Rom 11:17 But some of the olive branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place. You get your nourishment from the roots of the olive tree.
Rom 11:18 So don't brag about being better than the other branches. If you brag, remember that you don't support the root, the root supports you.
Rom 11:19 "Well," you say, "Branches were cut off so that I could be grafted onto the tree."
Rom 11:20 That's right! They were broken off because they didn't believe, but you remain on the tree because you do believe. Don't feel arrogant, but be afraid.
Rom 11:21 If God didn't spare the natural branches, he won't spare you, either.
Christian CAN NOT explained themselves outside the Jewish roots.
Number 1000
2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
One day of God is 1000 years of men, 7 days of creation in genesis sum it all up:
- First Day, God created light and separated darkness from light, 4000 - 3000 BC Adam was living with God until fall into darkness and separated from Light
Gen 1:3-5 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
- Second Day, God created water, 3000 - 2000 BC, Noah, water covered the earth, WATER
Gen 1:6-8 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
- Third Day, God created seeds, plants, 2000 - 1000 BC, Abraham SEEDS, Olive tree
Gen 1:11-13 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.
- Fourth Day, God created stars, 1000 BC - 0, STAR of David, king David
Gen 1:14-19 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
- Fifth Day, God created fish and creatures, 0 - 1000 AD, Jesus Christ, u are a NEW CREATURE when born again in Jesus, Jesus fish born, the church
Gen 1:21-23 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
- Sixth Day, God created human being and command to fulfill the world, 1000 - 2000 AD, never been in human history, human population this many, closing to 7 billion (there number 7)
Gen 1:26-31 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- Seventh Day, God set it apart and make it holy, this is 1 millennium in New Jerusalem, its coming, rapture of the church will take place first between the day 6 and 7, before 7 years of great tribulation.
Gen 2:2-3 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
God works in numbers, remember there is a book called numbers in the Bible, for example number 7 is very important, is the perfect number of God, then there are number 40, 400, 490.
In the book of Daniel, mentioned 3.5 years tribulation and 3.5 years of great tribulation. The first one is bad and the second one is worst. This also mentioned in the book of Revelation. Always remember, Old Testament is New Testament concealed and New Testament is Old Testament revealed. This two always work hand in hand, one confirmed the other. And all book in the Bible is prophecies, either for Jesus first coming and also for second coming. Nothing is withheld from His people. And God never, never, never leave us in the dark.
Heb 13:5 ...For God has said, "I will never leave you; I will never abandon you."
Jesus also said that people who don't know about the time of second coming are hypocrites. Very harsh word, but it's true.
Mat 16:3 ...O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
All we have to do just study the Bible and listen to what the Holy Spirit teach us. Sometimes He will teach us directly, sometimes through other servants.
Number 7
Back to numbers again, now number 7, we all know about the story of Jacob, where he has to work 7 years to marry Rachel but turn out he gets Leah, and Jacob has to work another 7 years to finally marry Rachel. But Jacob intention is first to marry Rachel, this is important.
Gen 29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Gen 29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
Gen 29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Rachel is a picture of the church and Leah is a picture of the Jews.
Gen 29:17 And Leah was weak of eyes, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.
Leah has weak eyes, or in other translation clouded eyes, remember that the Jews was "blinded" for gentile to have chance to be saved. The Jews do not recognize Jesus as messiah, not now at least, for us the gentiles to be saved.
This is a story of wedding, Jesus and the church and also the Father and the Jews. Rapture is a beautiful story of a wedding. Speaking about wedding, Jesus was a Jew, He is a Jew, and He will be a Jew. So we as Christian can not talk out of Jewish context, everything, I mean everything related with the Jews, including time table.
Another one, the story of 7 fat cows and 7 skinny cows in Joseph dream also match perfectly with 7 years work for Rachel and 7 years for Leah. hows that? OK
If you read the book of Revelation, after certain chapter there is no more word Church mentioned, during the tribulation, no more mentioned again word church. You know why? Because the church is no longer here. It’s mentioned word saints, who beheaded. But not church.
By the way did you know that DOW Jones fall 777 point on the eve of Rosh Hashanah 2008?
Number 40
During Noah's flood, rain was for forty days and forty nights, this is important, remember that Jesus talks about this that His second coming is like the days of Noah.
Gen 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Gen 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Mat 24:37 The coming of the Son of Man will be like what happened in the time of Noah.
So if we know what happened during Noah's day especially when the flood came, then we should know the signs of His return. On Genesis 7:4, God mentioned about 7 days, 7 days of what? This actually 7 days after the death of Methuselah.
Back to number 40, the rain was 40 days and 40 nights, takes another 40 days to drain; Jesus was fasting for 40 days and 40 nights. Moses was 40 days and 40 nights in the mountain, this is also important clue.
Gen 8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
Exo 24:18 Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Isaac was 40 when he married Rebekah,
Gen 25:20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
Esau was 40 when he married Judith,
Gen 26:34 When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
Moses was 40 years at Egyptian prince, then 40 years in the desert learning from the Lord and another 40 years back in the desert after he took Israeli out from Egypt. (total of 120 years)
Num 32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.
Deu 34:7 And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Not only that, David rule over Israel as a king for 40 years then he died
1Ki 2:10 Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.
1Ki 2:11 David was king over Israel for forty years…
David's son, Solomon, also rule of Israel as a king for 40 years and then he died
1Ki 11:42 And the time Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
1Ki 11:43 And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Solomon went to rest with his father…
And several others, you can't manipulate this, something about in numbers, in this case number 40. in other word, 40 years is one generation. Remember Moses as a Egyptian prince for 40 years, then study in desert with the Lord to humble himself for 40 years and then another 40 years taking the Israeli to promised land.
This we will understand the word,
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
In this Mathew 24, Jesus talks about the end time, the time He will return again. what generation? From what?
King will not return to no kingdom nor city he will rule. Jerusalem is city of God, city where king David rule, city where king Solomon rule, also Jerusalem is city where the King of kings, Jesus the Messiah will rule.
Jer 3:17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem:
Jerusalem comes back to Israel in 1967, this is also miracle, in 6 days war. remember 7 days of creation, 6 days God's work and rested on 7th day, remember Joshua battle over Jericho, 6 days circle around Jericho and on 7th day, God give Jericho to Israeli.
If you read 6 days war in 1967 also like that, surrounded by many arabs countries, Israel not only manage to survived but push them back and take Jerusalem back to Israel possession. Only 6 days war and 7th day on Sabbath day, victory is theirs.
1967 the city of God is when the time is ticking again. 40 years has passed, we are entering into new generation now.
Number 400
Now we are going to talk about number 400. Why this number also important? Every 10 generations something big is happening, like the Noah's flood for example. Also 40 X 10 = 400.
Israeli in Egyptian land for four hundred years,
Gen 15:13 And He said to Abram, You must surely know that your seed shall be a stranger in a land not theirs, and shall serve them. And they shall afflict them four hundred years.
Other Bible story related to 400 are
Gen 32:6 When the messengers returned, they told Jacob, "We went to your brother Esau, and now he is heading this way with four hundred men."
Jdg 21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
1Sa 22:2 A lot of other people joined him too. Some were in trouble, others were angry or in debt, and David was soon the leader of four hundred men.
1Sa 30:17 At dawn the next day David attacked them and fought until evening. Except for four hundred young men who mounted camels and got away, none of them escaped.
1Ki 22:6 So the king of Israel called 400 prophets together. He asked them, "Should I go to war against Ramoth in Gilead or not?" "Go," they said. "The Lord will hand over Ramoth to you."
We also know that the "silence" years between the Old Testament and the New Testament is 400 years.
So what this 400 years mean something to us?
America which was builds for the very first time in the year of 1607 at Jamestown, by 144 people, Christians and they dedicated this land for the Lord. It is commonly regarded as the first permanent English (Christians) settlement in what is now the United States of America
This 144 also significant number, later on we will find this number in the book of Revelation, 144,000 Jewish witnesses, 12 X 12 = 144
12 Jewish tribes and 12 Gentiles tribes.
America was build only for one reason only, to support the land of God, Israel, America was prosper, to support Israel, God build America for that, of course God would not support evil people, that's why America is the biggest Christian nation in the world, no other countries in the world that have some many born again Christian and Christian in general as big as America, so this God's plan and our human free will go hand in hand, that how awesome it is God's plan. You can see it from human perspective, we as Christians being blessed and also from God's plan to prepare the place for His return by supporting Israel.
Anyway, now Israel is born (again), we will soon see the kingdom of God. King of kings is returning soon.
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
This not just for individual but also for nation, Israel, to be born again.
1607 + 400 = 2007, now the time is up, this 2008 start a new beginning, new season.
Now we already learn about number 7, number 40, number 400, and 1 day (7 days of creations) all pointing to year 2007 and the end of "old" generations, we are now getting into new generations. Soon the Rapture of the Church and then great tribulations and then the Second Coming of Christ.
Number 490
Now 490 years, or 10 times of 49 years, some of you may already know 49 is number of Jubilee, or the end cycle of 7 Sabbath years.
So if 49 years is Jubilee than 490 years make it as grand Jubilee. These 490 years can be tracked back to Abraham,
The birth of Abraham to Exodus is 490 years
The exodus to dedication of Solomon temple is 490 years
The dedication of Solomon temple to the edict of Artaxerxes is 490 years
The edict of Artaxerxes to the first coming of Jesus Christ... His death, resurrection, ascension to 47 A.D. is 490 years
47 A.D. to 537 A.D. is 490 years
537 A.D. to 1027 A.D. is 490 years
1027 A.D. to 1517 (Oct 31st - Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation) A.D. is 490 years
1517 to 1917 A.D. is 400 Years, Balfour Declaration
During the First World War, British policy became gradually committed to the idea of establishing a Jewish home in Yisrael. After discussions in the British Cabinet, and consultation with Zionist leaders, the decision was made known in the form of a letter by Arthur James Lord Balfour to Lord Rothschild. The letter represents the first political recognition of Zionist aims by a Great Power.
And from 1517 + 490 = 2007
I believe we are in new generation now, all numbers 1,000, 7, 40, 400, 490 pointing to end 2007, which mean 2008 is "new" generation.
The First Ten Generation
Before I go further I want to explain the first 10 generations of humankind, the meaning of their name.
- Adam means MAN,
AD'AM, n. In Heb., Man; primarily, the name of the human species, mankind; appropriately, the first Man, the progenitor of the human race. (Webster 1828 dictionary)
- Seth means APPOINTED (instead of Cain or Abel, Seth was appointed)
Gen 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
ת shîyth (sheeth) A primitive root; to place (in a very wide application): - apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.
- Enosh means MORTAL
Gen 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
אנושׁ 'ĕnôsh (en-oshe') From H605; properly a mortal
- Kenan means SORROW
Gen 5:10 and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Mahalalel means BLESSED GOD (El means God)
Gen 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
מהללאל mahălal'êl (mah-hal-al-ale') From H4110 and H410; praise of God; Mahalalel, the name of an antediluvian patriarch and of an Israelite: - Mahalaleel.
- Jared means SHALL COME DOWN
Gen 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
ירד yered (yeh'-red) From H3381; a descent; Jered, the name of an antediluvian, and of an Israelite: - Jared.
- Enoch means TEACHING
Gen 5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
חנך chânak (khaw-nak') A primitive root; properly to narrow (compare H2614); figuratively to initiate or discipline: - dedicate, train up.
- Methuselah means HIS DEATH SHALL BRING
Gen 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
- Lamech means DESPAIR (like the word lament)
Gen 5:25 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
- Noah means RELIEF
Gen 5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Gen 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Other Bible verses that confirmed the first ten generations of human kind:
1Ch 1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
1Ch 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
1Ch 1:3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
1Ch 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Methuselah mean, his death shall bring, it's like a trigger to the flood, when he was death, then after 7 days of mourning, the first rain start to drop.
Gen 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
How do we know that was Methuselah who died?
OK let’s find out.
Methuselah is the grand father of Noah, right?
Gen 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years (187), and begat Lamech:
Gen 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years (969): and he died.
Lamech is the father of Noah.
Gen 5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years (182), and begat a son: (Noah)
So by the time Lamech had Noah, Methuselah was 187+182 = 369 years old. Right! Methuselah died when he was 969 years old. SO the flood had to be when Methuselah died and Noah was 600 years old (969-369=600).
Gen 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years (600) old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
There! Exactly when Noah was 600 years old, 7 days after Methuselah (which his name mean “trigger”, or his death shall bring) the first drop of rain and the flood started.
From this first 10 generations we also know that God has master salvation plan to humankind, way way before we even know it.
"Man appointed mortal sorrow, blessed God shall come down, teaching, and His death shall bring despair relief (salvation)". how amazing is that?
2Pe 3:6-7 and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
So as the days of Noah, we need to watch for 'modern' Methuselah. Who could it be the modern Methuselah?
Jewish Wedding
In Jewish wedding tradition, when a man proposes a woman, he can not bring the girl back to his place right away. But he has to come back to his father place and build a room. And he can not decide if the room ready or not, only the father of the man can. that's why when Jesus said, no one know the time only the Father, Jesus audience which are all Jewish at that time don't ask any question, because they all understand that concept.
Some Christian use that verse 'no one knows the day and the hour, not even the son and only the father knows' as an excuse to not knowing the time of Jesus return. God knows everything, right? Is Jesus God? If Jesus is God then He should know everything too, especially His own timing.
So, Christian who use that verse above as an excuse for not knowing Jesus return, those Christian actually do not believe Jesus is God.
I believe Jesus is God, so He knows everything, including His own time. and not only He knows His own timing but His people shall know it too.
Is that make sense? He is talking about the Jewish wedding.
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Now, this verse become makes sense.
When a man proposes a woman and the woman agree to marry him, the both make a toast of wine. Remember the LAST supper?? When Jesus propose His bride, the church, they all make toast. Then Jesus leaves to prepare a place for us, His bride.
But for how long? Can Jesus come in the next thousand years or ten thousand years from now? The answer is no. Jesus gives us exact picture when He will be coming back. Please read other chapters and you will find out.
Another interesting thing is in tradition Jewish wedding, the groom and the bride will be meeting in the air, some people carry the groom and some other people carry the bride, above in the air, this is just perfect picture of our wedding with Jesus Christ in the rapture.
1Th 4:17 Then 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.
And yes, we the church is the bride of Christ, if you’re not already knows that:
Eph 5:23-25 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
Actually the whole Bible is talking about weddings; it’s a love letter from God to His children, Jesus to His bride.
Rev 19:7 Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
- Abraham, remember when Abraham about to sacrifice his son, Isaac. That’s the picture of God the father, sending His only begotten Son, Jesus to died as sacrifice to paid our sins.
Just like Isaac, was a miracle child, when Abraham was in his 90’s same thing with his wife, Sarah. Also fulfilled in Jesus, He was a miracle child too, born from a virgin, Mary.
And then when an angel hold the Abraham’s knife, and suddenly he saw a lamb, stuck on the bushes, that’s picture of human can not redeem themselves, the sacrifice has to be provided by God Himself, that’s why Jesus has to be born on earth.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
- Jacob and Rachel. (please read Jacob’s chapter)
- Ruth and Boaz, kinsman redeemer. Showing Jesus will come to saved His church from the great tribulation ahead. We know Ruth is an outsider/gentile, just like the Church, when the Church stick with the Jewish root, she will be understood and saved (Ruth ex mother in law is a Jew).
Rth 1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Jesus is our kinsman redeemer, He redeemed our sin and as picture in the story of Ruth, He also our Bridegroom.
- Esther, she found favor of the King, same thing with us the church found favor of the King of kings.
- Song of Solomon (of course).
Good Samaritan
Remember the story of Good Samaritan? a man walk from Jerusalem to Jericho, Jerusalem in on high ground, and Jericho is in valley, lower ground, this is a picture of humankind, men fall from paradise into earth, falling down of sins. Then satan beat him up, the robbers. And human left dying on the street.
Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy
Then Good Samaritan, this is Jesus, come and saved him. Bring men to Inn, and Inn keeper is picture of the Holy Spirit. Now men who accepted Jesus is now picture of Church.
Do u remember what good Samaritan said to Inn Keeper, he gave the Inn Keeper TWO silver coins.
Luk 10:35 The next morning he gave the innkeeper two silver coins and said, "Please take care of the man. If you spend more than this on him, I will pay you when I return."
In that days, one silver coin is one day wages, two silver coins, He coming back in two days, one day of God is one thousand years of men. He is coming back IN two thousand years.
Always remember, God timing is not gentiles but Jew's, we need to use Jewish calendar. Not Gregorian.
Midnight
When IN two days? Not after two days but in two days, all over the Bible mentioned about this, MIDNIGHT cry. remember that? The end of second days.
Mat 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
The end of two thousand years.
Parable of Ten Virgins
Mathew 25 parable of 10 virgins picture of all so called Christian today. Some will be taken and other left behind, not all so called Christian will be taken into the rapture. only the one who “watch” and preach the Gospel will be taken. Because they don't watch makes they do not know the timing of the Groom.
Mat 25:1 "At that time, the kingdom of heaven will be compared to ten bridesmaids who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the groom.
Mat 25:2 Now five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
Mat 25:3 For when the foolish ones took their lamps, they didn't take any oil with them.
Mat 25:4 But the wise ones took flasks of oil with their lamps.
Mat 25:5 Since the groom was late, all of them became sleepy and lay down.
Mat 25:6 "But at midnight there came a shout: 'The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'
Mat 25:7 Then all the bridesmaids woke up and got their lamps ready.
Mat 25:8 But the foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out!'
Mat 25:9 But the wise ones replied, 'No! There will never be enough for us and for you. Better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.'
Mat 25:10 "While they were away buying it, the groom arrived. Those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet, and the door was closed.
Mat 25:11 Later the other bridesmaids arrived and said, 'Lord, lord, open up for us!'
Mat 25:12 But he replied, 'Truly I tell you, I don't know you!'
Mat 25:13 So keep on watching, because you don't know the day or the hour."
Virgin is a picture of saved people; we all know that, so 10 virgins are picture of the Christians. So why only 5 taken in pre-great tribulation Rapture and the other 5 left behind? Some will answer because they don't have oil, right, that's true but why?
Because they don't think the Groom will come that night, surely if they knew the Groom will come that night they will bring extra oil. so what’s on their mind, ummm let me guess maybe they think the Groom will come another nights, maybe tomorrow night or even the next day, maybe a week from now, or a year from now.
For example you buy some stuff on-line and the seller give you or the shipping company gives you expected delivery date. For example you bought it on Monday and expected delivery date is Thursday. well I am pretty sure you are not going to check your mailbox for this item on Monday, the same day, nor on Tuesday, nor or Wednesday, but you will look into your mail box on Thursday and if you don't get it on that day, you will look again on Friday, and Saturday and so on.
When the time is you least expected? "Before" the time you think it will arrive. Before, underline before. or sooner.
Therefore, you, too, must be ready because the Son of Man will return when you least expect him. Mat 24:44
Least expected time. Sooner than you expected.
The other from parable of 10 virgins is oil, what is oil, oil is the Holy Spirit, how can you know someone have the Holy Spirit in them, by see their fruit. I am not talking money here, nor earthly financial success, or even beautiful wife.
Fruits are souls, saved souls we bring to God, evangelism. Oil keep the light on, light of the world. Of course you remember that verse.
Watchful
And on verse 13, Jesus said to watch, what to watch if you have no idea at all of His coming, could be in our lifetime or could be 1,000 years from now, you heard that before out of mouth of some Christians. They will say, I don't care when Jesus will come but I will be ready. ha ha that's kinda funny, how can you be ready if you don't know when to be ready? You can not be ready all the time for the Rapture. You have to know approximately the time of the Rapture before you can be ready.
No brides wear her wedding gown everyday without knowing the date of her wedding.
And how to watch if you don't know what to watch?
If no one knows the time, when what the purpose to watch?
Doesn’t make sense.
Thank be to God that He gave us all the clues, the Groom will come at midnight, midnight of the day number 6, the end of 6,000 years of human history. above I explain that 7 days of creation applied to this Rapture of the Church or in other word, the wedding between Jesus Christ and the Church.
You know what Jesus said to those who don’t know the time of His coming (Rapture)?
Mat 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Pretty harsh statement there. but its true, of course, if I have to choose between people and God, I know God never wrong. I choose God.
Now you know why many so called Christians will be left behind. no oil and not watching. If you are watching, you will share the Word and Jesus. because you will know the time is very very short.
Always in verses that saying regarding His return (the Rapture), you will find the word WATCH!
Mat 24:4 Jesus answered, "Watch out, and do not let anyone fool you.
Mat 24:42 Watch out, then, because you do not know what day your Lord will come.
Mat 25:13 And Jesus concluded, "Watch out, then, because you do not know the day or the hour.
Mat 26:41 Keep watch and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Mar 13:33 Be on watch, be alert, for you do not know when the time will come.
Mar 13:37 What I say to you, then, I say to all: Watch!"
Luk 21:36 Watch 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.
Only if you do not watch then you will be stolen (left behind). And thief never let everyone know of His coming and go. This is the secret coming, or in other word, the Rapture. Again, the rapture of the church and Jesus second coming are two different events. The rapture of the church will take place 7 years prior to Jesus second coming. the church will having wedding feast for 7 years in heaven before their return to new Jerusalem with Jesus Christ and rule for one millennium. Meanwhile 7 years we are having party, the earth in under great tribulation.
Rev 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Share the Gospel
You must know some Christian but no one else know they are Christians, yet alone watching about the Rapture. as Christian we can not sit still and do nothing, we have to evangelist, tell the world about Jesus, this lost world need Light, they need eternal hope of salvation.
Some moron will say be tolerance and do not offense other beliefs, show love, hey Jesus never say that, how can you say you love your neighbor and let them die and go to hell forever without any hope of escape? Is that love to you?
Without testimony and tell the Word, same thing as saying Jesus died for nothing, He died on the cross to saved all people, that mean everybody.
Before his ascent to heaven, Jesus gave direct command to His followers.
- Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
- Mar 16:15-16 He said to them, "Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all people. He that believeth and is baptized (immersed) shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
- Luk 24:47-48 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things.
- Joh 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
All four Gospel, Mathew, Mark, Luke and John give direct command from Jesus Himself, for His (Christ) followers (Christians) to spread the good news of salvation to everyone, around the world.
Which part of this command you don't understand?
Am I Worthy?
Luk 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
That verse also confirming the pre-great tribulation Rapture, accounted worthy to ESCAPE, the bride of Christ is not in the great tribulation, the bride of Christ is not subject to the wrath of GOD.
But the second point is this, are we worthy enough to escape? Escape what? Escape the great tribulation!
Mat 5:13 "You are like salt for the whole human race. But if salt loses its saltiness, there is no way to make it salty again. It has become worthless, so it is thrown out and people trample on it.
If you are not living and doing what we are supposed to do, then you are not worthy. If salt is not salty then it’s worthless, good for nothing. And it will be cast out (left behind) and let under the mercy of demonic men on earth during the great tribulation.
Mat 5:14 "You are like light for the whole world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid.
Mat 5:15 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bowl; instead it is put on the lampstand, where it gives light for everyone in the house.
Mat 5:16 In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.
There is no ‘secret service’ Christians, either people know you as Christians because you testify, share the love of God in His Son, Jesus Christ or you don’t. There is no middle ground. Either you are for Him or against Him.
Mat 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Again, there is no such thing as secret service, mind your own business Christians.
Mat 10:32-33 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Either they confess Jesus now, before the Rapture, and let the world know, or they will have to confess it during the great tribulation. Either get persecuted now or later, confess Jesus and beheaded.
If you think it’s hard now, with the politically correctness crap hindering you to show your faith and share the Gospel to non believers, I can guarantee you it’s going to be a lot more difficult to do that with your head on the chopping block, literary.
The world is going to hate you if you do it, either way, now or later.
Joh 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Joh 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
There will be many pastors and preachers left behind, because they don’t believe nor teach nor preach to their congregation the important of watching and share the Gospel. Some churches too busy with prosperity teaching, satan busy buying those churches. They think money is blessing from God, if money blessing from God then those Saudi Arabia sheik are very blessed from God. They have that gold even diamond covered Mercedes, private business jets, super luxury yacht and and many other ‘worldly blessing’, I believe you’ve seen that on the internet.
Some other busy with something that looks religious, song leader, Bible study leader, usher, etc. You might asks, what’s wrong with that? Nothing is wrong if all of those to be used to share the Gospel to others.
There are things that important but also there are things that urgent, if you accepted Jesus into you heart, as personal God and Savior, repent, then you are saved! No doubt, but saved does not mean for you to be Rapture, again in Mathew 25, parable of 10 virgins shows that. Also in Revelation 20:4, beheaded for the witness of Jesus, showing there will be left behind “Christians”.
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Keep our fire burning, burning HOT, share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world, start from family member, co-workers, neighbors, people you meet in your life, one the street, at the groceries, cashier or whoever you can find. You just never know, that moment could be their last chance to hear the Gospel OR your last chance to share the Gospel.
Laodicea Church
Rev 3:14 "And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
Rev 3:15 "'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot!
Rev 3:16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
Rev 3:17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
Rev 3:18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.
Rev 3:19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
There are 7 (seven) churches in the book of Revelation, each picture churches at different time. Since we are living in the end times, we considered as part of the Laodicea church, or the last church before the Rapture.
I bet you’ve seen it either on TV or internet, those lukewarm churches, self empowering motivational preachers, prosperity gospel, don’t want to offend anybody that’s why they don’t want to share the Gospel, too afraid to offend other people beliefs. Being lukewarm, praise the Lord jump up and down, raise hands only at church on Sunday or maybe Wednesday too but that’s about it. Exactly, lukewarm! Not impacting outside church wall.
We are living in the days that luxuries and conveniences are every where. We hardly live without electricity, computer, internet, cell phone, hot water, heater, A/C, ipod, TV, yardman, football games, golf, some other boat, yacht, airplane, private jet, you name it.
I’ve seen pastors travelling with helicopter, private jet from one branch of his church to the others. Very prospered, but that’s exactly what the Bible says.
Rev 3:17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
When people are prospered they don’t need God, they are not longing for His return, why should they? They have everything they need and want, life is good for them, and of course they want to enjoy it as long as possible, until they died. That’s why I am not surprise when I watch on TV, some of those churches never mention about the end times, or the Rapture.
In the book of Revelation chapter 3, verse 14-19, the Lord didn’t talks about the non believers, He talks about the church, the last days church, His church. If you are lukewarm and not HOT, He will spit you out of His mouth. That’s left behind!
If we are His, God will discipline us, trust me, it’s not pleasant, I know by experience and still. If you still feel everything is OK, and you say it’s not that bad, then He is not discipline you enough. Until you walk through FIRE (gold refine by fire). Better prepared ahead because I guarantee you it is coming. This is part of the “eternal crown” reward, God don’t give away freebies, or cheap reward. Everything expensive, either you have to pay yourself or someone else, like Salvation, we don’t pay for it, but Jesus did, on the cross, and that’s very very expensive!
Rev 3:19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
Five crowns
There are five crowns awarded in Heaven, no church organizer, song leader, Christians male singer award, etc. These crowns will be awarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ:
Rom 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
2Co 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Only saved people will be here, those who are washed in the blood of Jesus Christ. Non believers will go to different court, the Great White Throne:
Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Anyway in the Judgment Seat of Christ, everything all believers do and don’t do will be measured and awarded, with crowns:
- Eternal Crown, carry the cross, that all believers should carry.
1Co 9:25 And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.
- Crown of Rejoicing, share the Gospel, winning souls for the Lord
1Th 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1Th 2:20 For you are our glory and our joy.
- Crown of Life, martyrdom, endure persecution
Jas 1:12 There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
- Crown of Righteousness, for those who watch, waiting and longing for His return (Rapture)
2Ti 4:8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
- Crown of Glory, for pastors
1Pe 5:4 Then when Christ the Chief Shepherd returns, you will be given a crown that will never lose its glory.
I am not going to explain in detail everything but I want to emphasize the Crown of Righteousness, because we are talking about the Rapture, 1 out of 5 total crowns that every believers can achieve, one of them is when we are watching, waiting, longing for His return. Not everyone can be pastors, if all pastors who’s the congregation??? That’s makes 1 out of 4 available crowns. Not all believers willing or will to die as martyr so that’s makes 1 out of 3 available crowns. Eternal crown that’s standard, all born again Christian will get that, so that’s makes 1 out of 2, available crowns, that’s huge, and many churches don’t even touch the Rapture subject?
Crown of Righteousness, do you know why it called righteousness? Because it is for the righteous people, not by their own good works, but by the blood of Jesus. See, no one need faith at all to live long, old, die and buried in the ground. BUT you need extra faith to believe that you are not going to die, instead God will transformed our body in the twinkle of an eye and float in the air to meet Jesus in the cloud. And not just only you, but millions. Yea, someone need extra faith to believe that.
And that kind of faith pleases God.
Pro 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Jas 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Not the right prayer but prayer of the righteous, I also explain this on other chapter. When the righteous taken up into the Heaven in the event of Rapture, there will be no more people “righteous” on earth in the eyes of God. That’s why it’s going to be like hell on earth. Because no more prayers will be heard.
Noah and Lot
Mat 24:38 In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.
The next verse said, people eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, this sound like marriage party, or wedding party. Wedding has been happening since the history of humankind, why the Bible said that then?
In 2007, July 7, or 7/7/7 is western biggest marriage events, in history of humankind. never ever before people getting marriage on that day, no matter what they reasoning but they do got married on that day.
Another in 2008, August 8, or 8/8/8 in eastern culture this time, people getting married on that day, historical record, this two signs for western and Eastern cultures. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Those two events are so significant, that God put in in the Bible as one of the signs of His return. if the signs of His second return is very near, can you imagine how close the pre-great tribulation Rapture will be? Because pre-great tribulation Rapture will take place before the second coming of Christ.
Mat 24:37 The coming of the Son of Man will be like what happened in the time of Noah.
Luk 17:29 On the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and killed them all.
Luk 17:30 That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
Like the days of Noah and the days of Lot, is the day of the Son of Man, Jesus Christ, the Rapture of the Church.
What happened in Noah days? Lot days?
In Noah crimes was high, very very brutal. isn't it like today's, more and more gang violent, over crowded prisons, babies murdered everywhere, profanity, blasphemy everywhere, mocking God. Exactly the same.
Gen 6:13 God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.
Now what happened during Lot days, homosexual, remember that? Sodom and Gomorrah, the city of gay and lesbian, homosexual. adultery is one thing but homosexual is another thing, homosexual is totally mocking God, what makes you think God created different man and woman? What makes you think the male and female organs are different?
Homosexual that makes this earth tremble, shaking, natural disaster. You know what happened during Sodom and Gomorrah? I believe it's volcanic eruption, huge one, destroyed the whole cities completely, wipe it off out of the map.
Luk 17:29 On the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and killed them all.
Can you see picture of volcanic eruption? or maybe nuclear bomb?
Can you see what happening in our days now? Gay and lesbian lifestyle celebrated, Ellen DeGeneres become more and more popular. Obama supporting gay marriage, openly gay in military. More and more gay and lesbian, they are more aggressive, gay marriage and all that. Can you see that?
Do you know what happened on New Orleans in 2005? Katrina, do you know what Katrina name means? Cleansing.
Do you know what is going on in New Orleans, homosexual, crimes, do you know that in one month after the date Katrina hit, supposedly they planning to have the largest homosexual parade in USA? Well, now you know.
Joseph
Before I go further, I want to talk about Joseph, why and how Joseph was picture of Jesus and the rapture. Joseph was the beloved son of his father, just like Jesus.
Joseph has 12 brothers, older brothers this is picture of Jewish tribes.
Then Joseph was sold, beaten, just like Jesus, sold and beaten, and one day Joseph rise up to second place of the most powerful government in the world. What separate Joseph only the crown. Just like Jesus, after crucified, raised from the death, Jesus sit on the right hand of Father God, the second Person in trinity.
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
But that's not end there, Joseph reunite with his brothers, but watch carefully, Joseph's brothers did not recognized him,
Gen 42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
Gen 45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
Joseph ask everyone (gentiles) to go out, taken out from that place before Joseph made himself known to his brothers. exactly like that, Jesus will take out His church, His bride, out from the earth before one day He will come again and all 12 Jewish tribes, Jesus brothers will known Him.
This is picture of pre great tribulation rapture.
When church take out from the earth and the whole world go into great tribulation, Israel will have no more "friends", America which have the most population of evangelical Christians, friend of Israel will no longer friend, since most evangelical will be rapture. so Israel will have no choice to call upon the name of the LORD and no longer dependent on USA.
Guess how long the tradition Jewish wedding will be held, 7 days, 7 years in heaven all born again Christians who longing for His return will be celebrating the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, for how long? 7 years, just as the earth will go into 7 years of tribulation.
In the end of great tribulation, the whole world will attack Israel, at that time the Jewish people will calling out, crying out for help and Jesus will come down from heaven and save the Israeli, the Jewish people, reunion of Joseph and his brothers, the word Messiah, the Savior will be fulfilled to Jewish people.
Moses
Moses also picture of Jesus, he was born in Israel, during he was born the ruler of the land order to murder all baby boy under two years old.
Exo 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Same thing happened when Jesus was born.
Mat 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Moses and Jesus had to be evacuated and stay in Egypt. We know Moses eventually lived there as a prince of Egypt for 40 years.
Mat 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Moses and then stayed in the dessert for 40 years and Jesus also was in the dessert for 40 days.
Moses took the Jewish people out of Egypt, same thing, Jesus took His people out from the penalty of sins, but Jesus is not stop there, He will come again and take us up in the Rapture. This will fulfilled His title as the Savior, and not only for our sins but from the great tribulation a head. Praise be to God.
Now, the picture of the rapture showing here in this verse:
Exo 19:20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
Same thing will happen to us, the Lord shall come down and we, the bride will go up to meet Him in the cloud.
1Th 4:16 For 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:
1Th 4:17 Then 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.
Birth Pains
Speaking about Katrina, where water covered the whole city.
Another sign about HIS return is this.
Mat 24:8 But all these things are only the beginning of the birth pains."
Mar 13:8 For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes and famines in various places. These things are only the beginning of the birth pains."
Jesus talks about signs of His second coming like birth pains, what is birth pains? More and more 'earthquakes' more often and more heavy. Just like when a woman about to deliver a baby.
Do you know that natural disaster is now quadruplet compared with previous two decades?
Now, what is the most unmistakable signs before the baby born? The water broke. you know that you know that you know when the water broke, the baby is coming soon.
December 26 in the morning (some part of the world are still December 25) 2004, Aceh, Indonesia, tsunami, from earthquake 9 scale Richter, 250,000 people killed on that day alone. 33 countries affected directly. Can you see WATER broke! Can you see what God want to tell us something? On His BIRTHDAY, December 26 (25), this happened.
Maybe some of you will say, nah, that way out there, we are in north America don't feel nothing about it.
How about this, August 2005, New Orleans, Katrina, where 10,000 people killed. one week after USA push Israel to give up Gaza strip, evacuated by forced Jewish settlers over there, many stand on the roof (showing on CNN) tried to defend their homes. just one week later, America where forced Israeli government to evacuate by force Jewish settlers, the same picture exactly showing us here, many American standing on their roof, take out from their home by forced.
America forced Israel to give up Gaza strip for "peace", now what, after Israel gave up Gaza, Palestinian still firing rockets to Israel, from Gaza.
Anyway back to signs of His coming, WATER broke! Not just half way around the world but also here in USA. Everyone around the world should notice that. in less than one year, December, 2004 and August 2005. Two major water disasters in human history after Noah's flood took place.
And now in 2009 and 2010, floods everywhere around the world, 20 millions people homeless in Pakistan caused of floods.
The Rapture
What is the rapture itself?
The rapture is plucking the Bride of Christ out of danger, purpose, to be with the Lord, the Bridegroom, Jesus Christ.
The original word is ἁρπαìζω or harpazō (har-pad'-zo), which means
From a derivative of G138; to seize (in various applications): - catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).
In latin translated into RAPTURO, that’s where the English word Rapture came from. In KJV translated as “caught up”.
Thayer Definition:
1) to seize, carry off by force
2) to seize on, claim for one’s self eagerly
3) to snatch out or away
1Th 4:16 For 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:
1Th 4:17 Then 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.
First I want to explain about this loud voice, heavenly noise, this I believe is the nuclear blast. Have you heard gun shot? canon? missile? bomb explosion? nuclear explosion? Asteroids hit the earth, or even super volcano eruption.
You probably heard about the thundering voice of God, that for some people will hear the voice of God perfectly but for some other just a rolling thunder..
Above verse also example loud voice hand in hand with fire, this I believe is a nuclear world war, where one third of human population will be toasted, if this is happening now, that's more than 2 billion people will be killed, do you know how many will be wounded?
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Mat 24:29 Immediately 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:
What makes you think we will be escape the great tribulation? Well, not all so called Christian will be escape, only those who are watching, longing for the return of the bridegroom, ignorant, self centered Christians will be left behind. Like it’s pictured in Mathew 25, parable of the 10 virgins.
These verses confirmed that too
Luk 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Not until Noah and his family entered the Ark, then the flood, disaster strike, Not until Lot escape from the city then the disaster strike, and in Daniel 12:1, not until the bride of Christ rapture then the disaster strike.
So what's going to happen right after the Rapture?
1Th 4:16 For 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:
Some say that His return will not be in secret, well some people might mistaken with second coming. Some believe in pre-great tribulation, mid-great tribulation or post-great tribulation, guess what, they’re all correct.
Other reason (maybe) that Jesus will pluck us out of danger is to show force to satan. We all know satan has been trying to imitate God, Moses throw a stick and turn in to snake, the evil magicians did the same thing. satan always tries to imitate God’s miracles to fool people into following him.
but of course satan can only do cheap imitation ones, he can never raise millions of dead people and take them up into the cloud and then change millions of us, who are still living in the blink of an eye, and then also take us up into the sky to meet Him and to be with Him forever. And that’s what I call it power!
What About Timing of the Rapture?
Harves timet, why do I believe it's harvest time, check this out
Mat 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Grinding at the mill, people only use this during harvest season, we don't use this in United States of America, but they do in middle east, especially in Israel, they still use this. This also show us, that they are in daylight time.
We who live in United Stated of America, which is almost half way around the world will be sleeping, in night time, it's dark.
Luk 17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
This two verses, one in daylight and the other one night time also fit with no one knows the day and the hour, because the earth is rounded, one could be on 0100 ZULU and the other one could be on 1500 ZULU, one could be noon time, other different time, around the clock. Get the picture?
When to be exact?
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
After The Rapture
If you read the book of Revelation, several first chapters you will find world Churches, 7 churches actually, here and there. But when chapter of the tribulation of wrath of God, you will no longer see the word Church. You know why? Because church will no longer on earth, we will be taken away. The church is not an object of God's wrath.
But you will find word saint, this is the left behind Christians, they are not part of Church or the Bride.
Oh yeah one more thing about the great tribulation,
Mat 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Jas 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
As long as the Church are here on earth, where we pray to bind all the evil power, then they will stuck in hell, that's why if you watch 23 minutes in hell testimony by Bill Weise, you will understand why so many devil bound on the wall in hell, they cant do anything. Because of our prayer, the church. But when the church taken up in Rapture, the no more “righteous” people praying again on earth and those devil will cut loose from hell, and earth literary will be like hell. The great tribulation on earth, like never before.
Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Here also another verse, the Rapture of the Church will take place before the great tribulation, which means pre-great tribulation Rapture.
Non of us experience the horror of world war II where 52 millions people killed, non of us probably never went through the horror of mao tse tung, where he killed 70 millions of his own people during the ‘culture’ revolution. And many more, stallin, lenin, genghis khan, etc. All of that combined will still pale compare to what will happen on this earth.
There is going to be tortures, devastation on earth like never before. And they have to endure all of that; at one point of time, they want to die because overwhelming pains and suffering but deaths flee. There will be no easy way out!
Rev 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Four Horsemen
In the book of Revelation we can find chapter talking about the chronology that will happen in the future, actually some part already happening now.
Rev 6:1 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, "Come!"
1. White Horse, this is the antichrist come into the spotlight.
Is he here yet? YES. Who is he?
Look around, who do you think world leader that come out of nowhere (crown was given) and when he took the office just like someone riding a white horse, some people even calling him the messiah, the savior? He came with HIGH promises.
Also in two weeks, he received nobel peace price, without doing anything, (bow without arrow), just like a man on peace.
On my other writing I describe very detail on who the antichrist is with all the evidences and what is the beast.
Rev 6:2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.
Is he here yet? YES. Who is he?
Look around, who do you think world leader that come out of nowhere (crown was given) and when he took the office just like someone riding a white horse, some people even calling him the messiah, the savior? He came with HIGH promises.
Also in two weeks, he received nobel peace price, without doing anything, (bow without arrow), just like a man on peace.
On my other writing I describe very detail on who the antichrist is with all the evidences and what is the beast.
Rev 6:2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.
2. Red Horse, after the antichrist is here, the next thing that will happen is war, world war III, a nuclear world war. How this war started? Watch what happening in Israel and iran, I believe Israel will soon preemptive attack iran’s nuclear facilities, and this will trigger Ezekiel 38-39 war. Ezekiel 38-39 war will trigger world war III.
Rev 6:3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
Rev 6:4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Rev 6:3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
Rev 6:4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
3. Black Horse, this is famine, food supply will be very minimum, the price of food will be so expensive, people work all day just enough to pay for one meal, for one person, for one time.
Rev 6:5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.
Rev 6:6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!"
Rev 6:5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.
Rev 6:6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!"
4. Pale Horse, the next is pale, or death. The original word is χλωροìς chlōros (khlo-ros') From the same as G5514; greenish, that is, verdant, dun-colored: - green, pale. Or in other word, the color of death people. Yes, the next thing is death, there will be so many people dies. One fourth of human population will be killed, either from wars, famine or diseases even animal attacks.
Rev 6:7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.
Rev 6:7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.
After we know the white horse (antichrist) is here, then the next thing that will happen in very near future is the red horse (world war), and I am pretty sure, red horse, black horse and pale horse will take place almost simultaneously.
Ezekiel 38-39 War
I am not going to paste the whole two chapter, you can read it by yourself, I am just going to paste some point in here.
Eze 38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
Eze 38:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
Eze 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Eze 38:5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Eze 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
Here the Bible explicitly describe the main players in this war, obviously Israel and the enemies are Russia (Gog and Magog), Meshech is the old name of Moscow, Tubal is capitol of Siberia, Iran (Persia), (Ethiopia), Libya, Turkey (Gomer), basically islamic countries.
How do we know all of that, from the Bible of course, if you do a little research, you will find it too
1Ch 1:5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Keep reading and you will find out where are these men go and stay from Israel.
I want you to take a look at the word “put hooks into thy jaws”, that mean, they have no choice to attack Israel, why? How about Israel preemptive attack on iran’s nuclear facilities, I believe that’s a good reason for iran to attack Israel. But why Russian involved in this war and take side of iran?
We all know, that Russian always oppose the West, if not all weapons to kill American soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan came from either Russia or China. Other that makes Russia take side of Iran is because they are one pack, we have NATO (North America Treaty Organisation), and they have SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation),
SCO members are Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, wow 4 islamic countries, and Iran also Pakistan are part of the ‘observer’ which mean, potential member. Just like NATO, if one member attacked, then the rest of the member should help out, same thing here. This SCO will also explain the 200 million soldiers from the east that will attack Israel, later on.
In this war, nuclear bomb will be used.
Eze 38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Eze 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Eze 38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
And from the attacker, they’re will fight and kill against each other, or so called “friendly fire” in combat terms.
Eze 38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Only one sixth of the attacker will be survived, the rest will be killed. And the Lord let those 1/6 to go back to their own countries to tell people that there is GOD in Israel.
Eze 39:2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
Eze 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Eze 39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
Wow! How awesome our God is! Halelujah!
The casualties will be so great to the attacker, need 7 months just to burry the dead.
Eze 39:12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
Nuclear Bomb
Where in the Bible that mentioned nuclear disaster? There are several verses actually.
Zec 14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Today’s average of 20 mega ton (20,000 kilo ton) on intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), compare to Hiroshima bomb was 15 kilo ton.
Mushroom cloud generated by Hiroshima bomb was as high as 20,000 feet, large commercial jet flies around 30,000 feet, and today’s ICBM will generate mushroom cloud as high as 100,000 feet.
Within 1 mile radius, complete destruction on Hiroshima bomb and 20 mega ton explosion can cause potentially fatal third degree burns if not evaporate at a range of 40 miles, that’s the whole city.
Closer to the impact the temperature will be 60 – 100 million degrees Celsius, which is some 10,000 hotter than the surface of the sun, with that kind of blast, the victim will die in the blink of an eye and they don’t even know it.
It’s going to be so fast and so hot, their tongue melt in their mouth and their eyes in their socket, the whole flesh and bones will be evaporated in second.
And the world has plenty of these missiles, including ex soviet countries and Pakistan. Which the Islamic terrorist would love to have one or several of these and use it against the western world. Not to mention Iranian government.
Isa 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
The whole city of Damascus will be perished. Never in history this prophecy being fulfilled. Damascus never been destroyed. Damascus is the capitol city of Syria with around 1.7 million people.
Recently Syria been supporting Iran, not only politically in UN but military, by supporting Hezbollah in Lebanon. I suspect Iranian missiles toward Israel will be launch from Syria, first, Syria is Iranian ally, second, I don’t think iran has advance missile technology that can launch missile that far and hit the intended target in Israel. And when that happen, Israel will see on their radar ballistic missile’s size coming from Syria and counter attack to eliminate that threat and destroy the source with another ballistic missile.
Isa 17:14 At evening they cause terror, but by morning they are gone. That is the fate of everyone who plunders our land.
The Bible even foretold the exact time, in the evening. And no one will survive in the morning. Amazing! The whole city gone in smoke.
And I think this will happen before the Ezekiel 38-39, because Syria was not mentioned in Ezekiel 38-39. If they are still survive, I bet they would love to participate to attack and destroy Israel, at least that was their plan.
Rev 9:18 By 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
No conventional weapons can kill one third of human population on earth, it’s going to take thousand of years to do that. We are talking 2 billion people here, that’s 2,000,000,000 people. People are not going to stand still and let whoever shoot them, they will put up a fight to survives. 20 years of Vietnam war not even close to that on casualties count, Unless it’s nuclear weapons. Like I just explain the mighty destruction of this weapons in short amount of time it can eliminate millions of people.
In nuclear world war, where everybody with nuclear weapons will launch their nuclear arsenal, not only against opponent with nuclear arsenal but anybody that could become a threat later on. It’s called MAD in military terms, Mutual Assured Destruction. Guess how many ballistic missiles pointing at us? I bet majority of Russian and china’s arsenal are pointing at us right now. It’s going to be a HUGE fire works ever. Good thing the Bride of Jesus don’t have to see this in person, maybe we get to watch it from Heaven J
Rev 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Rev 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
Rev 8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
Rev 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
Nuclear weapons do not discriminate just people, but everything in his path, trees, fishes, everything. No wonder one third of trees and every creature on the ocean will also be killed. If we read carefully, all of these verses describe as FIRE, SMOKE, and BRIMSTONE. Sound like world war nuclear weapons to me.
And since this is part of the great tribulation, a huge meteor could also play part in this, it may also hit the earth, as describe on Rev 8:10.
200 million Soldiers
After Russia, and all Islamic countries that involved in Ezekiel 38-39 war defeated, then come kings from the east.
Rev 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
King from the east, that’s plural, several countries will gang up to attack Israel, but I believe it will be lead by the Chinese. We have an eagle as the symbol of the country, UK is a lion, Russia is a bear, and China is a DRAGON. They don’t have dragon as the symbol by coincidence. Oh no, satan knew, long time ago, that in the end china will lead the final march to Armageddon to destroy Israel.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and satan, the deceiver of the whole world--he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
China is part of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), so china obligated to help their fellow SCO members. I believe china will shocked seeing russia and many islamic countries get defeated and run with their tails between their legs.
So china is going to put their best effort, mobilize the biggest army ever assembly on the face of the earth. I believe pakistan, and probably india will be part of this coalition. Both pakistan and india are observer to SCO.
Rev 9:16 The number of the cavalry was two hundred millions; I heard their number.
Yes, 200 million soldiers. But now, how that even possible?
China have over 1.3 billion people, india over 1.1 billion people, and pakistan around 170 million. They have plenty man power to assembly 200 million soldiers.
In 1970’s china have one child policy, so every household can only have one child. And in Chinese tradition, a boy is more desirable than a girl, because a boy will carry their family’s name, when he grown old and married.
So what happened, many families either sent their daughters for adoption, yes, you can see a lot of chinese adoption are girls. You will find very very rare a baby boy for adoption in china. Either that or they aborted the babies.
Several decades later, the population is imbalance, more males than females, and they are around ‘productive’ age, military age. I watch PBS a while back, a minister of social affair spokes, and she highly concern about this trend. Many males will not be able to find wives, the competition become very competitive so say the least. Around 170 millions surplus single men.
I am not going to talks about china social problem, but I do want to relate that to the fulfillment end time Bible prophecy.
Those high ‘surplus’ single men is a huge source for the military. Young, single, they have nothing to consider to enlisted or drafted.
India also has very high population, another good source for military drafted.
Both countries also have rapid economic growth, o yeah, satan know this battle is coming soon, and military weapons are not cheap. They need to have money to build and produce military weapons. In fact china is now boosting their military power like never before. They are now being prepared for that, without they even know it. And
Now we know, the have the motive to attack Israel, they have the manpower and they have the weapon sources too.
And how you get 200 millions soldiers to the battle fields, it’s going to take years with airplanes or ships. Beside it’s dangerous to transport that many troops by air and sea, and make it target by the Israeli. The only other option is transport them by land but there is a huge river, Euphrates prevents them to go there by land.
Maybe impossible 10 years ago, but not now, there are three major dams, keban, karakaya and ataturk (the largest), these dams, so massive they can shut dry the Euphrates river for the troops to cross.
Rev 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
This is the infamous war will be held, Armageddon, mother of all battle. The biggest, and the last war. The last harvest, winepress!
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
At one point, the river of blood will be as deep as five feet deep and as long as 200 miles.
Rev 14:20 The grapes were squeezed out in the wine press outside the city, and blood came out of the wine press in a flood two hundred miles long and about five feet deep.
So far everything in place, just need that one domino to fall down.
The Mark of the Beast
I don't believe 666 is the bar code or even RFID (radio frequency ID), but I do believe RFID will play significant role in the end times.
Come on guys, seriously, do you believe God will send people to eternal hell without any possibility of escape, just because they’re implanted RFID (chip) or using bar code or some chips? Be seriously!
How many of us know that almost if not all product we have these days have bar code?
I don't now believe or make myself to believe that GOD will send people to eternal hell just because they wear or use RFID.
Rev 13:17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. He who has knowledge let him get the number of the beast; because it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty-six.
What about this verse? Let us examine more, MARK, name of the Beast, this name also number of his name. This 666 was written originally in Greek language. Remember most New Testament was written in Greek language. The 666 (six hundred and sixty six) in Greek language is
χξς
That is exactly the same how people write it with the word "Bismillah" with two crossing swords, exactly the same logo on the flag of Saudi Arabia. So what God trying to tell us??
Bismillah meaning is "in the name of Allah".
By the way does "bis" from bismillah sound like "beast", ummm allah is the beast, maybe?
Koran 39:63 say:
To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: and those who reject the MARK of Allah,- it is they who will be in loss.
Koran or Al-Quran is the holy book of islam. Do you see the connection?
Let’s continue.
If we familiar with the end-time Bible prophecies we will know that the "beast" in Daniel 7 is the picture of next coming empire that will rule the world.
The four beasts are also linked closely with the dream of king Nebuchadnezzar which translated by Daniel about the big statue made out of gold, silver, iron and mixed iron and clay.
I believe what is written in the Bible is not just part of history but also give us clue what is coming ahead in our future. Remember, GOD never let HIS people clueless.
Ecc 1:9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.
- Babylonian empire,
Dan 7:4 The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; while I was watching its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from the earth and placed on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Dan 2:32 As for this image, its head was made of the best gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its middle and its sides were of brass,
Dan 2:33 Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth.
Babylonian empire symbol was a lion with eagle’s wing, and also known for their gold, everything about the gold. Today, most of Babylonian empire is part of Iraq.
- Medo Persia empire,
Dan 7:5 And I saw another beast, like a bear, and it was lifted up on one side, and three side-bones were in its mouth, between its teeth: and they said to it, Up! take much flesh.
In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, below gold is silver, which Iran known for it’s silver works.
- Macedonian empire,
Dan 7:6 After this I saw another beast, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings like those of a bird; and the beast had four heads, and the power of a ruler was given to it.
Even though the HQ was in Greece at that time but most of the empire now part of the muslim world, Egypt, Syria and Arabs.
- Roman empire,
Daniel 7:7 "After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.
This is iron in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. The Roman Empire divided into to parts, one now part of Europe and the other part are Middle East and some Africa, which now mostly Islamic countries. Let’s not forget in that dream it was pictured as TWO LEGS.
Daniel 7:23 "He gave me this explanation: 'The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it.
What all these have anything to do with the Mark of the Beast?
All of these empires are now Islamic countries and the last one, read again; it will be “DIFFERENT” from all the other kingdoms. All kingdoms or now countries have territory; they have soldiers with different uniforms, flags, to differentiate friend or foe. But this LAST kingdom will be different, how different?
They don’t have territories, they have soldiers but you don’t know which one friend or foe, they are everywhere. But they have one goal, just like any other empire, to set up a global government under islam or they call it caliphate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate
Later we will discuss silver lining of the antichrist to this beast.
This fourth and last beast devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. That’s exactly how islam taking over countries, converted and worship allah or be killed.
Dis God give us warning about the antichrist, who, where, when he will show up?
1 Jn 2:22 Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist—he denies the Father and the Son.
The antichrist will reject the existence of Jesus as God and savior, reject the existence of God the Father and God the Son, this is a must character of the antichrist.
1 Jn 4:3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
Sura 5:72 They do blaspheme who say: "God is Christ the son of Mary".
This Sura 5:72 of Al-Qur'an clearly reject Jesus as God. other fundamentally statement that reject Jesus is God come from Islamic Shahadah, or Islamic Creed, declaration of Islam belief. Shahadah:
“La illaha ill Allah, Muhammadur Rasul Allah” which is translated into “There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah” in English. Recitation of the Shahadah is the most important of the Five Pillars of Islam for Muslims and is performed daily. Non-Muslims wishing to convert to Islam do so by a public recitation of the creed.
Islam is religion that come into being from the rejection of Jesus as God and also all the Bible verses. We actually are being warned about this.
What the word alah or allah mean in Hebrew, lets find out:
H422 אלה 'âlâh (aw-law')
A primitive root; properly to adjure, that is, (usually in a bad sense) imprecate: - adjure, curse, swear.
H408 אל 'al (al)
A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job_24:25) as a noun, nothing: - nay, neither, + never, no, nor, not, nothing [worth], rather than.
H3809 לה לא lâ' lâhl (aw, law)
(Chaldee); corresponding to H3808: - or even, neither, no (-ne, -r), ([can-]) not, as nothing, without.
H3808 לה לוא לא lô' lô' lôh (lo, lo, lo)
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles: - X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig [-norant], much, less, nay, neither, never, no ([-ne], -r, [-thing]), (X as though . . . , [can-], for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
History also stated how islam treats the Jews (Israel), for example, during Word War 2, the grand mufti Mohammad Amin Al-Husayni, islamic leader worked together with Adolf Hitler to exterminate the Jews from the face of the earth. Just like the old Arabic proverbs, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
Just like Hitler hate the Jews, also islam hates the Jews, they worked together by creating two islamic SS divisions, SS is the most savage military of Germany. This fact never mentioned and in fact none of islamic SS divisions ever convicted and not even brought into justice, because of trying to be politically correctness because it involved religion.
If we know what islam position against the Jews, we should know what spirit behind them.
Rev 17:8-9 The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was, now is not, and yet will come. "This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits.
The beast will rose from the city surrounded by 7 hills. Not many city surrounded by seven hills in this world, even very few city as center of religion that surrounded by seven hills.
Do you know that Mecca, the center of islam religion is surrounded by seven hills? Well now you know, coincidence? I don't think so, just part of a piece of puzzle.
Rev 20:4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
After the Rapture of the Church, people so called Christian (left behind, 5 foolish virgins) will go into the great tribulation, will be persecuted, islam will take over the world, the moderate islam will be step aside by the radical.
Just like during the World War 2, the moderate, peace loving Germany step aside by the more radical, Jew hated Germany.
And it's not far off, can you see happening now, more and more countries adopted the Shariah Law, the islamic law.
Islam under the antichrist (al-mahdi) will rule the world, all people will have to proclaim the islamic shahadah (creed) to get the RFID, for them to be able to buy and sell. For those who reject to be converted into islam will be persecuted and torture to death by beheaded. Many will reject and proclaimed their faith in Jesus Christ.
We all know beheading is very unique method of killing in islam, no matter what countries. Remember the killing of Daniel Pearl, or 3 female high school students in Indonesia, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan, in Saudi Arabia, in Philippines, in Iran, Iraq, and many more. They only use this method of killing, beheading.
And if you pay more attention, just before they cop someone head they always, I mean always chanting or yelling this word, "allahu akbar" (which literary mean "allah is great".
Sad, but die by beheaded for their faith in Jesus Christ is still way way much better than worship the beast by converted to islam, to be thrown in hell forever and ever.
Rev 17:5 This title was written on her forehead:
MYSTERY
BABYLON THE GREAT
THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
al-Hajar-ul-Aswad, the Black Stone, is part of Kabah, and Muslims were expected to kiss the "Black Stone" shape like the female genital. When pilgrims circle the Kaaba as part of the Tawaf ritual of the Hajj, many of them try, if possible, to stop and kiss the Black Stone.
No wonder, the Bible mentioned this as the mother of prostitute.
Islam also believes that in the end times, the islamic 'savior' will come. He will lead the world under islamic law, he will be called the guided one, guided by satan. Just before he arrived the world will have to be in chaos.
And Iranian president has been said many times, he will usher the coming of this al-mahdi. Don’t forget, he pursues the nuclear weapons to destroy Israel.
Below I will try to explain the twisted doctrines of islam.
In Al-Qur'an: Al-Mahdi, the guided one, islamic savior detail descriptions are exactly match with the antichrist description in the Bible. islamic savior is our antichrist, the enemy of Al-Mahdi is Christian's Savior, Jesus Christ.
In Al-Qur'an: Isa, islamic jesus will also come and become Al-Mahdi lieutenant, which in the Bible this islamic Jesus is actually the false prophet.
Especially when the antichrist sits on the temple of God in Jerusalem and claimed himself as god.
In Al-Qur'an: Dajjal, will have war against Al-Mahdi (Antichrist) and islamic Isa. The description of Dajjal is actually the description of our Jesus Christ in the Bible.
Now, who is this Al-Mahdi? and what Al-Qur'an describe about him,
"The world will not come to an end," said the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), " until a man from my family (Ahlulbayt) and of my name shall be master of the world, When you see a green ensign coming from the direction of Khorasan, then join them, for the Imam of God will be with the standards who will be called Al-Mahdi."
"The Mahdi will be descended from me; he will be a man with an open countenance and a face with a high nose. He will fill the earth with equity and with justice, just as it has been filled with tyranny and oppression." (Biharul Anwar, Majlisi).
Al-Mahdi (the antichrist) have to be a MUSLIM and in the Bible this antichrist describe as a little one, from ordinary family.
Dan 7:8, 24 "While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully.
Horn is symbol of kingship (president) in the Bible. What else? The antichrist is not a Caucasian that’s for sure, he will have to come from southern part of roman empire, a prince, charismatic, he likes to talk and talk and talk and very arrogant (mouth that spoke boastfully), since the antichrist will make a 'peace' deal with Israel, so he has to be the hero of peace (what about noble peace price winner?)
No peace make ever succeeds in Israel versus Middle east , you know why? Because all the mediator came from the western countries. No Arabs (islam) will honor that peace deal, unless the 'mediator' come from their own.
The antichrist
This topic probably the most popular to many people. Many sources and website “try” to explain or talks about the antichrist but very few dare to say the name. Many others are just wrong. Some say the pope, other say prince Charles, or Tony Blair, some other say cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, because he was a Jew and also catholic, of course this claim turn out to be wrong, he passed away in 2007, some give very general description, like the antichrist has to be a Jew, well, there are over 13 millions Jews in this world.
And this claimed of the antichrist came way back after Jesus was rapture to Heaven, during that time some say Nero was the antichrist. Back in World War II, some say Hitler was the antichrist.
As I mentioned on other chapters, the antichrist has to be a muslim. How do we know is someone is a muslim? If walk like a duck, quack like a duck, it’s a duck.
Luk 6:44 Every tree is known by the fruit it bears; you do not pick figs from thorn bushes or gather grapes from bramble bushes.
Soon after he is in office he went overseas, not to US allies, not to Europe, not to China, but to Islamic world, to do what? Apologize for the America, and praising islam. This should raise a red flag. That’s one.
- The antichrist has also be a man of “peace”, come on white horse, and to conquer
Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
When he come, many will look up to him, some even worship him, it’s like he is a savior, he also will come like the man of peace, you can measure man of peace, well maybe by receive the noble peace price. He also will try to conquer many things at once, he’d try to change many, and to him anything goes no rules. At least three red flags here. PPP
- The antichrist is a great orator; obama is a great orator, great speaker, even though most of what he said are lies. P
Dan 7:8 ... This horn had human eyes and a mouth that was boasting proudly.
- The antichrist is changing time and law. He is a changer. Not to the better but to the worst. Just 5 days before the election, he said, he will fundamentally change the America, even his slogan, bumper sticker is CHANGE. And he is against God’s law, obama pro abortion, pro homosexual marriage, anti Christian. On 9th years after 911, he told America to be tolerance in religion, WHAT!? Were we attacking the muslims? They are the one attacking us, not only on September 11, 2010 but ALL attacks come from islam, including on Forth Hood Dallas, TX. He also eliminate National day of Prayer but help communist party convention instead. PPP
Dan 7:25 "This king will speak evil of God Most High, and he will be cruel to God's chosen ones. He will try to change God's Law and the sacred seasons. And he will be able to do this for a time, two times, and half a time.
- The antichrist is very selfish he doesn’t care what people needs and wants. That’s exactly what obama’s doing, he doesn’t care his poll is drop like a rock.
Dan 11:36 "Dan 11:36 "And the king shall do as he wills. He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god…
The antichrist likes to admire himself. Someone said, "obama loves the man in the mirror." He exalts himself and calls those who oppose him extremists, racists and un-American. He refuses interviews to media personnel who criticize him and expects his bills to be signed without being read, etc. PP
- The antichrist will rise as a little horn, wax exceedingly great, and take over the world, two years before he ran for president of the United States, obama was virtually unknown (a little horn or power). Today, he has great power and some want him to head up the New World Order (take over the world). P
Dan 7:8 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Dan 8:9 Out of one of them came a little horn, which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
- The antichrist will be worshipped by many (Revelation 13:8). Many have called Obama the Messiah. Some have rewritten Christian songs to praise Obama. One official White House Photo of Obama has the Shekinah Glory around his face. P
Rev 13:8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.
This also give us clue on the pre-great trib Rapture. We will not go through the pre-great Rapture.
- The antichrist will divide the land of Israel for gain, obama supports the two-state solution (which divides the land). In his speech at the U.N. on Sept. 23, 2009, Obama called the Jews in East Jerusalem "the Occupation." He wants the Jews to stop construction on the West Bank, divide the land, and give the West Bank to the Palestinians. PP
Dan 11:39 And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whosoever acknowledgeth him he will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price.
- The Antichrist's number is 666 (Rev 13:18). The Illinois lottery winning numbers on Nov 5, 2008 (election day) are 666 and 7779. Someone had observed that after reviewing the online public lists of donors to the Obama campaign, a huge number, hundreds of donors to Obama listed the numbers 7779 either in their street address or in their telephone number. By contrast, not a single donor to McCain included this sequence of 7779 in their address or telephone listing. It is also noteworthy that Obama has accumulated a history of 666 lottery "wins” always tied to significant events important to him. Jan 16, 2008 The Illinois lottery Evening draw 666. One year anniversary of Obama campaign announcement, that day. Mar 22, 2008 The Illinois lottery Evening draw 666. Clinton supporter Gov. Bill Richardson, N.M. switches support to Obama, killing Clinton's chances, that day. Oct 23, 2008 The Illinois lottery Midday draw 666. New York Times endorses Obama. Iowa lottery, Obama's first win, also midday draw 666, that day. Nov 5, 2008 The Illinois lottery Evening draw 666. Obama is President elect, that day. Nov 7, 2008, The Delaware lottery Midday draws 666. Biden, number two as VP, home state Delaware, draws 666 two days later. P
- The Antichrist also called as the beast. obama's new presidential limousine's callsign called by the Secret Service is "the beast". P
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six.
- We now know, the Rapture will take place like in the days of Lot. In the days of Lot, God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah with FIRE, because of out of control homosexual sin. P
Luk 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Luk 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Luk 17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
Luk 17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
During Lot’s time in Sodom, the king of Sodom’s name is Bera (read Barak), just like the ruler of America (the antichrist) at the time of the Rapture
Gen 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
H1298 בּרע bera‛ (beh'-rah)
Of uncertain derivation; Bera, a Sodomitish king: - Bera.
- The antichrist will came from the east and it will be shine in the west. obama was born in kenya, as a child in Indonesia, grow up in Hawaii but he shine in mainland USA and through out the western world. PP
Mat 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
This verse also gives us clue, when you see the antichrist that came from the east and shine in the west, you know, the day of the Rapture is very near!
Luk 10:18 And Jesus said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
The word lightning in Hebrew is Baraq
H1299 בּרק bâraq (baw-rak')
A primitive root; to lighten (lightning): - cast forth.
H1300 בּרק bârâq (baw-rawk')
From H1299; lightning; by analogy a gleam; concretely a flashing sword: - bright, glitter (-ing, sword), lightning.
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights (heaven) of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
The word heights is
H1116 בּמה bâmâh (baw-maw')
From an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation: - height, high place, wave.
So, LIGHTNING from the HEIGHT in Hebrew is BARAQ O BAMAH (o is junction to combine two words).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raCRSjnT0Wc
- King of the world, the antichrist will be the king of the world. Turn out several years ago, there was king of the world too, from the evil empire. Everyone know Egypt was the symbol of evil in the Bible.
Back then the king’s name was king Tut, Tutankhamun. As you can see on this video below, how they both looked alike. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsP052z5hLk
- The antichrist will try to change everything, law of God, change time, and tradition. Back then there was a king that want to change everything (to the worst), just like obama is doing right now. In fact the king was king tut father, and how obama and not surprisingly michelle obama look exactly like them.
This king’s name was Akhenaten, which mean “the spirit of Aten”, who is Aten? Aten was Ra, or ancient Egyptian’s god, satan himself. Like to be worship like god. Ummm don’t you think that’s exactly what the antichrist would like to be worship, remember, one day he will sit on the Jewish Temple and claimed himself to be God.
Other names used by Akhenaten was Ahmose which mean "child of the moon god", ummm moon god, wasn’t it allah is the moon god, prior to muhammad’s time? YES! allah is the moon god, many muslims don’t know this, the symbol is crescent moon, moon based calendar, their 5 times prayer also based on the sighting of the moon, including their holidays. I can explain later about this moon god, or allah. allah is the beast, satan himself. so child of the moon god, isn’t that sound to coincidental to be the antichrist. Now let see how Akhenaten looks like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fhTkpv9OYo
RFID and UFO
What RFID play role in the end time? Right after the Rapture the world will enter into global chaos, could be the start of world war III, with nuclear explosion happening around the world, could be Yellowstone super volcano erupts, could be asteroids hit the earth, could be solar flares, or combination of all the above.
One thing I am pretty sure, world war III, trigger by the Ezekiel 38-39 is not far behind and this will disrupt global food supply, not only distribution but farming too. Nuclear world war will permanently chance the global temperatures, mushrooms clouds will block the sun and the earth will freeze in no time. Electromagnetic generated will fries all electronic grids and kills all the electrons.
The global leader (the antichrist/al-mahdi) will take over the world.
- First , due to limited food supply, he will force everyone to have RFID implanted either to people right hand or forehead,
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead;
- Since many people (born again ‘watching’ Christians) disappeared all over the world, even in the area not affected to nuclear bombs, the antichrist will have to come up with reason on what’s going on. Kidnapped by the UFO, yup that’s what the logical reasoning. You probably notice lately, in the past several years, many, many UFO sighting around the world.
They are not what people think they are, in fact those are demons, they’re purpose is exactly that, to fool people to believe something that they’re not. UFO sighting is defy the law of physics, flay fast over the speed of sound with any sonic boom, break turn in no logical sense without any centrifugal effect, and many other things.
And why would they play hide and seek, or taking people up and return back in if they just want to make friends with us? Or if they want to study human, don’t you think they have that opportunity many many time before?
Again, they are demons, the sighting is trying to put on people’s mind that UFO exist, satan is not going to allow people to know, those people disappeared are actually taken by GOD in the rapture, no, any reason but that and the most logical since happening around the world is kidnapped by the UFOs.
And the RFID implanted to make sure the ‘government’ can protect people by tracking their location and where about.
Num 13:33 And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Gen 6:4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
Intermarriage between human and demon, generates human ”hybrid” or mutants, that could possible be part of this UFO scheme.
- Identity thieves and terrorist are other reasons to force people to have RFID implanted.
But basically is total control of people by the antichrist/al-mahdi.
The Second Coming
As I explained, the Rapture is not the same as the Second Coming, sometimes people confused of this two, sometimes people mentioning the Second Coming of Jesus but basically they are talking about the Rapture or the other way around.
Act 1:11 They said, "Why are you men from Galilee standing here and looking up into the sky? Jesus has been taken to heaven. But he will come back in the same way that you have seen him go."
At least 500 people witnessing when Jesus taken up to heaven, everybody seen it and in the same way He will return on the second coming, everyone will see Him in His glory when He is return. Not in secret. In secret to meet us in the cloud, that’s when the pre-great tribulation takes place.
We know the Jew worship the same God as the Christians, YHWH (Father God) but they do not believe in Jesus as the Son of God, nor the Savior. As I explained on other chapter, that the Jew was blinded for us, the gentiles to have the opportunity to get saved. I can also understand why the Jew at that time can not accept Jesus as the Savior, because at the time Jesus walks on earth, the Jew was under roman colony, and in their mindset, the Savior should be able to free them from the slavery of the roman empire.
They didn’t get the idea of Jesus came down to this earth to free us from sins. To paid the penalty of our sins. To be free from bondage of sins and not to be free from the roman colonialism.
Fast forward 2,000 years, first UK and second USA become the back bone of Israel, when UK support the Jew, they were prospered, economically and military, UK became the strongest navy in the world.
Same thing with the US, since US become the back bone of the Jewish people, USA became the super power, economically and military, since the US government switch side to please the palestinian and the islamic by forcing Israel to give up land that belong to Israeli, given by God, US going down hill, and the more US government do that, the fastest we are going down the drain.
US also the largest Christians community in the world. When the Rapture take place, company with either nuclear attacks, solar flare, asteroid, or super volcano eruption, basically US will cease to exist, military and economically.
US will no longer able to support and protect Israel, or wont support Israel anymore with obama still in the office with no hard core Christian pro Israel on US soil. Not to mentioned with increasing Islamic influence on this land.
With Ezekiel 38-39 war and attack from kings from the east, and no support from the US, Israel/Jewish people will have no other choice to turn their face to GOD, and desperately calling for the Messiah (Savior), you do know they are still waiting for the Messiah, don’t you? And that’s what God has been waiting for all along, for Israel to return to HIM and accept HIS SON, JESUS (JEHOSHUA).
And in the end, at the Armageddon battle, with 200 million soldier strong approaching to annihilate Israel. The Jewish people will crying out to GOD and GOD never let them down, HE will send His only begotten SON one more time, to save the Jewish people. So the title SAVIOR one more time will be fulfilled, not only for sins but the SAVIOR of the Jew. And Yes, like the note put on top of HIS cross, “This is the King of the Jew”, yes, the King of the Jew, Jehoshua,is return to saved His people”.
Jud 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Jud 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convict all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have impiously committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
The verse above also explains that the saints (and the righteous) have to be up before they can come down, so the pre great tribulation Rapture has to occur first.
The original word use to describe the saints in that verse is
ἁìγιος hagios (hag'-ee-os), meaning sacred (physically pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially consecrated, or in other word the “righteous”.
Joe 3:1 For in those days and in that time, when I let the fate of Judah and Jerusalem be changed,
Joe 3:2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land,
Harvest Cycles
If you read all over the Bible, God pictures about harvest, also in Israel, there are 3 harvests. one for pre-great tribulation, one for mid-great tribulation and the other for post-great tribulation. each harvest are different, depending of who you are in the eyes of God.
The first harvest, some say, first fruit, some church use this to get money, well that's not what it mean, it's picture of pre-great tribulation Rapture, guess what they harvest in this?
- Barley! In the Old Testament, only good barley harvested during this time, only 10%, gathering by using 'fork' farm, throw it in the sky (can you see picture us fly into the sky, there?) and only the "soft" shell will be taken and give it to the high priest.
- The second harvest is Wheat or Summer Harvest, this is mid tribulation harvest, many many left behind Christian, or so called saints in the book of Revelation will be killed because of the name of Jesus.
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
This summer harvest also mentioned in Mathew 24,
Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Another God's time table, we all know and now you know if u didnt know before that fig tree is Israel, when Israel become a nation in 1948, that's another landmark of God's clock.
- The last harvest is end gathering, this is where the Grapes is harvested, can you see how they make wine out of it, put all in one basket and pressed it, so called wine press. this is for unbeliever, in the Armageddon war, Jesus Himself will come down and many of His people will save Israel.
Rev 14:18-20 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Jud 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Every year, first harvest, first fruit, they take some the good one, not too old, tender, soft shell, and using the garden fork, throw it in the air and catch it, after that the will bring this and offer it to the Temple of God, for the priests.
Neh 10:35 We will take to the Temple each year an offering of the first grain we harvest and of the first fruit that ripens on our trees.
This is first fruit, the pre-great tribulation Rapture. We that are "soft shell" flow with the Holy Spirit, will be taken up in the air, to escape the great tribulation.
Christians that are dead already will be taken up first and then we who are still alive will be taken up too, to meet Jesus Christ in the cloud, and we all together will be in Heaven, celebrating the Lamb wedding, having wedding feasts.
1Th 4:16 For 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:
1Th 4:17 Then 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.
When? Again I say unto you, in spring time, just after winter. How do I know that, because the Bible says so. In the book of Songs of Solomon, most of us know this is the book of love, when the Lord and the church fall in love.
Son 2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Son 2:11 For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone;
Son 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
Son 2:13 The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Read again very carefully please, twice the Lord said, RISE UP, this is exactly what written in New Testament, first the dead in Christ will be rapture and the we are who are still alive will be rapture. Not only that, but the Lord also give us a hint, when, "the Winter is past" ummm after winter is Spring, and guess what? The First fruit harvest is happening in Spring time.
What it mean by Spring is not regular season but more like after dead of country Israel for thousands years, when they become fully operated country again in 1948, that’s when the winter’s end and start new leaf. New leaf start blossom during Spring time. Are we on Spring time now? YES. Israel is blossom, from mostly dessert before, now blossom, become the biggest fruits exporter to western Europe. Yes, we are in Spring time now!
Luk 21:30 When you see their leaves beginning to appear, you know that summer is near.
Ecc 1:9 That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Rapture Events in the Bible
Some of you may say, the Bible never mentioned about the Rapture, never happened in the Bible? Actually three time Rapture happened in the Bible.
- First, Jesus Christ,
Act 1:8 But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you power. Then you will tell everyone about me in Jerusalem, in all Judea, in Samaria, and everywhere in the world."
Act 1:9 After Jesus had said this and while they were watching, he was taken up into a cloud. They could not see him,
Act 1:10 but as he went up, they kept looking up into the sky. Suddenly two men dressed in white clothes were standing there beside them.
Act 1:11 They said, "Why are you men from Galilee standing here and looking up into the sky? Jesus has been taken to heaven. But he will come back in the same way that you have seen him go."
We will meet Him, Jesus Christ, the Groom, in the clouds, just like that the Bible says.
- Second, Elijah. he also rapture, he never died.
2Ki 2:11 Elijah and Elisha were walking along and talking, when suddenly there appeared between them a flaming chariot pulled by fiery horses. Right away, a strong wind took Elijah up into heaven.
Not only that, but Elijah knew the timing of his rapture too. He knew exactly what day he is going to be rapture.
2Ki 2:1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2Ki 2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
This is proof that GOD never leave HIS people in darkness and HE will tell you when the time of the Rapture will be. Not for all so called Christians, only the 5 wise Virgins, the Bride of Christ.
- Third, Enoch, he also rapture, he never died
Gen 5:24 and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Elijah and Enoch, Two Witnesses
But, the Bible also says, that men should die. (Except who lives in end times, we will be Rapture)
Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
So what's up with that? Elijah and Enoch are not finished yet, they will return, I guess if you seen some of Left Behind movies, you know there will be Two witnesses. After the pre-great tribulation Rapture, the Church is gone, no more people evangelist, because they are Rapture. Left behind are so called Christian who never evangelist. Then this Two men, Two witnesses will come one, actually they are already here, at least Elijah is here now. How do I know, maybe sound far fetch to you guys, but the Lord told me in a dream, Elijah is already here.
In fact just today September 7, 2009, the Lord gave me this verse confirming that dream:
Mal 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet BEFORE the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
The great and dreadful day of the Lord is the day of the Rapture. I explain that on the previous chapter.
Anyway, back, Elijah and Enoch will be Jesus Christ witnesses, they will tell the people who never heard about the Gospel, they will witnessing in Israel, in Jerusalem. but people around the world will see them, they will do miracles wonders, eventually this men will be killed by the antichrist, no, I am not telling story here, just read the Bible, you can find it there too.
Rev 11:3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
Rev 11:6 These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.
What you read or see in movie about the 10 plagues in Egypt during Moses time, umm that could happens again.
Rev 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
Rev 11:11 And after the three days and a half the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them that beheld them.
Rev 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they went up into heaven in the cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
See, another picture of Rapture.
Anyway, why Elijah and Enoch? Well there are two different kind of human in the eyes of God, Jewish and Gentile. Elijah is Jewish and Enoch is Gentile. These two men represent both people, evangelist to both people. That’s why in Heaven you will know there are 24 elders.
Rev 5:8 After he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders knelt down before him. Each of them had a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of God's people.
12 elders represent Jewish tribes and 12 for gentiles. Combined both; 24 Elders.
11 Cheshvan
Cheshvan (Hebrew: חֶשְׁוָן, Standard Ḥešvan Tiberian Ḥešwān), sometimes called Marcheshvan (Hebrew: מַרְחֶשְׁוָן, Standard Marḥešvan Tiberian Marḥešwān; from Akkadian waraḫsamnu, literally "eighth month") is the second month of the civil year (which starts on 1 Tishrei) and the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year (which starts on 1 Nisan) on the Hebrew calendar.
Why 11 Cheshvan is the date for everyone to know about?
- Passing of Methuselah (1656 BC)
Methuselah, the longest-lived human being of all time, died at the age of 969 years on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 1656 from creation (2105 BC) - exactly seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood. Methuselah was Adam's great-great-great-great-great-grandson and Noah's grandfather.
- Passing of Rachel (1553 BC)
The matriarch Rachel died in childbirth on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 2208 from creation (1553 BC) while giving birth to her second son, Benjamin.
Rachel was born in Aram (Mesopotamia) approximately 1585 BC. Her father was Laban, the brother of Jacob's mother, Rebecca. Jacob came to Laban's home in 1576 BC, fleeing the wrath of his brother Esau. He fell in love with Rachel and worked for seven years tending Laban's sheep in return for her hand in marriage. But Laban deceived his nephew, and on the morning after the wedding Jacob discovered that he had married Rachel's elder sister, Leah. Laban agreed to give him Rachel as a wife as well in return for another seven years' labor.
Rachel was childless for many years, while her elder sister and rival gave birth to six sons and a daughter in succession. Finally, in 1562 BC, she gave birth to Joseph. Nine years later, while Jacob and his family were on the road to Jacob's ancestral home in Hebron (after a 22-year absence), she gave birth to a second son, but died in childbirth. Jacob buried her by the roadside, in Bethlehem; there, "Rachel weeps over her children, for they are gone [in exile]" (Jeremiah 31:14). Her tomb has served as a place of prayer for Jews for more than 35 centuries.
- Birth and passing of Yartzeit of Benjamin. (1553 BC - 1443 BC)
Benjamin was the last-born of Jacob's twelve sons, and the second (and last) son of Rachel in the Book of Genesis. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan. He died in Egypt on the 11th of Cheshvan (which was also his birthday) 1443 BC at the age of 111.
H1144
בּנימין
binyâmîyn
bin-yaw-mene'
From H1121 and H3225; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory: - Benjamin.
In a nut shell, Methuselah was passed away on that date; remember 7 days later start the flood. And Rachel was passed away on the same date, remember Rachel was a picture of the church, and she passed away from childbirth, this get more interesting, Rachel died when she delivered Benjamin, (the founding father of Benjamin tribe). Now the name Benjamin means the Right Hand SON, sound like Jesus to me. And Benjamin is the tribe of priest; Jesus is our most high priest. So Benjamin was BORN on that date and also DIED on that date 111 years later. BORN and DIED on the same date, come and go at the same date, that sound like Jesus return to meet us in the cloud and go back to heaven again, what do u think?
Tisha B'Av
Is an annual fast day in Judaism, named for the ninth day (Tisha) of the month of Av in the Hebrew calendar. The fast commemorates the destruction of both the First Temple and Second Temple in Jerusalem, which occurred about 656 years apart, but on the same Hebrew calendar date. Accordingly, the day has been called the "saddest day in Jewish history".
Five specific events occurred on the ninth of Av that warrant fasting:
1. The twelve spies sent by Moses to observe the land of Canaan returned from their mission. Only two of the spies, Joshua and Caleb, brought a positive report, while the others spoke disparagingly about the land. The majority report caused the Children of Israel to cry, panic and despair of ever entering the "Promised Land". For this, they were punished by God that their generation would not enter the land. Because of the Israelites' lack of faith, God decreed that for all generations this date would become one of crying and misfortune for their descendants, the Jewish people. (See Numbers Ch. 13–14)
2. The First Temple built by King Solomon and the Kingdom of Judah was destroyed by the Babylonians led by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC and the Judeans were sent into the Babylonian exile.
3. The Second Temple built by Ezra and Nehemiah was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD, scattering the people of Judea and commencing the Jewish exile from the Holy Land. According to the Talmud in tractate Ta'anit, the destruction of the Second Temple began on the Ninth of Av and the Temple continued to burn throughout the Tenth of Av.
4. The Romans crushed Bar Kokhba's revolt and destroyed the city of Betar, killing over 100,000 Jews, in 132 AD.
5. Following the Roman siege of Jerusalem, Roman commander Turnus Rufus plowed the site of the Temple and the surrounding area, in 133 AD.
6. The First Crusade was declared by Pope Urban II in 1095, killing 10,000 Jews in its first month and destroying Jewish communities in France and the Rhineland.
7. Jews were expelled from England in 1290.
8. Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492.
9. On Tisha B'Av 1914 (August 1, 1914), World War I broke out, causing unprecedented devastation across Europe and set the stage for World War II and the Holocaust.
10. On the eve of Tisha B'Av 1942, the mass deportation began of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, en route to Treblinka.
11. The Jewish community center in Buenos Aires was bombed, killing 86 and wounding 300 others, on Monday July 18, 1994, the 10th of Av. Jewish Cal 1994
12. The Israeli withdrawal from 25 settlements in the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria. * source Wikipedia.
So what my point in this, first, nothing new under the sun, if we want to know what will happen in the future, just look back at the history, and number/date matters. Second, the whole universe can be destroyed first before God let His temple destroyed, one angel can kill 185,000 soldier in one night, there is no way Babylonians or Roman soldier and not even the whole world armies can withstand that, unless God let it happened.
Isa 37:36 And the angel of the LORD went out and struck down a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Happening right now around the World
- Bees disappearing: About 2 years ago there is phenomenon called, colony collapse disorder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder where many in billion bees just disappeared out of the blue, just gone. All over the world. Do you know that bees help more than half productivity farmer. At that time I knew this is part of next fulfillment of Revelation 6:6, where people work all day just enough to buy food for meal for one person one time. that's how bad it is it will be.
- These Economic Crisis also fulfillment of end time Bible prophecies, where all governments around the world "bailing out" their private sector, which also mean their owning them. also G-20, one world government is not in process, when government each country own private sectors and one world government control them, later antichrist will take over, that's when the verse
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 6:5-6 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!"
With bees gone, flood and drought destroyed farms everywhere around the world, even UN is now scared of food shortage. Only need one world war will fulfilled this prophecy in heart beat.
- Watch Iran and Israel, how countries mentioned in Ezekiel 38-39 war already line up. Watch also India and Pakistan, those two nuclear countries will be part of global warming. Where one third of human population will be toasted.
2Pe 3:6-7 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
This Ezekiel 38-39 war will trigger world war III, nuclear world war. And I believe split second before or right at the first nuclear blast, the Rapture will take place.
Nothing new under the sun, everything will repeated again.
Ecc 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Passover
Passover is one of several Jewish holidays that commemorate Israeli freed from slavery in Egypt. It talks when the death angel passes every house with the lamb’s blood marked on their front door. So every firstborn in those houses will be saved.
Exo 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.
Exo 12:13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
Exo 12:14 "This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.
Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan, which is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for seven or eight days, in commemoration, for the duration of Passover no leavened bread is eaten, for which reason it is called "The Festival of the Unleavened Bread"
Luk 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover.
Luk 22:7 And the day of unleavened bread came, when the Passover lamb is put to death.
Same thing here, Jesus is the Lamb of God, sacrifice to pay for our sin and to deliver us from the wrath to come. Oh yeah, there will be God’s wrath on earth, the great tribulation, and I say it again, the bride of Christ wont be here.
1Th 1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Passover was crystallized when Jesus died on the cross, exactly on Passover day. The Lamb was sacrificed. This the interesting, at the Jewish temple, they sacrifices 2 perfect lamb, one in the morning offering at 9 AM and the other afternoon offering at 3 PM.
The Jewish day began at sundown. The daytime was divided into 12 seasonal hours, but the day division of hours was focused on the schedule of the Tamid sacrifice. In the first century AD the night was divided into 4 night watches of 3 hours each: from sun down to 9PM; from 9PM to 12 midnight; from 12 midnight to 3AM; and from 3AMto dawn. A trumpet call, known as the “cockcrow” signaled the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th watch.
The day was divided into 12 seasonal hours. Dawn and high noon were easily determined by the position of the sun, but the actual sacrifices three hours after dawn at the 3rd hour, or at our 9AM, and the afternoon sacrifice at the 9th hour, or our 3PM, were determined by the use of a sundial or a water-clock.
תָּמִיד tâmîyd (taw-meed') means perpetual or “standing”.
Exo 29:38 And this is what you shall offer upon the altar: two lambs of the first year day by day perpetual.
One in the morning 9AM and the other in the afternoon 3PM. This is the chronology:
- At dawn the first lamb of the daily sacrifice is tied to the altar: Jesus was condemned by the Sanhedrin [the Jewish Law Court] at dawn (Matthew 26:63-66; Mark 15:61-15:1; Luke 22:66-23:1; Mishnah: Tamid 3:2-3:3). After Jesus was condemned by the High Priest and the Sanhedrin, He is immediately brought before the Roman governor, Pilate. The Greek word proi can mean “very early in the morning” or “dawn” (see John 18:28). It is also the name of the 4th Roman Watch, which is from 3AM-Dawn. Later in John 19:14 John writes that Jesus is condemned by Pilate on “Preparation Day” = the 6th day of the week and the day the Jews prepared for the Sabbath, Friday, at about the 6th hour.
Just as the High Priest selected the lamb of sacrifice for the sins of the people in the Feast of Atonement, Jesus is the perfect Lamb of God chosen to die for the sins of the people and pronounced “innocent”, without sin, by a gentile Roman prefect
- At the 3rd hour/9AM the first lamb of the daily sacrifice is sacrificed for the sins of the people on the great sacrificial altar at the Temple: Jesus was crucified at the 3rd hour Jewish time = 9AM.
Mar 15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.
- At noon the second lamb of the daily sacrifice is brought out and tied to the altar: The sky turned dark at noon.
Mar 15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- At the ninth hour/ 3PM the second lamb of the daily sacrifice is offered up on the altar for the sins of the people: Jesus gave up his life at 3PM.
Mar 15:34 Then about that time Jesus shouted, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you deserted me?"
Mar 15:35 Some of the people standing there heard Jesus and said, "He is calling for Elijah."
Mar 15:36 One of them ran and grabbed a sponge. After he had soaked it in wine, he put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. He said, "Let's wait and see if Elijah will come and take him down!"
Mar 15:37 Jesus shouted and then died.
This statement I am about to make maybe controversial but that’s the way it is.
Remember when Pilate washed his hands because he can not find any mistakes on Jesus, and the crowd yells at him, “The blood will be on us and our children”?
Mat 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
I believe, at the holocaust, descendants of those people paid the price for what they’re ancestors done.
Rosh Hashanah
You probably already know, the Jewish people blow the last trumpet on Rosh Hashanah.
1Co 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
In Jewish liturgy Rosh Hashanah is described as "the day of judgment" (Yom ha-Din) and "the day of remembrance" (Yom ha-Zikkaron).
1Th 4:16 For 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:
1Th 4:17 Then 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.
I dont believe the Lord will shout like tarzan, it doesnt make sense and not too glorious. but what I believe 'shout' and 'voice of archangel' is the sound very very loud, think about nuclear bomb blasts.
The writter since have no reference of nuclear bomb at the time he wrote this verse, and he heard very very loud noice, I think that’s what he think it was. Remember, many people refer thunder as the voice of gods.
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Not only the Jewish blow the last trumpet (shofar) but they also call Rosh Hashanah as the day that no one know the day and the hour. Tekiah is the last blast with one long blast.
Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
That’s why they reserved Rosh Hashanah for two days, because it can start any moment on that two days.
This video will explain a lil about that verse
Again, it doesn’t make sense if Jesus is GOD, God knows everything, especially related to His own time.
So we have several clues here, LAST TRUMPET, SHOUT of GOD, voice of archangel, two days reserved, DAY of judgment.
Not only that but during the end of Rosh Hashanah, Jewish parents usually tells their kids to go out and find Elijah. One of the two witnesses.
As Rosh Hashanah is the starting point of the Feast of Trumpets, it will be end on Yom Kippur, on this day the LAST trumpet also blown.
When the Tribulation Start?
I believe we are in tribulation already, but we are not in the great tribulation yet, first we have the antichrist here, second, many verses saying about 3.5 years, but actually the original language written 1260 days and the other verse it say 1290, why is it different, because in Jewish calendar they have "LEAP" year, unlike ours, they have different calculation on when the leap year will take place, not every 4 years like Gregorian calendar.
Under the codified rules, the Jewish calendar is based on the Metonic cycle of 19 years, of which 12 are common years (12 months) and 7 leap years (13 months). The leap years are years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19 of the Metonic cycle. Year 19 (there is no year 0) of the Metonic cycle is a year exactly divisible by 19 (when the Jewish year number, when divided by 19, has no remainder).
Rev 11:3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
This verse above obviously after the Rapture since right now, the Jewish Temple is not built yet and that mean no daily animal sacrifices performed.
Dan 12:11 "From the time the daily sacrifices are stopped, that is, from the time of The Awful Horror, 1,290 days will pass.
So I tried the combination of those, one 3.5 has to be 1260 days and the other 1290 days, add 19 year cycle, and also add criteria "Sabbatical year" guess what.
From 2008 -2023 combination, only matched that start on September 20, 2009. And that’s the year obama start in office. Coincidence? I dont think so.
Jerusalem return to Israel in 1967, Jerusalem is the city of God, the King will not return unless the city is at hand, now Jerusalem in part of Israel, 1967 + 49 (jubilee) = 2016.
End of 2008 +7 years = end of 2015, 2016 is the Jubilee year. In Hebrew the year of 2016 is 5777. (triple seven, seven is the perfect number of God and three is for trinity).
Dan 7:25 "This king will speak evil of God Most High, and he will be cruel to God's chosen ones. He will try to change God's Law and the sacred seasons. And he will be able to do this for a time, two times, and half a time.
Another possibility is start 2018, BUT I do not believe Israel iran show down will postponed that long, Ezekiel 38-39 will start soon, and beside 2018 obama will already long gone.
Yes, there is no Pre Tribulation Rapture, but Pre Great Tribulation Rapture instead. I know the Tribulation already started, read the news. Do I have scripture to back that up, of course, in fact I’ve been wondering the meaning of this verse for quiet sometimes actually.
Mat 25:5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
The Bridegroom was DELAYED. It supposed to come at the start of Tribulation period or before that. But I am pretty sure it wont be delayed that long. He is coming very soon.
Conclusion
Start looking up, our redemption is very very near!
Luk 21:28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.
MARANATHA! I will see you at the marriage supper of the LAMB, soon!
