What Else Is The Shemitah Telling Us?

What do we know?

1.  The Shemitah (a 7 year period) is about to complete this September
2.  A Jubilee will start at the end of the Shemitah in Sept and run for one year (Sept/Oct 2015-Sept/Oct 2016)
3.  A New Shemitah (a 7 year period) will start in fall 2016.

What can we speculate?

We can do alot of speculating about #3 up there, that next 7 year period.  Interesting that it comes off of a Jubilee year (forgiveness of debts, time to reset/restart a life, etc).  Adding to the interest in this next set of 7 years are Joseph's cows that appeared at the beginning of this Shemitah year.  One 7, the prosperous set of years is about to complete leaving the lean 7 yet to come (that was the original pattern (Genesis 41).

Who knows if anything drastic is going to take place this fall.  Cycle changes (summer to fall, fall to winter etc) dont necessarily come in or go out with a bang.  We have an entire intermediate year (Jubilee) for the cycles to switch gears.  The Lord told us specifically that we would not know the day or hour of His return.  That promotes holiness in daily living, not complacency.  If we do not know the day we have to be ready every day, thats the entire point.

We do not know the day or hour but the setup we see before us certainly suggests that the season may be here.

Keep the faith, watch in prayer.

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

Will Versus Feelings

It has been written here many times that our feelings are traitors.  We do not enter the kingdom of heaven through feelings.  Can anyone show me where in the Bible it says we "feel" our way into heaven?  No, because it is not there.  How do we enter the kingdom?  How do we walk in the kingdom?  We exercise our will, we make decisions, we decide.  What does de-cide mean?  It means to cut off from any other possibility.

An example from the Word:

Psalm 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Do you see the words "will" twice in one sentence up there?  Yea, not feel but WILL.  An act of your will and the Lord emphasizes it twice in one sentence.  This has nothing to do with feeling and everything to do with a person making a decision, an act of the will.

^^This person has told himself as an act of his will he will trust the Lord.  This person has told himself he is going to take refuge in the Lord.

Why do so many Christians walk around defeated?  They feel one way today and they feel another way tomorrow and they eventually feel their way right into defeat and misery.  We have been given our free will for a reason, to use it.  Decisions trump feelings all day every day. 

On the day we stand before the Lord will we be judged on what we felt or what we decided?  Obviously what we decided.  How do we trust the Lord?  We make a decision.  How to we accept the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior?  We make a decision.  When problems arise in our life how do we deal with them?  We make decisions.  We exercise our will.

How do we go from little faith to faith that moves mountains?  We make a thousands decisions to trust the Lord through thick and thin, through each problem challenge and crises we decide to trust the Lord and each time our faith is built a little more.

This post has been written to encourage you to throw your feelings out the window and exercise your will to do what the Lord has instructed us to do.  Make a decision to trust.  Make a decision to have faith.  Make a decision not to doubt.  When the next crisis erupts and it feels like someone just punched you in the gut as hard as they can remember your decision trumps your feelings.  You can feel like you have been punched in the gut, but at the same time you can decide to trust the Lord.

We get to decide.  We get to choose.  What we decide makes all the difference.

Isaiah 11:3 

and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,

or decide by what he hears with his ears;

4but with righteousness he will judge the needy,

with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.

Will, will, decide.  Will, will, decision.

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

The Two Witnesses

This is what Obama and people who promote lawlessness (like him) have to look forward to:

Rev 11:1And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 3And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. 5And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

For 3.5 years, these two witnesses will be "giving back" to this world what the powers that be in this world have given the saints.  What will the two witnesses be giving back?  Fire, devouring of enemies, shutting heaven, no rain, blood for water and every kind of plague one can imagine.

And good luck to the media figure, or the politician or anyone else that tries to play games with these two witnesses.  " 5And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed."  Sounds like a pretty good deterrent to me, and that is just a taste of what is coming to this world to settle accounts for the wickedness and lawlessness that flaunts itself in the face of our God today.

The two witnesses are a sign of hope to the righteous that this one sided war against everything that is godly is about to become a two sided war, cycle change, event horizon heralding the coming of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ and the end of the sick, perverted, lawless, corrupt, filthy kingdoms of this world. GLORY TO GOD.

Time is short, His kingdom comes and His will will be done on earth just as it is in heaven.  The appearing of our Lord (the unknown day and hour return (Mark 13:32), not the second coming(Rev 19)) cannot be far away.

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

Faith, Hope, Love

1 Cor 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.


As we turn the corner on the darkest chapter in world history (yet to come), the Lord too has turned a corner in what He would have servants like me write about.  When everything was hunky dory, the economy was great, there were no real world troubles most people were concerned about etc, the Lord had this servant warning of what was to come.  Now, there is little need to warn of what is coming because almost everyone can see the warning signs (even non-believers see them now). 

What would the Lord have this servant write about today?  Faith, hope, love.  Is the coming tribulation only a time of judgement and destruction?  No, it will also be a time of deliverance, repentance and salvation.  There is a difference between the tribulation and the day of the Lord which many people do not understand.

The tribulation is a time of testing with a possibility of repentance and salvation, the day of the Lord is purely a time of destruction.  After the tribulation, the earth has 1,000 more years, after the day of the Lord the earth is destroyed.  2 Peter 3 is one of the most illustrative places in the Word to describe the day of the Lord:

2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.^a

11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.^b That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

After the day of the Lord the current earth and heaven are destroyed and we get a new heaven and new earth.  After the tribulation we get the millennium (1,000 year rule and reign on this earth).  What's the point?  There remains this day:  faith, hope and love. 

What is it many people are searching for today?  Faith, hope and love.  Why is it so many people have turned away from the faith today?  They have walked into the churches of Babylon and have not seen faith, hope and love.  What they saw was a snake oil salesman who pitched a feel good message that was sure not to offend anyone.  So the people leave just as empty as they were when they showed up.  They put their faith and hope in mankind and an organization (pastor and fortune 500 styled "churches" instead of the foundation of the faith which is Jesus Christ resurrected who is the Word of God incarnate.

Shipwrecked faith is everywhere as people have looked to men and organizations instead of the Lord their God.  Men do not deliver miracles or answer prayers, nor do man made organizations.  Only the Lord God can deliver miracles and answer prayer.  Prayers are a request of power transference from the spiritual realm into our physical realm.  Only the Lord God can do this. 

So where is our faith?  In Christ.  Not in men, not in organizations, not in "sermons," in Christ alone period.  Where is our hope?  Not in men, not in organizations, not in "sermons," in Christ alone period.  Where is our love?  To the Lord our God first then overflowing to mankind around us.  We either do this right or it will not happen at all.


Luke 10:27 He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"


Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

This writer is a witness to you that the miracle working, prayer answering power of the Lord still exists on earth today.  Not that this writer is any kind of "rock in the faith" for the Lord has severely tested me in days past showing me clearly how I can be shaken down to the very roots.  What this writer has learned is to be still with my eyes on the Lord from moment to moment.  Put every ounce of faith in the Lord, hope in His promises, love Him with everything and overflow that love to the people.

Many have walked away from the Lord telling themselves and anyone who will listen "I prayed and the Lord didn't answer." Those who belong to the Lord will be tested, constantly and continually the Lord is probing our hearts, minds and spirits to determine if we really love Him.  He will test our faith and one of the preferred methods is use of time.  He makes us wait.  He makes what we asked for appear to die right in front of us and He looks to see if we will continue to believe in spite of what we see with our eyes.  Why does He do this, why does He operate this way?

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

Hebrews 6:12We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through
faith and patience inherit what has been promised. .

John 12:24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.


(life ^^ comes through death)

John 11:6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days

Why did the Lord wait until He was sure Lazarus was dead before going to his house?  To illustrate for us His miracle working power:  death first, then life.  Or again here:

Romans 6:3 Are you ignorant that we, as many as have been baptised unto
Christ Jesus, have been baptised unto his death?

Why do we get baptized?  To be born again into His life...

So you see the point.  Faith, hope, love.  Faith in spite of what we see or what our five senses tell us.  Hope in the Lords promises, Hope in His love for us.  And love that binds them all together.

I have to ask anyone who says "God does'nt answer my prayers,"  are they dwelling in faith, hope and love?

Conclusion

What this world needs, what I need and you need are faith, hope and love.  We need to get there and stay there.  The Lord does answer prayer, He does perform miracles up through and including this very day but we cannot expect anything from Him without dwelling in faith, over time, patiently.

James 1:6But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

Maintain hope, it will not disappoint.  Love the Lord God with every ounce of strength you have and it will overflow to those around you.

This nobody who writes to you has been given a testimony to give to you.  The miracles and answers to prayer are real.  There are no "secrets" to know.  Know the Lord, know His Word.  Dwell in faith, hope and love and watch what happens.

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

The Mark of the Beast

Please read Mr. Armstrong's latest post.  This guy is known as "the legend" in the trading community.  When he says something about the economy people should listen.

latest post link here.

First Fruits, Crowns, Kings and Priests

When we read the book of Revelation we must rightly divide what we see there:

15Study to show yourself approved to God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Dividing?  Dividing what?  Everything but for today groups we read about in Revelation.  When we read the Word, the Word must interpret the Word.  Anything else is offering an opinion and should be considered virtually worthless.  There are no idle words in the Bible.  Each one was selected by the All Powerful, All Knowing God to get His message across to us.

Now we can look at Revelation 1-3,4,5.  What do we see there?  The Church.  How do we know its the Church?  Well, the Lord mentions them by name and, He gives us associations to use to tell us who is and is not the Church.  What kind of associations?  Words like crowns are directly linked to and associated with who?  The Church:

James 1:12 

Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those ... //biblehub.com/james/1-12.htm - 19k

Philippians 4:1 

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! ... //biblehub.com/philippians/4-1.htm - 18k

1 Peter 5:4 

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the
crown of glory that will never fade away. ...
//biblehub.com/1_peter/5-4.htm - 18k
Now, this is key right here in 1 Peter.  What happens in 1 Peter 5:4?

1.  The Chief Shepherd appears.
2.  You receive the crown of glory.

So what can we take away from this ^^?

No appearance of the Chief Shepherd =no crown of glory.  And what exactly do we see in Rev 3-4?  Crowns:

Rev 3:11‘I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

Rev 4:4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads.

Who wears crowns?  Kings do.  What does the Word say about the Church and Kings?

Rev 1:6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.

Redeemed and rewarded (crowns have been given) men in heaven are proof positive that what has happened?

1 Peter 5:4 

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the
crown of glory that will never fade away.
The Chief Shepherd has already appeared.  There is no way around it, there is no denying it, the Word says it, the Word settles it.  The Lord had to have appeared some time before revelation 3-4 otherwise there could be no crowns.  And before anyone argues "maybe those are a different crown on their heads" we have not finished yet.  Everything has to fit together perfectly or nothing fits together at all.

First Fruits and Elders in Revelation 4-5.

What do we know about he first fruits and the elders?  What are the first fruits?

Nehemiah 10:35  and that they might bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of
all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,

In other words first fruits are a small or initial part of a larger harvest.  The first fruits represent something larger, a small part representing a larger whole.

What else do we know about first fruits?

James 1:18 . In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so
that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

1 Cor 15:22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

So, we know that firsfruits come first....and first fruits represent a larger group (the overall population of fruit the first fruits came from-by definition).

Who are these elders?  They have crowns (they have been rewarded, the Chief Shepherd has already appeared) and, do these elders represent a larger population?  You bet they do:

Rev 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

Do the math.  Every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation adds up to orders of magnitude larger than 24....Are these elders also firstfruits?  What is the definition of first fruits?

Nehemiah 10:35 and that they might bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of
all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,
Do the elders fit the definition?  Absolutely, exactly.  But we are not done yet.  It seems to be the Lord's habit (Glory to God) to give me things as I am writing.  This is the coup de grace from the Lord given to me as I began to write this post:

Hidden in plain sight, hidden treasures right in front of our eyes.  I've read it a hundred times if not more and did not "see it" until just now courtesy of the Spirit of the Lord.  What else are these elders?  What other proof do we have that the Church is in heaven in Rev 4-5?  The elders are redeemed and rewarded (crowns) men.  Kings wear crowns, per Rev 1, we are kings and priests.   And here is our gift from the Lord today.  We now establish the Church in heaven fulfilling both roles as kings and priests.  We covered the Kings, now the priests.  Here it is:

Rev 5:6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

 How many times have we read this highlighted portion above and thought of it as a quaint detail in the book?  How nice, they have harps and vials!  We (I) brushed right past it.  This is proof positive that these elders are Priests....

Who offers up prayers on behalf of the people?  Priests do:

1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.


These elders are kings and priests.  They are First Fruits.  All of these things are by definition the Church....That, my friends, puts the Church squarely and irrefutably in heaven by Rev 4-5 before any of the seals or any of the other judgements have been poured out on the earth.

Words mean things.  The Lord gave us specific words with specific meanings to convey His thinking to us.  Here in Revelation 1-5 we have it nailed down, proof positive that the Church is in heaven and we did not discuss the doors opened in heaven in Rev 3-4 or being kept from the hour of trial in Rev 3.

We can go further and contrast the Elders who are the definition of the Church (Kings, Priests, First Fruits) with the group in heaven in Revelation 7.  What do we see in Revelation 7?


     Rev 7: 9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10and they cry out with a loud voice, saying,
      “Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” 11And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying,
      “Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
      13Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?” 14I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Here we must once again rightly divide the Word of truth.  How does the Holy Spirit describe this group?

clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands

and

14I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.


Do you see any crowns?  No.  Do you see any evidence they are priests? No.  Do you see any evidence they are first fruits? No.  Then they are not the Church.

What do you see?  White robes and palm branches in their hands. 

 What does the Word say (not our opinion, what does the Word say...) about palm branches?

 John 12:13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him ...

They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the king of Israel!" ...

Leviticus 23:40 On the first day you are to take branches from ...

... 'Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you ...

Isaiah 9:14 So the LORD will cut off from Israel both head and ...

... So in one day the LORD will cut off from Israel both head
and tail, both palm branches and cattails. ...

Israel, Israel, Leviticus=Israel.  We interpret based on what the Word says, not our opinion.  Does the Word say anything about the Church and palm branches? No.  Does the Word say anything about Israel and palm branches?  Read the scriptures above.....

Conclusion

I have asked the Lord to reveal more of His hidden treasure in the Word that proves we the Church are not in the tribulation.  Every day or seemingly so He reveals more proof from His Word that we the Church are NOT in the tribulation in any way shape or form.  People who try to force the Church into the tribulation have to do so through loose interpretation and their opinion where we have direct irrefutable proof requiring no opinions only the Word itself, defining itself through itself.

Glory to God.  The evidence is mounting, we do not have long left on this earth.  The time of Jacob's trouble is almost upon this world which means a door will soon be opened for us in heaven (Rev 3:8).  The Elders are Kings and Priests and First fruits who are by definition the Church and are in HEAVEN in revelation 4-5 when the bad things begin in earnest on this earth.

It is well beyond time for us to prepare to meet our Lord.  We will be face to face with Him soon.  GLORY TO GOD.

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













































 

Tell Them I Am Coming

Today I was asking the Lord for some words of encouragement to pass on to you (and for me).  As I was speaking in my head saying something like "What can I.." He very clearly interjected into my mind "tell them I am coming."  I heard it clear as day.  I say "heard" but it was in my mind, a 1.5- 2 second long, 5 word instruction that was received very clearly.

The Lord very rarely speaks directly into my mind like that.  The Lord is coming, and our problem is we have heard it for so long it has become cliche.  "Yea, the Lord is coming.  I've heard it a thousand times man.."  It is time we did a system reboot on our mind to re-accept what it really means to hear "tell them I am coming."

This time, it is different.  The troop movements around the USA are unlike anything any of us have ever seen.  Have you been watching the world economy lately?  China's stock market dropped $3 TRILLION in a few weeks.  That money was just erased, gone.  And we haven't even reached prime time yet.  The people of the world have about had it with their corrupt governments right about the time the governments are dropping the facade of "free and democratic" to show their true authoritarian colors.  Does anyone believe this will end well?

^^This is what happens to a world when it kicks the Lord out of everything.  They want an anti-Christ world?  They are getting an anti-Christ world.  I hope they are ready for it.

The Lord is coming back, multiple times.  He is coming back in the air (1 Thess 4), He is coming back to stand on Mt Zion (Rev 14.1), He is coming back to stand on the mount of olives (Zechariah 14.4), and maybe I have missed some returns.  He is coming back as a Bridegroom (Matt 25), He is coming back as the son of man (Matt 24:30), He is coming back as the King of Kings (Rev 19), He is coming back as the lamb of God (Rev 14.1).  I think we have established we have more than one "second coming" its more like first, second, third, fourth coming if not more.

"Tell them I am coming."  I am telling you that He told me to tell you He is coming.  We need to hear and embrace this as if it were the first time we were hearing it and not the thousandth time.  What is interesting is although the powers that be are the enemy, work for the enemy, think like the enemy etc., they believe what the Lord said will happen and they are getting ready for it!

We do not know the day or hour the Lord will return, He made that very clear.  But He did want us to know the season of His return:

Luke 21:28When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your
heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

Redemption is about returning of property.  Look it up

Redeem:

to buy or pay off; clear by payment:

to redeem a mortgage.

2.

to buy back, as after a tax sale or a mortgage foreclosure.

3.

to recover (something pledged or mortgaged) by payment or other satisfaction:

to redeem a pawned watch.

It just so happens starting September 2015 we enter into the year of redemption of property, also known as the Jubilee.

Lev 25:8And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

You may ask what a Jubilee year has to do with Christians?  Don't forget our Savior is Jewish....Also dont forget the transition that is taking place from the Church back to Israel.  Don't take my word for it read the book of revelation.  Observe the past 49 years worth of Shemitah's culminating in this years Shemitah that has already cost the Chinese 3 Trillion and counting.  The church is not mentioned by name after Revelation 3 and by Revelation 7 we are reading off in detail the specific names of each tribe of Israel.  Coincidence?  I think not.  Did the Lord get a case of Church amnesia after Revelation 3, I mean there is all this end time drama going on and if the Church was playing such a big part of it SURELY we would see some kind of scene like we see in Rev 14.  The last time I read Revelation 14 I was almost jealous of the 144,000 Jewish believers who are standing with Him on Mt. Zion until I realized (again) we are not there on earth.  I see the 144,000 where is the Church?

The time of Jacob's trouble is just that, the time of Jacob's trouble.  Not the Church, Jacob...ISRAEL.  We, the Church did not reject Christ.  Israel rejected Christ.  We the Church did not remove the ten commandments from courthouses, or prayer from schools, or legalize gay marriage etc.  No, the world around us (including some prominent Jews) did all that (See Rev 3:9 for details).  We the Church have made many mistakes just as Israel did, but the one mistake we did not make is reject Jesus Christ as the Son of God.

The anti-Christ is being sent to a world that has rejected Jesus Christ (2 Thess 2:11).  We are in the world but not of this world (John 17:14-16).  We have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ for who He is, the Son of God and the world has hated us for it.  Has the Church endured tribulation in this world?  What does the Word say?

 John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.


 The entire age of the Church dating back some 2,000 years or so has had tribulation on this earth but not one single believer, not one in millions or tens of millions of believers over a span of two millennia has tasted "the" tribulation.  Is the Lord going to resurrect all the believers who have died in Christ so they can go through the tribulation because "they needed it?"  How utterly ridiculous.  No the dead in Christ will be resurrected to meet Christ Jesus in the air, then we who are alive and remain will be caught up with them in the air.  That is the promise.

The Lord is coming back on an unknown day and hour.  It may be 9/11, 9/13, 9/23, 11/11, who knows?  We don't know the day so we have to be ready every day.  We do not know the day but we know the season.  In approximately two months the Lord will have completed and 1.5 year lunar tetrad with accompanying solar eclipses as signs in the heavens that can in no way be faked or influenced in any way by man.  We have been given every sign we could ask for to include Joseph's cows (Gen 41) to get us to lean our heads back and look up.

Look up...when these things begin to happen look up.  Guess what?  There is no tribulation, or anti-Christ where we are looking (up).  In this world we have had tribulation, in this world we have fully accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, the Son of God.  What is coming never was meant for us.  What is coming is one of at least two of the greatest acts of deliverance since the parting of the Red Sea during the exodus.  "Tell them I am coming."

The Lord is coming.  We must be ready for Him when He arrives.

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


 

Jubilee and Redemption

The day of redemption is coming.  The Word is very clear that Jubilee year is all about redemption of property and we are the Lord's property.  The Lord is also very clear that when all these things begin to happen look up, our redemption is at hand.  We have a Jubilee year staring at us about a month and a half away and we have all the signs indicating that our redemption draws near, coincidence?


Luke 21:25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken



Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom ...

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. ... //biblehub.com/ephesians/4-30.htm - 18k

Colossians 1:14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of ...

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. ... in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. ... //biblehub.com/colossians/1-14.htm - 17k

Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the ...

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Romans 3:24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the ...

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Leviticus 25:52 If only a few years remain until the Year of ...

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Ephesians 1:14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until ...

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Psalm 130:7 Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD ...

Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. ... His redemption overflows. ... //biblehub.com/psalms/130-7.htm - 17k

Leviticus 25:51 If many years remain, they must pay for their ...

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Luke 21:28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and ...

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Psalm 111:9 He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his ...

He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever-- holy and awesome is his name. ... He has sent redemption to His people. ... //biblehub.com/psalms/111-9.htm - 17k

Ruth 4:7 (Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and ...

(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to
become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. ...
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We are paid for property of the Lord Jesus Christ and less than two months away is the year of redemption of property (Jubilee).  Its time to get excited, our redemption draws near.

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

Setting The Stage For Anti-Christ

The stage is being set for anti-Christ to arrive on the world stage.  What you are seeing with Donald Trump leading in U.S. republican presidential polls is dissatisfaction with all establishment politicians.  When we look over at Greece its the same thing.  Tsipras was elected for one reason and one reason only, stand up to the establishment politicians, say "no" to the crooked corrupt political class that rules from Brussels.  What has Tsipras done?  Sold the people down the river.

People the world over are sick to their stomach's of the wretched corrupt politicians they have been given.  What they do not realize is people get the leaders they deserve, not the ones they vote for. 

Romans 13:1            

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established.

Obama is the president America deserves, Tsipras is what the Greeks deserve for there is no authority except that which God has established.

The political class has gone from bad to worse because the people have gone from bad to worse.  Acceptance of porn, a culture that glorifies death (through war), promotion of homosexuality etc these things do not occur in a vacuum.  The people have to accept it, the people have to push God out to let sin in.  It is a decision people make.

So what does this have to do with anti-Christ.  The stage is set right now for anti-Christ to step onto the stage.  Look across the political spectrum, about the only world leader who has any backbone whatsoever is Russia's Putin.  All the rest of the so called "leaders" have the backbone of a ramen noodle.  Problem, reaction, solution.  The problem is there is no leadership.  The reaction we are seeing today with people like Trump leading the republican presidential hopefuls.  The solution will be the anti-Christ stepping onto the world stage and the entire world wondering after him.

In every possible way this world is ready for anti-Christ.  The people have been prepared to accept anti-Christ because they have rejected Jesus Christ.  They will be given what they asked for (a world without Christ) but I do not think they are fully prepared for all the consequences.

The people who look to this world for solutions, will be given a worldly 'solution' akin to Hitler's final solution.  They want a leader (but not Jesus Christ) they will be given a leader.  This problem has its roots thousands of years ago in a faithless people who wanted to act, walk and talk like this world (Israel) and too many in the Church has followed in their exact footsteps.

1 Samuel 8:4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 7And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. 9Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

"Shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them" is what is happening right now.  A king with fierce countenance approaches to reign over this world because their true King has been rejected:

Daniel 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

This world needs to understand that they are about to get the full measure of what they have been asking for and it will end in horror.

Time is short.  The world stage has already been set, all that is left is for the starting gun to fire.  I believe the Lord in His mercy has given the true Church an escape from all that is about to happen.  He told us to pray that we will be able to escape all that is about to happen.  Let us pray for this great escape from all and give thanks for one of the greatest  acts of deliverance this world has ever seen.

grace and peace

A Major Reason For End Time Confusion

A major reason for end time confusion is this:  double references.  What is a double reference?  Here is one of the most obvious:

John 2:18Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? 19Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 21But he spake of the temple of his body. 22When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.


The Word tells us what is going on:  The Jews thought He was talking about the built structure but Jesus was speaking about His body.

So, here ^^ we have established the fact that the Lord does use double references.  When you read the Bible you see clearly that this is not a rarely used technique but it is used liberally throughout the Word.  Why?

Matt 13:10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

and

Prov 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.


Who are these kings ^^?  Yep, that would be us:

Rev 1:6  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.


(notice He says Kings and Priests, not Kings or Priests, we are both.)

So, the Lord conceals matters in double and triple references, in parables to hide His treasures from the "wise and learned" and reveal them to His children.

So with double references in mind we read this:

Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

39And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

A section of the Word like this ^^ is enough to send the Church down 4 different paths (pre-trib, mid-trib, pre-wrath, post-trib).   The double references are working as intended.

What do we read above?  In verse 36 we see the Lord is speaking of returning from a wedding.  Obviously that means the wedding already took place (which also obviously also means the Lord came once before for the Bride (no Bride=no wedding), unannounced on another unknown day and hour exactly as the Hebrew wedding tradition tells us it happens.)  Then the Lord proceeds to tell this group in verse 40 that they should be ready on an unknown day and hour.

What are we establishing here^^?  This idea that there is only one "second coming" is non-sense.  The Lord can and will come back to earth multiple times before the "second coming."  He is coming back for His Bride (John 14:3 direct wedding and Bride verse), He is coming back like a thief (Luke 12:40), He is coming back to stand on Mt Zion with the 144,000 (Rev 14:1), He is coming back for the "second coming" (Rev 19) which has us up to a tally of FOUR comings back to earth in some form or fashion in total (we may have left some out but you get the point.)

Where does that leave us?  It leaves us either 1.  completely confused about ready to thrown our hands up in the air or 2.  Not confused but rather focused directly on the clear teaching from the Word that He can and will come back on an unknown day and hour that we must be ready for.

Every person, all of them who have taught "you can know the day and hour" of the unknown day and hour, they have 100% all been wrong.  All of them, every time.  The Lord is trying to tell us something with this unknown day and hour teaching.  The Bridegroom comes back for the Bride on an unexpected day at an unexpected hour.  The Bridegroom comes back for those invited to the wedding on an unexpected day at an unexpected hour.  The Master comes back to settle accounts with His servants on an expected day at an unexpected hour.

 On that day, when millions are surprised that the Lord arrived on an unexpected day at an unexpected hour, I can only imagine what people's excuses will be for not being ready.  When the Lord asks them "did I not tell you enough times I was coming on an unexpected day at an unexpected hour?" which argument exactly will these people defend themselves with?

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

Rosh Hashanah 2015, Jubilee Year 2015-2016, Redemption

A very important nexus is taking place this fall involving the following factors:


1.  Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.


2.  The Year of Jubilee

8And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

Return of Property

13In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 15According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: 16According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

23The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.


Every indication we have tells us that this Rosh Hashanah (head of the year/new year) 2015 on September 13 begins a Jubilee year.  Whats the big deal about a Jubilee year?  Jubilee is about forgiveness of debt, returning to land, redemption of land/possessions.


Luke 21:28 tells us when these things begin to happen: 25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 


then our redemption draws near.  Sept 13, 2015 begins the year of redemption.  We are our Lord's possessions, bought with a down payment:


1 Cor 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.


2 Cor 1:22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.


The year of Jubilee is about returning possessions to their rightful owner.  In our case we are our Lord's possession.  The thing is, the year of Jubilee is a year long.  So remember if 9/13 comes and goes without any fireworks, it is the YEAR of redemption.  During this year of redemption, also remember this:

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.

There is a day and hour that no man knows, when the master (our Lord Jesus Christ) is coming for us.  This absolutely, positively is NOT the "second coming."  The "second coming" which will actually be the third or fourth coming by the time our Lord has come for this unknown day, and has also come and stood on Mount Zion with the 144,000 (Rev 14:1) will be the coming to destroy anti-Christ at the end of the 1260 days (anti-Christ is given power for 42 months, not a day more).  How is anti-Christ destroyed?


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.


So, yes we absolutely know exactly when the second coming will be.  Count of 42 months from the abomination that causes desolation.  The unknown day and hour are another day, another hour, a different coming completely unknown to all but the Father.


People can fight it all they want to but do they ever stop to think there is a reason the Lord put so much wiggle room into the time of the escape/rapture/kept from the hour of trial event that is coming?  He said there is an unknown day that none of us will know and He meant it.  How hard is it to understand?


The unknown day is a clear teaching of scripture independent of any rapture teaching but too many fight this unknown day to maintain the integrity of their pet doctrines.  This clear teaching of an unknown coming of the Lord is cited in numerous scriptures,

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.

Matt 24:36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.


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.


Why do they resist this clear teaching of an unknown day and hour?  Because
it fits hand in glove with the Hebrew wedding tradition, it fits hand in glove with the idea of an escape from all (Luke 21:36) as well as being kept from the hour of trial (Rev 3:10).


I am aware of what their arguments are but their arguments have doubts cast on them by the fact that we can all agree on that the Church is firmly divided over pre-tribulation, pre-wrath, post-tribulation lines.  Does anyone argue this?  Why all of the division?  The Lord left the gaping holes there, the seemingly contradictory information that has 3 camps divided to point to the teaching that should already be obvious:  there is an unknown coming, a day and hour that no man knows.  The proof of this unknown day and hour is further substantiated by the divisions (pre-tribulation, pre-wrath, post-tribulation) themselves!


To this very day as I search the scriptures to absolutely nail down the certainty of the timing of the Lord's coming, I am left with only one certainty and many strong beliefs.  The certainty is the Lord will come at an unknown day and hour when we are not expecting Him.  He said it, He meant it and I am preparing my spirit accordingly.  Those who disregard the repetitive teaching that the Lord will come back at least one unknown time (maybe more) but at least one, are certain to be sorry for it.


 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.


One of the worst horrors I can imagine right up there with burning in a lake of fire forever is the Lord looking at me and telling me "I don't know you."  I cannot fathom in the remotest parts of my being how devastating that would be.  I would not wish that "I don't know you" moment on anyone especially those who profess belief in Christ today.


I humbly entreat any and all believers especially those of the pre-wrath and post-trib camps to open their hearts, minds and spirits enough to let this clear teaching of the unknown day and hour share enough space within them that the Lord can as a righteous judge allow them to leave this place according to His own laws:


Matt 8:13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.


Believers can and still do debate the pre-trib, pre-wrath and post-trib raptures going around in the same circles over and over and over again.  There is a reason for this debate, the Lord never meant for the timing to be settled with certainty.  Why not?  To force us into certainty.  The Lord certainly does teach us that He is coming at an unknown day and hour.  Every single person who has ever told us "we can know" has been proven WRONG.  All of them.  That is a 100% conviction rate.


I see the points of view of the other side, I see the reason the issue has not been settled after years and decades of argument with 'experts' on every side.  And I now see the reason the door has been left open for debate on issues that cannot be definitively settled except for the individual hearts of believers.


There is a reason the Lord called some virgins wise and some foolish.  Some will not listen no matter how many times you tell them "I am coming when you do not expect me" there is always a "yea, but..." in response.  That is foolish.


Conclusion


When these things begin to happen, look up.  Have we already seen signs in the sun, moon and stars?  What have thousands if not millions of Christians talked about for years now if not the blood moon tetrad, the solar eclipses, the comets etc?  What does that mean?  Look up your redemption draws near.  What is Sept 13, 2015?  It is the Hebrew new year and much more than that a Jubilee year, a redemption year.  It is a year of possessions being returned, redeemed by their owners and He who has paid for us with His blood is Jesus Christ.


And just as this paragraph above was being written the Lord dropped another beautiful thought into my mind concerning the cycle change back to Israel.  Is there any more beautiful, more seamless way to change the spiritual seasons from the Church back to Israel than to pick up right where He left off?  We are turning off of "Church street" back onto "Israel street" on the drive to the finish line.  The spring feasts were all fulfilled only the fall feasts remain to be prophetically fulfilled.  Passover and Sukkot are book ends bracketing all of the Lord's feast days.  Passover is the first, Sukkot the last.  The Lord has been showing us these bookends in the heavens. 


You do not read about the Church mentioned by name after Revelation 3 for a reason, because they are not there.  You do read of Israel mentioned by name (by actual tribes in Rev 7) after Revelation 3 for a reason, because they are there.  The time to play games with the Word is over.  People need to stop trying to force square blocks into round holes because they do not fit.  Shaving off the rough edges to make square blocks fit into round holes is what too many have been doing for too long.  All the pieces are falling into place. 


The re-emergence of the Shemitah (Leviticus) and the Harbinger (Isaiah) by brother Cahn (Jewish turned Christian) and the blood moons on Hebrew Feast days by Mark Blitz (Jewish turned Christian)(Passover and Sukkot are not Christian observances) is putting a giant spotlight again on ISRAEL.  Cows with 7s on their heads (Joseph, Pharaoh, ISRAEL), the coming Jubilee (ISRAEL) is all pointing to this seamless cycle change.  Have you ever seen a relay race where one runner hands the baton off to another runner so the last runner can finish the race?  The Church is getting ready to hand the baton back to Israel and every sign, every signal in the heavens and on earth is confirming it.


This brother encourages you to prepare your hearts, minds, and spirits for the unknown day and hour that the Lord will be returning for us.  The Lord called those who disregard the preparedness required for this unknown day and hour "fools" (Matt 25:3).  Noah prepared by building an ark, we prepare through prayer and faith.  What are we believing for?  The Lord will do what He clearly said He would do.  Its that simple.


In Matt 7 the Lord tells us up front the way we judge is how we will be judged so my judgment is this:  nobody gets left behind.  Pre-wrath, post-trib, mid-trib I pray that they all make it.  We who do believe the Lord is coming before the tribulation should have no problem fully embracing this command to watch for this unexpected coming of the Lord.


Please remember all the brothers and sisters in your prayers.  Please remember me and my family in your prayers as I remember you and yours.

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




























































































 

Looking For That Blessed Hope

If there is one thing I can agree with the post-trib/pre-wrath crowd on, it is that the coming of the Lord as King of Kings/Lord of Lords, the coming of Revelation 19 cannot happen until some of the other events of Revelation play out.  That is about where our agreement ends.  Unfortunately for too many teachers and preachers today they fail to divide the Word correctly.  Every Word in the Bible that speaks of the coming of the Lord gets lumped together into a Revelation 19 "second coming" and is the root cause of almost all of their erroneous arguments.

The Lord is coming back before Revelation 19, multiple times and those who do not divide the Word of truth correctly miss them all.  Proof?  Sure:

1 Thess 4:13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

This ^^ absolutely takes place before the Revelation 19 return of our Lord (The Bride hath made herself ready Rev 19:7 (past tense/in heaven)).

Here is another one:

Rev 14:1Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

So, here we have proof positive of the Lord's return at least twice before the "second coming" that people equate with Revelation 19.

So whats the point?

The Lord clearly and repeatedly told us what to look for.  Not the tribulation, not the anti-Christ, not the rebuilding of the temple, He told us to look for Him and His return.

Proof:

11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Matt 25 13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 24:42   Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come.

Mark 13:35 Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether
at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;

Over, and over, and over again we are warned, and commanded and encouraged to watch for the return of the Lord.  The Lord is coming back for the rapture of the Church, the Lord is coming back to stand on mount Zion with the 144,000 and the Lord is coming back in Revelation 19 to settle accounts.  That is at least three returns proven verifiable fact from the Word of God and I might have missed one or two.

The fact is, the Lord is coming back (multiple times) and one of those times is an unexpected return.  It is time to aggressively and forcefully take back every ounce of hope that has been stolen from us by the doctrines of men and the workings of the enemy.  The Lord has set an escape before us, a door will be opened in the heavens for us to path through so we will be kept from the hour of trial coming upon the entire world.  We must take the Lord and His Word at face value.

The people who will be ashamed in the days ahead are the ones who are found unprepared when the Lord does show up unexpected.  He said it is going to happen so you can be absolutely positively guaranteed it will happen.  There are at least two very great deliverances set before us, one for the Church (the Rapture) and one for Israel (the flight into the wilderness where she will be protected for the worst half of the tribulation).  The enemy hates this, he absolutely despises these facts so he fights against them with every tool in his arsenal.

The Blessed hope is before us, the great escape.  When the Lord comes back at that unexpected day and hour, lets be there with lamps burnings and a twinkle in our eyes as we tell Him "we have been expecting you Lord!" then we can give Him a big hug and go back to our real home in heaven.

Be encouraged, take back your hope.  What is coming on this world is the result of this world's rejection of Christ and the Word of the Lord.  We on the other hand embrace our Lord Jesus Christ and His Word.  Two different groups, two different destinies, two different methods of handling.  There are clear divisions made between the groups in the Word so let us rightly divide the Word of truth and lay hold of our hope. 

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

More Clarity on The Rapture

I asked the Lord to give me more information on the rapture of the Church to comfort those who read these words and to solidify in my own mind what we should be looking for.  Glory to God, He continues to provide evidence that establishes the pre-tribulation rapture.

We start here:

1 Cor 15:20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.

What is the Lord talking about here ^^?  He gives us the order of resurrection:

1.  Christ (done)
2.  Firstfruits (future)
3.  When he comes, those who belong to him. (future)

I see 3 resurrections there ^^ and one two of them remain in the future.  The next one in the order of resurrection is what?  Firstfruits.  Who/what are firstfruits?

James 1:18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Romans 8:23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly
as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our

So it should be clear, we are the firstfruits.  Christs resurrection is done, who is next?  Firstfruits (us).

Which resurrection is 3rd according to 1 Cor 15:20?

When he comes, those who belong to him. (future).  Now its time to disprove another erroneous teaching of the pre-wrath, post-tribulation crowd, namely that this is the haroazo/rapture:

MAtt 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

What is this ^^?  This is, according to the timing outline in 1 Cor 15:22 is the 3rd resurrection.  Who is getting resurrected here?  Not Christ, not the firstfruits (us), but number 3:  When he comes, those who belong to him.

It was written here earlier today that we must rightly divide the Word of truth.  Divide being the key word here.  The Lord did not and does not lump all three resurrections together and call it the rapture as most of today's erroneous teaching postulates.  In the Word there is a clear division in the resurrections.  1st, 2nd, 3rd.  Who is next?  Firstfruits, that is us..

There is an escape from all that is about to happen (Luke 21:36).  We will be kept from the hour of trial coming upon the entire world (Rev 3:10).  We are the Bride of Christ (2 Cor 11:2), the firstfruits (James 1:18).  We have been proposed to, espoused to a Bridegroom that is Christ our Lord.  He has gone to prepare a place for us that where He is we may be also (John 14:1-4).  When the Father tells our Lord to go get His Bride WE ARE OUT OF HERE.

There are few subjects that evoke the kind of hate and contempt that the pre-tribulation rapture, escape from all, kept from the hour of trial issue brings out of people.  It is the spirit of the enemy working through human vessels to spew venom at the apple of our Lord's eye:  His Church, His Bride.  Speculation?  No, here is the source of the intense hatred we see and hear against the pre-tribulation rapture/escape of the Church:

Rev 12:13When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach. 15Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. 16But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

This ^^ is not the Church, the woman is Israel but this passage of scripture drives home the point.  What point?  The enemy, the dragon, the devil hates the escape/deliverance of the Lord's people.  Even during the tribulation, currently unfaithful and Christ rejecting Israel will be physically delivered.  Proof here:

16But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
17Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

Why was the dragon enraged?  What made him so mad?

15Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. 16But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.

What happened here?  The woman (Israel) is delivered, she escapes and it enrages the dragon.

Does this explain the veins popping out of people's necks and the red faces when they are telling us there is no such thing as a pre-tribulation rapture?  It certainly does.  The hatred comes from the escape.  The devil is perfectly fine with people preaching the pre-wrath and post-trip rapture.  Why?  Because the devil has read the Bible.  He knows the earth is going to turn into a giant blood bath which few survive.  He also knows the Lord's respect for faith.  We receive what we believe.  The enemy would like nothing better than to have every believer miss the pre-tribulation rapture so he can get his hands on every one of us possible.

There are two serious offenses that could put post-trib and pre-wrath believers in jeopardy of missing the pre-trib rapture:

1.  Lack of faith in the clear and simple promises.

If the Lord said there is an escape from all, there is an escape from all that is about to happen.  There are no unnecessary or wasted Words in the Bible.  The Lord said there is an escape from all that is about to happen and we should pray for it, however, many people on earth today say there is no escape from all.  The people who disagree with God Almighty (who gave that promise and command) could be in for a rude awakening.

2.  Disobedience.  If the Lord told us to pray to escape all that is about to happen and we willfully disobey that command (knowing full well what the Lord said), what are the consequences? 

If the pre-trib position is wrong, so what?  We are stuck here with all the rest of the believers getting through each day the same way I made it through every other day of my life, trusting in the Lord (nothing changes).

If the pre-wrath, post-trib postions are wrong and they do miss the pre-tribulation rapture due to 1. unbelief in the clear promises 2. willful disobedience (knowing the commands and disobeying in spite of knowing them) then they have a real problem on their hands.

Summary

As we get closer the Lord continues to provide evidence for what He is going to do.  Lot was physically delivered from Sodom, Noah was physically delivered from the flood.  The precedents are there, the promises are there.  We are given the order of resurrections in 1 Cor 15 that weaves itself seamlessly with Luke 21:36, Rev 3:10, the stories of Noah and Lot, the Church missing from the entire book of Revelation after Rev 3, a door opened in heaven in Rev 4 with rewarded and redeemed men showing up in heaven shortly after in Rev 4 and the list goes on.

What I have learned is, unfortunately there is no proof, none that will change some people's minds.  They have their minds so made up that if Jesus was to appear before them bodily and tell them Himself that the rapture will be pre-tribulation they would tell Him to leave.  That is unfortunate.  Maybe there is one believer out there somewhere who still has their heart open to what the Spirit is saying through the Scriptures.  One of the greatest Godly deliverances ever is about to take place and this writer would not want anyone to miss it.

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