Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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50 days

Let's discuss this concept of 50 complete steps to the Feast of Weeks. The way in which you count is very important.

15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

Seven complete sabbaths from the resurrection of Jesus. We have seven churches. We need to see all seven, complete. The last of the seven is Laodicea, a church where the Laity rules. We are seeing this today, where churches are set up to please people. Do not say things that will send the crowds away. Don't talk about sin, don't talk about hell. Preach a prosperity gospel, preach once saved always saved, Do not talk about repentance, or sanctification. So this is the first thing we see to make this count, in other words this is a description of the church age.

16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.

Unto the Morrow, that to me sounds like unto the Millenial kingdom. God describes the creation as seven days, each a thousand years. The term "unto the Morrow" sounds like the day after the day of the Lord.
 

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How do we make AI to serve man and not destroy him?

Job 41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

This is what the Lord will do at the end of the age.

Ezekiel 38:3 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.

Being a Christian is not simply about being cleansed by the blood of Jesus and made clean, it is also about becoming the warrior of the Lord to bring in His kingdom.

2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

The problem with AI is who is going to serve who? Is man going to become a servant to the computer or will the AI serve man? In the Antichrist Beast empire man will become a servant of AI. In the Millennial kingdom of the Lord AI will become a servant to the Lord. All of these technologies like nuclear power, robots, drones and AI can be used for good as well as for destruction. The question is who will it serve, Satan or the Lord Jesus Christ. Job needed to learn that simply being redeemed does not answer these other questions like how do we make AI to serve man and not destroy him?
 

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Job 41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

We should learn this, all things

Colossians 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

For example, we hear that they have created these cell phones to track us and create a data base on us. So, we pray Lord Jesus, as they have done to us, let it be done to them. Let them be tracked. Let the cameras and listening devices and AI be turned on them to track them, to hunt them and to do unto them as they have done to others.

We hear how they have created AI to replace people and take their jobs. So Lord we pray, as they have done may it be done to them. They dug a pit, may they fall into the pit they have dug. All these things we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Lord of All, who has redeemed and justified us by His blood. Amen.

11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
 

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All he needed to do was pray

Job 42: Then Job answered the Lord, and said, 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

We listened to Job complain for the whole book about how God was not fair and now at the end he realizes all he needed to do was to pray. Every time you desire to complain think of it as a reminder to pray instead.
 

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Feast Of Weeks Rapture Patterns In The Gopels


I have several issues with this however, it also brings out some very interesting revelations that I think do shine a light on the rapture.

1. Shavuot is a picture of Moses ascending up the mountain to heaven to get the covenant from God. Jesus fulfilled this on ascension day. I have shown from the Bible that at the very least ascension day had to have been 49 days after Resurrection day. Therefore Jesus would never be telling the disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until the Spirit is poured out on them if that was the same day as Shavuot because they obviously would be staying until the next day since that is why they were all gathered in Jerusalem. So although the Bible does not tell us directly that Jesus ascended on Shavuot we can put the pieces together and realize this certainly was the case.

2. The reason I was reluctant to embrace Shavuot as a picture of the rapture is because it is a picture of the ascension. However, 2 Timothy 2:12 if we endure, we will also reign with him this verse tells us that we will reign with Christ if we endure. So this verse may be pointing to the rapture and the harvesting of "early figs" could also be a type of the rapture.

3. So then, how does this fit with Lot? I think that Lot refers to the left behind saints, just like the end of Luke describes those left behind after the ascension. What the rapture does is once and for all end all debates over who is telling the truth and who isn't. This allows those who are left behind to focus on their ministry. Also, everyone was scared on Shavuot because of the thunder and lightning and this could refer to the fire falling on Sodom and Gomorrah. At the time of the rapture those left behind must flee to the hills just like Lot. This will be in the US where many Christians will have to flee the coasts to go to the inner part of the country. Fifty days later we can have the killing of the 3,000 false prophets of Baal.
 

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I think this solves the riddle of the Pentecost's


He ties Jesus appearing three times after the resurrection in John to the first rapture, the tribulation saints, and the nation of Israel all being saved at the end of the age.
 

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The Pillar of fire and cloud

During the church age we follow the Lord's leading, and it is the pillar of cloud by day and fire by night.

The fire represents the word of life spoken by the spirit filled saints. The cloud represents the cloud of witnesses who have gone before us andd given us their testimony.
 

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Psalm 4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

This word for glory is a reference to a glorious abundance. The first time it was used was when the sons of Laban were saying that Jacob had taken away all that was their father's, all his substance, but they said all his "glory". So that story is a good example of what this Psalm is about. Jacob was in distress, Laban kept changing his wages and tricking him. He called to God and God answered him in his distress so that every time the wages were changed it worked out for good and not evil for Jacob. Personally I believe the account describes how Jacob figured out how to breed animals to get certain traits. But how do the sons of men respond, instead of giving God glory and appreciating what a great discovery this is concerning God's creation they instead are seeking after lies. They want to put all the dots together to somehow prove that Jacob was the one who was a cheat.

3 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.

This is what the self righteous do, they must come up with a "proof" that others are wrong in order to justify themselves. They refuse to acknowledge God's hand in what has happened. So the response is, hey God is going to hear when I call and you will continually get slapped down by God's hand until you are humbled beneath that hand to give God the glory and stop trying to justify yourself.

4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Exactly, when you realize that Jacob didn't cheat anyone, rather he learned how to breed animals to get certain traits, then stand in awe.

5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.

Everything has a cost. A life of crime has a cost, and a life of pursuing righteousness also has a cost. We only have so much we can invest. Do not look at how much money you have, instead God is looking at how much of your life you are investing. Remember when Jesus saw the poor widow casting in two mites into the temple treasury and said she had cast in more than all the rich people because she had cast in all her living, all that she had. If I have $100 million and give $1 million to charity, I have given 1% of my living. If I have $10 to my name and I give $10 to charity I have given 100% of my living, all that I have. It does not require any trust in the Lord to give 1%, but if you give 100% then you are "all in". Your trust is fully in the Lord.

6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

This is glory when everything seems hopeless, you put all your trust in the Lord and He lifts up the light of His countenance upon us. Imagine when Jacob is trusting that still small voice within and then the sheep start having babies and every one is according to how he is going to get paid. The gestation period is 152 days, so on the 153rd day the light of God's countenance is lifted upon Jacob.

7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

I grew up in a house with a giant tree in our backyard that had been hit by lightning. You could see the scar wrapping around the trunk. Every time I looked at that I imagined what it would have been like to be in the house at that moment with that huge crack of lightning hitting that tree right outside the window. But that is not something you control, hence the expression "to be hit with lightning" meaning a freak accident outside your control. But when those baby lambs are being born it is quite different, it is like discovering electricity and now it is in your control. Now you can flip a switch at any time and the room will light up.

8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Only then do you truly have peace that surpasses man's understanding.
 

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Psalm 5:1 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.

Jacob learned how to breed certain traits, OK, but that is also the same idea behind bioweapons.

2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

This is the idea behind a mRNA vaccine. They are designing a vaccine that will instruct the human body to make whatever they want the body to make.

3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

The same revelation that can be used for good can also be used for evil.

4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

However, those who have an evil intent for this technology will not dwell with God.

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

To use revelation about God's creation to kill and destroy the creation is foolish. They think this will make them powerful, they don't realize they will never be able to stand in the sight of God this way. He hates all workers of iniquity. There are two viable strategies for Jacob to increase his wages when Laban changes them. He can kill all baby sheep that do not fit that bill or, like Jacob he can learn to breed them so that more will fit that bill. Suppose you want to rule the world as king and 20% of the people support you. One approach is a coup in which you try and kill the 80% that don't support you, or the other viable approach is to help the 20% to grow in grace and stature so that the 80% realize you are a really great king. That is what a bioweapon is, it is an evil worker of iniquity, designed by a fool who wants to be king.

6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

That is what happened during the Pandemic, we were surrounded by "fake news". That is all them that speak leasing. The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man that wrought that evil.

7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

If you have fully put your trust in the Lord you will not follow these evil ones nor be deceived by them because you have already set yourself to come into the Lord's house and trust in the multitude of His mercies.

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

At this time you need the Lord's light to shine bright so you can see the path that you are to go.

9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Think about Fauci. Years ago he tells us that the best vaccine is to recover from a virus but now he tells us that everyone must get this vaccine whether or not they recovered from Covid. There is no faithfulness in his mouth. Think about Fauci saying that Cuomo putting sick people back into the retirement homes was the "gold standard" of how to deal with this disease. His throat was an open sepulchre.

10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

Amen Lord. Destroy thou them. Let their counsel be exposed to the world. Let their emails and communications be discovered, shine a light on them, that they may be seen for the evil wickedness they have done. Cast them out of office, for all authority comes from You and they have rebelled against You.

11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Amen, Lord let those that trust in you rejoice. Let us shout for joy because You defend us! Let us love Your name and be joyful in You, our savior.

12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
 

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