Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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Did the Lord say no one knows the day or the hour that the two witnesses are killed?

Let's suppose you interpret this to mean that no one knows the day or the hour of the rapture. That is a valid interpretation. That would mean it is not one of the Holy days on the Jewish calendar that everyone knows and that Paul said were a shadow of things to come. OK, but the Lord never said no one knows the day that the two witnesses are killed.

The two witnesses being killed is a key date to the Jews because they must flee from the Antichrist at that time. Since God tells us the end from the beginning and since their death is significant to the Old Covenant what day would be a shadow of their death? Well let's see what happens. The Jews reject the witnesses testimony and kill them. Do we have a day that would be a shadow of the Jews rejecting the testimony of two witnesses? Yes, that would be the 9th of Av. But that is not all, the Jews must then flee to be persecuted and go through the Great tribulation where God's wrath is poured out. Do we have a day that is a shadow of that? Yes, again that is the 9th of Av, after rejecting Joshua and Caleb they had to wander in the desert for the next 38 years unable to enter, just like the Jews will now need to wander in the Great tribulation for 38 months before the Lord returns in glory. 38 months after the 9th of Av would bring you to the 9th of Tishrei, the day before the day of atonement.

The reason this is so good is because we know that the ministry of the two witnesses is called the two olive trees and that at the time of the rapture those who are rejected are told to go to them to buy oil, so their ministry starts about the same time as the rapture. This doesn't violate the Lord's word about no one knowing the day of the rapture because He said this before He ascended and opened the scroll with the mystery hidden from the ages and generations.

Google tells me the 9th of Av in 2028 is July 31st. Simply subtracting 42 months gets you January 31, 2025. However, that is most likely incorrect. Generally speaking a prophetic month is considered to be 30 days based on the lunar cycle. 42 months is 1,260 days and that is certainly a prophetic period.

Revelation 11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

So then it seems we will get a much more accurate date if we subtract 1,260 days from July 31.

That gives us February 17th, 2025. That does not mean that the rapture is that date. No, we are told that those who are left behind are cast into outer darkness. This would be like Jesus being crucified, those left behind are crying "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Then once the rapture is over they are cast into outer darkness just as Jesus spent 3 days in the tomb. So this doesn't give us a specific date, but it gets us in the ballpark.

What else do we know about the rapture? We know that it was on a great sacrifice to Dagon, but not a day that anyone knew about at the time of Jesus.

Judges 16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

So this sacrifice must have been instituted after Jesus' death and resurrection. Most of us are not familiar with the worship of Dagon, but the hat on the Dagon priests is the same hat that the Pope wears. So let's say a Catholic holiday instituted after Jesus around February 17th and sure enough we have a pagan holiday then as well as a Catholic Holiday. St. Valentine, leading to Valentine's day. So February 14th becomes very interesting.

But let's do another test. Are people eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage on that day? Why yes they are. Despite this being a big global holiday are people also going to be in the field working, or at the mill grinding grain? Once again, yes, businesses do not close on this day despite it being a big sacrifice to a pagan god. Americans are estimated to spend $25 billion on this holiday. That is a big sacrifice. And yet it is not a public holiday in any country.

OK, but the day has to be significant, it has to send a message, what message does it send if God raptures the church on Valentine's day?

Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

OK, so it clears up a lot of confusion. Right now who knows who to believe, who to listen to, who is right, who is wrong. But the rapture clears that up with a strong message that God has loved those who were raptured.

But there is still one more test to do, the one verse in the Bible I hate the most.

Proverbs 7:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

I hate this verse because you have an adulterous woman telling us when the Lord will return. Why should we believe her (besides the fact that this is the word of God)? Then it hit me, if you are faithful to the Lord and are doing exactly what you should be doing you might not know when the Lord is returning. As far as you are concerned you are ready at any moment for Him to return. But an adulterous wife does not want to get caught, she is going to make sure she knows when He is returning. So then, this term "day appointed" is a very clear reference to a full moon. Since our calendar is not based on the lunar cycle February 14th would fall on a full moon about 6% of the time. So for 94% of the years this would not fit, but in 2025 it does fit. The Full Moon is February 13th.
 

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My least favorite things

At the top of the list must be all the confusion over calendars. It seems to me anyone who has a theory and it doesn't work simply looks for a new calendar or says the existing calendar is off or the way in which we calculate jubilee years is off, etc. Yes, the Bible says that Satan will seek to change the times and the seasons. But it does not say that he succeeds.

Jesus was crucified, died and buried according to scripture. Therefore I am not using Enoch's calendar or any other calendar. In order for these things to be verified they will be according to scripture. This does not mean that Enoch's calendar is not a valid calendar. In a big house with servants the servants will be on a different calendar and different clock than the Lord of the Manor is. The chef cooking the wedding cake will have a very different timetable than the Bride and Groom.

Secondly the reason that God does these things on appointed days is because it is much more meaningful. If everyone in Israel is on a different calendar they would have no idea it took place on an appointed day and you would lose that meaning. So who is Lord? Jesus is and so I am looking at the days the Jews believe are the appointed days because that is who the message will be to.

Now the concept of a week of years is very easy for us to understand. We keep weeks regardless of what year it is or what month it is. No one says January 1st has to always be on the first day of the week. So in the same way I believe the weeks of years operated like this. It is simple. The minute someone tries to use some kind of ridiculously complicated formula I know that cannot be right because God is not the author of confusion and the only people who benefit from complicated calculations are scribes and Pharisees.

So I know there are two theories on the jubilee year, but the real question is which is more significant, the Sabbath year of the Shemitah or the Jubilee year? Israel was punished for not keeping any of the Sabbath years. Now it is fair to say that Jubilee years are also sabbath years, that is true, but it is like taking a sabbath year and making it twice as long.

So then you have three ways to look at this, seven shemitahs is 49 years and that is like one big package with the Jubilee year being the 50th.

Now you could start the next cycle on the following year, but then that completely destroys the concept of weeks. That would be like saying January 1st is always a monday.

Option 2, you can wait until the next sabbath year to begin your count but that means you always don't count six years of the 8th shemitah. God is not wasteful and I don't see any valid reason to see God doing it that way.

Option 3, you can say the 50th year is also the first year of the next set of seven shemitahs. That is the simplest way and the way I favor. But I favor this because of how important the sabbath day and sabbath year is. God is not going to just throw away six years every 50 years. Someone would have to find a very compelling Biblical basis to say this. Instead I see the jubilees like those boxes that stack with the bottom of one box fitting nicely into the next box.
 

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Clearing up the Confusion of the Calendars

The Shemitah cycle is really key and explains quite a lot. Since the 70th week is a Shemitah if you know the Shemitah cycle then you know the day and year each seven year cycle starts and that really narrows down the possible start to the 70th week. Because of this there is tremendous confusion over this issue. It is like Satan doing a full out assault with tear gas to confuse the issue. It seems everyone uses their own calendar and everyone has their own theory.

But, there is a way to cut through the confusion.

1. The writing on the Wall sign. This is a heavenly sign which God clearly tells us in the Bible He is in full control over and Satan can do nothing about it. The only thing Satan has been able to do is try to equate heavenly signs with astrology, an evil practice of the occult which is both sinful and forbidden. So how do we know the difference? When you drive down the highway and see a sign that NYC is 200 miles away that sign is not about you. In the same way the sun, moon and stars were given for signs and seasons, not about you and your life, but about Jesus and His actions.

Does this sign tell us when the Shemitah is? No, but it does give us a picture of Daniel being lifted up (ie the rapture) and Babylon being overthrown and it tells us that both those things happened the same night that the sign was interpreted. Since this was interpreted in 2024 we can understand that to mean the same 12 month period and during the night would indicate a time frame between the fall and spring equinox.

But then this does help us understand the Shemitah and here is how. You can't reap in the seventh year of a Shemitah so that would mean that 2025 is not the seventh year. But it could be the other six years.

Then we also know that King David reigned in Hebron for 7 years and six months, a type of Jesus reigning in heaven with the raptured saints. Why this period of time? Because you can't raise up Israel during the seventh year of a Shemitah. That means they are raised up on the first year after the seventieth week is over.

I don't need to know the first year of a Shemitah, all I need to know is that the seventieth week is a Shemitah and that means the seventh year is not the year that Israel is raised up. They can be enlivened on the seventh year and raised up on the 8th.

2. The Pact for the Future

Daniel 9:27a: And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:

I also need to know that the Shemitah begins on Yom Teruah, or Rosh Hashanah and that on that day I expect to see the UN confirm a major covenant for seven years, which they did when they approved the Pact for the Future. That is considered to be the biggest act they have ever done in their history.

That would be considered a second witness.

By the mouth of two or three witnesses let a matter be established.

3. The Sign of Jonah

I did not fully understand this sign for many years so I imagine most others also do not understand.

A. After being spit up Jonah travelled 3 days journey to Nineveh. That is similar to Jesus' ministry beginning with the baptism and being tempted of Satan and then taking three years before He comes to Judea.

B. He begins to enter the city and cries yet in forty days Nineveh will be overthrown. This is like Jesus when He began to enter Judea the Pharisees proclaimed that He was casting out demons by Beelzebub and He proclaimed they had committed the unforgivable sin. They asked for a sign from God that would confirm this judgment and He said the only sign they would be given was the sign of Jonah.

C. The people of Nineveh proclaimed a fast. That is contrary to the people of Jerusalem. They claimed to be able to see and they claimed that Jesus was not speaking for God. So their sin remained. 40 years later to the day the temple was destroyed with no stone remaining on another.

Jesus told them they would be given the sign of Jonah as well, specifically that like Jonah He would go through death and resurrection and that He did on Passover. In the story of Jonah He is swallowed by a fish, apparently a whale shark, spent three days in the belly of the beast, and then was spit up on the beach. Jesus is emphasizing that He was Jonah that went into the grave and that the disciples that preached to Israel for the next 39 years were also the Body of Christ, both were Jonah preaching to the sinful city to repent.

However, Jesus is very clear, this sign is not simply given to Jerusalem, it is given to the world as well. Yes, Jerusalem is as sinful as Nineveh, but so was Nineveh as sinful as Nineveh. The difference is that Nineveh didn't know their right hand from their left which is why they got a reprieve.

So then in 70 AD, we can begin counting the "40 days" for the world's judgement. Israel got 40 years because they claimed they could see. In the case of the world they got 40 jubilees.

Now some argue I am miscalculating jubilees. Again we can sidestep all this confusion. Don't call them jubilees. Jesus told us you need to forgive 70x7 times. So a complete unit of forgiveness is 490 years. The gospel has gone out to the four corners of the earth. Four complete units of forgiveness is 1,960 years. I don't care if you call that period of time jubilees or not. The fact is that in 2030 the clock runs out on forgiveness for the world. The next year, 2031, is the year of judgment.

Since by my calculation Jesus proclaimed the sign of Jonah in 30 AD and was crucified in 31 AD it is exactly 2,000 years from the cross of Christ. So if you want a Jubilee to be every fifty years, fine, 40 jubilees from the Cross of Christ.
 

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1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
 

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5 STAR SIGNS IN 2030/2031 Reveal Dates of Book of Revelation Events?

Revelation 12 sign = Woman was goes into labor September 23, 2017.

Here is an amazing coincidence. Normal gestation is 280 days. We could say that the Lord's death, resurrection and breathing into the disciples to receive the Holy Spirit was the conception in 31 AD.

2017-31 = 1,986 years. Divide 1,986 by 280 and you get 7 years equals one day. How long can women be in labor? The average labor for the first birth is 12 to 24 hours. Seven years from Feast of Trumpets in 2017 is Feast of Trumpets in 2024 when the Pact for the Future was approved signaling the birth of the new world government. If you did not realize how momentous October 2, 2024 was that is because this momentous change came like a thief in the night.

Now who is going to be born first? Was Solomon crowned first or did Adonijah try and usurp the throne first? It is very common that someone who is going to usurp someone will try to be first. Revelation 12 sign is about the manchild being caught up to heaven to rule the nations with a rod of iron. It stands to reason that the UN would act first.

He shows you an amazing conclusion to the Revelation 12 sign in 2017 (about 9:30 into the video). In 2030, exactly 13 years later to the day you have the exact same sign with a couple of significant differences. The womb is empty and the Manchild is gathered to the throne.

It is a mistake to think the pre tribulation rapture is full birth of the manchild. All children of faith would be depicted by the Manchild. That would include tribulation saints and the Jews who get saved at the end of the seven years. By 2030 they will all be gathered to the throne.
 

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