Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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Pdf's you can download. It has been more than two weeks since I last posted this. Since that time we have had about 14,000 new people visit this blog for the first time. After the rapture they will shut down the entire internet for a few days and when it comes back up everything will have changed, it will now be under their full control using quantum computers and AI to surveil what is being posted. Now is the time to download this to a Pdf and put it on a flash drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lc-CjfWlJPXc7D5H7ocz8WaF72zW3JqZ/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your redemption draws near (Volume 11).
These volumes are 400 page Pdfs that compile the posts of this blog. I don't know when the Lord will return, but if it isn't this weekend I will likely begin work on editing these 11 volumes into a variety of books on different topics. I don't view these volumes as books but just a collection of my notes.
Left Behind letter
I have shared this before but we have had about 14,000 new visitors since the last time I shared this.
If you download these Pdfs to a flash drive it will be a powerful left behind letter. After the rapture there will probably be a three week blackout before the internet comes back up with a full censorship and control from the Antichrist. Think of all those people who are completely locked into their phones, TV and internet. If that goes down they will have three weeks and will want to know what is going on. Having this (and it includes a KJV Bible) will allow them to really dig into this for the three weeks. If you make a few copies and put them on flash drives Antichrist and his minions will not be able to track this. We should all have left behind letters and Bibles.
False Prophets
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PCZFiXRrSAeXy38akTNtpY6PmDLjv_uF/view?usp=sharing
It seems everyone is going to need to know this and to be able to discern false prophets during the tribulation. This Pdf is 32 pages on this subject. I kept it to false prophets and didn't get into discerning liars, I thought that would make it too long. This Pdf is the 15 posts on False prophets in this blog.
Here is the Pdf on the evidence that the rapture is the last day of Adar
Everything Points to the last day of Adar
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VQ4UbivcX_690JdTPk-_h6gDvQOK3zdF/view?usp=sharing
If you are new to this blog
These are Pdfs anyone can download of all my posts.
The Holy Bible -- King James Version
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ggLlInqsXzE3k2f_2XahguwjP-2ZMvbW/view?usp=sharing
251 Bible verses on that describe when the rapture is
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DD4uTLBu6cPeOQFYYQYmrocCzAWzRLiI/view?usp=sharing
We always hear that no one knows when the rapture will be. Of course the Lord never
said no one knows the year or the season, just the day and the hour. But suppose that
verse means “no one verse knows”. You see you can get one verse in Hosea that does
point to the year and you can get one verse in Amos that does point to the season and
one verse in Jeremiah that does point to the season. Now imagine each of these 108
Bible verses tell us something, none of them tell us “the day or the hour” but they each
narrow down the possible days and hours. In other words they could be a filter
removing days and hours that don’t fit.
The Bible never says no one knows the day or the hour
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12nIi9dF1OhtxKXxmFTxZu-55QtskI0Lc/view?usp=sharing
This is a Pdf that discusses how to discern a false prophet, it also discusses several key verses on the timing of the rapture as well as Ken Peters dream, the writing on the Wall sign and a few other relevant points about thanksgiving, and the Pact for the Future.
Writing on the Wall Sign
Here is a summary of what I posted on this blog concerning the Writing on the Wall sign along with what I have shared on Daniel.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vTKT7SKSow7Ihz83lcqErW50IG5Hod9w/view?usp=sharing
A Letter to those left behind after the rapture
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dM18beTF9Jka3w8XUk10ARkI-cYnltH5/view?usp=sharing
I based most of my letter on the Gospel according to Mark and the Book of Acts.
We are at war -- our enemies are already destroying our communications satellites.
Because of this the internet could go down at any time.
Therefore I expect this forum and especially this blog will be censored and unavailable. After the rapture the internet, TV and radio will all go dark for about 3 weeks, and when it comes back up it will be run by quantum computers giving the Antichrist total control over what everyone can see. As a result I have created these Pdfs. I recommend you download them to a computer or flash drive. This is not because of my interpretation of the word but rather because these all are filled with the word of God. If you are using an online Bible you will greatly appreciate having something like this. Plus, for those who are newly saved it will be an example of how you can read the Bible. I think it will give you something you can read during those three weeks and can help fill you with faith for anyone who is left behind.
We have a few thousand new visitors since the last time I posted these. These are here for anyone to download. In a very short time frame the internet will be fully censored of material on the Bible.
Index of Bible References volumes 1-5
I would have done this for all of them but ran out of time. However, it does help those who are interested in a particular verse to find the verse and what is said about it. One reason I did this was so I could look for verses that had not been referenced.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YK4mY8xfqh13sW00JjXqcusX3a4jqZPRBFvVXh12fVA/edit?usp=sharing
This is a reference of Bible verses in these four volumes.
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 1)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JvGt0moH2kzWMqdxBiO73Gaj7UxxqvfD/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 2)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eAIgnWSGMkVw_Fawa_dbXyJTi1yOWwks/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 3)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dg9eD4It_H1V8XCMuAc7Im8G2UfuvEjV/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 4)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RwFhRsl7Ww5ZAn1C3ro7VrNCo5baWqPN/view?usp=sharing
Look up your redemption draws near (vol 5)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/160buxQxCAsHjuN7qfTVY7dOQft8VA4L_/view?usp=sharing
Look up your redemption draws near (vol 6)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ewv-l-yh4A2KRcPnQmOJB_51S1HQ095X/view?usp=sharing
Look up, your redemption draws nigh (vol. 7)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l7FBpjTk2NNVgYBAATm-3Th3rfeXEDhG/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (8)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OkRHsPs36DZ-gFO-UgGUj-mVa63TI1vR/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (9)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xECKmu-anfa0J_Sxn9ysUtpQSG2HVvtt/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (10)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L-3KMmo6qiJsAcP4hQGBbrNrT2Za0p3S/view?usp=sharing
For those who love the Lord's appearing
This is only for those who love the Lord's appearing. It is quite similar to the recent Pdfs I have posted but I have added a few things so that it is now 94 pages.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJTvILxnEKuTJwly7GevmvogKQOkYSNq/view?usp=sharing
Anyway, do not read this if you are one of those servants that
say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
Finally, I have been locked out of this Gmail account where these are all posted. So I suspect very shortly these will be taken down as well. However, I have accessed them this morning so they are still up. But at the moment you can download them.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yQatkwB8A2Xi6og2WRxNvfw3CEV0n2_n/view?usp=sharing
Who is the Great Babylon
This Pdf goes through every verse in the New Testament and many in the Old referring to Babylon. I see which of the various interpretations fit. The main three are: Israel, Vatican and the US, though I also see if England fits any. I used to subscribe to the teaching of Darby and Watchman Nee on this, however, everyone should know that when they taught the US was not a superpower, Hollywood and Multinational corporations did not exist (true for Darby, Watchman Nee was around at the time of silent movies). The pandemic had not taken place and the apostasy in the US had not taken place. You could not compare the US to Sodom and Gomorrah at the time of Darby or Watchman Nee.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lc-CjfWlJPXc7D5H7ocz8WaF72zW3JqZ/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your redemption draws near (Volume 11).
These volumes are 400 page Pdfs that compile the posts of this blog. I don't know when the Lord will return, but if it isn't this weekend I will likely begin work on editing these 11 volumes into a variety of books on different topics. I don't view these volumes as books but just a collection of my notes.
Left Behind letter
I have shared this before but we have had about 14,000 new visitors since the last time I shared this.
If you download these Pdfs to a flash drive it will be a powerful left behind letter. After the rapture there will probably be a three week blackout before the internet comes back up with a full censorship and control from the Antichrist. Think of all those people who are completely locked into their phones, TV and internet. If that goes down they will have three weeks and will want to know what is going on. Having this (and it includes a KJV Bible) will allow them to really dig into this for the three weeks. If you make a few copies and put them on flash drives Antichrist and his minions will not be able to track this. We should all have left behind letters and Bibles.
False Prophets
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PCZFiXRrSAeXy38akTNtpY6PmDLjv_uF/view?usp=sharing
It seems everyone is going to need to know this and to be able to discern false prophets during the tribulation. This Pdf is 32 pages on this subject. I kept it to false prophets and didn't get into discerning liars, I thought that would make it too long. This Pdf is the 15 posts on False prophets in this blog.
Here is the Pdf on the evidence that the rapture is the last day of Adar
Everything Points to the last day of Adar
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VQ4UbivcX_690JdTPk-_h6gDvQOK3zdF/view?usp=sharing
If you are new to this blog
These are Pdfs anyone can download of all my posts.
The Holy Bible -- King James Version
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ggLlInqsXzE3k2f_2XahguwjP-2ZMvbW/view?usp=sharing
251 Bible verses on that describe when the rapture is
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DD4uTLBu6cPeOQFYYQYmrocCzAWzRLiI/view?usp=sharing
We always hear that no one knows when the rapture will be. Of course the Lord never
said no one knows the year or the season, just the day and the hour. But suppose that
verse means “no one verse knows”. You see you can get one verse in Hosea that does
point to the year and you can get one verse in Amos that does point to the season and
one verse in Jeremiah that does point to the season. Now imagine each of these 108
Bible verses tell us something, none of them tell us “the day or the hour” but they each
narrow down the possible days and hours. In other words they could be a filter
removing days and hours that don’t fit.
The Bible never says no one knows the day or the hour
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12nIi9dF1OhtxKXxmFTxZu-55QtskI0Lc/view?usp=sharing
This is a Pdf that discusses how to discern a false prophet, it also discusses several key verses on the timing of the rapture as well as Ken Peters dream, the writing on the Wall sign and a few other relevant points about thanksgiving, and the Pact for the Future.
Writing on the Wall Sign
Here is a summary of what I posted on this blog concerning the Writing on the Wall sign along with what I have shared on Daniel.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vTKT7SKSow7Ihz83lcqErW50IG5Hod9w/view?usp=sharing
A Letter to those left behind after the rapture
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dM18beTF9Jka3w8XUk10ARkI-cYnltH5/view?usp=sharing
I based most of my letter on the Gospel according to Mark and the Book of Acts.
We are at war -- our enemies are already destroying our communications satellites.
Because of this the internet could go down at any time.
Therefore I expect this forum and especially this blog will be censored and unavailable. After the rapture the internet, TV and radio will all go dark for about 3 weeks, and when it comes back up it will be run by quantum computers giving the Antichrist total control over what everyone can see. As a result I have created these Pdfs. I recommend you download them to a computer or flash drive. This is not because of my interpretation of the word but rather because these all are filled with the word of God. If you are using an online Bible you will greatly appreciate having something like this. Plus, for those who are newly saved it will be an example of how you can read the Bible. I think it will give you something you can read during those three weeks and can help fill you with faith for anyone who is left behind.
We have a few thousand new visitors since the last time I posted these. These are here for anyone to download. In a very short time frame the internet will be fully censored of material on the Bible.
Index of Bible References volumes 1-5
I would have done this for all of them but ran out of time. However, it does help those who are interested in a particular verse to find the verse and what is said about it. One reason I did this was so I could look for verses that had not been referenced.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YK4mY8xfqh13sW00JjXqcusX3a4jqZPRBFvVXh12fVA/edit?usp=sharing
This is a reference of Bible verses in these four volumes.
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 1)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JvGt0moH2kzWMqdxBiO73Gaj7UxxqvfD/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 2)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eAIgnWSGMkVw_Fawa_dbXyJTi1yOWwks/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 3)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dg9eD4It_H1V8XCMuAc7Im8G2UfuvEjV/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (volume 4)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RwFhRsl7Ww5ZAn1C3ro7VrNCo5baWqPN/view?usp=sharing
Look up your redemption draws near (vol 5)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/160buxQxCAsHjuN7qfTVY7dOQft8VA4L_/view?usp=sharing
Look up your redemption draws near (vol 6)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ewv-l-yh4A2KRcPnQmOJB_51S1HQ095X/view?usp=sharing
Look up, your redemption draws nigh (vol. 7)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l7FBpjTk2NNVgYBAATm-3Th3rfeXEDhG/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (8)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OkRHsPs36DZ-gFO-UgGUj-mVa63TI1vR/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (9)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xECKmu-anfa0J_Sxn9ysUtpQSG2HVvtt/view?usp=sharing
Look Up, Your Redemption Draws Near (10)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L-3KMmo6qiJsAcP4hQGBbrNrT2Za0p3S/view?usp=sharing
For those who love the Lord's appearing
This is only for those who love the Lord's appearing. It is quite similar to the recent Pdfs I have posted but I have added a few things so that it is now 94 pages.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJTvILxnEKuTJwly7GevmvogKQOkYSNq/view?usp=sharing
Anyway, do not read this if you are one of those servants that
say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
Finally, I have been locked out of this Gmail account where these are all posted. So I suspect very shortly these will be taken down as well. However, I have accessed them this morning so they are still up. But at the moment you can download them.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yQatkwB8A2Xi6og2WRxNvfw3CEV0n2_n/view?usp=sharing
Who is the Great Babylon
This Pdf goes through every verse in the New Testament and many in the Old referring to Babylon. I see which of the various interpretations fit. The main three are: Israel, Vatican and the US, though I also see if England fits any. I used to subscribe to the teaching of Darby and Watchman Nee on this, however, everyone should know that when they taught the US was not a superpower, Hollywood and Multinational corporations did not exist (true for Darby, Watchman Nee was around at the time of silent movies). The pandemic had not taken place and the apostasy in the US had not taken place. You could not compare the US to Sodom and Gomorrah at the time of Darby or Watchman Nee.
Take heed to yourselves, part 4
22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
The word and again connects this to what He has already shared. So far He has told us it is our duty to rebuke sin, that if we have faith in the name of Jesus we can say to the apostasy to be rooted up and cast into the sea and that this will not happen instantly, the Lord is going to savor all the insults and mocking that they do. In addition to all this the days will come when we want to see one of the days of the Son of Man and we won't see it.
23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
There will be a temptation. There will be those who are trying to turn you aside. Think of this as a marathon race. He is telling you it will be exhausting, you will feel like you have hit the wall, many will be telling you to turn aside, don't do it.
24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
The Lord is going to strike like lightning in His day. We need to be like this. I have referred to boxers several times in this blog. I talked about Muhammed Ali, Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson, and others. But so far I never mentioned the greatest heavyweight of all, Rocky Marciano. He wasn't the tallest, wasn't the strongest, wasn't the most skilled. But he was 49-0 and he had the highest knock out percentage of any heavyweight. What he had that no one else could ever match was toughness. His daily workouts were legendary. Many famous athletes tried to workout with him for a day and then said "never again". What other boxers said was not only was he hitting you with power, but the number of hits was like a flood and it never stopped for the whole fight. Other fighters will be gassed by the 8th round. This guy was still hitting you with the same power, the same number of punches in the fifteenth round as he was in the first.
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
Many have commented that the one thing that Rocky Marciano had that all the other fighters didn't was a mind to suffer. He knew he couldn't be the strongest, fastest, biggest, or most skilled in the ring. So the one thing he could do was to be the toughest. He knew whenever he was suffering he was getting tougher. Also, it is essential that Jesus be rejected of this generation. Many don't understand that aspect of the gospel. When you preach the gospel it is just as effective on those that reject it as those that receive it. You cannot be judged with how you responded to the gospel unless you have heard the gospel. I want the Lord to return in glory, but first people need a chance to hear the gospel and either receive it or reject it.
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
This is a big prophecy. Noah was a preacher of righteousness and they rejected him. It would not have been righteous for the flood to come and wash them all away unless they had had a chance to receive the gospel first.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Think about that. They chose their boring, ordinary, predictable lives over the life that the Lord offers. Think of how extraordinary it must have been to build that ark, to fill it with the animals, and then to go through the flood. Everyone on earth knows about Noah, no one has the faintest clue about the people who were mocking him and ridiculing him. They are a trivial footnote to human history. Noah is one of the most extraordinary people in human history and now we learn we also can have a life like that and experiences like that. Imagine the fools who are exchanging the offer of something so extraordinary to live these boring, forgettable lives.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
It is all vanity, can you see that? When fire fell what happened to those buildings they built? They were incinerated to ash. What happened to those fields they planted? Incinerated to ash. Our life will end up as ashes, everyone knows that, the gospel is offering us a chance to live an extraordinary life, why would anyone turn that down to hold onto ashes?
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife.
In the book of Matthew I would say this refers to the Antichrist putting the abomination of desolation in the Holy Place. But this is Luke, the agenda is to the church raptured before the seven year period known as the seventieth week. So here I think the reference is to the apostate church. There will be many Christians caught by surprise by the rapture. The rapture will coincide with cataclysmic disasters. However, this indicates you will see it coming. Perhaps you have five minutes to flee. Forget a car, forget going back to your house, just run. In five minutes you can run a mile. So if a Tsunami were coming a five minute warning would probably be enough to get to higher ground a mile away from the coast. If a suitcase nuke goes off a mile would probably be enough to get far enough away to not be poisoned by the radioactive fallout.
22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
The word and again connects this to what He has already shared. So far He has told us it is our duty to rebuke sin, that if we have faith in the name of Jesus we can say to the apostasy to be rooted up and cast into the sea and that this will not happen instantly, the Lord is going to savor all the insults and mocking that they do. In addition to all this the days will come when we want to see one of the days of the Son of Man and we won't see it.
23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
There will be a temptation. There will be those who are trying to turn you aside. Think of this as a marathon race. He is telling you it will be exhausting, you will feel like you have hit the wall, many will be telling you to turn aside, don't do it.
24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
The Lord is going to strike like lightning in His day. We need to be like this. I have referred to boxers several times in this blog. I talked about Muhammed Ali, Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson, and others. But so far I never mentioned the greatest heavyweight of all, Rocky Marciano. He wasn't the tallest, wasn't the strongest, wasn't the most skilled. But he was 49-0 and he had the highest knock out percentage of any heavyweight. What he had that no one else could ever match was toughness. His daily workouts were legendary. Many famous athletes tried to workout with him for a day and then said "never again". What other boxers said was not only was he hitting you with power, but the number of hits was like a flood and it never stopped for the whole fight. Other fighters will be gassed by the 8th round. This guy was still hitting you with the same power, the same number of punches in the fifteenth round as he was in the first.
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
Many have commented that the one thing that Rocky Marciano had that all the other fighters didn't was a mind to suffer. He knew he couldn't be the strongest, fastest, biggest, or most skilled in the ring. So the one thing he could do was to be the toughest. He knew whenever he was suffering he was getting tougher. Also, it is essential that Jesus be rejected of this generation. Many don't understand that aspect of the gospel. When you preach the gospel it is just as effective on those that reject it as those that receive it. You cannot be judged with how you responded to the gospel unless you have heard the gospel. I want the Lord to return in glory, but first people need a chance to hear the gospel and either receive it or reject it.
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
This is a big prophecy. Noah was a preacher of righteousness and they rejected him. It would not have been righteous for the flood to come and wash them all away unless they had had a chance to receive the gospel first.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Think about that. They chose their boring, ordinary, predictable lives over the life that the Lord offers. Think of how extraordinary it must have been to build that ark, to fill it with the animals, and then to go through the flood. Everyone on earth knows about Noah, no one has the faintest clue about the people who were mocking him and ridiculing him. They are a trivial footnote to human history. Noah is one of the most extraordinary people in human history and now we learn we also can have a life like that and experiences like that. Imagine the fools who are exchanging the offer of something so extraordinary to live these boring, forgettable lives.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
It is all vanity, can you see that? When fire fell what happened to those buildings they built? They were incinerated to ash. What happened to those fields they planted? Incinerated to ash. Our life will end up as ashes, everyone knows that, the gospel is offering us a chance to live an extraordinary life, why would anyone turn that down to hold onto ashes?
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife.
In the book of Matthew I would say this refers to the Antichrist putting the abomination of desolation in the Holy Place. But this is Luke, the agenda is to the church raptured before the seven year period known as the seventieth week. So here I think the reference is to the apostate church. There will be many Christians caught by surprise by the rapture. The rapture will coincide with cataclysmic disasters. However, this indicates you will see it coming. Perhaps you have five minutes to flee. Forget a car, forget going back to your house, just run. In five minutes you can run a mile. So if a Tsunami were coming a five minute warning would probably be enough to get to higher ground a mile away from the coast. If a suitcase nuke goes off a mile would probably be enough to get far enough away to not be poisoned by the radioactive fallout.