place on the Lord's day just as Jesus was crucified on a feast day, buried on a feast day, raised on a feast day, ascended on a feast day and poured out the Spirit on a feast day. In the same way I expect the rapture to be on the Lord's table. This does not tell us the day or the hour, but it does eliminate 6/7ths of the days. That reduces the 2,000 months from 60,000 days to 1,142 days.
Then I consider the fig tree generation to be 80 years at most when "all these things must take place" referring to Jesus returning in glory. Israel formed a government in 1950 (put forth the tender leaves then), so I expect the Lord to return in glory by 2030. Now I am not going to be rigid about a "pre tribulation rapture" but I will be rigid about not being appointed to wrath. Therefore the most generous time period I could give would be rapture by the Fall of 2027. There is a solar eclipse followed by a lunar eclipse in August of 2027, the month after that would be September of 2027, there are two of these in 2026, none in 2025, none in 2024, and we just had one in 2023. This reduces the number of potential days to 16 Lord's days. Again, these prophecies don't tell us the day or the hour, so when the Lord said "no one knows the day or the hour" I am not violating that, but they are like a filter reducing the number of days from thousands to less than 20.
Then Daniel says blessed are those who come to the 1335th day. Now Daniel doesn't tell us 1,335th day from what? So this prophecy does not tell us the day or the hour. However, we can assume that it is 1,335 days from something prophetic. So we can examine these 16 Lord's days to see if anything significant happened exactly 1,335 days prior. I will ignore the 12 days that take place in 2026 and 2027 and instead focus on these upcoming 4 Lord's days.
Nov 5 --> March 10/11 2020
Nov 12 --> March 17/18 2020
Nov 19 --> March 24 2020
Nov 26 --> March 31/April 1 2020
When you look at March of 2020 it seems 90% of the events were focused on the Covid Pandemic around the world. On March 11th the WHO declared a worldwide pandemic. Exactly 1,335 days later we have November 5th. Now I find this very interesting because the book of Joel describes a worldwide pandemic that looks like a whole bunch of bugs spliced together which shuts down the world's economy as the event signaling that the Day of the Lord is at hand. That sounds like Covid which was made in a bioweapons lab by spicing different bugs together.
My point is not to make predictions about the rapture, instead we can use these prophecies to filter out bad predictions about the rapture. As I have said all the bad ones would have been filtered out by these few prophecies. You may feel that 1335 is not a reference to the rapture, and you may be right. So then it does require more careful study. However, Jesus told us to watch, that means we must be aware of the prophecies and watch as they are fulfilled. My point is that we can watch, the prophecies do help. Do not look to any one prophecy to tell you the day or the hour, but instead use them to eliminate any days that don't fit.
I said my background as a geologist helped me with this. We do this when we identify where an earthquake was. It is called triangulation. Each seismograph can tell you how far they are from an earthquake. But if you draw a circle around the seismograph with the radius equal to the distance you still have a whole lot of possibilities. But with two seismograph stations the two circles will only intersect in two spots and with three they will only intersect in one spot. That is how I am using these prophecies.
No one knows the day or the hour
I have come to a very different understanding of this and I believe my background as a geologist has helped me tremendously with this verse.
I got this breakthrough just a few days ago, less than a month ago. I used the prophecy in Joel that the sun will be darkened and the moon won't give her light to evaluate past predictions of when the rapture would be. I discovered that if you interpret that to mean that a solar eclipse will be followed by a lunar eclipse less than one month before the rapture then it eliminates the 21 most famous rapture predictions since 1948.
That prophecy does not tell me the day or the hour, it doesn't even tell me the month. On average we probably had 2,000 months that would qualify since Jesus was crucified, but what it does do is eliminate 22,000 months.
I also consider that the verse in Colossians that the feast days in the Old Testament are a shadow of things to come, and how each one was a dress rehearsal for the big event, that this also applies to the rapture. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. God has appointed feast days because it proves He is God and no one else. But unlike all those who focus on the Old Testament I look at the New Testament. We only have one holy convocation, the Lord's table, and it is also a dress rehearsal for the marriage supper and the Lord's second coming. Therefore I expect the rapture to take place on the Lord's day just as Jesus was crucified on a feast day, buried on a feast day, raised on a feast day, ascended on a feast day and poured out the Spirit on a feast day. In the same way I expect the rapture to be on the Lord's table. This does not tell us the day or the hour, but it does eliminate 6/7ths of the days. That reduces the 2,000 months from 60,000 days to 1,142 days.
Then I consider the fig tree generation to be 80 years at most when "all these things must take place" referring to Jesus returning in glory. Israel formed a government in 1950 (put forth the tender leaves then), so I expect the Lord to return in glory by 2030. Now I am not going to be rigid about a "pre tribulation rapture" but I will be rigid about not being appointed to wrath. Therefore the most generous time period I could give would be rapture by the Fall of 2027. There is a solar eclipse followed by a lunar eclipse in August of 2027, the month after that would be September of 2027, there are two of these in 2026, none in 2025, none in 2024, and we just had one in 2023. This reduces the number of potential days to 16 Lord's days. Again, these prophecies don't tell us the day or the hour, so when the Lord said "no one knows the day or the hour" I am not violating that, but they are like a filter reducing the number of days from thousands to less than 20.
Then Daniel says blessed are those who come to the 1335th day. Now Daniel doesn't tell us 1,335th day from what? So this prophecy does not tell us the day or the hour. However, we can assume that it is 1,335 days from something prophetic. So we can examine these 16 Lord's days to see if anything significant happened exactly 1,335 days prior. I will ignore the 12 days that take place in 2026 and 2027 and instead focus on these upcoming 4 Lord's days.
Nov 5 --> March 10/11 2020
Nov 12 --> March 17/18 2020
Nov 19 --> March 24 2020
Nov 26 --> March 31/April 1 2020
When you look at March of 2020 it seems 90% of the events were focused on the Covid Pandemic around the world. On March 11th the WHO declared a worldwide pandemic. Exactly 1,335 days later we have November 5th. Now I find this very interesting because the book of Joel describes a worldwide pandemic that looks like a whole bunch of bugs spliced together which shuts down the world's economy as the event signaling that the Day of the Lord is at hand. That sounds like Covid which was made in a bioweapons lab by spicing different bugs together.
My point is not to make predictions about the rapture, instead we can use these prophecies to filter out bad predictions about the rapture. As I have said all the bad ones would have been filtered out by these few prophecies. You may feel that 1335 is not a reference to the rapture, and you may be right. So then it does require more careful study. However, Jesus told us to watch, that means we must be aware of the prophecies and watch as they are fulfilled. My point is that we can watch, the prophecies do help. Do not look to any one prophecy to tell you the day or the hour, but instead use them to eliminate any days that don't fit.
I said my background as a geologist helped me with this. We do this when we identify where an earthquake was. It is called triangulation. Each seismograph can tell you how far they are from an earthquake. But if you draw a circle around the seismograph with the radius equal to the distance you still have a whole lot of possibilities. But with two seismograph stations the two circles will only intersect in two spots and with three they will only intersect in one spot. That is how I am using these prophecies.
What I have learned from this blog about the rapture (3)
The watchmen, especially Dr. Barry Awe, have focused on the holy convocations, the dress rehearsals in the Old Testament. Paul said they were a shadow of things to come, so it is a valid focus. However, Daniel 7:25 warns us that the enemy will try to change times and seasons. They calculate the date of each feast using a combination of the Sun, Moon and Stars. Their calculation is based on the books of Moses, or Enoch, or Josephus. But we know that the Sun, Moon and Stars are not constant. Over the last three thousand six hundred years the sun is rising in a different constellation than what it was at the time of Moses.
However, Genesis 8:22 tells us we do have a few constants we can depend on. Seedtime, Harvest, Summer, Winter, day and night. In Jeremiah we are even told that this is a covenant.
So we should know the formula for calculating the months and feasts in Moses, but we should also understand that they are using unsanctified days, we have to adjust this calculation with the harvest time. October 31 was a "harvest festival" for the Celtics about 600 years ago. Therefore I feel that Tishri is off a month, it wasn't in September it was in October, and November 5th would be the 8th day of the feast of ingathering, the "last great day of the feast".
The rapture is a harvest of the believers and so the Feast of ingathering has always been the most likely feast to be a shadow for the rapture.
However, I would point out that I have not done any calculations to determine how much the calendar is off. For example does the month start on the new moon like it did originally or not?
The watchmen, especially Dr. Barry Awe, have focused on the holy convocations, the dress rehearsals in the Old Testament. Paul said they were a shadow of things to come, so it is a valid focus. However, Daniel 7:25 warns us that the enemy will try to change times and seasons. They calculate the date of each feast using a combination of the Sun, Moon and Stars. Their calculation is based on the books of Moses, or Enoch, or Josephus. But we know that the Sun, Moon and Stars are not constant. Over the last three thousand six hundred years the sun is rising in a different constellation than what it was at the time of Moses.
However, Genesis 8:22 tells us we do have a few constants we can depend on. Seedtime, Harvest, Summer, Winter, day and night. In Jeremiah we are even told that this is a covenant.
So we should know the formula for calculating the months and feasts in Moses, but we should also understand that they are using unsanctified days, we have to adjust this calculation with the harvest time. October 31 was a "harvest festival" for the Celtics about 600 years ago. Therefore I feel that Tishri is off a month, it wasn't in September it was in October, and November 5th would be the 8th day of the feast of ingathering, the "last great day of the feast".
The rapture is a harvest of the believers and so the Feast of ingathering has always been the most likely feast to be a shadow for the rapture.
However, I would point out that I have not done any calculations to determine how much the calendar is off. For example does the month start on the new moon like it did originally or not?
What I have learned from this blog about the rapture (4)
Jesus said that it would be as the days of Noah and the days of Lot. During the days of Noah the prophecy was that when Methuselah dies the end would come. Methuselah was the oldest man to live and Enoch made this prophecy. So then this was a very big day for Noah, the day Methuselah died was the day he entered the ark. So I figured we also should have a prophecy like that concerning the rapture. Isaiah 17:1 says that Damascus will become a ruinous heap. Damascus is the oldest city on earth that has been continuously inhabited. So in that sense it is like Methuselah. Becoming a ruinous heap is like what happens to the human body when we die.
Damascus is a city of 2 million, if it were to become a ruinous heap Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and 1.8 billion muslims would be outraged. We have seen angry protests by muslims worldwide, but if that happened these mobs would become violent like the days of Lot.
Jesus said that it would be as the days of Noah and the days of Lot. During the days of Noah the prophecy was that when Methuselah dies the end would come. Methuselah was the oldest man to live and Enoch made this prophecy. So then this was a very big day for Noah, the day Methuselah died was the day he entered the ark. So I figured we also should have a prophecy like that concerning the rapture. Isaiah 17:1 says that Damascus will become a ruinous heap. Damascus is the oldest city on earth that has been continuously inhabited. So in that sense it is like Methuselah. Becoming a ruinous heap is like what happens to the human body when we die.
Damascus is a city of 2 million, if it were to become a ruinous heap Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and 1.8 billion muslims would be outraged. We have seen angry protests by muslims worldwide, but if that happened these mobs would become violent like the days of Lot.
What I have learned from this blog about the rapture (5)
Jesus opened the scroll in Revelation 4 and 5 right after He rose from the dead and not after the rapture.
1. John says he saw a lamb as having just been slain. That is a very clear word concerning when this happened.
2. Paul said that the mystery from the ages and generations had been revealed to the apostles and prophets. That is a reference to this scroll being opened.
3. Jesus said "all power and authority" had been given unto Him. That is a reference to this scroll.
4. The fifth seal shows you all the martyrs during the church age under the altar. If the rapture had already taken place they would not be under the altar. This is the dead in Christ rising first.
5. The sixth seal being opened is the rapture.
6. If the first seal refers to the gospel, that horse took off on the Day of Pentecost. If the first horse refers to the false gospel that horse was running strong in the book of Acts and in the book of Galatians. We are in a spiritual warfare, that is the second horse. Everyone is hungry for the word of God, that is the third seal, and the gospel heals us of our diseases, that is the fourth seal.
Jesus opened the scroll in Revelation 4 and 5 right after He rose from the dead and not after the rapture.
1. John says he saw a lamb as having just been slain. That is a very clear word concerning when this happened.
2. Paul said that the mystery from the ages and generations had been revealed to the apostles and prophets. That is a reference to this scroll being opened.
3. Jesus said "all power and authority" had been given unto Him. That is a reference to this scroll.
4. The fifth seal shows you all the martyrs during the church age under the altar. If the rapture had already taken place they would not be under the altar. This is the dead in Christ rising first.
5. The sixth seal being opened is the rapture.
6. If the first seal refers to the gospel, that horse took off on the Day of Pentecost. If the first horse refers to the false gospel that horse was running strong in the book of Acts and in the book of Galatians. We are in a spiritual warfare, that is the second horse. Everyone is hungry for the word of God, that is the third seal, and the gospel heals us of our diseases, that is the fourth seal.
What I have learned from this blog about the rapture (6)
There are 10 years from the Feast of Trumpets to the day of judgement, we see this in a shadow by the ten days from Feast of Trumpets to the Day of Atonement. The feast of Trumpets announces that the day of the Lord is at hand and is described in the book of Joel. You have a strange bug that is like four bugs in one, this bug causes an economic collapse, and there is a worldwide shutdown of the economy which God says is Him calling a sabbath for everyone to fast and pray. This took place in 2020 with the pandemic. The feast of trumpets is called the longest day because you may not see the new moon and so it is a two day ceremony. On the feast of Trumpets in 2020 there was a worldwide shutdown of the economy. If you weren't clear that this was the tribulation in 2020 it should have been clear by 2021 when they had illegal mandates of the vaccine and censorship of anyone who asked questions.
Based on this I expect the Day of Atonement to take place in 2030.
After 3 days the high priest goes to the temple chamber for the remaining seven days, I expect that means the rapture will take place in 2023.
There are 10 years from the Feast of Trumpets to the day of judgement, we see this in a shadow by the ten days from Feast of Trumpets to the Day of Atonement. The feast of Trumpets announces that the day of the Lord is at hand and is described in the book of Joel. You have a strange bug that is like four bugs in one, this bug causes an economic collapse, and there is a worldwide shutdown of the economy which God says is Him calling a sabbath for everyone to fast and pray. This took place in 2020 with the pandemic. The feast of trumpets is called the longest day because you may not see the new moon and so it is a two day ceremony. On the feast of Trumpets in 2020 there was a worldwide shutdown of the economy. If you weren't clear that this was the tribulation in 2020 it should have been clear by 2021 when they had illegal mandates of the vaccine and censorship of anyone who asked questions.
Based on this I expect the Day of Atonement to take place in 2030.
After 3 days the high priest goes to the temple chamber for the remaining seven days, I expect that means the rapture will take place in 2023.
1Jn 3:11-24 Marvel not if the world hate you
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
The Lord’s command is that we love one another. If you are born of God you can’t get around that, you can’t come up for excuses, you know that even if it costs you a lot, just as it cost the Lord alot, you must do the right thing because you must love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
When crooks get caught they lie, if that doesn’t work they have no other choice but to kill.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
An article in the Atlantic, a major periodical is titled “A large portion of the electorate chose the sociopath”. It is stunning, four years ago all you heard from some was the need to resist and challenge the election results. Now the same people speak hate towards anyone who would do that now. The hateful speech they spew out is truly amazing.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
There is no qualification as to political affiliation or pet issues. It doesn’t matter to me who you voted for, if you voted, or if you think there was fraud or not.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
There has been a lot of hate spewing out and that speech reveals the heart of a murderer. I think we all know instinctively that the level of hate speech we are hearing reveals murderers among us.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
In the same way we can perceive the love of God in those who risk all to speak the truth. A truck driver came forward as a witness that he drove over a hundred thousand ballots across the border from NY to Pa. That is illegal. When the feds came to question him it wasn’t about his testimony but rather it was to threaten him and his family. But he stood strong and recorded them. There was a woman that refused to certify the election because they violated the protocols. She was threatened but she also stood strong.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Zuckerberg gave $400 million to certain states to manipulate the election. He certainly has “the world’s goods” and he certainly sees the needs of many, but he has decided to go all in to get his way despite the prayers and pleas of millions of people. There is no love abiding there.
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
These witnesses are loving in deed and truth. We have seen a number of politicians give lip service to doing something while doing nothing. You have to love in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
You have to listen to your conscience. There are over 2,000 affidavits from people who have done that.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
We are asking that every legal vote be counted and every illegal vote not be counted. We are asking that the law and the constitution be honored, the contract we all agreed to.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
We have been commanded, believe on the name of Jesus Christ. He was raised from the dead. He was the light that shone in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it. That is where we have our faith. And we are commanded to love one another. Believing on the name of Jesus includes believing that He will move within His people. It includes trusting the army of God to hear His voice and to respond to Him.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
So don't be surprised by the hate, it simply reveals that they are liars and murderers.
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
The Lord’s command is that we love one another. If you are born of God you can’t get around that, you can’t come up for excuses, you know that even if it costs you a lot, just as it cost the Lord alot, you must do the right thing because you must love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
When crooks get caught they lie, if that doesn’t work they have no other choice but to kill.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
An article in the Atlantic, a major periodical is titled “A large portion of the electorate chose the sociopath”. It is stunning, four years ago all you heard from some was the need to resist and challenge the election results. Now the same people speak hate towards anyone who would do that now. The hateful speech they spew out is truly amazing.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
There is no qualification as to political affiliation or pet issues. It doesn’t matter to me who you voted for, if you voted, or if you think there was fraud or not.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
There has been a lot of hate spewing out and that speech reveals the heart of a murderer. I think we all know instinctively that the level of hate speech we are hearing reveals murderers among us.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
In the same way we can perceive the love of God in those who risk all to speak the truth. A truck driver came forward as a witness that he drove over a hundred thousand ballots across the border from NY to Pa. That is illegal. When the feds came to question him it wasn’t about his testimony but rather it was to threaten him and his family. But he stood strong and recorded them. There was a woman that refused to certify the election because they violated the protocols. She was threatened but she also stood strong.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Zuckerberg gave $400 million to certain states to manipulate the election. He certainly has “the world’s goods” and he certainly sees the needs of many, but he has decided to go all in to get his way despite the prayers and pleas of millions of people. There is no love abiding there.
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
These witnesses are loving in deed and truth. We have seen a number of politicians give lip service to doing something while doing nothing. You have to love in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
You have to listen to your conscience. There are over 2,000 affidavits from people who have done that.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
We are asking that every legal vote be counted and every illegal vote not be counted. We are asking that the law and the constitution be honored, the contract we all agreed to.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
We have been commanded, believe on the name of Jesus Christ. He was raised from the dead. He was the light that shone in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it. That is where we have our faith. And we are commanded to love one another. Believing on the name of Jesus includes believing that He will move within His people. It includes trusting the army of God to hear His voice and to respond to Him.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
So don't be surprised by the hate, it simply reveals that they are liars and murderers.
Wildfires Rage Through Australia!
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
This week I looked at Wikipedia at the 21 famous predictions of the rapture since 1948 and I checked to see if a solar eclipse followed by a blood moon took place in the month before and in all 21 cases it hadn’t. You could have debunked all 21 predictions just using this one prophecy. A solar eclipse followed by a blood moon takes place about once a year. You cannot use this prophecy to “know the day or the hour” just like the Lord said. But you can use it to help members of the congregation who get disturbed by something they may see on Youtube or Facebook. I would also point out that although we just had a solar eclipse followed by a blood moon that will not happen again until 2026. So after this month this will be very useful to help keep members from being unsettled. You can use other prophecies as well, for example,
Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
The feast days in the Old Testament were a shadow of things to come. Jesus' crucifixion, burial, resurrection, ascension and the pouring out of the Spirit on Pentecost all took place on feast days. God is the same today, yesterday and forever, so it is reasonable that the rapture will also take place on an appointed day, and we only have one appointed day in the NT, the Lord’s day. So with these two prophecies you don’t have 30 possible days after the blood moon, you have four.
Then we also have this prophecy:
Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
It would seem that some big event must take place 1,335 days prior to any predicted rapture date. The odds of all three of these prophecies being fulfilled are astronomical and will be extremely helpful at filtering out all the false predictions. For example, if we go back 1,335 days from today, November 4th, we come to March 10, 2020. No big event happened that day, during that month all the news was about Covid. Now March 11th, that was a big day, on that day the W.H.O. declared Covid to be a worldwide pandemic. Now this reminds me of
Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord, 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
In the book of Joel there is a strange “bug” which is like four different bugs all spliced together and it destroys the economy (Frankenstein bug as though created by a mad scientist). Because of that they are to sanctify a fast, a solemn assembly and this indicates that the day of the Lord is at hand. Then
2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
This blowing the Trumpet seems like the Feast of Trumpets, and in September of 2020 during the Feast of Trumpets they had a worldwide shutdown of businesses. So maybe March 11th was a very significant day, prophecy is always a whole lot clearer after it is fulfilled.
This week I looked at Wikipedia at the 21 famous predictions of the rapture since 1948 and I checked to see if a solar eclipse followed by a blood moon took place in the month before and in all 21 cases it hadn’t. You could have debunked all 21 predictions just using this one prophecy. A solar eclipse followed by a blood moon takes place about once a year. You cannot use this prophecy to “know the day or the hour” just like the Lord said. But you can use it to help members of the congregation who get disturbed by something they may see on Youtube or Facebook. I would also point out that although we just had a solar eclipse followed by a blood moon that will not happen again until 2026. So after this month this will be very useful to help keep members from being unsettled. You can use other prophecies as well, for example,
Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
The feast days in the Old Testament were a shadow of things to come. Jesus' crucifixion, burial, resurrection, ascension and the pouring out of the Spirit on Pentecost all took place on feast days. God is the same today, yesterday and forever, so it is reasonable that the rapture will also take place on an appointed day, and we only have one appointed day in the NT, the Lord’s day. So with these two prophecies you don’t have 30 possible days after the blood moon, you have four.
Then we also have this prophecy:
Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
It would seem that some big event must take place 1,335 days prior to any predicted rapture date. The odds of all three of these prophecies being fulfilled are astronomical and will be extremely helpful at filtering out all the false predictions. For example, if we go back 1,335 days from today, November 4th, we come to March 10, 2020. No big event happened that day, during that month all the news was about Covid. Now March 11th, that was a big day, on that day the W.H.O. declared Covid to be a worldwide pandemic. Now this reminds me of
Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord, 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
In the book of Joel there is a strange “bug” which is like four different bugs all spliced together and it destroys the economy (Frankenstein bug as though created by a mad scientist). Because of that they are to sanctify a fast, a solemn assembly and this indicates that the day of the Lord is at hand. Then
2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
This blowing the Trumpet seems like the Feast of Trumpets, and in September of 2020 during the Feast of Trumpets they had a worldwide shutdown of businesses. So maybe March 11th was a very significant day, prophecy is always a whole lot clearer after it is fulfilled.
What I have learned from this blog about the rapture (7)
The teaching about Ezekiel 38 is that this refers to a war with Israel. There is a lot of debate over whether this takes place prior to the seven year tribulation because they collect the weapons and use them for heating for seven years, or if this is Armageddon, or if this takes place after the millennial reign because it talks about unwalled cities without bars and that does not seem to align with any other end time prophecies.
This is critical because the main argument for this current war in Israel not becoming the Ezekiel 38 war is the fact that it describes them as unwalled without bars. My understanding of this has completely changed. Psalm 83 is the proxy war we see right now, this leads to Isaiah 17 where Damascus becomes a ruinous heap and then it is no longer a proxy war but we have Ezekiel 38 war and that in turn grows into Armageddon with the whole world. As for the "unwalled cities without bars or gates" that refers to the US. So let's look at Ezekiel 38 to see how I came to this understanding.
Ezekiel 38:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. 9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
This I believe is referring to a war with Israel
10 Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
I think that this is referring to something else in addition to the attack on Israel.
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
This I believe refers to the USA. Today about 49% of the world's Jews live in Israel and 49% in the USA. It is like Israel is divided into two nations just as it was in the OT. The USA is the land of unwalled villages without bars or gates. When I lived in Taiwan every apartment was fully covered with bars and gates. When I went to Mexico it was the same thing. There are very few places on earth like the US where there are no bars or gates or walls. It is very important to realize this because it changes everything, instead of thinking this must be a prophecy far into the future it could be something referring to today.
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Cattle? Israel? Israel has about 0.03% of the world's cattle. The USA has about 10%. This word cannot be referring to Israel, it must be referring to the USA.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Sheba and Dedan refer to Saudi Arabia, Tarshish is the UK, these are two allies of the USA.
The teaching about Ezekiel 38 is that this refers to a war with Israel. There is a lot of debate over whether this takes place prior to the seven year tribulation because they collect the weapons and use them for heating for seven years, or if this is Armageddon, or if this takes place after the millennial reign because it talks about unwalled cities without bars and that does not seem to align with any other end time prophecies.
This is critical because the main argument for this current war in Israel not becoming the Ezekiel 38 war is the fact that it describes them as unwalled without bars. My understanding of this has completely changed. Psalm 83 is the proxy war we see right now, this leads to Isaiah 17 where Damascus becomes a ruinous heap and then it is no longer a proxy war but we have Ezekiel 38 war and that in turn grows into Armageddon with the whole world. As for the "unwalled cities without bars or gates" that refers to the US. So let's look at Ezekiel 38 to see how I came to this understanding.
Ezekiel 38:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. 9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
This I believe is referring to a war with Israel
10 Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
I think that this is referring to something else in addition to the attack on Israel.
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
This I believe refers to the USA. Today about 49% of the world's Jews live in Israel and 49% in the USA. It is like Israel is divided into two nations just as it was in the OT. The USA is the land of unwalled villages without bars or gates. When I lived in Taiwan every apartment was fully covered with bars and gates. When I went to Mexico it was the same thing. There are very few places on earth like the US where there are no bars or gates or walls. It is very important to realize this because it changes everything, instead of thinking this must be a prophecy far into the future it could be something referring to today.
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Cattle? Israel? Israel has about 0.03% of the world's cattle. The USA has about 10%. This word cannot be referring to Israel, it must be referring to the USA.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Sheba and Dedan refer to Saudi Arabia, Tarshish is the UK, these are two allies of the USA.
4 dreams I had
I listen to your channel everyday. I have a few dreams which were given to me after I prayed, I posted them on my blog, but I figured I should share them with you.
A strange dream
I had a strange dream last night, but I believe it was because I had been fasting and praying the previous day. My prayer was for a list of people that:
The Lord would: Shake them awake. May they repent and be baptized. Open their eyes and ears that they repent for the kingdom of the heavens which is at hand. Call them to repentance. Soften their heart that they would believe the gospel. Lord, give them the clear word that unless they repent they will likewise perish. I pray they would be converted, their sins would be blotted out and times of refreshing would come. Lord have mercy on them and give them repentance that they would acknowledge the truth. I pray they would repent and turn to the Lord Jesus. Give them godly sorrow that works repentance.
So here is the dream. I and a large group of people are being taken up to a special meeting with aliens from another world. It was as though the leaders of our government had met these ones and now it was a special honor that we also could meet them. When I heard this I knew this was the great delusion and that these were really fallen angels and demons masquerading as aliens from another world. But I kept quiet. We get up to this meeting room and they come parading out to us, I shake the hands of one of them and ask what planet they are from. As soon as they respond I say "Oh, so you must know Jesus, the Lord". With that they all turn and run. Just by calling on that name they were all exposed as frauds.
Calendar Dream
I prayed before going to sleep, I told the Lord I needed help with the calendar, it was too confusing to figure out, there are too many calendars, etc. (I work on a blog concerning the rapture).
That night I was in the living room of a pastor I had back in the 1980s, there were three men in there that I did not recognize their faces but knew they were elders assigning me a job to do. There seemed to be some doubt as to whether I could do the job, not from me but from them. I could see on their faces they felt I would need help. Anyway, I packed up my stuff to go home and get started. I come out of the house and I see my car has a big dent in the rear quarter panel. I am up close inspecting the damage when I realize this is a Nissan, I drive a Honda (I think this was a play on words as Nisan is the first month of the Jewish calendar). I then come to my car and the hood of the trunk had been dismantled and was sticking out of the trunk! I am standing there in disbelief, who did this and then I see this guy who appeared to be like a clown (not dressed like one, just someone who is a comic entertainer. He tells me he had to take it apart? So I ask him if all the pieces are in the trunk, and since they were I said let’s go home and put it back together there.
That morning after having that dream I was on the internet and came to this channel from a brother called Dr. Barry Awe. I would have clicked away within a few minutes but as soon as I saw him I realized “this is the guy from my dream!” That message explained in detail about the calendar in the books of Moses. I feel like this dream was the triune God helping me and answering my prayer.
I have a job
I saw all these people having rapture dreams and so I asked the Lord to give me one.
That night I dreamed I was in the garden of Gethsemane. (I just knew that was where I was at). A brother came up to me, I didn’t recognize him, but I knew he was from a church that had kicked me out. (I had taken a stand against some unrighteousness that was taking place with the leadership, it was a big mess). He asked me to help him clean up the mess, it was yard work (a storm had come through and knocked down branches and trees). I told him I already had a job but thanked him. He asked me why I was thanking him? I told him it was because he remembered me.
[Interestingly, after this dream I got an email from a brother that I didn’t know but was from that church asking for help cleaning up the mess from what had happened in the church.]
I felt this was a very encouraging message to me from the Lord saying I was doing what I was supposed to be doing and I was where I was supposed to be. Since I had prayed for a rapture dream I also interpreted this to mean that the rapture would be on a Lord’s day. (We had been studying all the Holy convocations, dress rehearsals for all the big events of Jesus: His crucifixion, death, resurrection, ascension and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit. All of those happened on feast days, appointed days, Passover, Unleavened bread, Firstfruits, Shavuot and Feast of new wine. Therefore we felt that the rapture would also be on an appointed day. That dream told me that the only appointed day for Christians to keep is the Lord’s day, and the Lord’s table is a dress rehearsal for the wedding feast and the second coming.)
Now that is a good coat
I dreamed I was back at this big Christian training center that I had helped build in the early 80s. I was showing my wife the building. But the parking lot was completely empty, so it appeared the building was completely empty. Then I needed to go inside to use the restroom. When I went inside it was packed. The halls were packed with people and the main meeting hall was filled up with people getting ready for the meeting to start. This hall holds over a thousand people. I had the feeling that I was going to be recognized, but I ducked into a restroom. When I got inside I realized I was wearing a raincoat. I thought this must be a great raincoat that I didn’t even know I had it on till now. Then I thought, wow, I didn’t even realize I had been out in the storm (making me appreciate that coat even more).
I feel like this meeting represents our being gathered to the Lord in the clouds and that this is about to take place. I feel like the Lord was telling me that the seeds I had sown for the gospel had paid off. I felt like I had helped bring all those people to the Lord or helped with their Christians life. I feel like the dream was saying you can’t see on the outside what is happening on the inside with people.
I listen to your channel everyday. I have a few dreams which were given to me after I prayed, I posted them on my blog, but I figured I should share them with you.
A strange dream
I had a strange dream last night, but I believe it was because I had been fasting and praying the previous day. My prayer was for a list of people that:
The Lord would: Shake them awake. May they repent and be baptized. Open their eyes and ears that they repent for the kingdom of the heavens which is at hand. Call them to repentance. Soften their heart that they would believe the gospel. Lord, give them the clear word that unless they repent they will likewise perish. I pray they would be converted, their sins would be blotted out and times of refreshing would come. Lord have mercy on them and give them repentance that they would acknowledge the truth. I pray they would repent and turn to the Lord Jesus. Give them godly sorrow that works repentance.
So here is the dream. I and a large group of people are being taken up to a special meeting with aliens from another world. It was as though the leaders of our government had met these ones and now it was a special honor that we also could meet them. When I heard this I knew this was the great delusion and that these were really fallen angels and demons masquerading as aliens from another world. But I kept quiet. We get up to this meeting room and they come parading out to us, I shake the hands of one of them and ask what planet they are from. As soon as they respond I say "Oh, so you must know Jesus, the Lord". With that they all turn and run. Just by calling on that name they were all exposed as frauds.
Calendar Dream
I prayed before going to sleep, I told the Lord I needed help with the calendar, it was too confusing to figure out, there are too many calendars, etc. (I work on a blog concerning the rapture).
That night I was in the living room of a pastor I had back in the 1980s, there were three men in there that I did not recognize their faces but knew they were elders assigning me a job to do. There seemed to be some doubt as to whether I could do the job, not from me but from them. I could see on their faces they felt I would need help. Anyway, I packed up my stuff to go home and get started. I come out of the house and I see my car has a big dent in the rear quarter panel. I am up close inspecting the damage when I realize this is a Nissan, I drive a Honda (I think this was a play on words as Nisan is the first month of the Jewish calendar). I then come to my car and the hood of the trunk had been dismantled and was sticking out of the trunk! I am standing there in disbelief, who did this and then I see this guy who appeared to be like a clown (not dressed like one, just someone who is a comic entertainer. He tells me he had to take it apart? So I ask him if all the pieces are in the trunk, and since they were I said let’s go home and put it back together there.
That morning after having that dream I was on the internet and came to this channel from a brother called Dr. Barry Awe. I would have clicked away within a few minutes but as soon as I saw him I realized “this is the guy from my dream!” That message explained in detail about the calendar in the books of Moses. I feel like this dream was the triune God helping me and answering my prayer.
I have a job
I saw all these people having rapture dreams and so I asked the Lord to give me one.
That night I dreamed I was in the garden of Gethsemane. (I just knew that was where I was at). A brother came up to me, I didn’t recognize him, but I knew he was from a church that had kicked me out. (I had taken a stand against some unrighteousness that was taking place with the leadership, it was a big mess). He asked me to help him clean up the mess, it was yard work (a storm had come through and knocked down branches and trees). I told him I already had a job but thanked him. He asked me why I was thanking him? I told him it was because he remembered me.
[Interestingly, after this dream I got an email from a brother that I didn’t know but was from that church asking for help cleaning up the mess from what had happened in the church.]
I felt this was a very encouraging message to me from the Lord saying I was doing what I was supposed to be doing and I was where I was supposed to be. Since I had prayed for a rapture dream I also interpreted this to mean that the rapture would be on a Lord’s day. (We had been studying all the Holy convocations, dress rehearsals for all the big events of Jesus: His crucifixion, death, resurrection, ascension and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit. All of those happened on feast days, appointed days, Passover, Unleavened bread, Firstfruits, Shavuot and Feast of new wine. Therefore we felt that the rapture would also be on an appointed day. That dream told me that the only appointed day for Christians to keep is the Lord’s day, and the Lord’s table is a dress rehearsal for the wedding feast and the second coming.)
Now that is a good coat
I dreamed I was back at this big Christian training center that I had helped build in the early 80s. I was showing my wife the building. But the parking lot was completely empty, so it appeared the building was completely empty. Then I needed to go inside to use the restroom. When I went inside it was packed. The halls were packed with people and the main meeting hall was filled up with people getting ready for the meeting to start. This hall holds over a thousand people. I had the feeling that I was going to be recognized, but I ducked into a restroom. When I got inside I realized I was wearing a raincoat. I thought this must be a great raincoat that I didn’t even know I had it on till now. Then I thought, wow, I didn’t even realize I had been out in the storm (making me appreciate that coat even more).
I feel like this meeting represents our being gathered to the Lord in the clouds and that this is about to take place. I feel like the Lord was telling me that the seeds I had sown for the gospel had paid off. I felt like I had helped bring all those people to the Lord or helped with their Christians life. I feel like the dream was saying you can’t see on the outside what is happening on the inside with people.
All things, all angels, all demons are under the feet of Jesus
Hebrews 2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Hebrews 2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.