Just a ‘thank you’ for your post today, Lou (Wed. 8/1/2012)I was ‘dumbstruck’ when I read your post this morning. I never remember seeing that verse of scripture (Isa. 18:5) and if I did...I did not relate it to anything and promptly forgot it! Here is the verse you quoted:“For before the harvest when the flowering is over, and the bud becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the branches with a pruning-knife, lop off the twigs and take them away.”He said something similar to me on April 17, 2012. It went like this:“Tyler, wait until the bud blooms. The blossoming is at hand. The bud blossoms in the Spring. Keep pursuing the Kingdom and My Righteousness in your life. The blossom will give way to the fruit. The vine will see to it that it happens. The tree is the vessel that carries the sap to the branch in order to produce the bloom and the fruit. When the 'die is struck’ the bud will open and bloom and the fruit will follow. Such is the Kingdom of God.” (Boy, sometimes He speaks ‘in code).Just for background: I have been two-way journaling with the Lord (by way of the Spirit) for 12 years. He has been talking to me for 9 years about ‘striking of the die’ and the ‘encounter’. The ‘striking of the die’ would be like taking a blank coin, put it in the die, strike it and make a gold eagle, for instance. It is changing something from its original form to that of a different form. Only recently did I learn (from the Spirit) that ‘the encounter’ and ‘striking the die’ are related...but different. The encounter happens first and is a face-to-face with angels. Instructions will be given at that time. The ‘striking of the die’ is the moment of change where one leaves the mortal life and takes on immortality. I don’t know if both happen one right after the other....or if there is a gap between the two. Keep in mind that the ‘change’ must happen here (on earth) before the ‘flight home’ can happen.This actual conversation took place on Thursday 7/19/2020 and went like this: (I had asked the Lord if there were any preparations that I must make prior to “His appearing” at the time of the rapture.)“Tyler, you recall that I told you that you would have ‘an encounter’ with angels and that they would have instructions for you?” (He first told me this in 2003).Yes Lord, I recall that.“Well, the instructions are given prior to ‘the striking of the die’. The ‘encounter’ and the ‘striking of the die’ are two events...related but separate. You will know what to do when you receive your instructions.” (I had always thought that they were one and the same event).Yes, I understand Lord. It all makes more sense now. Apparently, the angels will give me instructions about preparation as well as execution. Do I have this right, Lord Jesus?“Yes Tyler, the Spirit has just shown you this tonight. You had not considered this explanation before. Your receiving this information is a sign of the nearness of “The event”. Now you see the difference between the ‘encounter’ and the ‘striking of the die’.I could go on and on... but I’ll share just a little more from the journals as given by the Spirit:“Tyler, look up...your redemption draws neigh. All the King’s horses and all the King’s men cannot put humpty-dumpty back together again. I am coming in the clouds to redeem those who have made themselves ready. The ‘die has been cast’ awaiting ‘the striking of the die’ causing a beautiful change. There is no turning back to what was. The coming events are the most significant in the history of mankind. All things are about to change. You will see most of them from afar. The moment is at hand.”Lou, I feel certain that Isa. 18:5 refers to harvesting the fruit and taking them away. He is cutting off the branches to secure the grapes for harvest. We are the branches that have born fruit. This seems to me... to be about the rapture. Further, it is referring to the ‘grape harvest’ of late summer, early fall.By the way, He also referred to ‘the heavenly transport’. I don’t know what this means. Tyler