The Known Day and The Unknown Day

This is another concept that wrecks many end times foolishness arguments.

Clearly over and over we are warned to be ready for an unknown day

Matt 25:10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Mark 13:32But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

This ^^ unknown day is not the "second coming."  The "second coming"  that most people talk about (Revelation 19 is the coming of the KING OF KINGS not the coming of the Son of man, read Rev 19:11-16 do you see the Lord calling Himself the Son of man there?  NO) is a known day.  How do we know the known day?  The anti-Christ is given power for 42 months, not a day more.  How will the anti-Christ be destroyed and how will his power be ended?

 2 Thess 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.


  ^^ This is the known coming.

So obviously there are at least 2 "comings" we need to consider:  the unknown day and the known day.

Why is this important?  At least 2 reasons, 1. it quickly dispenses with a large amount of end times non-sense teaching (like "there is only one second coming" etc) 2. Most importantly it firmly establishes the importance of us doing what we were told to do which is watch for the return of our Lord and Master.

The Lord is coming back on an unknown day AND a known day.  The Lord is coming back unexpectedly and expected.  What we are looking for, in complete alignment and obedience to the Scripture is the unknown day...

 How many people will tell you today not to look for the return of the Lord because a,b,c and d have to happen first?  What is their mistake?  Only considering the known day.  To only consider the known day and leave out the unknown day is a grievous error.  Why do I say it is grievous?  Because of the consequences.  What did the Lord say about those who are not prepared, waiting, expecting the unknown day?

Matt 25:10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

What happens to these virgins who did not prepare and consider the unknown day?  Does the Lord offer them a wink and a nod, spank them on the hand then usher them into the kingdom?  No,  the door is slammed in their face and He tells them "I don't know you......"

Do those consequences seem severe to you?  They do to me.  If it were up to me, everyone, all of the virgins would be granted admission.  I personally would not leave anyone behind but I am not the judge and I did not write Matt 25:11-12.

Do you know what issue above and beyond interpretation settles most if not all these end times debates?  One word: obedience.  Obedience trumps interpretation every time.  Does man know more than God?  Can man outsmart or out think God?  If there are questions over interpretation how can they be settled?  Obedience.  What do I mean?

We were clearly told to pray to escape all that is about to happen.

 Luke 21: 36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

This is not optional, its an order yet how many people because of their doctrine choose to disregard obedience for their personal doctrine preferences?  They do not pray to escape all because they do not believe we will escape all that is about to happen.

Again along the same lines these people do not obey the command to watch for our Lord's return today.


Matt 25:10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Mark 13:32But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

The were told to watch for this unknown day but instead of watching for the Lord's return on this unknown day, they are watching for everything else BUT the return of the Lord because their manmade doctrine tells them the Lord cannot return yet.  They willfully disobey it is a matter of obedience over doctrine.

Let me make it even more clear, if we have the choice to obey a command we clearly understand or disobey in order to choose a doctrine we do not fully understand what do we choose?  What do I mean not fully understand a doctrine?  We have people, "experts" on every side of every issue just about written in the book of Revelation, that creates some confusion.  How do we settle the confusion?  Simple obedience to the commands we were given.  If we were told to pray to escape all that is about to happen, we pray to escape all that is about to happen without inserting or removing anything to fit our pet doctrines?  How hard is that?

If we were told the Lord is coming on an unexpected day and we should watch and be ready for an unexpected return, then we should watch and be ready for an unexpected return.  Any doctrine that conflicts with the simple command needs to be dismissed in preference for simple obedience to straightforward commands.

Those who think they can out-think the Lord will be proven to be fools.  Those who think they can disregard simple reading and simple obedience to straightforward commands will be proven to be fools.  Man never has and never will outsmart God.  I am not name calling, the Lord did the name calling for us:

1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

Pray for all those in Christ, and your family and friends that we may all be counted worthy to escape all that is about to happen.  That is our Lord's command to us.  Be ready, prepare and be ready for an unexpected return of the Lord in obedience to the commands clearly and repeatedly given to us.  Let us be obedient children who do what they were told to do and who will not be ashamed at the coming of their Lord on that unexpected day.

Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

A Tremendous Responsibility

The Lord re-impressed upon my yesterday the tremendous responsibility we have to our friends and loved ones who might not (yet ) be in Christ.  Our right standing (righteousness) with the Lord can be the difference between eternal life and eternal death for those we care about. What does the Word say?

Job 22:21“Submit to God and be at peace with him;in this way prosperity will come to you.22Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart. 23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent
24and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, 25then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you. 26Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.
27You will pray to him, and he will hear you,and you will fulfill your vows. 28What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways. 29When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast. 30He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

One of my friends was helping me yesterday and he does not know the Lord.  The Lord brought to my mind that whether my friend knows it or not, the weight of his eternal destination could be on my shoulders because of my relationship with the Most High.  The same goes for all of us who are in Christ.  What we decide on will be done (Job 22:28) and our friends and family who are not right with the Lord can be delivered through the cleanness of our hands.

We do not live by sight, we live by faith.  What we believe and what we pray for, that is what matters.  How and when our prayers are answered are the Lord's exclusive domain.  We may pray for something for years and see zero movement then in one second of one hour of one day, boom it shows up.  Always at the perfect time according to the Lord's timing.

What a tremendous burden we carry on our shoulders.  Our friends and family who are not in Christ, they are on our shoulders.  Life and death, heaven and hell hang in the balance.  If we love those around us we must not forget to pray for them.  We must not forget what prayer actually is.  It is request for transference of spiritual power from what is unseen to what is seen.  Prayer is power.

Ask any U.S. infantryman how much power he can bring to bear on the battlefield with a small radio.  The entire arsenal of military power can be brought to bear with a couple words spoken over a radio.  The same is more true for us who believe.  The infinite power that is stored up for us in heaven in Christ is accessible and available at all times by faith through prayer.

It appears that time is short.  We have no idea how short but we know it is short enough to pray for the things that matter right now today.  The friends and family you love need to be lifted up in prayer to our Father through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.  We must bring Him our faith and His Word while there is still time to do the things that should be done.

Glory to God, He has given us the ability to move heaven and earth with a few simple words offered in faith.  The time to speak those faith filled words and request what we are going to request is today.

Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Godly will Be Delivered

2 Peter 2

4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

The Godly will Be Delivered

7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Rev 3:8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. 9Behold, 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. 10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth

The same Greek word is used in 2 Peter 2 as Revelation 3:

of testing,

πειρασμοῦ

peirasmou

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an experiment, a trial, temptation

from peirazó

Read 2 Peter 2 then pull up today's headlines.  Last night Obama lit up the White House in gay pride colors to celebrate the gay marriage ruling of the supreme court.  Such things vex the righteous today just as they vexed righteous Lot in his day.  We know how Lot was delivered and we know how the wicked who vexed Lot were punished.  The same thing that happened in Lot's day will happen again in our day. 

A great deliverance is coming, that is a fact based on the Word of the Lord:

9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, (trials, experiments)

The Lord told Noah to build an ark, He told us to pray for escape (Luke 21:36).  What if Noah had told the Lord no because he believed in a "mid-flood" or "post-flood" deliverance?  What would have happened to Noah?  It is no difference today, we are told to pray to be counted worthy to escape all of what is about to happen.  Escape all of what?  Escape everything written in context of Luke 21:36 (Luke 21:1-35) is the context.

Noah built, we pray.  A door will be opened for us:

8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. 9Behold, 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. 10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Rev 4:1After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

The Lord is faithful, He knows how to deliver the righteous.  That is not my opinion, that is the Word of the Most High God:

2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, (trials, experiments)

How great of an act of deliverance was the parting of the Red Sea for Israel to cross over and escape Pharaoh in Egypt?  That was a great deliverance but great acts of deliverance are yet to come.What great acts of deliverance are yet to come?

Rev 12:13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

What do we see here ^^?  The woman (Israel) be spared, protected, delivered for the worst half of the tribulation period in the wilderness. 

So....Israel who as of today still rejects Jesus Christ will be spared the worst of the tribulation?  What does Rev 12 say?  What does Jeremiah say?

Jeremiah 30:7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

 The anti-Christ is being sent to a world who has rejected the true Christ

 2 Thess 2: 11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

 So Israel is being sent the anti-Christ, Israel is being sent the time of Jacob's trouble, Israel has rejected the true Christ and yet..............she will be given wings of a great eagle to fly away to escape the worst part of the great tribulation (Rev 12:13-17).  Israel will be saved out of the time of Jacob's trouble (Jer 30:7).  So you tell me, what will happen to those of us who are in right standing with Jesus Christ today?  What will happen to us to live in faith and obedience, who to the best of their ability do everything they were commanded to do?  If Israel who lives in unbelief and rebellion today is given such great deliverances, what will happen to the Church during this time of testing so great the world has never seen anything like it?

The Church will be delivered.  The anti-Christ is sent to those who reject Christ not those who have accepted Him:

 2 Thess 2: 11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

The time of Jacob's trouble is being sent to Jacob, not the Church.

Jeremiah 30:7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

If unbelieving Israel is the recipient of such great deliverance in the tribulation how much more
will the Church be delivered?  Here are some facts, not my opinion but hard Biblical facts to rest on:

Fact:  The is an escape from all that is about to happen and we were told to pray for it (Luke 21:36)
Fact:  There is a door open in heaven (not earth the earth) proof positive that being kept from the hour of trial and temptation is in heaven for the Philadelphia church (Rev 3:8-10)
Fact:  There is a door open in heaven in Rev 4:1 (what are doors used for? People go through them..)
Fact:  There are redeemed and rewarded men in heaven in Rev 4:4 immediately after the door in heaven opens in Rev 4:1 (crowns on their head elders).
Fact:  The elders are redeemed men/people who represent more than 24 as they are from every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation (adds up to way more than 24).
Fact:  The church cannot be found by name after Rev 3, Israel is called out by name repeatedly:

Rev 5:5 5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda (ISRAEL), the Root of David (ISRAEL), hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Rev 7:4And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

5Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 7Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

 and the examples go on.

There are multiple acts of great deliverance coming.  There is a great escape coming BOTH for the Church and for Israel.

What does the Word say?

2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations
Yes He does!!  Glory to God.  Get ready, be prepared and be encouraged.  The best is yet to come.

Grace, mercy and peace to you from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bride, The Escape, The Rapture

I have asked the Lord recently "why have you been so cryptic about the Bride, the escape and the rapture?  If we are going to escape why not just come right out and say it.  Or another way to ask this is why leave so much room for debate?"

The answer:  On this earth we are being tested.  What especially is being tested is our faith and our knowledge of God.

1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

 1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:


 Titus 1:16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny ... They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him

2 Thessalonians 1:8 He will punish those who do not know God and ... He will punish those who do not know God and do
not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ..

1 John 4:6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us ... ... But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. 

 And the list goes on...

Why leave the rapture timing open to debate knowing that men would be at each other continually over the issue?  To test our faith and knowledge of God.  What do I mean.  Knowing our Father enables us to understand what He has written.  Just as an earthly father who has written a message to his son, his son understands the message according to his knowledge of his father so we understand our Fathers Words based on our knowledge of Him.

What about faith?  Some of the promises and/or statements the Lord has made are very straightforward and concise yet men still reject them.  For example:

Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Is this ^^ veiled in any way?  No, and yet men will argue with it until their faces are blue and the veins are bulging in their neck that the Lord did not actually mean what He clearly says above in Luke 21. 

What place is our heart, mind, spirit in?  What place is our faith in?  Do we really believe the Lord will do what He said He would do?  What does "escape all" mean?

Luke 21 is more or less a quick journey through the tribulation speaking of the abomination all the way through to the return of the Lord as (Warrior King Rev 19), then after discussing all this He tells us pray that you will be counted worthy to escape all of this.  How much more clear could He be?  And yet, even in the face of exhaustive rebuttals and evidence of every point the pre-wrath and post-trib teachers and preachers put forward, they always have another excuse, another reason to not do what the Word clearly tells them to do (pray to escape all that is about to happen).  This is why it has been said here the time for debate is over.  It does not matter what you show these people, they are determined to go through part or all of the tribulation in spite of specific promises of deliverance.

What makes this so sad is, what is coming is one of the greatest acts of deliverance the Lord has ever performed (right up there with parting the Red Sea) and we have the benefit of foresight knowing it is coming and people still reject it.  What would have happened if the Lord approached Noah and told him to build the ark and Noah said "nope, sorry Lord can't do it.  If I am on the ark who is going to preach to all the lost outside the ark?  I know you want to deliver me but my religious doctrine tells me to stay here on the ground where I am needed most."  Can you see how utterly ridiculous that line of reasoning is?  And yet people use the same line of reasoning for the deliverance that is coming "sorry Lord, I know you told me to pray for escape but I am needed right here on the ground to do all kinds of religious work..."  Is this heroic or foolish?  Is this faith or willful disobedience?  The Lord will be their judge.

The Bride is found in Rev 3 (new jerusalem=bride), and Rev 21:2.  The churches are mentioned by name in Rev 2-3 then mentioned no more.  Did the Lord forget to be specific or is the Church not mentioned after Rev 3 (apart from being called the Bride at the end) because the Lord is forgetful?  We know the answer, the Lord is not forgetful, He remains quite specific.  For example He specifically calls out the 12 tribes of Israel, by name in Rev 7:

5Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 7Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

While specific tribes of Israel are being called out where is the specific mention of the Church (either universal or local?)  Its not there...for a reason.  The Bride is in heaven making herself ready:

Rev 19:7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Notice the past tense (hath made) there ^^.


At this point I am convinced there is no proof, no scripture, no evidence you can show some people to prove that the Lord means what He says when He tells us to pray to escape all that is about to happen.  They are bound and determined to go through part or all of the tribulation no matter what anyone presents to them.  The willfully disregard one of the greatest acts of deliverance the Lord has every offered to mankind.  The only things I can compare it to is Israel refusing to go through the Red Sea in order to "witness to the Egyptians" or Noah refusing to build or board an ark in order to witness to the world doomed to destruction.  I cannot understand it.

What I do understand is this:  there is a great deliverance coming, a great escape.  A door will be opened in heaven for the patient church (Rev 3) to be kept from (not through, from) the hour of trial coming upon the whole world.  All the events listed from the beginning to end of Luke 21 we were told to pray to escape them all.  An obedient and faithful servant will do what Noah did, do what they were told to do.  Noah built an ark, we were told to pray for escape from all that is about to happen.

An escape from all is coming, that is a fact.  The Lord does what He said He is going to do.  He does not fail and He does not forget.  This fact should encourage the Church.  In fact, this post is written to encourage you.  The Lord will do what He said He would do.  Let us do what we were told to do:

36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

^^ That is what we were told to do...

grace and peace

The Heart of The Bride

Matt 25:1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

If we had to pick one Biblical teaching that shoots down the most end times non-sense this would be it:  The Bride and the Bridegroom.

There are so many layers to this, I hope I do not leave any of them out.  What teaching from the Bible do the pre-wrath, mid-trib, and post-tribulation teachers always leave out?  The Bride and the Bridegroom.  Why?  It absolutely devastates their arguments.  How so?  Follow along....

From Genesis to Revelation the Bible is about one thing:  A Wedding.

Genesis 1-3 Man and woman become one.  That's the wedding.
First of our Lord Jesus' miracles: John 2 Wedding at Cana: That's the wedding.
Paul's revelation of the mystery of the Jew and Gentile becoming one:That's the wedding.
Ephesians 5:31-32 God and man becoming one, Christ and the Church:That's the wedding.
Revelation 22:17  The Spirit and Bride say "Come!" :That's the wedding.

Now, take your time and settle down your heart, mind and spirit.  Do not miss this.  When a bridegroom has proposed, he goes to make a place for the bride then he comes back for her.  What condition should the bridegroom find the bride in.  Forget theology, forget debates, what is the heart of the bride and what is the heart of the bridegroom?  What is in their heart during this period between proposal and marriage?  The bride has one thing on her mind, almost exclusively from anything and everything else:  The bridegroom and the wedding..PERIOD.   Do we really have to prove this?  Do we really have to argue this?  This is self evident fact.  No go back up and read Matt 25:1-13 again.

We have heard so much non-sense and so many non-starter arguments that we have forgotten the most important facts.  We are the Bride, whose heart is solely and exclusively for the Bridegroom.  What would the Bridegrooms reaction be to coming to gather the Bride and He finds her preparing for something else besides the wedding?  Disappointment?  No, more than disappointment go back up and read Matt 25:1-13.  How many people today are preaching and teaching the Bride to do everything BUT prepare for the wedding? 

Fact:  Our Lord already came back as Savior when he revealed Himself in the flesh to the apostles after His death and resurrection John 20:19-21
Fact:  Our Lord Jesus is coming back as a Bridegroom. (Matt 25:1-13)
Fact:  Our Lord is coming back as a Warrior King (Rev 19:11-16)

So this idea that there is only one "second coming" can be dispensed with up front.  The Lord can come back in the flesh or in Spirit form whenever and wherever He wants to.  What we want to pay particular attention to is His return as Bridegroom.

So, I asked the Lord "Lord, where is the Bride then in Revelation?"  If what we are about to see is patterned after the Hebrew wedding ceremony, the Bridegroom will come for the Bride, they both will be hidden away for 7 days, then they will reappear as a married couple after the 7 days in the wedding chamber are over.  We see the Bride in Revelation 21, can we find the Bride anywhere else in Revelation?  Here is what the Lord showed me, yes we find the Bride in Revelation 3:

10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. 13He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

What do you see there? 1.  Kept from the hour of temptation and 2.  THE BRIDE

Rev 3:12 I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem

Rev 21: 9One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.

Does it fit the Hebrew wedding pattern?  Exactly. Precisely.  Where do we see the Bride in the book of Revelation?  Revelation 3 and Revelation 21.  Nowhere else.  Why?  She is hidden away in the wedding chamber.

Forget about the arguments, forget about everything and anything else besides being THE BRIDE OF CHRIST.  If we are the Bride, where should our heart be?  What should we be preparing for?  The Bridegroom.  The wedding.  Period, end of story, end of argument, end of discussion. 

If some of the virgins want to be foolish, we cannot stop them but we who have a heart for the Bridegroom should be ready and waiting for Him.  The foolish can busy themselves with preparing for everything else but the Bridegroom and we cannot stop them, but we should remain wise virgins.  When the Bridegroom arrives, He should find us ready and waiting for HIM ALONE.

If we do what the Lord told us to do we will not be disappointed.  We are the Bride of Christ and as such we should be preparing for the Bridegroom and Wedding, period.  The Bridegroom has asked us to do some things, we find those things written throughout our Bibles but the Word is very clear.  The Bridegroom will come back at a time when we do not expect Him.  No, that is not the coming of the Warrior King (Rev 19:11-16) it is the coming of the Bridegroom

Genesis 1-3 Man and woman become one.  That's the wedding.
First of our Lord Jesus' miracles: John 2 Wedding at Cana: That's the wedding.
Paul's revelation of the mystery of the Jew and Gentile becoming one:That's the wedding.
Matt 25:1-13: The wise and foolish virgins:  That's the wedding.
Ephesians 5:31-32 God and man becoming one, Christ and the Church:That's the wedding.
Revelation 22:17  The Spirit and Bride say "Come!" :That's the wedding.

I will repeat this one last time, the Bride has one thing on her mind all the time after she has been proposed to:  the Bridegroom/the wedding.  The Lord told us very clearly in Matt 25 what it will be like sometime in the very near future.  When He comes back He is going to find many foolish virgins running around getting ready for everything else but the Bridegroom and the wedding.
What will become of those foolish virgins?

11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

He is going to tell them that He doesn't know them....

Let us set our hearts diligently on the Bridegroom right now today.  He is coming back as a Bridegroom and at a time we know neither the day nor the hour.  Those who ignore these things does so at their own peril.

Let us be the wise virgins who are ready and waiting for the Bridegroom whenever He show up for us.

grace and peace

The Most Likely Scenario

Here we are almost mid-June placing September 2015 about 2.5 months away.
What is going to happen in September 2015?

The only credible evidence we have that anything out of the ordinary will happen are the signs the Lord Himself has given us.  What are the signs we have seen so far that come directly from the Lord?

1.  The blood moons
2.  The Shemitah cycle
3.  The two cows with 7s on their heads.

What did not come directly from the Lord?

1.  The September 23-24 date.  Everything, and I mean everything in the past that was in any way tied to mass media has turned out to be smoke in the wind=nothing.  The evidence that something will happen on 9/23-9/24 comes from 1. hints left in movies and 2. a youtube 'prophet' that the Lord has repeatedly told me to stay away from.  So what does that leave us with?

It leaves us with this:
1.  The blood moons
2.  The Shemitah cycle
3.  The two cows with 7s on their heads.

The blood moons are all on Feast days (Passover and Sukkot=Israel).  It appears that Israel has some problems on the horizon.  The Shemitah cycle and the cows with 7s on their heads point to some severe economic distress for this world.  The Lord has already proven to us (in 2001, 2008) that yes, this cycle will affect everyone that has any ties to the world economic system (all of us).

So what?  So, every major war in history was first preceded by some kind of economic distress.  When the economy is good you cannot budge people from the lazy boy chair and tv remote control, but let the economy turn down and now all of the sudden the masses get interested.  Where does that leave us?

1. Economic Distress
2. War

What is the fastest way to accompish massive worldwide changes in the shortest amount of time?  War.  War turns everything on its head.  No approval from the masses is necessary, no votes need to be taken and everything can be shaped into new forms in a very short time.  Combine war with a few massive natural disasters and you have a recipe for a total remodel of the world stage.

Why are economic distress and war necessary?  There will be many people who will not be happy with a totalitarian economic system (necessary for the mark of the beast) so war is necessary to force it on the population.  There will be many people who will not be happy with the destruction of the muslim structures on the temple mount (necessary for rebuilding the temple).

Everyone who proposes the theory that a literal temple will not be rebuilt because of x,y,z fails to tell us what happened to 1.  The flight to the mountains from Judea and 2. The sudden destruction that follows.  There will be a literal rebuilt temple in Israel.  That is what the Word says (clearly) and it will happen.

Where does this leave us today?

We do not have to look far to see the economic distress of nations.  We do not have to look far to see the massive military movements of every country around the world.  A little child could assess the situation and tell you what is coming.  In fact, we have always known what is coming because the Word tells us the question has always been timing.

What is interesting is how our God who has always kept timing issues hidden, has now placed timing in plain sight for all to see.  The blood moons mark out specific dates and Feasts.  The Shemitah cycle highlights dates and times.  The Shemitah cycle has now been so well advertised that I have seen it mentioned in some way in every financial page I read on a regular basis.  We all know what is coming and now we know when.

Are space rocks coming too?  They certainly are (Rev 6 and 8) but we do not know when.  What we have been shown is what lies immediately ahead of us:  economic distress and war which will lead to the unfolding of everything else written by the prophets and the book of Revelation.  It starts this September.  We do not have to guess anymore, the blood moon finale is in September, the Shemitah cycle and Jubilee highlight September.  The cows with 7's on their heads clearly highlight both the Shemitah and the tribulation (both are "7" events, the Lord's signature number:  7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 years, etc).

The timing that is just ahead of us has been given as an act of mercy.  We have all been warned of both what is coming and when it starts.  What can we do with such information?  Get right, stay right with the Lord.  Rejoice, pray, give thanks.  Our God truly is tender hearted, loving and merciful thus we have all the warnings.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.


Time is short.  Gone are the years when a person could bury their head in the sand and wish it all away so they can get on with their life.  No, this time it is different.  This time "normal" goes out the window for good.  What is coming on the far side of alot of death and suffering is His Kingdom and His will done on this earth just as it is in heaven.  Thanks be to God.

We have been told what to do, now let us do it.  Pray without ceasing, pray for escape (Luke 21:36), rejoice, give thanks, repent of any trash in your life, make yourself ready for the Bridegroom.  Keep your eyes on the solution more than the problem.  This world is one giant piece of evidence that man's ways do not work.  Everywhere around us we see corruption, death, decay, pride, jealousy, greed, envy etc etc.  That is what man has produced in all his 'wisdom.'  Thanks be to God that time and age is coming to a close.

Our God is coming and He is coming to rule with a rod of iron:

Rev 2:26And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. 28And I will give him the morning star. 29He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Psalm 2:7I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Glory to God, thanks be to the Lord God Most High who is vindicated by His judgements.  Enough is enough, things have gotten out of hand.  It is high time to settle accounts.  Glory to God and AMEN.






























 

The Endgame is in Sight

First I have to give some credit to Mr Martin Armstrong for the education he has given me regarding the global economy.  This guy ^^ is known as 'the legend' in the trading community so yes, he knows what he is talking about.  What has Marty written about recently?  The coming cashless society leading to economic totalitarianism and the bond market implosion.

He has been warning about the bond market implosion for years but as of right now, using my analytic tools I can see the wave coming and it will be a monster.  What is coming?  An absolute monster bond market implosion.  What will happen when the bond markets implode?  When bond prices go down, interest rates go up so guess whats going to happen to the absolutely massive, historic level mountain of government debt when rates go up?  The debt is going to go stratospheric because of the interest payments due on it.

If governments are getting draconian now because of funding deficits what is going to happen when no one will buy their debt anymore at a time when what they owe has gone stratospheric?  It ends very very badly.  To imagine what happens just answer some simple questions:

What happens when all of the EBT/welfare cards are no longer funded?
What happens when all of the government bonds in retirement funds become worthless?
What happens when the only thing a government can offer to pay military and police is food (that they have been stockpiling for years)?

You get the point right?  The central banks are never, ever going to raise rates, now everyone knows this.  Mr Armstrong tells us the big bang date for the bond market is October 2015.  I can see the wave coming from where I sit 4 months ahead of that date.

Whats the point?  The point is, in the past we have had any number of false alarms but this time we can see the game changer coming.  World governments are months away from bankruptcy.  One might argue that they have been bankrupt for some time but what makes this time different is the markets are acknowledging that bankruptcy by selling bonds.  Selling bonds means interest rates go up whether the central banks like it or want it, they will go up.  When they go up, governments around the world have a budget problem that cannot be kicked down the road another 6 months as they have been doing now for 4 or so years.

Broke governments leads us to this idea that Mr Armstrong has been writing about-the cashless society that is coming.  We always wondered what reasoning would be behind eliminating cash, now we know.  The 'brilliant' minds behind the curtain in government are telling policy makers if cash were eliminated there could no longer be bank runs during an economic implosion so cash should be eliminated.  To make that thinking more insane they say no cash plus negative interest rates on savings will force people to spend and rescue the economy.  Who would have thought such brain dead thinking would be the impetus behind a cashless society.

Where is the Biblical tie in?  The economic collapse will usher in: the anti-Christ, the mark of the beast, and wars until the very end just as our Lord predicted thousands of years ago.  But that's not the big news, the big news is the timing.  According to Martin the big bang begins in 4 months: Oct 2015.  I am telling you as well that my analytic software is showing a monster sell off wave for the bond market coming (just as Martin said it would.)  So the short version is, it is almost upon us.

Yes, this time it is different.  No, this time burying the head in the sand will not work.  The lines that connect the dots to everything the Lord said would happen has reached back to connect today's dot with everything that is coming. 

History repeats itself for a reason.  People will dismiss this warning along with Martins warning along with the most important warnings the Lord gave us thousands of years ago.  They will continue to do what they have always done:  pretend and extend except this time there will be no extend.  The crash that is coming will be historic.  The cashless society that leads to the mark of the beast is being discussed behind closed doors right now (read Martin's blog for details).

When does Mr Armstrong predict the big bang to happen?  Days from the Shemitah.  Days from the day of atonement/Yom Kippur.  Days from the last blood moon of the 2014-2015 tetrad.  Right, this time the Lord has his own neon signs hanging out to warn the people.  This time will most certainly be different.

Where is the hope in all this?  How will we survive a historic economic collapse and all its attendant horrors?  The same way the Lord's people always have, we keep our eyes focused on Him.  He will have to provide or we will all perish.  He will have to protect or we will all perish.  It is and was and always will be the Lord God who provides and protects us.  The only way this brother who writes to you has food on his table or clothes on his back or a roof over his head is because the Lord God provided it.  I have no illusions whatsoever about where my provision comes from.  If it comes from Him today where will it come from tomorrow?  From Him.

The Word is overflowing with promises for us for times just like this:

Psalm 37.25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.


Job 5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.


Psalm 37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.


Through faith and patience we inherit the promises.  For the world seeing is believing, for us believing is seeing.

2 Cor 5:7 For we live by faith, not by sight.

Isa 8:11For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

The only fear we should have is the fear of the Lord.  Fear Him alone, those are His Words not mine.  All the rest of this stuff going on around us, do not fear it.  Depending on how long the Lord leaves us here we may have to live as Israel did in the exodus.  Who provided food and water in a sun scorched wilderness for 40 years?  The same God who loves us and watches over us today.

It is time to tie up loose ends and clean up whatever needs to be cleaned up.  It is time to do whatever little things our strength will allow us to do to move closer to our Lord and do what pleases Him.  Do what you can with what you have.  If you can move forward toward the Lord an inch, then move an inch.


2 Cor 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.


Do what you can do, where you are, with what strength you have to please the Lord.  Time is short.

grace and peace

Cycle Change Back to Israel

If you read brother Cahn's works:  The Harbinger and The Shemitah, you will clearly see the Lord's Old Testament judgements coming upon America.  How can that be?  1.  There are more Jews living in America than there are in Israel.  2.  We are in the midst of a cycle change away from the Church, and back to Israel.  Don't take my word for it, look at the evidence.

According to rabbinical texts, blood moons are bad signs for Israel.  Well, we just had 4 in a row all on Old Testament feast days.  What does that amount to?  Four times in the heavens the Lord said "Israel, Israel, Israel, Israel."  History teaches us why the rabbis believe blood moons are bad signs for Israel, history is our evidence that proves the point.  The last lunar tetrad was in 1967-68 associated with the 1967 war.  The same thing happened in 1949-1950 (Israeli war of independence), so if rabbinical writings are not authoritative, history is.

What kind of trouble is brewing in 2015 for Israel?  America has been the defender of Israel for years and America is in serious decline.  We donate Billions of dollars per year to Israel for its defense forces.  What would happen tomorrow (apart from divine intervention) if America were to withdraw its support for Israel either willingly (anti-Israel Obama)or unwillingly (due economic collapse or any number of different natural and unnatural disasters waiting to happen)? America is in decline which will lead to this:


Luke 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21Then 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 there into. 22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

What is all this telling us?  The blood moons are signs for Israel, a shift back to an Israel cycle as the Church cycle comes to an end.
Do we have more signs that the Israel cycle is about to begin and the Church cycle is coming to an end?
1.  How healthy are churches throughout the world today?  Are they gaining members or losing them?
2.  Until a year or two ago who had ever heard of a Shemitah?
3.  Until a year or three ago who knew about the Harbingers listed in the book of Isaiah?
4.  Why was this Christian woman given a prophetic message about a Feast day from the old Testament?
5.  The book of Revelation clearly shows us cycle change.  Clearly the Church can be seen in Rev 1-3, the Church is mentioned by name.  By Revelation 4 there is no specific mention of the Church and Revelation 5 shows the Lord calling Himself by new names that clearly point directly to Israel:

Rev 5:5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

A God who was detailed enough to mention the Churches by name in Rev 2-3 surely does not forget.  Did He forget to mention the Church by name after Revelation 3?  An all knowing, all powerful God does not forget, nor does He make mistakes, nor does He commit oversights.  All all knowing God knows how to use Words with surgical precision.  So, if the Church is not mentioned by name after Revelation 3, there is a reason for it.

We are in the midst of a season/cycle change from fall to winter, from the Church back to Israel.  Don't take my word for it, what does the evidence all around us say?  What does the Word say?  All of the signs and signals around us on earth and in the heaven point in one direction:  ISRAEL.

And if all these signs point to Israel, what about the Church?  What does the Word say?

Luke 21
34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

 35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

 That snare ^^ is the time of Jacob's trouble also known as the tribulation.

 36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

We were told to watch and pray to escape it ^^.

We do not have to debate about what this escape event is, what it should be called, or when it will happen.  We were told:
1.  There is an escape from all that is about to happen.
2.  We should pray for it.

We were told clearly in language a 4th grade student could understand what is going to happen (tribulation) and what we should do about it (pray for escape).  The hour is late as evidenced by the changing of seasons/cycle.  When it is October and the leaves are changing colors you know with certainty that winter is right around the corner.  When all the signs in the earth and heaven point to Israel you know that her time is almost at hand.

grace and peace

There was a “tetrad” of blood red moons that fell during Passover 1967, the Feast of Tabernacles 1967, Passover 1968 and the Feast of Tabernacles 1968.  And of course the 1967 war during which Israel took full control of Jerusalem took place during that time period.  There was also a “tetrad” of blood red moons that fell during Passover 1949, the Feast of Tabernacles 1949, Passover 1950 and the Feast of Tabernacles 1950.  If you know your history, you already are aware that the Israeli War of Independence ended on July 20th, 1949 - See more at: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/the-blood-red-moons-of-2014-and-2015-an-omen-of-war-for-israel_092013#sthash.LlKxn6UG.dpuf