September 23, 2015 Part 2

I have been asking the Lord about September, 2015.  I asked Him about this September 23, 2015 date "is anything going to happen?"  I do not think I received a direct answer but what He did share left me in amazement.

Bottom line up front:  There is a link between the day of atonement, Jubilee and the tribulation.

Today I stumbled across a brother Jonathan video from 3 years (roughly) ago.  Thanks to brother Jonathan and some commentary from the Spirit of the Lord during and after watching that video I believe I have more of an answer than I had before about this September.

What are the pieces of the puzzle we need to put together to get the big picture?

The Jubilee year begins on the day of atonement.  Why does a festive year like Jubilee start with the most solemn day of the Hebrew calendar?  You cannot get to the joy and celebration without going through the atonement and reconciliation for sin.  Sin must be dealt with first, then when we are right with the Lord we can all celebrate but first things first.

So here is what brother Cahn did, he typed in the words associated with day of atonement/Jubilee and searched the Bible for those words.  The words are "sin, iniquity, transgression" from Leviticus 16 (the scapegoat and the day of atonement."  When he typed those words into the search there was only one return.  Here it is:

Daniel 9:24 "Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place."

And there it is, a direct link between the day of atonement, the Jubilee year and the tribulation (Daniel's seventieth week).  But the Lord was not finished with this, there is more.....

What do we know about the Shemitah?

Leviticus 25 teaches there is a Shemitah year, a sabbath year of rest after every 6 years.  Israel stopped observing the Lord's command to rest the land every 7th year so what resulted was the Babylonian captivity.  Israel was to remain captive in Babylon for 70 years, 1 year for every Shemitah year that was not observed.


 Jer 25: 8“Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Because you have not obeyed My words, 9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation. 10‘Moreover, I will take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. 11‘This whole land will be a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

2 Chroni 36:21to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete.

So?  What does that have to do with today?  The financial markets of the world have been a witness to the re-established Shemitah cycle.  Brother Cahn wrote a best selling book about this cycle.  Why has the Shemitah cycle come back to life?  What happened in June of 1967?  The reunification of Jerusalem after about 2000 years......Add the Shemitah cycles up from 1967 to this year and what do you get?  1967+49=? 2016.  When does 2016 start according to the Hebrew calendar?  This September.  Rosh Hashanah falls on 9/13/15 making Yom Kippur, day of atonement in the new year...2016.

So, if Israel has not been observing the Shemitah for the past 49 years (7 Shemitah cycles), according to the Lords judgement in the Babylonian captivity what could be next?  The Lord will force a sabbath rest (just as He did before) of one year for every Shemitah cycle that has not been observed.   One Shemitah cycle every 7 years divided by the total number of years (49 years-from June 1967, with provable market impacts every 7th year=verification of Shemitah years) not observed gives us a 7 year period of forced observance of the Shemitah cycle.

A 7 year period of forced Shemitah observance?  Daniel's seventieth week...To take all this to the next level we can realize the purpose of the sabbath day of rest and year of rest were to put worldly things aside for that time and focus on our relationship with the Lord.  If they will not do it willingly, it will be forced just as it was before.  Truly amazing.

An interesting fact to add to all this is the Pope will be in Washington DC to make some kind of announcement from the capitol on 9/24.

Time is short.  There will not be another Jubilee year for 50 more years.  There will not be another lunar tetrad on the feast days for hundreds of years (or something like that).  The point is we have every warning sign conceivable staring us in the face right now today.  Whatever happens in the days ahead, we cannot say we were not warned.

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

Everything Is About To Change

And that is the really really good news, its all about to change.

The sickness, the perversion, the wickedness, the corruption, the fraud, theft and deceit, all of it is about to be reckoned with.  The change has already begun, can you see it?  The fact that Donald Trump is being seriously considered for president by all voting groups tells you people have lost all confidence in today's robber baron politicians.  Unfortunately what is really happening is setting the stage for the anti-Christ to sweep into power but that is beside the point.

The point today is this:

We are tempted to look at the tribulation that is coming as some glory day for evil but that is somewhat shortsighted.  When we really look at what is coming, the wicked are pounded to death at every turn.  The seals, trumpets and vial judgements will all be poured out on a wicked world that is living in its anti-Christ "hour of power." 

It will be rather difficult for people to glory in their world without God as our Lord's arm is getting a workout pounding this earth each and every day of the tribulation period.  They kicked Him out of schools, out of court houses, out of every aspect of government, they even kicked Him out of the churches expecting they could do things their way if they could only dispense with the Most High God.  Unfortunately for them, this place was created by and belongs to the Lord our God.  Good luck trying to kick out an all powerful, all knowing God who is bent on vengeance.

Psalm 50:7“Listen, my people, and I will speak;

I will testify against you, Israel:

I am God, your God.

8I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices

or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.

9I have no need of a bull from your stall

or of goats from your pens,

10for every animal of the forest is mine,

and the cattle on a thousand hills.

11I know every bird in the mountains,

and the insects in the fields are mine.

12If I were hungry I would not tell you,

for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

13Do I eat the flesh of bulls

or drink the blood of goats?

Luke 21:20And 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 thereinto. 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.

The changes have already started and we have not reached prime time yet.  Next month, September 2015 is absolutely loaded with neon signs that declare change is here.  In the past we have seen various warning signs but none of them was as direct and unchangeable as what we see coming next month.  September will see the full count of blood moons that have spanned the past 1.5 years or so emphasizing Passover-Sukkot.  What are Passover and Sukkot?  They are bookends on the prophetic feasts of the Lord.  Passover begins them, Sukkot ends them. 

We know the Lord's feast days have prophetic significance.  Some have been fulfilled (spring feasts) some have not (fall feasts).  What is coming is what we read about above in Luke 21, fulfillment :

22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Not only do we see the blood moon tetrad complete its cycle in September 2015, we also see the Shemitah and Jubilee cycles complete (Shemitah) and begin (Jubilee) in that month.  What makes these things special apart from what we have seen in the past is mankind cannot fake or falsify these signs in any way.  Good luck trying to falsify a blood moon tetrad and the last thing they want is a Jubilee.  They do not want freedom, they want slavery.  They do not want redemption, they want perpetual debt.  Too bad for them and glory to God!

Enough is enough.  Just as Lot was vexed with the filthy society that existed around him so too the righteous today groan under the absolute depravity of this generation.  The good news is this is coming to an end.  We must be clear though, it will not end all at once.  No, the wicked will hold onto their corruption amidst the supernatural destruction and punishments that are to come:

Rev 9:20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

The vast majority will take their rebellion with them to the grave.  One quarter of the earths population will be wiped out first:

Rev 6:7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Then, what is left will be reduced by an additional third:

Rev 9:16And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. 17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. 18By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. 19For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

And this ^^ does not even take into account the additional dead generated from judgements such as this:

Revelation 8:11 The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood.  Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

Like it, dislike it, agree with it, disagree with it, none of that matters.  All this ^^ is what is coming. 
So we do not end on a down note, what is also coming?  Some of the greatest deliverances that have taken place since Israel traveled across the Red Sea on dry land.

Rev 12:5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

What do we see here^^?  The woman will sit out the worst half of the tribulation in the wilderness being protected by the Lord.  Why is it we don't hear the "pre-wrath" and post-trib arguments against this deliverance?  Isnt it "escapist" for these people to sit out half the tribulation?  Don't these people "need" the tribulation to be refined or whatever the silly arguments are that tell us we must go through the tribulation?  If these people are sitting out half the tribulation who is witnessing to the lost?  Do you see how their arguments fall to pieces in light of the straightforward teaching of the Word?

There will be spectacular deliverances in the days ahead regardless of what "pre-wrath" or post-tribulation rapture believers teach or preach or believe. The opinions of men are worthless.
The Word of God clearly states this deliverance will happen, so it will happen.  I started with that deliverance to work up to this one:

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 the woman going to escape from the dragon in Rev 12?  Obviously.  Is this group "yourselves" (that would be you and me) going to escape from all that shall come to pass?  If we are found worthy.  What exactly is "all that is about to happen?"  The people who argue against our interpretation of Luke 21:36 never bother to define what "all that is about to happen" is.  We are constantly told to read the Word "in context" so we may properly understand what is being said.  I could not agree more, so what is the context of Luke 21:36?  How about Luke 21:1-35?  And what do we read in Luke 21:1-35?  Its the tribulation period.  Enough said.  Pray that you may escape ALL of it.  Yes, all means all of it.

The enemy and those who serve the enemy hate the idea of escape.  They hate the idea of Jubilee.  They hate the idea of Shemitah rests etc.  They hate the idea of any kind of deliverance period.  Too bad!  It is all coming.  The next time someone calling themselves a Christian starts arguing with such anger that the veins are popping out of their neck and they are near profanity with the word choices they are using to tell us why there will be no deliverances coming because we (the Church) are all (supposedly) going to take the full brunt of the tribulation on the chin.  When they do that, remember who hates the idea of deliverance the most.....Then you will understand the spirit that guides them.

It was the plagues on Egypt that led to the deliverance of Israel out of slavery and into the promised land.  For one group it was hell on earth, for the other it was grace, peace, mercy, freedom and deliverance.  We are witnessing the same exact thing setup to take place again.  We do not have long to wait, the initial changes that precede the real changes have already begun.  The cycle change is almost upon us.

Everything is about to change.  Glory to God.

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

Jubilee

Lev 25:8“ ‘Count off seven sabbath years—seven times seven years—so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period of forty-nine years. 9Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. 10Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants.

Why is it that the media through movies, commercials etc has portrayed 9/23 of this year as such a day of darkness?  What is coming is a Jubilee year, a year to proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants.  Why the dark outlook?  Here is why:

Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light
for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

To this world, the good (your liberty) =evil and your slavery (debt or otherwise) =good.  Your freedom =evil so this day of liberty is seen as evil.

What is coming next month?  The beginning of the end of this world order (or kingdom).  This will likely be the very first Jubilee year the modern world has ever seen.  How can we say that?  Although Shemitah years may have been counted off in the past, until the past 49 years they were not counted off with punctuation marks.  Every 7 years for the past 49 years there have been significant observable measurable declines in either the stock or bond markets.  The cycle was saying "hey, look at me, I'm back!"

This Jubilee year corresponds with a bond market meltdown.  The bond market has about 10 times more capital than the equity markets so when it melts down, everyone is going to feel it.  Also, a bond market meltdown specifically affects governments.  The governments of the world that are already overloaded with debt will be capsized by even a fraction of a percent increase in interest rates.

What is the Jubilee about?  Liberty, erasing debt, redemption.  These things are the antithesis of everything this world stands for and therefore this Jubilee year (in their eyes) is to be considered evil.  Likewise, the coming 7 years of tribulation are the beginning of the end of this world's kingdom.  Although the anti-Christ and the mark of the beast system will be introduced, it will be to the back drop of mind bending destruction.  They will get their hour of power but every moment of it will be troubled with divinely introduced calamity.

7 years, a Shemitah cycle is the appointed time they get then its over.  The millennium is right after where our Lord rules and reigns on this earth with a rod of iron.

What is coming is good, but the world will call it evil.  Here's an example that proves this point:

Matthew 24:30 And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man
coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

All the people of the earth will mourn?  Yes, what is good for us they call evil.  The coming of the Son of Man (we call that good) will cause all of them to mourn.  Good=evil, evil=good for these people. 

Another thing the Lord has been opening this servants eyes to are the layers of treasure hidden in the Word.  Yes, there are layers of meaning/treasure hidden in the Word for us to dig out.  Here is another one of those treasures:  The Jubilee/liberty for the people actually points to the Lord Jesus Christ.  Surprised?  He is the Word, everything points to Him but lets stay with this one for a moment.  How does the Jubilee point to Jesus Christ?  The jubilee is about liberty and redemption.  What does the Word say about our Lord?

Isaiah 42:5This is what God the Lord says—

the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out,

who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it,

who gives breath to its people,

and life to those who walk on it:

6“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness;

I will take hold of your hand.

I will keep you and will make you

to be a covenant for the people

and a light for the Gentiles,

7to open eyes that are blind,

to free captives from prison

and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.

and again

Isaiah 49:8This is what the Lord says:

“In the time of my favor I will answer you,

and in the day of salvation I will help you;

I will keep you and will make you

to be a covenant for the people,

to restore the land

and to reassign its desolate inheritances,

9to say to the captives, ‘Come out,’

and to those in darkness, ‘Be free!’

Thus, the powers that be in this world portray what is coming as a great evil.  Your liberty, your freedom is something they detest.  Their problem is, when the Lord acts, who can undo it?  Who can make straight what the Lord has made crooked?

Luke 3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and
the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways .

Ecclesiastes 7:13  Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked?

Glory to God.  What we are about to see is the arm of the Lord at work.  The rulers of this dark world will call it evil but we will call it good.

Thy kingdom come Lord, thy will be done here on earth just as it is in heaven.  So be it.

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

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 ...

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace ... //biblehub.com/ephesians/1-7.htm - 18k

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

and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. ... //biblehub.com/romans/3-24.htm - 17k

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

If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they are to compute that and pay for their redemption accordingly. ... //biblehub.com/leviticus/25-52.htm - 18k

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

who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory. ... //biblehub.com/ephesians/1-14.htm - 18k

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 ...

If many years remain, they must pay for their redemption a larger share of the price paid for them. ... //biblehub.com/leviticus/25-51.htm - 18k

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

When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near ... //biblehub.com/luke/21-28.htm - 17k

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. ...
//biblehub.com/ruth/4-7.htm - 19k

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.