Neil Lipken (22
July 2018)
"Could the Rapture be
as near as this fall?"
I really think this fall is
shaping up to be a major potential time for the
Rapture. We don't know, and we will have to wait and
see, but a number of things are definitely lining up:
1. Peace & safety talk-------- summits with Kim
Jong-Un and Putin----- I know President Trump means this for
good, but nevertheless it still is peace & safety talk!
2. Israel is being challenged by Hamas.
I really think Hamas would like to draw in Hezbollah in Lebanon,
and that would draw in Iran--------- things are heating
up!-------- perfect for the "sudden destruction" associated with
the Rapture!
3. The "Kushner / Trump" comprehensive Middle East
peace plan is to be released to the public in either August or
September----- right in time for Rosh Hashanah, which is a high
possibility time for the Rapture. As we know, after
the Rapture there will be a "false peace".
4. The surprise element----- the stock market keeps
going up and up------ most (and I mean Trump supporters!)
believe good times are here again and things will just keep
getting better and better ------- "at such an hour as ye think
not". Actually America's enormous debt is still
present, and does not bode good times. True American
debt including entitlements is estimated to be somewhere between
60 and over 100 trillion dollars.
5. 2018 on the timeline is huge----- we are still in
Israel's 70th year since 1948------ "this generation shall not
pass".
6. We are still reasonably close to the 2014-15
lunar eclipse tetrad and the Sept. 23rd, 2017 Revelation sign in
the skies. The lunar eclipse tetrad should be
associated with a huge event, and I believe for the 2014-15
tetrad it should be the Third Temple. But the
Rapture must happen first so the Daniel 9:27 covenant can be
made to allow Third Temple construction to be
initiated. If the Rapture was to happen this
fall, and then Third Temple construction initiated, hundreds of
years from now people would look back and 2014-15 and 2018 would
appear to be nearly on top of one another on the
timeline. This would not be the case if the Rapture
happened in say the late 2020's or 2030's, or actually even the
early 2020's.
7. The New World Order / Deep State hates President
Trump. If he has become a Christian (and I think
that is very likely), he would go in the Rapture and allow the
smooth, deceptive arrival of the antichrist on the global scene.
8. Apostasy in the churches is virtually at an all
time high. Penetrating preaching of the true gospel
is by and large absent. Pastors want to keep people
happy, and just present positive messages, ignoring "unpleasant"
things in the Bible. They don't want to rock the
boat. Sin and repentance, the reality of hell, the
narrow path to Heaven only through Jesus, denial of self and
taking up one's cross and following Jesus, being persecuted for
Jesus and suffering for Jesus, and living a holy life are
ignored in the churches. These are topics that might
make someone in the church unhappy, and the pastors wouldn't
want to do that! As we are told in Revelation
chapter 3, the end time lukewarm Laodicean church!
Being lukewarm keeps everyone happy, and no one gets
upset! That makes Sunday lunch much more pleasant!
9. Much of TV and the movies from Hollywood has
become truly filth. The stars of early TV and movies
(most are no longer alive) would be aghast! "Andy of
Mayberry", "Lassie", "Father Knows Best", etc. are long, long
gone! "Entertainment" is now saturated with evil and
the occult!
10. The "gay agenda" is running rampant in our schools, in the
New World Order / Deep State, and in Hollywood. Just
like Sodom! And God destroyed Sodom after Lot was
taken out. Our last President was a gay Muslim
Marxist. What a wonderful combination!
11. Don't forget the well over 50,000,000 babies who have been
murdered in the United States alone since Roe vs. Wade in
1973. The global total is much higher!
Don't think judgment on that is not coming from God?
Neil
P.S. I have had direct contact with four pastors of
"believing" churches in the Carmel / Noblesville area who are
outright hostile to end time Bible prophecy! Just
like the days of Noah as we are told in Scripture!
Who listened to Noah? NO ONE except 7 family
members! And did not Noah have the true message from
God?! Same situation today! Mockers are
all around us!
PASTOR NUMBER 1
Several years ago a pastor told me that if he
knew the Lord was returning at the Rapture on a Monday, he would
not tell his church congregation the day before on
Sunday! For four years I taught end time Bible
prophecy in a small room at that church prior to the main
service. A number of times the study group tried to
put information about the course in the church
bulletin. Each time this pastor would remove the
material about the course from the bulletin! He did
not want that in the church bulletin!
PASTOR NUMBER 2
I met with this pastor for the very first
time at a breakfast. I told him that I taught end
time Bible prophecy, and wanted to know his "take" on the
topic. As soon as I said that about 10 minutes into
our breakfast, he told me that I would never be allowed to teach
at his church. I had not asked him anything about
teaching at his church, I just wanted to know about his thoughts
on end time Bible prophecy. I then brought up
Israel's return in 1948 after an absence as a free, independent
people for over 2600 years prior to 1948. Then he
got quite upset and said that the Israel over in the Middle East
has nothing to do with the Bible. I then pushed
things a little further. I told him that with the
exception of Luke, all who wrote the Old and New Testaments were
Jewish. He did not like that at all, and I am pretty
sure I detected some antisemitism. By the way,
antisemitism in churches is not uncommon at all!
PASTOR NUMBER 3
This pastor I called by phone to get his
thoughts on end time Bible prophecy. Here is what he
told me. He believes that the prophecies in the
Bible are way too vague, we cannot understand them, and this
topic should definitely not be taught in the church as it would
only cause dissension! He was in a bit of a hurry
with the phone call as he had just arrived at the golf course to
play golf.
PASTOR NUMBER 4
This pastor I also spoke with by
phone.. He told me that Israel's return in 1948 was
an event of major historical importance. I then
asked him if he believes that we are therefore living right now
in the End Times. He would not answer my
question! I then quoted him the parable of the fig
tree from Scripture (Israel is God's fig tree----Hosea 9:10),
and that the generation to see Israel's return would see all end
time events fulfilled. Well, guess what?
He rejected the parable of the fig tree to mean
that! This pastor wants no part of the fact that we
are living in the End Times, but does accept that somehow 1948
was important.
Well, there you have it! These
are pastors of "believing" churches in the Carmel / Noblesville,
Indiana area. Prior to 1948, the last time the
Jewish people were living in their land as a free, independent
people was 721 BC, 2669 years back into the past! We
are now 70 plus years into these End Times of this present
dispensation, the Church Age. Scripture tells us
that the days of the coming of the Son of Man (Rapture) are JUST
LIKE the days of Noah---- Matt. 24:37-39. Noah had
the true message from God obviously! But who would
listen to him? Only 7 people within his own family, no one
else! Is it therefore any surprise that late in
these End Times even "believing" pastors are rejecting the truth
of the times we are living in?!
Take a close look at Matt.
24:39: "AND THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND UNTIL THE
FLOOD CAME AND TOOK THEM ALL AWAY; SO SHALL THE COMING OF THE
SON OF MAN BE.." !!!!!!!
Spiritual blindness to the times we are living in!