The Stubborn Mule

 

 

A man once said to a thirsty mule, "I know where a cool stream of water is. The water is fresh and clean. Come with me and drink. You must put effort into walking to the stream though. It is a long, hot, walk."

The mule responded, "No. I will stand in this hot field and wait for it to rain. I will not put effort into searching for water. I will wait for the rain and then drink by grace."

The man responded, "But if you know where cool water is why wait for it to rain? Has not G-d provided you the means to drink and be refreshed already? If we know where the water is and obey then we will drink."

The mule, stubborn as it was, refused to answer. So it waited in a hot field and waited...and waited. The mule remained hot, thirsty and weak even though it claimed to be wise and under grace. The man settled beside the cool stream and always had water to drink. 

The rain never came for the mule. By grace G-D provided the stream of water. The mule refused instruction and wisdom. It remained withered and weak although its attitude remained stubborn and proud. "I will not put effort into obedience. I will wait for the rain." 

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Many times the inside of a church becomes a hot, dry, field. Many times we hear the phrase, "I am saved by Grace."

We are saved by Grace through faith. That is the truth. But grace requires obedience. And the word 'Obedience' seems to be an enemy of the Christian faith. The word 'Grace' seems to be a free ticket to live and do as one pleases. The word 'Works' is denied. 

 Let's take a look at the word 'Works' in the Bible. 

 

James Ch 2:

 24 You see that a person is declared righteous because of actions and not because of faith alone. 

26 Indeed, just as the body without a spirit is dead, so too faith without actions is dead. 

 In verse 24 James is clearly teaching that a person is declared 'Righteous' by his actions (works) and not by faith alone. 

In verse 26 James is clearly teaching that faith without actions (works) is dead.  

James is not teaching that we are saved by works. This is not a 'Works for Salvation' issue. What James is teaching is that a follower of YESHUA must have works to accompany his faith. 

Titus Ch 3

14:  And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

 We are to maintain good works.

 

John Ch 10:

38:  But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

 YESHUA did works.  

 

1 Corinthians Ch 15

 58 So, my dear brothers, stand firm and immovable, always doing the Lord's work as vigorously as you can, knowing that united with the Lord your efforts are not in vain. 

We must do the LORD's 'Work'. 

2 Corinthians Ch 9

8: And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

 

We must abound in every good 'Work'. 

 

2 John Ch 1

 8 Watch yourselves, so that you won't lose what you have worked for, but will receive your full reward.

We must be careful not to lose what we have 'Worked' for. 

 

2 Timothy Ch 2

 15 Do all you can to present yourself to God as someone worthy of his approval, as a worker with no need to be ashamed, because he deals straightforwardly with the Word of the Truth.

 

We are to be 'Workers'. 

 

Yes, we are saved by Grace by faith but faith without works is fruitless and dead. 

John Ch15

1 "I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.

2 Every branch which is part of me but fails to bear fruit, he cuts off; and every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

3 Right now, because of the word which I have spoken to you, you are pruned.

4 Stay united with me, as I will with you -- for just as the branch can't put forth fruit by itself apart from the vine, so you can't bear fruit apart from me.

5 "I am the vine and you are the branches. Those who stay united with me, and I with them, are the ones who bear much fruit; because apart from me you can't do a thing. 

 

 

YESHUA commands that we pick up our Cross and follow HIM.  

Matthew Ch 10

38 And anyone who does not take up his execution-stake and follow me is not worthy of me. 

 

Picking up our cross requires work and effort. We are following YESHUA to our death in order to be Risen with HIM. As YESHUA walked on the earth, knowing that HE was going to die, HE constantly did the 'Works' of the FATHER. We, too, are to do the same works. We aren't saved by works. YESHUA was the sinless Sacrifice because HE obeyed TORAH. HE was faithful to the FATHER's Will and because HE was faithful HE did the works of the FATHER. It was by G-D's Grace that YESHUA died on behalf of sinners, but G-D requires HIS children to walk in faithfulness and obedience and to do HIS works. 

My child who lives in my home says, "My father loves me. I am saved by his grace. I can sit on the couch all day and not clean my room." 

My other child replies, "My father loves me, too, and he wants us to keep our rooms clean. Because I love my father I will do his works."

Who am I pleased with? 

What are the works we are to do? The Torah alone teaches us the works we are to do. Not man, Not ourselves. The Torah.

We will talk about the works in the Torah in another study. For now I want the reader to understand that faith without works is dead. 

Without works how is the hungry fed, the sick visited, the weary comforted, the dying given love? Without works how are the poor clothed, the thirsty given water, the widow helped, the orphan sheltered? Without works how do we love our fellow man? Is it right to say, 'Be warm,' on a cold day without giving a man a coat to stay warm with? 

What do we do for G-D who saved us at the cost of the Life of HIS SON? 

Do we follow our Shepherd, the Living Water, to life and grow from HIS vine or do we sit in a hot, dry, church waiting for it to rain?

Shalom and Blessings in YESHUA'S Precious name.

 

 

 

 

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Logical Answers (Common Sense) to Impractical Doctrines (Lies)

 

 

What is sin? 

1 John 

4 Everyone who keeps sinning is violating Torah - indeed, sin is violation of Torah. 

 

Sin is violation of Torah (the Law). 

If the Law is 'Done Away With' or if 'We're No Longer Under the Law' how do we sin? Why do we need a Savior?

 Romans Ch 5

 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in that the Messiah died on our behalf while we were still sinners. 

 Proverbs Ch 28

 9 If a person will not listen to Torah, even his prayer is an abomination. 

 

The above is a practical answer to impractical doctrines.  So why do churches teach against the law? 

What did King David write in Psalms Ch 119

44 and I will keep your Torah always, forever and ever. 

 

King David said he will keep G-D's Torah 'Forever and Ever'. Not just until YESHUA's time on the earth. 

What did YESHUA our LORD say in Matthew Ch 5

18 Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah -- not until everything that must happen has happened.

19 So whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 

 

Let's investigate verse 18 and 19 very carefully

 

 In verse 18 YESHUA clearly states that 'Until Heaven and Earth Pass Away' not so much as a yud or a strike will pass from the Torah--not until everything that must happen has happened. 

Heaven and Earth has not passed away yet and everything that must happen has not happened. 

In verse 19 YESHUA warns that whoever disobeys the 'Least' of these Mitzvot and teaches other to do so will be called the 'Least' in the Kingdom of Heaven. This is an eternal law and not a law that ended when YESHUA died. YESHUA goes on to say that whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called 'Great' in the Kingdom of Heaven. 

This is no hard to understand. Man's rebellion attempts to discard and manipulate these verses to match their fleshly doctrines. 

What did Paul write in Romans Ch 3

31 Does it follow that we abolish Torah by this trusting? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, we confirm Torah. 

 

Paul did not teach that the Law was done away with. His writings, as Peter teaches us in 2 Peter Ch 3

15 And think of our Lord's patience as deliverance, just as our dear brother Sha'ul also wrote you, following the wisdom God gave him.

16 Indeed, he speaks about these things in all his letters. They contain some things that are hard to understand, things which the uninstructed and unstable distort, to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 

 

The reason people teach against the Law is because they deny G-D's Truth, the Teachings of YESHUA, the teachings of Paul which is based off G-D's Truth and the Teachings of YESHUA and the teachings of James, John and Peter, the Prophets, King David, the Torah itself. Man fights to force the Scriptures to support their man-mind doctrines. The Scriptures are G-D's Living Word, created to correct, teach and change man and teach man how to live a life of Holiness and Righteous living for G-D. Man wants to live for himself not G-D. 

G-D made HIS LIVING WORD practical for all to understand. The rebellion of man takes G-D's LIVING WORD and manipulates it into lies and false doctrines.

You alone must read the Scriptures by the Guidance of the HOLY SPIRIT Who will teach you all things. If we lived to be a thousand years old we would never even understand in fullness Genesis Ch 1:1 let alone the entire Scriptures. G-D's Word is Living and everyday we are to study and learn G-D's Living Word as whole, not broken down into denominational errors and lies. Reading and studying G-D's Living Word is a life long journey. Not a yearly Bible course.

Ask yourself this one question:

Why do people believe Proverbs Ch 3

 

5 Trust in ADONAI with all your heart; do not rely on your own understanding.

6 In all your ways acknowledge him; then he will level your paths.

But deny Proverbs Ch 28

 

 9 If a person will not listen to Torah, even his prayer is an abomination. 

 

The 'Picking and Choosing' of what Bible verse to accept is open rebellion that has its origin in evil.

G-D'S Living Word is 'Whole'. From Beginning to End. YESHUA is the Beginning and the End. In the beginning HE is the WORD. That has not changed. 

 

Now we go back to 1John Ch 3:4.

Sin is violation of the Torah. Without the Torah there is no sin and therefore mankind would not need a Savior therefore the Book of Revelation would not need to have been written. Claiming that the Law is done away with has destructive consequences that destroy faith, not enables faith. 

 

Common sense goes a long way. 

 

I hope whoever reads this opens their Bible and ask the HOLY SPIRIT to lead them in Truth. 

 

Shalom and Blessings in YESHUA'S Blessed and Holy Name.  

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When Could The Rapture Happen?

 

When could the rapture happen? Are we in the season? What happens when the rapture takes place? Who will go in the rapture? What happens to those left behind? 

These are very important questions that need to be investigated. For the sake of this article we are going to look at only one of the questions: When could the rapture happen.

Please note: This article is based off my personal opinion. I'm not date setting nor claiming my opinion is a fact. I'm offering an opinion. I want to make that very clear. I do not date set. 

 

To begin with I look very close at the 2 cows that were born in 2014 during the Blood Moon Tetrads. Each cow was born with the number 7 on their heads. 

The first cow was born on September 20 which was Elul 25 on the Jewish calendar. September 20 was a Shabbat. The first cow was a healthy black and white cow. 

The second cow was born on September 25 which was Yom Teruah (Rosh HaShannah). The second cow was a reddish looking cow. 

Now before I go any further I want you to ask you this important question: What were the odds that two cows with the number 7 on their heads would be born during a blood moon tetrad, one five days before Yom Teruah which was a Shabbat and one on Yom Teruah which is marked as a Shabbat? Also, the year the Jewish calendar changed to on September 25 was 5775 (two cows with 7 on their heads born 5 days apart).  

I don't believe in coincidences and I know this was G-D's Mighty Hand at work giving the world a sign. Seven years of good--plenty--was going to start and then seven years of bad--famine. But when?

I believe the seven years of good began Tom Teruah 2016 and ended Yom Teruah 2023. I believe the seven years of bad just began on Yom Teruah 2023 and the war in Israel that began on October 7th and the death of over 1,200 innocent Jews confirmed this.

The seven years of bad will end in 2030 if the countdown did indeed begin on Yom Teruah 2023. I find it amazing that the year 2030 is, in my opinion, the year YESHUA returns to earth to establish HIS Millennial Kingdom. 

I believe YESHUA died and ascended into Heaven in the year 30AD. I believe HE will return 2000 years later which takes us to the year 2030. What are the mathematical odds that the year 2030 would also be the year seven years of bad ends? Think heavily on that.

Also, it seems to me the seven years of Tribulation/Wrath would take place during the seven years of bad. This two cows with the seven born on their heads in 2014 were vital and began a very serious and prophetic countdown. 

So when could the rapture happen? 

The Biblical year is from Nisan/Aviv 1 to Nisan/Aviv 1. We can't look at a year from January to January. This coming Nisan/Aviv 1 will begin with a major solar eclipse taking place through parts of Mexico, all the way through southern American to the Northeast point and then out through parts of Canada. Those familiar with the eclipse knows it will complete a major X over America and some say it will connect with past eclipses to form the Hebrew letter Aleph. The Biblical new year will begin on an extremely important note. 

Could the rapture happen before the Biblical New Year? After? What about Hanukah? 

During Hanukah this year on the night of the 13th going into the 14th the Geminids meteor shower will take place. The meteor shower is considered the King meteor shower and produces up to 120 meteors an hour. I think that's important. Also circumcision is done on the 8th day. Hanukah is for 8 days. All we can do is pray, wait and watch--and read our Bibles daily. 

The fact is if we could discover the exact day the rapture will happen so could the enemy. That day is kept a secret for a reason. I believe the male child in Revelation Ch 12:5 is the Body of YESHUA and that the Snatching away of the child is what people call the rapture. If you notice the verse above verse 5 you will read that the dragon is standing in front of the woman to devour the child the moment it is born. That's why the male child is snatched up to G-D and HIS Thrown. 

There isn't a doctor in the world who can tell you the exact moment a baby will be born. All the doctor can do is give you an estimated timeline. As the pregnancy advances you know when the birth is near based on all the signs and growth. We are at nine months and in the third trimester. The rapture could be any second now. I would be shocked to be here to see the Biblical new year--but I may. Again, I'm not date setting. 

The Ring of Fire eclipse that happened on October 14 2023 was associated with birth. Very important. 

Also, the first day of Hanuka will be on December 8 which is a Friday. One day before Shabbat. December 8 will be 70 days (add the end day) from October 7 when the war in Israel began. I think that's very important, too.   Also, on the 8th the moon will be in Virgo and I always look for the moon to be in Virgo when the rapture happens (I could be wrong). Hanuka is a high watch time but may pass without anything happening--then again, we may in Heaven with YESHUA before Hanukah ends? Only G-D knows. 

I will mention that I think it's amazing that in John Ch 10, during Hanuka, YESHUA says:

 John Ch 10:

22 Then came Hanukkah in Yerushalayim. It was winter,

23 and Yeshua was walking around inside the Temple area, in Shlomo's Colonnade.

24 So the Judeans surrounded him and said to him, "How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us publicly!"

25 Yeshua answered them, "I have already told you, and you don't trust me. The works I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf,

26 but the reason you don't trust is that you are not included among my sheep.

27 My sheep listen to my voice, I recognize them, they follow me,

28 and I give them eternal life. They will absolutely never be destroyed, and no one will snatch them from my hands.

29 My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one can snatch them from the Father's hands.

30 I and the Father are one." 

 

The word 'Snatched' is used twice that could connect to Revelation Ch 12:5 when the male child is 'Snatched' up to G-D and HIS Thrown. Maybe? Maybe not? Only G-D knows. 

 

What I feel in my spirit is that we have come to an end and something is about to start again. I feel the rapture could be at any minute and the war in Israel confirmed--at least to me--that the seven years of bad has begun. Before the seven years of bad ends the seven years of tribulation/wrath will take place. 

 

As watchmen/woman all we can id is remain on the walls with our Shofar in hand and keep warning the world to repent, seek YESHUA/JESUS, return to G-D with all their hearts, and be saved (John Ch 3:16, Romans Ch 10:9, 1 Corinthians Ch 15: 3-4). We know we're ready to be born and come out of the womb. We're kicking hard. The time of our birth is near. When we're born G-D will snatch HIS children, the body of YESHUA, up to HIS Thrown before the dragon can devour us. 

 

We know the world is vile. Every abomination under the son is being held in esteem. Rebellion against G-D is rampant. We have returned back to the days of Noah and Lot. I could write pages on how evil this world is but I know whoever is reading this already knows. The time for G-D to judge this evil world has arrived. 

 

It is time for G-D's children to return home. We are citizens of Heaven, not this earth.

 

Peace and shalom in YESHUA's Precious and Holy Name. 

 

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Disproving False Doctrines and Teachings

 

 

We are going to examine and disprove many false doctrines and teachings that are taught in the Christian denominations.

 

Catholic denomination:

Praying to Mother Mary:

 Luke Ch 11:

1 One time Yeshua was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of the talmidim said to him, "Sir, teach us to pray, just as Yochanan taught his talmidim."

2 He said to them, "When you pray, say: `Father, May your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come.

3 Give us each day the food we need.

4 Forgive us our sins, for we too forgive everyone who has wronged us. And do not lead us to hard testing.'" 

 

YESHUA did not teach HIS Talmidim to pray to Mary. YESHUA'S Talmidim would never have taught anyone to pray to Mary. YESHUA taught to pray to our FATHER in Heaven only. 

Blessed Virgin Mary?

 

Luke Ch 11: 

27 As Yeshua was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice to call out, "How blessed is the mother that gave birth to you and nursed you from her breast!"

28 But he said, "Far more blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it!" 

 

Mary is blessed. The Bible clearly states that in Luke Ch 1

 

 48 who has taken notice of his servant-girl in her humble position. For -- imagine it! -- from now on, all generations will call me blessed! 

 

 However, YESHUA teaches in Luke Ch 11: 28  people who hear the WORD of G-D and obey it are more blessed than Mary.

Praying to a statue?

Exodus Ch 20:

4 You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the water below the shoreline.

5 You are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, ADONAI your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 

 

You do not pray to a carved image. No one has any idea what Mary looked like. We are not taught to pray to her. Doing so is not of G-D. 

Virgin Mary?

Matthew Ch 12:

46 He was still speaking to the crowd when his mother and brothers appeared outside, asking to talk with him. 

 

Mary had other children after YESHUA. She was not a Virgin.  She was a woman who had other children and began a family which is noble and honorable. 

These are a few of the false doctrines and teachings in the catholic denomination that need to be exposed and done away with. They are not Biblical. 

Main Stream Christian Protestant denominations:

Age of Grace? (dispensations)

Malachi Ch 3:

6 "But because I, ADONAI, do not change, you sons of Ya'akov will not be destroyed. 

 

Hebrews Ch 13:

 

 8 Yeshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today and forever. 

 

There is no 'Age of Grace'. There is no 'Dispensations'. 

 

Isaiah Ch 46:

 

10 At the beginning I announce the end, proclaim in advance things not yet done; and I say that my plan will hold, I will do everything I please to do. 

 

From the very beginning when G-D created the Heavens and the earth HIS Perfect Will was established. G-D's Will isn't broken down into ages or dispensations. Those are false teachings that cause rebellion against G-D'S Holy Torah. 

The Church was born at Pentecost

Acts Ch 2

5 Now there were staying in Yerushalayim religious Jews from every nation under heaven.

6 When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered; they were confused, because each one heard the believers speaking in his own language.

7 Totally amazed, they asked, "How is this possible? Aren't all these people who are speaking from the Galil?

8 How is it that we hear them speaking in our native languages?

9 We are Parthians, Medes, Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Y'hudah, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,

10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome;

11 Jews by birth and proselytes; Jews from Crete and from Arabia. . . ! How is it that we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things God has done?" 

 

There wasn't a single Gentile present on the day of Shavout (not Pentecost). Shavout is a commanded Feast of G-D in which all Jews are required to appear before HIM in Yerushalayim. The Jews didn't even associate with the Gentiles. We don't even read about a Jew (Peter) appearing to a gentile until Acts Ch 10. 

Acts Ch 10

28 He said to them, "You are well aware that for a man who is a Jew to have close association with someone who belongs to another people, or to come and visit him, is something that just isn't done. But God has shown me not to call any person common or unclean; 

 

Nothing was 'Born' on Shavout. The RUACH HaChodesh was given to the Jews and later to the gentiles through the Jews.

We are under the New Covenant and not the law

 

 Hebrews Ch 8

8 For God does find fault with the people when he says, "'See! The days are coming,' says ADONAI, 'when I will establish over the house of Isra'el and over the house of Y'hudah a new covenant.

9 "'It will not be like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by their hand and led them forth out of the land of Egypt; because they, for their part, did not remain faithful to my covenant; so I, for my part, stopped concerning myself with them,' says ADONAI.

10 "'For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Isra'el after those days,' says ADONAI: 'I will put my Torah in their minds and write it on their hearts; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 

 

Romans Ch 3

 

 31 Does it follow that we abolish Torah by this trusting? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, we confirm Torah. 

 

Leviticus Ch 24

22 You are to apply the same standard of judgment to the foreigner as to the citizen, because I am ADONAI your God." 

 

What is sin? 

 

1 John Ch 3

 

 4 Everyone who keeps sinning is violating Torah - indeed, sin is violation of Torah. 

 

Without Torah there would be no sin and therefore we would not see a Savior. But we all need a Savior--YESHUA MESSIAH, the SON of G-D.

 

Romans Ch 5

 

 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in that the Messiah died on our behalf while we were still sinners. 

 

 Sunday Sabbath? 

Genesis Ch 2

3 God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy; because on that day God rested from all his work which he had created, so that it itself could produce. 

 

The Seventh Day is Holy. Not the first day of the week which is called Sunday. 

A Gentile Calendar is as follows:

Sunday         Monday         Tuesday         Wednesday        Thursday           Friday         Saturday

Day 1             Day 2            Day 3              Day 4                 Day 5                 Day 6         Day 7

 

 

Even the Gentile calendar tells you what the first day of the week is (Sunday) and what the seventh day of the week is (Saturday). 

 

 

 

 The catholics changed the Sabbath from the 7th day to the 1st day

Why do Christians deny G-D's True Shabbat/Sabbath and keep the catholic sabbath? 

 

We are Gentles. G-D deals with the Jews differently

 

Romans  Ch 11

 

 

17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you - a wild olive - were grafted in among them and have become equal sharers in the rich root of the olive tree,

18 then don't boast as if you were better than the branches! However, if you do boast, remember that you are not supporting the root, the root is supporting you. 

 

Ephesians Ch 2

 

 19 So then, you are no longer foreigners and strangers. On the contrary, you are fellow-citizens with God's people and members of God's family.

 

Revelation Ch 21

 

 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates; at the gates were twelve angels; and inscribed on the gates were the names of the twelve tribes of Isra'el. 

 

(There is no 13th gate for the gentiles. What gate will you enter through if you, the gentile, are separate from the Jew?)  

The Gentile Church has replaced the Jews in G-D's Plan

John Ch 4

 

 22 You people don't know what you are worshiping; we worship what we do know, because salvation comes from the Jews. 

 

(salvation does not come from the gentiles)

 

 

 Zechariah Ch 8

23 ADONAI-Tzva'ot says, 'When that time comes, ten men will take hold - speaking all the languages of the nations - will grab hold of the cloak of a Jew and say, "We want to go with you, because we have heard that God is with you." 

 

Isaiah Ch 2

 

 3 Many peoples will go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of ADONAI, to the house of the God of Ya'akov! He will teach us about his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Tziyon will go forth Torah, the word of ADONAI from Yerushalayim. 

 

The gentiles will never replace the Jews for the gentiles are grafted in through the Jews. 

 

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These are some (but not all) of the false doctrines and teachings that need to be brought into the Light of G-D's Truth and be destroyed. The choice is yours to search the truth in G-D's Holy Word or remain deceived by the teachings of man made denominations.

Shalom and blessings.

 

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Three Raptures? Let's Investigate

 

 

The reason there seems to be so much debate over a pre-trib,

 mid-trib (pre-wrath), post-trib rapture

 is because the Holy Scriptures support all three views. 

There are actually three raptures. Please read on.

We'll begin by taking a close look at Hanokh

Hanokh was a foreshadowing of a pre-trib rapture.

 

Genesis Ch 5:24 Hanokh walked with God, and then

 he wasn't there, because God took him.

Hebrews Ch 11: 5 By trusting, Hanokh was taken away

 from this life without seeing death - 

"He was not to be found, because God took him away"

 - for he has been attested as having been, prior to being 

taken away, well pleasing to God.

Hanokh was taken before the flood. Pre-trib.

Next we'll look at Eliyahu

Eliyahu is a foreshadowing of a mid-trib rapture. 

Eliyahu suffered great persecution before being

 taken up 

to Heaven. He also prayed that it would not rain

 for 3 1/2 years. Sometimes after the 3 1/2 years ended

 (we don't know when) Eliyhau was taken up to Heaven.

 

1 Kings Ch 18: 10 As ADONAI your God lives, 

there can't be a single nation or kingdom where 

my master hasn't sent to search you out; and in 

each kingdom or nation where they said, 

'He isn't here,' he made them take an oath that they hadn't

 found you

1 Kings Ch 19: 10 He answered, "I have been 

very zealous for ADONAI the God of armies, 

because the people of Isra'el have abandoned

 your covenant, broken down your altars and 

killed your prophets with the sword. Now I'm

 the only one left, and they're coming after me to 

kill me too."

Finally we will look at YESHUA MESSIAH

YESHUA MESSIAH is a foreshadowing of a

 post-trib rapture. After all of G-D's Wrath had been 

poured out on YESHUA and YESHUA suffered 

death but G-D rose HIM from the dead, YESHUA

 ascended into Heaven.

John Ch 18:11 Yeshua said to Kefa, "Put your sword

 back in its scabbard! This is the cup the 

Father has given me; am I not to drink it?"

 

Acts Ch 1: 9 After saying this, he was taken up 

before their eyes; and a cloud hid him from their sight.

Now we have to investigate the scriptures that are 

most misunderstood and attach the scriptures

 to the proper timeline.

1Thessalonlian Ch 4:  16 For the Lord himself 

will come down from heaven with a rousing cry, 

with a call from one of the ruling angels, and with

 God's shofar; those who died united with the 

Messiah will be the first to rise;

17 Then we who are left still alive will be 

caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord

 in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord.

This is not the pre-trib rapture. This rapture is 

connected to Matthew Ch 24:

 

Matthew Ch 24: 30 "Then the sign of the Son of Man 

will appear in the sky, all the tribes of the Land will

 mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on 

the clouds of heaven with tremendous power and glory.

31 He will send out his angels with a great shofar; 

and they will gather together his chosen people from

 the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Pay close attention to Matthew 24:29 first: 

"But immediately following the trouble of those 

times, the sun will grow dark, the moon will 

stop shining, the stars will fall from the sky, 

and the powers in heaven will be shaken

After the trouble of those times YESHUA

 comes on the clouds of Heaven, not before.

Now we will connect Matthew Ch 24: 30-31

and 1 Thessalonians Ch 4:6-17 to Revelation Ch 1

 

Revelation Ch 1: 7 Look! He is coming with 

the clouds! Every eye will see him, including 

those who pierced him; and all the tribes of the Land will mourn him. Yes! Amen!

 

Let's go further and connect all of the beautiful 

books and verses to Zechariah Ch 12

 

Zechariah Ch 12: 10 and I will pour out on the house 

of David and on those living in Yerushalayim a spirit

 of grace and prayer; and they will look to me, whom 

they pierced." They will mourn for him as one mourns 

for an only son; they will be in bitterness on his behalf 

like the bitterness for a firstborn son.

This is the Post-trib rapture

What about the mid-trib?

Lets take a close look at Revelation Ch 6 and 14

We will first look at the 6th Seal:

 

Revelation Ch 6:  12 Then I watched as he broke 

the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake,

 the sun turned black as sackcloth worn in mourning,

 and the full moon became blood-red.

13 The stars fell from heaven to earth just as a fig

 tree drops its figs when shaken by a strong wind.

14 The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, 

and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

15 Then the earth's kings, the rulers, the generals, 

the rich and the mighty - indeed, everyone, slave and free -

 hid himself in caves and among the rocks in the mountains,

16 and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us, 

and hide us from the face of the One sitting on the

 throne and from the fury of the Lamb!

17 For the Great Day of their fury has come, 

and who can stand?"

The Seals are not G-D's Wrath. The Seals are a 

period of prosecution against G-D's people. 

G-D's Wrath begins after the Seals.

Now, let us look at Luke Ch 17

 

Luke Ch 17:  26 "Also, at the time of the

 Son of Man, it will be just as it was at the time of Noach.

27 People ate and drank, and men and women

 married, right up until the day Noach entered 

the ark; then the flood came and destroyed them all.

28 Likewise, as it was in the time of Lot -- 

people ate and drank, bought and sold, planted 

and built;

29 But the day Lot left S'dom, fire and sulfur 

rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 That is how it will be on the day the 

Son of Man is revealed.

31 On that day, if someone is on the roof 

with his belongings in his house, he must 

not go down to take them away. Similarly, 

if someone is in the field, he must not turn back --

Pay very close attention to verses 30 and 31.

 We see YESHUA saying that is how it will 

be on the day the Son of Man is Revealed

 (Revelation Ch 6:17). Now we connect Luke 

Ch 17: 31 to Matthew Ch 24:

Matthew Ch 24:  15 "So when you see the

 abomination that causes devastation spoken

 about through the prophet Dani'el standing 

in the Holy Place" (let the reader understand the allusion),

16 "that will be the time for those in Y'hudah

 to escape to the hills.

17 If someone is on the roof, he must not go down 

to gather his belongings from his house;

18 If someone is in the field, he must not turn

 back to get his coat.

So we clearly learn from this that the Abomination

 of the Desolation doesn't take place until 

the sixth seal.

When does the mid-trib rapture happen?

 

Revelation Ch 14:  14 Then I looked, and there 

before me was a white cloud. Sitting on the cloud 

was someone like a Son of Man with a gold 

crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

15 Another angel came out of the Temple and 

shouted to the one sitting on the cloud, "

Start using your sickle to reap, because

 the time to reap has come - the earth's harvest is ripe!"

16 The one sitting on the cloud swung his 

sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

(Remember: In Revelation Ch 6 we're 

taught this in verse 15: Then the earth's kings, 

the rulers, the generals, the rich and the

 mighty - indeed, everyone, slave and free - hid himself 

in caves and among the rocks in the mountains

--if there are any believers on the earth 

why would they be hiding? They wouldn't be).

Now, what about the pre-trib rapture?

It is taught that  Corinthians Ch 15 is the

 part of the pre-trib rapture. That is not true.

Let's take a look

 

1 Corinthians Ch 15: 52 It will take but a moment, 

the blink of an eye, at the final shofar. 

For the shofar will sound, and the dead will 

be raised to live forever, and we too will be changed.

Okay, first, let's explore the 'Final Shofar'. 

This is the final shofar at the end of YESHUA'S 

Millennial Kingdom, not before. 

The dead will be raised to live forever. People will be born 

and die on earth during YESHUA'S Millennial Kingdom.  

You notice that Paul says the 'Dead'. 

This means the Righteous and the wicked to be judge:

 

 Revelation Ch 20:  11 Next I saw a great white

 throne and the One sitting on it. Earth and 

heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

 12 And I saw the dead, both great and small, 

standing in front of the throne. Books were

 opened; and another book was opened, 

the Book of Life; and the dead were judged

 from what was written in the books, according to what they had done.

When does the pre-trib rapture happen?

 

Revelation Ch 12:5 She gave birth to a son,

 a male child, the one who will rule all the 

nations with a staff of iron. But her child 

was snatched up to God and his throne;

The idea that the 'Bride' is raptured and we 

attend a wedding feast is not true. Why would we 

be attending a wedding feast when our 

brother and sisters who come to faith during 

the great tribulation (persecution) are 

being killed? We will be praying for them.

The great persecution starts when the 

dragon is thrown out of Heaven

 

Revelation Ch 12: 17 The dragon was 

infuriated over the woman and went off to

 fight the rest of her children, those who

 obey God's commands and bear witness to Yeshua.

The male child--the Body of YESHUA--is raptured.

I want to teach that it's vital to understand

 the importance of the scriptures concerning

 the raptures. This is my personal belief.

 Many may not agree--and no one has too. 

I'm simply sharing in order to offer a

 broader view that may help some people

 put a few missing pieces together. 

We are all learning as we go. No one is perfect and no one

 has all the answers. We are here to

 encourage, love and help each other.

In love and in YESHUA'S Precious Name.

Shalom and Blessings.

 

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